Western Bulldogs

James O'Donnell

Key Defender#18AFL

Bio

Born in 2002, James O'Donnell made his senior debut with Western Bulldogs in 2023. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 69 of his games across 2023–2026.

Key facts

Age: 24
Height: 197 cm
Number: #18
Born: 31 August 2002
Debut: 2023
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2022 (cat b rookie)
Recruited from: Kew (Vic), Xavier College (Vic)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

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

Season
2026 AFLWestern Bulldogs	21	216	151	65	90	0	0	23	2	21	69	150	1	1	4,346	0	7	59	214	30	17	15	40	36	97	0	918	200.1	1	0	0	2	184	44	31	96	208	0	219	129	0
2025 AFLWestern Bulldogs	22	229	154	75	90	4	2	30	3	25	80	147	5	2	4,031	1	18	50	113	40	19	15	43	48	113	3	1,007	164	3	3	0	3	181	48	46	131	108	7	227	117	1
2024 AFLWestern Bulldogs	14	157	115	42	62	2	1	14	1	17	49	108	0	2	2,842	2	9	41	54	30	5	12	35	35	58	0	653	76.6	1	0	0	1	120	35	17	91	51	3	157	86	0
2023 AFLWestern Bulldogs	12	99	60	39	34	1	2	9	4	9	37	61	0	3	1,728	2	7	15	41	20	2	3	15	26	33	0	397	51.4	2	0	1	3	65	26	14	73	38	3	98	34	0
Career4 seasons	69	701	480	221	276	7	5	76	10	72	235	466	6	8	12,947	5	41	165	422	120	43	45	133	145	301	3	2,975	492.1	7	3	1	9	550	153	108	391	405	13	701	366	1

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ Adelaide CrowsL 68-90 5 Sept	17	11	6	6	2	0	3	5	11	0	0	448	0	3	10	2	0	0	1	5	9	71	11.7	0	0	13	5	2	6	9	16	8
Wildcard Finals v CollingwoodW 96-93 28 Aug	9	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	173	0	3	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	40	8.6	0	0	9	1	1	2	8	8	7
Rd 24 @ MelbourneW 108-87 22 Aug	8	7	1	5	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	123	2	3	16	2	0	1	2	3	6	35	14.1	0	0	6	2	4	7	16	9	5
Rd 23 v CarltonD 82-82 16 Aug	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	141	0	4	17	3	1	3	1	1	1	19	10.3	0	0	5	0	0	4	17	7	2
Rd 22 v North MelbourneL 77-100 6 Aug	15	8	7	4	2	0	0	5	10	0	0	261	0	4	13	3	2	1	2	3	7	57	11.4	0	0	11	3	2	6	13	15	5
Rd 21 @ FremantleL 41-78 31 July	11	9	2	6	0	1	0	3	9	0	0	136	0	5	14	1	0	0	1	1	4	49	11.3	0	1	8	2	2	2	13	12	7
Rd 20 v RichmondW 105-48 25 July	16	14	2	14	1	0	1	4	13	0	0	264	2	2	9	1	1	1	3	1	6	90	13.6	0	0	16	1	4	2	9	17	14
Rd 19 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 77-68 19 July	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	107	0	2	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	24	3.5	0	0	3	1	0	3	6	5	2
Rd 18 v West Coast EaglesW 86-70 12 July	9	6	3	5	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	187	0	1	8	0	0	0	3	1	6	43	13.2	0	0	9	4	2	3	8	10	6
Rd 17 @ Sydney SwansL 55-90 3 July	8	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	235	0	4	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	30	4.9	0	0	6	0	0	8	9	7	6
Rd 15 @ St KildaW 83-61 21 June	15	10	5	4	2	0	3	6	9	0	1	258	0	4	11	1	4	1	5	1	7	61	17.1	1	0	15	3	2	5	11	15	10
Rd 14 v Adelaide CrowsL 64-121 11 June	14	10	4	2	0	1	2	4	9	0	0	346	0	2	18	0	2	0	2	2	5	46	14.1	0	1	11	2	0	4	18	13	8
Rd 13 @ HawthornW 77-71 5 June	11	8	3	4	0	0	1	2	9	0	0	189	0	4	9	3	0	0	1	3	3	42	8.2	0	0	9	2	2	3	9	11	6
Rd 12 v CollingwoodW 97-93 30 May	7	6	1	4	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	158	1	2	5	0	1	0	4	0	2	41	4.7	0	0	7	0	1	6	5	7	6
Rd 11 v MelbourneW 93-90 24 May	11	8	3	4	1	0	6	4	7	0	0	389	0	0	13	2	0	1	3	3	5	43	13.6	0	0	9	4	1	6	13	11	7
Rd 6 @ Geelong CatsL 56-131 17 Apr	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	158	0	4	6	1	2	1	1	0	6	25	7.7	0	0	7	2	1	4	5	7	5
Rd 5 @ HawthornL 64-104 11 Apr	12	9	3	7	1	0	2	2	10	0	0	253	1	3	12	1	1	0	3	4	5	59	9	0	0	10	0	4	5	12	12	7
Rd 4 v EssendonW 99-65 5 Apr	11	5	6	4	2	0	1	4	9	0	0	112	0	3	11	3	0	2	1	1	3	41	5.1	0	0	10	3	0	5	10	13	5
Rd 2 @ Adelaide CrowsW 94-88 20 Mar	8	5	3	1	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	155	1	3	7	0	1	0	2	1	6	33	7.5	0	0	8	3	1	4	7	8	5
Rd 1 v GWS GIANTSW 134-53 14 Mar	7	4	3	2	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	192	0	2	6	2	0	1	1	1	3	29	4.8	0	0	7	2	0	5	5	7	4
Opening Round @ Brisbane LionsW 111-106 7 Mar	8	5	3	3	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	61	0	1	5	2	1	1	1	3	7	40	5.7	0	0	5	4	2	6	5	9	4

