Brisbane Lions

Daniel Merrett

Key Defender#21AFL

Bio

Born in Adelaide in 1984, Daniel Merrett made his senior debut with Brisbane Lions in 2005. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 200 of his games across 2005–2016.

Key facts

Age: 41
Height: 195 cm
Weight: 103 kg
Number: #21
Born: 12 December 1984
Birthplace: Adelaide
Debut: 2005
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2002 pick 30 (national draft)
Recruited from: Surfers Paradise (Qld), Southport (Qld)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Brisbane Lions

Compare MerrettStack 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
2016 AFLBrisbane Lions	19	172	96	76	57	1	0	32	2	9	92	87	0	1	1,904	1	15	39	161	55	21	38	27	38	105	1	652	125	–	0	0	2	130	52	21	175	133	1	179	72	0
2015 AFLBrisbane Lions	10	111	69	42	52	0	0	9	2	2	44	71	0	0	1,173	0	8	21	67	28	3	16	19	17	51	0	438	86.5	–	2	0	2	92	30	15	60	62	0	115	54	0
2014 AFLBrisbane Lions	19	183	105	78	71	12	8	24	8	10	85	95	36	3	1,763	22	17	15	77	40	4	19	47	36	34	8	843	88.1	–	2	4	4	111	52	7	148	58	24	180	62	8
2013 AFLBrisbane Lions	17	209	131	78	84	14	8	28	7	9	93	119	16	2	2,767	19	22	31	94	41	15	25	56	34	77	3	961	151.9	–	5	2	5	151	53	22	115	76	23	212	85	1
2012 AFLBrisbane Lions	22	300	200	100	113	26	13	63	21	38	138	152	57	3	4,725	30	25	29	132	74	20	37	88	68	76	10	1,526	224.1	–	2	7	14	205	87	19	218	117	46	290	125	13
2011 AFLBrisbane Lions	10	145	88	57	54	–	–	22	2	3	65	73	1	1	–	1	13	41	132	30	3	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLBrisbane Lions	16	177	93	84	78	–	–	40	3	3	61	112	1	–	–	–	11	42	127	36	7	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLBrisbane Lions	19	215	100	115	82	1	–	26	7	3	82	128	16	2	–	2	15	50	124	33	10	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLBrisbane Lions	22	203	101	102	83	–	–	28	1	7	74	122	21	–	–	–	17	51	150	39	16	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007 AFLBrisbane Lions	22	200	110	90	89	–	–	27	1	2	66	134	4	–	–	–	4	55	182	39	8	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLBrisbane Lions	9	59	28	31	25	3	3	18	2	4	25	36	21	1	–	6	3	10	26	16	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLBrisbane Lions	15	91	48	43	40	13	9	19	6	15	39	50	43	3	–	19	12	3	27	21	7	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career12 seasons	200	2,065	1,169	896	828	70	41	336	62	105	864	1,179	216	16	12,332	100	162	387	1,299	452	120	249	237	193	343	22	4,420	675.6	12	45	13	27	689	274	84	716	446	94	976	398	22

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

Game log, 2016 AFL

Game
Rd 23 @ St KildaL 103-161 28 Aug	7	5	2	3	1	2	0	1	3	4	0	103	1	2	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	42	11.7	–	0	7	1	2	9	5	1	7	5	0
Rd 22 v Geelong CatsL 69-129 21 Aug	16	11	5	7	0	5	0	1	2	11	0	316	0	1	8	7	3	1	0	1	6	5	1	85	-0.4	–	0	9	0	1	12	7	0	13	5	0
Rd 21 v CarltonW 99-95 13 Aug	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	2	0	14	4	1	3	2	1	6	0	22	9.8	–	0	7	4	2	4	13	0	10	4	0
Rd 20 @ Adelaide CrowsL 39-177 6 Aug	8	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	82	0	0	1	9	5	1	4	0	3	10	0	17	7.9	–	0	6	5	3	10	8	0	10	2	0
Rd 19 v Port AdelaideL 79-173 30 July	6	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	21	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	23	7.5	–	0	6	2	0	8	6	0	5	2	0
Rd 18 @ EssendonW 128-91 24 July	10	1	9	2	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	18	0	1	0	10	4	0	1	0	1	3	0	24	1.9	–	0	7	3	0	4	9	0	10	1	0
Rd 16 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 113-139 9 July	9	4	5	4	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	137	0	1	3	10	2	2	1	4	1	7	0	33	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	8	–	–
Rd 14 @ RichmondL 75-117 25 June	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	21	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	18	3.6	–	0	4	1	1	8	4	0	4	2	0
Rd 13 v West Coast EaglesL 82-131 18 June	11	5	6	3	0	0	2	0	9	5	0	94	0	0	2	16	5	2	5	3	3	7	0	23	10	–	2	9	6	1	7	12	0	14	5	0
Rd 12 v FremantleL 64-147 11 June	10	7	3	5	0	2	0	0	3	8	0	10	0	0	0	7	4	1	3	2	2	2	0	42	4.1	–	0	9	2	0	11	5	0	11	6	0
Rd 11 @ CarltonL 64-102 4 June	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	1	6	2	0	20	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	7	0	32	6.5	–	0	8	3	1	10	3	0	8	5	0
Rd 10 v HawthornL 87-135 28 May	10	7	3	4	0	6	0	1	5	5	1	113	0	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	0	6	0	58	7.6	–	0	9	3	2	17	4	0	10	6	0
Rd 9 @ MelbourneL 68-131 22 May	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	107	0	0	2	6	5	0	3	2	1	3	0	18	6.3	–	0	5	3	0	10	5	0	8	4	0
Rd 8 v CollingwoodL 65-143 14 May	10	4	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	172	0	0	4	10	4	0	3	1	3	1	0	27	1.5	–	0	8	1	0	9	8	0	10	3	0
Rd 6 v Sydney SwansL 94-97 1 May	9	8	1	3	0	2	0	1	8	2	0	189	0	1	2	14	1	3	1	0	6	10	0	43	14	–	0	6	3	2	19	12	0	10	6	0
Rd 5 @ Western BulldogsL 67-120 23 Apr	17	9	8	4	0	3	0	1	12	6	0	184	0	2	5	7	2	2	1	1	5	14	0	66	12.3	–	0	13	8	4	11	7	0	18	7	0
Rd 4 v Gold Coast SUNSW 107-94 16 Apr	12	6	6	4	0	1	0	0	6	7	0	95	0	1	2	10	2	1	2	3	0	4	0	41	11.5	–	0	11	3	0	7	8	0	13	6	0
Rd 3 @ Geelong CatsL 56-125 10 Apr	4	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	114	0	1	3	8	4	2	2	0	2	6	0	18	3.7	–	0	2	2	1	6	8	0	5	1	0
Rd 2 v North MelbourneL 83-117 2 Apr	6	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	0	108	0	1	2	11	5	1	4	2	3	5	0	20	5.5	–	0	4	2	1	13	9	0	5	2	0

