Port Adelaide

Josh Lai

Medium Defender#43AFL

Bio

Born in 2005, Josh Lai made his senior debut with Port Adelaide Football Club in 2026. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 19 of his games in 2026.

Key facts

Age: 21
Height: 185 cm
Number: #43
Born: 1 October 2005
Debut: 2026
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2024 (pre- season)
Recruited from: East Sandringham, Cheltenham (SFNL)

Official profile

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Career

Port Adelaide 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 AFLPort Adelaide	19	224	151	73	97	0	0	30	4	26	72	156	0	3	4,986	0	10	58	55	33	15	10	32	61	99	0	995	125	1	0	1	3	175	48	38	145	50	0	228	115	0

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 @ EssendonW 105-95 23 Aug	12	6	6	1	2	0	2	3	9	0	324	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	4	4	41	9	0	0	0	9	3	0	9	3	12	5
Rd 23 v MelbourneL 56-132 15 Aug	12	7	5	5	1	0	1	4	8	1	222	0	2	1	4	0	2	2	2	7	44	1.9	0	0	0	10	4	2	10	1	12	6
Rd 22 @ Sydney SwansL 70-167 8 Aug	9	5	4	4	2	0	0	3	7	0	97	0	5	2	4	0	2	1	4	6	37	4.2	0	0	0	5	3	2	13	2	10	2
Rd 21 v GWS GIANTSL 63-75 1 Aug	14	9	5	5	3	0	3	7	6	0	338	0	5	6	2	1	0	1	3	8	65	12.5	0	0	0	8	6	1	10	6	13	6
Rd 20 @ Brisbane LionsL 67-126 26 July	18	11	7	6	2	1	3	6	11	0	447	0	7	3	0	2	0	2	5	5	75	9.4	1	0	1	15	4	1	6	3	17	10
Rd 19 v FremantleL 75-103 18 July	12	9	3	3	0	1	1	3	8	0	113	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	4	43	1.2	0	1	0	8	2	1	6	1	11	5
Rd 18 @ St KildaL 73-87 11 July	9	7	2	6	4	0	0	3	8	0	249	1	4	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	59	4.8	0	0	0	9	2	2	8	3	11	7
Rd 17 v North MelbourneW 73-52 5 July	14	12	2	7	1	0	2	4	10	1	447	0	4	2	1	4	1	3	4	5	66	7.7	0	0	0	12	2	2	8	2	14	10
Rd 16 v Adelaide CrowsW 97-71 27 June	13	12	1	10	1	0	2	5	8	0	275	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	3	9	72	8.2	0	0	0	11	3	6	3	1	13	10
Rd 15 @ CollingwoodL 52-78 20 June	13	8	5	8	2	0	4	2	11	0	330	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	3	4	63	10.6	0	0	0	10	1	3	15	3	13	5
Rd 13 @ West Coast EaglesW 77-71 6 June	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	39	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	22	3.2	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	2	4	1
Rd 11 v CarltonL 58-92 23 May	10	6	4	7	1	0	1	7	3	1	203	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	3	8	51	11	0	0	0	8	3	5	3	3	10	4
Rd 9 v Western BulldogsL 72-74 8 May	13	11	2	8	1	0	2	3	12	0	369	0	5	7	4	1	0	3	5	7	66	1.1	0	0	0	12	1	3	7	6	15	10
Rd 8 @ Adelaide CrowsL 75-76 1 May	15	13	2	5	1	0	1	4	10	0	515	1	3	3	0	2	0	2	4	6	64	9.8	0	0	0	11	1	3	13	2	14	10
Rd 7 v Geelong CatsW 95-65 25 Apr	15	9	6	6	1	0	1	6	10	0	216	0	2	4	1	1	0	3	4	8	62	8.6	0	0	0	12	4	2	7	3	16	7
Rd 6 @ HawthornL 86-89 18 Apr	5	4	1	1	3	1	1	1	5	0	221	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	3	1	26	5.1	0	0	1	4	1	0	7	3	6	3
Rd 5 v St KildaL 67-81 12 Apr	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	4	6	0	87	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	34	5.1	0	0	1	7	2	1	5	1	10	5
Rd 4 @ RichmondW 90-48 4 Apr	14	8	6	5	1	0	1	2	13	0	313	0	5	5	4	0	1	1	6	1	52	4	0	0	0	10	2	0	3	4	15	5
Rd 3 v West Coast EaglesL 90-92 29 Mar	13	6	7	5	2	0	1	3	9	0	181	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	7	53	7.6	0	0	0	11	3	3	7	1	12	4