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 20W	35	10.2	7.1	3.1	4.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.1	1.1	3.5	6.8	0.0	0.1	188	0.1	0.7	2.1	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	4.3	0.0	41.9	7.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.0	2.3	1.4	4.9	5.7	0.2	10.3	5.5	0.0
AwayHome or away, 20W	34	10.1	6.8	3.3	4.0	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	1.0	3.3	6.7	0.2	0.1	187	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.3	1.6	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	0.1	44.3	6.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	7.9	2.1	1.8	6.4	6.0	0.2	10.0	5.1	0.0
WinsResult, 40W	40	10.3	7.0	3.4	4.0	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.1	1.1	3.5	6.8	0.0	0.1	176	0.0	0.6	2.2	6.0	1.6	0.5	0.6	2.1	1.9	4.8	0.1	43.5	7.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.3	2.4	1.7	5.0	5.8	0.1	10.3	5.5	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	28	10.1	7.1	3.0	4.0	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.3	1.0	3.4	6.7	0.2	0.1	205	0.1	0.6	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.9	0.0	43.4	7.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	7.6	2.0	1.4	6.6	5.6	0.3	10.1	5.1	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	1	7.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	141	0.0	0.0	4.0	17.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	19.0	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	17.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.0
Regular seasonStage, 39W	66	10.1	6.9	3.2	3.9	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.0	3.4	6.7	0.1	0.1	183	0.1	0.6	2.4	6.0	1.7	0.6	0.7	2.0	2.1	4.3	0.0	42.7	7.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	7.9	2.2	1.6	5.7	5.8	0.2	10.1	5.2	0.0
FinalsStage, 1W	3	12.3	8.7	3.7	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	4.0	8.3	0.0	0.0	287	0.0	0.0	2.7	8.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.0	5.7	0.0	52.7	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.0	3.7	1.0	4.3	7.7	0.0	12.3	7.0	0.0
FremantleOpponent, 2W	6	10.8	8.0	2.8	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.2	1.0	3.2	7.7	0.7	0.2	173	0.0	0.5	3.0	5.8	1.7	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.5	0.0	45.5	6.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	8.3	1.8	1.3	5.7	5.5	0.3	10.8	6.2	0.2
HawthornOpponent, 1W	6	11.3	7.8	3.5	4.7	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	3.8	7.5	0.0	0.2	231	0.0	0.7	3.2	7.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	2.3	3.2	5.2	0.0	49.3	8.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.8	2.3	2.2	6.0	6.8	0.0	11.3	5.8	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 2W	5	11.4	7.8	3.6	3.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.2	1.4	4.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	296	0.0	0.2	2.4	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	0.0	42.6	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.8	3.0	0.8	5.0	8.8	0.2	11.4	6.2	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 5W	5	7.8	5.4	2.4	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.4	2.8	5.0	0.0	0.2	220	0.0	0.0	2.2	5.4	2.2	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.8	4.2	0.2	32.0	5.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	2.4	0.8	5.4	5.2	0.0	7.8	3.8	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 4W	5	12.0	8.0	4.0	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.6	8.4	0.0	0.4	180	0.0	0.8	2.8	8.0	2.0	0.6	0.6	2.6	1.8	6.2	0.0	50.2	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.4	2.6	4.8	7.4	0.0	12.0	6.4	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 1W	4	7.8	5.3	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.3	2.3	0.3	1.8	3.8	4.3	0.0	0.3	133	0.5	0.8	1.0	3.5	2.0	0.3	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.0	0.3	40.0	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	8.0	3.3	1.0	8.0	3.5	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 3W	4	8.0	6.3	1.8	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.8	5.8	0.0	0.0	142	0.0	0.8	2.5	4.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.3	0.8	2.8	0.0	36.0	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	7.3	0.8	1.3	5.8	4.5	0.0	7.5	5.5	0.0
EssendonOpponent, 3W	4	12.0	7.3	4.8	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.8	3.8	8.8	0.0	0.0	184	0.0	0.8	3.3	5.3	2.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	4.0	0.0	46.5	6.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8	2.5	1.0	5.8	4.8	0.0	12.5	5.5	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 1W	4	9.0	5.5	3.5	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	3.8	5.0	0.3	0.3	112	0.5	0.8	1.5	6.3	2.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	4.5	0.0	37.8	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3	2.3	2.0	7.8	5.5	0.5	8.8	4.3	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 4W	4	13.3	8.5	4.8	6.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	198	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.5	0.0	56.5	7.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	3.0	1.8	4.3	5.3	0.0	13.0	7.5	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 4W	4	12.3	8.3	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	4.8	7.8	0.0	0.3	172	0.0	0.8	2.0	6.0	2.0	1.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	5.8	0.0	49.8	9.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.8	3.0	1.8	4.8	6.0	0.0	12.5	6.5	0.0
