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Ted Richards

Ted Richards

Essendon / Sydney
Defender · Full Back Retired
Career games
261
Debut
2002
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Player Information

Height 192 cm
Date of Birth 11-Jan-1983
AFL Debut 2002

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Ted Richards made his AFL debut for Essendon in 2002 and played 261 games, including 33 for Essendon between 2002 and 2005 and 228 for Sydney between 2006 and 2016.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2016 was full back. Across his recorded games, he averaged 4.5 marks and 12.6 disposals per game. His highest recorded season total was 154 marks, from 24 games in 2008 at an average of 6.4 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 16.50 per game in 2009. The largest total in those seasons is 359 disposals, recorded in 2008.

His honours include an All-Australian selection and a premiership in 2012.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20082435914.96
20091626416.50
20152227712.59
20168789.75
About these season figures

Compared 14 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 17
Sydney SYD
Hawthorn vs HAW
L
70-75
S.C.G. DEF CHB 25 8 5 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 77% 63% 91 36 37 60 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 -- 2 0% 0% 2 7 -- -- -- -- -- 3 60% 2 1 3.4 0 3 1 3 —
2016 16
Sydney SYD
Geelong @ GEE
W
98-60
GMHBA Stadium DEF FB 25 9 4 5 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 73% 78% 85 53 44 66 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 33.3 1 -- 3 100% 33.3% 7 6 -- -- -- -- -- 2 50% 0 0 1.1 0 1 4 4 —
2016 9
Sydney SYD
Hawthorn @ HAW
W
69-55
MCG DEF FB 25 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21% 60% 25 25 18 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 50% 0 0 3.5 5 1 0 0 —
2016 8
Sydney SYD
Richmond @ RIC
L
100-101
MCG DEF FB 25 6 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 3 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 93% 83% 109 36 30 185 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- 4 80% 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 0 —
2016 5
Sydney SYD
West Coast vs WCE
W
88-49
S.C.G. DEF FB 25 22 15 7 10 1 0 2 0 2 4 1 12 9 2 2 0 6 0 8 8 0 0 89% 86% 102 130 105 489 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 100 14 -- 1 100% 100% 6 8 -- -- -- -- -- 12 80% 0 0 24.3 8 9 4 0 —
Latest 5 of 261 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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