Richmond

Noah Balta

Key Defender#21AFL

Bio

Born in 1999, Noah Balta made his senior debut with Richmond Football Club in 2019. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 134 of his games across 2019–2026.

Key facts

Age: 27
Height: 194 cm
Number: #21
Born: 23 October 1999
Debut: 2019
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2017 pick 25 (national draft)
Recruited from: Essendon Doutta Stars (Vic), Calder U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Richmond Football Club

Compare BaltaStack them up against anyone, with an analyst verdict

Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLRichmond	17	214	145	69	83	11	9	17	30	33	109	108	121	2	4,512	14	28	35	41	56	16	17	58	57	54	0	1,051	149.3	1	7	131	9	21	138	38	26	122	28	24	217	86
2025 AFLRichmond	13	154	114	40	60	4	4	20	10	19	67	86	20	3	3,765	9	14	36	38	40	6	17	27	45	48	0	685	100.2	–	6	15	2	8	101	41	17	79	34	11	153	71
2024 AFLRichmond	19	234	183	51	113	12	3	21	9	36	82	145	28	5	5,758	13	24	46	64	59	11	11	60	67	71	11	1,155	155.1	1	3	24	2	7	170	40	35	161	53	22	227	131
2023 AFLRichmond	23	339	271	68	147	3	3	28	1	36	131	192	8	1	9,058	8	47	121	102	74	16	20	60	90	177	4	1,487	236.6	6	19	4	0	1	241	63	88	157	81	7	323	191
2022 AFLRichmond	18	205	148	57	76	13	7	20	9	32	94	105	27	3	4,407	16	28	40	51	51	18	16	56	58	54	4	948	139.1	2	7	27	2	7	137	42	23	158	35	29	199	94
2021 AFLRichmond	14	183	129	54	65	2	1	18	6	16	60	114	14	1	3,997	1	20	43	50	32	7	10	44	33	75	1	766	145.9	–	5	30	4	2	148	28	35	117	41	4	174	104
2020 AFLRichmond	17	184	132	52	65	1	1	16	1	14	70	108	3	1	4,012	1	17	53	84	41	11	16	25	43	91	0	732	133.1	1	1	–	0	1	132	39	34	95	72	2	178	96
2019 AFLRichmond	13	121	87	34	30	6	4	29	26	38	78	52	91	6	3,081	5	9	13	26	50	14	21	41	42	29	6	617	95.8	–	11	–	5	21	72	45	8	158	17	17	130	47
Career8 seasons	134	1,634	1,209	425	639	52	32	169	92	224	691	910	312	22	38,590	67	187	387	456	403	99	128	371	435	599	26	7,441	1155.1	11	59	231	24	68	1,139	336	266	1,047	361	116	1,601	820

