TheKicker
AFL Season

1978

138 matches · 13-May-1978 2:10 → 12-Aug-1978 2:10
Matches
138
Players rated
447
KICK leader
Leigh Matthews
Top KICK avg
53

Season KICK leaders

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

#PlayerTeamGP KICKRaw avgBest
1 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 23 53 53.49 76
2 Kelvin Templeton Footscray 21 53 53.16 100
3 Garry Wilson Fitzroy 22 53 52.66 72
4 Gary Dempsey Footscray 17 51 51.07 82
5 John Murphy South Melbourne 16 48 47.52 68
6 Kevin Bartlett Richmond 22 45 45.18 82
7 Graham Teasdale South Melbourne 22 45 44.65 73
8 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne 24 43 43.4 73
9 Greg Wells Melbourne 20 43 42.57 65
10 Bruce Nankervis Geelong 23 42 41.84 60
11 Bruce Monteath Richmond 22 42 41.83 79
12 David Clarke Geelong 23 41 41.46 55
13 Warwick Irwin Fitzroy 22 40 40.05 69
14 Trevor Barker St Kilda 22 40 40.0 57
15 David Cloke Richmond 19 40 39.57 78
16 Ray Shaw Collingwood 23 39 39.38 57
17 Graeme Melrose North Melbourne 23 39 39.27 57
18 Larry Donohue Geelong 23 39 38.52 63
19 Mark Maclure Carlton 22 38 38.31 69
20 Norm Goss Hawthorn 23 38 38.19 63

Top single-game performances

Highest individual KICK Game Scores anywhere in the season.

1
Kelvin Templeton
Footscray v St Kilda · recap
25 disp, 15 g
KICK 100
2
Rex Hunt
St Kilda v Footscray · recap
25 disp, 7 g
KICK 87
3
Kevin Bartlett
Richmond v Footscray · recap
32 disp, 6 g
KICK 82
4
Gary Dempsey
Footscray v North Melbourne · recap
38 disp
KICK 82
5
Bruce Monteath
Richmond v Footscray · recap
36 disp, 4 g
KICK 79
6
Ian Dunstan
Footscray v St Kilda · recap
36 disp, 7 g
KICK 79
7
Kelvin Templeton
Footscray v Carlton · recap
20 disp, 9 g
KICK 78
8
David Cloke
Richmond v Carlton · recap
24 disp, 7 g
KICK 78
9
Peter Morrison
South Melbourne v St Kilda · recap
35 disp, 3 g
KICK 77
10
Leigh Matthews
Hawthorn v St Kilda · recap
38 disp, 3 g
KICK 76

Ladder

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

#TeamPWDL PFPA%Pts
1 Hawthorn 25 19 0 6 2,858 2,394 119.4 76
2 North Melbourne 25 17 0 8 2,679 2,283 117.3 68
3 Collingwood 25 16 0 9 2,637 2,415 109.2 64
4 Carlton 24 15 0 9 2,527 2,174 116.2 60
5 Geelong 23 12 0 11 2,225 2,209 100.7 48
6 St Kilda 22 11 1 10 2,330 2,503 93.1 46
7 Richmond 22 10 1 11 2,459 2,389 102.9 42
8 South Melbourne 22 9 0 13 2,390 2,383 100.3 36
9 Fitzroy 22 8 0 14 2,258 2,339 96.5 32
10 Essendon 22 8 0 14 2,203 2,337 94.3 32
11 Footscray 22 7 0 15 2,272 2,508 90.6 28
12 Melbourne 22 5 0 17 2,025 2,929 69.1 20