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ONE OF the most sought after statistics by AFL Fantasy coaches is centre bounce attendances (CBAs).

Following CBAs gives an insight into who is among the preferred midfield group for each club. For Fantasy coaches, this gives a peek into the roles of a range of players. Usually midfielders are the higher point scorers and targeting those spending time on the ball can help with boosting the scores.

The round 17 CBAs, thanks to Champion Data, are below. 

St Kilda v West Coast

Centre bounces: 18

St Kilda

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Jack Steele

102

85%

16

Paddy Ryder

95

78%

15

Sebastian Ross

69

77%

14

Zak Jones

51

84%

9

Jack Sinclair

65

70%

9

Hunter Clark

82

84%

6

Rowan Marshall

52

82%

3

 

West Coast

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Andrew Gaff

110

100%

18

Liam Duggan

69

86%

17

Tim Kelly

119

87%

15

Nic Naitanui

94

80%

15

Xavier O'Neill

19

55%

4

Oscar Allen

46

71%

3

 

Geelong v Richmond

Centre bounces: 14

Geelong

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Cameron Guthrie

113

75%

11

Mitch Duncan

71

81%

7

Mark Blicavs

94

84%

7

Esava Ratugolea

89

85%

7

Brandan Parfitt

49

74%

7

Patrick Dangerfield

66

84%

6

Luke Dahlhaus

56

75%

5

Lachie Fogarty

58

67%

3

Tom Atkins

78

75%

3

 

Richmond

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Toby Nankervis

79

77%

12

Dustin Martin

76

89%

12

Trent Cotchin

60

76%

11

Shai Bolton

72

89%

10

Jack Ross

58

71%

9

Ivan Soldo

18

24%

2

 

North Melbourne v Fremantle

Centre bounces: 24

North Melbourne

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Todd Goldstein

50

95%

24

Trent Dumont

57

79%

20

Jy Simpkin

45

77%

19

Jed Anderson

71

71%

15

Luke Davies-Uniacke

33

74%

12

Jack Ziebell

26

76%

6

 

Fremantle

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Sean Darcy

75

81%

18

Adam Cerra

59

78%

17

David Mundy

75

71%

16

Caleb Serong

55

72%

16

Nat Fyfe

88

72%

15

Andrew Brayshaw

65

69%

8

Rory Lobb

67

98%

6

 

Port Adelaide v Essendon

Centre bounces: 19

Port Adelaide

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Travis Boak

83

74%

15

Tom Rockliff

122

88%

15

Scott Lycett

68

80%

13

Ollie Wines

86

70%

13

Sam Powell-Pepper

46

74%

7

Peter Ladhams

41

84%

6

Robbie Gray

55

89%

5

Connor Rozee

78

75%

2

 

Essendon

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Zach Merrett

97

84%

17

Dylan Shiel

96

76%

16

Darcy Parish

65

75%

15

Sam Draper

44

75%

13

Kyle Langford

54

78%

8

Andrew Phillips

21

73%

6

Jake Stringer

19

77%

1

  

GWS Giants v Melbourne

Centre bounces: 27

GWS Giants

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Shane Mumford

63

87%

25

Jacob Hopper

89

80%

23

Tim Taranto

44

75%

18

Josh Kelly

96

89%

15

Tom Green

86

67%

13

Zac Williams

90

61%

11

Harry Himmelberg

24

88%

2

Toby Greene

68

91%

1

 

Melbourne

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Max Gawn

103

96%

25

Clayton Oliver

89

85%

23

Jack Viney

51

83%

22

Jake Melksham

53

74%

12

Aaron vandenBerg

65

73%

12

Christian Petracca

81

94%

12

Mitch Brown

59

82%

2

 

Carlton v Adelaide

Centre bounces: 22

Carlton

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Patrick Cripps

73

91%

20

Ed Curnow

73

89%

19

Tom De Koning

53

89%

18

Sam Walsh

95

87%

14

Will Setterfield

93

81%

9

Levi Casboult

75

93%

4

David Cuningham

58

71%

4

 

Adelaide

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Rory Laird

92

78%

19

Reilly O'Brien

79

85%

19

Matt Crouch

78

73%

17

Rory Sloane

64

80%

15

Brad Crouch

80

72%

14

Elliott Himmelberg

57

85%

3

Ben Keays

73

84%

1

 

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

Centre bounces: 21

Hawthorn

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Jonathon Ceglar

53

71%

16

Finn Maginness

39

77%

11

Tom Mitchell

58

81%

11

James Cousins

66

85%

10

Liam Shiels

70

83%

10

Jaeger O'Meara

60

79%

9

Chad Wingard

68

85%

8

Tim O'Brien

66

92%

5

Luke Breust

76

74%

2

Paul Puopolo

30

70%

2

 

Western Bulldogs

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Tim English

88

87%

19

Marcus Bontempelli

124

90%

17

Jack Macrae

90

84%

14

Bailey Smith

83

77%

13

Tom Liberatore

113

84%

13

Josh Dunkley

101

83%

6

Josh Bruce

49

87%

2

 

Sydney v Brisbane

Centre bounces: 20

Sydney

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Luke Parker

103

86%

18

Josh P. Kennedy

117

84%

15

Nick Blakey

44

79%

15

Aliir Aliir

64

76%

14

Oliver Florent

38

78%

11

Joel Amartey

20

59%

4

Sam Reid

22

79%

2

Tom Papley

58

90%

1

 

Brisbane

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Lachie Neale

37

91%

16

Jarryd Lyons

73

80%

12

Oscar McInerney

83

78%

11

Dayne Zorko

49

77%

11

Archie Smith

25

52%

9

Cameron Ellis-Yolmen

58

73%

9

Cam Rayner

34

74%

7

Hugh McCluggage

60

85%

5

 

Collingwood v Gold Coast

Centre bounces: 20

Collingwood

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Brodie Grundy

90

90%

19

Jamie Elliott

69

66%

16

Scott Pendlebury

67

83%

16

Taylor Adams

69

78%

15

Adam Treloar

85

70%

13

Mason Cox

60

85%

1

 

Gold Coast

Player

Fantasy

TOG

CBA

Jarrod Witts

63

89%

20

Hugh Greenwood

75

79%

17

David Swallow

71

78%

14

Lachie Weller

83

84%

9

Touk Miller

103

90%

7

Noah Anderson

72

81%

7

Nick Holman

50

79%

3

Darcy MacPherson

45

82%

2

Sean Lemmens

0

8%

1

 

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