Western Bulldogs

Sam Davidson

Midfielder#42AFL

Key facts

Age: 24
Height: 191 cm
Number: #42
Born: 13 December 2001
Debut: 2025
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2024 pick 51 (national draft)
Recruited from: East Brighton JFC, Richmond VFL

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLWestern Bulldogs	18	226	141	85	55	8	10	46	13	35	68	167	7	4,488	11	6	14	24	38	10	10	69	50	35	15	980	123.6	4	0	13	162	44	6	233	13	24	235	87
2025 AFLWestern Bulldogs	19	295	182	113	81	13	8	52	19	49	86	211	7	5,531	9	9	16	13	46	4	19	103	63	31	13	1,256	167.2	1	3	16	209	67	4	243	7	22	297	119
Career2 seasons	37	521	323	198	136	21	18	98	32	84	154	378	14	10,019	20	15	30	37	84	14	29	172	113	66	28	2,236	290.8	5	3	29	371	111	10	476	20	46	532	206

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Qualifying & Elimination Finals @ Adelaide CrowsL 68-90 5 Sept	10	6	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	8	0	229	0	0	0	3	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	40	0.8	0	0	6	3	0	19	2	1	12	3
Wildcard Finals v CollingwoodW 96-93 28 Aug	19	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	6	2	18	1	435	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	6	1	1	81	3.6	0	1	12	1	0	14	0	3	20	4
Rd 24 @ MelbourneW 108-87 22 Aug	18	14	4	2	0	1	1	2	5	7	12	1	482	2	0	2	2	4	2	1	10	6	1	0	60	5.1	0	2	10	6	0	7	1	1	19	7
Rd 23 v CarltonD 82-82 16 Aug	19	6	13	7	1	0	2	1	4	6	12	1	196	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	5	4	3	1	79	13.8	0	1	17	4	1	21	1	1	18	5
Rd 22 v North MelbourneL 77-100 6 Aug	16	8	8	2	1	1	5	3	3	9	8	0	214	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	4	1	6	0	74	12.7	0	3	12	6	1	13	1	2	17	4
Rd 21 @ FremantleL 41-78 31 July	14	9	5	2	0	0	2	1	1	3	11	0	237	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	3	2	1	48	2.2	0	1	10	3	0	14	0	0	14	6
Rd 20 v RichmondW 105-48 25 July	12	11	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	3	9	0	261	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	58	5.9	0	1	8	2	0	9	1	4	12	7
Rd 19 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 77-68 19 July	7	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	4	0	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	2	33	-0.7	0	0	6	3	0	15	0	1	7	1
Rd 18 v West Coast EaglesW 86-70 12 July	9	5	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	3	7	1	136	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	42	7.6	0	0	7	0	0	6	2	1	10	4
Rd 10 @ CarltonL 62-74 16 May	14	8	6	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	0	198	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	61	3	0	0	10	0	1	11	1	0	13	4
Rd 8 v FremantleL 102-114 1 May	6	4	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	1	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	42	10	0	0	6	2	0	13	0	0	6	4
Rd 7 v Sydney SwansL 60-126 23 Apr	14	10	4	5	0	0	3	0	1	3	13	0	470	0	1	1	3	3	0	1	2	7	2	0	62	8	1	0	7	1	1	16	2	1	16	4
Rd 6 @ Geelong CatsL 56-131 17 Apr	19	12	7	3	0	1	1	1	2	8	12	0	348	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	5	2	7	1	64	9.3	0	1	14	4	1	14	0	3	20	8
Rd 5 @ HawthornL 64-104 11 Apr	11	10	1	3	0	2	4	0	4	2	9	1	374	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	2	59	10.6	0	0	9	2	0	14	1	2	11	8
Rd 4 v EssendonW 99-65 5 Apr	11	8	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	12	1	204	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	46	11.1	0	0	10	0	0	8	0	0	14	7
Rd 2 @ Adelaide CrowsW 94-88 20 Mar	7	5	2	0	0	1	3	2	3	4	3	0	241	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	33	3	3	2	3	3	0	10	1	1	7	1
Rd 1 v GWS GIANTSW 134-53 14 Mar	11	10	1	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	6	0	240	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	2	1	60	8.7	0	0	7	2	1	15	0	2	8	7
Opening Round @ Brisbane LionsW 111-106 7 Mar	9	3	6	2	1	0	2	1	0	4	7	0	98	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	7	1	2	1	38	8.9	0	1	8	2	0	14	0	1	11	3

