Essendon

Ben McKay

Key Defender#32AFL

Key facts

Age: 28
Height: 202 cm
Number: #32
Born: 24 December 1997
Debut: 2017
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2015 pick 21 (national draft)
Recruited from: Warragul (Vic), Gippsland U18, North Melbourne

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 AFLEssendon	15	139	79	60	70	6	7	17	7	8	55	82	12	2	1,310	11	15	20	36	30	10	13	38	20	55	5	661	84.6	1	11	2	5	113	28	23	95	34	13	137	58	1
2025 AFLEssendon	10	88	51	37	44	0	0	14	0	1	38	47	0	0	539	0	14	7	40	18	8	11	17	8	54	0	390	56.5	0	0	0	0	76	17	25	49	40	0	85	44	0
2024 AFLEssendon	23	303	162	141	122	0	0	32	1	8	132	172	4	2	2,793	0	30	31	132	41	20	13	41	30	187	0	1,247	236.6	0	0	0	1	265	75	69	157	108	0	304	135	0
2023 AFLNorth Melbourne	19	232	146	86	113	0	0	22	3	7	89	143	0	0	2,222	0	29	37	92	36	11	16	23	31	134	0	1,000	166.2	3	0	0	3	195	47	72	90	83	0	232	118	0
2022 AFLNorth Melbourne	15	139	92	47	82	1	0	11	3	3	69	71	0	0	1,534	4	32	28	60	21	7	7	15	21	98	0	652	129.3	5	0	0	3	115	30	61	90	50	4	140	76	0
2021 AFLNorth Melbourne	22	210	99	111	95	0	0	31	3	9	70	136	0	1	1,797	0	19	36	154	32	14	18	33	22	104	0	888	166.9	3	0	0	3	186	36	39	144	139	0	206	84	0
2020 AFLNorth Melbourne	11	102	43	59	36	0	0	17	1	7	35	64	2	0	1,098	0	5	11	77	15	7	6	11	13	48	0	414	90.1	0	–	0	1	85	23	16	63	75	0	99	34	0
2019 AFLNorth Melbourne	3	21	11	10	10	0	1	4	0	2	6	17	0	0	242	0	1	1	16	4	1	1	3	2	8	0	98	16.2	0	–	0	0	18	2	3	16	14	1	23	8	0
2017 AFLNorth Melbourne	1	9	2	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	6	3	0	44	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	38	5.8	0	–	1	0	7	2	0	5	1	0	9	1	2
Career9 seasons	119	1,243	685	558	573	7	8	151	19	45	497	738	21	5	11,579	15	145	171	608	198	78	85	182	149	689	5	5,388	952.2	12	11	3	16	1,060	260	308	709	544	18	1,235	558	3

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 20 @ HawthornL 39-132 25 July	5	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	-12	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	23	4.3	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	7	3	0	5	1	0
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	5	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	4	0	32	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	3	0	0	20	4.7	0	6	1	0	4	3	0	7	0	1	6	2	0
Rd 16 @ North MelbourneL 65-79 28 June	7	3	4	4	1	1	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	48	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	4	1	4	1	42	5.5	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	4	1	2	8	2	0
Rd 14 @ MelbourneL 50-95 13 June	6	5	1	5	1	3	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	120	3	1	0	2	2	1	1	5	1	0	1	43	0.8	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	2	4	6	2	0
Rd 13 v CarltonL 67-72 7 June	9	8	1	7	2	2	0	0	1	3	6	0	1	197	5	2	0	0	4	1	0	7	2	0	0	62	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	4	9	4	0
Rd 12 @ West Coast EaglesL 55-85 31 May	14	9	5	3	1	1	3	6	4	9	3	6	0	144	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	5	1	2	3	71	5.8	0	3	1	5	10	3	0	13	1	2	12	5	0
Rd 11 @ RichmondL 56-74 22 May	19	12	7	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	1	0	67	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	5	1	10	0	79	7.6	0	0	0	0	18	4	4	3	2	0	19	11	1
Rd 8 v Brisbane LionsL 79-143 2 May	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	75	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	19	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1	0	6	1	0
Rd 7 v CollingwoodL 60-137 25 Apr	13	6	7	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0	0	100	0	1	5	3	4	0	0	2	1	4	0	54	-0.1	0	0	0	0	11	0	3	7	3	0	12	4	0
Rd 6 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 110-119 18 Apr	6	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	63	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	29	7.6	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	6	7	0	6	3	0
Rd 5 v MelbourneW 113-68 11 Apr	23	14	9	11	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	0	0	295	0	3	3	1	4	0	1	3	7	9	0	98	10	0	0	0	0	19	4	3	10	1	0	20	11	0
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	4	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	26	0	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	21	1.9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	8	1	0	4	2	0
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	5	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	59	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	26	5.8	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	5	0	5	2	0
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	55	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	21	7	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	6	3	0	7	3	0
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	12	5	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	41	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	53	14.7	1	0	0	0	12	2	6	4	4	0	12	5	0

