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2025 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.
| 2025 AFL Rising Star |
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| Murphy Reid, recipient of the 2025 Rising Star award |
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| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) |
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.
The 2025 winner was Murphy Reid, from the Fremantle Football Club.
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.
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| Round | Player | Club | Ref. |
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| 0/1 | Sam Lalor | Richmond | |
| 2 | Connor O'Sullivan | Geelong | |
| 3 | Harvey Langford | Melbourne | |
| 4 | Levi Ashcroft | Brisbane Lions | |
| 5 | Archie Roberts | Essendon | |
| 6 | Murphy Reid^ | Fremantle | |
| 7 | Xavier Lindsay | Melbourne | |
| 8 | Hugo Garcia | St Kilda | |
| 9 | Nate Caddy | Essendon | |
| 10 | Cooper Lord | Carlton | |
| 11 | Angus Clarke | Essendon | |
| 12 | Ed Allan | Collingwood | |
| 13 | Daniel Curtin | Adelaide | |
| 14 | Tyrell Dewar | West Coast | |
| 15 | Finn O'Sullivan | North Melbourne | |
| 16 | Clay Hall | West Coast | |
| 17 | Isaac Kako | Essendon | |
| 18 | Luke Trainor | Richmond | |
| 19 | Ashton Moir | Carlton | |
| 20 | Joe Fonti | Greater Western Sydney | |
| 21 | Ethan Read | Gold Coast | |
| 22 | Hugh Boxshall | St Kilda | |
| 23 | Harry Rowston | Greater Western Sydney | |
| 24 | Matt Carroll | Carlton |
The winner was decided by a 10-person panel consisting of Andrew Dillon (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Abbey Holmes, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Matthew Pavlich 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.
| Player | Club | Votes | |
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| 1 | Murphy Reid | Fremantle | 48 |
| 2 | Daniel Curtin | Adelaide | 35 |
| 3 | Levi Ashcroft | Brisbane Lions | 26 |
| 4 | Harvey Langford | Melbourne | 18 |
| 5 | Connor O'Sullivan | Geelong | 17 |
| 6 | Archie Roberts | Essendon | 6 |
| Panel member | 5 votes | 4 votes | 3 votes | 2 votes | 1 vote |
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| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | Archie Roberts (Essendon) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Archie Roberts (Essendon) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | |
| Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Archie Roberts (Essendon) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Archie Roberts (Essendon) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Archie Roberts (Essendon) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | |
| Murphy Reid (Fremantle) | Harvey Langford (Melbourne) | Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) | Daniel Curtin (Adelaide) | Connor O'Sullivan (Geelong) |
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