Introduction:
- Awarded to the league’s best young AFL or AFLW player
- Known as the Norwich Rising Star award in 1997
- Currently known as the NAB AFL Rising Star and the Telstra AFLW Rising Star
Voting:
- Each week, a panel of experts nominates one (AFL) or two (AFLW) eligible player/s across the competition based on their performance in that round or their body of work across the season so far
- At the end of the home and away season, the panel votes 5-4-3-2-1 for the young players adjudged to have had the best seasons, with the Rising Star being awarded to the player with the most votes
Criteria:
- Players must be 20 years or younger and have played fewer than 10 games at the start of the season (game limit does not apply to AFLW players)
- Players who are suspended are ineligible for the award, though they can still be nominated
Multiple Nominees – AFL:
- Mitch Georgiades – 2
Multiple Nominees – AFLW:
- Matilda Scholz – 2
Season: | Winner: |
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1997 | Michael Wilson |
2006 | Danyle Pearce |
Season: | Round: | Nominee: |
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1997 | Round 3 | Bowen Lockwood |
1997 | Round 4 | Michael Wilson |
1997 | Round 7 | Brendon Lade |
1997 | Round 21 | Nathan Eagleton |
1998 | Round 7 | Warren Tredrea |
1998 | Round 9 | Nick Stevens |
1998 | Round 13 | Stuart Dew |
1999 | Round 19 | Matthew Bode |
2000 | Round 10 | Chad Cornes |
2000 | Round 22 | Josh Carr |
2001 | Round 17 | Brent Guerra |
2004 | Round 11 | Brett Ebert |
2006 | Round 3 | Danyle Pearce |
2006 | Round 9 | Brad Symes |
2006 | Round 11 | Jacob Surjan |
2006 | Round 16 | Troy Chaplin |
2007 | Round 12 | Robbie Gray |
2007 | Round 15 | Justin Westhoff |
2007 | Round 19 | Travis Boak |
2008 | Round 22 | Alipate Carlile |
2010 | Round 20 | Jackson Trengove |
2011 | Round 4 | Jasper Pittard |
2012 | Round 22 | Chad Wingard |
2013 | Round 1 | Ollie Wines |
2013 | Round 13 | Jake Neade |
2014 | Round 8 | Jarman Impey |
2016 | Round 10 | Darcy Byrne-Jones |
2017 | Round 1 | Sam Powell-Pepper |
2017 | Round 21 | Dan Houston |
2018 | Round 1 | Riley Bonner |
2019 | Round 3 | Connor Rozee |
2019 | Round 6 | Xavier Duursma |
2020 | Round 9 | Mitch Georgiades |
2021 | Round 5 | Mitch Georgiades |
2021 | Round 21 | Miles Bergman |
2022 | Round 15 | Lachie Jones |
2024 | Round 24 | Logan Evans |
Season: | Winner: |
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7 | Hannah Ewings |
2024 | Matilda Scholz |
Season: | Round: | Nominee: |
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7 | Round 1 | Abbey Dowrick |
7 | Round 3 | Hannah Ewings |
7 | Round 10 | Indy Tahau |
8 | Round 2 | Matilda Scholz |
2024 | Week 1 | Shineah Goody |
2024 | Week 5 | Molly Brooksby |
2024 | Week 7 | Matilda Scholz |