Geelong Cats

Sam De Koning

Key Defender#16AFL

Bio

Born in 2001, Sam De Koning made his senior debut with Geelong Football Club in 2021. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 104 of his games across 2021–2026.

Key facts

Age: 25
Height: 204 cm
Number: #16
Born: 26 February 2001
Debut: 2021
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2019 pick 19 (national draft)
Recruited from: Mornington (Vic), Dandenong U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Geelong Football Club

Compare KoningStack 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 AFLGeelong Cats	19	273	109	164	69	1	1	29	39	31	139	128	140	3	2,895	1	21	22	75	52	11	18	52	41	100	4	1,082	174.5	–	0	153	15	24	201	85	35	133	68	4	267	66
2025 AFLGeelong Cats	23	309	169	140	115	3	1	23	19	39	128	178	82	2	4,351	2	16	48	112	49	19	17	60	53	126	0	1,293	205.1	2	0	90	7	12	247	89	43	137	107	5	306	132
2024 AFLGeelong Cats	19	277	123	154	64	3	0	26	25	25	125	148	103	2	3,533	0	14	35	100	52	14	21	40	49	93	1	1,045	176.6	–	0	130	11	14	202	88	25	136	94	3	273	78
2023 AFLGeelong Cats	19	234	129	105	86	0	0	11	8	18	94	142	32	2	3,433	0	12	43	91	28	10	10	33	35	96	1	911	140.6	–	1	45	1	7	182	69	26	93	88	0	236	100
2022 AFLGeelong Cats	23	281	143	138	120	1	0	6	1	15	122	161	4	1	3,390	1	36	58	125	27	24	10	33	41	159	0	1,093	194.4	–	0	4	0	1	234	68	67	95	118	1	283	117
2021 AFLGeelong Cats	1	8	7	1	3	0	2	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	2	4	3	0	0	29	-4.1	–	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	5	2	3	8	2
Career6 seasons	104	1,382	680	702	457	8	4	95	92	130	611	762	362	10	17,602	5	100	206	505	212	78	78	222	222	574	6	5,453	887.1	2	1	424	34	58	1,068	401	196	599	477	16	1,373	495

