AFL SuperCoach Draft 2025: Expert consensus player rankings in every position
The ultimate resource for planning your SuperCoach Draft – and making all the big pre-season calls – is here. Check out our experts’ January rankings.
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Ask anyone who has taken part in a SuperCoach Draft and they’ll tell you it’s more exciting way to play our favourite fantasy game.
Take part in a league with your mates – or join any available public league – and select a unique SuperCoach team through a live draft where each player is only available once.
You can then trade players with other teams throughout the season, and pick up any undrafted player from the free agency pool as you go.
League settings – number of teams, squad size, trading and free agency options, game play and draft type, just to name a few – are totally customisable, allowing you to set up your competition your own way.
To help you pick the right players on draft night, our experts have ranked their top players in every position to come up with the 2025 consensus SuperCoach Draft rankings.
It’s also a great resource when making those tough 50-50 selection calls in SuperCoach Classic.
Watch for Lek’s ultimate top 100 ranks, updated consensus lists and more resources to help dominate your draft league.
Here’s how things stand in late January.
LEK SAYS: For the most part I’m favouring the younger defenders over the veterans this year and I’d rather back in the likes of Max Holmes and Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera over Dayne Zorko and Tom Stewart. It’s pretty easy to find points in defence at later stages of your draft so grab a couple of the big guns early and then supplement your list with players like Mitchell Hinge.
THE PHANTOM SAYS: The top two is clear for mine. Jack Sinclair stands out as the next best, but then it gets harder to differentiate. Not in a bad way, though, with the next group - even down to breakout contenders Colby McKercher and Matt Roberts - all have a case to be picked shortly after. Keep an eye on Harry Perryman late in your draft.
AL SAYS: Lots of gun defenders to pick from! Flanders is a bit hard to pin down, he spent the last three rounds of last season back in the forward line so let’s see what Dimma does, although he scores well wherever he plays. I’ve got Sicily a lot higher than everyone else, who must be scared off by the prospect of him playing forward. I’m not buying it.
TIM SAYS: The secret to being a good SuperCoach defender – well, one of them anyway – is taking a lot of kick-ins. Lachie Whitfield took 157 last year and that’s why I have got him on top. It boggles the mind that more coaches didn’t put attention into him last year. Throw a blanket over the first seven players, who could all average 105-plus. After that it drops away a bit but Tom Stewart being ranked 20th shows how much depth there is in the defensive ranks this season.
DOS SAYS: I’d be happy locking in any of the top six guys in the first few rounds with confidence. Matt Roberts breakout season inbound, Zorko cops some disrespect in the rankings due to Father Time and the returning Coleman. Watch out for Wanganeen-Milera taking his game to new heights and a bounce-back season for Callum Mills playing as a midfielder under Dean Cox.
PATCH SAYS: I’m fading my man Luke Ryan down the list a little bit – I originally had him at nine but slept on it and have pushed him back up, but I don’t think you’re gonna go too wrong in the opening 10 picks. It might turn into a bunfight after that. I reserve the right to bump Mills further up the list if he proves he can go through an off-season without seriously injuring himself. Also, no – I haven’t forgotten James Sicily. I think he’s a bad pick.
LEK SAYS: It’s almost impossible to go wrong with the first fifteen guys in the midfield. Marcus Bontempelli is the clear standout and while there are some concerns over Nick Daicos’ foot, you just pick him if he’s there. I’ve bumped everyone else with question marks next to their health down the order and snuck Clayton Oliver back into the top-20, if he has a decent pre-season he’ll outperform that spot.
THE PHANTOM SAYS: As always, the list of premium scorers in the midfield is deep. So, while I’d still consider taking any of the top three with the first overall pick, you’d still likely get a gun with your second selection if you went, say, Tristan Xerri instead. Don’t let Clarry fall too far, while Will Ashcroft is one to keep an eye in during the later rounds. James Peatling the sleeper.
AL SAYS: The top three could be off the board in the first three picks of a draft, then you can relax a little with 10-15 very good players who should all be around the 105-110 range. Tim Taranto missed the top 30 on consensus but I think he’ll be in a similar bracket and could be a steal in a later round.
TIM SAYS: Predicting the midfield was already tough enough without throwing potential taggers into the mix. I’ve tried to go for the players who still have an impact when they cop attention and are consistently among the top SuperCoach scorers for their sides. Clayton Oliver is the big unknown. I had him at 30 but he could be a top-five player come the end of the season if he’s back to his best. Errol Gulden is the POD I think could average 115-plus.
