Of the players who have had more than a dozen shots on goal his return of two goals and 13 behinds (a conversion of just 15 per cent) ranks as the lowest in the league.
Denahy has been a solid contributor to the Bombers this season and sits among the top handful of players for inside-50s in 2022.
He and another of player to feature prominently in the inside-50 top five, Echuca’s Riley Smith, have had similarly inaccurate seasons.
Smith has a 6.10 return in front of goals, but is also a top 10 player for score assists.
Kyabram has had 334 shots on goal this season (179 goals), returning a below-average accuracy rate of 46.40 per cent.
Echuca’s accuracy rate of 58 per cent leads the league, while Euroa is marginally behind the ladder leader with a 56 per cent conversion rate from its scoring shots.
Five teams have kicked more points than goals this season, the worst offender being Shepparton United (44.39 per cent accuracy).
The competition’s leading goalkicker, Mooroopna’s Christopher Nield, has kicked the most behinds of any player in the competition.
He is the only player to have kicked more than 30 behinds this season, with a 15-game tally of 62.34.
Tom Holman’s 27 goals from 34 scoring shots is a standout among the league’s top 20 goalkickers.
Seymour star Michael Hartley has kicked 30.11 from his eight games, while Cooper Barber’s 23.9 for Echuca is the next best.
Denahy has also had a tough time of it with the umpires this season, earning just five free kicks for the season and giving 19 away.
Unsurprisingly Kyabram has nine players in the top 50 for free kicks against in the GVL this season.
Zach Norris (sixth), Zach Keogh (12th), Jake Parkinson (15th) and Josh Dillon (27th) are top 30 offenders, while Aidan Robinson, Brad Edwards, Kaine Herbert, Thomas Burnett and Billy McLay occupy positions between 31 and 40.
Ruckman Norris has given away 32 free kicks (he also has 20 in his favour), while Brad Edwads has the largest disparity with 22 free kicks against him and only 10 in his favour.
United pair Sheldon Bogdan and tackling machine Adam Pigatto are the most penalised players, with 46 and 36 free kicks paid against them respectively.
OFF TARGET
2.13 Nic Denahy (Ky)
3.10 Patrick Marks (Mans)
6.10 Riley Smith (Ech)
12.21 Jordan Wolff (Ben)
15.19 Kane Pettifer (Ky)