All of the hawks mids are elite kickers of the ball, baring Mitchell but he never kicks it anyway. I'm not sure any in our list fit that criteria. Duncan probably closest but has had his games where he is a big turn merchant as well.
Very interesting Inquirer piece today on the AFL website appraising the best and worst field kicks in the competition using a statistic known as "kicking ratings". While kicking and disposal efficiency - statistics most of us are familiar with - simply measure the percentage of times a kick reaches it's intended target, kicking ratings provide a more nuanced assessment of a player's footskills by measuring how they use the ball by foot relative to expectation according to many factors taken in to account by Champion Data such as distance, direction, target type and pressure. So a player able to regularly hit difficult targets under pressure will have a high kicking rating. It's a shame this data isn't fully available to the public as it would furnish us with much better tools that we currently have with which to analyse kicking skill.
Sidenote: this infographic confirms my opinions about Duncan, Guthrie and Walker.
Sidenote: this infographic confirms my opinions about Duncan, Guthrie and Walker.