DOS SAYS: The usual suspects sit up top with the top four especially juicy. Tempted to slot Clarry into the top 10 should more shredded pics emerge. Jai Newcombe averaged 115 SC points in 15 Hawks wins last season! Watch the man wearing Leigh Mathews’ hand-me-down break into uber premium territory as the Hawks jump into flag contention.
PATCH SAYS: I reckon the top three are pretty set, but below that I’m not gonna be too mad if I end up with Lachie Neale or Hayden Young. The guys below that all have the capacity to be 110-plus guys, but I’m not super confident with them. I’ll likely end up with Tom Green in a lot of drafts because I love him despite being burned last year, and Sam Walsh could climb back up if he proves his fitness.
LEK SAYS: If you miss out on either of the top-two ruckman in your draft, don’t stress, a Jordon Sweet or Reilly O’Brien led ruck line will still put you in good stead.
THE PHANTOM SAYS: If you don’t get Xerri or Gawn at the top, I’d leave your ruck spot until later in the draft. Nothing wrong with Darcy Cameron or Matt Flynn, if you have used your earlier picks wisely.
AL SAYS: Xerri could be the No.1 scorer overall in SuperCoach this year, although don’t expect Gawn to give up the crown without a fight. Jarrod Witts is being undervalued by my draft rivals – he’s gone 110, 106, 108 in the past three years and I don’t see any reason he’ll drop off a cliff in 2025.
TIM SAYS: There’s a clear big four in the rucks this year – Xerri, Gawn, De Koning and English. After that, it drops away. Marshall is no guarantee to feature in round 1 and might spend more time forward anyway. Darcy Cameron was brilliant last season but he’s a rung below the top ruckmen, while Brodie Grundy tired after being asked to carry a huge load in his first season at Sydney. I’ve probably been a bit harsh on Toby Nankervis.
DOS SAYS: There’s a new No.1 in town. Xerri’s first full season at the helm was monumental, and he may well get better. I’d be tempted to nab him No.1 overall if I have the pick. I was burnt by TDK last year, but am willing to go there again given his upside as the solo ruck sans Pitto.
PATCH SAYS: It’s time for a changing at the guard at the top, and big X has proven he’s the No.1. I reckon father time will come for big Max either this year or next, so if you nab him and you’ve got a decent sized bench I’d be looking for some Tom Campbell love in the final round. No massive surprises here outside TDK very high, which stings even more after I traded him away for not a huge amount in a keeper league two years ago.
LEK SAYS: Every year we look at the top scoring forwards from the season prior and a guy like Jamie Cripps is sitting inside the top 20, he hasn’t made my cut but Cripps-esque players like Josh Treacy, Gryan Miers and Mason Wood have. It’s going to be a gross year for forwards again.
THE PHANTOM SAYS: Like in the the ruck, if you don’t get Horne-Francis or Rankine early, look to load up elsewhere first, such is the eveness – and difference of opinion - after the top two. Don’t sleep on young talls Riley Thilthorpe and Sam Darcy or Hawk Connor Macdonald late.
AL SAYS: Ignore the contradiction of me having Horne-Francis at No.1 and leaving him out of my classic team – this is a different game where value is irrelevant! Don’t sleep on the forward line entirely but if you can get one of the top eight or so in these rankings early in your draft it’s a lottery after that. Have some fun!
TIM SAYS: Ihad Mattaes Phillipou ranked in the top eight before he went down with injury. Rankine, JHF, Daniel and Bazlenka are the top rung with Macrae and Moore on the next line. After that, I’m not hugely interested in the forwards and would be prepared to wait until later in a SuperCoach draft. Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay could start hot considering they’ve got Richmond in round 1, but Elijah Hollands is the smoky I like from the Blues to be a top-10 forward this year in SuperCoach.
DOS SAYS: I CAN’T WAIT for Jack Macrae to prove the doubters wrong: 100-plus guaranteed. Will I see screenshots of this statement in my DMs in a few months? Maybe. But I’ll die on ‘Macrae’s still got it’ hill. Sam Darcy is among a few hot takes in my forward ranks. I’m tantalised by the sun of a gun’s SC potential as a bag-kicking forward and rapidly improving back-up ruckman.
PATCH SAYS: I actually low-key love the forward line for draft this year ... until we hit pick 19. I’d be ducking in early to grab one of these top guys depending on who’s still around in defence.
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