Western Bulldogs

Connor Budarick

Medium Defender#19AFL

Bio

Born in 2001, Connor Budarick made his senior debut with Gold Coast Football Club in 2020. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 71 of his games across 2020–2026.

Key facts

Age: 25
Height: 175 cm
Number: #19
Born: 6 April 2001
Debut: 2020
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2025 (rookie trade)
Recruited from: Labrador (Qld), Gold Coast (NEAFL), Gold Coast

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

2020–now

2020–Gold Coast 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 AFLWestern Bulldogs	16	269	178	91	71	1	1	33	11	19	56	177	1	4,866	0	2	47	28	28	11	7	49	50	49	0	1,058	103.8	9	0	1	10	208	43	8	180	21	2	233	135
2025 AFLGold Coast SUNS	19	222	120	102	58	6	10	48	4	39	70	149	5	4,231	5	5	9	15	51	11	17	55	58	37	18	936	77.4	2	0	0	4	152	53	6	236	10	18	219	72
2024 AFLGold Coast SUNS	8	120	80	40	36	0	0	18	1	13	34	81	0	2,351	0	2	24	12	20	5	5	19	25	37	0	490	62.8	4	0	0	1	89	25	7	62	8	0	115	59
2023 AFLGold Coast SUNS	2	35	29	6	10	0	0	5	1	4	6	21	0	718	0	0	8	4	4	4	2	7	8	5	1	147	9.9	1	0	0	1	30	2	1	20	3	0	27	24
2022 AFLGold Coast SUNS	9	135	106	29	44	0	1	22	2	12	43	73	0	2,617	0	4	32	25	24	9	6	18	28	50	0	588	62.6	1	0	0	2	93	29	12	98	19	1	116	72
2021 AFLGold Coast SUNS	2	28	19	9	11	0	0	4	0	3	8	20	1	330	0	0	5	3	4	1	3	7	4	9	0	116	10.9	0	0	0	0	24	7	1	20	3	0	28	16
2020 AFLGold Coast SUNS	15	138	92	46	34	1	0	25	3	14	48	93	1	2,499	0	2	30	23	30	9	9	17	31	52	1	558	68.3	0	–	0	3	95	32	11	127	12	2	141	58
Career7 seasons	71	947	624	323	264	8	12	155	22	104	265	614	8	17,612	5	15	155	110	161	50	49	172	204	239	20	3,893	395.7	17	0	1	21	691	191	46	743	76	23	879	436

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ Adelaide CrowsL 68-90 5 Sept	10	5	5	3	0	0	4	0	1	4	6	0	111	0	3	6	1	1	1	0	1	4	48	6.5	0	0	0	8	2	0	13	4	0	10	3
Wildcard Finals v CollingwoodW 96-93 28 Aug	9	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	0	100	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	43	2.8	0	0	0	8	2	0	10	0	0	8	3
Rd 24 @ MelbourneW 108-87 22 Aug	10	7	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	10	0	323	0	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	34	2.5	1	0	0	8	0	0	7	1	0	10	5
Rd 17 @ Sydney SwansL 55-90 3 July	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	74	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	15	-0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	3	2
Rd 15 @ St KildaW 83-61 21 June	19	12	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	8	0	320	1	4	4	1	1	0	3	2	6	67	9.6	0	0	0	16	3	1	7	3	0	13	10
Rd 14 v Adelaide CrowsL 64-121 11 June	20	13	7	8	0	0	0	1	2	5	14	0	358	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	5	3	78	8.4	4	0	1	15	5	0	15	2	0	19	10
Rd 13 @ HawthornW 77-71 5 June	9	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	221	0	3	3	3	0	1	0	4	3	36	1.3	0	0	0	4	2	1	15	2	0	6	4
Rd 12 v CollingwoodW 97-93 30 May	22	16	6	8	0	0	3	0	1	3	15	0	445	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	6	4	96	6.2	1	0	0	16	2	1	15	0	0	18	11
Rd 11 v MelbourneW 93-90 24 May	20	13	7	3	0	0	4	2	0	6	11	0	354	1	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	6	75	14.8	0	1	1	16	5	2	9	0	0	17	10
Rd 10 @ CarltonL 62-74 16 May	16	12	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	0	250	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	57	1.2	0	0	0	11	1	1	11	2	0	13	8
Rd 9 @ Port AdelaideW 74-72 8 May	23	17	6	10	0	1	5	0	3	2	20	1	452	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	4	114	5	0	0	0	19	2	2	17	1	1	22	14
Rd 5 @ HawthornL 64-104 11 Apr	15	9	6	4	0	0	3	1	0	5	8	0	225	0	0	4	1	1	0	4	1	2	64	7.3	0	0	1	12	4	0	12	3	0	13	8
Rd 4 v EssendonW 99-65 5 Apr	21	16	5	6	0	0	2	2	5	4	17	0	379	0	5	0	4	2	1	6	3	2	83	6	1	0	2	16	2	0	12	0	0	21	11
Rd 2 @ Adelaide CrowsW 94-88 20 Mar	21	10	11	4	0	0	1	1	1	5	13	0	385	0	2	1	2	0	0	7	5	6	68	10	0	0	1	18	5	0	12	1	0	18	8
Rd 1 v GWS GIANTSW 134-53 14 Mar	23	16	7	6	0	0	1	3	1	4	17	0	354	0	6	0	3	2	0	4	3	1	86	9.9	0	0	3	18	2	0	7	0	0	21	13
Opening Round @ Brisbane LionsW 111-106 7 Mar	27	19	8	3	1	0	2	1	1	6	15	0	515	0	6	2	4	1	1	9	7	2	94	12.5	1	0	1	21	5	0	11	2	1	21	15