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

Game
Rd 24 v RichmondW 133-76 22 Aug	14	5	9	4	0	0	0	2	3	5	9	6	0	93	0	1	1	6	2	1	1	2	1	6	0	49	10.9	–	4	1	1	12	2	4	1	6	0	14	3
Rd 22 v EssendonW 117-50 8 Aug	16	4	12	2	0	0	3	4	2	10	6	17	0	111	1	1	0	3	4	1	2	9	2	2	3	66	12.4	–	17	2	2	13	8	1	5	2	1	16	3
Rd 19 v St KildaW 102-75 16 July	19	4	15	3	0	0	2	3	4	11	8	18	0	153	0	3	0	6	4	0	1	1	2	2	1	74	12.5	–	12	1	2	14	5	1	11	6	0	19	3
Rd 18 @ GWS GIANTSL 73-86 11 July	11	1	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	7	17	0	39	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	40	9	–	13	1	1	9	4	0	9	1	0	11	0
Rd 17 v Brisbane LionsL 101-123 2 July	11	7	4	1	0	0	0	3	4	5	6	10	0	198	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	4	3	0	43	7.9	–	8	1	2	8	2	0	5	1	0	11	4
Rd 15 @ FremantleL 90-99 18 June	14	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	4	0	146	0	2	1	3	4	0	3	2	5	7	0	43	1.7	–	14	0	0	8	3	4	7	3	0	13	4
Rd 14 v Gold Coast SUNSW 105-60 12 June	17	5	12	2	0	1	2	4	3	11	6	5	0	194	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	56	13.5	–	7	1	3	13	8	0	7	1	1	17	4
Rd 13 @ Adelaide CrowsL 74-75 4 June	25	7	18	1	0	0	4	11	1	23	2	16	1	196	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	2	4	5	0	90	20	–	20	4	7	15	14	1	12	2	0	25	2
Rd 12 @ CarltonL 84-88 29 May	12	8	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	6	7	3	0	151	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	3	6	0	48	7	–	4	0	0	10	3	4	2	1	0	13	6
Rd 11 v Sydney SwansW 107-80 23 May	16	5	11	2	0	0	4	2	1	8	8	9	1	106	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	9	1	9	0	64	9	–	11	1	1	11	5	2	16	3	0	16	3
Rd 10 @ Brisbane LionsW 117-76 14 May	11	4	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	1	0	72	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	2	1	7	0	40	7.8	–	1	0	0	9	4	1	5	5	0	11	3
Rd 9 v CollingwoodW 122-68 9 May	16	6	10	2	0	0	1	1	2	8	7	7	0	182	0	0	2	3	6	1	0	4	2	5	0	56	6.8	–	9	0	1	11	6	1	2	3	0	15	3
Rd 8 v North MelbourneW 135-86 2 May	13	5	8	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	5	14	0	167	0	1	0	4	5	1	1	2	2	4	0	52	9.1	–	12	2	1	9	4	2	5	3	0	12	3
Rd 6 v Western BulldogsW 131-56 17 Apr	14	7	7	7	0	0	2	1	0	4	10	0	0	151	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	2	6	0	65	7.3	–	0	0	1	12	3	2	5	4	0	14	5
Rd 5 v West Coast EaglesW 122-76 12 Apr	12	4	8	3	1	0	3	1	1	5	6	12	0	166	0	1	2	4	2	0	2	5	0	6	0	61	12.6	–	16	0	1	12	3	2	6	3	1	11	4
Rd 4 @ HawthornL 91-92 6 Apr	10	4	6	4	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	150	0	2	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	5	0	44	9.5	–	0	0	0	7	3	1	12	7	0	10	3
Rd 3 v Adelaide CrowsW 68-60 26 Mar	18	11	7	12	0	0	1	0	1	6	10	0	0	273	0	4	3	9	5	0	1	1	5	9	0	84	6.7	–	0	0	0	12	2	6	6	9	0	16	6
Rd 1 v FremantleW 110-100 14 Mar	11	8	3	5	0	0	4	0	2	5	6	0	1	208	0	1	2	5	2	1	0	3	1	7	0	62	7.9	–	0	0	0	8	3	2	12	5	1	11	5
Opening Round @ Gold Coast SUNSL 69-125 6 Mar	13	6	7	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	8	1	0	139	0	0	2	4	4	0	1	0	4	6	0	45	2.9	–	5	1	1	8	3	1	5	3	0	12	2

