Essendon

Archie Perkins

Medium Forward#16AFL

Key facts

Age: 24
Height: 188 cm
Number: #16
Born: 26 March 2002
Debut: 2021
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2020 pick 9 (national draft)
Recruited from: Old Brighton (Vic), Brighton Grammar (Vic), Sandringham U18

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

Season
2026 AFLEssendon	16	227	131	96	85	7	10	23	1	50	57	171	7	3,997	12	4	10	7	29	8	6	60	45	21	7	974	113.2	–	7	0	0	1	159	45	5	158	7	21	228	82
2025 AFLEssendon	21	295	154	141	59	17	6	48	29	39	106	183	7	4,330	12	10	14	4	56	11	12	65	64	29	13	1,196	161.8	–	3	108	10	19	207	78	3	243	4	28	289	97
2024 AFLEssendon	18	276	165	111	56	5	7	67	40	60	99	169	11	4,881	7	4	21	11	39	14	11	68	57	27	12	1,171	139.6	3	7	178	16	24	181	69	5	320	6	15	268	90
2023 AFLEssendon	23	351	219	132	95	18	13	65	32	82	125	233	10	6,817	16	7	18	16	55	18	19	111	83	27	18	1,548	180.8	–	3	151	13	19	238	83	4	352	8	41	358	144
2022 AFLEssendon	18	219	151	68	68	16	13	45	17	47	71	150	11	4,404	19	7	7	3	28	16	9	83	43	18	10	1,071	139.4	–	0	106	7	10	154	42	2	279	0	36	221	97
2021 AFLEssendon	21	238	116	122	58	9	14	42	11	54	86	155	9	3,425	9	5	2	8	41	13	13	83	50	19	14	976	102.6	2	5	50	0	11	160	70	0	282	7	24	241	67
Career6 seasons	117	1,606	936	670	421	72	63	290	130	332	544	1,061	55	27,854	75	37	72	49	248	80	70	470	342	141	74	6,936	837.4	5	25	593	46	84	1,099	387	19	1,634	32	165	1,605	577

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 v Port AdelaideL 95-105 23 Aug	13	10	3	9	1	1	2	0	4	4	9	1	305	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	1	1	1	78	12	–	0	0	8	2	1	12	2	4	13	7
Rd 23 v Sydney SwansL 76-112 16 Aug	9	7	2	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	1	158	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	0	0	53	6.7	–	2	0	7	1	0	14	0	2	9	5
Rd 22 @ Geelong CatsL 50-117 8 Aug	11	7	4	2	2	0	2	0	5	7	5	0	217	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	2	0	54	11.7	–	0	0	9	5	1	11	0	2	12	5
Rd 18 @ Brisbane LionsL 59-149 12 July	13	8	5	7	0	1	1	0	3	1	12	1	276	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	60	6	–	0	0	11	1	1	5	1	1	13	6
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	15	6	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	8	0	251	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	43	7.6	–	0	0	12	7	0	7	1	0	16	6
Rd 16 @ North MelbourneL 65-79 28 June	12	9	3	7	0	4	2	0	3	1	10	0	245	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	66	-0.6	–	0	0	5	1	0	6	0	4	11	3
Rd 14 @ MelbourneL 50-95 13 June	14	8	6	7	0	0	2	0	5	2	12	0	244	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	65	6.4	–	0	0	10	2	0	9	1	0	14	4
Rd 13 v CarltonL 67-72 7 June	17	8	9	5	0	0	1	0	3	2	15	0	291	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	5	0	0	58	4.2	–	0	0	14	2	0	8	0	0	17	6
Rd 12 @ West Coast EaglesL 55-85 31 May	19	9	10	3	0	0	2	1	3	5	15	2	258	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	3	7	1	1	58	3.3	–	0	1	11	5	0	14	0	1	20	4
Rd 11 @ RichmondL 56-74 22 May	19	10	9	7	0	1	2	0	6	4	15	1	361	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	5	3	3	0	79	9.4	–	0	0	15	3	1	15	2	1	19	9
Rd 10 v FremantleL 61-104 17 May	16	9	7	4	0	1	1	0	3	6	11	0	325	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	6	5	4	1	58	10.9	–	0	0	11	6	0	15	0	1	17	6
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	19	15	4	10	1	0	1	0	5	3	15	0	367	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	2	3	1	94	13.6	–	1	0	15	2	1	13	0	1	18	11
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	8	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	6	0	144	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	38	3.6	–	0	0	3	2	0	9	0	0	8	1
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	16	7	9	6	0	2	1	0	2	5	12	0	204	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	64	5.7	–	0	0	10	3	0	10	0	2	17	3
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	9	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	5	0	128	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	40	5.1	–	2	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	7	2
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	17	8	9	3	1	0	2	0	4	4	13	1	223	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	66	7.6	–	2	0	12	3	0	8	0	1	17	4

