The NAB AFL Rising Star is voted by the All-Australian selection panel: Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Danny Frawley, Kevin Bartlett, Mark Ricciuto, Luke Darcy, Glen Jakovich, Gerard Healy and Kevin Sheehan (rising star selector only).

2012 Voting

Daniel Talia                 43
Jeremy Cameron         35
Mitchell Wallis           19
Adam Treloar             15
Steven Motlop            11
Tom McDonald           7
Josh Caddy                  3
Stephen Coniglio         2

The selectors’ votes were as follows:

Andrew Demetriou
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Jeremy Cameron
3 - Adam Treloar
2 - Mitchell Wallis
1 - Tom McDonald

Adrian Anderson
5 - Jeremy Cameron
4 - Daniel Talia
3 - Mitchell Wallis
2 - Tom McDonald
1 - Stephen Coniglio

Danny Frawley
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Jeremy Cameron
3 - Adam Treloar
2 - Mitchell Wallis
1 - Steven Motlop

Kevin Bartlett
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Mitchell Wallis
3 - Jeremy Cameron
2 - Steven Motlop
1 - Tom McDonald

Mark Ricciuto
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Jeremy Cameron
3 - Steven Motlop
2 - Josh Caddy
1 - Mitchell Wallis

Luke Darcy
5 - Jeremy Cameron
4 - Daniel Talia
3 - Mitchell Wallis
2 - Steven Motlop
1 - Stephen Coniglio

Glen Jakovich
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Adam Treloar
3 - Steven Motlop
2 - Jeremy Cameron
1 - Josh Caddy

Gerard Healy
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Jeremy Cameron
3 - Adam Treloar
2 - Tom McDonald
1 - Mitchell Wallis

Kevin Sheehan
5 - Daniel Talia
4 - Jeremy Cameron
3 - Mitchell Wallis
2 - Adam Treloar
1 - Tom McDonald