Essendon

Saad El-Hawli

Medium Defender#41AFL

Bio

Born in 2001, Saad El-Hawli made his senior debut with Essendon Football Club in 2025. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 17 of his games across 2025–2026.

Key facts

Age: 25
Height: 184 cm
Number: #41
Born: 15 May 2001
Debut: 2025
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2024 pick 13 (mid- season draft)
Recruited from: Altona, Northern Bullants (VFL)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon 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 AFLEssendon	8	117	70	47	29	2	2	13	5	12	38	76	0	2,069	0	15	6	20	8	3	19	29	32	1	456	49.2	8	1	4	77	29	8	72	5	6	114	38
2025 AFLEssendon	9	100	63	37	28	1	0	13	7	17	26	79	1	2,066	1	9	12	21	5	4	16	25	11	0	398	40.8	8	2	5	71	18	3	90	11	3	105	40
Career2 seasons	17	217	133	84	57	3	2	26	12	29	64	155	1	4,135	1	24	18	41	13	7	35	54	43	1	854	90	16	3	9	148	47	11	162	16	9	219	78

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	13	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	217	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	51	6.5	1	0	0	9	4	1	9	0	0	13	4
Rd 13 v CarltonL 67-72 7 June	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	166	1	0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	21	-1.4	1	0	0	3	2	0	6	0	1	8	0
Rd 12 @ West Coast EaglesL 55-85 31 May	16	10	6	5	0	0	3	1	2	5	10	318	0	1	4	1	0	3	6	2	1	70	2.8	1	0	1	9	3	0	9	1	0	15	3
Rd 8 v Brisbane LionsL 79-143 2 May	17	11	6	4	0	0	2	0	2	5	11	356	5	0	3	1	0	2	2	6	0	66	5.5	3	0	0	13	4	1	4	0	0	16	8
Rd 7 v CollingwoodL 60-137 25 Apr	23	12	11	4	0	0	1	1	1	9	14	335	2	3	3	2	1	2	4	9	0	73	13.5	2	0	1	15	7	2	6	3	0	23	6
Rd 6 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 110-119 18 Apr	14	9	5	4	1	0	6	2	0	5	8	198	1	1	4	0	0	2	5	3	0	79	8.7	0	1	1	8	5	1	15	1	1	13	5
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	13	10	3	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	9	291	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	4	0	51	4.3	0	0	0	9	1	2	12	0	1	12	7
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	13	7	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	10	188	1	0	1	1	1	4	1	4	0	45	9.3	0	0	1	11	3	1	11	0	3	14	5

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 2W	10	13.9	8.6	5.3	3.6	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.5	2.0	4.0	10.3	0.1	281	0.1	2.1	0.9	2.8	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.0	3.1	0.0	52.5	5.9	1.5	0.0	0.5	9.4	2.9	0.7	8.8	0.9	0.6	14.3	4.9
AwayHome or away, 2W	7	11.1	6.7	4.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	2.1	1.0	1.3	3.4	7.4	0.0	189	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.4	1.9	3.4	1.7	0.1	47.0	4.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	7.7	2.6	0.6	10.6	1.0	0.4	10.9	4.1
LossesResult, 0W	13	13.1	8.2	4.8	3.5	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.5	1.6	3.9	9.2	0.1	253	0.1	1.7	1.1	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.9	0.1	52.5	6.0	0.9	0.2	0.4	8.8	2.9	0.8	10.2	0.9	0.6	13.2	4.7
WinsResult, 4W	4	11.8	6.5	5.3	2.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	8.8	0.0	211	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	42.8	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	8.3	2.3	0.0	7.3	1.0	0.3	12.0	4.3
Regular seasonStage, 4W	17	12.8	7.8	4.9	3.4	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.7	1.7	3.8	9.1	0.1	243	0.1	1.4	1.1	2.4	0.8	0.4	2.1	3.2	2.5	0.1	50.2	5.3	0.9	0.2	0.5	8.7	2.8	0.6	9.5	0.9	0.5	12.9	4.6
Western BulldogsOpponent, 0W	3	11.7	8.0	3.7	3.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	9.0	0.3	256	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.7	1.7	0.0	46.3	5.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	8.3	1.7	0.7	11.3	0.7	1.0	12.0	5.3
CarltonOpponent, 0W	2	12.0	8.5	3.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	9.5	0.0	297	0.5	2.0	1.0	5.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	44.5	1.1	1.5	0.0	0.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	11.0	1.0	0.5	12.0	3.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 0W	2	10.5	6.0	4.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	6.5	0.0	156	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	53.5	7.6	0.0	1.0	0.5	7.0	4.0	1.0	15.0	1.5	0.5	10.5	3.5
St KildaOpponent, 0W	2	10.5	7.0	3.5	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	8.0	0.0	211	0.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	0.0	47.0	7.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.5	1.0	8.5	0.5	0.0	11.0	5.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 1W	2	8.5	5.0	3.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	165	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	34.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	5.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	0.5	0.0	8.0	1.5
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 0W	1	17.0	11.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	11.0	0.0	356	0.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	66.0	5.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	8.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 0W	1	23.0	12.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	14.0	0.0	335	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	9.0	0.0	73.0	13.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	7.0	2.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	23.0	6.0
MelbourneOpponent, 1W	1	18.0	8.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	14.0	0.0	213	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	73.0	3.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	7.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 0W	1	13.0	7.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	0.0	188	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	45.0	9.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	3.0	1.0	11.0	0.0	3.0	14.0	5.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 1W	1	7.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	151	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 1W	1	21.0	15.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	17.0	0.0	467	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	82.0	4.2	2.0	0.0	2.0	14.0	3.0	0.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	22.0	9.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 2W	9	12.7	8.2	4.4	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.9	3.6	9.4	0.1	261	0.0	1.9	0.7	1.7	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	2.8	0.0	49.2	5.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	9.2	2.4	0.7	8.7	0.4	0.8	13.0	5.4
MCGGround, 0W	3	15.7	9.7	6.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	4.7	11.0	0.0	310	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	4.3	3.3	0.0	54.0	5.2	1.7	0.0	0.3	9.0	3.3	1.0	9.3	1.7	0.3	15.7	4.0
Optus StadiumGround, 1W	2	8.5	5.0	3.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	165	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	34.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	5.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	0.5	0.0	8.0	1.5
People First StadiumGround, 0W	2	10.5	6.0	4.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	6.5	0.0	156	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	53.5	7.6	0.0	1.0	0.5	7.0	4.0	1.0	15.0	1.5	0.5	10.5	3.5
Adelaide OvalGround, 1W	1	18.0	8.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	14.0	0.0	213	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	73.0	3.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	7.0