AFL Season

1979

138 matches · 9-Jun-1979 2:10 → 28-Jul-1979 2:10
Matches
138
Players rated
449
KICK leader
Garry Wilson
Top KICK avg
52

Season KICK leaders

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

#PlayerTeamGP KICKRaw avgBest
1 Garry Wilson Fitzroy 24 52 51.68 78
2 Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 25 48 47.58 65
3 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 13 44 44.49 70
4 Greg Wells Melbourne 22 44 44.1 74
5 Terry Daniher Essendon 15 44 43.95 77
6 David Clarke Geelong 22 43 43.06 59
7 Kelvin Templeton Footscray 22 43 42.62 67
8 Garry Sidebottom St Kilda 21 42 42.14 60
9 Jeff Sarau St Kilda 22 42 41.73 59
10 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne 19 42 41.66 72
11 Michael Roach Richmond 19 42 41.63 74
12 Mike Fitzpatrick Carlton 24 42 41.63 60
13 Kevin Bartlett Richmond 22 42 41.56 69
14 Peter Morrison South Melbourne 18 42 41.56 59
15 Ross Glendinning North Melbourne 21 41 41.22 79
16 Garry Baker Melbourne 16 41 40.71 61
17 Ian Dunstan Footscray 22 41 40.69 57
18 Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy 22 41 40.61 67
19 Robert Flower Melbourne 21 40 40.23 60
20 Barry Round South Melbourne 22 40 40.02 67

Top single-game performances

Highest individual KICK Game Scores anywhere in the season.

1
Bob Beecroft
Fitzroy v Melbourne · recap
18 disp, 10 g
KICK 84
2
David Cloke
Richmond v St Kilda · recap
25 disp, 6 g
KICK 82
3
Warwick Irwin
Fitzroy v Melbourne · recap
36 disp, 5 g
KICK 80
4
Ross Glendinning
North Melbourne v Melbourne · recap
22 disp, 10 g
KICK 79
5
Garry Wilson
Fitzroy v Melbourne · recap
42 disp, 3 g
KICK 78
6
Graeme Allan
Fitzroy v Collingwood · recap
42 disp, 3 g
KICK 78
7
Terry Daniher
Essendon v Footscray · recap
22 disp, 8 g
KICK 77
8
Steven Smith
Melbourne v St Kilda · recap
23 disp, 7 g
KICK 77
9
John Hendrie
Hawthorn v St Kilda · recap
30 disp, 4 g
KICK 76
10
Rod Blake
Geelong v St Kilda · recap
22 disp, 6 g
KICK 74

Ladder

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

#TeamPWDL PFPA%Pts
1 Carlton 24 21 0 3 2,965 2,136 138.8 84
2 North Melbourne 25 18 0 7 2,863 2,398 119.4 72
3 Collingwood 26 17 0 9 2,898 2,366 122.5 68
4 Fitzroy 24 16 0 8 2,917 2,357 123.8 64
5 Essendon 23 12 1 10 2,279 2,251 101.2 50
6 Geelong 22 12 0 10 2,149 2,140 100.4 48
7 Hawthorn 22 10 0 12 2,332 2,336 99.8 40
8 Richmond 22 9 0 13 2,451 2,512 97.6 36
9 Footscray 22 7 1 14 2,015 2,463 81.8 30
10 South Melbourne 22 6 0 16 2,424 2,666 90.9 24
11 Melbourne 22 6 0 16 2,093 2,759 75.9 24
12 St Kilda 22 3 0 19 1,857 2,859 65.0 12