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AFL Combine Best Performace for Each Year

At the end of each year the AFL conducts a draft camp combine in which prospective AFL players are put through a battery of fitness, physical and psychomotor tests (see Description of Combine Tests). The National AFL Draft began in 1986, though a draft camp with fitness testing was not conducted until 1994.



Below are the known top scores from each year for many of the fitness tests that are conducted. See also the top 10 results lists from 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. There are also the top 5 results from 2002, and selected results from 1999, 2000, and 2001. Recently, the AFL have introduced a combine rating score, primarily for use with younger footballers to compare their scores. There are also some research papers using draft camp test results published.

Vertical Jump

year score (cm) name
1997 83 (32.5") Trent Croad
1998 ?
1999 ?
2000 75 Michael Bradshaw
2001 80 Cameron Croad
2002 80 Dylan Harper
2003 71 Colin Sylvia
2004 73 Chad Gibson
2005 72 Darren Pfeiffer
2006 69 Shane Edwards
2007 81 David Gourdis
2008 78 Nicholas Naitanui
2009 76 James Craig
2010 75 Brad Harvey
2011 78 Elliot Yeo
2012 85 Dean Towers
2013 79 Kade Kolodjashnij
2014 88 cm (34.5") Marvin Baynham
2015 75 Jordan Snaddenv
2016 89 Jordan Gallucci
2017 89 Aiden Bonar
2018 77 Ely Smith
2019 77 Miles Bergman
2020 84 Godfrey Okerenyang
2021 76 Corey Warner
2022 75 Darcy Jones & James Van Es
2023 80 Zane Zakostelsky
best ever 89 cm (35") Jordan Gallucci (2016) and Aiden Bonar (2017)

Running Vertical Jump

year score (cm) name
2000 95 Dion Woods
2001 ?
2002 102 Jared Brennan
2003 88 Jason Whitehead & Colin Sylvia
2004 96 Danyle Pearce
2005 90 Wade Mills
2006 ?
2007 101 David Gourdis
2008 102 Nick Naitanui
2009 ?
2010 88 Kieran Harper & Brad Harvey
2011 92 Chad Wingard
2012 100 Spencer White
2013 97 Kade Kolodjashnij & Archie Smith
2014 97 Evan Bruinsma
2015 97 Lachlan Tiziani
2016 96 Andrew McGrath
2017 103 Kyron Hayden
2018 94 Bailey Williams
2019 98 Brady Rowles
2020 99 Dominic Bedendo
2021 107 Leek Alleer
2022 98 James Van Es
2023 98 Darcy Wilson
best ever 107 cm Leek Alleer (2021)


Running Vertical Jump (absolute height)

Only a few running vertical jump absolute height (the total height reached) records have been published. The best ever results are 362 cm by Nic Naitanui (2015) and Gach Nyuon (2008).

Agility Run

year score (sec) name
1999 7.91 Shaun Angeles
2000 8.16 Jordon McMahon
2001 7.89 Nathan Street
2002 7.95 Byron Schammer
2003 8.08 Jacob Surjan
2004 7.79 Danyle Pearce
2005 7.97 Jarred Oakley-Nicholls
2006 7.88 David Armitage
2007 7.91 Aaron Joseph
2008 7.77 Stephen Hill
2009 7.95 Kane Lucas
2010 7.90 Billie Smedts
2011 7.80 Elliot Yeo
2012 8:00 Lachie Hunter
2013 7.97 Zac Webster
2014 8.09 Clem Smith
2015 7.90 Kieran Lovell
2016 8.15 Tom Williamson
2017 8.10 Kane Farrell & Ben Miller
2018 8.039 Izak Rankine
2019 7.940 Hayden Young
2020 7.90 Brodie Lake
2021 7.940 Alastair Lord
2022 7.70 Darcy Jones
2023 8.157 Lance Collard
best ever 7.70 Darcy Jones (2022)

