Melbourne

Joel Fitzgerald

Midfielder#47AFL

Key facts

Age: 23
Height: 189 cm
Number: #47
Born: 8 August 2003
Debut: 2026
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2026 pick 16 (mid- season draft)
Recruited from: Williamstown (VFL)

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

Season
2026 AFLMelbourne	11	218	107	111	18	2	2	53	36	37	82	133	0	6	2,604	1	0	10	5	35	6	9	48	41	23	8	802	81.9	1	0	178	15	21	138	60	1	178	2	6	215	46

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Wildcard Finals v CarltonL 55-74 29 Aug	15	5	10	0	0	0	4	4	2	8	6	0	156	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	52	12.3	–	7	2	2	11	4	0	12	0	0	14	2
Rd 24 v Western BulldogsL 87-108 22 Aug	24	15	9	1	0	0	6	1	4	5	16	1	279	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	6	1	0	91	2.3	–	15	0	1	11	4	0	19	0	0	21	2
Rd 23 @ Port AdelaideW 132-56 15 Aug	18	7	11	0	0	0	9	4	6	7	10	0	243	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	1	2	2	73	11.2	–	17	0	4	13	7	0	17	0	0	17	3
Rd 22 v FremantleW 113-109 8 Aug	13	8	5	1	0	0	7	3	4	7	7	0	217	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	63	7.6	–	25	2	1	8	6	0	21	0	0	14	4
Rd 21 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 114-105 2 Aug	23	13	10	3	2	1	6	7	4	14	11	2	402	1	0	0	2	1	0	11	5	3	2	106	21.3	1	22	4	3	17	9	0	24	0	3	25	8
Rd 20 v Geelong CatsL 97-117 24 July	19	5	14	1	0	0	4	2	2	6	12	0	140	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	2	0	62	3.6	–	18	2	0	13	4	0	18	0	0	18	3
Rd 19 @ North MelbourneW 92-76 18 July	9	4	5	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	9	0	145	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	42	-1.3	–	9	0	0	3	1	0	18	0	0	10	1
Rd 18 v RichmondW 111-65 12 July	31	18	13	5	0	0	4	5	6	9	23	2	435	0	2	0	4	1	2	9	6	3	1	106	12.1	–	22	2	3	23	7	1	12	0	2	32	10
Rd 17 @ HawthornW 125-90 4 July	24	11	13	1	0	1	4	2	2	6	14	1	177	0	0	0	6	0	1	5	4	2	1	76	-0.6	–	18	0	2	12	5	0	13	0	1	20	4
Rd 15 @ Adelaide CrowsL 62-79 20 June	16	8	8	1	0	0	1	3	2	7	10	0	214	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	48	8	–	11	1	2	13	3	0	8	0	0	17	5
Rd 14 v EssendonW 95-50 13 June	26	13	13	3	0	0	3	5	3	12	15	0	196	0	2	2	5	0	1	6	4	6	1	83	5.4	–	14	2	3	14	10	0	16	2	0	27	4

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 3 of 6	6	21.3	10.7	10.7	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.7	3.3	3.5	7.8	13.2	0.5	237	0.0	1.0	0.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	4.5	4.2	2.7	0.5	76.2	7.2	–	16.8	1.7	1.7	13.3	5.8	0.2	16.3	0.3	0.3	21.0	4.2
AwayHome or away · won 4 of 5	5	18.0	8.6	9.4	1.4	0.4	0.4	5.0	3.2	3.2	7.0	10.8	0.6	236	0.2	0.8	0.2	3.2	0.4	1.0	4.2	3.2	1.4	1.0	69.0	7.7	0.2	15.4	1.0	2.2	11.6	5.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	0.8	17.8	4.2
WinsResult	7	20.6	10.6	10.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	5.4	3.7	3.9	8.0	12.7	0.7	259	0.1	1.0	0.3	3.9	0.4	1.3	5.6	3.9	2.3	1.0	78.4	8.0	0.1	18.1	1.4	2.3	12.9	6.4	0.1	17.3	0.3	0.9	20.7	4.9
LossesResult	4	18.5	8.3	10.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	3.8	2.5	2.5	6.5	11.0	0.3	197	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.3	3.5	1.8	0.3	63.3	6.5	–	12.8	1.3	1.3	12.0	3.8	0.0	14.3	0.0	0.0	17.5	3.0
Regular seasonStage · won 7 of 10	10	20.3	10.2	10.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	4.9	3.2	3.5	7.4	12.7	0.6	245	0.1	0.9	0.4	3.3	0.5	0.9	4.7	3.9	1.9	0.7	75.0	7.0	0.1	17.1	1.3	1.9	12.7	5.6	0.1	16.6	0.2	0.6	20.1	4.4
FinalsStage · won 0 of 1	1	15.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	156	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	52.0	12.3	–	7.0	2.0	2.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	2.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	16.0	8.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	214	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	48.0	8.0	–	11.0	1.0	2.0	13.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	5.0
CarltonOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	15.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	156	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	52.0	12.3	–	7.0	2.0	2.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	2.0
EssendonOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	26.0	13.0	13.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	12.0	15.0	0.0	196	0.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	83.0	5.4	–	14.0	2.0	3.0	14.0	10.0	0.0	16.0	2.0	0.0	27.0	4.0
FremantleOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	13.0	8.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	217	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	63.0	7.6	–	25.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	21.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	4.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	19.0	5.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	140	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	62.0	3.6	–	18.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	3.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	23.0	13.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.0	14.0	11.0	2.0	402	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	106	21.3	1.0	22.0	4.0	3.0	17.0	9.0	0.0	24.0	0.0	3.0	25.0	8.0
HawthornOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	24.0	11.0	13.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	14.0	1.0	177	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	76.0	-0.6	–	18.0	0.0	2.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	4.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	9.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	145	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	42.0	-1.3	–	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	18.0	7.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.0	6.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	243	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	73.0	11.2	–	17.0	0.0	4.0	13.0	7.0	0.0	17.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	3.0
RichmondOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	31.0	18.0	13.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	9.0	23.0	2.0	435	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	106	12.1	–	22.0	2.0	3.0	23.0	7.0	1.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	32.0	10.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	24.0	15.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	16.0	1.0	279	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	91.0	2.3	–	15.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	2.0
MCGGround · won 3 of 6	6	21.3	10.7	10.7	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.7	3.3	3.5	7.8	13.2	0.5	237	0.0	1.0	0.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	4.5	4.2	2.7	0.5	76.2	7.2	–	16.8	1.7	1.7	13.3	5.8	0.2	16.3	0.3	0.3	21.0	4.2
Adelaide OvalGround · won 1 of 2	2	17.0	7.5	9.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.5	4.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	229	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	60.5	9.6	–	14.0	0.5	3.0	13.0	5.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.0	17.0	4.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	9.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	145	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	42.0	-1.3	–	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.0
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	23.0	13.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.0	14.0	11.0	2.0	402	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	106	21.3	1.0	22.0	4.0	3.0	17.0	9.0	0.0	24.0	0.0	3.0	25.0	8.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	24.0	11.0	13.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	14.0	1.0	177	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	76.0	-0.6	–	18.0	0.0	2.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	4.0

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