Hawthorn

Josh Ward

Midfielder#25AFL

Bio

Born in 2003, Josh Ward made his senior debut with Hawthorn Football Club in 2022. He plays as a midfielder. Lineball holds stats from 92 of his games across 2022–2026.

Key facts

Age: 23
Height: 183 cm
Number: #25
Born: 15 August 2003
Debut: 2022
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2021 pick 7 (national draft)
Recruited from: Fitzroy (Vic), Melbourne Grammar (Vic), Northern U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Hawthorn Football Club

Compare WardStack 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 AFLHawthorn	25	562	267	295	102	6	4	96	104	89	210	349	20	7,362	3	2	28	27	70	15	18	151	71	61	9	2,082	314.1	3	415	42	62	423	142	9	450	7	12	559	176
2025 AFLHawthorn	25	514	261	253	79	3	4	89	82	93	194	334	13	8,043	5	0	25	20	58	10	13	132	66	67	8	1,875	287	6	299	24	58	375	142	4	401	2	9	528	160
2024 AFLHawthorn	12	179	96	83	49	1	3	28	21	34	51	129	4	2,915	1	0	6	9	22	2	3	53	29	14	5	715	69.3	4	82	8	13	128	44	1	136	3	4	180	61
2023 AFLHawthorn	16	332	181	151	76	2	3	31	32	31	85	252	6	4,518	2	1	31	9	32	10	8	70	47	32	5	1,198	148	1	98	10	22	259	61	2	235	4	7	337	128
2022 AFLHawthorn	14	267	158	109	53	2	2	41	38	32	89	183	7	3,845	0	1	19	11	48	7	11	54	53	33	4	1,003	130.1	1	144	15	23	188	68	1	247	5	6	272	95
Career5 seasons	92	1,854	963	891	359	14	16	285	277	279	629	1,247	50	26,683	11	4	109	76	230	44	53	460	266	207	31	6,873	948.5	15	1,038	99	178	1,373	457	17	1,469	21	38	1,876	620

