Essendon

Sam Durham

Midfielder#22AFL

Key facts

Age: 25
Height: 185 cm
Number: #22
Born: 9 July 2001
Debut: 2021
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2021 pick 9 (mid- season draft)
Recruited from: Seymour (Vic), Murray U18, Richmond (VFL)

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

Season
2026 AFLEssendon	20	402	189	213	72	9	6	80	82	80	179	233	12	6,046	9	8	23	21	78	23	35	109	67	41	15	1,507	230.1	9	322	38	44	296	119	7	381	7	16	412	117
2025 AFLEssendon	20	437	201	236	59	8	7	82	107	79	236	216	14	6,554	7	7	23	30	86	26	31	104	75	49	10	1,568	269.2	6	305	41	66	311	159	5	378	13	21	452	115
2024 AFLEssendon	22	470	235	235	88	10	5	97	91	99	195	286	10	8,033	5	7	27	30	77	23	30	114	74	53	10	1,825	278.2	10	305	37	54	354	126	14	452	11	17	481	150
2023 AFLEssendon	22	363	178	185	107	5	2	47	24	40	137	237	5	5,032	8	9	27	34	64	13	24	85	82	53	8	1,386	167.9	5	0	4	20	273	104	9	297	20	11	374	123
2022 AFLEssendon	20	301	140	161	91	5	6	35	20	29	117	192	5	3,595	8	7	26	33	55	17	24	67	50	61	4	1,136	128.4	10	0	3	17	241	79	13	279	14	11	309	100
2021 AFLEssendon	7	99	47	52	31	1	2	9	10	13	34	68	4	1,190	2	1	11	9	10	4	1	30	16	19	0	383	45.6	1	0	2	8	80	26	4	114	3	4	102	34
Career6 seasons	111	2,072	990	1,082	448	38	28	350	334	340	898	1,232	50	30,450	39	39	137	157	370	106	145	509	364	276	47	7,805	1119.4	41	932	125	209	1,555	613	52	1,901	68	80	2,130	639

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 22 @ Geelong CatsL 50-117 8 Aug	13	9	4	3	0	1	3	1	2	6	7	1	201	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	6	3	0	2	51	5.3	0	0	0	1	8	5	0	13	0	1	13	6
Rd 21 v Adelaide CrowsL 73-145 2 Aug	24	11	13	4	0	0	6	4	5	11	14	0	251	1	1	1	0	4	1	2	5	3	3	2	90	9.8	0	25	3	1	17	6	0	25	0	0	25	7
Rd 20 @ HawthornL 39-132 25 July	14	5	9	5	0	2	7	4	2	7	7	0	157	2	1	2	2	4	1	3	6	1	1	3	70	4.5	0	16	1	3	10	4	1	23	1	2	14	3
Rd 19 v GWS GIANTSW 67-64 19 July	25	11	14	4	0	1	3	7	8	13	15	2	443	1	1	0	1	4	3	2	6	1	2	1	83	13.7	3	18	2	5	20	7	0	10	0	1	28	8
Rd 18 @ Brisbane LionsL 59-149 12 July	22	15	7	4	1	0	1	5	7	9	14	0	413	1	1	1	2	6	2	2	6	3	1	0	77	12.3	0	21	1	4	19	5	0	11	1	1	23	12
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	24	11	13	3	0	1	1	9	3	12	12	2	331	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	7	2	2	0	69	18.4	0	22	3	6	19	9	0	21	1	1	24	7
Rd 16 @ North MelbourneL 65-79 28 June	25	9	16	4	2	0	6	5	3	10	13	1	275	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	2	5	0	108	22.6	1	17	3	2	21	6	1	28	0	2	23	7
Rd 14 @ MelbourneL 50-95 13 June	23	10	13	3	0	1	8	4	0	9	13	0	90	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	5	5	4	0	97	4.8	0	18	0	4	15	4	1	25	1	1	22	3
Rd 13 v CarltonL 67-72 7 June	30	16	14	10	1	0	5	3	7	11	20	0	442	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	8	3	2	0	132	23	0	18	2	1	23	8	0	27	0	1	31	10
Rd 11 @ RichmondL 56-74 22 May	6	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	16	0.6	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	6	1
Rd 10 v FremantleL 61-104 17 May	20	9	11	2	0	0	4	7	4	11	8	0	281	0	0	1	3	7	0	3	4	4	2	1	62	9.9	0	21	4	3	13	9	0	25	1	0	19	4
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	26	10	16	3	0	0	6	8	5	16	12	0	428	0	0	3	2	4	1	1	7	4	2	3	93	13.9	0	25	3	5	16	11	0	21	0	0	28	4
Rd 8 v Brisbane LionsL 79-143 2 May	27	12	15	4	0	0	4	9	7	18	10	0	463	0	1	0	0	6	3	2	8	2	4	1	91	15.6	0	31	5	4	17	13	1	16	0	1	28	5
Rd 7 v CollingwoodL 60-137 25 Apr	15	11	4	5	1	0	2	1	5	5	9	0	382	1	1	0	0	6	1	2	4	7	0	0	65	6.6	1	19	1	0	11	2	0	24	0	1	14	8
Rd 6 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 110-119 18 Apr	17	8	9	1	0	0	5	1	5	7	9	1	236	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	67	11.1	0	4	1	0	13	5	0	19	0	0	16	5
Rd 5 v MelbourneW 113-68 11 Apr	16	11	5	6	1	0	1	0	4	5	13	1	413	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	5	5	2	0	68	10.5	1	0	0	0	14	4	0	10	1	1	18	9
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	12	5	7	2	0	0	6	1	1	6	9	0	209	0	1	3	2	5	2	3	3	4	3	2	52	7.6	0	9	0	1	8	3	1	24	1	0	15	2
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	19	6	13	4	0	0	1	4	4	6	13	3	193	0	0	2	0	8	0	5	4	4	3	0	45	9.9	2	19	3	1	16	6	1	19	0	0	19	4
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	21	9	12	0	1	0	7	4	6	6	16	0	381	0	0	2	0	6	1	3	6	6	1	0	77	14.5	1	22	4	0	17	3	0	24	0	1	22	6
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	23	10	13	4	2	0	4	5	2	9	15	1	426	1	0	3	1	4	1	1	5	5	2	0	94	15.5	0	16	2	3	16	7	1	15	0	2	24	6

