SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 13, early trade advice

Zak Butters is the No.1 trade target in SuperCoach this week after another huge score. And there are more bargains up for grabs. See all the key names and price moves here.

Value, value, value.

Round 13 rewarded bargain hunters in SuperCoach, and presented us with a list of names to consider with this week’s trades.

Why pay $650k for Marcus Bontempelli to score 101 points when you can get 144 from a $331k Colby McKercher? Or 108 from $387k Sam Docherty?

But there is one big name who will be in the sights of every SuperCoach this week.

Here are all the performances and price moves you need to know as we wait for lockout to lift following the final game of the round on King’s Birthday.

WHO’S HOT

Brodie Grundy – 155 points

Tristan Xerri and Max Gawn are the big two when it comes to rucks in SuperCoach, but Grundy is putting up a good case to make it a trio at the top. His past five scores match what Xerri and Gawn are doing – 121, 135, 109, 161, 155. On Saturday he took Toby Nankervis to the cleaners, winning the hitouts 51-24 and collecting 19 disposals, five marks, six tackles and a goal while giving the Swans total dominance in the middle of the ground.

Max Holmes turned it on at home. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Max Holmes – 152 points

Bailey Smith pulling out at the last minute was a blow to almost 150,000 SuperCoach teams, but there was a big silver lining for the 74,000 with Holmes in their side. He happily stepped into Smith’s shoes as the Cats’ prime ball-winner, racking up 40 disposals and gaining 861 metres at GMHBA Stadium, where he has put up scores of 125, 72, 134, 128 and 152 this season. The good news for owners – the Cats have another five home games in the run home.

Colby McKercher – 144 points

Remember this guy? One of the SuperCoach rookie stars of 2024 has been hiding on a half-forward flank for most of this season, but he was unleashed at half-back in Bunbury on Sunday, and the results were immediate – 35 disposals (31 effective) including six after playing on from a kick-in. He was just $330k entering round 13 but will be closer to $400k after lockout opens. That could still be a great price if he keeps up this form.

Zak Butters – 143 points

Trade Target 1A this week after burning off an attempted Toby Bedford tag to post his fourth score of 135 or higher for the season. This is a player we want in our teams for the next 11 rounds, and this is as cheap as we’ll get him – around $562,000 with a Break Even in the 90s. That’s not as cheap as many were hoping, but he was over $700k a month ago, so let’s call it a bargain. Butters had 21 contested possessions and 12 clearances among his 32 disposals against GWS – the kind of numbers the SuperCoach scoring system loves. Find a way to get him if you can.

Tom Green – 140 points

Green has been flying below the radar as a premium midfielder with criminally low ownership (6 per cent). An average of 108.5 for the season is nothing to sneeze at but he really made the rest of the SuperCoach community pay on Saturday night with 31 disposals, 17 contested possessions, 11 clearances and seven inside-50s.

The time is right for a Zak Butters trade. Picture: Sarah Reed/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Dion Prestia – 121 points

Injury risk is a factor coaches have to consider with all trade decisions, especially when trades start running low. And Prestia could have the highest injury risk of any player in the competition; since 2019 he has played five, nine, 18, 20, 13 and two games in each of the following six seasons due to a seemingly never-ending series of soft-tissue problems. On the other hand, he’s cheap ($426k) and has scored 132 and 121 in his two matches this year. He started in a blaze of glory in Saturday with 13 disposals and a goal in the first quarter and while he couldn’t keep up that pace, he did enough to give SuperCoaches something to think about after Richmond’s round 14 bye.

Sam Docherty – 108 points

A big intercept mark at the death sealed a second straight SuperCoach ton for the Blues veteran, who has regained the half-back role that has made him a premium pick in the past. He entered the round priced at $387k and is likely to still be under $400k when lockout opens on Monday night if you want a cheap midfielder who has runs on the board and has already has his bye.

Callum Mills – 107 points

Pencil Mills into your trade plans for round 15. The Swans have the bye next week and Mills will be on the bubble after that at a bargain $357,200 (DEF only). Richmond provided little opposition after quarter-time but Mills had an ideal role playing across half-back and through the midfield, gathering 25 disposals and adding four tackles, three clearances and taking two kick-ins. This is a player who averaged 116 points a game in 2022 and 88 in 2023, but has played just eight games since due to injuries.

