October 27, 2017
When it comes to keeping possession, these guys were the true professionals. 44 AUDL players—including five players earning their second straight honors—qualified for the Golden Hands Team in 2017, accounting for 9,282 cumulative touches without a single drop.
| Touches | Player | Team | Assists | Goals | Completions | Points Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517 | Jonathan Nethercutt | RAL | 71 | 13 | 468 (94.35%) | 295 |
| 459 | Lloyd Blake | DC | 28 | 15 | 420 (95.89%) | 273 |
| 403 | Max Thorne | PIT | 41 | 29 | 351 (94.35%) | 241 |
| 376 | Austin Lien | MIN | 7 | 4 | 347 (94.29%) | 141 |
| 359 | Kyle Stapleton | ATL | 16 | 8 | 340 (97.42%) | 267 |
| 346 | Eli Friedman |
LA |
28 | 18 | 315 (96.63%) | 183 |
| 335 | John Randolph | SEA | 16 | 19 | 300 (95.24%) | 268 |
| 306 | Patrick Baylis | SF | 21 | 10 | 280 (95.24%) | 275 |
| 303 | Adam Simon | SEA | 20 | 9 | 274 (94.16%) | 170 |
| 286 | Dan Donovan | DET | 20 | 5 | 257 (92.78%) | 149 |
| 286 | Jason Best | ATX | 12 | 7 | 252 (91.97%) | 246 |
| 285 | Sean Keegan | NY | 30 | 7 | 252 (90.97%) | 157 |
| 282 | Nate Ransom | LA | 13 | 8 | 261 (95.26%) | 157 |
| 275 | Allen Lai | LA | 9 | 2 | 262 (97.40%) | 127 |
| 264 | Kyle Cox | IND | 17 | 9 | 219 (88.31%) | 226 |
| 248 | Dylan Tunnell | ATL | 28 | 12 | 216 (92.31%) | 134 |
| 233 | Mitchell Steiner | LA | 19 | 6 | 213 (94.67%) | 297 |
| 206 | Chris Kocher | NY | 18 | 4 | 192 (96.97%) | 119 |
| 199 | Logan Pruess | MAD | 15 | 10 | 170 (91.40%) | 244 |
| 192 | Tommy Gallagher | CHI | 7 | 4 | 176 (95.14%) | 106 |
| 174 | Gabriel Monfette | MTL | 13 | 6 | 149 (90.30%) | 194 |
| 167 | Eli Kerns | SF | 21 | 14 | 135 (89.40%) | 153 |
| 153 | Anson Reppermund | PIT | 12 | 18 | 111 (84.73%) | 296 |
| 151 | Aubrey Davis | ATX | 14 | 10 | 123 (87.23%) | 155 |
| 151 | Casey Hogg | DAL | 6 | 12 | 133 (96.38%) | 224 |
| 143 | Tristan Green | RAL | 20 | 2 | 123 (88.49%) | 158 |
| 142 | Drew Kim | SJ | 11 | 6 | 126 (94.03%) | 147 |
| 139 | Justin Lim | SF | 11 | 18 | 107 (89.17%) | 184 |
| 139 | Matt Gallin | NSH | 3 | 1 | 117 (87.97%) | 110 |
| 137 | James Yeager | SJ | 7 | 0 | 125 (93.28%) | 155 |
| 135 | Mario O'Brien | SEA | 7 | 1 | 129 (97.73%) | 70 |
| 133 | Rory Orloff | ATX | 5 | 10 | 115 (94.26%) | 203 |
| 129 | Markham Shofner | DC | 11 | 12 | 108 (93.91%) | 126 |
| 122 | Jeremy Norden | TOR | 20 | 1 | 101 (85.59%) | 130 |
| 122 | Zach Avello | NSH | 11 | 29 | 83 (92.22%) | 300 |
| 118 | Samson Hoy | VAN | 5 | 4 | 106 (93.81%) | 99 |
| 116 | Michael Fairley | JAX | 5 | 13 | 96 (95.05%) | 137 |
| 111 | Ben Jagt | NY | 17 | 13 | 86 (89.58%) | 226 |
| 111 | Johnny Bansfield | DET | 11 | 12 | 81 (81.82%) | 74 |
| 111 | Andrew Carleton | JAX | 2 | 3 | 104 (98.11%) | 153 |
| 108 | David Janssen | OTT | 2 | 5 | 99 (97.06%) | 100 |
| 105 | David Hochhalter | OTT | 11 | 3 | 85 (85.00%) | 127 |
| 104 | Chris Gibson | JAX | 10 | 8 | 91 (96.81%) | 197 |
| 101 | Oak Nelson | PHI | 5 | 9 | 87 (95.60%) | 131 |
Minimum 100 touches required. All stats from 2017 regular season.
Members Who Also Made 2016 Team: Sean Keegan, New York Empire (693 total touches); Patrick Baylis, San Francisco FlameThrowers (539); Chris Kocher, New York Empire (341); Gabriel Monfette, Montreal Royal (289); David Janssen, Ottawa Outlaws (257)