20m Sprint

year score (sec) name
2000 2.82 Luke Livingston
2001 2.83 Nathan Street & Mark Dubyna
2002 2.83 Jared Brennan
2003 2.85 Michael Pettigrew
2004 2.79 Danyle Pearce
2005 2.83 Matt Laidlaw
2006 2.83 Nathan Krakouer
2007* 2.83 David Gourdis
2008 2.80 Ashley Smith
2009 2.88 Ayden Kennedy
2010 2.75 Joel Wilkinson
2011 2.86 Shannon Taylor & Ahmed Saad
2012 2.81 Adam Saad
2013 2.78 Jonathon Marsh
2014 2.81 Marvin Baynham
2015 2.88 Alex Morgan & Kurt Mutimer
2016 2.87 Jacob Allison
2017 2.87 Jack Petruccelle
2018 2.904 Tom McKenzie
2019 2.867 Sam Philp 
2020 best was a wind-aided 2.779 by Reef McInnes
2021 2.845 Harvey Harrison
2022 2.81 Edward Allan
2023 2.871 Aiden O'Driscoll
best ever 2.75 Joel Wilkinson

* Queenland invitee (unofficial) Brad Moran ran 2.78 seconds (0.01 better than the previous best ever)

Repeat Sprint

The repetitive sprint test was introduced in 2006. The test requires players to run 30m six times, with a 20-second break between each one. This test was discontinued in 2017.

year score (seconds) name
2006 24.67 Simon Hogan
2007 23.59 Chris Kangars
2008 24.82 Ryan Schoenmakers
2009 23.91 Jack Fitzpatrick
2010 23.40 Joel Wilkinson
2011 23.64 Ahmed Saad
2012 23.91 Matthew Haynes
2013 23.62 Nathan Freeman
2014 23.93 Nakia Cockatoo
2015 24.15 Daniel Rioli
2016 24.36 Jordan Gallucci
best ever 23.40 Joel Wilkinson

Beep Test

This test was discontinued in 2017, replaced by the yo-yo test.

year score (level) name
1999 15.06 David Spriggs
2000 15.08 Mark Berts
2001 15.03 Justin Davies
2002 15.06 Jarrad McVeigh
2003 15.03 Farren Ray
2004 15.02 Nathan Van Berlo
2005 15.08 Tom Rischbieth
2006 15.04
Simon Hogan, Tim Houlihan, Shane Edwards
2007 15.02 Cale Morton
2008 14.06 Chris Hall
2009 15.06 Brayden Norris
2010 15.07 Hayden Hector
2011 16.01 Brad Hill
2012 15.01 Tom Clurey
2013 16.06 Billy Hartung
2014 16.01 Caleb Daniel & Jack Hiscox
2015 16.02 Joshua Schoenfeld
2016 15.01 Jarrod Berry, Oliver Florent, Griffin Logue
best ever 16.06 Billy Hartung (from 2013)

Yo-Yo Test

This test was introduced in 2017, replacing the beep test. Last held in 2019.

year score (level) name
2017 22.4 Andrew Brayshaw
2018 22.2 Ned McHenry
2019 21.8 Jay Rantall & Cooper Stephens
2020+ not held  

3-km Time Trial

This test was discontinued in 2017, replaced by the 2km time trial.

year score (min:secs) name
2002 10:02 Jarrad McVeigh
2003 10.04 Andrew Walker
2004 10:35 Nathan Van Berlo
2005 9:30 Tom Rischbieth
2006 9:37 Tim Houlihan
2007 10:23 Joel Smouha
2008 10:17 Dan Hannebery
2009 9:43 Kallan Geary
2010 10:00 Andrew Gaff
2011 9:52 Brad Hill
2012 9:48 Joshua Kelly
2013 9:32 Joshua Kelly
2014 9:18 Jack Hiscox
2015 9:15 Josh Schoenfeld
2016 9:46 Jarrod Berry
best ever 9:15 Josh Schoenfeld (2015)

2-km Time Trial

This test was introduced in 2017, replacing the 3km time trial.

year score (min:secs) name
2017 6:09 Dylan Moore
2018 6:04 Jacob Kennerley
2019 5:50  Jay Rantall
2020 5:28 Harry Sharp
2021 5:48 Cooper Hamilton
2022 5:54 Oliver Hollands & Jason Gillbee
2023 5:48 Tarkyn O'Leary
best ever 5:28 Harry Sharp

Goal Kicking

Each year there have been players who have received the maximum of 30, for scoring 5 out of 5 goals.

