With Jamie Charman and Matthew Leuenberger out injured, Clark has matched hit-outs with some of the best in the competition while racking up high quality disposals around the ground.
His form is proving hard to ignore, but Clark isn't thinking about higher representative honours just yet.
"I'm just enjoying my footy at the moment and enjoying the task and the challenge of going up against the ruckmen, so hopefully I can continue with my form and provide a contest for the team," Clark said.
The 200cm giant said he found it hard playing up forward alongside Daniel Bradshaw and Jonathan Brown and was relishing the space he now had to move.
"I feel important to the team I suppose, and also just a bit of freedom to roam around the field and become like an extra midfielder is good as well," Clark said.
Clark has taken inspiration for his playing style from West Coast's All-Australian ruckman Dean Cox.
"I think Dean Cox has probably taken the ruck to a new level with his follow up work; he's basically an extra midfielder so that's what the modern ruckman is turning into now," he said.
Lions coach Michael Voss said Clark's endurance had surprised him since he inherited the mantle of the club's number one ruckman.
Clark had 29 hit-outs, 21 disposals and six centre clearances against North Melbourne ruckman Hamish McIntosh on Saturday.
"He's hardly had a break in games and just still keeps presenting," Voss said.
"I think that he's enjoyed the responsibility of being the number one man in that area; we haven't had another option so he's it."
Clark has also given his first-year coach a glowing review as the team finds itself in the top four after 10 rounds.
"He's just brought a new culture to the club, us being elite in the way we prepare for games, and the boys love playing for him so I think that's a big thing. I just can't say enough how good he's been," Clark said.
A 93-point thrashing by Geelong in round five steeled the players and the coach to be more resilient in the future.
Since then they have won four out of five games.
"We put things in place to never let that happen again and I think we showed against the Saints that although we didn't get the result we put up a good challenge," Clark said.
He said the competition for spots in the side was fierce with the likes of Travis Johnstone, Tim Notting and Jason Roe doing stints in the reserves.
Clark also said they were a fitter side, able to run out games better than last season.
"We did a lot of combative training and a lot of focus was on our red time from last year; the last five minutes of quarters we wanted to fix up and I think we've addressed that this year," he said.
