Geelong Cats

Oliver Dempsey

Midfielder#28AFL

Key facts

Age: 23
Height: 187 cm
Number: #28
Born: 7 January 2003
Debut: 2022
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2021 pick 15 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Boroondara (Vic), Carey Grammar (Vic), Old Carey (Vic)

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLGeelong Cats	25	496	248	248	131	30	16	50	38	76	169	306	10	7,850	27	18	40	26	49	11	10	145	77	80	12	2,010	291.4	6	10	14	9	29	361	130	16	296	14	55	475	152
2025 AFLGeelong Cats	26	441	248	193	100	35	20	73	33	70	173	251	17	6,800	25	18	19	24	57	13	13	159	68	63	26	1,926	293.9	–	21	0	4	29	295	123	11	331	14	59	424	138
2024 AFLGeelong Cats	25	437	232	205	109	22	13	61	30	57	165	255	24	6,801	21	13	20	25	69	18	10	139	73	64	19	1,810	245.6	3	15	0	4	26	291	117	7	323	7	47	420	121
2023 AFLGeelong Cats	5	38	16	22	8	1	3	10	3	5	14	23	1	342	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	11	6	2	3	164	16.6	–	0	1	0	3	27	12	0	48	1	4	37	7
2022 AFLGeelong Cats	2	19	5	14	0	1	1	2	1	2	10	8	1	174	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	9	4	1	0	59	10.8	–	1	0	0	1	13	7	0	18	0	3	18	2
Career5 seasons	83	1,431	749	682	348	89	53	196	105	210	531	843	53	21,967	75	50	81	77	180	48	35	463	228	210	60	5,969	858.3	9	47	15	17	88	987	389	34	1,016	36	168	1,374	420

