2020 AFL Rising Star
# 2020 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

2020 AFL Rising Star nominees :

| Round | Player | Club |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Sam Sturt | Fremantle |
| 2 | Matt Rowell | Gold Coast |
| 3 | Connor Budarick | Gold Coast |
| 4 | Tom Green | Greater Western Sydney |
| 5 | Curtis Taylor | North Melbourne |
| 6 | Izak Rankine | Gold Coast |
| 7 | Noah Anderson | Gold Coast |
| 8 | Caleb Serong | Fremantle |
| 9 | Mitch Georgiades | Port Adelaide |
| 10 | Luke Jackson | Melbourne |
| 11 | Kysaiah Pickett | Melbourne |
| 12 | Max King | St Kilda |
| 13 | Brandon Starcevich | Brisbane Lions |
| 14 | Jake Riccardi | Greater Western Sydney |
| 15 | Justin McInerney | Sydney |
| 16 | Will Day | Hawthorn |
| 17 | Isaac Quaynor | Collingwood |
| 18 | Lachlan Sholl | Adelaide |

## Final voting

| | Player | Club | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caleb Serong | Fremantle | 48 |
| 2 | Noah Anderson | Gold Coast | 39 |
| 3 | Max King | St Kilda | 28 |
| 4 | Izak Rankine | Gold Coast | 16 |
| 5 | Will Day | Hawthorn | 12 |
| 6 | Brandon Starcevich | Brisbane Lions | 6 |
| 7 | Kysaiah Pickett | Melbourne | 1 |
