Who is best contested marker in afl?

[Lingsface]

Tom Stewart isn’t a forward but I think he takes some very good contested grabs.

 

[PrinceCharles]

Tom Stewart isn’t a forward but I think he takes some very good contested grabs.

Averages 0.7 a game.

 

[t_94]

Without looking at any stats Hawkins

 

[marcmurphy3]

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These are the averages of the last 2 seasons and 2023 so far. Probably ignore Mitch Lewis as he has only played one game this year and also Chris Burgess in 2022. Harry McKay has been on that list each of the last 3 years and King, Gawn, and Dixon 2 of the last 3. King of course is yet to play in 2023

My personal top 5 in no order are:

• Harry Mckay (Career avg 2.2 contested marks pg)
• Max King (Career avg 2.1 contested marks pg)
• Tom Lynch (Career avg 2.1 contested marks pg)
• Max Gawn (Career avg 2.0 contested marks pg)
• Charlie Curnow (Career avg 1.8 contested marks pg)

Edit: Dixon should probably be considered in the top 5 as well, hard to split him with Curnow over their career (1.8 vs 1.9 career avg) Curnow takes it based on current form and scope for further improvement.

Good analysis. This post pretty much nails it.

 

[Lingsface]

Averages 0.7 a game.

It seems as though Backmen are rewarded with an “intercept mark” a lot of these are in pack situations and are being contested by someone else, is there a rule for this statistic?

Another Backman who does this well is Jeremy McGovern.

 

[keithrichards]

It seems as though Backmen are rewarded with an “intercept mark” a lot of these are in pack situations and are being contested by someone else, is there a rule for this statistic?

Another Backman who does this well is Jeremy McGovern.

They would get credited both a contested and intercept mark

 

[Warhorse]

Hawkins is the best 1v1 mark but is a poor pack mark. Lynch is a very good pack mark. This two the standouts from the last few years

 

[PJays]

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These are the averages of the last 2 seasons and 2023 so far. Probably ignore Mitch Lewis as he has only played one game this year and also Chris Burgess in 2022. Harry McKay has been on that list each of the last 3 years and King, Gawn, and Dixon 2 of the last 3. King of course is yet to play in 2023

My personal top 5 in no order are:

• Harry Mckay (Career avg 2.2 contested marks pg)
• Max King (Career avg 2.1 contested marks pg)
• Tom Lynch (Career avg 2.1 contested marks pg)
• Max Gawn (Career avg 2.0 contested marks pg)
• Charlie Curnow (Career avg 1.8 contested marks pg)

Edit: Dixon should probably be considered in the top 5 as well, hard to split him with Curnow over their career (1.8 vs 1.9 career avg) Curnow takes it based on current form and scope for further improvement.

Great post

But I'd like to see success ratios.

Like someone takes 2.6 contested marks a game. But how many times was the ball kicked to him? How many times did he contest in a pack vs one on one? What was the success ratio in each?

To me the efficiency of the contest is an important stat but it's rarely discussed- those types of advance stats are kept but where are they available?

And of course it depends on the quality of the delivery but that's harder to measure objectively.