SuperCoach positions, DPPs confirmed by Champion Data for every player in 2026 AFL season
See who has gained and lost dual-position status in SuperCoach, positions for next year’s hottest rookies and the biggest lock of 2026. See the list of every single player.
North Melbourne gun Harry Sheezel could be the most selected player in SuperCoach next season after being handed MID-FWD status for 2026.
Champion Data has locked in positions for every AFL listed player for next season, and the full list reveals a series of calls that will shape how fantasy teams are built.
The early Team Picker for SuperCoach Plus subscribers opens in late December.
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Sheezel’s versatility was a source of frustration for SuperCoaches at times last season, with his scores impacted when he was used in attack by Alastair Clarkson. But the magnet move had a huge silver lining – his 37.3 per cent game time forward has qualified him as one of 51 midfield-forward players next season.
Sheezel still managed a 107 average, a clear No. 1 of all FWD eligible players next season. And coming off a 118 average the year before, there is huge upside in the 22-year-old in his fourth season.
The two topscoring forwards of 2025 are no longer available in that position – Bailey Smith is a pure MID and Luke Jackson is a pure RUC – but salary caps will be stretched trying to fit in FWD-MIDs Sheezel and Christian Petracca, while Sam Flanders presents huge value as a FWD only after he was classified as a DEF-MID in 2025.
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Squeezed out of the stacked Gold Coast on-ball unit, Flanders played 70 per cent of game time as a forward for the Suns. But SuperCoaches will be hoping for a spike in midfield minutes after a trade to St Kilda – and a return to the form that saw him average 119 points per game in 2024.
On the rookie front, No.1 pick Willem Duursma will begin the season available as a mid only, but he’s one of the few top picks alongside Dan Annable and Dyson Sharp in that category.
Zeke Uwland (Def/Mid), Charlie Dean (Def), Dylan Patterson (Def), Sam Gril (Def/Mid), Jacob Farrow (Def/Mid) and Xacier Taylor (Def) are all available in our backlines.
Up forward may present a tougher challenge, with Cooper Duff-Tytler (Ruck/Fwd) and Sullivan Robey (Mid/Fwd) one of the few new draftees who might play early – but we’ve been given a boon in the form of new Eagles Finlay Macrae (Mid/Fwd) and Dev Robertson (Fwd), plus former Docker Liam Reidy (Ruck/Fwd) available in the forward line.
Another intriguing prospect is Adam Treloar, who qualified for FWD-MID status by playing 45 per cent of game time in the forward line during an injury-interrupted 2025 season – easily passing the 35 per cent benchmark for DPP.
His price is also likely to be heavily discounted after he managed just four senior games last year, but wind back the clock just one season and he averaged 116.6 over 22 games as a pure midfielder.
Among the other players who have lost DPP status are Max Holmes, Jack Sinclair, Jason Horne-Francis, Chad Warner, Ryan Maric, Matt Kennedy and Caleb Daniel.
However, in good news, Petracca, Izak Rankine, Kysaiah Pickett, Shai Bolton, Zac Bailey, Jy Simpkin, Bailey Humphrey, Tim Kelly and Murphy Reid have all retained MID-FWD DPP, while Jack Sinclair, Connor Rozee and Josh Daicos are all MID-DEF again. Sam Draper has retained RUC-FWD DPP.
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Lachie Whitfield, Jordan Clark, Dayne Zorko and Bailey Dale are DEF only again in 2026.
New dual-position allocations will be made during the season, after rounds 5, 11 and 17.
Originally published as SuperCoach positions, DPPs confirmed by Champion Data for every player in 2026 AFL season
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