Hawthorn

Nick Watson

Medium Forward#5AFL

Key facts

Age: 21
Height: 170 cm
Number: #5
Born: 24 February 2005
Debut: 2024
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2023 pick 5 (national draft)
Recruited from: East Ringwood (Vic), Eastern Ranges U18

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLHawthorn	23	314	194	120	53	63	26	50	32	59	161	159	17	6,034	29	6	4	16	46	24	12	165	49	37	26	1,573	357.6	9	21	115	13	19	218	119	2	231	5	102	320	122
2025 AFLHawthorn	25	272	145	127	51	36	18	51	16	53	136	136	12	4,930	25	4	2	21	48	36	26	125	44	38	20	1,238	248.4	–	20	38	4	12	199	98	2	228	11	66	272	87
2024 AFLHawthorn	18	195	118	77	55	25	27	45	14	39	91	105	13	3,457	23	3	1	14	22	27	10	101	31	19	21	1,027	146.2	–	7	3	1	13	126	64	3	228	8	62	196	63
Career3 seasons	66	781	457	324	159	124	71	146	62	151	388	400	42	14,421	77	13	7	51	116	87	48	391	124	94	67	3,838	752.2	9	48	156	18	44	543	281	7	687	24	230	788	272

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Preliminary Finals v Brisbane LionsL 122-131 19 Sept	16	15	1	2	6	2	0	5	3	12	4	0	472	1	1	0	1	4	3	1	11	3	2	0	91	23.2	–	0	6	1	4	11	5	0	5	0	9	16	10
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ FremantleW 72-40 3 Sept	19	15	4	2	2	2	0	0	5	8	10	2	447	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	9	5	2	0	73	14.3	–	0	4	0	0	9	8	0	12	0	5	18	7
Rd 24 @ West Coast EaglesW 107-45 23 Aug	12	8	4	2	3	1	2	2	4	6	6	1	258	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	9	1	1	2	64	15.7	–	1	4	1	1	7	3	0	5	0	4	12	4
Rd 23 v CollingwoodD 92-92 15 Aug	20	10	10	3	0	0	1	1	5	8	11	2	350	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	7	5	2	0	64	7.6	–	0	4	0	1	13	6	0	13	0	2	19	7
Rd 22 @ Brisbane LionsL 58-125 7 Aug	9	3	6	1	0	1	1	3	1	7	3	1	143	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	29	7.3	–	2	6	2	1	7	5	0	9	0	1	10	1
Rd 21 v North MelbourneW 99-83 1 Aug	10	6	4	3	5	0	6	1	0	5	6	0	213	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	3	3	90	20.9	2	3	4	1	0	10	3	1	16	0	5	11	6
Rd 20 v EssendonW 132-39 25 July	14	7	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	9	7	0	211	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	8	0	4	1	79	14.7	–	0	6	1	0	9	5	1	12	0	6	16	4
Rd 19 @ RichmondW 122-52 19 July	11	8	3	3	5	2	3	0	2	3	8	0	330	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	2	85	18.7	–	2	4	0	0	8	2	0	7	0	8	11	5
Rd 16 v GWS GIANTSW 96-82 26 June	5	5	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	76	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	41	11.6	–	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	8	0	4	5	3
