Geelong Cats

James Worpel

Midfielder#29AFL

Bio

Born in 1999, James Worpel debuted for Box Hill Hawks Football Club in 2018 and has also played for Geelong Falcons and Hawthorn Football Club. He plays as a midfielder. Lineball holds stats from 159 of his games across 2018–2026.

Key facts

Age: 27
Height: 186 cm
Number: #29
Born: 24 January 1999
Debut: 2018
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2017 pick 45 (national draft)
Recruited from: Bell Park (Vic), Geelong U18, Hawthorn

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Box Hill Hawks Football Club
Geelong Falcons
Hawthorn Football Club

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLGeelong Cats	11	202	119	83	29	4	3	69	58	52	88	109	6	3,326	5	0	14	6	36	8	17	56	43	22	6	870	102.3	–	0	196	26	32	126	61	2	228	3	11	197	58
2025 AFLHawthorn	21	421	211	210	34	4	8	104	100	85	207	226	6	6,562	5	1	31	19	98	25	32	89	103	48	14	1,532	200.5	3	7	374	31	69	257	142	2	415	7	14	433	95
2024 AFLHawthorn	25	545	280	265	52	6	11	110	132	133	262	309	21	8,926	1	0	31	31	92	16	32	134	100	54	12	1,933	310	14	7	474	53	79	364	185	1	536	7	19	571	151
2023 AFLHawthorn	23	600	286	314	52	10	9	92	149	118	285	333	8	8,907	6	2	25	19	97	22	39	127	130	52	23	1,984	314.4	11	3	423	69	80	406	182	5	499	2	25	618	143
2022 AFLHawthorn	11	169	86	83	20	3	2	24	32	33	94	82	1	2,704	0	0	10	14	40	8	11	48	47	22	3	575	91.1	–	2	150	10	22	99	74	1	196	5	6	176	36
2021 AFLHawthorn	20	425	232	193	54	10	8	81	82	76	168	249	8	6,472	1	1	21	28	81	15	27	83	99	40	8	1,570	193.9	–	4	323	33	49	283	127	1	370	9	21	417	122
2020 AFLHawthorn	15	287	167	120	39	2	7	80	47	41	125	154	3	4,149	4	0	9	16	48	11	18	50	56	42	12	1,154	121	–	0	–	23	24	180	91	7	291	8	10	279	82
2019 AFLHawthorn	22	584	309	275	72	9	8	107	139	97	265	307	11	8,300	3	3	35	28	91	20	26	111	115	69	6	2,125	278.3	10	6	–	43	96	386	193	3	474	9	25	572	166
2018 AFLHawthorn	11	193	95	98	23	5	5	43	26	38	79	116	6	2,264	6	2	5	7	35	8	12	55	39	23	8	729	89.7	–	3	–	12	14	133	61	0	195	3	11	195	54
Career9 seasons	159	3,426	1,785	1,641	375	53	61	710	765	673	1,573	1,885	70	51,610	31	9	181	168	618	133	214	753	732	372	92	12,472	1701.2	38	32	1,940	300	465	2,234	1,116	22	3,204	53	142	3,458	907

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 23 @ North MelbourneW 125-110 15 Aug	15	7	8	2	0	1	7	4	2	6	9	1	179	1	2	0	4	1	2	7	2	2	1	67	4.2	–	16	2	2	7	4	1	19	0	2	15	2
Rd 22 v EssendonW 117-50 8 Aug	19	11	8	3	0	0	9	3	2	5	12	1	266	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	5	3	2	91	7.1	–	17	2	1	10	3	1	25	0	2	17	3
Rd 21 @ CollingwoodW 97-72 30 July	24	14	10	1	0	0	6	10	6	14	10	1	344	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	7	2	0	90	15.5	–	18	2	8	14	11	0	27	1	0	24	6
Rd 20 @ MelbourneW 117-97 24 July	15	12	3	4	0	0	8	0	4	3	12	1	314	0	2	0	5	0	2	2	4	3	1	80	3.6	–	18	0	0	10	3	0	20	0	0	15	7
Rd 19 v St KildaW 102-75 16 July	24	18	6	2	1	0	6	7	8	8	12	1	524	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	4	1	1	102	12.8	–	21	4	3	12	6	0	24	1	1	20	8
Rd 9 v CollingwoodW 122-68 9 May	23	14	9	6	0	0	3	6	5	11	11	0	273	1	2	1	2	0	1	6	3	3	0	87	7.1	–	18	1	5	12	9	0	20	1	0	22	5
Rd 8 v North MelbourneW 135-86 2 May	17	10	7	2	1	0	5	6	8	10	8	0	360	1	1	0	5	3	3	6	3	2	1	70	13.9	–	20	3	3	14	5	0	23	0	1	18	7
Rd 7 @ Port AdelaideL 65-95 25 Apr	12	6	6	3	1	0	2	0	3	3	10	0	195	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	3	0	0	47	3.5	–	6	0	0	7	3	0	9	0	2	13	3
Rd 6 v Western BulldogsW 131-56 17 Apr	16	9	7	4	0	0	7	2	7	7	9	1	341	0	3	0	3	0	3	7	2	2	0	72	9.7	–	20	1	1	13	6	0	20	0	0	16	8
Rd 5 v West Coast EaglesW 122-76 12 Apr	20	8	12	1	1	1	5	11	2	14	6	0	254	0	0	0	3	0	2	9	2	3	0	72	15.4	–	23	6	5	16	11	0	12	0	2	20	5
Opening Round @ Gold Coast SUNSL 69-125 6 Mar	17	10	7	1	0	1	11	9	5	7	10	0	276	0	2	3	3	3	1	3	8	1	0	92	9.5	–	19	5	4	11	0	0	29	0	1	17	4