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 16W	56	18.2	8.7	9.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	3.3	2.9	3.0	7.9	10.8	0.4	259	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.4	3.2	1.0	1.3	4.3	3.3	2.3	0.5	69.1	9.3	0.2	7.6	1.0	1.9	13.5	5.1	0.4	17.1	0.6	0.7	18.6	5.6
HomeHome or away, 24W	55	19.2	9.1	10.0	4.3	0.3	0.3	3.0	3.2	3.1	8.3	11.4	0.5	290	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	4.9	3.3	2.7	0.3	71.6	10.9	0.5	9.2	1.3	1.9	14.5	5.9	0.6	17.2	0.6	0.8	19.7	5.9
LossesResult, 0W	70	18.1	8.9	9.2	3.8	0.3	0.2	3.3	3.1	3.2	7.9	10.6	0.4	279	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.6	0.9	1.5	4.1	3.5	2.4	0.5	68.4	9.4	0.3	9.2	1.3	1.8	13.3	5.3	0.5	17.9	0.6	0.6	18.5	5.5
WinsResult, 40W	40	19.6	8.9	10.7	4.4	0.4	0.3	2.9	2.8	2.9	8.4	11.9	0.6	263	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	1.0	1.0	5.4	2.9	2.6	0.3	73.6	11.2	0.5	6.8	0.8	2.0	15.2	5.9	0.4	15.8	0.7	0.9	20.3	6.2
DrawsResult, 0W	1	22.0	11.0	11.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	1.0	411	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	73.0	12.2	0.0	17.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	6.0	2.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	22.0	7.0
Regular seasonStage, 40W	110	18.7	8.9	9.7	4.0	0.3	0.3	3.2	3.0	3.1	8.1	11.1	0.5	275	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.4	3.4	1.0	1.3	4.6	3.3	2.5	0.4	70.4	10.1	0.4	8.5	1.1	1.9	14.0	5.5	0.5	17.1	0.6	0.7	19.2	5.8
FinalsStage, 0W	1	17.0	7.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	202	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	65.0	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	4.0	1.0	22.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	5.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 2W	9	18.3	9.9	8.4	5.6	0.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	3.4	7.2	11.4	0.3	307	0.4	0.4	1.2	0.8	3.9	1.0	1.4	4.0	3.3	2.6	0.1	72.7	9.3	0.7	7.9	0.7	1.3	14.1	4.8	0.3	18.3	0.2	0.4	18.7	6.9
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 3W	8	19.5	9.8	9.8	4.1	0.6	0.5	3.9	3.5	3.4	8.8	11.3	0.5	292	0.8	0.4	2.5	1.6	3.1	0.9	1.0	5.5	3.8	2.3	0.0	78.8	9.4	0.1	7.3	1.4	2.1	13.1	5.8	0.4	19.6	0.6	1.1	20.0	5.9
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 3W	8	18.8	9.1	9.6	3.5	0.0	0.5	3.3	3.6	3.8	9.0	10.1	0.5	315	0.3	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.1	0.9	1.0	4.3	3.0	2.8	0.6	68.5	10.2	0.6	9.3	1.3	2.4	13.3	6.4	0.4	17.1	0.3	0.6	19.1	5.5
North MelbourneOpponent, 6W	8	18.6	7.4	11.3	4.6	0.3	0.1	2.6	2.1	2.5	6.3	12.6	1.0	225	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.9	0.5	1.4	5.0	2.6	3.0	0.3	67.0	11.7	1.0	8.1	1.0	1.1	15.1	4.6	0.9	19.5	0.4	0.4	18.9	5.5
Sydney SwansOpponent, 2W	8	15.9	8.9	7.0	4.3	0.4	0.4	2.8	1.6	3.0	6.1	9.9	0.0	273	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.8	3.8	1.0	1.6	4.1	3.5	2.4	0.8	63.1	7.6	0.1	3.9	0.4	1.3	11.8	4.5	0.6	15.8	0.5	1.0	16.0	5.8
