2022 AFL Rising Star
# 2022 AFL Rising Star

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## 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

2022 AFL Rising Star nominees :

| Round | Player | Club |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Nic Martin | Essendon |
| 2 | Jake Bowey | Melbourne |
| 3 | Nick Daicos | Collingwood |
| 4 | Josh Rachele | Adelaide |
| 5 | Jai Newcombe | Hawthorn |
| 6 | Jack Ginnivan | Collingwood |
| 7 | Jason Horne-Francis* | North Melbourne |
| 8 | Heath Chapman | Fremantle |
| 9 | Corey Durdin | Carlton |
| 10 | Joel Jeffrey | Gold Coast |
| 11 | Sam De Koning | Geelong |
| 12 | Logan McDonald | Sydney |
| 13 | Brandon Walker | Fremantle |
| 14 | Ben Hobbs | Essendon |
| 15 | Lachie Jones | Port Adelaide |
| 16 | Massimo D'Ambrosio | Essendon |
| 17 | Hugo Ralphsmith | Richmond |
| 18 | Josh Ward | Hawthorn |
| 19 | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan | Western Bulldogs |
| 20 | Noah Cumberland | Richmond |
| 21 | Elijah Hollands | Gold Coast |
| 22 | Marcus Windhager | St Kilda |
| 23 | Nathan O'Driscoll | Fremantle |

*ineligible to win the NAB Rising Star due to suspension.

## Final voting

| | Player | Club | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nick Daicos | Collingwood | 60 |
| 2 | Sam De Koning | Geelong | 48 |
| 3 | Jai Newcombe | Hawthorn | 35 |
| 4 | Jack Ginnivan | Collingwood | 21 |
| 5 | Nic Martin | Essendon | 12 |
| 6 | Jake Bowey | Melbourne | 2 |
| 7 | Heath Chapman | Fremantle | 1 |
| 7 | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan | Western Bulldogs | 1 |
