The top 50 goal kickers around Queensland AFL competitions who are chasing the 100 goal mark
We are in the back half of the footy season in Queensland’s state and suburban AFL competitions with a number of big forwards kicking massive bags to start the year and chasing the 100 goal mark. Do you think someone will crack the 100? Vote inside >>>
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We have hit just over half way in Queensland state’s and suburban AFL competitions with a number of big forwards kicking massive bags to start the year.
With many names chasing to break the 100-goal mark in 2024, we’ve got the top five goal kickers from each region.
Check back each week of the season to see the updated standings.
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AFL Capricornia – Round 15
1. Josh McKee – Yeppoon Swans – 53 goals
McKee has held onto the number one goal kicker for majority of the season and as it draws to a close, will anyone catch him?
Sitting on 53 goals for the season, McKee passed his tally from last year of 43 but is still 45 goals away from reaching his return of 98 goals in 2021.
2. Matt Wallin – Yeppoon Swans – 31 goals
The Swans premiership skipper is 22 goals behind his teammate but it wouldn’t be too much of a concern as his side remains undefeated in 2024.
Wallin kicked six in round 7, his best return for the season, which has also seen him kick 20 of his 31 goals in the last six weeks.
3. Timothy Higgins – Glenmore Bulls – 29 goals
Third place and sitting 24 goals behind first is Tim Higgins, with the power forward averaging 2.23 goals a game for the Bulls.
Higgins has missed just the two games so far this season with his best returns coming in round 9 and round 11 with four goals each.
4. Jamie Hill – Gladstone Suns – 25 goals
Hill has dropped away during the middle matches of the season, going goalless in round 8, round 10, round 11 and round 12.
His best return came in round 7 against Rockhampton Panthers with 6 but has a long way to go if he wants to beat his overall best of 78 in 2017 in the under 17s, but is likely to beat his seniors best of 26 he kicked last season.
5. Christian Burgess - Yeppoon Swans - 22 goals
Just three goals behind fourth spot and five goals ahead of sixth, Burgess has had a very consistent middle part of the year as he looks to help the Swans remain undefeated and bring home another premiership.
His best return was seven goals in round 4 against Brothers Kangaroos but has kicked six goals in the last two weeks since his return.
AFL Cairns – Round 15
1. Tyron Rainbird – Cairns City Lions – 49 goals
Last years Matthew Walsh medallist is back out in front after kicking 16 goals in the last three weeks to take a four goal lead with five games to go.
Since going goalless in round 5, only once has he kicked less than three goals but has had his best return in round 7, kicking eight goals, seven goals in round 13, two lots of six bags and a bag of five.
2. Kye Chapple – Port Douglas Crocs – 45 goals
Chapple and Rainbird continue to go back and forth this season and the race continues to be red hot as we head into the final five rounds of the year.
Port Douglas’ leading goal kicker was sitting on top of the leaderboard two weeks ago but a bye in the middle of the last two games has seen him drop to second but has still managed to kick 14 goals in the last three rounds.
3. Andrew Coombe - Cairns Saints - 33 goals
Coombe is one of the shining stars for the Saints this season, where a side is sitting second to last, he sits third on the goal kicking leaderboard.
He has had returns of five goals twice this season, in round 1 and round 14 and since going goalless in round 8, Coombe has kicked 18 goals in the last five games.
4. Darcy Morris – Cairns City Lions – 32 goals.
Not usually known for his goal kicking but in 2024, Morris has snuck forward to kick a few bags this season.
Since moving to Cairns in 2020, Morris has kicked a combined 44 goals from 2020 to 2023, this year alone he has already kicked the most in a season for the midfielder which included a bag a nine in the round 4 thumping of Manunda Hawks.
5. Fitzroy Greenwool – North Cairns Tigers – 32 goals
The Tigers half-forward, midfield bull has taken his game to a new level in 2024 as he looks to help end the Tigers 36-year premiership drought.
Greenwool has played just 10 games of a possible 12 for his 32 goals this season, with his best return of six goals against the Saints in round 8, with a bag of five and three bags of four this season.
AFL Darling Downs – Round 16
1. Charlie Farrer – Hawks – 30 goals
The Hawks sit third on the ladder and it is partly because of Farrer kicking bags in recent weeks as they continue to chase success in 2024.
His best return came in the round 2 win over South Toowoomba Bombers where he booted seven goals, ultimately being the difference as his side won by 37 points.