Western BulldogsOpponent, 2W	8	18.5	7.6	10.9	3.6	0.3	0.1	2.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	11.0	0.4	257	0.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.3	1.5	1.0	3.9	4.1	2.8	0.3	66.6	10.3	0.3	9.0	2.1	1.4	14.4	5.5	0.5	18.5	0.8	0.6	19.8	5.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 1W	7	17.1	8.7	8.4	3.9	0.3	0.1	2.4	3.0	3.0	6.7	10.6	0.3	233	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	1.1	4.9	2.0	1.9	0.7	64.0	8.9	0.1	7.9	1.1	1.9	13.0	4.3	0.4	12.7	1.0	0.6	17.3	5.9
RichmondOpponent, 3W	7	17.1	8.7	8.4	3.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.0	2.6	8.6	9.4	0.3	274	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.6	3.7	3.7	2.3	0.6	62.4	10.4	0.3	5.7	0.9	2.1	12.4	6.6	0.4	13.7	1.0	1.0	18.0	5.4
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 3W	6	21.5	9.3	12.2	3.7	0.3	0.2	5.0	4.3	3.3	10.8	12.0	0.7	277	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.3	0.7	2.0	4.7	3.5	3.5	0.7	80.2	13.0	1.0	16.2	1.8	2.5	16.0	7.7	0.8	19.2	1.2	0.7	22.8	5.8
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	6	21.0	9.7	11.3	4.2	0.3	0.2	3.3	3.0	2.5	7.3	13.5	0.3	302	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.7	1.5	1.3	5.5	4.0	2.5	0.2	77.2	9.1	0.3	7.8	0.3	2.7	16.5	4.3	0.7	19.7	0.5	0.7	20.8	6.3
St KildaOpponent, 2W	6	19.3	9.3	10.0	3.8	0.3	0.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	8.7	10.8	0.5	225	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.2	2.0	1.5	1.3	5.8	1.7	1.8	0.2	71.5	11.4	0.2	11.0	1.3	3.0	15.7	5.5	0.2	15.7	0.8	0.8	19.5	6.7
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 5W	6	19.3	7.7	11.7	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.8	11.7	0.3	271	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.5	4.2	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.2	2.5	0.5	61.5	9.9	0.7	8.3	1.2	2.2	14.3	6.5	0.0	12.8	0.3	0.8	20.5	3.8
CarltonOpponent, 1W	5	20.6	11.0	9.6	5.8	0.4	0.0	4.0	2.8	3.4	8.6	12.4	0.2	352	0.4	0.4	2.2	1.4	4.0	0.8	1.6	4.4	3.8	3.2	0.0	84.0	12.5	0.0	9.0	1.2	1.6	16.2	5.8	0.6	18.0	0.6	0.6	21.0	7.6
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	5	16.2	8.2	8.0	3.8	0.0	0.4	5.0	2.8	3.0	7.4	8.6	0.8	252	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.8	0.4	1.2	4.0	2.2	1.8	1.2	69.2	8.0	0.0	6.4	1.4	1.4	10.8	5.6	0.4	18.0	0.6	0.4	16.0	3.8
HawthornOpponent, 2W	5	19.0	8.6	10.4	4.0	0.8	0.6	4.2	4.2	2.6	10.2	10.8	0.8	260	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.6	2.6	1.8	1.2	5.6	2.4	1.8	0.8	79.0	12.2	0.0	12.8	1.2	3.0	14.6	6.2	0.4	16.0	0.4	1.4	21.0	6.4
Port AdelaideOpponent, 1W	5	19.2	9.6	9.6	3.6	0.4	0.0	3.0	1.8	3.6	7.8	11.6	0.6	302	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.8	1.0	6.0	3.8	2.4	0.4	71.0	11.2	0.2	7.2	1.0	0.8	14.8	5.2	0.4	17.2	0.6	0.8	19.4	6.8
