2023 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. In 2023, the award was won by player Harry Sheezel.

Eligibility

Every round, a nomination is given to a standout young player who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played ten or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award.

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
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16	*
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20	*
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22	Elijah Hewett
23	Matthew Johnson*
24	Eddie Ford

*ineligible to win the Rising Star due to suspension.

Final voting

The winner was decided by an 11-person panel consisting of Gillon McLachlan, Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Cameron Ling, Matthew Pavlich and Kevin Sheehan. Each member awarded five votes to the player they determined most deserving, four votes to the second-most deserving, and so on to one vote to the fifth-most deserving. Panellists were unanimous on the top four, but not their order.