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 24W	36	13.6	9.3	4.3	3.7	0.1	0.2	2.1	0.4	1.6	4.1	8.4	0.1	246	0.1	0.2	2.4	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.7	2.3	2.9	3.9	0.3	55.3	6.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	9.9	3.0	0.7	10.6	1.1	0.4	12.5	6.4
AwayHome or away, 15W	35	13.1	8.3	4.8	3.8	0.1	0.1	2.3	0.2	1.4	3.3	8.9	0.1	250	0.1	0.2	1.9	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.7	2.5	2.9	2.8	0.3	54.3	5.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.6	2.4	0.6	10.3	1.1	0.3	12.3	5.9
WinsResult, 39W	39	14.8	9.8	5.0	4.2	0.2	0.2	2.3	0.4	1.7	4.1	9.5	0.2	269	0.1	0.3	2.4	1.4	2.5	0.6	0.8	3.0	2.9	3.7	0.3	60.9	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	11.0	2.9	0.8	10.4	1.0	0.5	13.5	6.9
LossesResult, 0W	31	11.7	7.6	4.1	3.2	0.0	0.1	2.0	0.2	1.2	3.4	7.8	0.1	224	0.1	0.1	2.0	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	0.2	48.0	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.4	2.4	0.5	10.4	1.2	0.2	11.2	5.3
DrawsResult, 0W	1	6.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	175	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	31.0	7.8	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0
Regular seasonStage, 37W	67	13.5	9.0	4.5	3.8	0.1	0.2	2.1	0.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	0.1	255	0.1	0.2	2.2	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.5	0.2	55.0	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.9	2.7	0.7	10.4	1.0	0.3	12.5	6.3
FinalsStage, 2W	4	10.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.8	2.8	7.0	0.3	128	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.5	51.8	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8	2.0	0.0	11.8	1.5	0.5	9.8	3.5
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	8	15.1	9.9	5.3	4.5	0.1	0.4	2.0	0.3	1.9	4.1	10.1	0.1	314	0.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.0	0.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.9	0.1	60.4	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.9	3.1	0.5	11.1	1.8	0.5	14.3	6.6
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 2W	6	14.5	8.2	6.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	4.7	8.5	0.3	247	0.0	0.0	1.3	3.2	2.2	1.2	0.5	3.5	3.8	3.2	0.8	57.7	7.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	10.8	3.2	0.3	11.2	2.0	0.7	13.2	5.5
MelbourneOpponent, 4W	6	13.7	8.5	5.2	3.7	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.2	10.0	0.3	292	0.0	0.2	1.8	1.0	2.3	0.2	1.0	2.5	3.7	3.0	0.3	53.7	6.5	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.3	9.3	3.0	0.8	10.8	0.3	0.2	13.2	5.3
CollingwoodOpponent, 3W	5	12.6	9.0	3.6	3.8	0.0	0.4	3.0	0.0	0.4	3.8	7.0	0.0	244	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.2	0.2	57.4	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.4	3.0	0.4	12.6	1.2	0.4	10.8	6.6
EssendonOpponent, 4W	5	13.4	8.4	5.0	4.0	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.6	2.2	4.6	8.6	0.0	246	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.4	3.2	0.8	1.0	3.0	2.8	3.6	0.4	54.6	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	9.4	3.0	0.6	11.6	0.2	0.8	13.2	5.2
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 1W	5	13.0	7.8	5.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	2.2	1.2	1.2	4.2	8.8	0.0	229	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.6	2.4	1.0	0.0	2.6	2.4	2.0	0.4	51.0	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	8.6	3.0	0.2	12.6	0.4	0.6	13.0	5.0
RichmondOpponent, 3W	5	13.6	9.4	4.2	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.0	1.6	2.8	10.2	0.0	280	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.2	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.6	3.4	3.4	0.0	60.0	5.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.8	2.2	0.6	8.4	0.8	0.0	13.0	7.2
CarltonOpponent, 1W	4	13.8	10.8	3.0	4.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	9.0	0.3	280	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.3	2.5	1.3	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.3	0.5	52.0	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.8	1.3	0.5	11.5	1.3	0.3	11.5	8.3
North MelbourneOpponent, 3W	4	17.3	13.0	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.3	1.3	5.0	10.3	0.3	267	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.5	3.0	2.0	6.5	0.0	70.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	12.8	3.5	1.0	10.3	1.8	0.0	15.3	8.8
Port AdelaideOpponent, 2W	4	12.3	7.3	5.0	3.8	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.0	1.5	3.3	8.8	0.3	185	0.3	0.8	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	2.8	1.8	3.5	0.0	54.8	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8	2.0	1.0	11.0	0.3	0.3	12.0	5.8
Sydney SwansOpponent, 3W	4	8.5	6.8	1.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.3	2.0	5.8	0.0	192	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	0.0	40.3	3.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	1.3	1.5	5.8	0.8	0.3	7.8	5.0