2. Rohan Drummond – Tigers – 27 goals
Drummond has leapfrogged into second spot after back-to-back games where he has kicked bags of four in rounds 10 and 12 (with the bye in between)
He kicked a bag of six in the round 14 clash with South Burnett Saints, his best return this season but has added a bag of five in round 5 and three times he has kicked four goals this season, with 27 goals in just eight games played this season.
3. Daniel Brown – Hawks – 25 goals
Brown was sitting on top of the ladder four weeks ago but a few quiet weeks and not playing the las two has seen him drop to third.
He booted nine goals in the Hawks win over the Redbacks and jumped to the leading goal kicker from round 3 to round 10.
4. Ryan Hodgson – South Toowoomba Bombers – 16 goals
Not your traditional forward but with the Bombers sitting fourth at the moment, Hodgson is a standout and key to them remaining inside the top four.
Hodgson has played the last five weeks in a row, but has been kept goalless in two of those games and just four goals from the remaining three games with the Bombers throwing him on the ball.
5. Josh Liddington - South Toowoomba Bombers - 16 goals
Similar to Hodgson, Liddington has jumped back into the top five goal kickers this season on the back of five goals over the past two weeks.
Before that, Liddington was kept goalless for four games in a row before his return of his best this season with four goals in round 13.
AFL Mackay – Round 15
1. Joel Mitchell – Mackay Magpies – 58 goals.
Arguably one of Queensland’s best shots for goal, Mitchell reached his 600th career goal while breaking the 50 goals
Mitchell started the year off channelling his inner Jason Dunstall with bags of eight in round 1, nine in round 2 and 14 against Mackay City Hawks in round 3.
2. Billy Galpin - Whitsunday Sea Eagles - 27 goals
Galpin has jumped into second spot after an eight goal clinic in round 13 against Mackay City Hawks.
From 12 games, Galpin has be toiling away with a goal a game slowly building before kicking 18 goals in five weeks.
3. Cameron Hill – North Mackay Saints – 25 goals.
Hill has jumped from third to second since kicking six goals in two weeks to overtake Fraser Carroll four rounds back but has now slipped to third again after a couple of quiet weeks that has still been five goals in three games of footy.
A consistent year so far for Hill, three times he has been kept goalless but continually has kicked mutliple goals five times from the past six goals.
4. Benjamin Barba – Eastern Swans – 19 goals
Barba has played the last two rounds but still finds himself in the top five after a very consistent season from the Swan.
He has kicked 20 goals from seven games, Barba missed the opening three rounds and rounds 8 and 9 before returning to kick the seven in round 10, followed up by two in round 11 and one in round 12 before missing rounds 13 and 14.
5. Fraser Carroll – Whitsunday Sea Eagles – 18 goals.
Carroll sits a massive 40 goals behind Mitchell in the goal kicking leaderboard and from the back half of the year it is a race for second spot with Carroll just holding on to fifth spot.
His best return this year was six in round 2 against Mackay Magpies but he is on track to beat his seniors best of just 22 goals in a season.
AFL Townsville – Round 18
1. Reegan Mrsich – Thuringowa Bulldogs – 45 goals.
The 30-year-old moved to Townsville after spending a few years in Cairns where he played mainly in the midfield for the Cairns Saints.
Now enjoying life in the forward line, Mrsich channelled his inner Fred Fanning, booting a solid 18 goals in the clubs 299 point win over Northern Beaches in round 9.
2. Mckye Turner – Hermit Park Tigers – 42 goals.
Turner spent the first part of the season playing in the reserves where he kicked 13 goals in five games before the promotion into the senior side.
He too had a day out against Northern Beaches, kicking 12 goals in the round 10 victory over the Suns, then followed up with two bags of six and then an eight goal game in round 15.
3. Joel Newman – Thuringowa Bulldogs – 37 goals.
Already sits as his best return for a season with 37 goals, Newman joined in the party with Mrsich in round 9, kicking 10 goals himself in the 47 goal onslaught.
Newman backed it up with six goals in round 10 and after missing two weeks, Newman returned to kicked seven goals in the last two weeks before being kept goalless in round 15 and has not be sighted since.
4. John Dempsey – University Hawks – 33 goals.
The Hawks main target up forward has had an up and down year when it comes to the big sticks, having three games where he has been kept goalless but four games with five or more goals.
His return of seven against Northern Beaches in round 11 was his best so far this season, he will be looking to knock off his career best of 35 which he did so in 2020 and season 2021.