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 33W	90	21.5	11.1	10.4	2.4	0.2	0.3	4.4	4.7	4.2	9.9	11.8	0.4	320	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.0	3.8	0.8	1.2	4.5	4.8	2.4	0.6	77.7	10.4	0.2	0.3	11.9	1.9	2.8	13.8	7.1	0.2	20.4	0.3	0.7	21.7	5.5
HomeHome or away, 42W	69	21.6	11.3	10.2	2.3	0.4	0.4	4.6	4.9	4.3	9.9	11.9	0.5	330	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	4.1	0.9	1.5	5.1	4.4	2.3	0.6	79.4	11.0	0.3	0.1	12.6	1.8	3.1	14.4	6.9	0.1	19.8	0.4	1.1	21.8	5.9
LossesResult, 0W	82	21.7	11.3	10.4	2.3	0.3	0.4	4.5	4.9	4.1	10.0	11.9	0.3	332	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.9	4.2	0.9	1.4	4.1	5.0	2.3	0.5	78.7	10.5	0.1	0.2	12.0	2.1	2.8	14.2	7.1	0.1	21.0	0.2	0.9	21.9	5.7
WinsResult, 75W	75	21.2	11.1	10.1	2.3	0.3	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.4	9.8	11.7	0.6	313	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.5	0.8	1.3	5.4	4.0	2.4	0.7	77.9	10.9	0.4	0.2	12.4	1.7	3.1	13.9	6.9	0.1	19.3	0.4	0.9	21.5	5.6
DrawsResult, 0W	2	27.0	15.0	12.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	8.5	16.5	0.0	448	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	6.5	7.5	3.5	0.0	88.0	11.3	–	1.5	13.5	1.5	1.5	15.0	7.5	0.0	15.0	0.5	0.5	25.0	8.0
Regular seasonStage, 72W	152	21.7	11.3	10.5	2.4	0.3	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.2	9.9	12.0	0.5	324	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.9	0.8	1.3	4.8	4.6	2.3	0.6	79.0	10.9	0.3	0.2	12.1	1.9	2.9	14.2	7.0	0.1	20.1	0.3	0.9	21.9	5.8
FinalsStage, 3W	7	17.4	10.0	7.4	1.9	0.1	0.4	4.6	4.7	4.9	9.1	9.1	0.1	333	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.1	4.4	1.0	1.6	4.1	4.9	2.3	0.9	66.3	7.2	–	0.3	15.0	1.4	3.3	10.1	6.7	0.1	21.9	0.4	0.6	18.3	4.6
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	12	22.6	11.0	11.6	2.2	0.3	0.2	4.6	4.2	4.1	9.8	12.8	0.4	323	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	5.8	0.7	1.6	4.1	7.0	2.8	0.7	78.6	9.8	0.3	0.5	11.9	1.9	2.3	13.7	7.8	0.3	19.8	0.3	0.4	22.5	5.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	11	21.3	11.3	10.0	3.0	0.4	0.4	6.5	5.0	3.8	10.5	11.4	0.4	341	0.1	0.1	1.8	1.0	3.8	1.1	1.2	4.2	5.5	2.1	1.0	88.7	11.4	0.2	0.5	10.9	1.8	3.2	13.7	6.8	0.1	22.8	0.4	1.1	21.9	6.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 9W	11	20.7	10.9	9.8	2.4	0.3	0.8	4.4	5.1	4.3	8.8	12.1	0.6	324	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.3	3.5	1.0	1.8	6.2	3.1	1.1	0.5	74.9	11.2	0.4	0.1	13.0	2.3	2.8	14.3	6.2	0.1	18.5	0.5	1.4	20.9	6.1
St KildaOpponent, 6W	11	20.5	10.5	10.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	3.6	5.3	4.2	10.2	10.3	0.4	298	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.0	0.6	0.9	5.1	4.3	1.8	0.3	70.4	12.0	–	0.4	11.5	2.3	3.0	13.9	6.9	0.0	20.4	0.4	0.6	20.5	5.5
CollingwoodOpponent, 7W	10	21.4	12.4	9.0	2.4	0.5	0.3	3.4	4.8	3.7	9.0	12.1	0.2	291	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.9	2.9	0.6	1.1	4.4	4.7	1.8	0.5	76.6	9.6	0.1	0.0	14.9	1.5	3.3	13.5	6.8	0.0	20.2	0.5	0.9	21.1	5.9