Game log, 2026 AFL

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

Game
Preliminary Finals v Brisbane LionsL 122-131 19 Sept	25	14	11	5	0	0	9	11	5	16	12	4	464	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	7	1	1	0	109	19.7	0	30	4	7	18	10	0	23	0	0	28	10
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ FremantleW 72-40 3 Sept	10	4	6	1	0	0	4	2	0	6	6	0	82	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	1	2	1	40	10.9	0	8	1	1	9	4	0	19	1	0	12	3
Rd 24 @ West Coast EaglesW 107-45 23 Aug	24	10	14	3	0	0	6	5	3	13	9	1	188	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	5	2	5	1	92	13.3	0	17	2	3	17	9	0	22	1	0	22	5
Rd 23 v CollingwoodD 92-92 15 Aug	20	8	12	3	2	0	5	6	3	12	8	0	210	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	9	3	4	1	83	21.4	0	22	5	1	16	9	0	21	1	2	20	6
Rd 22 @ Brisbane LionsL 58-125 7 Aug	28	12	16	7	0	0	2	8	2	13	15	0	261	0	1	3	2	3	1	1	6	6	2	0	95	16.9	0	16	2	6	23	7	0	27	1	0	28	10
Rd 21 v North MelbourneW 99-83 1 Aug	22	13	9	3	1	0	3	5	6	5	15	0	328	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	7	1	0	0	78	8.9	0	18	2	3	16	2	0	15	0	1	20	8
Rd 20 v EssendonW 132-39 25 July	33	15	18	9	0	0	4	4	4	10	24	1	389	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	10	2	2	1	122	15.7	0	15	2	2	29	6	0	21	0	0	34	13
Rd 19 @ RichmondW 122-52 19 July	20	11	9	2	0	1	4	3	3	5	15	1	345	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	0	75	9.7	0	20	1	2	16	4	0	21	1	1	20	8
Rd 18 @ CarltonW 103-39 11 July	23	14	9	2	1	0	7	6	3	10	11	1	444	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	7	4	4	4	101	18.9	0	12	2	4	14	5	2	20	0	1	21	7
Rd 17 v MelbourneL 90-125 4 July	25	11	14	7	2	0	4	5	4	7	18	2	351	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	110	15.4	0	18	3	2	18	6	0	17	0	2	25	7
Rd 16 v GWS GIANTSW 96-82 26 June	16	7	9	3	0	0	3	4	7	8	8	0	269	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	4	1	0	54	9.6	0	19	1	3	12	7	0	17	1	0	16	5
Rd 15 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 113-97 19 June	27	11	16	3	0	1	3	7	2	14	13	0	450	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	6	4	2	0	85	21.3	2	18	3	4	19	11	0	24	0	1	27	7
Rd 13 v Western BulldogsL 71-77 5 June	29	13	16	6	0	0	3	4	6	9	21	0	372	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	7	4	4	0	99	18.4	0	14	2	2	24	7	1	23	0	0	30	10
Rd 12 @ St KildaW 119-67 28 May	22	9	13	6	0	1	2	4	2	3	18	0	205	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	80	13.8	0	17	1	3	19	2	0	23	0	1	21	6
Rd 11 v Adelaide CrowsW 75-66 21 May	24	8	16	2	0	0	3	5	2	11	11	0	159	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	4	5	1	74	11.3	0	12	1	4	17	10	1	14	0	1	22	4
Rd 10 @ MelbourneL 81-120 16 May	24	11	13	5	0	0	1	1	3	9	16	1	359	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	5	4	3	0	79	11.1	1	15	0	1	15	5	1	10	0	0	25	6
Rd 9 @ FremantleL 73-88 7 May	21	11	10	5	0	0	4	3	2	7	14	2	265	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	4	2	2	0	82	8.7	0	13	1	2	17	5	0	14	0	0	21	7
Rd 8 @ CollingwoodD 93-93 30 Apr	21	9	12	5	0	0	6	2	6	6	15	2	359	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	8	2	2	0	91	8.5	0	16	1	1	16	4	0	17	0	0	21	6
Rd 7 v Gold Coast SUNSW 112-63 25 Apr	20	8	12	2	0	0	3	3	4	3	15	2	295	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	10	2	1	0	61	6.6	0	16	0	3	16	1	0	15	1	0	18	5
Rd 6 v Port AdelaideW 89-86 18 Apr	14	7	7	2	0	0	2	4	0	6	7	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	50	6.9	0	11	2	2	13	2	0	10	0	0	13	7
Rd 5 v Western BulldogsW 104-64 11 Apr	14	8	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	6	8	0	182	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	47	5.9	0	14	0	1	11	3	0	9	0	0	14	6
Rd 4 v Geelong CatsW 92-91 6 Apr	29	14	15	3	0	0	6	3	5	10	19	0	326	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	4	2	2	0	105	9.1	0	18	1	2	16	8	0	17	0	0	29	5
Rd 2 v Sydney SwansW 99-82 19 Mar	27	13	14	4	0	0	4	2	5	8	20	1	336	0	0	3	0	8	1	2	8	7	5	0	90	3.4	0	18	1	1	18	4	2	16	0	1	28	8
Rd 1 @ EssendonW 145-83 13 Mar	26	16	10	6	0	0	5	5	8	7	19	2	406	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12	4	4	0	107	17	0	18	3	2	22	5	2	24	0	0	26	12
Opening Round @ GWS GIANTSL 95-122 7 Mar	18	10	8	6	0	1	2	1	3	6	12	0	283	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	2	5	0	73	11.7	0	20	1	0	12	6	0	11	0	1	18	5

