AFL Season
1997
185 matches · 13-Apr-1997 2:10 → 29-Aug-1997 6:40
Matches
185
Players rated
576
KICK leader
Nathan Burke
Top KICK avg
45
Season KICK leaders
Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Burke | St Kilda | 25 | 45 | 45.41 | 69 |
| 2 | Stewart Loewe | St Kilda | 24 | 45 | 45.15 | 77 |
| 3 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 22 | 44 | 44.38 | 73 |
| 4 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda | 25 | 44 | 44.02 | 65 |
| 5 | Peter Everitt | St Kilda | 23 | 43 | 43.38 | 68 |
| 6 | Dale Lewis | Sydney | 21 | 43 | 43.33 | 64 |
| 7 | Darren Jarman | Adelaide | 24 | 42 | 42.46 | 71 |
| 8 | Paul Kelly | Sydney | 23 | 42 | 42.33 | 73 |
| 9 | Craig Bradley | Carlton | 22 | 42 | 42.26 | 63 |
| 10 | Paul Williams | Collingwood | 22 | 42 | 42.25 | 65 |
| 11 | Chris Lewis | West Coast | 15 | 42 | 41.58 | 61 |
| 12 | Chris Grant | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 41 | 41.13 | 67 |
| 13 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 20 | 40 | 40.49 | 71 |
| 14 | Garry Hocking | Geelong | 20 | 40 | 40.49 | 58 |
| 15 | Anthony Stevens | North Melbourne | 25 | 40 | 40.29 | 56 |
| 16 | Jim Stynes | Melbourne | 22 | 40 | 40.11 | 54 |
| 17 | Wayne Campbell | Richmond | 21 | 40 | 40.05 | 68 |
| 18 | Derek Hall | Geelong | 17 | 40 | 39.91 | 62 |
| 19 | Paul Salmon | Hawthorn | 21 | 40 | 39.79 | 54 |
| 20 | Daryn Cresswell | Sydney | 23 | 39 | 39.02 | 60 |
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 | Adelaide | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 2,544 | 2,088 | 121.8 | 68 |
| 2 | St Kilda | 25 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2,627 | 2,205 | 119.1 | 68 |
| 3 | Geelong | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2,240 | 1,946 | 115.1 | 60 |
| 4 | Western Bulldogs | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2,310 | 2,239 | 103.2 | 60 |
| 5 | North Melbourne | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2,301 | 2,085 | 110.4 | 56 |
| 6 | West Coast | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2,120 | 1,967 | 107.8 | 52 |
| 7 | Sydney | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 2,177 | 1,920 | 113.4 | 48 |
| 8 | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2,165 | 2,108 | 102.7 | 42 |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1,852 | 2,017 | 91.8 | 42 |
| 10 | Collingwood | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2,138 | 1,919 | 111.4 | 40 |
| 11 | Carlton | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1,978 | 2,045 | 96.7 | 40 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1,748 | 1,902 | 91.9 | 40 |
| 13 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1,883 | 2,253 | 83.6 | 40 |
| 14 | Essendon | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 2,004 | 2,170 | 92.3 | 36 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1,873 | 2,144 | 87.4 | 32 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1,477 | 2,429 | 60.8 | 16 |