The home-and-away season has concluded for 2025, and with it comes the confirmation of Zero Hanger's rookie of the year and the makeup of the remaining seven spots inside the Rookie Rankings.
A couple of changes took place in Round 24 as the final top eight rankings took shape, with the trio on the podium officially locked in.
Selection Criteria: Zero Hanger's Rookie Rankings ONLY consider players who have made their debut this season. Other players who may still be eligible for a Rising Star nomination but have already made their debut before the 2025 season will not be considered. I.e. Rising Star eligible players such as Nate Caddy, Dan Curtin and Connor O'Sullivan are ineligible, having already played an AFL match before Opening Round, 2025. Suspension does not make a player ineligible for our Rookie Rankings.
Honourable mentions:
Cooper Trembath (North Melbourne) - 11 disposals, three goals
Sam Lalor (Richmond) - 12.0 disposals, 4.4 score involvements per game
2Murphy Reid (-)
Murphy Reid was once again electric for the Dockers as they clinched a finals berth, kicking a goal and contributing to eight scores from his 19 disposals against the Bulldogs.
Reid concludes the home-and-away season as one of the AFL's best young goal scorers, with his 24 goals ranking fifth for players aged 21 or younger, and also being the only 19-year-old to rank inside the top 10.
If Fremantle are to conquer some of the AFL's best in the hunt for their first flag, Reid will need to be at his best in tandem with the Dockers' immense forward line, and based on his rookie campaign, it's hard to imagine him doing otherwise.
