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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 262 100 92 100 71
2 Tristan Xerri 2020-2026 North Melbourne 89 88 87 81 63
3 Brodie Grundy 2013-2026 Sydney 257 85 83 88 68
4 Tim English 2017-2026 Western Bulldogs 166 79 76 81 62
5 Luke Jackson 2020-2026 Fremantle 137 78 74 67 54
6 Darcy Cameron 2020-2026 Collingwood 134 77 74 76 57
7 Toby Nankervis 2015-2026 Richmond 182 77 73 77 58
8 Rowan Marshall 2017-2026 St Kilda 172 77 72 86 67
9 Jarrod Witts 2013-2026 Gold Coast 215 76 72 77 58
10 Lloyd Meek 2021-2026 Hawthorn 88 71 66 69 53
11 Jordon Sweet 2021-2026 Port Adelaide 64 70 65 68 53
12 Sean Darcy 2017-2026 Fremantle 124 68 63 72 55
13 Tom De Koning 2018-2026 St Kilda 113 66 61 62 49
14 Kieren Briggs 2021-2026 Greater Western Sydney 83 65 60 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 Sam Draper 2020-2026 Brisbane Lions 95 59 54 57 46
18 Marc Pittonet 2016-2026 Carlton 91 58 53 56 44
19 Darcy Fort 2019-2026 Brisbane Lions 68 58 53 56 46
20 Bailey Williams 2020-2026 West Coast 102 58 53 55 45
21 Peter Ladhams 2019-2026 Sydney 63 55 51 54 45
22 Ned Reeves 2021-2026 Hawthorn 49 50 47 50 40
23 Rory Lobb 2014-2026 Western Bulldogs 213 49 46 54 45
24 Callum Coleman-Jones 2019-2026 North Melbourne 31 41 39 41 35
25 Mason Cox 2016-2026 Fremantle 140 40 38 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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