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Rucks — KICK Rating leaderboard

The top ruckmen right now, ranked by rolling 40-game KICK-R (positional KICK). KICK-R weights hit-outs-to-advantage (not just total taps) and contested marks at ruck-appropriate levels. The overall KICK column stays for reference. 188 ruckmen rated, top 100 shown.

Same rating formula as the overall leaderboard — just filtered to this position. See why we split by position.

# Player Team GP KICK-R R40 KICK-R career KICK
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1 Max Gawn Melbourne 249 94 83 71
2 Tristan Xerri North Melbourne 78 89 70 62
3 Tim English Western Bulldogs 158 81 71 62
4 Darcy Cameron Collingwood 122 80 67 57
5 Brodie Grundy Sydney 245 79 76 67
6 Rowan Marshall St Kilda 159 78 75 67
7 Matthew Kreuzer Carlton 181 76 60 55
8 Jarrod Witts Gold Coast 210 75 68 59
9 Toby Nankervis Richmond 177 74 67 58
10 Reilly OBrien Adelaide 146 71 73 60
11 Lloyd Meek Hawthorn 78 70 62 54
12 Dean Cox West Coast 283 69 63 58
13 Luke Jackson Fremantle 124 69 58 52
14 Nic Naitanui West Coast 210 68 63 56
15 Oscar McInerney Brisbane Lions 161 68 60 53
16 Aaron Sandilands Fremantle 257 68 63 54
17 Tom De Koning St Kilda 104 66 56 50
18 Kieren Briggs Greater Western Sydney 73 65 66 58
19 Sean Darcy Fremantle 122 65 64 55
20 Will Minson Western Bulldogs 183 65 53 47
21 Ivan Maric Richmond 144 64 56 49
22 Kurt Tippett Sydney 170 64 54 50
23 Jordon Sweet Port Adelaide 51 63 59 51
24 Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 329 63 58 44
25 Sam Jacobs Greater Western Sydney 204 62 66 56
26 Tom Nicholls Gold Coast 42 62 62 54
27 Darren Jolly Collingwood 219 62 48 43
28 Hamish McIntosh Geelong 117 60 55 50
29 David Hille Essendon 189 60 51 48
30 Tom Hickey Sydney 147 59 56 49
31 Callum Sinclair Sydney 116 59 56 50
32 Scott Lycett Port Adelaide 142 59 56 50
33 Tom Bellchambers Essendon 128 59 56 48
34 Ben Hudson Collingwood 152 58 48 44
35 Matthew Lobbe Carlton 98 58 59 51
36 Jeff White Melbourne 266 58 54 48
37 Matt Flynn West Coast 58 58 57 49
38 Billy Longer St Kilda 64 57 52 43
39 Dean Brogan Greater Western Sydney 183 57 49 45
40 Brad Ottens Geelong 241 56 56 51
41 Zac Smith Gold Coast 121 56 53 48
42 Ben McEvoy Hawthorn 241 56 59 51
43 Sam Draper Brisbane Lions 82 56 53 46
44 Jonathon Ceglar Geelong 109 56 54 47
45 Mark Blicavs Geelong 295 55 55 50
46 Marc Pittonet Carlton 81 55 52 45
47 Todd Goldstein Essendon 336 55 67 58
48 Darcy Fort Brisbane Lions 56 55 53 47
49 Rhys Stanley Geelong 218 54 52 46
50 Stefan Martin Western Bulldogs 200 54 63 56
51 Robert Warnock Carlton 78 54 50 44
52 Mark Jamar Essendon 126 53 50 43
53 Jonathan Giles West Coast 62 53 58 51
54 Cameron Wood Carlton 78 52 47 43
55 Jonathon Griffin Fremantle 81 52 48 43
56 Paddy Ryder St Kilda 271 52 58 52
57 Peter Ladhams Sydney 61 52 50 45
58 Matthew Leuenberger Essendon 123 52 56 50
59 Shane Mumford Greater Western Sydney 204 51 62 54
60 Luke Darcy Western Bulldogs 225 50 54 49
61 Matthew Primus Port Adelaide 154 50 49 42
62 Peter Everitt Sydney 276 50 56 48
63 Shaun Hampson Richmond 89 50 44 38
64 Mitch Clark Geelong 101 50 51 48
65 Josh Fraser Gold Coast 215 50 53 50
66 Jamie Charman Brisbane Lions 114 50 44 40
67 Mike Pyke Sydney 97 49 50 43
68 Ned Reeves Hawthorn 41 49 50 42
69 Tom Campbell St Kilda 54 49 46 41
70 Trent West Brisbane Lions 64 49 47 41
71 Scott Wynd Western Bulldogs 237 48 42 33
72 Bailey Williams West Coast 89 48 49 43
73 Brendon Lade Port Adelaide 225 48 49 43
74 Tom Boyd Western Bulldogs 59 48 43 40
75 Rory Lobb Western Bulldogs 203 48 51 45
76 Sam Naismith Richmond 31 48 48 41
77 Dawson Simpson Greater Western Sydney 41 48 48 41
78 Troy Simmonds Richmond 195 48 45 42
79 Corey McKernan Kangaroos 232 47 49 42
80 Max Bailey Hawthorn 35 47 47 42
81 Jason Ball Sydney 178 47 43 38
82 David Hale Hawthorn 223 46 48 45
83 Angus Graham Richmond 44 46 46 42
84 Paul Salmon Essendon 324 46 52 42
85 Ivan Soldo Port Adelaide 60 46 48 41
86 Barnaby French Carlton 120 46 39 34
87 Steven Taubert Sydney 123 46 32 25
88 Rod Blake Geelong 176 46 36 28
89 Jim Stynes Melbourne 264 45 50 40
90 Damian Monkhorst St Kilda 215 45 40 31
91 Jake Spencer Melbourne 36 45 45 39
92 Steven McKee Collingwood 73 45 36 33
93 Laurie Keene West Coast 36 45 45 35
94 Andrew Phillips Essendon 79 45 43 37
95 Mike Fitzpatrick Carlton 150 44 46 36
96 Cameron Cloke Port Adelaide 52 44 42 40
97 Shaun McKernan St Kilda 87 44 44 41
98 Clem Michael Fremantle 43 44 41 35
99 Matthew Burton Kangaroos 140 44 42 35
100 Graham Teasdale Collingwood 141 44 44 35

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. Filtering by position strips it out. Rucks here are ranked against each other, by the same formula, over the same data since 1897. No re-weighting, no Champion Data licences, no guesswork — just the subset of the same leaderboard that played in the same role.

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