IN a new exciting collaborative countdown, Rookie Me Central has teamed up with other independent media organisations to bring a 2022 AFL Women’s Top 50 Countdown. Every weekday from now until December 17, a new player will be named starting from 50th down to 1st, stemming from a combined eight Top 50 submissions. Among those who submitted Top 50s include Siren Sport‘s Gemma Bastiani, Women’s Australian Rules Football (WARF) Radio‘s Peter Holden, and a combined Outer Sanctum team’s Top 50.

Today we continue our countdown with number 8, Adelaide‘s Ebony Marinoff

Ebony Marinoff

Adelaide

League/s: AFLW, Vflw

Season/s: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, S7, 2023, 2024

• Games [tot]: 79

• Goals [tot]: 11

• Disposals [avg]: 23

• Marks [avg]: 3

• Tackles [avg]: 8.9

• Cont. Poss: 11

• Uncont. Poss: 11.3

• Clearances: 4.3

• Inside 50s: 4

• Rebound 50s: 1.5

Originally taken as Adelaide’s inaugural pick in the 2016 draft, Marinoff is a hard running, ball hungry midfielder who is described by the Adelaide website as ‘A ball of energy who excels at stoppages and is an accurate left-foot kick’.

She is has been a star of the competition since her debut year. In 2017 alone, she earned All Australian honours and won the Rising Star Award. She would earn All Australian honours again in 2019 and 2021.

In 2018, she was the competition’s leading tacklers for the season with 82. She is also a two-time premiership player, having been a member of Adelaide’s 2017 and 2019 title winning teams.

Taking a look back, 2021 was another stellar year for Marinoff. On the stats front, she raked in above career average figures for many of her stats.

With a career average of 20.5 disposals a game, Marinoff managed to register an average of 23.5 disposals a game in 2021. This included a career high 35 disposals against Melbourne in the Preliminary Final.

Looking ahead to the 2022 season, Marinoff will be looking to continue her stellar form and only improve even further as Adelaide look to avenge their 2021 Grand Final loss. After a stellar preseason, she was elevated to Adelaide’s leadership group for the 2022 season.

In terms of this countdown, everyone agreed Marinoff belonged in their top 15 of their 50. One of us ranked her 15th, but the majority had her between first and seventh.

Siren Sport’s Gemma Bastiani ranked Marinoff eighth and had this to say about the Crows midfielder:

“Ultra consistent and willing to do the hard, less glamorous stuff. Marinoff has been a top-tier player as long as the competition has existed.”

ROOKIE ME CENTRAL’S 2022 AFL WOMEN’S TOP 50

#50 Ash Brazill (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#49 Tayla Harris (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#48 Courtney Hodder (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#47 Eden Zanker (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#46 Kirsty Lamb (Western Bulldogs) | ARTICLE
#45 Tyanna Smith (St Kilda) | ARTICLE
#44 Breanna Koenen (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#43 Dana Hooker (West Coast) | ARTICLE
#42 Georgie Prespakis (Geelong) | ARTICLE
#41 Breann Moody (Carlton) | ARTICLE
#40 Hayley Miller (Fremantle) | ARTICLE
#39 Emma King (North Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#38 Dakota Davidson (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#37 Meghan McDonald (Geelong) | ARTICLE
#36 Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#35 Daisy Pearce (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#34 Rebecca Beeson (GWS) | ARTICLE
#33 Sarah Allan (Adelaide) | ARTICLE
#32 Kerryn Harrington (Carlton) | ARTICLE
#31 Janelle Cuthbertson (Fremantle) | ARTICLE
#30 Emily Bates (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#29 Katie Brennan (Richmond) | ARTICLE
#28 Gemma Houghton (Fremantle) | ARTICLE
#27 Kate Hore (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#26 Ellie McKenzie (Richmond) | ARTICLE
#25 Ruby Schleicher (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#24 Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#23 Ally Anderson (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#22 Brittany Bonnici (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#21 Darcy Vescio (Carlton) | ARTICLE
#20 Lauren Pearce (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#19 Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#18 Isabel Huntington (Western Bulldogs) | ARTICLE
#17 Tyla Hanks (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#16 Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) | ARTICLE
#15 Monique Conti (Richmond) | ARTICLE
#14 Kate Lutkins (Brisbane) | ARTICLE
#13 Georgia Patrikios (St Kilda) | ARTICLE
#12 Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#11 Erin Phillips (Adelaide) | ARTICLE
#10 Anne Hatchard (Adelaide) | ARTICLE
#9 Chloe Molloy (Collingwood) | ARTICLE
#8 Karen Paxman (Melbourne) | ARTICLE
#7 Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)