2016 AFL Mark of the Year

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2016 AFL Mark of the Year
Date22 July 2016
Location Etihad Stadium
Winner Majak Daw (North Melbourne)
  2015
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The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. Each round three marks are nominated and fans are able to vote online for their favourite. Majak Daw of the North Melbourne Football Club for his mark taken in round 18 against the Collingwood Football Club. [1]

Contents

Winners by round

Legend
= Round's winning mark
RoundNomineesTeam % of votesOppositionGround
1 [2] Patrick Dangerfield Geelong 19% Hawthorn MCG
Andrew Walker Carlton 25% Richmond MCG
Easton Wood Western Bulldogs 56% Fremantle Etihad Stadium
2 [3] Joe Daniher Essendon 38% Melbourne MCG
Will Hoskin-Elliott Greater Western Sydney 48% Geelong Manuka Oval
Jack Riewoldt Richmond 14% Collingwood MCG
3 [4] Joe Daniher Essendon 24% Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sam Lloyd Richmond 22% Adelaide Etihad Stadium
Luke Parker Sydney 55% Greater Western Sydney SCG
4 [5] Sean Dempster St Kilda 21% Hawthorn Aurora Stadium
Paddy McCartin St Kilda 35% Hawthorn Aurora Stadium
Zac Smith Geelong 44% Essendon MCG
5 [6] Paul Puopolo Hawthorn 43% Adelaide MCG
Ted Richards Sydney 49% West Coast SCG
Cyril Rioli Hawthorn 8% Adelaide MCG
6 [7] Rory Lobb Greater Western Sydney 12% Hawthorn Spotless Stadium
Matthew Pavlich Fremantle 42% Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Robbie Tarrant North Melbourne 46% Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium
7 [8] Darcy Moore Collingwood 20% Carlton MCG
Paul Puopolo Hawthorn 46% Richmond MCG
Jake Stringer Western Bulldogs 34% Adelaide Etihad Stadium
8 [9] Tom Lynch Gold Coast 11% Greater Western Sydney Spotless Stadium
Easton Wood Western Bulldogs 48% Melbourne MCG
Mason Wood North Melbourne 41% Essendon Etihad Stadium
9 [10] Tom Hawkins Geelong 31% Collingwood MCG
Jeremy Howe Collingwood 28% Geelong MCG
James Sicily Hawthorn 41% Sydney MCG
10 [11]
Hayden Crozier Fremantle 44% St Kilda Etihad Stadium
Tom Lynch Gold Coast 11% West Coast Domain Stadium
Paddy McCartin St Kilda 44% Fremantle Etihad Stadium
11 [12]
Rory Lobb Greater Western Sydney 61% Geelong Simonds Stadium
Will Schofield West Coast 17% Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium
Matt Taberner Fremantle 22% Essendon Domain Stadium
12 [13] Charlie Cameron Adelaide 24% West Coast Domain Stadium
Ben Griffiths Richmond 38% Gold Coast MCG
Nathan Krakouer Port Adelaide 38% Western Bulldogs Adelaide Oval
13 [14] Martin Gleeson Essendon 28% Greater Western Sydney Etihad Stadium
Tim O'Brien Hawthorn 45% North Melbourne Etihad Stadium
Mason Wood North Melbourne 27% Hawthorn Etihad Stadium
14 [15]
Rory Laird Adelaide 48% North Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Jake Lever Adelaide 28% North Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Jack Riewoldt Richmond 24% Brisbane Lions MCG
15 [16] Heath Grundy Sydney 27% Western Bulldogs SCG
Josh Jenkins Adelaide 44% Melbourne MCG
Liam Picken Western Bulldogs 30% Sydney SCG
16 [17]
Joe Daniher Essendon 70% St Kilda Etihad Stadium
Jeremy Howe Collingwood 10% Greater Western Sydney Spotless Stadium
Paul Puopolo Hawthorn 20% Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
17 [18] Ben Brown North Melbourne 20% Port Adelaide Etihad Stadium
Cyril Rioli Hawthorn 50% Sydney SCG
Jack Viney Melbourne 30% St Kilda Etihad Stadium
18 [19]
Majak Daw North Melbourne 80% Collingwood Etihad Stadium
Eric Hipwood Brisbane Lions 9% Essendon Etihad Stadium
Liam Picken Western Bulldogs 11% St Kilda Etihad Stadium
19 [20] Darcy Moore Collingwood 22% West Coast MCG
Drew Petrie North Melbourne 40% St Kilda Etihad Stadium
Michael Walters Fremantle 38% Sydney Domain Stadium
20 [21] Cameron Pedersen Melbourne 43% Hawthorn MCG
Cyril Rioli Hawthorn 45% Melbourne MCG
Sam Rowe Carlton 12% St Kilda MCG
21 [22] Jeremy Howe Collingwood 32% Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium
Lincoln McCarthy Geelong 21% Richmond MCG
Cameron Pedersen Melbourne 47% Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
22 [23]
Joe Daniher Essendon 48% Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium
Jeremy Howe Collingwood 21% Gold Coast Etihad Stadium
Taylor Walker Adelaide 31% Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
23 [24]
Jeremy Howe Collingwood 44% Hawthorn MCG
Cyril Rioli Hawthorn 40% Collingwood MCG
Steven May Gold Coast 15% Port Adelaide Metricon Stadium

Finalists

RoundNominees [25] TeamOppositionGroundDescription
11 Rory Lobb Greater Western Sydney Geelong Simonds Stadium Crazy-brave Giant mimics Riewoldt and Brown by going back with the flight
16 Joe Daniher Essendon St Kilda Etihad Stadium Bombers key forward gets extraordinarily high with a leap over Sam Gilbert
18 Majak Daw North Melbourne Collingwood Etihad Stadium Kangaroos ruckman leaps high over Magpie for incredible hanger

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