AFL Season
1959
112 matches · 9-May-1959 2:30 → 15-Jun-1959 2:20
Matches
112
Players rated
438
KICK leader
Ron Evans
Top KICK avg
16
Season KICK leaders
Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 20 | 16 | 16.42 | 38 |
| 2 | Bob Skilton | South Melbourne | 16 | 16 | 15.79 | 34 |
| 3 | Peter Schofield | North Melbourne | 16 | 12 | 12.37 | 25 |
| 4 | Garry Young | Hawthorn | 12 | 12 | 12.28 | 34 |
| 5 | Bob Dummett | Richmond | 16 | 12 | 11.84 | 25 |
| 6 | William Young | St Kilda | 16 | 12 | 11.84 | 29 |
| 7 | Ron Barassi | Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 10.76 | 21 |
| 8 | Kevin Wright | Fitzroy | 17 | 11 | 10.65 | 21 |
| 9 | Alan Rowarth | Melbourne | 17 | 10 | 10.4 | 21 |
| 10 | Fred Wooller | Geelong | 11 | 10 | 10.33 | 34 |
| 11 | Murray Weideman | Collingwood | 15 | 10 | 10.11 | 25 |
| 12 | Owen Abrahams | Fitzroy | 17 | 10 | 9.91 | 25 |
| 13 | Ray Baxter | Footscray | 15 | 10 | 9.82 | 25 |
| 14 | Sergio Silvagni | Carlton | 18 | 9 | 9.36 | 25 |
| 15 | Bob Johnson | Melbourne | 19 | 8 | 8.42 | 21 |
| 16 | Ian Brewer | Collingwood | 17 | 8 | 8.17 | 17 |
| 17 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 15 | 8 | 8.14 | 34 |
| 18 | John Dugdale | North Melbourne | 13 | 8 | 8.1 | 25 |
| 19 | Tony Ongarello | Fitzroy | 13 | 8 | 7.77 | 25 |
| 20 | Hugh Mitchell | Essendon | 21 | 8 | 7.62 | 21 |
Top single-game performances
Highest individual KICK Game Scores anywhere in the season.
Ladder
Standings computed from match results (4 pts win, 2 pts draw).
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1,927 | 1,328 | 145.1 | 62 |
| 2 | Essendon | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1,833 | 1,649 | 111.2 | 52 |
| 3 | Carlton | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1,621 | 1,542 | 105.1 | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1,539 | 1,315 | 117.0 | 48 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1,533 | 1,351 | 113.5 | 42 |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1,331 | 1,490 | 89.3 | 40 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1,592 | 1,412 | 112.8 | 36 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1,428 | 1,515 | 94.3 | 36 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1,515 | 1,465 | 103.4 | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1,320 | 1,681 | 78.5 | 20 |
| 11 | Richmond | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1,309 | 1,771 | 73.9 | 16 |
| 12 | Footscray | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1,178 | 1,607 | 73.3 | 12 |