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 11 of 63	63	10.0	5.5	4.5	4.4	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.2	0.3	4.2	5.8	0.2	0.0	83.6	0.1	1.0	1.2	5.3	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.2	5.6	0.1	42.7	8.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	8.6	2.4	2.3	5.8	4.7	0.1	10.0	4.5	0.0
HomeHome or away · won 15 of 56	56	11.0	6.1	4.9	5.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.5	4.1	6.7	0.1	0.1	113	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.9	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.3	6.0	0.0	48.2	8.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	9.2	2.0	2.9	6.2	4.5	0.2	10.8	4.9	0.0
LossesResult	91	10.1	5.6	4.5	4.7	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.2	0.4	4.1	5.9	0.1	0.0	98.6	0.2	1.2	1.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.3	5.6	0.1	43.8	8.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	8.5	2.2	2.6	5.8	4.6	0.2	10.1	4.6	0.0
WinsResult	26	11.8	6.3	5.6	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.1	0.3	4.5	7.2	0.3	0.1	92.1	0.0	1.4	1.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	1.3	6.4	0.0	50.8	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	2.3	2.8	6.3	4.4	0.0	11.7	5.1	0.1
DrawsResult	2	8.5	5.0	3.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.5	0.0	0.0	106	0.0	0.0	3.5	7.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	41.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.5	0.5	9.0	6.5	0.0	7.5	4.5	0.0
Regular seasonStage · won 26 of 119	119	10.4	5.8	4.7	4.8	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.2	0.4	4.2	6.2	0.2	0.0	97.3	0.1	1.2	1.4	5.1	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.5	1.3	5.8	0.0	45.3	8.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	8.9	2.2	2.6	6.0	4.6	0.2	10.4	4.7	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 2 of 10	10	9.2	5.3	3.9	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	4.0	4.9	0.0	0.1	110	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.4	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.3	6.4	0.0	35.6	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.2	2.7	4.2	5.9	0.0	8.9	4.5	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 2 of 9	9	11.2	5.9	5.3	5.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.2	0.4	5.4	5.9	0.2	0.0	90.0	0.4	1.4	1.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.2	6.7	0.0	52.9	8.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.9	3.2	2.4	7.1	3.9	0.4	11.3	4.4	0.0
HawthornOpponent · won 2 of 9	9	8.6	4.3	4.2	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	2.9	5.4	0.1	0.0	59.2	0.0	1.0	0.9	4.6	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.9	0.6	5.0	0.0	37.1	8.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	8.0	1.8	2.8	5.6	4.2	0.0	8.3	3.9	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 1 of 8	8	7.8	2.9	4.9	2.3	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.3	3.0	4.8	0.4	0.0	69.8	0.0	0.6	0.5	3.9	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.0	3.1	0.0	30.6	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	1.9	1.1	6.3	3.9	0.1	7.8	2.1	0.3
CollingwoodOpponent · won 1 of 8	8	11.6	6.4	5.3	6.5	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.3	0.3	3.5	8.1	0.0	0.0	92.9	0.0	1.4	2.4	5.4	2.1	0.3	0.9	1.4	0.9	6.1	0.0	52.3	8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.5	1.8	3.4	6.8	5.0	0.0	11.6	5.5	0.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 2 of 8	8	13.1	7.8	5.4	5.5	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.0	0.4	4.9	7.6	0.0	0.1	128	0.4	1.3	1.5	5.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	1.9	1.9	6.5	0.1	53.6	8.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	11.1	2.9	2.4	6.1	5.6	0.5	12.5	6.1	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 0 of 7	7	10.1	5.3	4.9	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	4.4	5.9	0.0	0.0	108	0.0	1.3	2.4	3.1	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	6.9	0.0	41.9	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.9	2.0	3.4	5.7	2.6	0.0	10.3	4.3	0.0
RichmondOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	9.4	5.0	4.4	4.4	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.4	4.1	5.6	0.1	0.0	54.3	0.0	1.4	0.6	6.1	1.6	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.6	5.9	0.0	41.3	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	2.0	2.9	6.0	4.9	0.0	9.7	4.3	0.1
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	10.7	5.7	5.0	3.7	0.1	0.1	2.1	0.9	1.0	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.0	100	0.1	1.1	1.0	4.0	1.4	0.9	0.7	2.0	1.4	5.0	0.4	48.0	7.6	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.7	9.3	2.1	2.0	6.7	3.4	0.3	10.6	4.4	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 1 of 7	7	11.3	7.4	3.9	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.3	4.7	6.6	0.0	0.0	124	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.4	2.1	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.4	5.9	0.0	50.9	7.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.4	3.3	5.7	3.9	0.0	11.3	6.3	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	10.8	5.8	5.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	4.8	5.8	0.0	0.0	117	0.0	0.7	1.5	5.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	6.5	0.0	42.7	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.8	2.8	2.2	6.5	5.7	0.0	10.7	4.8	0.0
St KildaOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	13.0	8.7	4.3	6.3	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.3	0.7	6.0	7.3	0.7	0.0	124	0.0	1.7	1.3	5.3	3.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	3.0	7.5	0.0	59.7	8.3	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.2	10.3	2.8	3.7	6.3	4.3	0.2	13.3	6.3	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	11.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.3	3.8	7.3	0.0	0.2	73.7	0.0	1.7	1.3	4.7	2.0	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.2	6.5	0.0	46.5	7.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.2	1.3	3.2	6.7	4.3	0.0	11.2	5.3	0.0
EssendonOpponent · won 0 of 5	5	12.8	6.4	6.4	6.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	5.4	7.6	0.0	0.0	103	0.0	1.2	2.0	7.0	0.6	1.4	0.2	2.4	0.8	7.4	0.0	56.0	11.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	11.8	2.8	3.2	4.6	6.2	0.0	13.0	5.6	0.0
FremantleOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	10.6	6.4	4.2	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.4	4.2	6.6	0.0	0.0	128	0.0	1.4	1.0	6.8	2.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.8	5.4	0.0	47.2	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.0	1.8	2.2	6.4	5.4	0.0	10.8	4.8	0.0
CarltonOpponent · won 1 of 4	4	8.5	5.3	3.3	4.8	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.8	5.8	0.0	0.3	131	1.3	0.8	1.0	3.8	2.5	0.8	1.0	3.3	1.3	2.8	0.0	38.8	5.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	1.3	0.8	4.3	3.8	1.0	8.5	4.0	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	6.3	3.3	3.0	3.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.5	2.8	3.8	0.0	0.3	74.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	4.3	1.5	0.5	0.8	2.0	0.3	3.8	0.3	34.3	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	1.3	1.8	5.8	3.5	0.5	6.5	2.5	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	11.3	6.3	5.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.7	7.7	0.0	0.0	82.7	0.0	0.7	2.3	7.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.3	5.3	0.0	51.7	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.0	2.0	2.3	6.3	6.7	0.0	10.3	5.3	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 10 of 40	40	11.5	6.4	5.1	5.6	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.4	5.1	6.5	0.1	0.1	105	0.1	1.6	1.6	5.3	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.6	1.6	6.9	0.0	50.4	8.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	9.7	2.5	3.2	6.0	4.6	0.1	11.6	5.3	0.0
MCGGround · won 5 of 24	24	9.3	5.5	3.8	5.0	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.1	0.2	3.3	6.1	0.1	0.1	81.3	0.3	1.2	1.1	4.2	1.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	0.6	5.1	0.0	42.3	7.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	8.3	1.5	2.6	5.7	3.5	0.3	9.4	4.6	0.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 2 of 12	12	9.9	6.0	3.9	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.5	3.1	6.3	0.0	0.1	109	0.3	1.4	2.2	5.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.8	5.3	0.0	44.2	8.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.5	1.3	2.9	5.3	5.3	0.3	9.3	4.8	0.0
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 12	12	8.2	4.2	4.0	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.1	0.6	2.8	5.2	0.2	0.0	100	0.0	0.4	1.1	7.2	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.8	0.0	34.3	7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	6.8	1.7	1.1	5.5	7.1	0.0	8.0	3.3	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 3 of 9	9	13.3	7.6	5.8	5.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.1	6.1	6.9	0.0	0.0	125	0.0	1.3	1.9	4.9	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.8	8.0	0.0	53.9	9.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	11.0	4.0	2.8	5.6	4.3	0.0	13.0	5.9	0.0
Optus StadiumGround · won 3 of 8	8	11.9	7.3	4.6	5.3	0.1	0.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	4.8	7.4	1.3	0.0	123	0.1	1.5	1.4	4.8	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.4	0.4	56.8	8.6	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.8	10.0	1.9	2.6	8.0	3.9	0.3	12.1	5.4	0.0
GabbaGround · won 1 of 6	6	9.7	3.2	6.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.3	3.3	6.2	0.5	0.0	72.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	5.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.2	3.8	0.0	36.5	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.5	2.5	1.2	7.3	5.0	0.0	9.5	2.7	0.3
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 3	3	8.7	4.7	4.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	30.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.7	0.0	37.3	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	7.3	2.7	3.0	6.3	2.0	0.0	8.7	4.0	0.0
SCGGround · won 0 of 2	2	10.0	4.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	57.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	5.5	0.0	36.0	6.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5	2.5	2.0	4.0	4.5	0.0	9.5	3.5	0.0
Adelaide HillsGround · won 0 of 1	1	9.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	33.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	39.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	2.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	10.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	27.0	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	2.0	10.0	9.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.0

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