Shaun Higgins

Western Bulldogs / North Melbourne / Geelong

ForwardHalf Forward Flank Left Retired

Career games: 260
Debut: 2006

Player Information

Height 184 cm

Date of Birth 4-Mar-1988

AFL Debut 2006

Accolades

Player bio

A career in numbers

Shaun Higgins made his AFL debut for Western Bulldogs in 2006 and played 260 games, including 129 for Western Bulldogs between 2006 and 2014, 108 for North Melbourne between 2015 and 2020 and 23 for Geelong between 2021 and 2022.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2022 was left half forward flank. Across his recorded games, he averaged 4.0 marks and 3.2 tackles per game and scored 229 goals and 182 behinds. He played 5 games in his debut season, kicking 3 goals. His highest recorded season total was 39 goals, from 24 games in 2015 at an average of 1.6 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 28.41 per game in 2019. The largest total in those seasons is 548 disposals, recorded in 2018.

His honours include an All-Australian selection.

Selected seasons: disposals
Season	Appearances	Total	Per game
2018	20	548	27.40
2019	17	483	28.41
2021	18	334	18.56
2022	5	83	16.60

About these season figures

Compared 16 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	I50	R50	CL	CP	UP	CG	FF	FA	CM	M50	IM	1%	GA	TOG	EFF	MIN	SC	DT	MG	GBG	SCL	TO	SP	INT	CBA%	SOG	SHACC%	GACC%	SI	PA	CBA	KI	KI%	RC	EK	KE%	MOL	T50	APR	D50P	DMP	AMP	A50P	Tagged
2022	16	GEE	vs NME	W	144-32	GMHBA Stadium	SUB	SUB	4	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	100%	25	9	16	-6	1	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0%	1	1	--	--	--	--	0	0%	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	—
2022	7	GEE	vs FRE	L	66-69	GMHBA Stadium	INT	INT	4	21	15	6	3	0	0	5	3	3	3	6	15	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	78%	71%	95	84	86	594	2	3	8	0	2	12%	1	0%	0%	3	15	--	--	--	--	9	60%	0	2	2.7	3	8	5	5	—
2022	6	GEE	@ NME	W	121-61	Bellerive Oval	INT	INT	4	18	5	13	5	0	0	7	2	2	1	3	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	77%	89%	94	81	84	120	2	1	1	1	2	0%	0	0%	0%	8	21	--	--	--	--	5	100%	2	0	8.9	5	3	8	2	—
2022	3	GEE	@ COL	W	104-91	MCG	FWD	HFFR	4	17	8	9	2	0	0	5	2	1	1	3	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	69%	88%	90	76	70	255	3	1	2	2	1	0%	0	0%	0%	7	20	--	--	--	--	6	75%	0	1	5.7	1	8	7	1	—
2022	1	GEE	vs ESS	W	138-72	MCG	INT	INT	4	22	13	9	3	1	1	2	4	1	4	6	16	9	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	77%	59%	100	44	71	461	5	4	6	0	2	0%	3	66.7%	33.3%	7	18	--	--	--	--	5	38.5%	1	0	8.3	2	6	10	4	—