In the wake of Sam Lalor winning the Round 1 AFL Rising Star nomination, we list the Tiger players who have received nominations since the prestigious award’s inception in 1993.
1993
Round 10 – Matthew Richardson
Round 15 – Duncan Kellaway
1994
Round 11 – Matthew Rogers
Round 15 – Jamie Tape
Round 24 – Duncan Kellaway
1995
Round 5 – David Bourke
Round 21 – Stephen Jurica
1996
Nil
1997
Round 2 – Joel Bowden
1998
Round 15 – Justin Plapp
1999
Round 16 – Marc Dragicevic
2000
Nil
2001
Round 18 – Aaron Fiora
2002
Round 8 – David Rodan
Round 14 – Mark Coughlan
Round 20 – Ty Zantuck
2003
Nil
2004
Round 14 – Jay Schulz
Round 22 – Brent Hartigan
2005
Round 8 – Brett Deledio (winner)
2006
Round 4 – Andrew Raines
Round 6 – Dean Polo
Round 19 – Nathan Foley
2007
Round 22 – Will Thursfield
2008
Round 12 – Trent Cotchin
Round 15 – Jack Riewoldt
2009
Nil
2010
Round 10 – Dustin Martin
2011
Round 9 – Reece Conca
Round 16 – Jake Batchelor
2012
Round 3 – Dylan Grimes
Round 17 – Brandon Ellis
2013
Round 7 – Nick Vlastuin
2014
Nil
2015
Round 1 – Kamdyn McIntosh
Round 22 – Ben Lennon
2016
Round 22 – Daniel Rioli
2017
Round 11 – Dan Butler
Round 19 – Jason Castagna
2018
Round 18 – Jack Higgins
2019
Round 10 – Liam Baker
Round 11 – Sydney Stack
Round 17 – Shai Bolton
2020
Nil
2021
Nil
2022
Round 20 – Noah Cumberland
2023
Nil
2024
Nil
2025
Round 1 – Sam Lalor