Rd 15 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 113-97 19 June	15	7	8	1	3	0	4	1	3	8	6	0	258	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	7	1	0	75	9.8	–	0	3	0	1	8	7	0	13	0	3	14	3
Rd 13 v Western BulldogsL 71-77 5 June	11	8	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	7	5	1	325	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	1	1	2	61	17.8	–	2	3	1	2	7	6	0	9	0	5	12	5
Rd 12 @ St KildaW 119-67 28 May	21	8	13	3	2	1	4	2	3	8	12	2	242	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	12	2	3	1	88	21.4	2	1	10	2	0	16	8	0	13	0	4	20	5
Rd 11 v Adelaide CrowsW 75-66 21 May	12	8	4	1	2	1	0	2	4	10	4	0	251	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	11	1	3	0	52	14.7	–	1	5	0	2	8	5	0	8	1	4	14	6
Rd 10 @ MelbourneL 81-120 16 May	9	6	3	4	3	1	1	4	0	6	4	0	162	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	56	9.8	–	0	8	1	3	6	4	0	7	0	5	10	3
Rd 9 @ FremantleL 73-88 7 May	11	9	2	0	3	1	2	0	4	4	8	0	253	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	3	2	2	56	12.2	–	0	4	0	0	6	3	0	10	1	5	12	4
Rd 8 @ CollingwoodD 93-93 30 Apr	15	8	7	1	2	0	2	0	2	6	7	1	81	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	5	4	1	2	59	15.4	–	0	4	0	0	11	6	0	13	1	3	13	5
Rd 7 v Gold Coast SUNSW 112-63 25 Apr	14	8	6	5	2	1	2	1	4	8	8	1	338	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	7	4	2	1	66	20.2	–	1	6	1	0	11	7	0	11	0	3	16	6
Rd 6 v Port AdelaideW 89-86 18 Apr	13	8	5	2	5	0	0	0	1	7	6	0	187	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	5	2	1	0	71	19.6	3	1	4	0	0	12	3	0	4	0	5	13	7
Rd 5 v Western BulldogsW 104-64 11 Apr	12	7	5	2	1	2	3	2	2	5	7	2	275	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	1	2	2	57	13.1	–	2	5	0	2	10	4	0	12	1	3	12	5
Rd 4 v Geelong CatsW 92-91 6 Apr	13	6	7	2	3	0	3	2	2	9	5	1	145	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	63	19.2	–	1	5	0	2	12	6	0	11	0	3	14	6
Rd 2 v Sydney SwansW 99-82 19 Mar	18	10	8	4	1	1	1	0	4	8	11	1	370	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	2	2	1	70	15.5	–	2	4	0	0	12	7	0	10	1	3	19	6
Rd 1 @ EssendonW 145-83 13 Mar	17	13	4	6	4	2	5	1	4	6	11	1	337	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	2	0	1	111	22.8	2	1	9	1	0	12	6	0	9	0	7	17	9
Opening Round @ GWS GIANTSL 95-122 7 Mar	17	11	6	0	2	2	4	1	4	7	9	1	310	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	8	3	2	3	72	12.1	–	1	6	1	0	10	7	0	14	0	5	16	5