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 19W	49	19.4	10.1	9.3	3.5	0.1	0.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	6.6	13.0	0.5	281	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.0	2.2	0.5	0.4	4.6	3.0	2.3	0.4	71.8	10.4	0.2	11.7	1.1	1.9	14.2	4.7	0.1	16.3	0.2	0.3	19.6	6.1
HomeHome or away, 29W	43	21.0	10.9	10.1	4.3	0.2	0.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	7.1	14.1	0.6	300	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.9	0.4	0.8	5.4	2.7	2.2	0.3	78.0	10.2	0.2	10.9	1.1	2.0	15.8	5.3	0.2	15.6	0.2	0.5	21.3	7.4
WinsResult, 48W	48	21.4	11.2	10.2	3.7	0.2	0.2	3.5	3.4	3.4	7.4	13.9	0.4	312	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	5.5	2.9	2.5	0.4	78.9	11.2	0.2	11.7	1.1	2.2	15.6	5.4	0.3	16.6	0.3	0.5	21.3	6.9
LossesResult, 0W	42	18.7	9.8	9.0	4.1	0.1	0.1	2.6	2.6	2.6	6.1	13.3	0.6	265	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.9	2.1	0.5	0.6	4.3	2.9	1.9	0.3	69.3	9.1	0.2	10.4	0.9	1.6	14.1	4.4	0.1	15.0	0.2	0.3	19.4	6.5
DrawsResult, 0W	2	20.5	8.5	12.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	5.5	4.0	4.5	9.0	11.5	1.0	285	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	8.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	87.0	14.9	0.0	19.0	3.0	1.0	16.0	6.5	0.0	19.0	0.5	1.0	20.5	6.0
Regular seasonStage, 44W	85	20.3	10.6	9.7	4.0	0.2	0.2	2.9	2.9	3.0	6.7	13.8	0.5	290	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.8	2.6	0.5	0.6	5.0	2.9	2.2	0.3	74.9	10.1	0.2	10.9	1.0	1.9	15.1	4.8	0.2	15.9	0.2	0.4	20.4	6.9
FinalsStage, 4W	7	18.4	9.1	9.3	2.4	0.0	0.0	5.1	4.6	3.1	8.9	10.9	0.9	287	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	1.6	0.3	0.6	4.6	2.3	2.4	0.4	72.4	13.0	0.1	15.9	2.1	2.4	12.9	6.4	0.0	17.3	0.1	0.0	19.7	5.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 5W	8	20.9	12.0	8.9	4.6	0.1	0.0	3.4	1.9	3.6	6.8	14.4	0.3	298	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.6	2.3	0.4	0.8	3.8	3.0	3.1	0.0	80.0	10.9	0.0	10.0	0.9	1.0	15.6	5.4	0.1	16.8	0.0	0.3	21.1	8.1
CollingwoodOpponent, 3W	7	20.9	10.9	10.0	4.6	0.3	0.1	3.3	2.9	4.0	6.0	15.1	0.6	326	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.7	2.9	0.4	0.6	7.4	3.0	2.6	0.1	80.0	10.7	0.1	12.3	1.0	1.9	16.0	4.3	0.6	16.3	0.3	0.4	21.1	7.9
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 3W	7	18.0	9.7	8.3	2.9	0.3	0.1	2.0	2.4	3.1	6.6	11.4	0.4	304	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	4.6	2.3	2.3	0.4	63.7	11.6	0.0	10.7	1.1	1.3	13.1	4.9	0.0	11.7	0.3	0.6	18.0	5.7
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	6	20.8	10.5	10.3	3.0	0.0	0.2	3.0	3.0	3.8	7.5	13.3	0.0	318	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	3.7	3.5	3.3	0.5	71.5	9.1	0.2	8.7	0.7	2.3	15.3	6.3	0.3	12.8	0.3	0.3	20.8	6.3
EssendonOpponent, 3W	6	23.0	11.7	11.3	5.8	0.0	0.3	3.5	3.2	3.5	6.2	17.0	0.8	329	0.0	0.0	2.2	0.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	7.5	2.5	2.8	0.5	89.0	11.9	0.2	10.7	1.7	1.5	19.0	5.0	0.5	17.3	0.3	0.3	23.2	8.7
FremantleOpponent, 2W	6	15.3	7.5	7.8	3.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.8	1.3	4.3	11.5	1.0	189	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.5	0.2	0.7	3.5	1.7	1.3	0.2	56.8	7.5	0.2	7.3	0.3	1.5	12.5	2.8	0.0	12.5	0.5	0.0	15.8	5.3
Geelong CatsOpponent, 2W	6	18.8	10.0	8.8	3.2	0.0	0.3	4.3	2.8	2.8	6.8	13.0	0.3	263	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	73.5	9.0	0.3	11.7	0.8	2.0	14.0	4.7	0.0	16.3	0.2	0.3	19.8	6.3
MelbourneOpponent, 2W	6	19.5	9.8	9.7	5.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	5.8	14.5	0.7	274	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.3	2.0	0.3	0.5	4.8	2.8	1.8	0.2	75.2	9.4	0.5	12.2	0.8	1.2	14.0	4.5	0.3	15.7	0.0	0.5	20.3	6.5
North MelbourneOpponent, 6W	6	22.0	12.2	9.8	3.7	0.2	0.2	1.8	3.3	3.0	6.7	15.2	0.3	307	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.8	2.7	0.3	0.8	4.8	3.0	1.7	0.2	73.5	9.4	0.0	11.5	1.2	2.2	15.2	4.7	0.0	16.7	0.3	0.3	21.8	7.0
CarltonOpponent, 3W	5	23.4	10.0	13.4	3.8	0.6	0.0	4.2	3.6	2.6	9.6	12.8	0.6	313	0.4	0.0	1.4	0.8	2.2	0.4	0.4	4.6	3.2	3.4	1.4	87.8	15.0	0.2	12.8	1.8	1.8	16.8	8.2	0.6	17.6	0.0	0.8	22.4	5.8
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 3W	5	19.4	10.2	9.2	2.8	0.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.0	7.4	11.4	1.4	335	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	6.4	3.6	2.0	0.0	66.8	11.2	0.6	13.0	1.0	2.6	14.2	5.4	0.0	16.4	0.4	0.8	18.8	6.2
Port AdelaideOpponent, 3W	5	18.4	11.0	7.4	2.6	0.2	0.2	2.8	4.0	3.0	7.8	10.6	0.0	308	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.6	3.8	2.0	0.0	68.4	7.0	0.0	11.6	1.0	3.0	10.4	5.2	0.0	17.6	0.2	0.4	18.4	4.8