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Semi Finals @ FremantleL 106-120 11 Sept	17	7	10	4	0	1	3	2	3	7	10	0	280	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	4	3	1	66	4.8	–	0	0	0	2	9	6	0	10	1	1	17	1
Qualifying & Elimination Finals v CarltonW 107-74 4 Sept	23	13	10	9	0	2	3	0	3	7	15	0	360	2	1	5	1	2	0	0	5	2	5	3	100	4.6	–	0	0	0	0	15	5	1	5	0	3	22	6
Rd 24 v RichmondW 133-76 22 Aug	27	11	16	6	1	1	6	2	4	9	17	2	378	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	7	4	4	0	114	14.5	–	1	3	1	1	18	7	0	16	1	2	26	5
Rd 23 @ North MelbourneW 125-110 15 Aug	24	16	8	9	1	2	2	2	9	8	15	1	557	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	10	7	6	0	105	19.3	–	1	1	2	0	15	6	2	19	0	4	23	8
Rd 22 v EssendonW 117-50 8 Aug	19	12	7	2	4	0	2	3	0	4	10	0	249	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	88	17.5	2	0	0	0	3	11	4	0	14	1	4	14	6
Rd 21 @ CollingwoodW 97-72 30 July	29	12	17	10	2	0	3	4	3	12	17	0	421	3	2	3	1	4	1	0	6	5	5	1	125	15.9	3	2	0	0	4	21	8	2	20	1	4	29	5
Rd 20 @ MelbourneW 117-97 24 July	15	11	4	7	0	0	1	2	3	5	10	0	426	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	4	4	2	0	63	11	–	3	0	1	1	12	3	1	7	0	0	15	8
Rd 19 v St KildaW 102-75 16 July	22	14	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	9	13	0	329	3	1	3	2	3	0	0	6	2	2	1	91	11.1	–	1	0	0	3	14	6	1	11	1	3	22	7
Rd 18 @ GWS GIANTSL 73-86 11 July	22	15	7	6	3	0	1	3	5	10	13	0	475	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	3	4	7	0	100	25	–	0	4	0	3	16	7	2	17	0	3	23	9
Rd 17 v Brisbane LionsL 101-123 2 July	22	10	12	3	2	0	1	2	3	11	9	0	259	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	8	1	7	0	79	18.4	–	0	1	1	1	17	11	0	14	1	2	20	7
Rd 15 @ FremantleL 90-99 18 June	17	4	13	3	0	0	0	1	2	5	12	1	175	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	47	9.3	–	0	1	1	0	15	5	0	4	0	0	17	4
Rd 14 v Gold Coast SUNSW 105-60 12 June	20	12	8	6	2	1	2	1	3	9	11	1	382	2	1	2	1	4	0	2	6	4	5	1	85	11.6	1	1	0	1	0	14	8	2	12	0	3	20	8
Rd 13 @ Adelaide CrowsL 74-75 4 June	14	5	9	3	1	0	1	1	3	10	4	0	156	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	53	11.3	–	0	0	0	1	11	7	0	8	1	1	14	3
Rd 12 @ CarltonL 84-88 29 May	18	13	5	9	2	0	3	1	4	3	14	1	426	2	1	2	0	3	0	1	7	3	3	0	97	15.6	–	0	0	0	1	15	2	2	12	0	3	17	11
Rd 11 v Sydney SwansW 107-80 23 May	23	13	10	7	0	1	1	3	4	8	13	1	361	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	5	4	3	0	87	7.1	–	0	1	1	2	19	6	0	12	1	2	21	11
Rd 10 @ Brisbane LionsW 117-76 14 May	19	8	11	3	0	2	4	2	3	6	12	0	294	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	8	1	2	0	73	11	–	0	0	1	1	13	5	0	10	0	2	18	3
Rd 9 v CollingwoodW 122-68 9 May	25	7	18	1	1	0	1	0	2	3	20	1	285	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	6	3	3	0	70	12.1	–	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	8	4	1	23	5
Rd 8 v North MelbourneW 135-86 2 May	14	6	8	4	1	1	3	0	1	5	9	0	131	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	1	2	0	62	9.1	–	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	19	0	2	14	4
Rd 7 @ Port AdelaideL 65-95 25 Apr	14	7	7	6	0	0	1	0	1	4	10	1	237	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	59	7.6	–	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	17	0	0	14	7
Rd 6 v Western BulldogsW 131-56 17 Apr	27	14	13	5	1	0	2	1	3	2	22	0	457	0	0	4	1	2	1	1	8	2	3	0	95	11.2	–	0	0	0	1	24	0	0	7	0	1	24	12
Rd 5 v West Coast EaglesW 122-76 12 Apr	16	10	6	7	0	2	2	0	3	5	10	1	205	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	5	4	2	1	73	4.3	–	0	3	0	0	8	4	1	16	0	2	15	4
Rd 4 @ HawthornL 91-92 6 Apr	12	4	8	4	1	0	1	1	2	2	10	0	272	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	50	8.2	–	0	0	0	1	11	1	1	12	0	2	12	3
Rd 3 v Adelaide CrowsW 68-60 26 Mar	21	12	9	7	2	0	2	1	4	8	12	0	330	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	7	7	4	1	93	5.8	–	0	0	0	1	13	6	1	14	1	3	20	8
Rd 1 v FremantleW 110-100 14 Mar	16	4	12	2	0	1	1	1	3	7	9	0	177	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	5	4	1	1	41	2.5	–	0	0	0	1	9	7	0	4	1	1	16	1
Opening Round @ Gold Coast SUNSL 69-125 6 Mar	20	8	12	4	4	1	2	2	1	10	9	0	228	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	2	1	94	22.6	–	0	0	0	2	17	8	0	8	0	6	19	6