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 47W	58	13.4	6.8	6.6	4.6	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.9	1.4	5.8	7.4	3.8	0.1	172	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.5	2.2	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.9	5.4	0.1	54.8	8.3	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.3	0.6	10.4	3.7	2.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	13.2	5.0
AwayHome or away, 25W	46	13.2	6.2	7.0	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	3.0	0.1	166	0.0	0.9	2.2	5.3	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.6	0.0	49.5	8.9	–	0.0	4.0	0.4	0.5	10.1	4.1	1.8	5.5	4.9	0.0	13.2	4.5
WinsResult, 72W	72	13.0	6.6	6.4	4.5	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	5.4	7.4	2.8	0.1	168	0.1	1.0	2.0	5.1	2.2	0.8	0.9	2.3	2.0	5.4	0.1	51.5	8.2	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.2	0.5	10.1	3.5	2.0	5.4	4.8	0.2	12.8	4.9
LossesResult, 0W	31	14.0	6.4	7.6	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.1	7.0	7.1	5.1	0.1	172	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.4	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.6	0.1	54.5	9.4	–	0.0	5.1	0.6	0.6	10.5	4.8	1.6	6.7	4.1	0.1	14.1	4.3
DrawsResult, 0W	1	14.0	7.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	177	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	52.0	8.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	7.0
Regular seasonStage, 67W	98	13.4	6.6	6.8	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.5	0.1	173	0.0	0.9	2.0	4.9	2.1	0.8	0.8	2.1	2.1	5.5	0.1	52.4	8.6	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.3	0.6	10.3	3.9	1.9	5.7	4.7	0.1	13.3	4.8
FinalsStage, 5W	6	12.0	6.0	6.0	5.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.2	4.5	7.7	3.2	0.2	113	0.3	1.2	1.3	3.5	1.7	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.2	5.2	0.0	53.5	6.7	–	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	9.5	2.7	2.2	6.5	3.2	0.5	12.2	4.5
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 5W	9	11.1	5.8	5.3	3.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.9	5.1	6.2	5.1	0.1	157	0.2	0.8	1.9	4.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.0	4.6	0.0	45.6	6.7	–	0.1	4.6	0.3	0.7	8.4	3.4	1.2	6.1	4.3	0.2	11.3	4.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 6W	8	14.6	7.9	6.8	5.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	6.4	8.1	4.1	0.1	209	0.0	1.0	2.6	6.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.0	6.4	0.0	60.5	10.1	–	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.6	11.5	4.4	2.1	6.0	6.0	0.0	14.5	5.8
CollingwoodOpponent, 5W	7	14.0	6.6	7.4	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	5.4	7.6	2.3	0.3	175	0.0	0.7	1.9	4.3	2.6	0.4	0.7	3.6	2.4	5.4	0.0	47.1	8.2	–	0.0	4.4	0.4	0.6	10.4	4.0	1.6	5.0	4.1	0.0	13.0	4.6
EssendonOpponent, 7W	7	11.4	5.1	6.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.3	5.7	5.6	6.6	0.0	124	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.4	2.1	0.4	1.3	2.7	1.6	2.7	0.4	43.6	7.0	–	0.0	8.9	0.4	1.1	8.3	3.9	1.1	5.1	2.1	0.1	11.3	3.4
North MelbourneOpponent, 7W	7	11.0	5.6	5.4	3.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.3	4.6	6.0	2.4	0.0	121	0.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	2.9	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.1	4.1	0.0	38.1	4.6	–	0.0	2.9	0.3	0.1	8.0	2.9	1.7	4.1	4.0	0.4	10.6	4.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 5W	7	12.7	7.4	5.3	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.3	5.4	7.4	1.4	0.0	192	0.0	1.0	1.6	5.1	1.3	1.4	0.7	1.9	1.6	6.0	0.0	53.9	7.5	–	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	10.7	3.0	1.7	3.9	5.1	0.0	12.9	5.7
St KildaOpponent, 4W	7	14.1	6.3	7.9	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	6.9	7.4	6.1	0.0	188	0.0	1.0	2.6	5.4	2.9	1.0	1.1	2.1	2.4	5.3	0.1	52.4	8.8	–	0.0	5.6	0.7	0.6	10.4	4.7	1.4	6.3	5.1	0.0	14.3	4.6
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	6	16.5	8.0	8.5	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	8.0	7.8	2.7	0.2	239	0.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	3.3	6.5	0.0	67.2	8.3	–	0.0	3.3	0.7	1.3	12.2	4.8	2.8	6.5	4.3	0.0	15.8	5.0
CarltonOpponent, 2W	6	13.0	5.7	7.3	3.5	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.3	6.2	3.8	0.0	176	0.0	1.3	2.0	4.3	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.3	6.2	0.2	49.5	10.9	–	0.0	5.3	0.7	0.3	10.7	4.5	2.5	5.8	4.2	0.2	13.5	4.2
HawthornOpponent, 4W	6	13.3	6.8	6.5	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.3	1.3	1.8	6.0	7.2	3.8	0.0	179	0.0	1.5	2.3	7.5	2.2	0.3	0.8	2.8	2.0	4.3	0.0	58.0	11.6	–	0.0	5.8	0.3	1.0	10.5	3.7	1.5	8.7	7.0	0.3	13.2	5.5
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	6	13.3	5.8	7.5	4.7	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	4.3	9.0	3.3	0.3	117	0.0	0.7	2.2	4.2	1.7	0.8	0.7	3.5	2.3	6.2	0.0	53.7	7.7	–	0.0	4.3	0.2	0.2	10.2	2.7	2.3	8.0	4.0	0.2	13.3	4.3
