Essendon

Jayden Nguyen

Medium Forward#42AFL

Bio

Born in 2006, Jayden Nguyen debuted for Essendon in 2025. He plays as a medium forward. Lineball holds stats from 10 of his games across 2025–2026.

Key facts

Age: 20
Height: 177 cm
Number: #42
Born: 27 July 2006
Debut: 2025
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2024 (cat b rookie)
Recruited from: Aberfeldie (VIC), Calder U18

Official profile

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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	5	58	18	40	12	2	7	1	7	21	37	654	3	1	5	4	5	3	1	13	9	10	2	200	31	1	45	16	2	56	3	3	58	8
2025 AFLEssendon	5	38	19	19	11	0	13	2	3	19	21	449	0	1	8	5	9	5	3	6	6	12	0	176	11.7	2	31	11	2	41	3	0	40	15
Career2 seasons	10	96	37	59	23	2	20	3	10	40	58	1,103	3	2	13	9	14	8	4	19	15	22	2	376	42.7	3	76	27	4	97	6	3	98	23

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 10 v FremantleL 61-104 17 May	12	4	8	1	0	3	0	2	6	6	126	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	4	1	1	40	7.8	0	8	6	0	11	1	1	12	2
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	10	5	5	3	1	2	0	3	5	5	180	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	44	8	0	7	3	1	15	0	1	10	2
Rd 8 v Brisbane LionsL 79-143 2 May	10	4	6	5	1	2	0	1	4	6	90	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	48	4.5	0	7	4	1	14	1	1	10	2
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	14	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	3	11	57	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	31	7	1	14	2	0	5	1	0	14	0
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	12	5	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	9	201	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	37	3.7	0	9	1	0	11	0	0	12	2

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 0W	5	8.4	3.0	5.4	1.6	0.2	2.6	0.4	1.0	4.4	4.2	111	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	1.0	0.0	1.6	0.8	2.2	0.0	36.2	5.5	0.4	7.2	2.6	0.4	10.2	0.6	0.2	8.6	2.0
HomeHome or away, 0W	5	10.8	4.4	6.4	3.0	0.2	1.4	0.2	1.0	3.6	7.4	109	0.4	0.2	1.4	0.8	2.2	0.6	0.8	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.4	39.0	3.0	0.2	8.0	2.8	0.4	9.2	0.6	0.4	11.0	2.6
LossesResult, 0W	10	9.6	3.7	5.9	2.3	0.2	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	5.8	110	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.5	2.2	0.2	37.6	4.3	0.3	7.6	2.7	0.4	9.7	0.6	0.3	9.8	2.3
Regular seasonStage, 0W	10	9.6	3.7	5.9	2.3	0.2	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	5.8	110	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.5	2.2	0.2	37.6	4.3	0.3	7.6	2.7	0.4	9.7	0.6	0.3	9.8	2.3
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	4.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	90.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	48.0	4.5	0.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	10.0	2.0
CarltonOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	4.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	102	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	39.0	0.2	1.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0
FremantleOpponent, 0W	1	12.0	4.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	126	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	40.0	7.8	0.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	2.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	1	5.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	39.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	44.0	2.4	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 0W	1	8.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	203	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	37.0	4.5	0.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	5.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	180	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	44.0	8.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	15.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0
HawthornOpponent, 0W	1	12.0	5.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.0	201	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	37.0	3.7	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 0W	1	14.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	57.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	31.0	7.0	1.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	8.0	27.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	31.0	-1.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	4.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 0W	1	5.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	78.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	25.0	5.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	1.0
MCGGround, 0W	3	11.3	4.3	7.0	1.7	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	3.7	7.7	143	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.3	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.3	38.7	3.9	0.3	8.0	2.7	0.0	10.3	0.3	0.3	11.3	2.3
Marvel StadiumGround, 0W	2	10.0	4.5	5.5	5.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.5	7.0	58.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	4.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	39.5	1.8	0.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	7.5	1.0	0.5	10.5	3.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	1	14.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	57.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	31.0	7.0	1.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	1	10.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	180	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	44.0	8.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	15.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	5.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	39.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	44.0	2.4	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0
People First StadiumGround, 0W	1	8.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	203	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	37.0	4.5	0.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	5.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	5.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	78.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	25.0	5.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	1.0

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