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 16 of 61	61	13.4	8.0	5.4	3.6	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.9	2.9	4.3	9.1	0.4	241	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	3.7	3.0	1.3	0.7	58.4	6.6	–	0.1	5.3	0.4	0.6	9.2	3.0	0.2	14.3	0.3	1.3	13.5	4.9
HomeHome or away · won 23 of 56	56	14.1	8.1	6.0	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.8	5.0	9.0	0.5	235	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.2	0.6	0.6	4.4	2.8	1.1	0.6	60.2	7.7	0.1	0.3	4.9	0.4	0.9	9.6	3.6	0.1	13.6	0.3	1.6	14.0	5.0
LossesResult	78	13.1	7.5	5.6	3.6	0.5	0.5	2.3	0.9	2.5	4.3	8.8	0.3	225	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	3.6	2.8	1.3	0.6	55.9	6.3	–	0.2	4.4	0.3	0.6	9.0	3.1	0.2	13.1	0.2	1.3	13.1	4.6
WinsResult	39	15.1	9.0	6.0	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.9	1.5	3.5	5.3	9.7	0.7	265	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.4	0.8	0.7	4.8	3.1	1.1	0.7	66.1	8.9	0.1	0.2	6.5	0.6	1.0	10.2	3.6	0.1	15.6	0.4	1.7	15.0	5.5
Regular seasonStage · won 39 of 116	116	13.8	8.1	5.7	3.6	0.6	0.5	2.5	1.1	2.9	4.7	9.1	0.5	240	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	2.1	0.7	0.6	4.1	2.9	1.2	0.6	59.6	7.2	0.0	0.2	5.1	0.4	0.7	9.4	3.3	0.2	14.0	0.3	1.4	13.8	5.0
FinalsStage · won 0 of 1	1	6.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	33.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	3.9	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	1.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 7 of 9	9	14.7	8.7	6.0	5.4	1.0	1.0	2.4	1.1	2.6	5.0	9.9	0.2	220	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.0	0.6	0.7	4.7	2.4	0.8	0.7	69.7	8.6	–	0.1	5.3	0.3	0.8	9.9	3.3	0.1	15.0	0.2	2.2	14.9	5.2
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 1 of 9	9	11.8	6.3	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.1	2.2	1.3	1.6	5.4	6.4	0.4	159	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.1	0.8	2.7	1.9	1.0	0.9	49.7	7.1	–	0.2	5.0	0.9	0.4	8.7	3.6	0.1	13.6	0.1	1.1	11.9	3.9
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 0 of 8	8	13.9	7.5	6.4	2.9	0.3	0.1	2.1	0.8	2.6	5.5	8.9	0.3	234	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.3	2.5	0.5	0.6	2.5	3.9	1.3	0.1	52.6	6.1	–	0.0	7.0	0.3	0.5	9.4	4.1	0.3	12.4	0.1	0.6	14.4	4.8
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 2 of 8	8	14.5	8.1	6.4	4.6	0.9	0.6	2.8	0.6	3.4	4.5	10.8	0.6	220	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	3.1	0.4	1.0	4.3	2.9	1.6	0.9	65.3	8.0	–	0.5	5.5	0.1	0.5	10.4	3.0	0.5	13.6	0.1	1.6	15.3	5.3
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 6 of 8	8	15.1	9.3	5.9	3.9	0.6	0.8	2.9	1.6	4.1	5.6	9.5	1.0	308	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	0.5	0.8	5.1	3.8	0.9	0.5	65.4	7.2	–	0.1	9.0	0.5	1.1	9.6	3.9	0.1	15.3	0.4	1.9	15.1	5.5
CarltonOpponent · won 1 of 7	7	17.4	9.0	8.4	3.4	0.1	0.7	3.6	2.1	3.1	5.1	11.9	0.4	310	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	0.6	0.9	5.1	3.6	1.6	0.7	68.0	7.0	–	0.4	6.6	0.4	1.7	12.1	4.1	0.3	14.0	0.3	1.0	17.0	5.6
CollingwoodOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	13.1	8.1	5.0	3.7	0.7	0.4	2.7	1.0	2.9	4.6	8.7	0.7	250	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	0.7	0.4	4.6	2.6	1.1	0.9	60.6	8.7	–	0.1	2.9	0.3	0.7	9.6	3.1	0.3	17.3	0.4	1.3	13.3	5.6
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 0 of 7	7	12.9	8.4	4.4	3.9	1.0	0.9	2.7	0.9	3.0	3.4	9.0	0.3	258	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	5.1	1.3	1.1	0.1	62.7	7.6	–	0.4	4.6	0.3	0.6	8.1	2.1	0.1	13.0	0.3	2.6	12.4	4.6
RichmondOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	14.4	9.3	5.1	4.4	0.3	0.4	1.6	1.1	4.0	4.3	10.0	0.6	303	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.3	2.4	0.9	0.4	3.4	4.3	1.3	0.3	59.4	6.4	–	0.3	4.1	0.1	1.0	9.7	3.0	0.1	15.3	0.3	1.1	14.3	6.0
St KildaOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	14.1	8.4	5.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	2.3	0.7	3.1	4.7	9.7	0.4	242	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.0	0.6	4.3	3.3	1.0	0.6	58.3	7.4	–	0.0	4.3	0.3	0.4	9.9	3.3	0.0	12.4	0.3	1.6	14.4	5.4
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 1 of 7	7	8.0	3.9	4.1	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.4	0.3	1.0	2.1	5.9	0.1	104	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.6	33.3	4.1	–	0.0	2.6	0.3	0.0	6.3	1.3	0.0	11.9	0.1	0.4	8.0	2.6
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 0 of 6	6	14.2	10.0	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	11.0	0.2	283	0.5	0.2	1.2	0.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	4.0	4.0	1.3	0.5	66.2	4.4	–	0.0	4.5	0.2	0.2	9.8	2.2	0.2	15.0	0.3	1.3	13.7	6.5
HawthornOpponent · won 4 of 6	6	17.5	10.2	7.3	3.3	1.3	0.8	4.0	2.2	3.7	6.0	11.0	1.2	313	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	6.5	3.0	1.7	0.7	79.5	13.0	0.5	0.7	6.5	1.0	1.2	12.0	5.0	0.3	14.8	0.3	2.3	17.0	6.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 2 of 6	6	14.0	8.3	5.7	3.7	0.5	0.3	2.5	1.0	3.0	5.7	8.5	0.5	231	0.7	0.3	1.2	0.5	2.0	1.2	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	60.3	6.5	–	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	8.8	4.3	0.0	11.8	0.3	0.8	14.2	4.3
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	14.2	7.6	6.6	2.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	1.6	2.8	4.8	8.6	0.2	217	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	4.6	1.6	1.2	1.2	65.8	8.5	0.4	0.4	10.6	1.0	0.6	9.6	2.6	0.2	12.8	0.6	2.8	13.4	4.4
FremantleOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	12.0	6.4	5.6	2.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.2	4.6	7.6	0.4	212	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	2.0	0.6	40.6	4.3	–	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	7.6	3.6	0.0	12.0	0.2	0.4	12.2	4.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	11.0	6.2	4.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	2.6	1.2	3.4	4.4	6.2	0.4	194	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	0.4	1.0	3.8	2.2	1.0	1.4	46.4	6.0	–	0.4	4.8	0.4	0.8	7.4	3.6	0.0	17.2	0.4	0.6	10.6	4.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 21 of 40	40	13.0	7.5	5.5	3.5	0.8	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.5	4.6	8.5	0.5	207	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.7	0.7	0.6	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.8	58.1	7.3	0.1	0.1	5.0	0.4	0.6	8.8	3.0	0.1	13.4	0.3	1.8	13.1	4.7