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 18 of 36	36	11.3	6.6	4.7	2.3	1.6	1.2	2.6	0.9	2.3	5.3	5.9	0.6	204	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.9	1.1	0.7	5.6	2.1	1.2	1.3	56.7	9.7	0.1	0.6	2.1	0.2	0.6	7.3	4.2	0.1	10.9	0.3	3.4	11.2	3.5
HomeHome or away · won 24 of 30	30	12.5	7.3	5.2	2.5	2.2	0.9	1.8	1.0	2.2	6.5	6.3	0.7	236	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.0	1.6	1.6	0.8	6.3	1.6	1.7	0.6	59.9	13.4	0.2	0.9	2.7	0.3	0.7	9.3	4.4	0.2	9.8	0.4	3.6	12.8	4.9
WinsResult	42	12.3	7.1	5.2	2.6	2.1	1.0	2.2	0.8	2.4	6.0	6.4	0.8	232	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	1.5	0.9	6.6	1.7	1.5	0.9	61.4	13.0	0.2	0.8	2.5	0.3	0.5	9.0	4.2	0.1	10.2	0.3	3.6	12.4	4.5
LossesResult	22	10.4	6.5	4.0	2.0	1.5	1.2	2.2	1.2	2.0	5.6	5.1	0.3	193	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.5	4.7	2.0	1.2	1.2	51.6	8.4	–	0.6	1.9	0.3	1.0	6.5	4.2	0.0	10.5	0.4	3.3	10.7	3.2
DrawsResult	2	17.5	9.0	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	3.5	7.0	9.0	1.5	216	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	6.0	4.5	1.5	1.0	61.5	11.5	–	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.5	12.0	6.0	0.0	13.0	0.5	2.5	16.0	6.0
Regular seasonStage · won 38 of 59	59	11.8	6.8	5.1	2.4	1.8	1.0	2.3	0.9	2.3	5.8	6.2	0.7	216	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.8	1.3	0.8	5.8	1.9	1.4	1.0	57.5	11.2	0.2	0.8	2.4	0.3	0.6	8.3	4.2	0.1	10.3	0.4	3.4	12.0	4.1
FinalsStage · won 4 of 7	7	11.7	8.1	3.6	2.4	2.7	1.4	1.7	1.6	2.0	6.6	5.0	0.4	243	1.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.3	0.4	7.3	2.0	1.4	0.9	63.4	13.0	–	0.1	2.3	0.1	1.4	7.4	4.4	0.0	11.1	0.4	4.4	11.6	4.6
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	11.8	6.6	5.2	1.8	1.4	1.8	2.2	1.2	2.6	7.0	5.0	0.4	193	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.2	7.0	1.6	2.8	0.8	52.8	10.3	–	0.8	2.2	0.2	1.0	8.4	4.8	0.0	12.2	0.4	3.6	12.0	4.0
CollingwoodOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	14.0	7.0	7.0	1.4	1.6	0.0	1.2	0.8	2.4	6.6	6.6	1.2	193	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.0	1.6	0.6	5.2	2.6	1.4	0.4	53.4	14.1	–	0.2	3.0	0.4	0.4	11.0	5.2	0.0	8.6	0.4	2.6	13.2	5.2
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	11.2	6.2	5.0	2.2	1.4	0.8	2.6	1.2	1.6	6.8	4.6	0.6	146	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.8	0.4	4.4	2.0	0.8	1.0	54.4	8.9	–	0.4	1.8	0.0	1.2	7.8	5.0	0.0	9.6	0.2	2.6	11.4	3.8
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	11.2	6.8	4.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	3.6	1.0	2.4	6.4	4.6	0.4	194	0.4	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	0.2	6.2	0.8	1.6	2.0	57.2	11.9	–	0.6	1.6	0.2	0.8	8.0	4.4	0.0	14.4	0.6	3.0	11.0	4.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	11.0	6.2	4.8	1.4	1.8	0.4	1.8	0.4	3.2	5.8	4.8	0.6	205	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.2	2.0	0.8	4.0	2.6	1.2	0.8	50.4	10.0	0.6	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.2	6.8	3.8	0.0	10.6	0.6	2.8	10.6	3.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 0 of 4	4	11.0	7.0	4.0	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	6.0	5.3	0.5	241	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.3	0.3	5.8	2.0	1.0	0.8	53.8	9.7	–	0.8	3.8	0.8	1.3	7.5	3.3	0.0	7.0	0.3	3.5	11.3	4.3
EssendonOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	12.3	8.3	4.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.8	5.0	7.8	0.8	228	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.3	0.3	6.8	0.8	1.3	1.3	72.8	12.5	0.5	0.3	3.8	0.5	0.0	8.8	3.5	0.3	11.0	0.3	4.8	12.8	5.5
FremantleOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	12.5	9.0	3.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	3.0	6.8	6.3	0.5	276	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	1.3	0.8	4.8	3.0	1.3	1.0	53.5	11.4	–	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.3	7.3	5.8	0.0	10.3	0.5	4.0	13.0	4.5
MelbourneOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	8.3	5.0	3.3	3.0	1.8	1.3	0.8	1.3	0.8	4.8	4.3	0.3	145	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.8	4.3	0.8	1.8	0.3	44.0	7.4	–	0.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	5.8	3.3	0.5	8.0	0.5	3.3	9.0	2.5
RichmondOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	11.5	7.3	4.3	3.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	1.8	3.8	7.8	0.3	230	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	7.8	0.8	1.0	1.3	70.0	12.4	–	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.5	7.8	2.5	0.5	9.3	0.3	6.0	11.5	4.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	9.3	6.0	3.3	2.5	2.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	4.5	5.0	1.0	205	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.5	5.8	1.0	1.3	2.0	56.0	10.1	–	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	6.5	3.5	0.0	10.5	0.5	3.8	9.5	3.8
CarltonOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	16.3	9.3	7.0	4.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	1.3	3.7	6.0	10.3	1.7	368	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.7	1.7	2.3	7.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	66.7	13.4	–	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	11.7	4.0	0.0	12.0	0.3	2.3	16.3	6.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 2 of 3	3	13.7	8.0	5.7	3.3	2.7	0.3	3.3	0.7	3.3	7.3	6.7	0.3	283	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	4.0	1.0	1.7	6.0	5.3	1.7	1.3	71.0	15.3	–	0.7	3.0	0.3	0.3	9.0	6.0	0.0	11.3	0.0	3.3	14.0	4.7
North MelbourneOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	12.7	8.0	4.7	3.3	3.7	1.0	2.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	7.7	0.7	283	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	8.3	2.0	2.0	1.0	74.0	16.1	0.7	1.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	9.7	3.0	0.7	12.3	0.7	4.7	12.7	5.3
St KildaOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	13.7	5.7	8.0	3.0	2.0	0.7	2.3	1.3	2.7	7.0	6.7	1.0	182	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	0.7	1.7	0.7	64.0	14.9	0.7	0.7	3.7	0.7	0.7	10.7	6.7	0.0	8.0	0.0	3.3	13.7	4.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	11.7	6.3	5.3	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	2.0	5.3	6.3	0.3	224	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.0	6.0	1.7	1.0	1.3	63.0	9.2	–	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.7	7.0	3.3	0.0	10.7	0.0	3.7	11.7	2.7
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	11.0	5.5	5.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	2.5	5.0	7.0	0.5	226	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	4.5	3.0	1.0	0.5	40.5	7.9	–	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	4.5	0.0	11.5	0.5	2.0	12.0	3.0
MCGGround · won 18 of 30	30	12.0	7.3	4.7	2.9	2.2	1.2	1.7	1.0	1.8	5.7	6.5	0.7	219	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.6	1.3	0.7	6.1	1.5	1.2	0.8	60.2	11.9	0.1	0.5	2.4	0.2	0.8	8.5	4.0	0.2	9.2	0.3	3.9	12.1	4.6
UTAS StadiumGround · won 10 of 10	10	13.0	7.3	5.7	2.4	2.0	0.8	2.2	1.1	3.3	7.3	6.0	0.8	259	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	1.9	2.2	1.0	7.3	1.9	2.3	0.7	61.3	14.3	0.2	1.1	2.7	0.5	0.6	9.8	4.5	0.2	11.4	0.6	3.3	13.3	5.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 3 of 7	7	11.1	6.3	4.9	2.1	1.3	1.7	2.7	0.9	2.7	5.4	5.4	0.6	215	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.6	4.7	1.7	1.7	1.4	54.4	9.1	–	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.9	7.1	4.4	0.0	12.7	0.7	3.4	10.9	3.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 5 of 5	5	11.4	5.6	5.8	2.4	2.0	0.8	2.4	0.4	1.4	5.2	6.0	0.4	161	1.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.4	0.6	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.8	57.6	11.2	1.0	1.4	3.6	0.4	0.0	8.6	4.0	0.0	8.4	0.2	3.4	11.2	3.4
Optus StadiumGround · won 3 of 5	5	12.6	8.4	4.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	1.6	0.6	3.2	6.4	6.6	0.6	265	1.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.4	0.8	0.8	6.0	2.8	1.2	1.4	57.2	11.6	–	0.2	2.4	0.2	0.4	7.0	5.4	0.0	9.4	0.2	4.0	13.0	4.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	13.0	7.5	5.5	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	1.5	2.5	7.0	5.5	0.5	191	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	7.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	56.5	12.1	–	0.5	3.5	0.5	1.0	8.5	6.0	0.0	12.5	0.5	3.0	12.5	3.5
GabbaGround · won 0 of 2	2	12.0	5.0	7.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	1.5	2.5	6.0	6.5	1.0	216	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	4.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	51.5	8.6	–	1.5	4.5	1.0	0.5	9.0	4.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	1.5	12.5	3.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 0 of 1	1	4.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	87.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	42.0	2.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	2.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	9.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	131	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	48.0	4.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	2.0
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	15.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	258	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	75.0	9.8	–	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	7.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	3.0	14.0	3.0
SCGGround · won 1 of 1	1	4.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	81.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	0.3	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	0.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	12.0	9.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	252	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	72.0	15.8	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	4.0	12.0	5.0

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