SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 20

There is one week until SuperCoach league finals, and coaches with trades in the bank are in a great position to make a big move. Who should you bring in?

Call it the trade saver advantage.

A week of carnage forced some coaches to use the last of their 40 trades while others are clinging to one or two for the final five rounds.

Coaches with trades available are in the privileged position of being able to make a move on the eve of finals for most head-to-head leagues.

Some of those will be catching up on last week’s fallout – finding a replacement for Jason Horne-Francis or Nic Martin – while others will be able to make genuine luxury trades to boost scores this weekend, and for the rest of the season.

So who should be on the shopping list? Here are nine top targets for round 20.

Lachie Whitfield has scored over 140 points three times this year.

Whitfield’s price dropped another $30k after lockout on Sunday night and he’s now available for almost $140k less than his starting price despite ranking as a top-six defender for the season. Take out his score of 16 after an early concussion three weeks ago and his average jumps to 112, which would make him No.2 behind tearaway Saint Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. Whitfield hasn’t shot the lights out in his two games since returning from injury (105, 104) and he has a potential match-up with Sydney stopper James Jordan this week. But his last three rounds could decide plenty of SuperCoach finals, when the Giants finish the year against North Melbourne, Gold Coast and St Kilda, teams that have all given up plenty of points to half-backs this season.

Matt Kennedy can score playing forward or in the midfield.

Bounced back from a disastrous score of 23 two weeks ago with 124 points against Brisbane. His centre bounces were still down on his season average but Kennedy just knows how to win the footy – topping 20 disposals in 15 of his 18 appearances this season – and when you also lay nine tackles, as he did against the Lions, you’re always going to score well. In a volatile forward line he has been remarkably consistent if we forgive that one mulligan, with 15 of his 18 scores above 86. The Dogs play a depleted Essendon this week and their run home also includes Melbourne and West Coast, making Kennedy a very safe play with some potential high upside games.

Sam Flanders finally cracked the SuperCoach ton against Adelaide.

Amazingly for a player who averaged 119 last season and tonned up in 20 of his 22 matches, it took Flanders until round 19 to hit three figures in 2025. Playing as a forward this season has put a huge dent in his SuperCoach output, but there have been signs of life in recent weeks (five-round average 88), especially on Sunday when he roamed far and wide for his 28 disposals, nine marks and a goal. His centre bounce numbers haven’t changed so it would be a big punt, but you don’t get a player $241k cheaper than his starting price without some risk.

Is this the Sam Flanders form spike we’ve been waiting for? Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Jack Sinclair has bounced back after a form slump.

The Phantom’s No.1 trade target for the week is another A grader who has bottomed out in price, dropping over $100k during a surprise slump as Wanganeen-Milera took over as the Saints’ preferred ball user out of defence. But Wanganeen-Milera’s move to the midfield is a win-win for SuperCoaches, with Sinclair playing his best game in two months against Geelong last round. Take advantage of a fixture that includes matches against Melbourne, North Melbourne, Richmond and Essendon in the next four rounds.

James Sicily could be a surprise late-season saviour.

Another proven SuperCoach star available at a huge discount after a rocky season as the Hawks try to juggle all their tall defenders. Sicily has tonned up in his past two games despite spending some time forward, and the Hawks have hit form when it counts, winning five of their past six matches. The skipper will have a big role to play as they push for a possible top-four finish.

Max Gawn has scored more SuperCoach points than any other player in 2025.

If you’re still in the market for a top-line ruckman Gawn’s price has bottomed out after eight straight price drops from his season-high value of $744k in round 11. After a 108-point second half against Carlton last round he has a fantastic run home starting with St Kilda, a team he scored 110 and 180 against in their past two encounters. If you have the trades don’t wait for Tristan Xerri, grab Max now and bank those extra points.

Get Max Gawn while he’s cheap(ish). Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty Images

Max Hall has been a great pick-up by the Saints.

The under-the-radar rookie success story of 2025 could be a left-field trade option if you really like something different. Hall’s price rise of almost $350k since round 1 is the highest of any player in the competition. He has the seventh best three-round (103) and five-found (100) averages among all forwards, and the real selling point is that St Kilda’s fixture – in the next month the Saints don’t play a team higher than 13th on the ladder. Don’t count him out.

Taj Hotton will play his third game this weekend.

Not sure how many coaches have enough trades left to complete a downgrade to help pay for an upgrade, but if that’s you then Hotton should be high on the radar. A rare late-season bubble boy, his scores of 55 and 50 in his first two games won’t blow you away but he should play every week, provides valuable flexibility as a MID-FWD and has so much talent a spike game wouldn’t surprise – especially considering the Tigers have games to come against North Melbourne and St Kilda. Young Saints tall Max Heath ($119k FWD-RUC, BE -41) is also on the bubble this round and could provide a nice pairing for those with another FWD-RUC like Luke Jackson.

Tiger Taj Hotton is due for his first price rise after his next game. Picture: Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

Jordon Sweet was the first player to hit 200 SuperCoach points this season.

Discounting the 333 coaches who made the trade of the century last week, we missed the boat on Sweet’s 200-point game and $80k price rise. But he is still cheap enough if you are stretched for cash in the ruck – or Flex – and clearly has the No.1 ruck role at the Power locked away for the last five rounds. And his ceiling is huge!

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 20