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 5W	10	20.8	11.9	8.9	1.5	0.2	0.4	4.5	5.2	4.0	10.7	9.6	0.2	335	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.9	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.6	5.7	3.2	0.9	73.6	9.7	0.9	0.0	11.0	1.9	3.3	12.3	8.0	0.3	18.7	0.2	0.9	20.3	6.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 3W	10	23.0	11.0	12.0	2.1	0.4	0.4	4.5	5.0	4.3	10.5	12.5	0.5	379	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.6	4.1	0.6	1.6	4.3	3.8	2.5	0.4	79.9	11.0	–	0.4	13.6	1.6	3.4	14.7	7.9	0.0	22.9	0.1	1.0	23.0	5.1
RichmondOpponent, 4W	10	20.3	9.8	10.5	3.3	0.4	0.2	3.3	2.8	3.8	7.7	13.0	0.4	290	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.7	5.0	0.6	1.8	4.8	3.9	2.4	0.4	71.3	7.2	0.1	0.2	11.9	1.6	1.2	13.9	5.0	0.1	21.0	0.3	0.8	20.7	5.8
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	9	20.1	11.2	8.9	1.3	0.4	0.1	4.9	4.8	5.3	9.6	11.0	0.1	364	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	0.8	1.3	3.8	4.6	2.3	0.9	74.6	12.4	0.2	0.1	14.8	1.8	3.0	12.4	7.4	0.2	20.8	0.2	0.7	20.6	5.3
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 4W	9	24.2	12.9	11.3	2.7	0.2	0.3	3.4	4.7	5.3	8.7	15.6	0.7	401	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	4.4	0.7	1.0	5.4	5.0	1.6	0.4	82.4	10.1	0.3	0.1	10.0	1.9	2.8	15.9	6.2	0.1	17.3	0.0	0.7	24.2	6.6
EssendonOpponent, 4W	9	20.8	12.0	8.8	3.0	0.3	0.8	4.0	4.1	4.3	8.7	12.1	0.6	318	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.7	2.9	0.7	1.1	6.0	3.6	2.1	0.4	78.7	10.2	0.1	0.1	10.9	2.3	1.8	14.0	5.8	0.2	18.3	0.6	1.6	20.8	6.8
FremantleOpponent, 3W	9	22.4	13.2	9.2	2.8	0.2	0.4	4.9	3.6	3.9	7.9	14.8	0.4	353	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8	4.1	0.6	1.2	4.6	5.8	1.9	0.6	84.7	6.4	0.3	0.1	11.0	0.9	2.7	14.1	5.1	0.0	20.0	0.2	0.9	22.7	6.4
CarltonOpponent, 5W	8	23.5	11.3	12.3	2.8	0.0	0.3	5.4	3.5	3.5	11.8	12.9	0.6	284	0.1	0.0	1.1	2.5	3.3	1.4	1.5	5.0	3.9	3.5	1.0	85.1	12.7	–	0.0	10.1	0.9	2.6	16.1	8.3	0.3	19.6	1.1	0.5	24.6	6.5
Sydney SwansOpponent, 3W	8	17.8	9.4	8.4	2.0	0.4	0.4	3.8	4.8	4.1	10.3	8.3	0.6	272	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.4	3.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	3.8	3.1	0.5	66.5	11.8	–	0.1	9.1	2.4	2.4	11.8	7.1	0.1	19.3	0.3	0.8	18.5	4.5
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 5W	8	24.5	10.6	13.9	2.5	0.9	0.5	4.6	8.3	3.8	13.0	11.8	0.6	321	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.8	3.8	0.9	1.5	6.6	4.5	3.0	0.4	87.8	15.4	0.8	0.3	12.0	3.1	5.1	16.5	8.9	0.3	17.5	0.3	1.4	24.8	4.4
Western BulldogsOpponent, 5W	8	20.6	10.5	10.1	2.8	0.3	0.3	4.9	4.9	5.5	11.0	10.0	0.4	305	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.6	0.3	0.6	4.6	3.8	2.5	0.8	79.6	10.9	–	0.1	15.8	1.9	3.0	14.0	8.3	0.4	21.3	0.3	0.5	21.0	5.9
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 1W	6	22.2	10.7	11.5	1.8	0.5	0.7	5.8	7.2	4.3	11.8	10.8	0.5	302	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	4.5	1.8	1.7	3.8	4.8	2.7	0.2	84.3	11.7	0.5	0.3	16.3	2.2	5.0	15.0	7.7	0.0	25.3	0.2	1.3	22.7	5.0
MCGGround, 29W	62	21.6	11.3	10.3	2.6	0.4	0.4	4.3	4.5	4.1	9.7	12.2	0.4	315	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.3	4.3	0.9	1.5	4.7	4.9	2.3	0.6	78.2	10.3	0.1	0.2	12.9	1.8	2.7	14.0	6.8	0.1	20.8	0.5	0.9	21.9	5.9