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 11 of 20	20	14.1	8.8	5.3	4.0	0.8	0.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	10.3	0.5	267	0.7	0.6	0.9	1.0	2.3	0.3	0.7	4.5	3.1	1.6	0.8	62.7	9.0	0.1	0.1	0.8	10.3	2.6	0.4	12.4	0.6	1.4	14.2	5.7
AwayHome or away · won 8 of 17	17	14.1	8.7	5.4	3.3	0.4	0.6	2.6	0.8	2.1	4.5	10.1	0.2	275	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.9	4.8	3.0	2.0	0.7	57.8	6.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	9.8	3.5	0.1	13.4	0.5	1.1	14.6	5.5
WinsResult	19	14.9	9.6	5.3	4.0	0.7	0.6	2.0	0.6	2.9	3.7	11.2	0.5	297	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.3	0.6	5.8	2.9	1.5	0.6	62.8	8.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	10.8	2.8	0.3	11.4	0.5	1.5	14.9	6.2
LossesResult	17	12.9	7.9	4.9	3.1	0.4	0.4	3.4	1.1	1.5	4.5	9.0	0.2	246	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.6	0.5	1.0	3.4	3.1	2.0	0.9	56.6	6.9	0.1	0.2	0.9	8.8	3.1	0.2	14.0	0.6	0.9	13.5	4.9
DrawsResult	1	19.0	6.0	13.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	12.0	1.0	196	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	79.0	13.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	17.0	4.0	1.0	21.0	1.0	1.0	18.0	5.0
Regular seasonStage · won 18 of 35	35	14.1	8.8	5.3	3.7	0.6	0.5	2.6	0.9	2.2	4.2	10.1	0.4	267	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.8	4.7	2.9	1.8	0.8	60.4	8.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	10.1	3.1	0.3	12.7	0.5	1.2	14.3	5.7
FinalsStage · won 1 of 2	2	14.5	8.0	6.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	3.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	13.0	0.5	332	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.5	60.5	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	9.0	2.0	0.0	16.5	1.0	2.0	16.0	3.5
FremantleOpponent · won 0 of 4	4	12.5	8.0	4.5	3.3	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.5	0.8	4.3	8.5	0.3	206	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.5	0.3	1.3	3.8	2.5	1.3	2.0	53.8	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.8	3.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	0.5	12.8	5.3
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	9.7	6.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	3.7	1.3	2.0	3.7	7.0	0.0	227	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	41.0	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	6.0	2.7	0.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	10.7	3.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	10.0	4.3	5.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	1.7	0.7	4.3	6.3	0.3	121	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.0	1.0	4.7	2.0	1.7	1.0	43.0	6.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	7.3	3.3	0.0	11.3	0.0	0.7	10.7	3.7
CarltonOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	21.3	11.3	10.0	8.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	2.7	4.7	16.0	0.7	344	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	4.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	88.3	9.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	17.3	3.3	0.7	14.7	1.0	0.7	20.7	8.7
CollingwoodOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	17.0	10.5	6.5	3.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	3.5	14.0	1.0	432	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.5	0.5	70.5	7.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	13.5	0.5	1.5	17.5	5.0
EssendonOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	13.5	9.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	11.0	1.0	281	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	4.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	57.5	12.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	11.5	2.5	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.5	15.0	8.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	16.5	11.5	5.0	5.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	2.0	1.5	7.0	10.5	0.0	309	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	79.0	9.6	0.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	3.5	0.5	14.0	0.5	2.0	17.5	7.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	11.0	4.5	6.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	4.5	8.0	0.0	144	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	47.5	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	1.5	12.5	3.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	13.0	10.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	7.5	0.0	282	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	6.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	55.5	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5	3.5	0.5	13.5	0.0	2.0	11.0	6.5
HawthornOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	9.5	6.5	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	6.5	0.5	241	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	45.0	6.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	9.5	5.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	13.0	6.5	6.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	4.5	1.5	2.0	5.5	8.5	0.0	192	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	2.5	4.5	1.5	63.5	7.8	0.0	0.0	1.5	9.5	4.0	1.0	15.5	0.5	2.0	14.0	3.0
RichmondOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	19.5	14.5	5.0	5.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	16.0	0.0	403	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.5	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	83.0	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	14.0	1.5	0.0	8.5	1.5	2.5	18.5	9.5
St KildaOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	20.0	12.0	8.0	6.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	5.0	3.5	15.5	0.5	367	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	81.5	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	16.5	3.0	1.0	13.0	0.5	1.5	19.0	9.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	13.0	7.5	5.5	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	3.5	10.0	0.5	320	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.5	0.0	50.5	6.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	7.0	2.5	0.5	14.5	1.0	0.5	13.5	3.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	12.0	7.5	4.5	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	190	2.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	5.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	60.0	10.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	1.5	0.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	13.0	5.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	18.0	14.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	12.0	1.0	482	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	60.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	6.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	19.0	7.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	14.0	10.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	11.0	0.0	318	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	57.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	14.0	4.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 11 of 19	19	14.9	9.4	5.5	4.6	0.7	0.3	2.6	0.7	2.3	3.8	11.1	0.4	277	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.2	0.2	0.6	4.6	2.9	1.8	0.7	66.4	9.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	11.3	2.6	0.4	12.8	0.7	1.3	14.9	6.5
Adelaide OvalGround · won 1 of 3	3	9.3	7.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	6.7	0.3	281	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.3	1.0	1.0	44.0	4.8	1.0	0.0	0.7	6.0	2.7	0.0	14.3	1.3	1.3	10.0	4.0
MCGGround · won 2 of 3	3	17.3	11.7	5.7	3.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	5.0	4.7	13.3	1.0	448	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	6.7	5.3	0.7	0.3	67.0	6.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.7	3.3	0.0	11.3	0.7	1.3	18.0	5.7
GabbaGround · won 1 of 2	2	8.0	3.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	4.0	5.5	0.0	103	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	4.5	2.0	2.0	1.5	36.0	6.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	5.5	3.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	0.5	9.5	2.5
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	16.5	11.5	5.0	5.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	2.0	1.5	7.0	10.5	0.0	309	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	3.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	79.0	9.6	0.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	3.5	0.5	14.0	0.5	2.0	17.5	7.0
Optus StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	16.0	9.0	7.0	3.5	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	5.0	12.0	0.0	241	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	56.5	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	10.5	3.5	0.0	13.0	0.0	0.5	17.0	5.5
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 1 of 1	1	15.0	11.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	324	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	51.0	12.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	14.0	6.0
Mars StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	14.0	10.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	11.0	0.0	318	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	57.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	14.0	4.0
Norwood OvalGround · won 0 of 1	1	14.0	6.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	157	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	57.0	7.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	6.0
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	7.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	42.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	33.0	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	1.0
SCGGround · won 1 of 1	1	12.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	169	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	39.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	2.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	15.0	7.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	245	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	62.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	21.0	0.0	2.0	18.0	5.0

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