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Current rucks — kick rating leaderboard

The top ruckmen right now, ranked by rolling 40-game KICK-R. Role-aware multipliers lift hit-outs and contested marks for rucks, and the output is calibrated so the 95th-percentile ruck sits at 76. Raw formula + overall KICK shown for transparency. 25 ruckmen in the pool, top 25 shown. Active players (current-season appearance), rolling 40-game average.

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# Player Team GP KICK-R R40 Raw KICK-R career KICK
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1 Max Gawn 2011-2026 Melbourne 256 100 93 100 71
2 Tristan Xerri 2020-2026 North Melbourne 83 88 91 81 63
3 Brodie Grundy 2013-2026 Sydney 251 82 81 88 68
4 Tim English 2017-2026 Western Bulldogs 161 81 80 82 62
5 Darcy Cameron 2020-2026 Collingwood 128 79 77 76 57
6 Rowan Marshall 2017-2026 St Kilda 166 78 75 86 66
7 Toby Nankervis 2015-2026 Richmond 177 77 74 77 58
8 Jarrod Witts 2013-2026 Gold Coast 214 76 73 77 58
9 Luke Jackson 2020-2026 Fremantle 131 75 71 66 53
10 Lloyd Meek 2021-2026 Hawthorn 82 72 67 69 53
11 Sean Darcy 2017-2026 Fremantle 122 70 65 73 55
12 Jordon Sweet 2021-2026 Port Adelaide 57 68 63 66 51
13 Tom De Koning 2018-2026 St Kilda 111 68 63 62 49
14 Kieren Briggs 2021-2026 Greater Western Sydney 78 67 62 74 57
15 Matt Flynn 2021-2026 West Coast 58 63 58 63 49
16 Rhys Stanley 2010-2026 Geelong 219 60 55 57 47
17 Darcy Fort 2019-2026 Brisbane Lions 62 59 54 57 47
18 Sam Draper 2020-2026 Brisbane Lions 89 58 54 57 46
19 Marc Pittonet 2016-2026 Carlton 87 56 52 56 44
20 Peter Ladhams 2019-2026 Sydney 62 56 52 54 46
21 Bailey Williams 2020-2026 West Coast 96 54 51 53 44
22 Rory Lobb 2014-2026 Western Bulldogs 207 51 48 55 45
23 Ned Reeves 2021-2026 Hawthorn 47 51 48 51 41
24 Callum Coleman-Jones 2019-2026 North Melbourne 31 41 39 41 35
25 Mason Cox 2016-2026 Fremantle 137 41 39 44 37

Why a separate ruckmen leaderboard?

KICK Rating's overall leaderboard is award-aligned — Brownlow votes, All-Australian squads, and AFLCA Champion Player selections all heavily favour midfielders, and KICK tracks them. That's the right number when you want "who does everyone agree is the best player going around?".

But if you're looking for the best ruckmen, that mid-heavy bias is the wrong lens. Positional KICK applies role-aware weight multipliers (intercept marks ×5 for defenders, marks-inside-50 ×2.5 for forwards, hit-outs ×1.4 for rucks) plus a per-position percentile rescale on top of the base formula, so "elite at this position" reads similarly across all four buckets. Every multiplier and anchor is on the positional methodology page — the point isn't "no guesswork", it's transparent guesswork.

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