Emma Kearney
- Career games
- 100
- Debut
- 2017
Player Information
Accolades
- 2025 AFLW Premiership (North Melbourne)
- 2024 AFLW Premiership (North Melbourne)
- 2023 AFLW All-Australian
- 2022 S6 AFLW All-Australian
- 2022 S7 AFLW All-Australian
- 2021 AFLW All-Australian
- 2020 AFLW All-Australian
- 2019 AFLW All-Australian
- 2018 AFLW All-Australian
- 2018 AFLW Best and Fairest
- 2018 AFLW Club Best and Fairest (Western Bulldogs)
- 2018 AFLW Coaches Association Champion Player
- 2018 AFLW Premiership (Western Bulldogs)
- 2017 AFLW All-Australian
- 2017 AFLW Club Best and Fairest (Western Bulldogs)
Player bio
A career in numbersEmma Kearney made her AFLW debut for Western Bulldogs in 2017 and has played 100 games, including 15 for Western Bulldogs between 2017 and 2018 and 85 for North Melbourne between 2019 and 2026.
In the recorded 2026 starting lineups, her primary role was left half back flank. Across her recorded games, she has averaged 3.2 marks and 18.9 disposals per game. She played 7 games in her debut season, averaging 2.4 marks per game. Her highest recorded season total is 44 marks, from 12 games in 2025 at an average of 3.7 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 21.43 per game in 2017. The largest total in those seasons is 261 disposals, recorded in 2023.
She won the AFLW Best and Fairest in 2018. She won the AFLW Coaches Association Champion Player award in 2018. Her honours include 8 All-Australian selections and 3 premierships in 2018, 2024 and 2025.
| Season | Appearances | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | 261 | 20.08 |
| 2017 | 7 | 150 | 21.43 |
| 2025 | 12 | 219 | 18.25 |
| 2026 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 |
About these season figures
Compared 11 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.
Recent Games
Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.
| Year | Round | Team | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | POS |
APOS
|
# | D | K | HB | M | G | B | T | HO | I50 | R50 | CL | CP | UP | CG | FF | FA | CM | M50 | 1% | BO | GA | TOG | EFF | MIN | DT | MG | CC | SCL | TO | INT | SOG | GACC% | SI | T50 | Age | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 |
vs
SYD
|
W | Arden Street Oval | DEF | CHB | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55% | 83% | 47 | 50 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 37.03 | Partly cloudy | ||
| 2026 | 7 |
@
MEL
|
W | IKON Park | DEF | CHB | 9 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78% | 70% | 66 | 69 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | Shower or two | ||
| 2026 | 5 |
vs
CAR
|
W | Arden Street Oval | DEF | HBFL | 9 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74% | 82% | 59 | 55 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 36.97 | Late shower or two | ||
| 2026 | 4 |
@
STK
|
W | RSEA Park | DEF | HBFL | 9 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68% | 75% | 58 | 75 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 36.95 | Showers Wind easing | ||
| 2026 | 3 |
vs
WBD
|
W | UTAS Stadium | DEF | HBFL | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66% | 83% | 54 | 47 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 36.93 | Sunny |