North Melbourne

Riley Hardeman

Medium Defender#17AFL

Key facts

Age: 21
Height: 184 cm
Number: #17
Born: 27 February 2005
Debut: 2024
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2023 pick 23 (national draft)
Recruited from: Caversham JFC (WA), Swan Districts (WAFL)

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLNorth Melbourne	7	93	62	31	23	1	10	2	16	13	78	1	1,947	0	14	8	10	2	3	16	24	17	356	32.1	1	0	2	69	11	6	48	6	2	91	45
2025 AFLNorth Melbourne	17	221	147	74	56	0	16	6	28	57	162	4	5,276	1	46	37	24	11	5	30	45	60	817	100.7	5	1	5	174	45	13	102	32	0	219	113
2024 AFLNorth Melbourne	3	30	21	9	9	0	6	1	0	7	25	0	523	0	5	2	3	1	1	4	4	4	130	8.1	0	0	1	23	5	1	39	1	0	32	15
Career3 seasons	27	344	230	114	88	1	32	9	44	77	265	5	7,746	1	65	47	37	14	9	50	73	81	1,303	140.9	6	1	8	266	61	20	189	39	2	342	173

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 @ Sydney SwansL 70-123 23 Aug	20	13	7	5	0	4	0	1	3	16	0	353	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	4	84	6.3	0	0	13	3	2	9	1	0	19	8
Rd 23 v Geelong CatsL 110-125 15 Aug	15	6	9	1	0	3	0	1	1	14	0	289	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	51	1.7	0	0	11	1	0	9	1	0	15	5
Rd 22 @ Western BulldogsW 100-77 6 Aug	10	7	3	4	0	2	0	4	2	8	0	216	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	44	5.2	0	0	10	2	1	7	1	0	10	7
Rd 19 v MelbourneL 76-92 18 July	14	10	4	4	0	0	2	3	4	10	0	284	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	2	50	7.1	0	2	11	4	1	8	2	1	14	7
Rd 18 @ CollingwoodL 85-89 10 July	15	13	2	5	1	1	0	3	2	11	1	306	1	0	1	2	0	7	2	4	70	9.9	0	0	12	0	1	9	0	1	13	10
Rd 13 v FremantleL 31-155 6 June	8	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	196	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	31	-0.5	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	0	8	2
Rd 11 v Gold Coast SUNSW 111-105 23 May	11	7	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	11	0	303	2	2	4	0	2	3	6	1	26	2.4	1	0	9	1	0	2	1	0	12	6

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 3 of 14	14	12.0	8.4	3.6	3.6	0.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.8	9.1	0.2	267	0.1	1.7	1.5	1.2	0.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	3.1	48.9	5.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	9.7	2.1	0.9	7.3	1.4	0.1	11.9	6.6
HomeHome or away · won 2 of 13	13	13.5	8.6	4.9	2.9	0.0	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	10.5	0.2	308	0.0	3.2	2.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.0	2.8	47.5	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	10.0	2.5	0.5	6.7	1.5	0.1	13.5	6.2
LossesResult	21	12.9	8.6	4.3	3.4	0.0	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.8	10.0	0.1	286	0.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.4	2.9	49.3	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	10.1	2.0	0.7	7.3	1.7	0.1	12.8	6.5
WinsResult	5	11.6	8.0	3.6	2.4	0.0	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.8	0.4	304	0.0	1.6	1.0	3.0	0.2	0.6	2.2	4.0	3.0	40.8	5.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	9.4	2.8	0.6	6.0	0.8	0.0	11.6	6.4
DrawsResult	1	15.0	10.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	229	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	64.0	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	5.0
Regular seasonStage · won 5 of 27	27	12.7	8.5	4.2	3.3	0.0	1.2	0.3	1.6	2.9	9.8	0.2	287	0.0	2.4	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.9	2.7	3.0	48.3	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	9.9	2.3	0.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	12.7	6.4
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	8.3	5.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	7.3	0.3	216	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.7	1.0	27.0	3.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.7	0.0	6.7	1.3	0.0	9.0	4.3
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 0 of 3	3	16.0	9.3	6.7	4.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.7	3.7	12.0	0.0	303	0.3	2.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	4.0	58.7	6.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	11.3	3.3	1.7	5.0	1.7	0.0	15.7	6.7
CollingwoodOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	21.5	16.5	5.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	4.0	3.0	17.0	0.5	541	0.0	3.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	5.5	4.0	4.5	88.0	11.8	1.0	0.0	0.5	17.5	2.0	1.5	6.0	1.5	0.5	20.0	13.0
FremantleOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	9.5	6.5	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	7.0	0.5	272	0.0	3.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	36.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	6.5	1.5	0.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	9.5	4.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	17.0	8.0	9.0	4.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.5	14.5	0.0	339	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	3.5	62.0	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	0.5	8.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	5.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	13.0	9.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	0.0	318	0.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	4.5	3.0	40.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	3.5	0.5	9.0	2.5	0.5	13.0	6.5
St KildaOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	10.5	6.5	4.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	0.0	87.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	47.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.5	1.5	1.5	6.5	0.5	0.0	11.0	5.5
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	15.0	10.5	4.5	2.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	11.5	0.0	370	0.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	50.5	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	13.5	2.0	0.5	8.5	1.5	0.0	14.5	9.5
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	0.0	233	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	54.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	6.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	15.0	10.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	229	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	64.0	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	5.0
CarltonOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	15.0	10.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	12.0	1.0	357	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	57.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	8.0
EssendonOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	15.0	12.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	13.0	0.0	270	0.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	73.0	6.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	11.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	56.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0
HawthornOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	5.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	181	0.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	19.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	4.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	12.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	369	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	45.0	6.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	7.0
RichmondOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	7.0	1.0	408	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	44.0	8.1	0.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	7.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	10.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	236	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	33.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	4.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 2 of 12	12	14.8	9.7	5.2	4.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.8	12.0	0.1	302	0.0	2.6	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	2.9	3.3	55.8	5.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	12.2	2.0	0.8	6.4	1.6	0.2	14.8	7.8
MCGGround · won 2 of 3	3	13.0	9.3	3.7	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	4.0	9.0	0.7	372	0.0	1.0	1.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.7	44.0	6.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	9.7	3.7	0.7	8.3	1.3	0.0	13.0	7.0
Hands OvalGround · won 1 of 2	2	9.0	6.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	7.0	0.0	216	0.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	2.5	32.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	5.0	0.5	0.0	8.5	3.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	13.5	10.0	3.5	4.0	0.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.5	10.5	0.0	231	0.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	59.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	7.5	3.0	1.0	10.5	0.0	0.0	14.0	5.5
SCGGround · won 0 of 2	2	19.0	12.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	15.0	0.0	408	0.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.5	76.0	8.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	3.0	2.5	6.5	1.5	0.0	18.5	8.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 0 of 1	1	12.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	369	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	45.0	6.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	7.0
Barossa ParkGround · won 0 of 1	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	112	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 0 of 1	1	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	56.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0
Optus StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	11.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	348	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	41.0	10.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	6.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	11.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	0.0	232	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	47.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	5.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	5.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	181	0.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	19.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	4.0

Recent games

Aug '261
@ Box Hill Hawks
23 disp · 6 marks · 1 tackles
L 72-103

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