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 19 v HawthornL 52-122 19 July	10	8	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	212	0	1	5	4	5	0	3	2	5	6	39	1.4	–	2	0	0	0	6	1	3	4	2	0	9	4
Rd 18 @ MelbourneL 65-111 12 July	6	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	6	2	12	0	143	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	41	6.4	–	0	7	0	2	4	2	0	18	0	1	8	2
Rd 17 v CarltonL 72-74 4 July	15	11	4	7	2	2	3	3	3	10	6	6	1	348	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	8	3	2	96	14.8	–	1	6	1	2	10	1	1	8	0	4	16	6
Rd 16 @ CollingwoodL 72-106 27 June	14	6	8	4	1	0	0	1	1	9	5	14	1	135	2	2	0	2	4	0	1	5	2	2	63	14	–	0	8	0	1	10	5	1	7	1	1	14	3
Rd 15 v North MelbourneL 48-73 21 June	10	8	2	3	2	1	2	2	4	7	3	11	0	341	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	66	16	–	0	4	2	0	5	5	0	9	3	3	10	5
Rd 14 v Brisbane LionsL 80-115 14 June	15	11	4	7	0	1	2	1	3	4	11	17	0	250	1	2	2	0	5	0	1	5	3	3	85	2.7	–	0	18	0	1	9	0	3	11	0	2	15	7
Rd 12 @ Sydney SwansL 56-170 30 May	12	8	4	5	0	1	0	3	2	6	5	8	0	276	0	1	3	2	5	0	2	3	3	2	50	8.2	–	0	16	1	2	8	2	1	6	2	1	11	6
Rd 11 v EssendonW 74-56 22 May	15	10	5	4	0	1	1	3	3	6	8	4	0	366	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	4	58	10.3	–	0	11	1	2	6	3	3	9	1	1	14	3
Rd 10 @ St KildaL 73-109 17 May	12	7	5	3	1	0	0	4	1	9	3	9	0	214	2	2	1	1	5	2	1	3	2	0	54	9.7	–	0	13	0	4	7	1	0	7	0	1	12	3
Rd 9 v Adelaide CrowsL 61-98 10 May	14	11	3	6	1	2	1	3	3	7	8	8	0	268	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	6	3	4	79	10.7	–	0	16	1	2	10	0	3	4	0	3	15	7
Rd 8 @ West Coast EaglesW 99-88 2 May	20	14	6	6	3	0	2	6	3	18	5	20	0	354	3	4	2	3	3	4	1	7	4	4	119	28.2	1	0	15	1	5	14	6	0	7	2	4	23	11
Rd 7 v MelbourneL 72-126 24 Apr	9	1	8	3	0	0	0	2	1	4	5	12	0	75	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	41	7.8	–	1	17	2	0	7	2	0	8	3	0	9	0
Rd 6 @ North MelbourneL 55-130 19 Apr	11	6	5	6	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	0	0	141	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	52	2.9	–	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	6	2	2	11	3
Rd 5 @ GWS GIANTSL 75-131 12 Apr	14	9	5	8	0	1	3	0	2	4	10	0	0	368	0	2	2	5	4	0	1	1	4	5	71	4.1	–	0	0	0	0	9	2	3	7	4	1	14	5
Rd 3 @ FremantleL 43-103 28 Mar	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	177	0	1	4	5	4	0	3	0	2	6	20	5.5	–	3	0	0	0	7	2	1	3	3	0	7	6
Rd 2 v Gold Coast SUNSL 60-128 21 Mar	11	8	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	298	0	0	4	2	3	0	1	0	8	4	42	-0.6	–	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	4	2	0	10	3
Rd 1 @ CarltonL 71-75 12 Mar	19	17	2	7	0	0	0	0	3	8	11	0	0	546	0	1	7	5	8	2	1	5	7	9	75	7.2	–	0	0	0	0	14	4	3	4	3	0	19	12

