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SuperCoach AFL 2025 positions revealed: Search every player

Champion Data has released its full list of AFL player positions for 2025, including a host of fresh faces ready to take SuperCoach by storm. See every position here.

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Champion Data has locked in positions for every SuperCoach player in 2025, handing 94 players dual-position status.

Three of the biggest bombshells from the annual position review are ex-Bulldogs, who are all forward eligible next season after some magnet spinning by their now former coach Luke Beveridge.

Star Geelong signing Bailey Smith is a FWD/MID, and so is former premiership defender and new Kangaroo Caleb Daniel.

Meanwhile, Jack Macrae, who moved to St Kilda during the trade period, being listed as a FWD only despite winning All-Australian selection three times as a midfielder.

Champion Data has released its allocation of positions for every player after club lists were locked in following the national and rookie drafts.

Draftees have all been given positions for the first time, with new DPPs including St Kilda’s top-10 picks Tobie Travaglia (DEF/MID) and Alex Tauru (DEF/FWD), Essendon livewire Isaac Kako (FWD/MID) and new Eagle Bo Allan (DEF/MID).

Isaac Kako receives his Essendon jumper on draft night. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images
Isaac Kako receives his Essendon jumper on draft night. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

One of the least surprising decisions was to list Nick Daicos as a MID only for the first time, while Harry Sheezel is a DEF only. Other players to lose dual-position status include Jye Caldwell (MID only), Nic Martin (DEF only) and Isaac Heeney (MID only).

Sam Flanders’ versatility has been underlined by his listing as a DEF/MID after he starred as a FWD/MID in 2024.

The list of new DPPs also includes Port Adelaide star Jason Horne-Francis (FWD/MID), ex-Swan Luke Parker (FWD/MID) and Demon Trent Rivers (DEF/MID), while Luke Jackson retains RUC/FWD status.

Brisbane’s No.51 draft pick Zane Zakostelsky is the only DEF/RUC in the game next year.

Champion Data allocates positions based on where players lined up last season, with a 35 per cent game time threshold to earn a particular position. Harry Sheezel missed out on DPP by the barest of margins after spending 34.8 per cent of game time in the midfield in 2024.

Positions are reviewed during the season and there will be three DPP updates across 2025.

AL PATON’S 2025 POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

ADELAIDE

Isaac Cumming MID

James Peatling MID

BRISBANE LIONS

Dayne Zorko DEF

Levi Ashcroft MID

CARLTON

Sam Docherty MID

Zac Williams DEF/FWD

COLLINGWOOD

Harry Perryman DEF

Nick Daicos MID

ESSENDON

Jye Caldwell MID

Isaac Kako MID/FWD

FREMANTLE

Nat Fyfe MID

Luke Jackson FWD/RUC

GEELONG

Bailey Smith FWD/MID

Max Holmes DEF/MID

GOLD COAST

Alex Sexton DEF

Sam Flanders DEF/MID

GWS GIANTS

Ollie Hannaford MID/FWD

HAWTHORN

Massimo D’Ambrosio MID

MELBOURNE

Christian Petracca MID

Trent Rivers DEF/MID

NORTH MELBOURNE

Luke Parker FWD/MID

Caleb Daniel FWD/MID

PORT ADELAIDE

Jason Horne-Francis MID/FWD

Jackson Mead MID/FWD

RICHMOND

Sam Lalor MID

Noah Balta DEF/FWD

STKILDA

Mattaes Phillipou FWD/MID

Jack Macrae FWD

SYDNEY

Ben Paton DEF/FWD

Jake Lloyd DEF/MID

WEST COAST

Harley Reid MID

Bo Allan DEF/MID

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Riley Sanders MID/FWD

Matt Kennedy MID/FWD

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