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Nathan Grima

Nathan Grima

North Melbourne / Essendon
Defender · Centre Half Back Retired
Career games
88
Debut
2009
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Player Information

Height 192 cm
Date of Birth 5-Aug-1985
AFL Debut 2009

Player bio

A career in numbers

Nathan Grima made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in 2009 and played 88 games, including 86 for North Melbourne between 2009 and 2014 and 2 for Essendon in 2016.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2016 was centre half back. Across his recorded games, he averaged 5.4 marks and 16.6 disposals per game. He played 13 games in his debut season, averaging 5.0 marks per game. His highest recorded season total was 99 marks, from 17 games in 2010 at an average of 5.8 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 18.71 per game in 2010. The largest total in those seasons is 318 disposals, recorded in 2010.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20101731818.71
20131727015.88
20141423016.43
About these season figures

Compared 6 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 G B T HO I50 R50 CL CP UP CG FF FA CM M50 IM 1% BO GA TOG EFF MIN SC DT MG GBG CC SCL TO HTA HOW% HTA% SP CD1 CDL% CO1 COW% INT CBA% SOG SHACC% GACC% SI PA CBA KI KIPO KI% RC EK KE% MOL T50 APR D50P DMP AMP A50P Tagged
2016 8
Essendon ESS
North Melbourne vs NME
L
60-74
Marvel Stadium DEF FB 55 14 7 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 91% 79% 107 41 54 125 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 3 33.3 0 0 1 -- 0 0% 0% 1 5 -- -- -- -- -- 5 71.4% 1 0 1.6 5 8 1 0 —
2016 7
Essendon ESS
Sydney @ SYD
L
54-135
S.C.G. DEF FB 55 13 9 4 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 6 8 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 82% 54% 96 57 51 213 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 33.3 0 0 4 -- 0 0% 0% 2 7 -- -- -- -- -- 4 44.4% 0 0 7.2 9 4 1 0 —
2014 PF
North Melbourne NME
Sydney @ SYD
L
65-136
Accor Stadium DEF CHB 17 11 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 80% 91% 97 75 57 233 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 20 0 0 2 -- 0 0% 0% 0 11 -- -- -- -- -- 7 87.5% 0 0 8.3 9 1 1 0 —
2014 SF
North Melbourne NME
Geelong @ GEE
W
98-92
MCG DEF CHB 17 13 10 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 83% 85% 103 66 49 240 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 25 0 0 7 -- 0 0% 0% 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- 8 80% 0 0 9.8 7 3 1 0 —
2014 EF
North Melbourne NME
Essendon vs ESS
W
93-81
MCG DEF CHB 17 19 12 7 10 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 5 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 91% 90% 110 95 88 235 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 28.6 0 0 4 -- 0 0% 0% 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- 11 91.7% 0 0 13.9 8 10 1 0 —
Latest 5 of 88 career games

Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
People First Stadium
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Statistics updated: 29 September 2026 (Melbourne time)

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