5. Jack Gusmeroli – Curra Swans – 29 goals.
Gusmeroli has just 85 goals next to his name in his 58 game senior career, returning to Soccer in 2023.
Swapping the round ball for the footy, Gusmeroli’s return of 29 goals so far this season is best return in his career, going past his previous best in 2019 where he kicked 24 goals.
QAFL – Round 17
1. Matt Hammelmann – Redland Victoria Point Sharks – 64 goals.
The 28-year-old former Brisbane Lion draftee has had dominant year in front of the big sticks as he is the closest in Queensland to reaching back-to-back triple figures.
Hammelmann kicked 106 goals for Redland last year in just 20 games, and after 14 games played this season, he is sitting on 64 goals which included 10 games of five goals or more this season.
2. Connor Stackelberg – Aspley Hornets – 59 goals
Stackelberg has kicked 12 goals in two weeks to jump into second spot and now has kicked past the 50 mark and sits just five goals behind Hammelmann.
In 19 games last season he finished with 76 goals for the year, he has now played 15 games and is just 17 goals behind his tally from last year with three weeks to go.
3. Keegan Downie – Morningside Panthers – 49 goals
Downie is just one away from breaking the 50 goals after kicking nine goals in the last three weeks to jump into third spot.
The commentators curse hit Downie after being posted four weeks ago, he hadn’t been kept goalless at all this season, only to turn around in round 13 against Labrador where he didn’t kick a goal.
4. Jonathan Freeman – Noosa Tigers – 46 goals
Another power forward who has kicked multiple goals in a game this season and not been kept goalless once as Tigers forward Jono Freeman closes in on the half a century.
Freeman has kicked five goals on four occasions this season along with kicking four goals twice.
5. Blair Rubock – Palm Beach Currumbin Lions – 46 goals
Rubock has already ticked the box of kicking his most in a season this year, notching that up in round 9 against Aspley with a four goal return.
But it is his round 2 day out which he will remember this season, booting 10 goals against Mt Gravatt to start the year off with 14 goals in the opening two games.
QFA Div 1 – Round 16 - Final Round
1. Rhys Magin – Hinterland – 69 goals
Magin heads into the final round of the season just six goals behind his season best return of 75 which he achieved in 2022.
He booted nine in round 14 after two weeks of just one goal in both those games as he closes in and chases his best return and looks almost set to claim the goal kicking award this season.
2. Zachary Quin – Mayne – 59 goals
Quin jumped over the 50 mark and heading into the final round he is 10 goals behind Magin for the goal kicking award but he comes up against Beenleigh which is the only team this year which has kept him goalless this season.
HIs best return this season was a 10 goal game in round 6 against Moreton Bay and in the past four weeks he has kicked 16 goals since his goalless game against Beenleigh.
3. Ryan Doolan – Mayne – 51 goals
Doolan kicked six in the round 15 clash against Caloundra which got him over the 50 goal mark of the season, which is now the fourth time this season he has kicked six goals or more.
He has kicked 14 goals in the past four weeks and sits eight goals behind second spot in the final round of the season and will need to channel his round 6 form where he booted 10 majors, also against Moreton Bay.
4. Bayden Goff – Moreton Bay – 45 goals
A few quiet weeks has seen Goff drop from second to fourth after rising up from fifth in round 9 when he was kept goalless for what was the second time this season.
Goff has been a shining light for Moreton Bay who have just one win under their belt as we close into the final round of the season to which they play fifth placed Hinterland.
5. Thomas Wischnat - Hinterland - 41 goals
Hinterland has found another goal kicker in Wischnat who has found 15 goals in the past five weeks and 20 goals in the last seven weeks since he was kept goalless in round 8.
Hinterland sit fifth and a game outside of the four heading into the last round and will look to either Wischnat or Magin to help them climb the ladder as finals approach.
QFA Div 2 North – Round 15
1. Ben Murray – Alexandra Hills – 62 goals
Murray has kicked 34 goals in the last three weeks to leapfrog into the leading goal kicker with two rounds before finals begin.
In round 12 and round 14, Murray booted 14 goals in each of those games with the six goals in round 13, which came off the back of being kept goalless in round 11.
2. Joshua Elmslie – Kedron – 57 goals
Elmslie has kicked 13 goals in the past three weeks to take him past the 50 mark which included 10 goals in the past two weeks.
His best return this season came the week before he was kept goalless, kicking eight majors against Pine Rivers in round 6, followed up with seven goals in round 8, a week after he was kept goalless.