Year Score (out of 30) Name
2012 30 Andrew Boston, Jack Martin, Jake Stringer
2013 30 Chris Cain, Jarred Ellis, Michael Apeness
2014 30 Dean Gore, Keenan Ramsey
2015 30 Jade Gresham, Nick O'Kearney, Oleg Markov, Clayton Oliver
2016 30 Sam Powell-Pepper
2017 30 Jordan Houlahan, Angus Schumacher, Jackson Ross, Ben Miller
2018 30 Isaac Quaynor
2019 +   not held

Kicking Efficiency

year score name
2009 23/30 (77%) Gary Rohan
2010 29/30 (97%) Jed Lamb
2011 29/30 (97%) Shane Nelson
2012 29/30 (97%) Laine Wilkins, Rory Atkins, Josh Simpson
2013 29/30 (97%) James Tsitas
2014 29/30 (97%) Nakia Cockatoo
2015 24/30 (80%) Mitchell Hibberd
2016 27/30 (90%) Jordan Ridley
2017 30/30 (100%) Connor Ballenden
2018 27/30 (90%) Tarryn Thomas & Xavier O'Neill
2019 +   not held
best ever 30/30 (100%) Connor Ballenden (2017)

Clean Hands

This test was conducted between 2010 and 2016.

year score name
2010 28/30 (93%) Josh Caddy & Dyson Heppell
2011 28/30 (93%) Elliott Kavanagh
2012 29/30 (97%) Matthew Dick, Laine Wilkins
2013 24/30 (80%) Chris Cain, Ben Lennon, Luke Reynolds
2014 26/30 (87%) Nathan Drummond, Paddy Brophy, Reece McKenzie, Tyler Keitel, Dougal Howard
2015 29/30 (97%) Kieran Collins
2016 28/30 (93%) Ben Jarman, Oliver Florent, Ryan Garthwaite
best ever 29/30 (97%) Matthew Dick & Laine Wilkins (2012), Kieran Collins(2015)

Height (Tallest Player at the Draft Camp)

These are the top heights of players measured at the main AFL combine. There have been other very tall prospects measured at the international USA combine. In 2014, Mason Cox from Oklahoma State University was measured at 211.4 cm, and in 2016 Stanislas Heili from Lindenwood University was measured at 212.3cm.

year height (cm) name note
2004 203.9 Cameron Wood  
2005 205.8 Max Bailey  
2006 203.2 Matthew Leuenberger  
2007 ?    
2008 201.7 Ayce Cordy  
2009 206.8 Max Gawn  
2010 204.6 Leif Cope
2011 ?    
2012 203.4 Cameron Symonds  
2013 207 cm Mark Cisco  
2014 205 cm Braydon Preuss  
2015 203 cm Andre Parrella  
2016 203 cm Timothy English  
2017      
2018      
2019      
tallest ever 206.8cm / 207 cm Max Gawn, Mark Cisco Gawn's measurement was the official measurement at the combine, while for Cisco it was the reported height prior to the combine, and possibly less accurate.

Weight (Heaviest Player at the Draft Camp)

year weight (kg) name
2004 99.9 kg Ryan Willitts
2005 98.5kg Jesse White
2006 101.4kg Jesse White
2007 ?  
2008 99.35 kg Matthew Martin
2009 - 2011 ?  
2012 104.9 Cameron Symonds
2013 + ?  
highest ever ?  

Other Top Results

Sources & Disclaimer

The results from the last several years have been sourced from those published on the AFL official website, and are believed to be accurate. Previous results have been found from various sources on the internet, and may not be complete and may contain errors.



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