Half-way through the season, North Melbourne is in 13th position. But with four wins from the last six games, the Roos are on the up.

Like every year, there’s been standouts on an individual level; today we look at North’s stat leaders across all the key categories.

Kicks

Jack Ziebell – 153 (avg 13.9)
Jamie Macmillan – 124 (11.3)
Shaun Higgins – 122 (12.2)
Sam Gibson – 122 (11.1)
Luke McDonald – 122 (11.1)
Robbie Tarrant – 121 (11)

Handballs

Ben Cunnington – 163 (avg 16.3) - 15th in AFL
Sam Gibson – 118 (10.7)
Marley Williams – 110 (10)
Trent Dumont – 106 (10.6)
Jack Ziebell – 102 (9.3)
Shaun Higgins – 101 (10.1)

Disposals

Jack Ziebell – 255 (avg 23.2)
Ben Cunnington – 243 (24.3)
Sam Gibson – 240 (21.8)
Shaun Higgins – 223 (22.3)
Jamie Macmillan – 219 (19.9)
Trent Dumont – 209 (20.9)

Contested possessions

Ben Cunnington – 141 (avg 14.1) - equal 10th in AFL
Jack Ziebell – 126 (11.5)
Trent Dumont – 95 (9.5)
Shaun Higgins – 90 (9)
Nathan Hrovat – 73 (6.6)
Sam Gibson – 72 (6.5)

Clearances

Ben Cunnington – 80 (avg 8) - equal 2nd in AFL
Jack Ziebell – 61 (5.5) - equal 15th in AFL
Shaun Higgins – 43 (4.3)
Trent Dumont – 39 (3.9)
Todd Goldstein – 27 (2.7)
Andrew Swallow – 21 (3.5)

Marks

Lachlan Hansen – 69 (avg 6.3)
Robbie Tarrant – 62 (5.6)
Ben Brown – 53 (4.8)
Scott Thompson – 49 (4.9)
Sam Gibson – 46 (4.2)
Kayne Turner – 46 (4.2)

Hit-outs

Todd Goldstein – 332 (avg 33.2) - 8th in AFL
Braydon Preuss – 108 (27)
Ben Brown – 28 (2.5)
Majak Daw – 8 (8)

Tackles

Jack Ziebell – 62 (avg 5.5)
Luke McDonald – 56 (5.1)
Ben Cunnington – 47 (4.7)
Trent Dumont – 45 (4.5)
Shaun Higgins – 45 (4.5)
Kayne Turner – 45 (4.1)
Andrew Swallow – 42 (7)

Time on ground (% of games average)

Robbie Tarrant – 91.3%
Scott Thompson – 90.7%
Lachlan Hansen – 89.7%
Ben Brown – 89%
Todd Goldstein – 89%
Jamie Macmillan – 88.3%

One percenters

Scott Thompson – 55 (avg 5.5)
Marley Williams – 48 (4.4)
Lachlan Hansen – 42 (3.8)
Robbie Tarrant – 42 (3.8)
Todd Goldstein – 25 (2.5)
Ed Vickers-Willis – 23 (3.3)

Inside 50s

Shaun Higgins – 51 (avg 5.1) - equal 15th in AFL
Jack Ziebell – 48 (4.4) - equal 19th in AFL
Trent Dumont – 42 (4.2)
Luke McDonald – 41 (3.7)
Shaun Atley – 37 (3.4)
Kayne Turner – 36 (3.3)

Rebound 50s

Robbie Tarrant – 50 (avg 4.5) - equal 7th in AFL
Jamie Macmillan – 47 (4.3) - equal 14th in AFL
Marley Williams – 45 (4.1) - equal 16th in AFL
Aaron Mullett – 39 (4.9) - equal 19th in AFL
Scott Thompson – 39 (3.9) - equal 19th in AFL
Jack Ziebell – 23 (2.1)

Goals

Ben Brown – 28 (avg 2.5) - equal 8th in AFL
Kayne Turner – 14 (1.3)
Shaun Higgins – 11 (1.1)
Mason Wood – 10 (1.4)
Jarrad Waite – 9 (1.8)
Taylor Garner – 8 (1)