Essendon

Paul Chapman

Medium Forward#3AFL

Bio

Born in 1981, Paul Chapman made his senior debut with Essendon Football Club in 2000 and has also played for Geelong Football Club. He plays as a medium forward. His honours include Norm Smith Medal and Carji Greeves Medal. Lineball holds stats from 280 of his games across 2000–2015.

Key facts

Age: 45
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Number: #3
Born: 5 November 1981
Debut: 2000
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 1999 pick 31 (national draft)
Recruited from: North Coburg Saints (Vic), Calder U18, Geelong

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon Football Club
Geelong Football Club

Compare ChapmanStack them up against anyone, with an analyst verdict

Every game we hold

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

Season
2015 AFLEssendon	9	125	74	51	23	8	4	31	12	22	49	73	0	6	1,700	6	0	5	6	19	6	4	39	25	9	4	563	60	–	1	3	9	85	38	1	97	3	17	122	46	0
2014 AFLEssendon	20	398	250	148	112	22	16	83	45	75	126	267	0	13	5,969	18	6	16	16	28	10	12	130	56	28	25	1,836	240.9	–	12	17	28	303	97	4	275	6	43	393	176	0
2013 AFLGeelong Cats	8	162	91	71	27	12	7	34	29	31	62	95	0	4	2,318	4	2	7	8	25	6	14	55	22	14	8	675	103.9	–	4	16	13	119	41	0	128	3	22	157	61	0
2012 AFLGeelong Cats	21	441	305	136	107	36	15	94	51	69	146	269	0	8	7,228	28	12	31	24	45	23	21	136	75	48	27	2,075	282.6	–	3	19	32	321	98	5	343	9	60	415	208	0
2011 AFLGeelong Cats	23	540	312	228	122	24	14	104	72	94	191	335	1	20	–	13	10	32	28	55	28	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLGeelong Cats	24	676	412	264	133	23	16	99	75	119	182	495	–	23	–	16	13	58	23	52	33	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLGeelong Cats	20	536	342	194	130	37	17	53	65	107	156	380	–	19	–	34	11	31	10	33	24	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLGeelong Cats	19	384	253	131	102	33	13	54	39	75	120	254	–	10	–	25	7	16	16	41	26	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007 AFLGeelong Cats	19	416	289	127	112	30	15	75	42	91	135	276	1	14	–	22	6	27	30	50	21	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLGeelong Cats	22	484	331	153	134	31	19	89	55	89	164	306	–	16	–	28	9	29	19	50	23	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLGeelong Cats	19	319	222	97	76	29	17	49	41	76	136	182	–	12	–	14	5	15	31	38	20	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004 AFLGeelong Cats	25	353	240	113	96	38	19	80	36	81	149	197	1	16	–	27	4	20	45	46	21	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003 AFLGeelong Cats	22	342	239	103	85	22	15	58	54	79	154	200	2	9	–	10	4	26	48	44	44	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002 AFLGeelong Cats	16	257	178	79	46	16	5	52	36	77	117	138	1	–	–	5	7	8	30	30	25	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001 AFLGeelong Cats	9	78	56	22	18	4	4	23	9	20	38	40	–	–	–	–	–	6	8	3	11	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000 AFLGeelong Cats	4	21	14	7	4	1	–	8	2	7	12	10	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	5	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career16 seasons	280	5,532	3,608	1,924	1,327	366	196	986	663	1,112	1,937	3,517	6	170	17,215	250	96	328	346	564	324	254	360	178	99	64	5,149	687.4	76	199	55	82	828	274	10	843	21	142	1,087	491	0

