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AFLCA Best Young Player Winners

Year Player Height Weight Club Age Prior
Games
Season
Games
Season
Goals
Drafted From Clubs Career
Games
2024 Harry Sheezel 185cm 80kg North Melbourne 19 23 21 14 #3 National 2022 Ajax/​Sandringham U18 North Melbourne 44
2023 Nick Daicos 183cm 73kg Collingwood 20 25 22 19 #4 National 2021 Balwyn Greythorn/​Kew Rovers/​Carey Grammar/​Oakleigh U18 Collingwood 70
2022 Jai Newcombe 186cm 85kg Hawthorn 20 7 22 8 #2 Mid-Season 2020 Poowong/​Gippsland U18/​Box Hill Hawthorn 76
2021 Noah Anderson 191cm 87kg Gold Coast 19 17 20 0 #2 National 2019 Boroondara Hawks JFC/​Hawthorn Citizens/​Carey Grammar/​Oakleigh U18 Gold Coast 104
2021 Caleb Serong 179cm 88kg Fremantle 19 14 22 8 #8 National 2019 Warragul/​Geelong Grammar/​Gippsland U18 Fremantle 103
2020 Sam Walsh 184cm 77kg Carlton 19 22 17 8 #1 National 2018 St Joseph's/​Geelong U18 Carlton 119
2019 Tim Kelly 182cm 82kg Geelong 24 23 25 24 #24 National 2017 Palmyra JFC/​South Fremantle Geelong, West Coast 144
2018 Tom Stewart 190cm 88kg Geelong 24 21 22 1 #40 National 2016 South Barwon/​Geelong U18/​Geelong (VFL) Geelong 171
2017 Clayton Oliver 187cm 86kg Melbourne 19 13 22 4 #4 National 2015 Mooroopna/​Bendigo U18/​Murray U18/​Richmond (VFL) Melbourne 183
2016 Isaac Heeney 184cm 80kg Sydney 19 14 24 28 #18 National 2014 Cardiff/​NSW-ACT U18/​Sydney (NEAFL) Sydney 201
2015 Marcus Bontempelli 194cm 84kg Western Bulldogs 19 16 21 17 #4 National 2013 Eltham/​Marcellin College/​Northern U18 Western Bulldogs 240
2014 Jaeger O'Meara 182cm 82kg Gold Coast 19 22 22 11 #1 Mini-Draft 2011 Dongara/​Perth Gold Coast, Hawthorn, Fremantle 186
2013 Jeremy Cameron 194cm 91kg GWS 19 16 21 62 GWS Underage 2010 Dartmoor/​North Ballarat U18 GWS, Geelong 254
2012 Dyson Heppell 189cm 85kg Essendon 19 23 20 3 #8 National 2010 Leongatha/​Gippsland U18 Essendon 253
2011 Nathan Fyfe 190cm 88kg Fremantle 19 18 21 18 #20 National 2009 Lake Grace-Pingrup/​Aquinas College (WA)/​Claremont Fremantle 240
2010 Stephen Hill 182cm 82kg Fremantle 19 22 23 19 #3 National 2008 Quinns Districts/​West Perth Fremantle 218
2009 Cyril Rioli 177cm 80kg Hawthorn 19 25 19 21 #12 National 2007 St Marys/​Scotch College Hawthorn 189
2008 Joel Selwood 182cm 87kg Geelong 19 21 24 6 #7 National 2006 Sandhurst/​Catholic College Bendigo/​Bendigo U18 Geelong 355
2007 Scott Pendlebury 191cm 91kg Collingwood 18 9 23 20 #5 National 2005 Sale/​Gippsland U18 Collingwood 403
2006 Ryan Griffen 188cm 87kg Western Bulldogs 19 17 24 7 #3 National 2004 Goolwa-Port Elliot/​South Adelaide Western Bulldogs, GWS 257
2005 Adam Cooney 185cm 87kg Western Bulldogs 19 19 22 21 #1 National 2003 Flagstaff Hill/​West Adelaide Western Bulldogs, Essendon 250
2004 Daniel Wells 181cm 79kg North Melbourne 18 18 22 13 #2 National 2002 Kwinana/​Peel North Melbourne, Collingwood 258
2003 Chris Judd 189cm 88kg West Coast 19 22 23 29 #3 National 2001 East Sandringham/​Caulfield Grammar/​Sandringham U18 West Coast, Carlton 279