AFL Women's Rising Star
Award
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The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017. The award has been sponsored by Telstra since 2024.[1]
| AFL Women's Rising Star | |
|---|---|
| Previous: 2025 AFL Women's Rising Star | |
| Awarded for | The best young player in the AFL Women's |
| Sponsored by | Telstra |
| Location | Crown Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| First award | 2017 |
| Currently held by | Zippy Fish (Sydney) |
| Website | AFLW Rising Star Award |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox Footy |
Eligibility and voting procedure
To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age on 1 January of that year and not have been previously nominated.[2] Players suspended during the season may be nominated,[3] but cannot win.[4] At the end of the season, each member of a voting panel, which also selects the AFL Women's All-Australian team, awards five votes, four votes, three votes, two votes and one vote to the nominated players they judge the best to fifth-best during the season respectively; the player with the highest total of votes wins.[5]
Winners
| Season | Winner | Club | Recruited | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ebony Marinoff | Adelaide | 2016 AFL Women's draft, selection 7 | [5] |
| 2018 | Chloe Molloy | Collingwood | 2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 3 | [6] |
| 2019 | Maddy Prespakis | Carlton | 2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 3 | [7] |
| 2020 | Isabel Huntington | Western Bulldogs | 2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 1 | [8] |
| 2021 | Tyla Hanks | Melbourne | 2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 6 | [9] |
| 2022 (S6) | Mimi Hill | Carlton | 2020 AFL Women's draft, selection 12 | [10] |
| 2022 (S7) | Hannah Ewings | Port Adelaide | 2022 AFL Women's draft, selection 3 | [11] |
| 2023 | Zarlie Goldsworthy | Greater Western Sydney | 2022 AFL Women's draft, selection 20 | [12] |
| 2024 | Matilda Scholz | Port Adelaide | 2023 under-age signing | [13] |
| 2025 | Zippy Fish | Sydney | 2024 AFL Women's draft, selection 5 | [14] |
Nominations
Nominations by club
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
| Club | Nominations | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 12 | 1 |
| Brisbane | 12 | 0 |
| Carlton | 16 | 2 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 1 |
| Essendon | 5 | 0 |
| Fremantle | 7 | 0 |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 |
| Gold Coast | 7 | 0 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 11 | 1 |
| Hawthorn | 6 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 10 | 1 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 0 |
| Port Adelaide | 7 | 2 |
| Richmond | 2 | 0 |
| St Kilda | 6 | 0 |
| Sydney | 7 | 1 |
| West Coast | 10 | 0 |
| Western Bulldogs | 18 | 1 |
Most nominations in a season
| Number | Club | Season | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Western Bulldogs | 2018 | Libby Birch, Monique Conti, Naomi Ferres, Bonnie Toogood, Aisling Utri |
| 4 | Melbourne | 2017 | Deanna Berry, Jasmine Grierson, Lily Mithen, Katherine Smith |
| Brisbane | 2021 | Belle Dawes, Nat Grider, Tahlia Hickie, Courtney Hodder | |
| 3 | Adelaide | 2018 | Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones |
| Carlton | 2020 | Grace Egan, Lucy McEvoy, Charlotte Wilson | |
| St Kilda | 2020 | Caitlin Greiser, Georgia Patrikios, Olivia Vesely | |
| Fremantle | 2022 (S6) | Dana East, Mikayla Morrison, Sarah Verrier | |
| Western Bulldogs | 2022 (S6) | Elisabeth Georgostathis, Nell Morris-Dalton, Isabelle Pritchard | |
| Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7) | Abbey Dowrick, Hannah Ewings, Indy Tahau | |
| Sydney | 2022 (S7) | Montana Ham, Sofia Hurley, Cynthia Hamilton | |
| Hawthorn | 2023 | Charlotte Baskaran, Jasmine Fleming, Lucy Wales | |
| Sydney | 2023 | Ella Heads, Sofia Hurley, Ally Morphett | |
| Port Adelaide | 2024 | Molly Brooksby, Shineah Goody, Matilda Scholz |
Achievements of winners
Won a premiership
- Ebony Marinoff (2017 Rising Star; 2017, 2019 and S6 premierships)
- Tyla Hanks (2021 Rising Star; S7 premiership)
Won the Rising Star and a premiership in the same season
Won the AFL Women's best and fairest