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 3W	10	12.5	8.7	3.8	6.0	1.1	0.2	1.4	4.6	8.0	0.3	245	0.7	2.6	2.8	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.9	6.6	55.6	6.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	9.9	3.0	2.6	6.6	2.5	12.6	6.7
AwayHome or away, 3W	9	11.0	7.1	3.9	4.1	2.1	0.2	1.3	2.9	8.4	0.0	282	0.3	3.6	3.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.6	3.7	48.8	6.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	8.4	2.0	1.3	8.8	2.8	11.3	5.3
LossesResult, 0W	13	11.7	7.8	3.8	5.2	1.7	0.3	1.4	3.8	8.0	0.2	259	0.6	2.9	2.9	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.7	3.0	5.3	52.3	6.5	0.1	0.1	0.2	9.1	2.5	2.1	8.5	2.7	11.8	5.9
WinsResult, 6W	6	12.0	8.2	3.8	5.0	1.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	8.7	0.2	269	0.3	3.3	2.8	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	5.0	52.5	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.5	2.5	1.8	5.8	2.5	12.3	6.3
Regular seasonStage, 6W	19	11.8	7.9	3.8	5.1	1.6	0.2	1.4	3.8	8.2	0.2	262	0.5	3.1	2.9	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.7	3.2	5.2	52.4	6.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	9.2	2.5	2.0	7.6	2.6	12.0	6.1
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 1W	2	14.0	12.5	1.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	395	1.5	3.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	7.5	68.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	4.5	8.0	1.5	13.5	10.0
St KildaOpponent, 0W	2	9.0	6.5	2.5	5.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	3.5	7.0	0.0	168	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	46.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	2.0	1.5	6.5	2.0	10.5	6.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 1W	2	8.5	4.0	4.5	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	5.5	0.0	110	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	5.0	37.5	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	1.5	8.0	2.5
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 0W	1	18.0	11.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	11.0	0.0	447	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	75.0	9.4	1.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	17.0	10.0
CarltonOpponent, 0W	1	10.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	203	4.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	51.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	10.0	4.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 0W	1	13.0	8.0	5.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	11.0	0.0	330	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	63.0	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.0	3.0	15.0	3.0	13.0	5.0
EssendonOpponent, 1W	1	12.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	9.0	0.0	324	0.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	41.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	12.0	5.0
FremantleOpponent, 0W	1	12.0	9.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	113	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	43.0	1.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	11.0	5.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 1W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	10.0	0.0	216	0.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	62.0	8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	4.0	2.0	7.0	3.0	16.0	7.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 0W	1	14.0	9.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	338	0.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	65.0	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	10.0	6.0	13.0	6.0
HawthornOpponent, 0W	1	5.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	221	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	26.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	6.0	3.0
MelbourneOpponent, 0W	1	12.0	7.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	8.0	1.0	222	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	7.0	44.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	1.0	12.0	6.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 1W	1	14.0	12.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	1.0	447	0.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	66.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	2.0	14.0	10.0
RichmondOpponent, 1W	1	14.0	8.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	13.0	0.0	313	0.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	52.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	15.0	5.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 0W	1	9.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	97.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	37.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	13.0	2.0	10.0	2.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 0W	1	13.0	11.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	12.0	0.0	369	0.0	5.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	7.0	66.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	6.0	15.0	10.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 3W	11	12.7	9.1	3.6	5.9	1.1	0.2	1.4	4.5	8.2	0.3	270	0.7	2.6	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.1	3.0	6.5	56.4	6.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	10.0	2.8	2.6	7.2	2.5	12.7	7.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 1W	3	8.7	5.7	3.0	2.7	3.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	7.3	0.0	265	0.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	3.0	2.7	42.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	7.3	2.0	0.7	8.0	3.0	9.7	5.0
MCGGround, 1W	2	13.5	8.0	5.5	6.5	1.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	12.0	0.0	322	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.5	2.5	57.5	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	3.5	14.0	5.0
GabbaGround, 0W	1	18.0	11.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	11.0	0.0	447	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	75.0	9.4	1.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	17.0	10.0
Optus StadiumGround, 1W	1	4.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	39.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	22.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	1.0
SCGGround, 0W	1	9.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	97.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	37.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	13.0	2.0	10.0	2.0