AFL Season
1961
112 matches · 27-May-1961 2:20 → 10-Jun-1961 2:20
Matches
112
Players rated
419
KICK leader
Doug Wade
Top KICK avg
13
Season KICK leaders
Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 16 | 13 | 13.42 | 29 |
| 2 | Tom Carroll | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 12.63 | 25 |
| 3 | John Dugdale | North Melbourne | 17 | 12 | 11.64 | 25 |
| 4 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 18 | 11 | 11.46 | 29 |
| 5 | William Young | St Kilda | 10 | 10 | 10.11 | 17 |
| 6 | Kevin Pay | Collingwood | 13 | 10 | 10.04 | 34 |
| 7 | Merv Hobbs | Footscray | 14 | 9 | 9.02 | 17 |
| 8 | Brian McGowan | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 8.89 | 25 |
| 9 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 10 | 9 | 8.84 | 17 |
| 10 | Ted Whitten | Footscray | 20 | 9 | 8.84 | 13 |
| 11 | Ted Langridge | Richmond | 14 | 9 | 8.72 | 21 |
| 12 | Owen Abrahams | Fitzroy | 16 | 8 | 8.42 | 25 |
| 13 | Hugh Mitchell | Essendon | 17 | 8 | 8.17 | 21 |
| 14 | Jack Slattery | Footscray | 13 | 8 | 8.1 | 17 |
| 15 | Bob Johnson | Melbourne | 19 | 8 | 7.98 | 21 |
| 16 | Kevin Wright | Fitzroy | 16 | 8 | 7.89 | 17 |
| 17 | John Birt | Essendon | 17 | 8 | 7.68 | 21 |
| 18 | Frank Adams | Melbourne | 13 | 7 | 7.45 | 17 |
| 19 | Bill Goggin | Geelong | 16 | 7 | 7.37 | 29 |
| 20 | Graham Jacobs | Richmond | 11 | 7 | 7.27 | 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 | Hawthorn | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1,641 | 1,297 | 126.5 | 64 |
| 2 | Footscray | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1,539 | 1,428 | 107.8 | 52 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1,641 | 1,316 | 124.7 | 50 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1,433 | 1,242 | 115.4 | 44 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1,469 | 1,258 | 116.8 | 42 |
| 6 | Geelong | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1,367 | 1,362 | 100.4 | 42 |
| 7 | Essendon | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1,462 | 1,335 | 109.5 | 38 |
| 8 | Carlton | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1,279 | 1,325 | 96.5 | 36 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1,166 | 1,375 | 84.8 | 22 |
| 10 | Richmond | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1,126 | 1,428 | 78.8 | 20 |
| 11 | South Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1,187 | 1,644 | 72.2 | 20 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1,133 | 1,433 | 79.1 | 18 |