2016 AFL Rising Star

2016 NAB AFL Rising Star
2016 NAB AFL Rising Star
	Callum Mills, 2016 winner
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	6 September 2016
Location	Crown Palladium
Ron Evans medallist	Callum Mills (Sydney)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox Footy

The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. An eligible player is nominated for the award each round during the AFL's regular season, and a panel of experts vote for the winner at the end of the season.^[2]

During the 2016 season, the award was sponsored by National Australia Bank.^[3] The winner was announced in a presentation held at Crown Palladium on 6 September 2016 and broadcast on subscription television by Fox Footy.^[1]^[4] The voting panel for the season consisted of ten members, all of whom were AFL officials or former players: Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Gillon McLachlan, Matthew Richardson, Warren Tredrea and Kevin Sheehan.^[5]

The winner was Sydney player Callum Mills, who polled 49 votes.^[1] Mills was the third Sydney recipient to win the award, and the first New South Wales–born winner.^[1] The club that garnered the most individual nominations this season was Melbourne with four players nominated for the award, a record for the club.^[6]^[7] Essendon player Orazio Fantasia, who received a nomination in round 17, was previously nominated for the award in the 2015 season—becoming the tenth player ever to be nominated twice for a Rising Star award.^[8]

Nominations

Table of nominees
Player	Round	Club	Ref.
Clayton Oliver	1	Melbourne	^[9]
Darcy Parish	2	Essendon	^[10]
Jacob Weitering	3	Carlton	^[11]
Caleb Daniel	4	Western Bulldogs	^[12]
Tom Papley	5	Sydney	^[13]
Blake Acres	6	St Kilda	^[14]
James Harmes	7	Melbourne	^[15]
Jacob Hopper	8	Greater Western Sydney	^[16]
Christian Petracca	9	Melbourne	^[17]
Darcy Byrne-Jones	10	Port Adelaide	^[18]
Connor Blakely	11	Fremantle	^[19]
Lachie Weller	12	Fremantle	^[20]
James Sicily	13	Hawthorn	^[21]
Jade Gresham	14	St Kilda	^[22]
Peter Wright	15	Gold Coast	^[23]
Callum Mills	16	Sydney	^[24]
Orazio Fantasia	17	Essendon	^[8]
Ryan Clarke	18	North Melbourne	^[25]
Darcy Moore	19	Collingwood	^[26]
Josh Dunkley	20	Western Bulldogs	^[27]
Oscar McDonald	21	Melbourne	^[7]
Daniel Rioli	22	Richmond	^[28]
Tom Barrass	23	West Coast	^[29]

Final voting

Table of votes^[1]
Player	Rank	Club	Votes
Callum Mills	1	Sydney	49
Caleb Daniel	2	Western Bulldogs	41
Jacob Weitering	3	Carlton	26
Darcy Parish	4	Essendon	19
Darcy Moore	5	Collingwood	9
Jade Gresham	6	St Kilda	2
Christian Petracca	6	Melbourne	2
Clayton Oliver	8	Melbourne	1
Lachie Weller	8	Fremantle	1

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