TheKicker
AFL Season

1981

138 matches · 2-May-1981 2:10 → 18-Jul-1981 2:10
Matches
138
Players rated
454
KICK leader
Leigh Matthews
Top KICK avg
49

Season KICK leaders

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

#PlayerTeamGP KICKRaw avgBest
1 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 16 49 49.31 77
2 Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 22 47 46.94 74
3 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne 15 47 46.6 89
4 Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy 24 44 43.79 84
5 Peter Featherby Geelong 25 44 43.73 93
6 Tony Buhagiar Essendon 22 43 42.74 62
7 Barry Round South Melbourne 22 42 42.28 70
8 Rodney Ashman Carlton 23 41 41.08 67
9 Wayne Schimmelbusch North Melbourne 16 41 40.64 62
10 Garry Wilson Fitzroy 17 40 39.98 69
11 Peter Moore Collingwood 24 39 38.82 66
12 Mike Fitzpatrick Carlton 24 39 38.57 66
13 Robert Wiley Richmond 19 38 38.41 65
14 Ken Sheldon Carlton 13 38 38.3 62
15 John Mossop Geelong 25 38 38.24 69
16 Mark Browning South Melbourne 12 38 38.0 63
17 Michael Roach Richmond 21 38 37.87 79
18 Ian Dunstan Footscray 19 38 37.8 54
19 Trevor Barker St Kilda 19 37 37.38 51
20 Garry Baker Melbourne 12 37 37.21 61

Top single-game performances

Highest individual KICK Game Scores anywhere in the season.

1
Peter Featherby
Geelong v Melbourne · recap
48 disp, 4 g
KICK 93
2
Malcolm Blight
North Melbourne v Footscray · recap
23 disp, 11 g
KICK 89
3
Bernie Quinlan
Fitzroy v North Melbourne · recap
34 disp, 6 g
KICK 84
4
Michael Roach
Richmond v Hawthorn · recap
22 disp, 9 g
KICK 79
5
Leigh Matthews
Hawthorn v Melbourne · recap
17 disp, 11 g
KICK 77
6
Kerry Good
North Melbourne v Melbourne · recap
14 disp, 10 g
KICK 77
7
Kerry Good
North Melbourne v Melbourne · recap
16 disp, 9 g
KICK 74
8
Gary Dempsey
North Melbourne v St Kilda · recap
29 disp
KICK 74
9
Rod Blake
Geelong v North Melbourne · recap
18 disp, 7 g
KICK 74
10
Chris Burton
Footscray v North Melbourne · recap
34 disp, 4 g
KICK 73

Ladder

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

#TeamPWDL PFPA%Pts
1 Carlton 24 19 0 5 2,508 1,913 131.1 76
2 Collingwood 26 19 0 7 2,784 2,368 117.6 76
3 Geelong 25 17 0 8 2,484 2,007 123.8 68
4 Essendon 23 16 0 7 2,417 1,930 125.2 64
5 Fitzroy 24 15 0 9 2,654 2,379 111.6 60
6 Hawthorn 22 13 0 9 2,313 2,114 109.4 52
7 Richmond 22 13 0 9 2,323 2,207 105.3 52
8 North Melbourne 22 10 0 12 2,386 2,293 104.1 40
9 South Melbourne 22 8 0 14 2,165 2,522 85.8 32
10 St Kilda 22 5 0 17 1,930 2,266 85.2 20
11 Footscray 22 2 0 20 1,764 2,680 65.8 8
12 Melbourne 22 1 0 21 1,824 2,873 63.5 4