AFL Insider Fantasy Player Statistics Challenge
Before the season starts, predictions for the leaders of the major AFL statistics categories can be posted, and at the end of the season you can go back and see how close the guesses were. Just copy the categories below, choose a player to have the most stats for the home and away season and then post it in the comments section below.
The 22 games of the regular season will be used. At the end of the season the official AFL statistics will be used and points will be allocated equal to a player's rank for the stats category. For example, if the predicted kicks leader is Luke Power and he finishes 4th in the AFL for kicks in 2007 that means 4 points, if the choice is O'Bree and he has the 80th most kicks for the year then that gets 80 points. The lowest score for the picks for ten stats is the overall winner. If a player is 100th or worse for the stats then 100 points will be the score for all those players. The best total score would be a 10, with 1 point for all the stats leaders.
Some ideas for picking the players you think will lead a statistical category:
Take into account players who are already suspended, injuries will also affect players. Have a look at the leaders from 2006, some will remain at the top of the stats while others will have a reduction. Other players will have a bigger role this season and could surprisingly top a category. Look at per game average stats from last season, a better idea of what players who were injured last season could do this year is to look at averages and then work out what that could equal for 22 games in 2007.
Predict the AFL stats leaders for 2007:
Most Kicks:
Most Handballs:
Most Total Disposals:
Most Marks:
Most Goals:
Most Behinds:
Most Hitouts:
Most Tackles:
Most Frees For:
Most Frees Against:
The 22 games of the regular season will be used. At the end of the season the official AFL statistics will be used and points will be allocated equal to a player's rank for the stats category. For example, if the predicted kicks leader is Luke Power and he finishes 4th in the AFL for kicks in 2007 that means 4 points, if the choice is O'Bree and he has the 80th most kicks for the year then that gets 80 points. The lowest score for the picks for ten stats is the overall winner. If a player is 100th or worse for the stats then 100 points will be the score for all those players. The best total score would be a 10, with 1 point for all the stats leaders.
Some ideas for picking the players you think will lead a statistical category:
Take into account players who are already suspended, injuries will also affect players. Have a look at the leaders from 2006, some will remain at the top of the stats while others will have a reduction. Other players will have a bigger role this season and could surprisingly top a category. Look at per game average stats from last season, a better idea of what players who were injured last season could do this year is to look at averages and then work out what that could equal for 22 games in 2007.
Predict the AFL stats leaders for 2007:
Most Kicks:
Most Handballs:
Most Total Disposals:
Most Marks:
Most Behinds:
Most Hitouts:
Most Tackles:
Most Frees For:
Most Frees Against:
Most Kicks: Kane Cornes
Most Handballs: Daniel Cross
Most Total Disposals: Sam Mitchell
Most Marks: Matthew Pavlich
Most Goals: Jonathan Brown
Most Behinds: Brendan Fevola
Most Hitouts: Aaron Sandilands
Most Tackles: Brett Kirk
Most Frees For: Scott West
Most Frees Against: Josh Carr