AFL Season
1998
185 matches · 28-Mar-1998 2:10 → 4-Jul-1998 7:40
Matches
185
Players rated
582
KICK leader
Nathan Buckley
Top KICK avg
68
Season KICK leaders
Average KICK Game Score over the season (min 10 games, TOG ≥ 50%).
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK | Raw avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 18 | 68 | 67.86 | 98 |
| 2 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda | 24 | 62 | 61.55 | 85 |
| 3 | Wayne Carey | North Melbourne | 25 | 56 | 55.62 | 91 |
| 4 | Peter Everitt | St Kilda | 24 | 55 | 55.49 | 81 |
| 5 | Paul Salmon | Hawthorn | 20 | 55 | 55.22 | 100 |
| 6 | Nathan Burke | St Kilda | 22 | 55 | 54.89 | 77 |
| 7 | Wayne Campbell | Richmond | 21 | 54 | 53.72 | 75 |
| 8 | Nick Daffy | Richmond | 22 | 53 | 53.06 | 76 |
| 9 | Shane Crawford | Hawthorn | 21 | 52 | 52.2 | 67 |
| 10 | Fraser Brown | Carlton | 19 | 51 | 51.16 | 85 |
| 11 | Daryn Cresswell | Sydney | 24 | 51 | 51.15 | 73 |
| 12 | Chris Grant | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 51 | 50.77 | 72 |
| 13 | Garry Hocking | Geelong | 17 | 50 | 49.78 | 78 |
| 14 | Paul Kelly | Sydney | 16 | 50 | 49.77 | 74 |
| 15 | Brett Ratten | Carlton | 21 | 50 | 49.71 | 72 |
| 16 | Wayne Schwass | Sydney | 22 | 49 | 49.32 | 91 |
| 17 | Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide | 24 | 49 | 49.29 | 75 |
| 18 | Shaun Rehn | Adelaide | 26 | 49 | 49.11 | 78 |
| 19 | Adrian Fletcher | Fremantle | 16 | 49 | 49.0 | 74 |
| 20 | Jose Romero | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 49 | 48.67 | 69 |
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 | North Melbourne | 25 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2,752 | 2,366 | 116.3 | 72 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 2,599 | 2,108 | 123.3 | 64 |
| 3 | Western Bulldogs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2,567 | 2,231 | 115.1 | 64 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 2,315 | 2,193 | 105.6 | 64 |
| 5 | Sydney | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2,439 | 2,324 | 105.0 | 60 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2,291 | 2,300 | 99.6 | 52 |
| 7 | Essendon | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 2,310 | 2,153 | 107.3 | 48 |
| 8 | West Coast | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1,991 | 1,894 | 105.1 | 48 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2,018 | 1,926 | 104.8 | 48 |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1,928 | 2,017 | 95.6 | 38 |
| 11 | Carlton | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 2,018 | 2,109 | 95.7 | 36 |
| 12 | Geelong | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1,777 | 1,963 | 90.5 | 36 |
| 13 | Hawthorn | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1,992 | 2,083 | 95.6 | 32 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1,968 | 2,167 | 90.8 | 28 |
| 15 | Fremantle | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1,739 | 2,277 | 76.4 | 28 |
| 16 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1,860 | 2,453 | 75.8 | 22 |