With the inaugural GameDay Squad season in the books it's time to scrub up on all things GDS in order to get #gamedayready for the biggest and best GameDay Squad season to date!
To give our coaches the best chance at success in 2023, we have released the scoring system that GameDay Squad Aussie Rules will be using this season down below.
Scoring
The Australian Football GameDay scoring for 2023 is as follows:
Kick - 4 points
Handball - 2 points
Mark - 3 points
Tackle - 4 points
Hit Outs - 1 point
Goal - 8 points
Behind - 0 points
Free For - 2 points
Free Against - (-2) points
2022 Review
We have gone back and analysed which players would have been the stars of the 2022 Aussie Rules GameDay Squad season.
Note: Finals games have been included in calculating GDS season averages
Top 10 players based on average score:
Rory Laird - Adelaide Crows (MID) - 138 GDS points per game
Sam Docherty - Carlton Blues (DEF) - 132 GDS points per game
Andrew Brayshaw - Fremantle Dockers (MID) - 131 GDS points per game
Clayton Oliver - Melbourne Dockers (MID) - 131 GDS points per game
Touk Miller - Gold Coast Suns (MID) - 130 GDS points per game
Callum Mills - Sydney Swans (MID) - 127 GDS points per game
Jack Steele - St Kilda Saints (MID) - 126 GDS points per game
Josh Dunkley - Western Bulldogs (MID) - 126 GDS points per game
Zach Merrett - Essendon Bombers - (MID) - 126 GDS points per game
Jack Sinclair - St Kilda Saints (DEF) - 124 GDS points per game
We also took a deeper dive into the top 3 of each position!
Defenders
Sam Docherty - Carlton Blues (DEF) - 132 GDS points per game
Jack Sinclair - St Kilda Saints (DEF) - 124 GDS points per game
Jordan Dawson - Adelaide Crows (DEF) - 121 GDS points per game
Midfielders
Rory Laird - Adelaide Crows (MID) - 138 GDS points per game
Andrew Brayshaw - Fremantle Dockers (MID) - 131 GDS points per game
Clayton Oliver - Melbourne Dockers (MID) - 131 GDS points per game
Ruck
Max Gawn - Melbourne Demons (RUCK) - 120 GDS points per game
Tim English - Western Bulldogs (RUCK) - 115 GDS points per game
Brodie Grundy - Collingwood Magpies (RUCK) - 107 GDS points per game
Forwards
Tim Taranto - Greater Western Sydney Giants (FWD) - 112 GDS points per game
Mitch Duncan - Geelong Cats (FWD) - 112 GDS points per game
Adam Treloar - Western Bulldogs (FWD) - 112 GDS points per game
We look forward to competing with you all for premiership glory in season 2023!