Honours

Norm Smith Medal2009
Carji Greeves Medal2006

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 110W	147	19.4	12.8	6.7	4.7	1.3	0.7	3.6	2.3	4.0	6.8	12.3	0.0	0.6	59.1	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.1	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.3	18.9	2.5	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.3	2.9	0.9	0.0	3.0	0.1	0.6	3.8	1.7	0.0
AwayHome or away, 70W	133	20.1	13.0	7.1	4.8	1.3	0.7	3.4	2.5	4.0	7.0	12.8	0.0	0.6	64.1	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.3	1.8	1.2	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	17.8	2.4	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.3	3.1	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.1	0.5	4.0	1.9	0.0
WinsResult, 180W	180	20.8	13.5	7.3	5.2	1.6	0.8	3.4	2.4	4.0	7.1	13.4	0.0	0.7	62.0	1.1	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.2	1.1	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	18.4	2.5	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	0.9	0.0	2.8	0.1	0.6	3.8	1.7	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	97	18.0	11.7	6.2	3.9	0.9	0.6	3.7	2.3	3.9	6.7	11.0	0.0	0.4	59.9	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.8	1.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.3	18.0	2.4	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.3	3.1	1.1	0.0	3.4	0.1	0.3	4.0	1.7	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	3	15.7	12.3	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	10.3	0.0	0.3	79.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.7	30.0	2.9	–	2.0	0.7	0.0	4.7	1.0	0.3	5.0	0.0	0.7	5.7	3.3	0.0
Regular seasonStage, 167W	258	19.9	12.9	6.9	4.8	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.4	4.0	7.0	12.7	0.0	0.6	62.4	0.9	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.0	1.2	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.2	18.6	2.5	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.5	3.9	1.8	0.0
FinalsStage, 13W	22	18.5	12.5	6.0	4.1	1.6	0.8	3.4	2.1	3.9	6.4	11.5	0.0	0.5	50.1	1.2	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	15.7	2.4	–	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.4	1.0	0.0	2.1	0.2	0.5	3.1	1.3	0.0
HawthornOpponent, 17W	24	19.1	12.3	6.8	4.4	1.4	0.6	3.9	2.0	3.1	6.1	12.3	0.0	0.5	75.8	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	19.9	2.9	–	0.7	0.2	0.3	3.3	0.9	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.5	3.9	2.3	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 12W	22	20.9	13.6	7.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	4.1	3.0	3.6	7.5	12.9	0.0	0.6	67.6	0.7	0.5	1.8	1.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	18.5	2.8	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.4	3.0	1.2	0.0	3.5	0.1	0.4	4.0	1.7	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 14W	21	21.6	14.0	7.6	4.7	1.0	0.9	3.7	2.8	4.3	7.9	13.1	0.0	0.9	67.9	1.1	0.3	0.8	1.3	2.6	1.2	1.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.2	17.9	1.8	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.4	3.1	0.9	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 13W	21	18.8	12.2	6.6	4.7	1.0	0.5	4.1	2.6	3.5	7.2	11.6	0.0	0.4	79.8	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.4	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.2	23.6	3.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	4.0	1.8	0.0	4.7	0.0	0.6	5.5	2.0	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 13W	21	19.1	13.2	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.2	4.1	6.8	11.8	0.0	0.6	46.6	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.9	1.2	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	18.9	2.3	0.1	0.8	0.2	0.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.0	0.1	0.5	3.6	1.9	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 11W	18	19.9	13.0	6.9	4.3	1.3	0.9	3.2	2.9	4.6	7.3	12.9	0.1	0.6	92.2	1.0	0.3	1.4	1.2	2.3	1.2	1.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	19.2	3.5	–	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.3	1.2	0.1	2.9	0.2	0.8	4.4	2.1	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 14W	18	17.9	12.3	5.6	4.5	1.6	0.6	3.5	2.1	3.8	5.6	11.9	0.1	0.6	88.3	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.2	0.7	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	25.8	2.9	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	3.8	1.1	0.1	3.8	0.1	0.6	5.1	2.3	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 11W	18	19.2	12.3	6.9	4.8	1.0	0.8	3.4	2.2	3.7	6.3	13.2	0.0	0.5	21.3	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	10.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.1	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.4	2.3	0.6	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 12W	17	19.1	13.0	6.1	5.2	2.0	1.0	2.6	1.9	4.2	7.2	11.9	0.1	0.5	44.2	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	9.8	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.5	0.7	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.5	2.2	0.8	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 9W	16	18.9	11.8	7.1	5.3	1.3	0.8	3.2	1.2	4.3	4.6	14.3	0.1	0.8	45.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	13.2	2.1	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	2.3	0.6	0.1	2.6	0.2	0.4	2.8	1.3	0.0
CarltonOpponent, 11W	16	18.9	12.4	6.5	4.5	1.2	1.0	3.3	2.5	3.6	7.1	11.2	0.0	0.4	94.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	28.1	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.3	4.1	1.1	0.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	5.5	3.1	0.0