Great weekend for SuperCoach value

Colby McKercher $331k - 144
Miles Bergman $382k - 128
Caleb Daniel $424k - 124
Dion Prestia $426k - 121
Tom Stewart $429k - 111
Angus Sheldrick $289k - 109
Sam Docherty $386k - 108
Callum Mills $357k - 107
Jye Caldwell $440k - 104

— Al Paton (@al_superfooty) June 8, 2025

Riley Bice – 98 points

SuperCoaches have abandoned Bice in droves, with his ownership falling from 114,00 to just over 50,000 entering round 14. And that seemed an easy call after a score of just 9 points last week shot his Break Even over 100. But with Matt Roberts missing through illness, Bice stepped up with 22 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, nine marks and three intercepts. He will lose value after lockout, but not much.

Angus Clarke – 71 points

Bombers teenager broke the third game curse that has inflicted a long list of cheapies this season, including two more this weekend – see below. Clarke will get a big price bump after collecting 14 disposals and five marks on Sunday night, and should keep making money for weeks to come.

Christian Moraes – 19 points

Unusual to include a player who recorded one kick in the hot section, but Moraes made the most of limited opportunities. Starting as Port Adelaide’s sub, he didn’t come onto the field until halfway through the last quarter, but his one kick was a goal that helped win a nailbiter. It propelled him past his Break Even (9) to ensure he at least won’t lose money this week.

WHO’S COLD

Chad Warner – 88 points

A big score went begging for Warner, who was playing catch-up all day after giving away three early free kicks. He finished with an equal career-high five frees against and a low disposal efficiency of 64 per cent – although that was a marked improvement on last week.

Lachie Whitfield – 84 points

Scoring is taking a clear hit after a move up the ground. Whitfield took two kick-ins against Port Adelaide, while Lachie Ash gobbled up eight. Price is on a surprise slide – watch for a potential bargain if Adam Kingsley sends him back to defence.

Lachie Whitfield's game time forward over the last three rounds:

Rd 11 - 63%
Rnd 12 - 55%
Rnd 13 - 41%#SuperCoach#AFLFantasy

— Fantasy Freako (@FantasyFreako) June 7, 2025

Noah Anderson – 75 points

Has been flying this season but was stopped in his tracks by his GMHBA curse – in four matches there over his career Anderson averages 79 points – and a heavy hit from Tom Stewart. The good news is he was cleared of concussion.

Tom Liberatore – 74 points

A season-low 14 disposals as Libba dropped below 100 SuperCoach points for just the second time in 2025. The other time was in round 8 and there is one factor connecting those two games – Adam Treloar. Libba attended just 11 centre bounces on Thursday night and was the biggest loser as Treloar returned to the Bulldogs’ midfield. Not a great sign for Liberatore owners if Treloar stays fit.

Luke Pedlar – 37 points

The bubble game curse strikes again. After scoring 79 and 67 in his first two games for the year, Pedlar managed just three kicks against the Lions. At least one of those was a big third-quarter goal.

Luke Pedlar was another victim of the 2025 SuperCoach third game curse. Picture Dean Martin

Sam Flanders – 32 points

An incredible fall from grace from one of the SuperCoach stars of 2024. Last season Flanders averaged 119 points a game and hit three figures in 15 of his 22 games. This year he hasn’t done it once, and Saturday’s effort at the Cattery was his lowest of the year with just seven touches (he averaged 31 last year) and no scoreboard impact.

Bo Allen – 0 points

Rotten luck if you were relying on him as one of your scoring 18 this week. Named the starting sub, he didn’t see any action at all until there were eight minutes left in the game, and he didn’t touch the footy after coming on. A popular pre-season rookie pick, Allen will be a rare example of a SuperCoach rookie losing money after their third game.

Campbell Gray – DNP

Even worse luck for the Tigers defender, who was dropped despite two good performances in the past two weeks – that helped him make his way into 63,000 SuperCoach teams. And we might not see him again for a while. Sent back to the VFL to make way for Noah Balta, Gray suffered a knee injury which Richmond says will sideline him for “a period of time”.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 13, early trade advice