Carlton

Matthew Cottrell

Medium Forward#46AFL

Key facts

Age: 26
Height: 184 cm
Number: #46
Born: 29 February 2000
Debut: 2020
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2021 pick 23 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Pearcedale (Vic), Dandenong U18

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLCarlton	14	205	131	74	51	6	9	35	5	39	60	143	10	3,150	10	3	18	14	19	8	4	61	41	32	11	875	100.1	1	0	1	4	142	47	2	175	10	18	203	77
2025 AFLCarlton	6	99	70	29	23	2	5	11	7	29	41	54	5	2,179	3	1	9	10	10	2	1	33	18	20	4	397	74.8	0	0	0	7	65	36	2	62	5	7	95	41
2024 AFLCarlton	14	152	100	52	45	9	5	27	7	33	51	97	3	3,109	9	5	13	12	14	7	5	53	33	26	7	698	101.9	0	0	1	6	103	36	5	186	5	18	148	61
2023 AFLCarlton	17	238	160	78	72	11	11	34	11	43	78	160	5	4,215	11	3	21	20	31	9	5	77	42	42	6	1,059	118.4	2	0	0	11	166	55	8	233	8	26	238	98
2022 AFLCarlton	18	267	159	108	71	9	2	32	11	39	85	183	8	4,242	7	5	17	13	30	9	5	70	42	49	7	1,084	130.3	5	1	3	8	202	69	6	216	5	13	268	108
2021 AFLCarlton	14	165	118	47	37	3	2	31	8	28	51	112	2	3,399	3	2	25	28	41	5	9	35	44	38	4	681	85	3	0	1	7	99	37	6	185	17	8	163	56
2020 AFLCarlton	5	53	44	9	8	2	0	4	5	14	25	27	0	1,379	1	1	9	4	11	3	0	11	21	11	3	205	22.2	0	–	0	5	24	18	1	55	3	2	52	17
Career7 seasons	88	1,179	782	397	307	42	34	174	54	225	391	776	33	21,673	44	20	112	101	156	43	29	340	241	218	42	4,999	632.7	11	1	6	48	801	298	30	1,112	53	92	1,167	458

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ Geelong CatsL 74-107 4 Sept	9	8	1	4	1	1	2	0	2	3	6	0	260	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	53	6.5	0	0	0	5	2	0	11	1	2	9	4
Wildcard Finals @ MelbourneW 74-55 29 Aug	20	15	5	3	0	4	1	1	3	7	14	0	363	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	7	1	3	1	73	6.7	0	1	0	13	6	0	9	2	5	21	9
Rd 24 v FremantleW 119-82 22 Aug	17	8	9	5	0	0	1	0	4	5	12	2	243	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	4	3	0	61	8.3	0	0	0	12	5	0	11	1	0	17	4
Rd 23 @ Western BulldogsD 82-82 16 Aug	17	10	7	7	0	0	1	0	2	5	13	1	179	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	69	11.3	0	0	0	15	4	0	12	1	0	18	8
Rd 22 @ St KildaW 106-62 9 Aug	16	6	10	3	0	1	4	0	2	3	12	2	182	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	2	2	1	61	8	0	0	0	14	3	0	16	1	1	15	4
Rd 21 v Brisbane LionsW 154-78 1 Aug	12	7	5	5	1	1	4	0	3	2	11	2	192	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	7	1	0	1	67	9.2	0	0	0	10	0	0	19	2	2	13	5
Rd 20 v Gold Coast SUNSW 110-97 25 July	17	13	4	6	0	0	2	1	5	3	14	0	328	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	5	2	1	73	1.8	0	0	1	9	3	0	12	0	1	17	5
Rd 19 @ CollingwoodL 69-90 18 July	15	10	5	7	1	1	3	1	3	4	11	0	223	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	2	0	1	77	5.9	0	0	1	10	4	0	16	0	2	15	6
Rd 18 v HawthornL 39-103 11 July	19	13	6	3	0	0	8	0	3	10	8	0	150	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	8	8	3	91	4.8	0	0	0	8	7	1	24	0	0	18	4
Rd 17 @ RichmondW 74-72 4 July	12	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	10	2	135	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	42	4.6	0	0	0	9	2	0	5	0	0	12	6
Rd 16 v West Coast EaglesW 117-64 27 June	13	7	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	6	7	1	171	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6	3	1	0	48	7.2	0	0	0	7	4	0	10	0	2	13	2
Rd 15 @ GWS GIANTSW 88-65 20 June	16	11	5	0	2	1	3	0	4	4	10	0	356	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6	4	4	2	69	13.6	1	0	0	12	3	0	11	0	3	14	8
Rd 8 v St KildaL 69-108 2 May	12	9	3	4	0	0	2	1	2	3	8	0	210	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	3	0	54	5.3	0	0	1	10	2	0	9	1	0	11	7
Rd 7 @ FremantleL 89-103 25 Apr	10	5	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	7	0	158	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	37	6.9	0	0	1	8	2	1	10	1	0	10	5

