Brisbane Lions

Darragh Joyce

Key Defender#41AFL

Bio

Born in 1997, Darragh Joyce debuted for St Kilda Football Club in 2018. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 27 of his games across 2018–2026.

Key facts

Age: 29
Height: 195 cm
Number: #41
Born: 23 April 1997
Debut: 2018
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2024 pick 15 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: County Kilkenny (Ireland), St Kilda

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

St Kilda Football Club

Compare JoyceStack 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 AFLBrisbane Lions	3	30	26	4	19	0	1	0	0	4	25	0	485	2	7	10	3	0	1	3	5	8	144	13.1	0	0	0	25	2	4	12	10	0	29	22
2024 AFLBrisbane Lions	6	71	55	16	30	0	2	0	4	22	46	0	1,252	6	15	26	13	2	3	10	14	28	288	34.6	0	0	0	49	14	8	33	24	0	68	39
2023 AFLBrisbane Lions	5	43	37	6	25	0	2	0	1	16	28	0	849	4	13	20	14	4	10	5	12	24	180	22.5	0	0	0	36	9	10	23	16	0	44	31
2022 AFLSt Kilda	3	18	11	7	4	0	2	1	0	8	11	0	126	0	4	16	5	1	2	2	4	6	62	9.5	0	0	1	13	7	0	17	12	0	19	8
2021 AFLSt Kilda	5	47	36	11	13	0	4	0	2	15	30	4	944	0	12	24	11	2	4	4	11	20	179	24.7	7	0	0	33	12	3	28	18	0	45	24
2019 AFLSt Kilda	3	44	27	17	5	0	6	1	4	17	22	0	807	0	9	21	14	2	8	6	13	20	132	15.5	–	1	0	32	13	1	19	17	0	39	19
2018 AFLSt Kilda	2	13	7	6	4	1	1	0	1	5	10	0	231	0	6	7	9	0	4	2	5	5	38	4.5	–	0	0	7	5	2	14	7	1	15	2
Career7 seasons	27	266	199	67	100	1	18	2	12	87	172	4	4,694	12	66	124	69	11	32	32	64	111	1,023	124.4	7	1	1	195	62	28	146	104	1	259	145

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 11W	14	11.1	8.4	2.6	4.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	3.2	7.6	0.2	187	0.6	2.6	5.4	2.4	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.5	4.4	44.0	4.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	7.9	2.2	1.3	5.3	4.6	0.0	10.8	6.1
AwayHome or away, 6W	13	8.5	6.2	2.3	3.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.4	3.2	5.1	0.1	159	0.3	2.3	3.7	2.7	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.2	3.8	31.3	4.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	6.5	2.4	0.8	5.5	3.1	0.1	8.3	4.5
WinsResult, 17W	17	10.6	8.1	2.5	4.5	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	3.2	7.1	0.2	183	0.6	2.9	4.8	2.4	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.3	42.6	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	7.8	2.2	1.4	5.1	4.2	0.1	10.3	6.0
LossesResult, 0W	10	8.6	6.2	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.7	3.3	5.1	0.1	159	0.2	1.6	4.3	2.9	0.6	1.4	1.5	2.0	3.8	29.9	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	6.3	2.4	0.5	6.0	3.3	0.0	8.4	4.3
Regular seasonStage, 17W	27	9.9	7.4	2.5	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.4	3.2	6.4	0.1	174	0.4	2.4	4.6	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	4.1	37.9	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	7.2	2.3	1.0	5.4	3.9	0.0	9.6	5.4
CollingwoodOpponent, 2W	3	10.0	7.7	2.3	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	7.7	0.0	145	0.0	2.7	2.7	2.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.3	4.3	43.7	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.3	2.0	1.3	4.7	2.0	0.0	10.0	7.3
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 3W	3	11.7	8.7	3.0	3.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	5.3	5.7	0.0	212	0.3	2.3	7.3	5.0	0.0	2.7	0.7	3.7	6.3	40.3	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	11.0	6.7
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 1W	3	9.3	6.7	2.7	3.7	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.0	272	0.7	2.3	4.3	2.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	4.3	38.0	6.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	7.3	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.0	0.0	8.7	4.7
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	3	11.3	7.0	4.3	4.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.3	8.0	0.0	165	0.3	2.3	4.3	2.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.7	45.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	3.0	1.3	7.3	4.0	0.3	11.3	5.7
Port AdelaideOpponent, 0W	3	9.0	7.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	3.0	5.3	0.0	201	0.0	3.0	2.7	3.7	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.3	3.7	30.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.7	0.3	5.7	2.7	0.0	8.3	3.7
Sydney SwansOpponent, 2W	3	7.7	5.7	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.3	1.0	87.0	1.0	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	3.7	31.0	4.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	5.7	1.7	1.0	4.3	3.7	0.0	7.3	3.7
FremantleOpponent, 1W	2	9.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	5.5	0.0	63.0	0.0	2.0	8.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	31.0	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	6.5	3.5	0.0	8.5	6.0	0.0	9.5	4.0
CarltonOpponent, 1W	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	214	1.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	56.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	7.0
EssendonOpponent, 1W	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	81.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	22.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	5.0	4.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	1	9.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	162	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	30.0	5.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	5.0
HawthornOpponent, 1W	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	232	0.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	12.0	6.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 1W	1	13.0	12.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	10.0	0.0	298	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	51.0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	8.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 1W	1	12.0	9.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	262	1.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	45.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	5.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 0W	1	8.0	7.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	70.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	22.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	9.0	7.0
GabbaGround, 7W	8	10.3	8.5	1.8	5.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.5	2.4	7.5	0.0	179	0.8	2.4	4.4	1.4	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	3.6	46.0	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	1.5	1.4	5.1	4.0	0.0	9.9	6.8
Marvel StadiumGround, 3W	5	10.6	6.8	3.8	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.2	0.6	127	0.2	1.8	7.8	4.0	0.8	2.6	0.6	2.4	5.4	33.2	4.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	7.4	3.2	0.8	6.0	6.0	0.0	10.8	5.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	2	6.0	5.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	3.5	0.0	137	0.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	19.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	5.5	1.5	0.0	6.0	2.5
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	2	9.0	6.0	3.0	2.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.0	249	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	33.5	6.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.5	2.0	1.0	6.0	3.5	0.0	8.0	4.5
MCGGround, 1W	2	12.0	6.5	5.5	5.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	5.0	8.0	0.0	150	0.0	2.5	4.0	5.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	5.5	43.5	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.5	4.5	1.5	6.0	3.5	0.5	13.0	5.0
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	2	11.5	8.0	3.5	4.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	3.5	7.0	0.0	183	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	4.0	43.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.5	3.0	0.5	6.0	4.0	0.0	10.5	5.5
People First StadiumGround, 2W	2	8.5	8.0	0.5	4.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.5	4.5	0.0	203	0.5	2.5	5.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	38.0	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.5	1.0	5.5	4.0	0.0	8.0	6.0
Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan StadiumGround, 0W	1	15.0	11.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	9.0	0.0	329	0.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	53.0	-0.2	–	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	13.0	6.0
Adelaide HillsGround, 1W	1	13.0	12.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	10.0	0.0	298	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	51.0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	8.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	9.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	162	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	30.0	5.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	5.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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