Marvel StadiumGround, 14W	24	24.5	12.2	12.3	2.5	0.3	0.5	4.5	6.0	5.0	11.7	13.1	0.7	325	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.2	3.6	0.9	1.1	5.8	4.3	2.2	0.4	86.8	12.7	0.5	0.3	13.0	2.2	3.8	16.3	8.3	0.1	20.4	0.5	1.0	24.8	6.1
UTAS StadiumGround, 14W	19	21.5	11.2	10.3	1.8	0.4	0.4	4.8	4.9	4.4	10.3	11.4	0.4	347	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	3.8	0.7	1.2	4.8	4.4	2.6	0.7	78.8	11.7	0.4	0.0	12.5	1.3	3.6	14.6	7.4	0.1	18.6	0.2	1.2	21.6	5.9
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	14	21.1	10.9	10.2	2.3	0.4	0.5	4.1	4.0	4.3	8.9	12.7	0.4	370	0.3	0.0	1.9	0.7	3.6	0.5	1.6	4.4	3.7	2.3	0.4	74.9	10.0	0.1	0.4	12.9	1.7	2.3	13.6	6.7	0.1	21.3	0.1	1.0	21.6	5.1
Optus StadiumGround, 4W	9	22.1	11.2	10.9	3.1	0.1	0.2	4.9	4.4	3.6	9.4	12.4	0.4	282	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.9	3.4	0.7	1.1	4.8	5.1	2.4	0.7	82.6	8.9	0.2	0.2	6.6	1.9	2.6	13.6	6.6	0.4	18.3	0.3	0.3	21.9	5.0
SCGGround, 3W	7	18.6	10.0	8.6	2.3	0.4	0.4	4.0	5.0	4.1	9.9	8.9	0.7	275	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.4	3.3	0.9	0.9	4.3	3.4	2.7	0.6	71.3	11.7	–	0.1	9.6	2.6	2.4	12.3	6.7	0.1	17.7	0.3	0.9	18.7	4.7
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	6	16.0	9.8	6.2	1.7	0.2	0.2	3.3	3.8	3.3	7.8	7.8	0.2	286	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.7	1.3	1.3	3.0	5.2	2.5	1.0	58.7	7.1	0.3	0.0	6.5	1.2	2.7	10.2	5.2	0.3	16.2	0.5	0.3	15.7	6.2
GMHBA StadiumGround, 4W	6	19.5	11.5	8.0	2.7	0.5	0.0	6.8	5.0	5.5	9.2	10.0	0.7	380	0.3	0.0	1.5	0.3	3.5	0.5	1.5	5.0	4.0	2.3	1.0	84.8	12.5	–	0.3	16.2	2.5	2.5	12.5	6.0	0.3	22.8	0.2	0.8	19.2	6.0
People First StadiumGround, 0W	4	19.0	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	5.8	3.3	9.8	9.5	0.0	258	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	5.5	1.5	0.0	64.0	9.4	–	0.5	11.8	2.5	3.3	14.0	6.0	0.0	23.0	0.0	0.5	19.3	4.3
GabbaGround, 0W	3	19.3	10.3	9.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	3.7	3.3	4.7	5.7	13.3	0.3	346	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	4.7	1.7	0.0	70.7	8.3	–	0.0	5.3	2.0	1.3	12.3	4.3	0.0	14.7	0.0	0.3	19.0	6.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	2	23.5	14.5	9.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.5	11.0	11.5	0.5	409	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	3.5	1.5	1.5	4.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	82.0	9.4	1.5	0.0	8.0	2.0	3.5	12.0	8.5	0.5	18.0	0.0	1.5	22.5	5.0
Norwood OvalGround, 1W	2	27.5	12.5	15.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	6.0	9.5	2.5	15.0	12.0	0.0	398	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	1.0	2.5	7.5	7.5	2.5	0.5	93.0	15.3	0.5	0.0	20.0	5.0	4.5	17.5	12.0	0.0	23.0	0.0	2.0	27.0	5.5
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	20.0	11.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	10.0	12.0	1.0	338	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	9.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	72.0	7.7	–	0.0	27.0	1.0	3.0	12.0	8.0	0.0	30.0	0.0	1.0	22.0	4.0