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 22W	67	12.3	9.2	3.1	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.2	0.6	1.6	5.3	6.7	2.5	0.2	299	0.6	1.4	3.2	3.6	3.2	0.9	1.1	2.7	3.3	4.5	0.2	55.7	8.8	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	8.8	2.5	1.9	8.1	2.8	0.8	12.0	6.6
HomeHome or away, 34W	67	12.1	8.8	3.2	4.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.2	0.1	277	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.2	2.9	0.5	0.9	2.8	3.2	4.4	0.2	55.4	8.4	0.1	0.4	1.8	0.2	0.5	8.2	2.5	2.1	7.5	2.6	0.9	11.9	5.7
LossesResult, 0W	76	11.9	8.6	3.3	4.7	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	1.5	4.9	6.8	2.5	0.2	270	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.1	3.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	3.3	3.9	0.2	54.5	7.6	0.0	0.4	2.2	0.2	0.5	8.2	2.4	1.7	7.9	2.5	1.0	11.7	5.8
WinsResult, 56W	56	12.7	9.6	3.1	4.9	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.8	5.4	7.0	2.1	0.2	314	0.3	1.6	3.2	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.8	3.2	5.2	0.3	57.2	10.1	0.2	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.5	9.0	2.6	2.4	7.7	3.1	0.7	12.4	6.7
DrawsResult, 0W	2	10.5	8.5	2.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	7.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	245	0.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	4.0	4.5	0.0	48.5	7.3	–	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	5.0	4.5	2.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	10.0	4.0
Regular seasonStage, 53W	129	12.3	9.0	3.2	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.4	0.2	289	0.5	1.4	2.9	3.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	2.8	3.3	4.5	0.2	56.2	8.7	0.1	0.5	1.8	0.2	0.5	8.6	2.5	2.0	7.9	2.6	0.9	12.0	6.1
FinalsStage, 3W	5	10.2	8.8	1.4	3.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	4.8	5.0	0.6	0.4	267	0.2	1.2	2.6	5.2	3.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	2.8	4.8	0.0	38.6	7.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	7.0	3.0	1.2	6.4	4.2	0.2	9.8	6.2
Port AdelaideOpponent, 4W	10	12.9	9.4	3.5	4.1	0.2	0.5	1.1	0.4	2.1	4.6	7.0	1.0	0.2	360	0.7	1.3	4.0	3.7	4.0	0.7	1.4	2.6	4.2	4.0	0.2	51.1	6.3	–	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.3	8.1	2.4	1.3	8.2	3.4	0.9	11.6	5.8
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 3W	9	12.8	9.8	3.0	4.6	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.6	1.4	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.2	303	0.4	1.4	3.8	3.2	4.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	3.2	5.7	0.3	58.2	8.5	–	0.4	2.8	0.1	0.4	8.9	2.8	2.4	8.3	1.8	0.8	12.6	6.9
CarltonOpponent, 3W	9	12.3	9.8	2.6	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.9	5.9	6.1	2.7	0.1	313	0.9	1.6	2.3	2.4	4.0	0.8	1.1	4.0	3.6	4.3	0.1	60.9	9.4	0.1	0.2	2.2	0.4	0.7	8.3	2.6	1.8	7.9	1.6	2.1	12.0	6.3
HawthornOpponent, 5W	9	12.2	9.4	2.8	6.7	0.4	0.2	1.2	0.6	1.9	4.3	8.2	1.4	0.1	301	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.1	2.3	0.3	1.2	3.0	2.6	4.6	0.0	59.8	9.9	–	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.3	9.4	2.0	2.8	7.3	2.3	0.9	12.6	6.7
North MelbourneOpponent, 2W	9	9.6	7.0	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	0.6	1.9	4.6	5.3	3.3	0.1	219	1.3	1.3	1.3	3.0	2.9	0.4	0.8	2.6	2.8	1.8	0.2	51.6	7.3	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.3	0.2	5.4	2.3	0.6	10.1	2.3	1.6	9.9	4.2
St KildaOpponent, 3W	9	11.3	8.7	2.7	4.3	0.4	0.1	1.1	0.8	0.9	4.9	6.2	1.8	0.1	254	0.7	1.2	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.7	1.0	2.4	2.7	3.9	0.3	51.0	6.9	–	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.8	8.2	2.4	1.4	7.4	2.6	0.6	11.1	6.2
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 4W	8	14.0	11.0	3.0	6.6	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.9	1.1	5.4	8.4	3.1	0.1	312	0.4	1.5	3.3	2.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	3.4	2.4	5.0	0.1	68.0	10.5	0.4	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.6	11.1	2.4	2.4	6.8	2.0	0.9	13.8	8.5
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	8	11.8	9.0	2.8	4.5	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.8	1.5	4.4	6.8	0.6	0.1	271	0.3	1.0	3.3	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.9	2.3	4.3	4.9	0.0	48.9	6.8	–	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	7.8	2.4	2.3	8.5	2.1	0.1	11.1	5.9
MelbourneOpponent, 2W	8	9.3	5.9	3.4	3.3	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.6	1.4	5.0	4.3	5.3	0.0	176	0.0	1.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.9	3.8	0.3	44.6	6.3	–	0.3	4.1	0.3	0.4	5.4	2.4	1.9	10.4	2.0	0.4	9.3	3.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	8	11.8	7.3	4.5	4.0	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.5	1.3	4.4	6.8	2.1	0.0	240	0.3	1.0	3.1	4.4	2.9	0.3	0.6	2.4	2.5	4.5	0.5	50.9	8.1	–	0.5	3.3	0.3	0.3	8.8	2.6	1.9	8.8	3.6	0.6	11.1	5.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 3W	8	12.9	9.1	3.8	4.9	0.3	0.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	5.4	7.6	1.6	0.0	275	0.3	1.4	3.3	3.9	3.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.6	5.0	0.1	58.3	10.2	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	9.6	2.4	2.3	8.6	3.3	0.8	13.0	6.8
