Footy fans are more blessed than any other in the world of sport.

No sport combines such astonishing physical feats with such chills of euphoria, heartbreak, and everything in between the way Aussie Rules does.

2024 has already provided its fair share of thrilling plays, profound performances and memorable matches, this list will go through only a fraction of them during the season so far.

Records have been set and players have broken out into AFL stardom with performances from the top shelf.

Before we go through the subjective list, let's take a look the current in-season record holders for each major statistical category:

Disposals: 46 - Caleb Serong (Round 1 vs Brisbane)
Marks: 18 - Luke Ryan (Round 12 vs Melbourne)
Goals: 6 - 6x (Jeremy Cameron, Jake Waterman, Aaron Naughton, Jesse Hogan, Cody Weightman, Eric Hipwood)
Goal assists: 6 - Lachie Neale (Round 10 vs Richmond)
Tackles: 16 - James Rowbottom (Round 10 vs Carlton)
Hit-Outs: 56 - Reilly O'Brien (Round 9 vs Brisbane)
Contested Possessions: 28 - Tom Liberatore (Round 4 vs Geelong)
Contested Marks: 8 - Jake Waterman (Round 5 vs Richmond)
Clearances: 20 - Matt Rowell (O-Round vs Richmond)
One-percenters: 17 - Jack Buckley (Round 8 vs Sydney)
Score Involvements: 17 - Sam Walsh (Round 6 vs GWS)
Intercepts: 16 - Mac Andrew (Round 4 vs GWS)
SuperCoach: 197 - Luke Ryan (Round 8 vs Richmond)

Here is our mid-year list of the top 10 player performances of 2024...

Honourable Mentions:

  • Nick Vlastuin (Round 3 vs Sydney)
    • 29 disposals @ 100% efficiency
      15 intercepts
      13 marks
      7 score involvements
      167 SuperCoach points
  • Patrick Cripps (Round 6 vs GWS)
    • 39 disposals
      24 contested possessions
      11 score involvements
      13 clearances
      7 tackles
      142 SuperCoach points
  • Connor Rozee (Round 4 vs Essendon)
    • 36 disposals
      3 goals
      8 score involvements
      7 inside 50s
      152 SuperCoach points
  • Blake Hardwick (Round 10 vs Port Adelaide)
    • 23 disposals
      5 goals
      9 score involvements
      6 marks
      180 SuperCoach points

1Marcus Bontempelli (Round 12 vs Collingwood)

  • 38 disposals
    2 goals
    9 tackles
    10 clearances
    16 contested possessions
    8 score involvements
    1 goal assist
    1 contested mark
    31 pressure acts
    186 SuperCoach points

Clinical Bont at his brilliant best.

It takes a generational player to stop another generational player from stealing a must-win match in our competition. For three quarters, Nick Daicos was best afield on this Friday night Marvel Stadium.

That was until Bont's 14 disposals, five clearances, four tackles and goal in the final quarter turned a two-goal deficit into a three goal win, once again lifting his club in a season that appeared to be on a knifes edge.

In an undermanned midfield missing Tom Liberatore and Ed Richards, Bontempelli typically put the Dogs on his back and influenced every facet of the game, recording nine tackles and 31 pressure acts along with his clear offensive impact.

38 disposals were a career-high, perhaps surprisingly, but nonetheless a true testament to his presence as an impact player with the perfect balance of quality and quantity.

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