MCGGround · won 9 of 38	38	14.9	8.8	6.1	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	1.4	3.1	4.7	10.1	0.6	277	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	0.6	0.5	4.4	3.3	1.4	0.5	63.8	7.7	0.1	0.3	4.8	0.4	1.0	10.2	3.6	0.2	14.4	0.3	1.3	14.8	5.5
Optus StadiumGround · won 4 of 9	9	14.2	8.8	5.4	3.6	0.4	0.8	2.2	1.1	3.9	4.7	9.4	0.8	306	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.4	3.0	0.4	0.7	4.3	4.0	1.2	0.4	58.7	5.4	–	0.0	5.2	0.1	1.0	8.8	3.3	0.1	14.1	0.4	1.7	14.1	5.3
Adelaide OvalGround · won 2 of 6	6	14.5	8.8	5.7	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	0.8	4.0	4.7	9.3	0.5	275	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	2.0	1.2	0.7	4.8	2.8	1.2	0.0	62.0	8.5	–	0.5	5.5	0.5	0.3	9.5	3.0	0.0	12.2	0.2	1.7	14.0	4.5
GabbaGround · won 0 of 5	5	14.8	9.8	5.0	5.4	0.2	0.6	2.2	0.4	2.0	2.8	11.4	0.2	295	0.4	0.0	1.4	0.4	2.6	0.2	0.2	3.6	4.4	1.4	0.4	65.8	3.1	–	0.0	5.2	0.2	0.2	10.2	2.4	0.2	15.4	0.4	0.8	14.2	6.2
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 1 of 5	5	12.6	6.6	6.0	2.8	0.6	0.2	2.4	0.8	2.4	6.8	6.8	0.2	212	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	3.0	1.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.4	0.6	50.4	7.0	–	0.0	4.8	0.4	0.4	8.6	5.4	0.2	13.6	0.2	0.8	13.6	4.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 0 of 4	4	14.5	8.0	6.5	5.5	0.8	0.5	2.5	0.3	3.0	3.8	11.8	0.0	187	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	3.3	0.8	1.5	3.8	3.3	1.8	0.8	64.8	6.4	–	0.3	6.8	0.0	0.3	11.0	2.3	0.8	14.5	0.0	1.3	15.5	5.3
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 4	4	11.3	6.5	4.8	3.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	1.3	2.5	4.8	6.5	0.5	176	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.8	3.8	2.0	0.8	1.3	50.5	8.9	–	1.0	6.5	0.5	0.8	9.3	3.5	0.0	14.5	0.5	0.8	11.3	4.5
SCGGround · won 0 of 4	4	12.8	6.0	6.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.0	2.0	6.5	6.0	0.5	149	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	1.8	1.8	0.8	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	51.0	7.7	–	0.0	6.5	1.3	0.8	9.3	3.8	0.0	15.5	0.0	1.0	12.5	3.5
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	6.5	1.0	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	4.0	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	19.5	3.7	–	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.5	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	0.5

Recent games

July '2625
@ Box Hill Hawks
28 disp · 6 marks · 3 tackles
W 71-46

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