Essendon

Zak Johnson

Medium Defender#40AFL

Bio

Born in 2006, Zak Johnson debuted for Essendon Football Club in 2025. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 16 of his games across 2025–2026.

Key facts

Age: 19
Height: 186 cm
Number: #40
Born: 24 December 2006
Debut: 2025
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2024 pick 70 (national draft)
Recruited from: St Marys GJFC, Northern U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon Football Club

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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	7	112	63	49	29	2	1	9	18	85	2	1,708	1	16	15	9	1	1	17	19	19	380	33.6	3	1	87	15	2	60	13	2	103	44
2025 AFLEssendon	9	118	70	48	32	12	1	11	29	79	2	2,049	0	19	15	14	7	1	19	20	32	454	52.5	8	1	97	22	4	50	12	0	108	54
Career2 seasons	16	230	133	97	61	14	2	20	47	164	4	3,757	1	35	30	23	8	2	36	39	51	834	86.1	11	2	184	37	6	110	25	2	211	98

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 22 @ Geelong CatsL 50-117 8 Aug	8	4	4	0	1	0	2	3	5	0	138	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	2	3	25	4.9	0	0	6	2	0	11	3	0	8	2
Rd 21 v Adelaide CrowsL 73-145 2 Aug	15	8	7	5	0	0	3	3	12	1	293	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	2	3	50	5.9	1	0	13	2	1	9	1	1	15	6
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	15	9	6	2	0	0	2	3	13	1	178	0	2	3	0	0	0	4	2	3	45	6	0	0	13	2	0	2	2	0	16	7
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	23	11	12	9	1	0	0	4	17	0	189	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	4	88	0.6	1	0	18	4	0	8	1	0	21	8
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	8	0	170	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	32	1.7	0	0	6	1	0	9	2	0	9	3
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	26	17	9	7	0	1	2	1	19	0	500	0	8	2	2	0	0	5	5	4	90	10.3	0	1	19	1	1	12	2	1	20	11
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	16	9	7	3	0	0	0	3	11	0	240	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	4	1	50	4.2	1	0	12	3	0	9	2	0	14	7

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

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 0W	8	15.1	9.1	6.0	3.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	3.3	10.4	0.3	246	0.0	2.8	1.5	1.3	0.8	0.1	2.5	2.8	4.4	54.6	5.9	0.6	0.1	11.8	2.6	0.6	6.4	1.4	0.1	13.6	6.4
HomeHome or away, 0W	8	13.6	7.5	6.1	4.0	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.6	10.1	0.3	224	0.1	1.6	2.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	49.6	4.8	0.8	0.1	11.3	2.0	0.1	7.4	1.8	0.1	12.8	5.9
LossesResult, 0W	16	14.4	8.3	6.1	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.9	10.3	0.3	235	0.1	2.2	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.4	3.2	52.1	5.4	0.7	0.1	11.5	2.3	0.4	6.9	1.6	0.1	13.2	6.1
Regular seasonStage, 0W	16	14.4	8.3	6.1	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.9	10.3	0.3	235	0.1	2.2	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.4	3.2	52.1	5.4	0.7	0.1	11.5	2.3	0.4	6.9	1.6	0.1	13.2	6.1
CarltonOpponent, 0W	2	14.0	10.5	3.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	3.5	9.5	1.0	283	0.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	2.0	4.0	59.0	5.8	0.5	0.0	11.0	2.0	1.0	4.5	0.5	0.0	13.0	8.5
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	2	18.5	10.5	8.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	13.0	0.0	299	0.0	1.5	4.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	64.5	6.2	0.5	0.0	15.0	2.5	0.0	11.0	3.5	0.0	16.5	7.5
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 0W	2	10.0	5.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	8.0	0.5	140	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	33.5	5.4	0.5	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	10.5	4.5
Western BulldogsOpponent, 0W	2	16.0	8.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	0.0	157	0.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	62.5	1.8	1.5	0.0	13.0	2.5	0.0	5.5	1.5	0.0	15.0	6.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 0W	1	15.0	8.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	12.0	1.0	293	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	50.0	5.9	1.0	0.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	6.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 0W	1	11.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	204	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	34.0	5.6	2.0	0.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	4.0
FremantleOpponent, 0W	1	9.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	179	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	35.0	3.9	1.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	3.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 0W	1	16.0	7.0	9.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	11.0	0.0	209	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	63.0	10.7	0.0	1.0	15.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	7.0
HawthornOpponent, 0W	1	16.0	9.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	0.0	240	0.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	50.0	4.2	1.0	0.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	7.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 0W	1	9.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	0.0	170	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	32.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	3.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 0W	1	26.0	17.0	9.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	19.0	0.0	500	0.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	90.0	10.3	0.0	1.0	19.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	2.0	1.0	20.0	11.0
RichmondOpponent, 0W	1	11.0	6.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	206	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	41.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 0W	6	12.8	6.3	6.5	4.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	2.8	9.7	0.2	181	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.5	48.7	4.4	0.8	0.2	10.8	2.2	0.2	7.5	1.5	0.2	12.5	5.0
MCGGround, 0W	5	16.8	10.6	6.2	4.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	3.4	11.4	0.4	294	0.0	2.4	1.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.4	3.6	62.6	5.8	0.6	0.0	13.4	2.6	0.6	6.2	1.4	0.0	14.8	8.2
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	1	26.0	17.0	9.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	19.0	0.0	500	0.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	90.0	10.3	0.0	1.0	19.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	2.0	1.0	20.0	11.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	13.0	1.0	178	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	45.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	7.0
GabbaGround, 0W	1	11.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	204	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	34.0	5.6	2.0	0.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	4.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	8.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	138	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	25.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	2.0
Optus StadiumGround, 0W	1	9.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	179	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	35.0	3.9	1.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	3.0