Gary Ablett

Geelong / Gold Coast

MidfielderCentre Retired

Career games: 357
Debut: 2002

Player Information

Height 182 cm

Date of Birth 14-May-1984

AFL Debut 2002

Accolades

Player bio

A career in numbers

Gary Ablett made his AFL debut for Geelong in 2002 and played 357 games, including 247 for Geelong between 2002 and 2020 and 110 for Gold Coast between 2011 and 2017.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2020 was centre. Across his recorded games, he averaged 24.9 disposals and 4.3 clearances per game and scored 445 goals and 337 behinds. He played 12 games in his debut season, averaging 8.3 disposals per game. His highest recorded season total was 756 disposals, from 24 games in 2010 at an average of 31.5 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete goal records, the highest average is 1.83 per game in 2010. The largest total in those seasons is 44 goals, recorded in 2010.

He won the Brownlow Medal in 2009 and 2013. His honours include 4 All-Australian selections and 2 premierships in 2007 and 2009.

Selected seasons: goals
Season	Appearances	Total	Per game
2010	24	44	1.83
2019	24	34	1.42
2020	12	9	0.75

About these season figures

Compared 19 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and goals 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	G	B	T	I50	R50	CL	CP	UP	CG	FF	FA	CM	M50	1%	GA	TOG	EFF	MIN	SC	DT	MG	GBG	SCL	TO	SP	CO1	COW%	INT	CBA%	SOG	SHACC%	GACC%	SI	PA	CBA	KI	KIPO	KI%	RC	EK	KE%	MOL	T50	APR	D50P	DMP	AMP	A50P	Tagged
2020	GF	GEE	@ RIC	L	50-81	Gabba	INT	INT	4	12	4	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71%	67%	88	54	35	185	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	--	0	0%	0%	3	4	--	--	--	--	--	3	75%	1	0	8.4	0	3	5	3	—
2020	PF	GEE	@ BRL	W	82-42	Gabba	INT	INT	4	14	8	6	4	2	2	4	4	0	2	6	9	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	74%	64%	78	104	75	285	4	2	2	1	3	33.3	1	--	5	80%	40%	7	12	--	--	--	--	--	4	50%	0	1	13.7	0	0	8	7	—
2020	SF	GEE	vs COL	W	100-32	Gabba	INT	INT	4	10	4	6	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	76%	90%	80	75	35	141	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	--	1	100%	0%	7	2	--	--	--	--	--	3	75%	1	1	8.5	0	2	4	4	—
2020	QF	GEE	@ PTA	L	42-58	Adelaide Oval	FWD	FPR	4	10	7	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	79%	70%	83	50	40	213	2	1	2	0	1	100	1	--	1	0%	0%	4	14	--	--	--	--	--	5	71.4%	0	1	3.8	3	0	6	1	—
2020	18	GEE	@ SYD	W	69-63	People First Stadium	FWD	FPR	4	16	11	5	2	1	1	1	5	0	1	7	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	75%	69%	76	103	61	410	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	--	2	100%	50%	7	9	--	--	--	--	--	6	54.5%	2	0	16.2	0	4	6	6	—