CarltonOpponent, 2W	3	7.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.3	3.0	4.7	0.0	0.0	134	0.3	0.0	1.7	6.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	2.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	31.0	6.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	5.3	1.7	0.0	5.3	6.7	1.3	7.7	2.3	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 1W	3	11.0	8.0	3.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	3.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	223	0.0	0.3	3.7	5.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.7	4.7	0.0	53.7	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	2.3	2.3	9.0	5.7	0.0	10.7	5.7	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	3	9.7	6.7	3.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.3	6.0	0.3	0.0	232	0.0	1.0	1.3	11.0	1.7	0.0	0.7	2.3	2.3	5.7	0.0	38.7	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.3	2.3	7.0	11.0	0.0	10.3	5.3	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 1W	3	6.0	4.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	0.0	0.0	82.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	0.0	26.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	1.0	0.7	3.7	1.3	0.0	5.3	2.3	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 1W	3	7.3	5.0	2.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	5.3	0.0	0.0	165	0.0	0.3	2.3	6.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	3.0	0.0	29.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.3	1.3	6.0	6.3	0.0	7.0	3.7	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 2W	3	13.3	10.3	3.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	9.0	0.0	0.0	258	0.0	1.7	3.3	4.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	2.7	6.0	0.0	59.7	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.0	2.3	4.0	2.3	4.7	0.0	13.3	7.7	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 25W	38	10.4	7.1	3.3	4.2	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	3.6	7.0	0.0	0.1	186	0.1	0.7	2.3	6.1	1.8	0.6	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.4	0.0	43.7	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	8.3	2.3	1.5	5.1	5.8	0.3	10.6	5.5	0.0
MCGGround, 5W	6	11.7	7.8	3.8	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	3.8	8.0	0.2	0.0	204	0.0	0.5	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.2	0.5	2.0	2.3	5.0	0.0	46.7	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.8	3.2	1.7	5.8	7.8	0.0	11.8	6.3	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 1W	4	10.0	6.8	3.3	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.3	3.0	6.8	0.0	0.0	222	0.0	0.5	2.5	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.8	5.0	0.0	43.8	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	1.8	5.0	7.0	0.0	9.8	5.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	3	10.0	5.7	4.3	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	113	0.0	0.7	2.0	8.0	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	6.0	0.0	39.3	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	2.3	2.7	7.7	7.0	0.0	9.7	5.0	0.0
Mars StadiumGround, 3W	3	8.3	6.0	2.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.3	4.7	0.0	0.3	191	0.0	0.3	1.3	3.7	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.7	2.7	4.3	0.0	31.0	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	4.3	3.7	0.0	8.0	3.7	0.0
Optus StadiumGround, 0W	3	11.3	9.0	2.3	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	8.3	1.3	0.0	210	0.0	0.3	3.7	6.3	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.3	0.0	49.7	6.1	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	8.0	1.3	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.7	11.7	6.3	0.3
SCGGround, 1W	3	7.3	5.0	2.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	5.3	0.0	0.0	165	0.0	0.3	2.3	6.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	3.0	0.0	29.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.3	1.3	6.0	6.3	0.0	7.0	3.7	0.0
GabbaGround, 1W	2	8.0	4.5	3.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.5	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	106	0.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	0.0	39.5	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	6.0	3.0	1.5	7.5	4.0	0.0	8.0	3.5	0.0
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	2	14.0	10.0	4.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	4.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	281	0.0	0.5	4.5	5.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	7.0	0.0	68.5	10.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.5	3.0	3.5	12.0	5.5	0.0	13.5	7.5	0.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	88.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	21.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	1	9.0	6.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	287	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	41.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	5.0	0.0
Norwood OvalGround, 0W	1	7.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	162	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	37.0	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	4.0	0.0
People First StadiumGround, 1W	1	5.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	107	0.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	24.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	15.0	11.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	1.0	320	0.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	73.0	11.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	2.0	3.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	9.0	0.0