The 2025 AFL Women's Rising Star award was presented to the player adjudged the best young player during the 2025 AFL Women's season. 's Zippy Fish won the award with the maximum 50 votes.
Eligibility To be eligible for nomination, players must be under 21 years of age on 31 December, have not previously been nominated for the award (unless they have played ten or fewer matches at the beginning of the season) and have not previously won the award.
Nominations + Table of nominees Round Player Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Emma McDonald 11 12
+ Table of nominations by club Number Club Player 2 Brooke Boileau 7 India Rasheed 11 Sophie McKay 4 Poppy Scholz 6 Lucia Painter 1 Jess Rentsch 9 Emma McDonald 10 Sarah Poustie 12 1 Ash Centra 5 Havana Harris 3 Kaitlyn Srhoj 8 Zippy Fish 2
Final voting + Table of votes Placing Player Club Votes 1 2 50 2 1 23 6 23 4 3 19 5 5 19 6 8 7 7 9 6 8 5 4 9 Emma McDonald 10 2 10 12 1 11 7 0 11 0
See also
2025 AFL Rising Star
References
External links AFLW Rising Star Award