# 2024 AFL Rising Star

The Telstra AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL). The winner also receives the Ron Evans Medal, named for the former AFL chairman.

## 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

Key :
| ^ | Winner |
| * | Ineligible to win the Rising Star due to suspension. |
2024 AFL Rising Star nominees :
| Round | Player | Club |
| 0 | Matt Roberts | Sydney |
| 1 | Oliver Dempsey^ | Geelong |
| 2 | George Wardlaw | North Melbourne |
| 3 | Harvey Gallagher | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | Sam Darcy* | Western Bulldogs |
| 5 | Harley Reid* | West Coast |
| 6 | Darcy Wilson | St Kilda |
| 7 | Jake Rogers | Gold Coast |
| 8 | Caleb Windsor | Melbourne |
| 9 | Colby McKercher | North Melbourne |
| 10 | Kai Lohmann | Brisbane Lions |
| 11 | Harvey Harrison | Collingwood |
| 12 | Bodhi Uwland | Gold Coast |
| 13 | Luke Nankervis | Adelaide |
| 14 | Harvey Thomas | Greater Western Sydney |
| 15 | Logan Morris | Brisbane Lions |
| 16 | Will Graham | Gold Coast |
| 17 | Darcy Jones | Greater Western Sydney |
| 18 | Lawson Humphries | Geelong |
| 19 | Nick Watson | Hawthorn |
| 20 | Josh Draper | Fremantle |
| 21 | Jackson Archer | North Melbourne |
| 22 | Nate Caddy | Essendon |
| 23 | Calsher Dear | Hawthorn |
| 24 | Logan Evans | Port Adelaide |

## Final voting

The winner was decided by an 11-person panel consisting of Andrew Dillon (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Abbey Holmes, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Matthew Pavlich, Josh Mahoney and Kevin Sheehan. Each member awarded five votes to the player they determined most deserving, four votes to the second-most deserving, and so on to one vote to the fifth-most deserving.

### Vote receivers

| | Player | Club | Votes |
| 1 | Oliver Dempsey | Geelong | 52 |
| 2 | George Wardlaw | North Melbourne | 43 |
| 3 | Kai Lohmann | Brisbane Lions | 21 |
| 4 | Darcy Wilson | St Kilda | 15 |
| 5 | Colby McKercher | North Melbourne | 12 |
| 6 | Bodhi Uwland | Gold Coast | 9 |
| 7 | Darcy Jones | Greater Western Sydney | 6 |
| 8 | Matt Roberts | Sydney | 3 |
| 9 | Lawson Humphries | Geelong | 2 |
| =10 | Caleb Windsor | Melbourne | 1 |
| =10 | Logan Morris | Brisbane Lions | 1 |

### Full votes

| Panel member | 5 votes | 4 votes | 3 votes | 2 votes | 1 vote |
| Andrew Dillon (chair) | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Darcy Jones (Greater Western Sydney) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) |
| Eddie Betts | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Darcy Jones (Greater Western Sydney) | Lawson Humphries (Geelong) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) |
| Jude Bolton | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Matt Roberts (Sydney) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) |
| Nathan Buckley | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) |
| Kane Cornes | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) |
| Abbey Holmes | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) |
| Glen Jakovich | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) |
| Laura Kane | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) |
| Josh Mahoney | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Logan Morris (Brisbane Lions) |
| Matthew Pavlich | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) | Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast) |
| Kevin Sheehan | Oliver Dempsey (Geelong) | George Wardlaw (North Melbourne) | Darcy Wilson (St Kilda) | Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) | Caleb Windsor (Melbourne) |