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 22 of 45	45	13.3	9.0	4.2	3.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.7	2.3	4.4	8.9	0.3	252	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	3.7	2.7	2.2	0.4	55.3	7.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.6	9.1	3.4	0.3	12.1	0.6	1.0	13.2	5.3
HomeHome or away · won 24 of 43	43	13.5	8.7	4.8	3.7	0.5	0.3	2.1	0.5	2.8	4.5	8.8	0.5	240	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.0	1.8	0.7	0.4	4.0	2.8	2.7	0.5	58.4	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	9.1	3.4	0.4	13.2	0.6	1.1	13.3	5.1
WinsResult	46	14.2	9.3	4.9	3.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	0.5	2.6	4.6	9.4	0.5	261	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.4	4.4	2.7	2.5	0.5	59.3	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	10.1	3.6	0.3	11.9	0.6	1.2	14.0	5.7
LossesResult	41	12.4	8.4	4.0	3.2	0.4	0.4	2.1	0.7	2.5	4.3	8.1	0.3	231	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.3	3.2	2.8	2.4	0.5	53.7	6.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	7.9	3.1	0.4	13.5	0.6	0.9	12.4	4.6
DrawsResult	1	17.0	10.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	13.0	1.0	179	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	69.0	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	8.0
Regular seasonStage · won 43 of 83	83	13.4	8.8	4.6	3.4	0.5	0.3	2.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	8.8	0.4	246	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.3	3.8	2.8	2.5	0.5	56.5	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	9.1	3.4	0.3	12.7	0.6	0.9	13.3	5.1
FinalsStage · won 3 of 5	5	13.0	9.6	3.4	4.2	0.8	1.6	1.8	0.2	1.8	4.8	8.4	0.0	259	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.0	5.2	1.8	2.4	0.8	62.6	7.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.0	3.4	0.4	11.6	1.0	2.8	13.2	6.4
FremantleOpponent · won 7 of 9	9	12.9	7.6	5.3	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	0.6	1.8	4.4	8.4	0.3	224	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.4	2.3	0.6	0.6	3.2	3.3	2.7	0.2	53.6	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	9.0	3.6	0.3	11.6	0.9	1.0	12.9	4.2
CollingwoodOpponent · won 2 of 8	8	12.9	8.8	4.1	4.0	0.3	0.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.5	9.0	0.3	211	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.4	2.9	1.9	1.9	0.6	53.6	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	7.9	2.8	0.5	11.5	0.4	1.0	12.5	4.6
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	12.6	8.1	4.4	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	0.1	3.0	4.1	7.9	0.3	255	0.6	0.1	1.7	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.1	4.3	2.7	2.6	1.0	54.0	9.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	9.7	3.6	0.3	14.7	0.1	1.4	12.0	5.6
MelbourneOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	15.0	10.1	4.9	4.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	0.9	2.0	5.0	9.3	0.1	266	0.4	0.1	2.1	1.9	1.7	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.7	3.4	0.4	59.4	6.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	9.7	3.9	0.4	12.6	1.1	1.0	14.3	5.7
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 4 of 6	6	13.2	8.8	4.3	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.8	0.2	3.3	3.3	9.8	0.8	245	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	0.7	0.5	5.3	3.0	1.8	0.5	56.5	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.0	2.3	0.2	12.8	0.2	1.7	13.2	5.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	12.8	9.4	3.4	4.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	0.4	3.0	3.8	9.6	0.6	249	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.6	4.6	2.8	2.4	0.4	58.6	6.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	8.6	2.2	0.6	13.0	0.6	1.2	13.4	6.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	9.2	5.0	4.2	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.4	0.4	2.0	3.6	5.4	0.2	167	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.0	0.2	3.4	1.8	1.8	0.4	37.6	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	6.4	3.4	0.2	8.4	0.4	0.6	9.0	2.8
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 5 of 5	5	15.4	11.2	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.0	2.0	0.4	3.4	4.6	10.4	0.0	335	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	4.2	2.6	2.8	0.2	67.8	7.9	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	10.4	3.6	0.4	12.6	0.0	1.4	15.0	6.4
North MelbourneOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	12.0	8.2	3.8	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.8	2.4	3.8	8.0	0.6	255	0.2	0.0	2.0	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	3.8	2.4	2.6	0.2	51.4	6.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	8.6	3.0	0.0	10.0	1.0	0.4	11.8	5.4
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	15.4	11.2	4.2	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.6	3.0	7.0	8.6	0.0	323	0.2	0.6	2.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.2	4.0	3.4	2.8	1.0	64.8	9.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.6	10.6	4.6	0.2	13.2	1.0	1.0	15.6	6.8
