AFL Season
1971
136 matches · 14-Jun-1971 2:10 → 21-Aug-1971 2:10
Matches
136
Players rated
457
KICK leader
Peter Hudson
Top KICK avg
59
Season KICK leaders
Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 24 | 59 | 58.78 | 92 |
| 2 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 23 | 57 | 57.46 | 93 |
| 3 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 22 | 55 | 54.82 | 96 |
| 4 | John Murphy | Fitzroy | 21 | 52 | 52.39 | 80 |
| 5 | David Thorpe | Footscray | 21 | 51 | 51.2 | 73 |
| 6 | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 21 | 51 | 50.94 | 91 |
| 7 | Des Tuddenham | Collingwood | 22 | 49 | 49.46 | 93 |
| 8 | Bernie Quinlan | Footscray | 21 | 46 | 45.69 | 86 |
| 9 | Alex Ruscuklic | Fitzroy | 21 | 45 | 44.8 | 66 |
| 10 | Gary Dempsey | Footscray | 18 | 45 | 44.74 | 72 |
| 11 | Adrian Gallagher | Carlton | 20 | 45 | 44.57 | 82 |
| 12 | Kevin Bartlett | Richmond | 24 | 44 | 43.88 | 64 |
| 13 | Royce Hart | Richmond | 23 | 44 | 43.86 | 77 |
| 14 | Robert Peterson | North Melbourne | 13 | 44 | 43.77 | 82 |
| 15 | Barry Davis | Essendon | 19 | 43 | 43.16 | 68 |
| 16 | Peter Bedford | South Melbourne | 18 | 43 | 42.56 | 80 |
| 17 | Leigh Matthews | Hawthorn | 23 | 43 | 42.52 | 60 |
| 18 | Paul Callery | Melbourne | 22 | 42 | 42.45 | 55 |
| 19 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 19 | 42 | 42.13 | 96 |
| 20 | Barry Breen | St Kilda | 25 | 42 | 41.64 | 58 |
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 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2,632 | 1,764 | 149.2 | 84 |
| 2 | St Kilda | 25 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2,447 | 1,804 | 135.6 | 68 |
| 3 | Richmond | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2,517 | 2,075 | 121.3 | 68 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2,408 | 1,961 | 122.8 | 58 |
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2,103 | 2,014 | 104.4 | 56 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2,047 | 1,915 | 106.9 | 48 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1,962 | 1,791 | 109.5 | 46 |
| 8 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1,966 | 2,217 | 88.7 | 44 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1,705 | 2,551 | 66.8 | 22 |
| 10 | Geelong | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2,072 | 2,523 | 82.1 | 20 |
| 11 | Essendon | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1,705 | 2,252 | 75.7 | 18 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1,618 | 2,315 | 69.9 | 12 |