GOLD Coast midfielder Dion Prestia has surged into the top 100 in the Official AFL Player Ratings after notching the highest score of round one.
Prestia's 32 disposals, seven marks, four tackles and a goal in the Suns' victory over Richmond on March 15 equated to 27.1 player ratings points.
It was the best score of Prestia's 52-game career and saw him rise from 117 on the player ratings table to his new position of 93.
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Other players to enjoy substantial rises after round one were Collingwood's Dayne Beams (from 22 to 16), Richmond's Brett Deledio (40 to 30) and North Melbourne's Lindsay Thomas (106 to 86).
The second-best score of round one was notched by Gold Coast skipper Gary Ablett.
The two-time Brownlow medallist's 41 disposals and two goals equated to 26.8 player ratings points.
Ablett remains the No. 1 player in the AFL.
His running points tally of 725 has him well clear of Adelaide's Patrick Dangerfield (640), Geelong's Joel Selwood (625), Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury (619) and Essendon's Jobe Watson (609).
First-year Magpie Tom Langdon posted the highest score by a debutant in round one.
The promising defender tallied 24 disposals and six marks in Collingwood's big loss to Fremantle in the opening game of the season, which equated to 17.1 player ratings points.
The next-best debutants were St Kilda's Luke Dunstan (12.2), fellow Saint Eli Templeton (9.9), Brisbane Lion James Aish (8.6) and Melbourne's Alex Georgiou (8.1).
