Let's face it, nobody goes to the football to watch a well-time spoil or teams chipping around in the back half.

No, it's the game's spearheads that have always had the turnstiles ticking, with names like Lockett, Dunstall, Ablett, Modra, Lloyd and Carey sending crowds into raptures.

In recent times, the ilk of Franklin, Roughead, Hawkins, Curnow and a pair of Riewoldts have taken the baton and run, each making a name for splitting the big sticks on a regular basis.

But while Curnow took home his second Coleman after booting 78 goals during the home and away season, the big Blue's conversation rate did not lead the league.

In fact, the 26-year-old is converting at a career rate of 63 per cent entering the finals, a figure south of the league's sharpest shooters.

In reverse order, here are the eight most accurate goalkickers currently plying their trade in the AFL.

DISCLAIMER: Only players who had taken 50 or more shots in official AFL games were considered. 

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1. Nick Larkey

Career scores - 191.69 
Accuracy - 73.46%

Despite slotting the vast majority of his 71 goals this season in off-Broadway timeslots, Larkey earned his flowers with a debut All-Australian blazer.

Not only has the 25-year-old bagged 109 goals across the past pair of seasons, the Roos' main man inside the arc has done so at a rate of 2.5 per game and an accuracy of 72.2 per cent.

Larkey's improved career marker of 73.46 per cent is good enough to see hold the fourth-best conversion rate in AFL/VFL history.

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