FremantleOpponent, 2W	5	15.8	9.4	6.4	6.2	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.6	1.8	5.4	10.0	4.4	0.4	220	0.0	1.8	1.6	5.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.4	6.0	0.0	71.0	8.4	0.4	0.0	8.4	0.4	0.2	11.4	2.6	3.2	8.6	5.2	0.4	15.4	6.4
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 3W	5	12.2	5.8	6.4	4.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.8	6.4	6.0	1.2	0.0	147	0.0	0.6	1.8	4.2	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.6	1.2	5.2	0.0	43.8	7.8	–	0.0	2.4	0.4	0.8	8.8	4.2	0.8	4.0	3.4	0.2	12.4	4.2
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 1W	5	15.2	5.6	9.6	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.4	1.0	6.2	9.4	3.8	0.2	162	0.0	0.6	2.0	3.2	1.4	0.0	0.6	2.6	2.0	6.2	0.2	60.8	9.6	–	0.0	3.0	0.2	0.2	12.0	5.6	2.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	15.6	4.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 5W	5	11.4	5.8	5.6	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	4.6	6.6	2.4	0.0	151	0.0	0.4	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	6.8	0.0	45.0	10.5	–	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.2	9.8	3.8	2.0	4.0	3.6	0.2	11.2	4.8
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	4	15.0	8.3	6.8	5.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.8	1.0	6.3	8.8	0.8	0.0	155	0.3	0.8	1.8	7.3	1.3	0.8	0.5	2.3	2.3	6.5	0.0	61.3	10.5	–	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	12.0	4.3	2.0	5.5	7.3	0.5	15.0	6.8
RichmondOpponent, 4W	4	13.0	6.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	6.5	6.8	1.8	0.0	159	0.0	1.3	2.5	6.5	1.8	1.8	0.3	1.8	1.8	7.8	0.0	48.8	9.7	–	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.5	11.5	3.5	3.0	2.8	6.0	0.0	13.3	4.8
GMHBA StadiumGround, 34W	43	13.9	7.4	6.5	5.0	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.9	1.5	5.9	7.9	3.9	0.1	190	0.1	1.1	1.8	4.6	2.3	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.0	5.5	0.1	58.0	8.1	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.3	0.6	10.6	3.6	2.1	6.1	4.5	0.3	13.8	5.4
MCGGround, 19W	29	12.7	5.9	6.8	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	5.9	6.8	3.2	0.1	149	0.1	1.0	2.0	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.1	5.2	0.0	48.3	8.9	–	0.0	4.6	0.3	0.6	10.1	3.8	1.8	5.9	4.4	0.1	12.7	4.4
Adelaide OvalGround, 6W	8	14.1	7.0	7.1	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	1.1	7.0	7.1	2.3	0.1	192	0.0	0.4	1.5	6.1	2.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.6	5.9	0.0	54.0	10.2	–	0.0	2.8	0.5	1.0	10.6	5.4	1.8	5.6	5.8	0.0	14.1	4.4
Marvel StadiumGround, 3W	6	12.7	5.5	7.2	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	6.7	6.0	4.3	0.0	165	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.0	6.0	0.0	49.2	9.9	–	0.0	4.5	0.7	0.2	10.3	4.8	1.7	4.3	4.3	0.0	12.7	4.5
GabbaGround, 2W	4	13.5	7.3	6.3	2.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.8	6.0	7.5	5.3	0.0	213	0.0	0.3	3.0	6.8	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	4.5	0.0	50.8	6.9	–	0.3	4.5	0.5	1.0	9.5	4.8	0.5	5.5	6.5	0.0	13.5	4.5
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	3	12.0	7.0	5.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	4.7	7.0	1.3	0.0	167	0.0	0.7	2.0	3.7	1.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	7.0	0.0	41.3	7.2	–	0.0	4.7	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.7	2.3	3.7	3.7	0.0	11.7	5.3
People First StadiumGround, 1W	3	10.3	5.7	4.7	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	5.3	5.3	0.3	0.0	124	0.0	1.0	1.3	3.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	6.0	0.0	39.3	6.9	–	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	7.3	2.7	1.3	4.0	2.3	0.0	10.7	3.7
SCGGround, 1W	3	12.7	4.7	8.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	4.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	101	0.0	0.3	2.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.7	2.7	7.0	0.0	46.3	8.7	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	2.7	6.0	5.3	0.0	12.7	3.7
Ninja StadiumGround, 2W	2	13.0	5.5	7.5	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	5.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	88.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	5.0	0.0	40.5	7.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.5	2.5	5.5	6.5	0.0	13.0	5.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	1	17.0	4.0	13.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	155	0.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	7.0	0.0	65.0	9.2	–	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	6.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	0.0	18.0	2.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	1	11.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	17.0	0.0	39.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	40.0	9.0	–	0.0	13.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	0.0
Norwood OvalGround, 1W	1	12.0	4.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	166	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	61.0	12.6	–	0.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	11.0	4.0

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