3. Ilan Osman – Park Ridge – 49 goals
Osman has kicked 18 goals in the last four weeks as he now sits just one away from breaking the 50 goal mark this season.
His best return this season was six goals against Zillmere in round 6 while also kicking two bags of five and a day out on four.
4. Mitchell McMillan – Jindalee – 36 goals
McMillan started the year off with a bang with seven goals in round 1 followed up with five goals and then four goals but since then has only kicked three or more goals twice in 11 weeks.
He has kicked six goals in the last four weeks which included a three goal game in round 11.
5. Josh Westerberg – Sandgate – 30 goals
Westerberg suffered the commentators curse with back to back weeks of being kept goalless after the write up three weeks ago where he had only been kept goalless once this season with a pretty consistent year to date.
Sandgate’s leading goal kicker scored a bag of seven against Wynnum in round 2 and a bag of six against Gympie in round 6.
QFA Div 2 South – Round 15
1. Paddy Turner – Burleigh – 46 goals
Turner started off the year with a bang, kicking the almighty bag of 10 in round 1 to help Burleigh claim a 114 point win.
Since then, the QFA Div 2 South leading goal kicker has bagged three lots of five and three lots of four as he holds onto the lead by seven goals with two weeks until finals.
2. Nic Denahy – Coolangatta – 39 goals
Denahy kicked 11 goals in the first three weeks to stay in touch with Turner and continues to do so but without making up ground as of yet.
He kicked six goals in round 3 against Coomera but his best return was against Tweed Coast, kicking seven in round 9.
3. Mitchell Chopping – Tweed Coast – 30 goals
Chopping has had a consistent year with seven of his games he has kicked three or more goals but has been kept goalless three times this season.
The commentators glory came for him in round 13 off the back of being told he was due to explode, Chopping booted a bag of seven against Southern Stingrays, to make it 14 goals against them in three games.
4. Jackson Coppin – Southern Stingrays – 27 goals
In a similar position to Chopping, Coppin has had a consistent year, kicking a goal in every match except for his round 5 match against Tweed Coast.
His best return this season is four which he kicked twice this season against Robina, once in round 7 and in round 14 and has kicked bags of three on four occasions.
5. Scott Riordan - Coolangatta - 26 goals
Riordan had a slow start to the season with one goal from two games before kicking a season high five goals in round 3 against Coomera and from then continued to kick a goal a game at least except for rounds 5 and round 11.
In his 294 game career, Riordan has kicked 245 goals and will be looking to break the 250 mark before finals in two weeks time.
QFA Div 3 North – Round 17
1. Quinten Ross – Caloundra – 33 goals
Ross is a long way off from breaking his all time goalkicking record of 98 goals in a season which he achieved in 2012 but kicking his biggest bag this season of eight goals in round 13 is one way to help him get closer to the 50 mark.
From the other seven games he has played this season, he has kicked three goals in round 2 and roud 6, four in round 7, six in round 9 and then five in round 10 and then four again in round 14.
2. Patrick Harris – North Shore – 26 goals
Harris is already sitting on a career best year but he isn’t finished yet as he continues to play a big role for North Shore as they look to climb the ladder in the back half of the year.
In just eight games, Harris has kicked 26 goals which has included a best return of eight goals in round 4 against Aspley and six in round 8 against Coorparoo.
3. Keaton Thomas – Maroochydore – 20 goals
With just the one loss this season Maroochydore could well be on their way to another grand final with Keaton Thomas leading them that way.
He went missing from round 9 but returned in round 13 where he kicked four goals and followed it up with one against Aspley and two in round 15 against Moreton Bay.
4. Zak Salter - Marcellin - 15 goals
It has been a slow burn for Salter to start the year but has found some form in front of goals in the past two weeks with two bags of three to jump to equal fourth spot.
Not really known for his goal kicking, it is his best return in front of goals, having only kicked 32 goals from his 184 game career.
5. Ryan Rochford – Caloundra – 15 goals
With just the 17 goals to his name last year for Caloundra, Rochford is just two straight kicks away from setting a new record for himself.
He kicked five goals in round 12 against Moreton Bay, his best return this season and equal his best for Caloundra.
QFA Div 3 South – Round 17
1. Will McAdam – Coorparoo – 47 goals
Coorparoo are sitting on top of the ladder and some big thanks belongs to Will McAdam in front of goal as he has kicked a goal in every game he has played this season.
