- Information
- AFL - Award
- AFL - Nominees
- AFLW - Award
- AFLW Nominees
Introduction:
- Awarded to the league’s best young AFL or AFLW player
- Known as the Norwich Rising Star award in 1997
- Currently known as the NAB AFL Rising Star award
Voting:
- Each week, a panel of experts nominates one (AFL) or two (AFLW) eligible player/s across the competition based on their performance in that round or their body of work across the season so far
- At the end of the home and away season, the panel votes 5-4-3-2-1 for the young players adjudged to have had the best seasons, with the Rising Star being awarded to the player with the most votes
Criteria:
- Players must be 20 years or younger and have played fewer than 10 games at the start of the season (game limit does not apply to AFLW players)
- Players who are suspended are ineligible for the award, though they can still be nominated
Multiple Nominees – AFL:
- Mitch Georgiades – 2
Multiple Nominees – AFLW:
- Matilda Scholz – 2
| Season: | Winner: |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Michael Wilson |
| 2006 | Danyle Pearce |
| Season: | Round: | Nominee: |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Round 3 | Bowen Lockwood |
| 1997 | Round 4 | Michael Wilson |
| 1997 | Round 7 | Brendon Lade |
| 1997 | Round 21 | Nathan Eagleton |
| 1998 | Round 7 | Warren Tredrea |
| 1998 | Round 9 | Nick Stevens |
| 1998 | Round 13 | Stuart Dew |
| 1999 | Round 19 | Matthew Bode |
| 2000 | Round 10 | Chad Cornes |
| 2000 | Round 22 | Josh Carr |
| 2001 | Round 17 | Brent Guerra |
| 2004 | Round 11 | Brett Ebert |
| 2006 | Round 3 | Danyle Pearce |
| 2006 | Round 9 | Brad Symes |
| 2006 | Round 11 | Jacob Surjan |
| 2006 | Round 16 | Troy Chaplin |
| 2007 | Round 12 | Robbie Gray |
| 2007 | Round 15 | Justin Westhoff |
| 2007 | Round 19 | Travis Boak |
| 2008 | Round 22 | Alipate Carlile |
| 2010 | Round 20 | Jackson Trengove |
| 2011 | Round 4 | Jasper Pittard |
| 2012 | Round 22 | Chad Wingard |
| 2013 | Round 1 | Ollie Wines |
| 2013 | Round 13 | Jake Neade |
| 2014 | Round 8 | Jarman Impey |
| 2016 | Round 10 | Darcy Byrne-Jones |
| 2017 | Round 1 | Sam Powell-Pepper |
| 2017 | Round 21 | Dan Houston |
| 2018 | Round 1 | Riley Bonner |
| 2019 | Round 3 | Connor Rozee |
| 2019 | Round 6 | Xavier Duursma |
| 2020 | Round 9 | Mitch Georgiades |
| 2021 | Round 5 | Mitch Georgiades |
| 2021 | Round 21 | Miles Bergman |
| 2022 | Round 15 | Lachie Jones |
| 2024 | Round 24 | Logan Evans |
| Season: | Winner: |
|---|---|
| 7 | Hannah Ewings |
| Season: | Round: | Nominee: |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Round 1 | Abbey Dowrick |
| 7 | Round 3 | Hannah Ewings |
| 7 | Round 10 | Indy Tahau |
| 8 | Round 2 | Matilda Scholz |
| 2024 | Week 1 | Shineah Goody |
| 2024 | Week 5 | Molly Brooksby |
| 2024 | Week 7 | Matilda Scholz |