FremantleOpponent, 1W	4	18.8	8.5	10.3	3.8	0.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	3.3	7.8	11.3	0.3	243	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.3	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.8	4.3	2.8	0.3	64.0	6.5	0.3	7.3	1.0	1.8	13.0	5.5	0.5	19.3	1.0	0.3	19.0	4.5
Marvel StadiumGround, 20W	41	19.8	9.0	10.8	3.8	0.3	0.3	3.1	3.6	3.5	9.0	11.5	0.6	286	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.5	1.1	1.3	5.1	3.2	2.9	0.4	71.9	11.3	0.6	10.0	1.6	2.0	14.7	6.0	0.5	17.6	0.7	0.8	20.4	5.7
MCGGround, 10W	38	18.3	9.1	9.2	4.4	0.4	0.2	3.3	2.8	2.8	7.9	10.8	0.4	273	0.4	0.3	1.3	1.4	3.2	0.9	1.2	4.3	3.2	2.4	0.4	72.1	10.0	0.3	8.6	0.9	1.9	13.9	5.3	0.5	17.7	0.6	0.7	18.7	6.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	6	21.3	9.7	11.7	4.2	0.5	0.0	4.3	2.7	4.2	8.3	13.8	0.2	329	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.3	3.7	0.8	1.7	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.3	81.0	12.7	0.5	9.3	0.8	1.8	17.7	5.8	0.3	17.5	0.8	0.7	22.2	7.3
GabbaGround, 1W	5	16.6	9.0	7.6	3.8	0.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	2.6	5.4	11.4	0.4	204	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	1.2	1.0	4.6	2.2	1.6	0.8	62.2	8.8	0.2	4.8	0.6	1.6	13.2	3.0	0.4	11.2	1.0	0.4	16.8	6.8
Optus StadiumGround, 3W	5	16.0	6.6	9.4	3.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.8	1.6	7.8	9.6	0.2	215	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.6	4.8	0.2	2.8	2.6	4.4	2.2	0.4	49.4	6.7	0.6	6.6	0.6	2.2	11.2	6.0	0.2	12.6	0.8	0.6	17.4	3.2
People First StadiumGround, 1W	5	15.8	9.0	6.8	4.8	0.4	0.4	3.4	1.8	2.6	5.8	10.6	0.4	248	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.6	2.6	0.6	0.6	3.8	3.2	2.4	0.0	70.2	7.4	0.0	5.8	0.4	1.4	11.8	3.8	0.6	18.4	0.0	0.8	16.4	6.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	4	17.3	8.3	9.0	3.5	0.3	0.5	3.3	3.0	1.8	8.0	9.0	0.8	225	0.5	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.0	0.5	1.0	4.0	2.8	1.5	0.8	65.8	7.0	0.0	3.5	1.3	1.8	12.0	6.3	0.0	16.0	0.8	0.8	17.0	4.5
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	3	19.7	8.3	11.3	2.7	0.0	0.3	4.0	3.3	3.0	8.7	11.3	0.3	321	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.7	0.7	1.3	4.3	4.0	2.7	1.0	68.7	8.4	0.0	8.3	1.0	2.3	13.7	6.3	0.3	17.0	0.0	0.3	20.0	5.0
SCGGround, 0W	3	16.7	10.3	6.3	4.7	0.0	0.7	2.3	2.0	4.3	7.3	9.3	0.0	329	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	3.3	1.0	1.7	4.0	4.7	2.0	1.0	63.7	7.1	0.0	4.0	0.3	1.7	11.7	5.3	0.3	18.3	0.7	1.0	16.7	5.7
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	17.0	7.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	202	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	65.0	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	4.0	1.0	22.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	5.0

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.