EssendonOpponent, 5W	7	15.0	11.6	3.4	5.0	0.1	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.6	6.4	8.1	2.3	0.1	396	0.0	1.4	4.1	4.4	3.1	1.0	1.0	3.6	4.4	5.4	0.3	63.1	10.0	–	0.6	1.6	0.1	1.3	9.7	3.3	2.4	7.4	3.7	0.4	14.6	7.6
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 2W	7	11.1	8.3	2.9	4.6	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	4.9	6.1	0.7	0.0	281	0.3	1.3	2.9	3.7	3.0	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.3	5.0	0.3	45.9	6.0	–	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	7.4	2.7	2.3	3.7	3.1	0.7	11.0	5.1
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 3W	7	10.3	7.3	3.0	4.0	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.9	4.1	6.0	1.9	0.1	225	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	2.3	0.7	0.9	2.6	2.1	3.6	0.1	48.3	7.1	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.1	7.9	2.0	1.6	8.1	3.1	1.4	10.1	5.1
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 6W	7	16.1	11.9	4.3	5.3	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.9	2.1	7.4	8.6	2.9	0.3	394	0.4	2.1	4.3	4.9	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.9	0.0	69.6	15.1	0.3	0.7	2.1	0.1	0.7	11.3	2.6	2.4	5.7	4.1	0.7	16.0	8.6
FremantleOpponent, 3W	6	11.7	9.0	2.7	5.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	6.0	5.5	2.0	1.0	279	0.5	1.5	2.3	3.3	2.5	0.8	0.8	3.0	2.5	4.2	0.3	54.7	9.4	–	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	9.2	3.2	2.0	7.7	2.8	0.8	11.5	6.7
CollingwoodOpponent, 1W	5	13.2	9.6	3.6	6.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.0	8.0	3.6	0.4	309	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.8	3.2	0.4	0.6	4.0	3.4	4.2	0.0	63.2	11.1	–	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.2	9.0	2.6	2.8	6.0	2.4	0.8	13.0	6.2
MCGGround, 27W	67	12.2	8.9	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	5.1	7.0	2.6	0.1	286	0.5	1.4	2.7	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.9	2.9	3.3	4.2	0.2	56.5	8.5	0.1	0.5	2.0	0.2	0.6	8.3	2.5	2.1	8.1	2.3	1.0	12.0	5.8
Marvel StadiumGround, 4W	17	10.8	8.2	2.6	4.3	0.5	0.2	1.2	0.5	1.4	5.1	5.5	1.9	0.0	252	0.8	1.5	2.2	3.0	3.3	0.8	1.1	2.6	3.3	4.2	0.2	50.2	7.9	–	0.4	1.5	0.1	0.5	6.9	2.3	1.7	8.8	2.3	1.3	10.6	4.9
Adelaide OvalGround, 6W	13	13.3	9.5	3.8	5.0	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.3	1.3	4.8	7.2	1.7	0.2	331	0.6	1.4	3.9	4.1	3.2	0.5	1.2	2.6	3.3	4.8	0.2	55.1	7.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.2	9.5	2.8	1.8	7.5	3.5	0.5	12.0	6.8
Optus StadiumGround, 6W	9	14.1	11.0	3.1	5.1	0.6	0.0	1.3	1.6	2.3	6.8	7.0	3.6	0.8	361	0.6	2.0	4.1	3.8	1.9	1.6	0.6	3.3	2.9	5.0	0.2	66.7	13.4	0.2	1.0	1.7	0.3	1.2	10.8	2.3	2.0	7.4	3.2	0.7	13.8	8.4
People First StadiumGround, 7W	9	11.3	7.7	3.7	4.3	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	5.3	6.6	0.7	0.0	244	0.2	1.0	2.6	4.4	3.1	0.8	1.2	1.6	3.0	5.3	0.2	47.0	7.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	8.4	3.2	2.1	5.3	3.9	0.6	11.9	5.9
GabbaGround, 3W	8	12.8	10.0	2.8	4.4	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.3	1.4	5.1	7.1	0.6	0.1	321	0.3	1.3	4.0	4.5	3.0	0.9	1.0	2.8	2.8	6.0	0.3	53.4	10.1	–	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	9.4	2.5	2.1	7.1	3.1	0.4	12.3	7.5
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	4	12.5	10.0	2.5	4.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	5.0	7.5	2.0	0.5	262	0.0	1.3	2.5	5.5	2.3	0.5	0.8	3.5	2.3	5.3	0.0	52.0	11.8	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.5	2.8	2.0	7.8	4.3	0.3	12.5	8.3
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	2	12.5	10.5	2.0	6.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.5	281	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	6.5	5.0	0.0	60.0	4.5	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	2.5	2.5	10.0	2.0	0.5	12.0	7.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 0W	2	11.0	8.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	7.5	14.0	0.5	188	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	0.0	75.0	5.8	–	0.0	13.0	0.5	0.5	7.0	0.5	1.5	9.5	1.5	2.5	11.5	5.0
Barossa ParkGround, 0W	1	14.0	9.0	5.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	368	0.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	71.0	4.1	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	14.0	5.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	12.0	8.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	5.0	8.0	0.0	276	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	50.0	8.2	–	0.0	16.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	11.0	6.0
TIO StadiumGround, 1W	1	9.0	7.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	176	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	35.0	6.6	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	9.0	6.0