{"id":59402,"date":"2025-08-11T06:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59402\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T06:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:55:08","slug":"king-of-efficiency-the-afls-most-efficient-goal-scorers-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59402\/","title":{"rendered":"King of efficiency: The AFL’s most efficient goal scorers – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gold Coast forward Ben King’s<\/a> recent six-goal performance has increased his chances of claiming a unique record in the competition.<\/p>\n

King’s half a dozen majors came from a staggering nine disposals, leaving little to the imagination of what he does with the football in his hands.<\/p>\n

The gun tall has slotted 57 goals to sit second in the Coleman Medal race (behind Jeremy Cameron<\/a>), but from far fewer disposals.<\/p>\n

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BEN KING
Forward<\/p>\n

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Gold Coast<\/p>\n

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King has recorded 147 total possessions for the year, of which 100 are kicks.<\/p>\n

From a total disposals lens, the 25-year-old kicks a goal every 2.58 possessions, but the number dramatically drops when applying just kicks (1.75).<\/p>\n

But this is not new for King.<\/p>\n

In Round 5 against North Melbourne, King slotted five goals from six disposals. A month ago, he added four majors from six touches.<\/p>\n

This year, King hasn’t collected more than 12 possessions in any given game, and has kicked goals in every outing at an incredible accuracy rate (75 per cent).<\/p>\n

Fellow forwards Nick Larkey<\/a> (3.04 in 2023), Harry McKay<\/a> (3.19 in 2021), Jesse Hogan<\/a> (3.58 this year), and Jeremy Cameron<\/a> (3.61 this year) have shown their excellence in making the most of their opportunities.<\/p>\n

Retired West Coast champion Josh Kennedy flirted with dipping under three disposals per game during seasons 2016 to 2018, as well as 2020, while Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker<\/a>‘s 2023 campaign places him among the list with 3.76 touches per goal.<\/p>\n

For reference, champion goal-kickers Tony Lockett and Doug Wade are rivalled by King’s extreme efficiency.<\/p>\n

Throughout his glittering 20-year career, Lockett averaged 2.11 disposals for a goal on his way to the current record of 1,360 majors, highlighting a different time in the game’s history.<\/p>\n

The era before Lockett was dominated by Wade, who marginally pipped the Sydney and St Kilda superstar with an average of 2.02 possessions per goal throughout his career.<\/p>\n

The AFL’s most efficient goal scorers<\/p>\n

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