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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. 27 ruckmen in the pool, top 27 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 268 100 92 100 71
2 Brodie Grundy 2013-2026 Sydney 262 88 85 88 68
3 Tristan Xerri 2020-2026 North Melbourne 94 86 82 81 63
4 Luke Jackson 2020-2026 Fremantle 143 81 77 68 55
5 Tim English 2017-2026 Western Bulldogs 171 78 74 80 61
6 Darcy Cameron 2020-2026 Collingwood 140 78 73 77 58
7 Jarrod Witts 2013-2026 Gold Coast 215 76 72 77 58
8 Rowan Marshall 2017-2026 St Kilda 176 76 72 86 67
9 Reilly OBrien 2016-2026 Adelaide 147 76 71 84 60
10 Toby Nankervis 2015-2026 Richmond 187 74 69 77 58
11 Lloyd Meek 2021-2026 Hawthorn 94 69 64 69 53
12 Jordon Sweet 2021-2026 Port Adelaide 69 68 63 68 53
13 Sean Darcy 2017-2026 Fremantle 124 68 63 72 55
14 Kieren Briggs 2021-2026 Greater Western Sydney 87 63 58 73 57
15 Matt Flynn 2021-2026 West Coast 58 63 58 63 49
16 Tom De Koning 2018-2026 St Kilda 118 63 57 61 49
17 Bailey Williams 2020-2026 West Coast 107 62 56 56 46
18 Marc Pittonet 2016-2026 Carlton 98 61 56 56 45
19 Sam Draper 2020-2026 Brisbane Lions 101 60 55 57 46
20 Rhys Stanley 2010-2026 Geelong 219 60 55 57 47
21 Peter Ladhams 2019-2026 Sydney 63 55 51 54 45
22 Darcy Fort 2019-2026 Brisbane Lions 73 55 51 55 45
23 Ned Reeves 2021-2026 Hawthorn 49 51 47 50 40
24 Nick Bryan 2021-2026 Essendon 32 49 45 48 41
25 Rory Lobb 2014-2026 Western Bulldogs 220 49 45 54 45
26 Callum Coleman-Jones 2019-2026 North Melbourne 31 42 39 41 35
27 Mason Cox 2016-2026 Fremantle 143 40 37 43 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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