Sydney's new-look side remain as reliant on Lance Franklin as they were last year when they were accused of being too focused on their superstar forward.

The emergence of rookie Tom Papley and former West Coast ruckman Callum Sinclair has driven calls that the Swans' forward set up is not as predictable as 2015, but Franklin is still shouldering a considerable load.

The three-time Coleman medallist has kicked 21 per cent of the Swans' goals this season, the same as last year across his 17 games, according to numbers from the league's official stats supplier, Champion Data. To put that in perspective, in Franklin's last year at Hawthorn he kicked 17 per cent of their goals as the Hawks looked to spread the load.

Franklin has also been the target of 28 per cent of the Swans' entries inside 50, the same as last year, although that figure was an alarming 42.3 five games into 2015.