The pressure in front of the big sticks can take its toll on many forwards, but in 2011 the North Melbourne number 27 rarely missed.
He finished the season with 36 goals and just eight behinds to his name, at an unrivalled efficiency of 81.8 percent.
Remarkably, it's not a feat unfamiliar to Edwards. In 2010 he kicked 25 goals and 5 behinds from 14 games, to tie with Michael Barlow as the league's most reliable goal-kicker.
Throughout his career he boasts 70 percent accuracy shooting at goal.
Edwards isn't the only dead-eye dick at Aegis Park with team-mate Cameron Pedersen third on the list with 18 goals and five behinds from 14 games with a 78.3 percent success rate.
At the other end of the spectrum, Lindsay Thomas kicked 21 goals and 36 behinds from his 57 scoring shots, recording a low 36.8 percent strike rate.
Note: Statistics based on players who kicked at least 20 goals.
The AFL's most accurate players (2011):
| Player | G | B | % |
| Aaron Edwards | 36 | 8 | 81.8 |
| Jimmy Bartel | 22 | 6 | 78.6 |
| Cam Pedersen | 18 | 5 | 78.3 |
| Barry Hall | 55 | 17 | 76.4 |
| Jay Schulz | 31 | 10 | 75.6 |
| Leroy Jetta | 27 | 9 | 75.0 |
| Adam Schneider | 30 | 11 | 73.2 |
| Scott Pendlebury | 24 | 9 | 72.7 |
| Robin Nahas | 29 | 11 | 72.5 |
| Angus Monfries | 31 | 12 | 72.1 |
