SuperCoach is open! Here are the top 10 most expensive players for each position for 2023 and the priciest rookies.
Published by
Mitch Keating
Adelaide ball magnet Rory Laird will enter the 2023 AFL season as the highest-priced player in SuperCoach, being the only player to be worth more than $700,000 for Round 1.
After recording just two scores below 100 and averaging 127.8 points per game last year Laird enters the new season as the highest-valued option for SuperCoach players.
The Crows onballer has been priced at $703,900 for 2023, coming in at No.1 in the entire league ahead of fellow midfielders Clayton Oliver ($699,800), Lachie Neale ($676,200) and Touk Miller ($662,400).
St Kilda defender Jack Sinclair leads the way for defenders at $626,200, with Hawk James Sicily ($624,700) and Cat Tom Stewart ($604,00) narrowly trailing the Saints' half-back flanker.
New Brisbane recruit Josh Dunkley, who is again a dual-position player with both midfield and forward status for 2023, is the priciest forward at $596,400.
GWS captain Stephen Coniglio ($557,700) and Swans star Isaac Heeney ($557,100) are also on the podium as the most valued forwards, with Coniglio joining Dunkley as also having midfield status.
Melbourne skipper Max Gawn is again priced above the rest of his ruck counterparts, coming in at $622,100.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 10: Brodie Grundy of the Magpies and Max Gawn of the Demons compete for the ball during the 2019 AFL round 12 match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Melbourne Demons at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 10, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)
Gawn's new partner and popular SuperCoach option Brodie Grundy is the 10th most expensive ruck option at $512,900, while Cats utility Mark Blicavs () stunning has both midfield and ruck status for 2023.
2022 National Draft No.1 pick Aaron Cadman leads the rookie pricing at $207,300, while Brisbane father-son gun Will Ashcroft is the only other draftee to surpass the $200,000 mark at $202,800.