We've reached the midway mark of the 2022 AFL season, and in this chapter we reveal our mid-season awards.
The opening half of year has offered plenty of thrills and spills, with each club forging an identity as we begin to work through the final stretch of this premiership race.
Individuals have stuck their neck out in contention for particular awards, and here we detail who may be leading the honours as we turn to the second half of the season.
Without further ado, we name our All-Australian side, Brownlow Medal winner, Rising Star winner, Most Improved Player of the Year, Recruit of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Coach of the Year from the first half of the 2022 season.
Offensive Player of the Year
Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) and Tom Hawkins (Geelong)
With the Coleman Medal race an objective journey to the leading goalkicker award, we've decided to shake things up a little.
Instead of honouring the competition's best goalkicker, we've added in the metric of goal assists to skew the competition's tally among the best forward threats.
Funnily enough, while Cameron was already holding the lead for the Coleman Medal, the Cats sharpshooter is joined atop the Offensive Player of the Year standings by teammate Tom Hawkins, with the pair sharing a combined goals and goal assists total of 47.
Cameron's 38 majors and 9 assists are levelled by Hawkins' 33 and 14, while Blues spearhead Charlie Curnow (41), and Bulldog Aaron Naughton narrowly trail.
Player | Goals | Gola Assists | Total |
Jeremy Cameron | 38 | 9 | 47 |
Tom Hawkins | 33 | 14 | 47 |
Charlie Curnow | 37 | 4 | 41 |
Aaron Naughton | 30 | 8 | 38 |
Charlie Cameron | 30 | 7 | 37 |
Bayley Fritsch | 28 | 9 | 37 |
Max King | 32 | 3 | 35 |
Lance Franklin | 28 | 4 | 32 |
Shai Bolton | 21 | 11 | 32 |
Luke Breust | 20 | 12 | 32 |
Mitch Lewis | 27 | 3 | 30 |
Mabior Chol | 24 | 6 | 30 |
Zac Bailey | 26 | 3 | 29 |
Peter Wright | 25 | 4 | 29 |
Tyson Stengle | 23 | 6 | 29 |
Marcus Bontempelli | 15 | 14 | 29 |