FremantleOpponent, 3W	3	12.0	9.3	2.7	3.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	7.3	0.0	215	0.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	1.3	57.3	6.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	8.3	1.7	0.3	9.7	2.0	0.7	9.7	6.7
HawthornOpponent, 2W	3	12.3	8.3	4.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	5.0	5.7	0.0	248	0.0	0.7	1.7	3.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	2.3	3.3	3.7	0.0	48.3	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.7	3.3	1.3	12.0	2.0	0.0	10.7	6.3
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 2W	3	15.0	8.3	6.7	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	2.0	4.0	11.3	0.0	210	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.0	2.3	0.0	1.7	3.0	2.3	4.0	0.0	57.7	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	3.7	0.3	6.0	0.3	0.0	15.3	6.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 0W	3	12.3	7.7	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	3.7	8.7	0.0	212	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.7	3.3	1.3	1.0	2.7	3.3	3.3	0.3	47.3	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.3	2.3	0.7	6.7	0.7	0.0	12.3	4.7
St KildaOpponent, 1W	2	13.5	8.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	0.0	238	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	5.5	0.0	53.0	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	3.0	1.0	11.0	1.5	0.0	10.5	7.5
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	1	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	21.0	2.4	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	1.0
People First StadiumGround, 17W	27	12.1	8.1	3.9	3.3	0.1	0.3	2.2	0.3	1.6	4.0	7.3	0.1	222	0.1	0.2	2.1	1.7	2.4	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	3.7	0.3	50.7	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.6	2.9	0.7	10.6	1.3	0.5	11.2	5.5
Marvel StadiumGround, 8W	11	18.4	12.0	6.4	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.7	1.6	4.6	11.8	0.1	335	0.2	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.7	3.6	3.9	0.1	70.0	7.2	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.6	13.6	3.2	0.7	10.2	0.9	0.3	16.5	8.6
Adelaide OvalGround, 2W	6	16.8	10.3	6.5	5.3	0.0	0.3	2.7	0.3	1.3	3.7	12.2	0.2	324	0.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	3.3	2.7	3.5	0.2	69.3	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	13.3	2.8	0.8	11.7	1.8	0.3	15.8	7.8
MCGGround, 5W	6	10.7	7.5	3.2	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.2	1.3	1.7	8.3	0.0	235	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.7	2.2	2.5	1.8	0.2	48.7	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.0	1.5	0.5	11.2	0.8	0.0	10.0	5.3
GabbaGround, 1W	5	11.0	6.8	4.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.2	1.0	3.0	6.8	0.2	216	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	2.6	3.4	1.8	0.4	44.6	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.6	1.8	0.0	9.8	1.2	0.2	9.8	5.2
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	3	10.7	5.3	5.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.3	1.3	3.7	7.7	0.3	199	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.7	2.0	0.7	44.3	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	6.3	2.7	0.3	13.0	0.0	0.3	11.3	2.3
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	3	13.0	6.7	6.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	3.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	9.7	0.0	192	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.7	2.3	1.3	58.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.3	9.0	0.3	0.7	12.7	5.0
SCGGround, 2W	3	10.3	8.0	2.3	4.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	6.7	0.0	206	0.0	0.3	2.7	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.0	49.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.7	2.0	7.3	1.0	0.3	9.3	6.0
TIO StadiumGround, 2W	3	15.7	11.7	4.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	8.3	0.0	295	0.0	0.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	1.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	7.0	0.0	54.3	6.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.3	3.7	1.3	9.3	1.0	0.0	14.3	8.0
Mars StadiumGround, 0W	2	13.0	8.5	4.5	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	3.5	9.5	0.0	234	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.5	0.0	51.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	2.5	0.0	8.0	0.5	0.0	13.0	5.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	21.0	2.4	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	1.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 0W	1	19.0	16.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	12.0	0.0	306	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	83.0	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	13.0