St KildaOpponent, 2W	5	17.2	9.4	7.8	4.2	0.0	0.2	3.2	2.6	2.2	4.6	13.0	0.0	211	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.4	4.4	2.6	1.4	0.6	68.6	8.9	0.0	9.4	0.6	2.0	13.6	3.2	0.0	16.8	0.0	0.2	17.6	6.2
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 0W	4	22.3	10.3	12.0	5.0	0.0	0.3	3.5	6.5	3.5	9.8	14.0	1.0	282	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.8	6.5	2.8	0.8	0.0	82.0	13.9	0.0	16.8	2.3	4.3	17.3	5.5	0.0	19.0	0.5	0.3	23.8	8.0
RichmondOpponent, 2W	4	19.0	9.8	9.3	3.5	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.8	2.8	5.0	14.3	1.0	298	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.3	5.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	69.3	11.6	0.3	13.5	1.5	1.3	15.0	4.0	0.0	16.3	0.3	0.5	19.3	6.5
Sydney SwansOpponent, 1W	3	20.0	9.3	10.7	3.0	0.0	0.3	4.0	2.0	2.7	7.0	14.0	0.7	217	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.0	5.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	2.7	0.7	70.3	5.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	14.3	4.7	0.7	17.7	0.0	0.7	21.0	7.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 3W	3	27.0	14.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	0.3	6.0	5.3	3.7	12.0	15.0	0.7	336	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.7	3.0	3.7	0.7	105	13.1	0.3	11.3	1.3	4.0	19.0	6.7	0.0	18.3	0.3	0.7	27.0	8.3
MCGGround, 20W	41	21.1	10.5	10.6	4.5	0.1	0.2	3.4	3.1	3.2	6.9	14.7	0.6	303	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.7	2.6	0.5	0.7	5.8	3.0	2.3	0.4	79.4	10.9	0.2	12.3	1.3	1.8	16.0	5.1	0.4	16.2	0.1	0.4	21.6	7.2
UTAS StadiumGround, 11W	14	21.1	12.1	9.0	3.7	0.3	0.1	3.4	3.0	4.1	6.9	14.0	0.9	339	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.5	0.5	1.0	4.9	3.1	2.2	0.1	78.4	9.5	0.1	10.1	0.6	2.4	14.9	5.1	0.1	16.3	0.3	0.6	20.9	7.6
Marvel StadiumGround, 8W	12	19.1	10.4	8.7	3.8	0.1	0.2	3.2	2.8	2.7	6.2	13.1	0.3	237	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	4.4	2.3	2.3	0.4	73.4	10.2	0.1	8.9	0.6	2.2	14.6	4.1	0.1	16.5	0.2	0.3	19.3	7.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	8	18.5	10.4	8.1	2.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.8	3.4	6.0	12.8	0.1	331	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.6	2.6	0.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.1	0.1	62.1	7.3	0.3	11.0	0.8	2.0	12.4	4.6	0.0	13.4	0.3	0.4	18.8	5.4
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	5	17.4	8.2	9.2	3.2	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.6	1.2	7.0	10.4	1.2	161	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	3.8	1.6	2.6	0.4	67.8	8.6	0.0	10.8	0.8	1.8	13.6	4.6	0.0	15.6	0.6	0.0	17.4	5.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	3	19.0	10.3	8.7	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.3	7.0	11.3	0.7	317	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.7	2.0	3.0	0.7	72.7	13.2	0.0	14.7	2.0	0.3	12.7	5.3	0.0	11.3	0.3	1.0	18.3	5.3
GabbaGround, 0W	2	22.0	9.5	12.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	6.0	2.5	9.0	14.5	0.0	235	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	77.5	14.6	0.0	14.5	2.0	4.0	17.5	4.5	0.0	20.0	1.0	0.0	23.5	7.5
People First StadiumGround, 1W	2	17.0	8.0	9.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	1.5	8.5	8.5	0.0	317	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	57.0	11.2	1.0	12.0	1.5	2.5	11.0	7.0	0.0	18.5	0.0	0.5	17.0	4.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 0W	1	11.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	188	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	35.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	3.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 1W	1	22.0	10.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	14.0	0.0	190	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	75.0	13.2	0.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	14.0	5.0	0.0	25.0	1.0	0.0	21.0	4.0
Norwood OvalGround, 0W	1	20.0	11.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	9.0	11.0	0.0	255	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	67.0	13.3	0.0	9.0	1.0	3.0	16.0	5.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	7.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	19.0	8.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	13.0	0.0	154	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	65.0	9.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	5.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	6.0
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	23.0	13.0	10.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	14.0	2.0	388	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	75.0	12.2	0.0	19.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	7.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	23.0	8.0