Mid-season analysis: Macrae leads the way for stats

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Vice-captain Jack Macrae is leading the way for the Bulldogs, rated number one in four of 15 top stats categories at the midway point of the AFL season.

To no-one’s surprise, Macrae has won the most disposals so far with 379, and claimed top spot for handballs, total clearances and centre clearances.

He ranked in the top five in 10 different areas.

Versatile midfielder Josh Dunkley was next best, leading marks, tackles and score involvements, while finishing in the top five in nine categories.

See all the Bulldogs’ leading stats-winners below.

Disposals

1 – Jack Macrae, 379
2 – Bailey Dale, 328
3 – Adam Treloar, 327
4 – Bailey Smith, 316
5 – Josh Dunkley, 308

Kicks

1 – Bailey Dale, 232
2 – Bailey Smith, 185
3 – Caleb Daniel, 182
4 – Jack Macrae, 180
5 – Adam Treloar, 159

Handballs

1 – Jack Macrae, 199
2 – Adam Treloar, 168
3 – Josh Dunkley, 163
4 – Tom Liberatore, 144
5 – Bailey Smith, 131

Marks

1 – Josh Dunkley, 87
2 – Taylor Duryea, 65
2 – Ed Richards, 65
4 – Bailey Dale, 64
5 – Caleb Daniel, 61

Tackles

1 – Josh Dunkley, 70
2 – Tom Liberatore, 60
3 – Marcus Bontempelli, 52
4 – Jack Macrae, 48
5 – Adam Treloar, 40

Clearances

1 – Jack Macrae, 90
2 – Tom Liberatore, 73
3 – Marcus Bontempelli, 45
3 – Adam Treloar, 45
5 – Josh Dunkley, 43

Centre clearances

1 – Jack Macrae, 34
2 – Marcus Bontempelli, 26
3 – Tom Liberatore, 25
4 – Tim English, 20
5 – Josh Dunkley, 18

Inside 50s

1 – Bailey Smith, 67
2 – Jack Macrae, 64
3 – Marcus Bontempelli, 57
4 – Adam Treloar, 45
5 – Tom Liberatore, 44

Rebound 50s

1 – Bailey Dale, 80
2 – Caleb Daniel, 51
3 – Ed Richards, 33
4 – Ryan Gardner, 32
5 – Jack Macrae, 21
5 – Bailey Smith, 21
5 – Bailey Williams, 21

Intercepts

1 – Ed Richards, 78
2 – Bailey Dale, 58
3 – Caleb Daniel, 55
4 – Taylor Duryea, 52
5 – Bailey Williams, 51

Contested marks

1 – Aaron Naughton, 24
2 – Marcus Bontempelli, 12
3 – Ed Richards, 11
4 – Tim English, 10
4 – Tim O’Brien, 10
4 – Cody Weightman, 10

Goals

1 – Aaron Naughton, 30
2 – Cody Weightman, 16
3 – Marcus Bontempelli, 15
4 - Adam Treloar, 11
5 – Josh Dunkley, 10

Score involvements

1 – Josh Dunkley, 88
2 – Marcus Bontempelli, 86
3 – Jack Macrae, 85
4 – Aaron Naughton, 77
5 – Bailey Smith, 76
5 – Adam Treloar, 76

Pressure acts

1 – Tom Liberatore, 309
2 – Josh Dunkley, 251
3 – Jack Macrae, 233
4 – Marcus Bontempelli, 191
5 – Bailey Smith, 190

Spoils

1 – Ryan Gardner, 96
2 – Tim O’Brien, 50
3 – Alex Keath, 25
4 – Ed Richards, 23
5 – Zaine Cordy, 21

Main thing I get out of that is the impressive improvement of Ed Richards this season.

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Originally Posted by The Underdog

Main thing I get out of that is the impressive improvement of Ed Richards this season.

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Richards has been impressive since being moved back to his more normal position. Last season he was seen an under performing player and a potential flop.
A few other points outside of Macrae and Richards.
Dunkley is prominent in a lot of the categories.
The numbers don't quite acknowledge the outstanding season Liberatore is having.
Caleb Daniel had a slow start to the season and I'm expecting bigger things from him in the 2nd half of the season.
I like to see Treloar kick the ball a bit more and handball a bit less.
Bailey Dale is having another great year.

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Originally Posted by GVGjr

Richards has been impressive since being moved back to his more normal position. Last season he was seen an under performing player and a potential flop.
A few other points outside of Macrae and Richards.
Dunkley is prominent in a lot of the categories.
The numbers don't quite acknowledge the outstanding season Liberatore is having.
Caleb Daniel had a slow start to the season and I'm expecting bigger things from him in the 2nd half of the season.
I like to see Treloar kick the ball a bit more and handball a bit less.
Bailey Dale is having another great year.

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This is Adam's 11th AFL season... In only one season has Adam averaged more kicks per game than handballs.. That was in his first season.

Whilst you might want him kicking more... it isn't the way he plays.

And his kick to handball differential is the closest it's been to 1:1 for 10 seasons.

Tackling

https://youtu.be/SgadMbCGvYU