Christian Salem

Melbourne

DefenderHalf Back Flank Right #3 Active

Career games: 208
Debut: 2014

Player Information

Height 183 cm

Age 31 years

Date of Birth 15-Jul-1995

AFL Debut 2014

Drafted: Pick #9 — 2013 National Draft by Melbourne

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Christian Salem made his AFL debut for Melbourne in 2014 and has played 208 games for the club. Melbourne selected him with pick 9 in the 2013 national draft.

In the recorded 2026 starting lineups, his primary role was right half back flank. Across his recorded games, he has averaged 4.6 marks and 20.0 disposals per game. He played 12 games in his debut season, averaging 2.0 marks per game. His highest recorded season total is 176 marks, from 23 games in 2025 at an average of 7.7 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 25.33 per game in 2021. The largest total in those seasons is 608 disposals, recorded in 2021.

His honours include a premiership in 2021.

Selected seasons: disposals
Season	Appearances	Total	Per game
2021	24	608	25.33
2025	23	527	22.91
2026	9	143	15.89

About these season figures

Compared 13 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.

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Career and season figures include finals where played.

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Recent Games

Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.

Year	Round	Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	POS	APOS	#	D	K	HB	M	B	T	I50	R50	CL	CP	UP	CG	FF	M50	1%	GA	TOG	EFF	MIN	SC	DT	MG	GBG	CC	SCL	TO	SP	CO1	INT	CBA%	SOG	SHACC%	GACC%	SI	PA	CBA	KI	KIPO	KI%	EK	KE%	MOL	T50	APR	D50P	DMP	AMP	A50P	Tagged
2026	24	MEL	vs WBD	L	87-108	MCG	INT	INT	3	9	8	1	2	1	2	0	5	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	84%	78%	109	45	41	225	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	100%	0%	2	6	0	3	3	25%	6	75%	1	0	4	5	0	0	1	—
2026	23	MEL	@ PTA	W	132-56	Adelaide Oval	INT	INT	3	15	8	7	0	1	3	1	2	2	6	7	3	0	0	0	1	53%	60%	65	38	51	193	5	2	0	3	0	0	4	15.6%	1	100%	0%	4	10	5	0	0	0%	3	37.5%	0	1	3.9	2	2	6	3	—
2026	22	MEL	vs FRE	W	113-109	MCG	INT	INT	3	6	2	4	0	0	4	1	1	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	43%	83%	54	32	31	75	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	0	0%	0%	2	6	0	0	0	0%	1	50%	0	0	2.8	1	1	3	1	—
2026	21	MEL	@ GCS	W	114-105	People First Stadium	INT	INT	3	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	8	3	0	0	1	0	63%	60%	81	31	42	163	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0%	0%	1	2	0	0	0	0%	3	60%	0	0	-0.1	1	6	2	1	—
2026	5	MEL	@ ESS	L	68-113	Adelaide Oval	DEF	BPR	3	12	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	51%	75%	63	55	46	289	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0%	0	0%	0%	2	9	0	4	4	36.4%	8	72.7%	0	0	6.4	3	1	5	0	—