North Melbourne

Josh Goater

Medium Defender#31AFL

Bio

Born in 2003, Josh Goater made his senior debut with North Melbourne Football Club in 2022. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 18 of his games across 2022–2026.

Key facts

Age: 23
Height: 190 cm
Number: #31
Born: 2 June 2003
Debut: 2022
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2021 pick 22 (national draft)
Recruited from: Sunbury (Vic), Sunbury College (Vic), Calder U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

North Melbourne Football Club

Compare GoaterStack 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 AFLNorth Melbourne	6	92	46	46	29	2	5	1	7	18	73	0	1,309	0	2	15	11	12	2	3	18	13	23	332	28.1	2	0	1	71	15	8	27	9	2	91	34
2024 AFLNorth Melbourne	1	10	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	143	0	0	4	4	3	1	2	1	2	3	32	4.9	0	0	0	9	2	0	10	3	0	10	6
2023 AFLNorth Melbourne	10	140	79	61	46	1	13	6	12	34	107	3	2,086	1	0	25	18	17	7	4	23	25	40	545	64.3	7	1	5	109	26	12	111	13	2	141	57
2022 AFLNorth Melbourne	1	21	12	9	5	1	3	0	0	6	15	0	237	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	4	5	5	83	2	1	0	0	14	5	0	13	1	2	21	7
Career4 seasons	18	263	144	119	82	4	22	7	19	61	202	3	3,775	1	2	47	35	34	11	9	46	45	71	992	99.3	10	1	6	203	48	20	161	26	6	263	104

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 @ Sydney SwansL 70-123 23 Aug	17	8	9	6	0	2	0	1	1	16	253	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	68	3.8	1	0	13	1	1	9	0	0	17	6
Rd 21 @ HawthornL 83-99 1 Aug	21	11	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	17	291	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	2	5	62	9.3	0	0	16	3	2	4	1	0	20	9
Rd 20 v St KildaL 62-93 26 July	11	5	6	4	0	0	0	2	2	10	175	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	0	3	37	2.7	0	0	9	1	1	4	2	0	12	5
Rd 19 v MelbourneL 76-92 18 July	9	7	2	5	2	1	1	2	3	6	216	1	1	4	2	1	0	3	1	3	47	3.5	0	1	5	2	2	6	3	2	9	3
Rd 17 @ Port AdelaideL 52-73 5 July	16	10	6	6	0	0	0	1	4	12	240	1	5	3	2	0	2	0	3	5	54	3.2	1	0	13	3	2	2	3	0	16	8
Rd 16 v EssendonW 79-65 28 June	18	5	13	5	0	2	0	1	5	12	134	0	2	1	3	0	0	6	3	5	64	5.6	0	0	15	5	0	2	0	0	17	3

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

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 1W	9	13.7	8.0	5.7	4.0	0.0	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.8	11.0	0.2	211	0.0	0.1	2.4	1.6	2.0	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.8	3.6	50.2	5.3	0.7	0.1	0.2	10.8	2.2	1.2	7.8	1.0	0.0	13.8	6.0
HomeHome or away, 3W	9	15.6	8.0	7.6	5.1	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.2	4.0	11.4	0.1	209	0.1	0.1	2.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	3.2	2.2	4.3	60.0	5.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	11.8	3.1	1.0	10.1	1.9	0.7	15.4	5.6
LossesResult, 0W	14	13.8	7.9	5.9	4.4	0.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	3.1	10.8	0.1	209	0.1	0.1	2.7	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.1	2.8	3.8	53.3	4.9	0.6	0.1	0.3	10.4	2.2	1.3	9.1	1.4	0.3	13.9	5.7
WinsResult, 4W	4	17.5	8.3	9.3	5.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	2.0	4.5	12.8	0.5	212	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.8	4.3	1.5	4.5	61.5	7.6	0.3	0.0	0.5	14.3	4.3	0.5	8.5	1.5	0.5	17.3	6.0
Regular seasonStage, 4W	18	14.6	8.0	6.6	4.6	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.1	3.4	11.2	0.2	210	0.1	0.1	2.6	1.9	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.5	3.9	55.1	5.5	0.6	0.1	0.3	11.3	2.7	1.1	8.9	1.4	0.3	14.6	5.8
HawthornOpponent, 0W	3	16.7	10.0	6.7	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.7	14.0	0.0	208	0.3	0.0	2.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	3.0	2.3	4.7	61.7	6.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	13.0	2.0	2.0	8.3	1.3	0.0	16.7	8.0
EssendonOpponent, 1W	2	14.5	4.0	10.5	3.5	0.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	5.0	9.0	0.0	123	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	0.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	5.0	52.5	6.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	11.5	4.0	0.5	9.5	0.5	0.0	14.0	2.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 1W	2	21.5	11.5	10.0	6.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	5.5	15.5	0.5	310	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	4.5	81.5	8.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	16.5	5.0	1.0	16.0	1.0	1.5	21.0	8.0
MelbourneOpponent, 0W	2	11.0	7.5	3.5	5.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	7.5	0.0	204	0.0	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	52.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	2.0	1.5	9.5	2.5	1.0	10.5	5.0
St KildaOpponent, 0W	2	13.0	7.0	6.0	5.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	11.0	0.0	191	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	5.0	52.5	4.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	9.0	2.0	2.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	14.0	5.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 1W	2	10.0	5.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	7.0	0.0	159	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.5	31.0	3.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	7.5	2.5	0.0	5.5	2.5	0.5	10.0	4.0
FremantleOpponent, 1W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	13.0	1.0	130	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	56.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	7.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	143	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	32.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	10.0	6.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 0W	1	16.0	10.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	12.0	0.0	240	0.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	54.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	8.0
RichmondOpponent, 0W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	1.0	414	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	58.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	5.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 0W	1	17.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	16.0	0.0	253	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	68.0	3.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	6.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 2W	8	15.0	7.8	7.3	5.0	0.5	1.5	0.4	1.0	4.0	11.3	0.0	189	0.1	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.6	2.5	4.6	58.9	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.4	10.6	3.0	1.3	8.8	1.8	0.6	15.3	4.9
Ninja StadiumGround, 1W	2	17.5	9.5	8.0	6.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	12.5	0.5	287	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	4.0	2.5	4.5	68.5	9.9	0.5	0.0	1.0	15.0	3.5	1.5	16.0	1.5	0.5	16.5	8.0
Optus StadiumGround, 1W	2	10.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	8.5	0.5	123	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	36.0	3.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	9.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	10.5	5.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	2	15.0	8.5	6.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	3.0	11.5	0.0	197	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	3.5	2.0	5.0	50.0	6.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.5	2.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	14.5	7.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	1	16.0	10.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	12.0	0.0	240	0.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	54.0	3.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	8.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	1	10.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	143	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	32.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	10.0	6.0
MCGGround, 0W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	1.0	414	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	58.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	5.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	17.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	16.0	0.0	253	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	68.0	3.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	6.0