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%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Ladder
Standings computed from match results (4 pts win, 2 pts draw).
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | 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 |