2015 AFL Rising Star

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The award was won by Jesse Hogan of Melbourne who polled 49 votes, beating Carlton's Patrick Cripps who finished on 41 votes.^[2]

2015 NAB AFL Rising Star
Jesse Hogan, winner of the 2015 Rising Star, at training in July 2015
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	9 September
Country	Australia
Ron Evans medallist	Jesse Hogan (Melbourne)
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Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 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. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Kamdyn McIntosh	Richmond	[3]
2	Mitch Honeychurch	Western Bulldogs	[4]
3	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	[5]
4	Patrick Cripps	Carlton	[6]
5	Adam Saad	Gold Coast	[7]
6	Cory Gregson	Geelong	[8]
7	Billy Hartung	Hawthorn	[9]
8	Cam McCarthy	Greater Western Sydney	[10]
9	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	[2][11]
10	Angus Brayshaw	Melbourne	[12]
11	Tim Broomhead	Collingwood	[13]
12	Tom Boyd	Western Bulldogs	[14]
13	Charlie Cameron	Adelaide	[15]
14	Jack Lonie	St Kilda	[16]
15	Dom Sheed	West Coast	[17]
16	Touk Miller	Gold Coast	[18]
17	Jake Lever	Adelaide	[19]
18	Harris Andrews	Brisbane Lions	[20]
19	Jackson Thurlow	Geelong	[21]
20	Jordan De Goey	Collingwood	[22]
21	Darcy Lang	Geelong	[23]
22	Ben Lennon	Richmond	[24]
23	Orazio Fantasia	Essendon	[25]

Final voting

	Player	Club	Votes[26]
1	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	49
2	Patrick Cripps	Carlton	41
3	Dom Sheed	West Coast	27
4	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	12
5	Angus Brayshaw	Melbourne	8
6	Touk Miller	Gold Coast	6
7	Adam Saad	Gold Coast	3
8	Jake Lever	Adelaide	2
9	Jordan De Goey	Collingwood	1
	Jackson Thurlow	Geelong	1