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 0 of 5	5	13.4	9.0	4.4	4.0	0.0	0.2	2.2	0.4	2.4	5.0	9.2	1.2	223	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	3.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	57.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	9.2	3.8	0.6	13.6	0.8	0.2	14.2	5.6
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	13.5	8.5	5.0	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	2.0	3.0	10.3	0.0	246	0.8	0.3	1.0	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	4.3	2.3	2.0	0.5	62.8	7.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.3	1.8	0.8	11.5	0.3	1.5	13.3	3.8
RichmondOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	13.5	8.8	4.8	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.8	2.8	5.0	8.8	0.8	218	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	53.5	7.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	8.5	4.8	0.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	13.8	5.0
St KildaOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	15.0	9.3	5.8	4.5	0.3	1.0	2.3	0.5	2.3	4.3	11.0	0.5	214	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.0	0.5	0.5	6.0	2.5	2.3	0.3	63.3	5.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	11.3	3.3	0.3	13.0	1.3	1.5	15.3	5.8
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	10.7	8.0	2.7	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.3	4.0	6.3	0.3	252	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.0	5.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	53.7	6.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	8.3	2.3	0.0	18.0	0.3	1.7	10.3	6.0
EssendonOpponent · won 2 of 3	3	15.7	9.0	6.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	3.3	1.0	2.3	5.3	10.3	0.3	272	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	3.7	0.3	1.0	3.3	3.7	3.3	0.0	61.0	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	3.7	0.3	14.3	1.3	0.3	15.7	5.7
HawthornOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	16.7	12.0	4.7	1.7	0.3	0.3	4.3	0.7	3.7	7.7	7.7	0.0	271	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	5.0	5.3	1.3	69.0	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	9.3	6.0	0.7	18.3	0.7	0.7	15.3	5.3
MCGGround · won 16 of 35	35	13.5	8.9	4.7	3.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.7	2.3	4.5	8.6	0.2	234	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.3	3.5	2.6	2.7	0.6	56.0	6.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	8.9	3.6	0.4	11.9	0.6	0.9	13.1	5.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 18 of 30	30	13.5	8.5	5.0	3.8	0.4	0.4	2.3	0.5	2.7	4.4	9.2	0.7	235	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.3	4.3	2.4	2.3	0.4	58.6	7.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	9.7	3.4	0.3	13.4	0.7	1.0	13.5	5.2
Optus StadiumGround · won 3 of 6	6	12.7	8.0	4.7	3.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	0.7	1.8	4.2	8.5	0.0	213	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.2	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.3	52.3	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	9.0	3.3	0.2	12.3	0.7	0.8	12.7	4.8
People First StadiumGround · won 3 of 4	4	12.0	8.0	4.0	2.5	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	5.8	6.3	0.0	215	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	3.0	2.3	0.5	51.8	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	8.0	4.0	0.3	12.8	0.3	1.0	12.0	4.8
Adelaide OvalGround · won 2 of 3	3	14.0	12.0	2.0	6.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	4.7	3.3	10.3	0.7	394	1.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	6.7	2.7	2.0	0.0	73.7	10.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.7	1.3	0.7	16.3	0.7	3.0	13.7	7.7
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 2 of 3	3	12.7	8.0	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	8.3	0.0	286	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.3	2.3	0.7	47.3	8.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.3	3.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	1.3	12.0	6.0
GabbaGround · won 1 of 3	3	13.0	9.7	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.3	9.3	0.3	262	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.7	5.0	3.3	3.0	0.0	56.0	6.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.7	3.0	0.7	8.0	0.0	1.3	13.7	6.7
SCGGround · won 0 of 3	3	15.3	12.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.7	3.3	5.3	11.0	0.0	357	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.0	4.3	0.0	1.3	4.3	5.0	2.3	0.7	62.7	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	8.0	3.7	0.0	15.0	0.7	1.0	16.3	5.3
TIO StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	416	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	41.0	4.5	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	3.0

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