Callum Mills and Tom Papley will vye for the 2016 AFL Rising Star award in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Find out all you need to know ahead of the award ceremony at Crown Palladium below.
How does the AFL Rising Star Award work?
One nominee is chosen each week during the home-and-away season.
At the end of the season a panel of experts votes for the winner.
In 2007, the AFL Rising Star Award was named in memory of former AFL Commission Chairman Ron Evans and the winner receives the Ron Evans Medal.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for the AFL Rising Star Award, nominated players must be under the age of 21 at 1 January 2015 and have played no more than 10 AFL games to the start of that season.
They must not have been suspended by the AFL or State League tribunals during the season (as with the Brownlow Medal, players found guilty of certain offences and fined or reprimanded by the Tribunal remain eligible to win the award).
In 2015 there were 210 eligible players, representing 26 per cent of players on AFL lists.
NAB AFL Rising Star winners: 1993-present
| Year | Player | Club | Votes | Recruited from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jesse Hogan | MELB | 49 | Claremont (WA) |
| 2014 | Lewis Taylor | BL | 39 | Terang-Mortlake (VIC) |
| 2013 | Jaeger O'Meara | GCFC | 44 | Perth (WA) |
| 2012 | Daniel Talia | ADEL | 43 | Calder Cannons (VIC) |
| 2011 | Dyson Heppell | ESS | 44 | Gippsland Power (VIC) |
| 2010 | Daniel Hannebery | SYD | 45 | Kew (VIC) |
| 2009 | Daniel Rich | BL | 45 | Subiaco (WA) |
| 2008 | Rhys Palmer | FRE | 44 | East Fremantle (WA) |
| 2007 | Joel Selwood | GEEL | 44 | Bendigo U18 |
| 2006 | Danyle Pearce | PORT | 43 | Sturt (SA) |
| 2005 | Brett Deledio | RICH | 43 | Kyabram/ Murray U18 |
| 2004 | Jared Rivers | MELB | 45 | North Adelaide (SA) |
| 2003 | Sam Mitchell | HAW | 33 | Mooroolbark/ Eastern U18 |
| 2002 | Nick Riewoldt | STK | 34 | Southport (Qld) |
| 2001 | Justin Koschitzke | STK | 31 | Albury (NSW)/ Murray U18 |
| 2000 | Paul Hasleby | FRE | 33 | East Fremantle (WA) |
| 1999 | Adam Goodes | SYD | 33 | Horsham/ North Ballarat U18 |
| 1998 | Byron Pickett | NMFC | 30 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
| 1997 | Michael Wilson | PORT | 27 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
| 1996 | Ben Cousins | WCE | - | East Fremantle (WA) |
| 1995 | Nick Holland | HAW | - | North Adelaide (SA) |
| 1994 | Chris Scott | BL | - | Eastern U18 |
| 1993 | Nathan Buckley | BL | - | Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
2016 nominees
| Rd | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MELB | Clayton Oliver |
| 2 | ESS | Darcy Parish |
| 3 | CARL | Jacob Weitering |
| 4 | WB | Caleb Daniel |
| 5 | SYD | Tom Papley |
| 6 | STK | Blake Acres |
| 7 | MELB | James Harmes |
| 8 | GWS | Jacob Hopper |
| 9 | MELB | Christian Petracca |
| 10 | PORT | Darcy Byrne-Jones |
| 11 | FRE | Connor Blakely |
| 12 | FRE | Lachie Weller |
| 13 | HAW | James Sicily |
| 14 | STK | Jade Gresham |
| 15 | GC | Peter Wright |
| 16 | SYD | Callum Mills |
| 17 | ESS | Orazio Fantasia |
| 18 | NM | Ryan Clarke |
| 19 | COLL | Darcy Moore |
| 20 | WB | Josh Dunkley |
| 21 | MELB | Oscar McDonald |
| 22 | RICH | Daniel Rioli |
| 23 | WCE | Tom Barrass |