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 33 of 43	43	17.3	9.2	8.1	4.0	1.1	0.7	2.5	1.4	2.3	6.0	10.4	0.7	254	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	5.8	2.5	2.3	0.8	72.5	9.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	11.8	4.4	0.4	11.9	0.5	2.1	16.4	5.1
AwayHome or away · won 21 of 40	40	17.1	8.8	8.3	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.2	1.1	2.8	6.8	9.9	0.6	277	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.4	5.3	3.0	2.8	0.6	71.3	11.3	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.9	12.0	5.0	0.5	12.6	0.3	1.9	16.7	5.0
WinsResult	54	18.6	9.7	8.8	4.4	1.1	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.7	6.9	10.9	0.8	280	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.4	0.6	0.5	6.2	3.0	2.8	0.9	77.0	10.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.2	12.6	5.0	0.4	12.8	0.6	2.2	17.8	5.4
LossesResult	29	14.8	7.7	7.1	3.8	1.1	0.4	1.8	1.0	2.2	5.5	8.7	0.4	237	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.7	0.6	0.3	4.4	2.3	2.1	0.4	62.5	10.0	–	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.9	10.6	4.2	0.3	11.2	0.2	1.7	14.2	4.4
Regular seasonStage · won 50 of 76	76	17.1	8.9	8.3	4.1	1.1	0.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.4	10.1	0.6	263	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.9	2.2	0.6	0.4	5.5	2.8	2.5	0.7	71.3	10.4	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	11.9	4.6	0.4	12.5	0.4	2.0	16.5	5.1
FinalsStage · won 4 of 7	7	18.3	10.4	7.9	4.9	1.1	1.1	2.6	1.7	2.4	6.7	10.6	0.6	278	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.1	0.3	0.4	6.4	2.7	2.9	0.9	78.9	9.2	–	0.6	0.0	0.1	1.6	11.3	5.6	0.4	9.6	0.3	2.6	17.3	4.9
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 3 of 8	8	16.8	9.4	7.4	3.3	1.4	1.0	2.6	1.4	1.8	6.9	8.9	0.5	245	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.5	6.3	2.4	2.9	0.5	71.3	9.8	–	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	10.4	6.0	0.3	12.1	0.3	2.6	15.8	4.1
FremantleOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	13.0	4.9	8.1	2.7	0.4	0.6	1.9	0.9	1.7	5.9	7.0	0.1	158	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.6	3.6	2.3	2.6	0.6	48.3	5.4	–	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.7	8.7	4.6	0.3	9.0	0.3	1.1	12.9	2.6
North MelbourneOpponent · won 7 of 7	7	14.9	7.9	7.0	3.6	1.0	0.7	3.0	0.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	0.4	229	0.9	0.4	0.7	0.3	2.1	1.0	0.7	6.0	3.1	3.1	0.6	65.9	11.8	–	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	10.3	4.1	0.7	14.4	0.1	2.1	14.1	4.7
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	16.0	7.3	8.7	3.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.2	6.5	8.8	1.0	192	1.2	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	4.7	3.2	2.3	0.3	59.5	7.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	5.0	0.2	11.3	0.7	2.0	15.3	4.0
CarltonOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	18.0	10.8	7.2	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.0	0.8	4.0	4.8	12.4	0.8	322	1.2	0.8	1.8	0.4	2.0	0.8	0.2	6.0	2.2	2.8	0.6	80.0	10.2	–	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	12.2	2.8	1.0	9.6	0.0	2.2	17.2	6.2
HawthornOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	18.2	8.8	9.4	3.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	1.4	2.6	7.2	10.2	0.4	291	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.6	0.2	0.0	4.6	3.2	1.8	1.4	73.0	9.7	–	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.2	12.2	6.0	0.2	12.8	0.6	1.4	17.4	4.6
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	16.0	9.6	6.4	4.8	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	6.0	10.2	0.8	258	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.4	1.8	1.2	0.6	5.8	2.8	2.4	0.2	67.4	9.8	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	4.0	0.6	11.8	0.0	1.8	16.2	5.8
RichmondOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	20.0	9.0	11.0	3.8	1.0	0.8	2.6	1.6	3.4	7.6	11.8	1.6	301	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.8	0.6	0.6	5.4	2.6	1.6	0.8	76.4	12.5	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	13.6	5.8	0.0	12.4	0.6	2.0	19.4	4.6
St KildaOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	18.8	11.8	7.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	2.0	1.6	3.8	6.8	11.0	1.2	345	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.2	7.6	2.4	2.4	1.0	80.6	12.8	–	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.2	13.4	4.4	0.8	12.0	0.8	2.8	17.8	7.4
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	16.2	8.0	8.2	2.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.0	1.2	5.6	9.6	0.8	200	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.0	0.4	5.6	2.0	1.8	0.6	69.4	10.9	–	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.8	12.6	3.4	0.0	14.6	0.6	2.0	15.2	5.0
CollingwoodOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	21.3	8.8	12.5	6.3	1.5	0.0	2.3	1.3	2.3	6.5	14.3	0.5	293	1.5	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	6.3	3.0	2.8	1.0	88.3	12.9	0.8	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	16.8	5.0	0.5	12.5	1.5	2.0	20.8	6.0
EssendonOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	18.3	10.8	7.5	3.5	2.3	0.5	3.3	1.0	3.0	4.3	11.3	0.8	294	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	6.5	2.5	2.5	1.8	84.5	12.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	11.5	3.5	0.3	16.0	1.0	2.8	15.5	5.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	19.8	9.8	10.0	4.0	1.8	0.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	8.3	11.5	0.5	292	1.3	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	0.8	1.0	5.0	2.8	2.8	1.0	80.0	11.7	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.3	13.8	6.8	0.5	11.8	0.3	2.8	19.8	5.8
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 0 of 4	4	17.3	11.3	6.0	5.5	1.5	0.3	2.0	1.8	3.3	6.0	10.8	0.0	369	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	2.5	0.3	0.3	4.3	4.8	2.5	0.8	79.0	13.0	–	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.5	11.5	4.3	0.5	12.3	0.0	1.8	16.8	6.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 2 of 3	3	18.3	9.7	8.7	7.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	8.0	10.3	0.3	316	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	0.7	0.7	5.7	2.3	3.3	0.3	75.3	10.9	–	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	14.0	3.7	0.7	10.7	0.0	1.0	18.3	6.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 2 of 3	3	19.3	10.7	8.7	5.7	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.3	3.7	7.0	11.3	0.3	289	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	5.3	2.7	3.3	0.3	78.7	8.7	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	14.7	4.7	0.3	12.3	0.7	1.3	18.3	7.7
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	17.0	9.3	7.7	6.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	0.7	2.7	6.7	10.0	0.7	254	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	7.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	73.3	8.3	–	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	10.0	5.0	0.3	14.0	0.3	2.3	16.7	4.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 25 of 33	33	16.7	8.8	7.9	3.8	1.1	0.7	2.6	1.5	2.2	6.1	9.8	0.7	244	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.5	5.6	2.5	2.2	0.8	70.2	9.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.3	11.5	4.2	0.4	12.4	0.5	2.0	15.9	5.1
MCGGround · won 14 of 22	22	18.2	9.6	8.6	5.2	1.3	0.5	2.2	1.0	2.9	5.8	11.5	0.7	297	1.1	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.3	5.9	2.5	2.3	0.8	78.3	11.1	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.8	12.8	4.5	0.5	11.2	0.6	2.1	17.3	5.4
Adelaide OvalGround · won 5 of 7	7	17.6	9.4	8.1	4.1	0.9	0.7	1.7	1.1	2.7	7.0	10.4	1.0	258	1.0	1.1	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.9	0.4	5.6	3.7	3.0	0.3	69.3	11.1	–	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.0	13.0	4.7	0.3	12.9	0.4	1.9	17.4	5.7
Optus StadiumGround · won 2 of 5	5	14.2	5.6	8.6	3.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.4	1.8	7.0	7.2	0.2	197	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	3.6	2.4	3.0	0.8	51.2	6.0	–	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	8.8	5.2	0.0	9.2	0.4	1.2	14.2	2.4
Marvel StadiumGround · won 2 of 4	4	18.0	10.8	7.3	4.3	1.0	0.8	2.8	1.0	4.0	6.0	10.5	0.5	353	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.3	3.0	0.5	0.8	6.5	3.8	4.5	0.5	75.5	13.1	–	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	12.8	4.8	1.3	15.0	0.0	2.0	16.5	6.5
GabbaGround · won 2 of 3	3	14.3	7.7	6.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	1.3	7.0	7.3	0.7	219	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.3	5.0	2.7	2.3	0.7	57.7	6.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	7.7	5.7	0.0	13.3	0.0	2.3	14.3	1.7
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	20.0	12.5	7.5	6.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	9.5	11.0	0.0	423	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.5	4.5	4.5	0.5	91.0	19.9	–	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	14.0	7.0	1.0	13.5	0.0	2.0	20.5	7.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 2 of 2	2	17.0	6.5	10.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	8.5	7.5	1.0	178	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	7.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	68.0	16.9	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	6.5	0.0	16.0	0.5	3.0	16.0	4.5
SCGGround · won 1 of 2	2	17.5	9.5	8.0	5.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	0.5	3.5	6.5	10.5	0.0	254	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	5.5	2.0	3.5	0.5	74.5	9.6	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	12.5	4.0	0.5	12.5	0.5	1.0	17.0	6.0
Norwood OvalGround · won 1 of 1	1	16.0	10.0	6.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	10.0	1.0	205	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	73.0	4.3	–	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	16.0	0.0	2.0	15.0	4.0
People First StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	20.0	8.0	12.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	9.0	0.0	228	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	94.0	22.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	8.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	6.0	19.0	6.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	25.0	13.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	10.0	15.0	0.0	375	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	81.0	8.9	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	10.0	0.0	17.0	0.0	1.0	25.0	5.0

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