AFL Season

1972

139 matches · 8-Apr-1972 2:10 → 22-Jul-1972 2:10
Matches
139
Players rated
437
KICK leader
Peter McKenna
Top KICK avg
53

Season KICK leaders

Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).

#PlayerTeamGP KICKRaw avgBest
1 Peter McKenna Collingwood 20 53 52.58 94
2 David Clarke Geelong 18 53 52.57 78
3 Len Thompson Collingwood 23 50 50.29 84
4 John Murphy Fitzroy 21 49 48.83 85
5 Gary Dempsey Footscray 21 48 48.23 78
6 Garry Wilson Fitzroy 21 48 47.69 71
7 Wayne Richardson Collingwood 24 47 46.89 75
8 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 21 45 45.26 71
9 George Bisset Footscray 21 45 44.74 63
10 Greg Wells Melbourne 22 44 44.28 75
11 Ian Nankervis Geelong 22 44 44.07 62
12 Geoff Blethyn Essendon 23 44 43.59 80
13 Adrian Gallagher Carlton 23 43 42.93 66
14 John Greening Collingwood 14 42 42.09 96
15 Carl Ditterich St Kilda 22 41 41.02 67
16 Greg Parke Melbourne 20 41 40.76 66
17 Royce Hart Richmond 23 40 40.46 74
18 Allan Davis St Kilda 25 40 39.58 72
19 Robert Walls Carlton 25 39 39.09 66
20 Kevin Bartlett Richmond 21 39 39.05 66

Top single-game performances

Highest individual KICK Game Scores anywhere in the season.

1
Greg Kennedy
Carlton v Hawthorn · recap
22 disp, 12 g
KICK 96
2
John Greening
Collingwood v Geelong · recap
46 disp, 6 g
KICK 96
3
John Greening
Collingwood v South Melbourne · recap
45 disp, 4 g
KICK 94
4
Peter McKenna
Collingwood v Essendon · recap
18 disp, 13 g
KICK 94
5
Peter McKenna
Collingwood v Geelong · recap
18 disp, 12 g
KICK 86
6
John Murphy
Fitzroy v Hawthorn · recap
33 disp, 7 g
KICK 85
7
Len Thompson
Collingwood v South Melbourne · recap
28 disp, 2 g
KICK 84
8
Peter Knights
Hawthorn v North Melbourne · recap
19 disp, 8 g
KICK 81
9
Michael Moncrieff
Hawthorn v Essendon · recap
17 disp, 10 g
KICK 81
10
Geoff Blethyn
Essendon v Footscray · recap
15 disp, 11 g
KICK 80

Ladder

Standings computed from match results (4 pts win, 2 pts draw).

#TeamPWDL PFPA%Pts
1 Carlton 26 20 2 4 2,653 2,080 127.5 84
2 Richmond 26 20 1 5 2,954 2,525 117.0 82
3 St Kilda 25 16 0 9 2,289 1,966 116.4 64
4 Collingwood 24 14 1 9 2,523 1,994 126.5 58
5 Essendon 23 14 0 9 2,388 2,264 105.5 56
6 Hawthorn 22 13 0 9 2,277 2,050 111.1 52
7 Footscray 22 11 0 11 1,930 2,038 94.7 44
8 Melbourne 22 10 0 12 2,043 1,929 105.9 40
9 Fitzroy 22 9 0 13 1,997 2,062 96.8 36
10 Geelong 22 7 0 15 1,994 2,369 84.2 28
11 South Melbourne 22 2 0 20 1,513 2,323 65.1 8
12 North Melbourne 22 1 0 21 1,628 2,589 62.9 4