From just eight games, he had kicked 33 goals which has included kicking five goals three times this season but in the past four games he has kicked 14 goals including the big bag of 10 in round 16.
2. Ryan Major – Collingwood Park – 22 goals
It is now a fight for second spot really in the QFA Div 3 South competition with Major sitting in that spot just one goal ahead of Chris Kimmett.
Major’s best return this season was four goals in round five but has kicked two or more goals on seven occasions from 12 games.
3. Chris Kimmett – Ormeau – 21 goals
Kimmett has now had his best return in front of goals and it comes off the back of eight goals in the last three games he has played.
He has had kicked four goals on two occasions this season, once in the opening round against Pacific Pines and then round 8 against Sherwood.
4. Kieran Artis - Coorparoo - 21 goals
Artis has jumped into fourth spot and just one goal away from second with two weeks to go after kicking 14 goals since his return in round 13.
He booted a season high six goals against Collingwood Park in round 14 and to follow up he has kicked back to back weeks of three.
5. Tom Fitzgerald - Coorparoo - 20 goals
As the race for second spot heats up, Fitzgerald has thrown his name in the hat as Coorparoo could take out the top three spots in this years goal kicking award.
Fitzgerald boote five goals in the last game against Sherwood to jump him up into the top five with two weeks to go.
QFA Div 4 North – Round 17
1. Danny Floyd – Glasshouse Hinterland – 44 goals
Floyd has leapfrogged Bentley to take the leading goal kicking spot after booting 23 goals in five weeks which included a seven goal game, a six, a five and a four to go along with one goal against Kedron in round 14.
He sits 12 goals shy of his best return, coming in 2016, this season he has booted seven goals on three occasions with three weeks to go.
2. Campbell Bentley – Sandgate – 40 goals
Sandgate sit equal second on this years Div 4 North ladder and it is widely owed to how good Campbell Bentley has been in front of goal this season.
He was kept goalless just once so far this year but he won’t pay too much attention to it after he booted 10 goals against Yeronga in round 7.
3. Samuel Noble – Glasshouse Hinterland – 29 goals
Three out of the last four years, Noble has kicked 30 or more goals with 2021 being the only exception where he kicked 29 goals for the year.
Noble is now just one goal away with three weeks to go and could be eying off beating his best return of 38 in a season.
4. Ryan Fletcher – Ferny Grove – 27 goals
It is Fletcher’s best return for a season in senior footy but is still 18 goals behind cracking his overall record.
Started off the year pretty well with two games of three goals in a row before kicking just one in the next two weeks but it was his round 8 clash where he booted eight goals against Yeronga that has helped him jump into the top 5.
5. Brad Lovell – Ferny Grove – 22 goals
Coming off a 52 goal season in 2023, Lovell has played just the eight games for his 22 goals this season, being kept goalless in the round 6 match against the University of Queensland and round 13 against Mayne.
He has had two games of five goals and one bag of six goals in round 10 against Sandgate.
QFA Div 4 South – Round 17
1. Tim Martin – Greater Springfield Sports – 47 goals
Martin has played 12 games this season for a 47 goal return which has included a bag of eight against Mt Gravatt in round 4 and a bag of seven in round 3 against Carrara.
He sits just 22 goals behind his best return of 69 which he kicked in 2016 from 19 games.
2. Jesse Cooper – Coomera – 30 goals
Cooper is just six goals away from a career best season in front of the big sticks as he looks to continue to be a shining light this season for Coomera.
His best game this season was in round 9 against Brisbane Valley where he booted 6 goals but has also had three or more goals on five other occasions.
3. Nick Taylor – Ipswich Eagles – 29 goals
Already broken his best return for goals in a season but Taylor has not been sighted since round 13 where he was kept goalless for the second time in three weeks.
Taylor has kicked two bags of eight this season, one in round 3 against Labrador and then again in round 9 against Ipswich.
4. James Gillow - Southport - 24 goals
Gillow has been surging late this season chasing the second spot on the ladder with Martin looking to have locked in the leading goal kicking award for 2024.
In just seven games this season, Gillow has booted 24 goals which has included a bag of six in round 6, four goals in round 16, three goals on four occasions and two goals in his first game of the year.
5. Kye Newson - Southport - 22 goals
A fellow Southport goal kicker, Newson has found some form at the back end of the year after a slow start of one goal in his first three games.
His best return was in round 8 against Carrara where he booted five goals to go along with two lots of four this season.
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