AFL Women's Rising Star


The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017 [AFL Women's Rising Star|2017]. The award has been sponsored by Telstra since 2024.
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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. Players suspended during the season may be nominated, but cannot win. 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.

Nominations

Nominations by club

Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
ClubNominationsWinners
121
120
162
81
50
70
60
70
111
60
101
40
72
20
60
71
100
181

Achievements of winners

Won a premiership
Won the Rising Star and a premiership in the same season
Won the AFL Women's best and fairest