SuperCoach: The stars who score well in wins and losses, greatest win-loss differentials
Premiums who can score well regardless of their team’s result are worth their weight in gold. Which guns stand up when their side doesn’t, and which players go missing? Meanwhile, find out who goes bananas in wins.
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Premiums who can score well regardless of their team’s result are essential in KFC SuperCoach.
Reliable premiums go a long way towards sustained SuperCoach success, and the last thing we need to worry about is our tried-and-true selections being inconsistent.
The prime example was Gary Ablett when he first arrived at the Suns. The little-master racked up enormous numbers in the Suns’ largely unsuccessful formative years, averaging 125-plus in all of their first four seasons in the AFL.
In recent seasons it has been Carlton star Patrick Cripps who has put up SuperCoach numbers that differ from his team’s on field results.
But who are the other players who stand up even where their team fails to show up, and which guns go missing in losses?
Meanwhile, which stars amass monster scores when their side gets the chocolates?
Check out the big performers and those with the greatest win-loss SuperCoach disparity last season.
Best scorers in wins
Source: Champion Data
Not one, not two but three Bulldogs midfielders averaged more than 120 points in wins last season. SuperCoach star trio Josh Dunkley (130 average in wins), Jack Macrae (128) and Marcus Bontempelli (120) all went bananas in wins.
The Bulldogs were rated as the second best list in the competition by Champion Data and are likely to add to their 12-win tally from 2019. It strengthens the case of picking two or even three of these prolific Bulldogs from the start, given they play five of their first seven games at Marvel Stadium.
Dunkley averaged the second most points in wins last season, only trailing ruckman Brodie Grundy.
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The one to watch this season is Melbourne bull Clayton Oliver, who averaged 126 points in the Demons’ five wins. While they may not feature in September, expect the Demons to fare better in 2020.
Blues clearance machine Patrick Cripps – who averaged 122 in wins last season – is another who should benefit from a better win-loss record from his improving side.
Best scorers in losses
Source: Champion Data
Most of these results are expected from SuperCoach stars who perform week in week out, but the player that stands out is Saints ruckman Rowan Marshall. The 24-year-old averaged a formidable 115 points in St Kilda’s 12 losses, a return which should satisfy those considering him in 2020 – although it may be a different story with Paddy Ryder alongside him.
Patrick Cripps has carried his side through their unsuccessful years and his 116-point average in losses last season proves just that. Dual Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe is another whose output isn’t impacted a great deal by the end result from his Dockers, averaging 118 in losses compared to 124 in wins.
Brodie Grundy also tops this list along with Max Gawn, averaging a tremendous 129 points in losses, just two points less than his returns in wins.
Their stunning average in losses is one of the myriad of reasons to lock the pair into R1 and R2.
Another player of note is Jake Lloyd – the only defender to appear in these best 2019 scorers in wins/losses lists.
Greatest win-loss points differential
Source: Champion Data
It’d be harsh to call these players the 2019 ‘flat-track bullies’ but it is clear they post markedly better totals when their side gets the four points.
There are several players here who were fantasy relevant last year, namely Stephen Coniglio.
In the seven Giants losses he played in last season, the star midfielder averaged just 80 SuperCoach points, compared to a whopping 119 points in each of their 13 wins.
If we take out their Round 17 loss to the Tigers – where Coniglio was sidelined with injury early in the match without troubling the scorers – his average was still a disappointing 93.3 in losses, a differential of 26.6.
His spearhead teammate Jeremy Cameron recorded significantly poorer SuperCoach numbers in losses, registering a 40-point differential in 2019.
While you could argue last year’s Grand Finalists are unlikely to lose many games this year, it is worth factoring this in before taking the punt on them in 2020.
Another interesting name here is Michael Walters. The second dearest forward in 2020 has a considerable disparity between losses and wins. The Docker livewire was a damaging scorer in their nine wins in 2019, averaging 120 points, but averaged 33 points less in their 13 losses.
Under new coach Justin Longmuir, it is anyone’s guess where Fremantle will finish this season, but a rise up the ladder could see a spike in Walters’ SuperCoach output. Conversely, their likely youth-first approach may not translate into immediate success and prove to be unfavourable for Walters’ scoring
It is no surprise to see 2019 burn man Jack Darling featuring, with a win-loss SuperCoach differential of 37 points.