In winning the AFL’s Mark of the Year award for 2013, Jamie Elliott has cemented Collingwood’s place at the top of the Mark of the Year leaderboard.

Elliott’s mark makes it the seventh time a Collingwood player has received the award – two ahead of its nearest rival, Carlton, who has five.

Collingwood players to have won the VFL/AFL Mark of the Year
Alan Atkinson
Collingwood v Hawthorn
Round 21, 1973 at Waverley Park
Atkinson rose over Hawthorn’s Leon Rice, marking a clearing kick at its highest point and landing spectacularly.

Billy Picken
Richmond v Collingwood
Round 9, 1974 at Waverley Park
The man known for his high flying exploits at centre half back flew over Neil Balme in front of a pack of four players to rise a long way off the ground and take the ball overhead.

Billy Picken
Collingwood v St Kilda
Round 16, 1976 at Victoria Park
Picken was at it again, leaping into the back of St Kilda’s Barry Breen on his home soil in front of Robert Hyde and Robert Muir.

Denis Banks
Footscray v Collingwood
Round 10, 1984 at the Western Oval
The fan favourite used two players as a stepladder, marking while leaping over teammate Tony Shaw before getting bumped further into the air by Simon Beazley which made him fly horizontally, resulting in him landing heavily on his front.

Chris Tarrant
Geelong v Collingwood
Round 18, 2003 at Telstra Dome
‘Taz’ was at the peak of his powers – literally. He marked a Josh Fraser shot at goal from 50m out in the forward pocket at the Coventry End of what was then known as Telstra Dome. Tarrant got the sit on the shoulder of Geelong’s Matthew Scarlett and glided gracefully back to earth.

Andrew Krakouer
Collingwood v Adelaide
Round 9, 2011 at Etihad Stadium
With Collingwood trailing at three quarter time, Dale Thomas began the final quarter by winning the centre clearance and pumping his side high and long to centre half forward. Krakouer positioned himself perfectly, springing off the ground to land on the back of Adelaide’s Luke Thompson in the middle of a pack and then jump even higher to take an overhead mark.

Jamie Elliott
Port Adelaide v Collingwood
Round 14, 2014 at AAMI Stadium
Elliott leapt onto the shoulders of Port’s Brad Ebert before kicking even further into the air to take the ball at its highest point. He split two other Power defenders in half before landing gracefully on his knees.