FremantleOpponent, 8W	16	19.4	13.1	6.4	4.8	1.1	0.6	4.3	2.9	4.1	6.8	12.3	0.0	0.4	54.6	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.4	15.8	1.7	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	0.9	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.2	3.1	1.6	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 11W	15	23.0	14.8	8.2	5.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	2.5	5.7	7.9	14.6	0.0	0.7	24.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	1.5	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	12.2	1.7	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.3	2.6	1.3	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 8W	15	19.5	11.9	7.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	4.4	7.5	12.4	0.0	0.7	20.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.1	1.6	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	6.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.4	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.5	0.0
EssendonOpponent, 10W	14	19.7	13.1	6.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	3.5	2.5	3.5	7.9	11.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	4.7	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 4W	4	27.8	15.5	12.3	7.0	1.5	1.0	4.3	2.8	3.8	9.3	18.0	0.0	1.0	175	1.5	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.3	0.5	4.8	1.3	1.0	1.3	63.0	7.2	–	0.5	1.5	0.3	10.0	2.3	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.5	13.0	6.0	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 0W	2	12.5	8.0	4.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	2.5	5.5	6.5	0.0	0.0	124	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	55.0	6.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.5	5.0	0.0	5.5	0.0	1.5	12.0	4.5	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 2W	2	22.5	12.5	10.0	7.0	1.0	0.5	6.0	3.0	3.0	7.5	16.0	0.0	1.0	354	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	7.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	107	12.4	–	0.5	1.0	2.0	16.5	5.0	0.0	14.0	0.5	2.0	23.5	8.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 60W	80	20.1	13.2	6.8	5.0	1.3	0.7	3.7	2.4	4.4	7.1	12.8	0.0	0.6	35.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.2	2.3	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	10.5	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.5	0.0	1.6	0.1	0.3	2.1	1.0	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 48W	71	19.0	12.6	6.4	4.6	1.3	0.8	3.4	2.5	3.7	7.0	11.8	0.0	0.7	64.7	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.2	1.8	1.1	0.7	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.2	20.8	2.7	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	3.5	0.1	0.6	4.4	2.0	0.0
MCGGround, 44W	67	20.5	13.4	7.1	4.8	1.5	0.7	3.7	2.4	4.0	6.6	13.2	0.0	0.6	89.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.3	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	26.3	3.6	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.4	4.2	1.4	0.0	4.2	0.1	0.8	5.4	2.5	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 8W	18	20.7	12.9	7.7	4.7	1.5	0.6	3.2	2.5	4.6	7.4	13.3	0.0	0.7	32.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.7	1.6	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	7.8	1.1	0.3	1.3	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	1.6	1.0	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 6W	15	16.9	10.9	6.0	4.5	0.9	0.5	2.7	1.2	3.5	5.3	11.5	0.1	0.5	21.9	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	7.1	1.2	–	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.1	1.7	0.7	0.0
GabbaGround, 6W	9	23.3	14.3	9.0	4.8	1.1	0.8	3.1	2.8	4.0	7.7	14.8	0.0	1.1	82.6	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.3	1.3	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.3	23.0	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	4.0	1.2	0.0	2.9	0.0	0.7	5.2	2.6	0.0
SCGGround, 3W	8	19.0	12.1	6.9	4.5	1.3	0.4	3.9	3.4	3.4	8.3	11.0	0.0	0.3	79.3	1.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	3.0	1.5	1.4	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	34.3	5.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.3	6.1	2.8	0.0	7.9	0.0	0.8	7.9	2.8	0.0
Accor StadiumGround, 1W	2	19.0	12.5	6.5	5.5	1.5	–	6.0	1.0	1.5	4.5	14.0	–	–	–	0.5	0.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 0W	2	16.5	11.5	5.0	4.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	7.0	10.0	–	0.5	–	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
People First StadiumGround, 2W	2	28.5	18.0	10.5	7.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	4.5	9.0	18.5	0.0	0.5	246	2.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	5.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	67.5	9.1	–	0.0	1.5	0.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	5.5	0.0	3.0	13.5	7.5	0.0
Princes ParkGround, 0W	2	11.0	7.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	6.5	0.5	1.5	6.0	4.5	–	–	–	0.5	0.5	1.0	4.5	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adelaide OvalGround, 1W	1	17.0	10.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	396	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	54.0	8.3	–	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	7.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	18.0	5.0	0.0
ANZ StadiumGround, 0W	1	18.0	12.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	2.0	289	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	73.0	8.1	–	0.0	1.0	2.0	11.0	7.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	7.0	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	1	19.0	11.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.0	0.0	1.0	357	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	77.0	6.6	–	1.0	1.0	2.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	1.0	20.0	6.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	18.0	9.0	9.0	3.0	–	–	4.0	–	2.0	4.0	13.0	–	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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