title: 2022 AFL Rising Star
text: # 2022 AFL Rising Star
  
  The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL).
  
  ## Eligibility
  
  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.
  
  ## Nominations
  
  2022 AFL Rising Star nominees :
  
  | Round | Player | Club |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nic Martin | Essendon |
  | 2 | Jake Bowey | Melbourne |
  | 3 | Nick Daicos | Collingwood |
  | 4 | Josh Rachele | Adelaide |
  | 5 | Jai Newcombe | Hawthorn |
  | 6 | Jack Ginnivan | Collingwood |
  | 7 | Jason Horne-Francis* | North Melbourne |
  | 8 | Heath Chapman | Fremantle |
  | 9 | Corey Durdin | Carlton |
  | 10 | Joel Jeffrey | Gold Coast |
  | 11 | Sam De Koning | Geelong |
  | 12 | Logan McDonald | Sydney |
  | 13 | Brandon Walker | Fremantle |
  | 14 | Ben Hobbs | Essendon |
  | 15 | Lachie Jones | Port Adelaide |
  | 16 | Massimo D'Ambrosio | Essendon |
  | 17 | Hugo Ralphsmith | Richmond |
  | 18 | Josh Ward | Hawthorn |
  | 19 | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan | Western Bulldogs |
  | 20 | Noah Cumberland | Richmond |
  | 21 | Elijah Hollands | Gold Coast |
  | 22 | Marcus Windhager | St Kilda |
  | 23 | Nathan O'Driscoll | Fremantle |
  
  *ineligible to win the NAB Rising Star due to suspension.
  
  ## Final voting
  
  | | Player | Club | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nick Daicos | Collingwood | 60 |
  | 2 | Sam De Koning | Geelong | 48 |
  | 3 | Jai Newcombe | Hawthorn | 35 |
  | 4 | Jack Ginnivan | Collingwood | 21 |
  | 5 | Nic Martin | Essendon | 12 |
  | 6 | Jake Bowey | Melbourne | 2 |
  | 7 | Heath Chapman | Fremantle | 1 |
  | 7 | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan | Western Bulldogs | 1 |
  