2014 AFL Rising Star

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The 2014 winner was Lewis Taylor. Taylor polled one more vote than Marcus Bontempelli, making it the closest ever count.^[2]

2014 NAB AFL Rising Star
Lewis Taylor, winner of the 2014 AFL Rising Star, during the 2017 AFL season
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	3 September
Country	Australia
Ron Evans medallist	Lewis Taylor (Brisbane Lions)
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Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 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. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Luke Dunstan	St Kilda	[3]
2	Dylan Buckley	Carlton	[4]
3	Josh Kelly	Greater Western Sydney	[5]
4	Luke McDonald	North Melbourne	[6]
5	Matt Crouch	Adelaide	[7]
6	James Aish	Brisbane Lions	[8]
7	Tom Langdon	Collingwood	[9]
8	Jarman Impey	Port Adelaide	[10]
9	Lewis Taylor	Brisbane Lions	[11][2]
10	Kade Kolodjashnij	Gold Coast	[12]
11	Zach Merrett	Essendon	[13]
12	Joe Daniher	Essendon	[14]
13	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	[15]
14	Jack Billings	St Kilda	[16]
15	Harry Cunningham	Sydney	[17]
16	Troy Menzel	Carlton	[18]
17	Nathan Hrovat	Western Bulldogs	[19]
18	Jonathon Patton	Greater Western Sydney	[20]
19	Darcy Gardiner	Brisbane Lions	[21]
20	Jake Stringer	Western Bulldogs	[22]
21	Jake Lloyd	Sydney	[23]
22	Matt Taberner	Fremantle	[24]
23	Jack Martin	Gold Coast	[25]

Final voting

	Player	Club	Votes
1	Lewis Taylor	Brisbane Lions	39
2	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	38
3	Luke McDonald	North Melbourne	32
4	James Aish	Brisbane Lions	19
5	Kade Kolodjashnij	Gold Coast	7
6	Luke Dunstan	St Kilda	5
	Tom Langdon	Collingwood	5
8	Harry Cunningham	Sydney	3
9	Jarman Impey	Port Adelaide	1
	Josh Kelly	Greater Western Sydney	1
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2015[26]