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.
Callum Mills, 2016 winner
Caleb Daniel finished second in the final voting for the season's award, with 41 votes.
Christian Petracca was one of four Melbourne players to be nominated for the Rising Star in 2016.
Orazio Fantasia, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award in the 2015 season.
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. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buckley, playing for the Brisbane Bears. The recipient of the AFL Rising Star has been awarded the Ron Evans Medal since 2007, named in honour of the former AFL Commission chairman following his death that year.
Nathan Buckley was the inaugural AFL Rising Star in 1993.
Nick Riewoldt was the 2002 AFL Rising Star.
Dan Hannebery polled the maximum votes possible in the 2010 AFL Rising Star.
Jaeger O'Meara was the 2013 AFL Rising Star.