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 50W	102	11.2	6.2	5.0	4.3	0.4	0.2	1.6	0.4	0.7	4.6	6.4	1.2	0.1	66.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	6.9	2.3	0.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.8	0.1	23.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	3.9	1.5	0.4	3.5	2.5	0.5	5.2	2.2	0.1
AwayHome or away, 29W	98	9.4	5.5	3.9	4.0	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.4	4.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	56.7	0.5	0.8	1.8	6.1	2.3	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.7	0.1	20.7	2.9	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.0	1.3	0.4	3.7	1.9	0.4	4.5	1.8	0.1
LossesResult, 0W	118	10.2	5.7	4.4	4.0	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.4	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.1	64.8	0.3	0.7	2.1	6.8	2.6	0.7	1.4	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	21.7	3.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	3.6	1.4	0.5	4.1	2.4	0.3	4.9	2.1	0.1
WinsResult, 79W	79	10.5	6.0	4.5	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.5	0.5	0.6	4.5	6.0	1.1	0.1	59.3	0.8	0.9	1.7	6.1	1.8	0.5	1.0	1.6	0.7	1.2	0.2	23.6	3.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	3.4	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	0.7	5.0	1.9	0.1
DrawsResult, 0W	3	11.7	6.0	5.7	6.3	–	–	1.3	–	0.7	3.0	8.3	–	–	–	–	1.0	3.0	6.3	1.7	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage, 78W	198	10.3	5.8	4.5	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.7	0.3	0.5	4.3	5.9	1.1	0.1	62.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	6.5	2.3	0.6	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.7	0.1	22.3	3.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	3.5	1.4	0.4	3.6	2.3	0.5	4.9	2.0	0.1
FinalsStage, 1W	2	13.5	7.0	6.5	3.0	–	–	1.0	0.5	–	6.0	7.0	–	–	–	–	–	6.5	9.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	16	10.7	6.6	4.1	3.8	0.2	0.2	3.0	0.2	0.4	3.9	5.9	0.4	0.3	72.2	0.4	0.8	2.3	7.6	2.8	0.8	1.4	0.9	1.6	2.6	0.1	24.5	2.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	3.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.2	0.1	4.6	2.4	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 9W	16	9.6	5.3	4.3	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.4	0.8	4.1	5.3	1.3	0.2	73.6	0.6	0.8	1.2	4.8	2.1	0.4	0.9	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.3	22.8	4.1	–	0.2	0.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	0.3	3.3	1.8	0.8	4.9	1.9	0.1
CarltonOpponent, 9W	15	10.7	5.9	4.8	3.7	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.5	5.1	5.4	0.3	0.0	67.3	0.3	0.8	2.1	7.0	2.8	0.7	1.5	1.1	0.9	2.3	0.1	20.1	3.4	–	0.3	0.1	0.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.1	0.5	4.9	2.1	0.1
North MelbourneOpponent, 7W	15	9.0	5.2	3.8	4.3	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.3	0.5	2.9	5.9	2.3	0.1	51.5	0.5	0.2	1.8	5.9	1.9	0.3	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	0.0	18.7	2.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.9	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.4	4.1	1.5	0.1
Sydney SwansOpponent, 1W	15	11.0	7.1	3.9	4.5	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	4.7	6.3	0.8	0.0	36.7	0.0	0.9	2.2	6.1	2.3	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.1	0.0	15.7	3.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.2	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.0	4.4	1.8	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 7W	15	11.4	6.5	4.9	4.7	0.4	0.0	1.7	0.5	0.6	5.1	6.3	1.6	0.1	78.3	0.5	0.5	2.8	6.7	2.5	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.5	0.1	27.5	4.4	–	0.5	0.2	0.2	4.1	2.1	0.7	4.1	2.5	0.5	5.8	2.7	0.1
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 6W	13	10.5	5.7	4.8	4.5	0.5	0.1	2.5	0.5	0.4	4.8	5.7	1.1	0.0	40.9	0.6	1.0	1.5	7.2	2.4	0.5	1.5	1.2	0.9	1.4	0.2	19.4	3.8	–	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.9	1.5	0.5	4.2	1.7	0.4	4.2	1.7	0.2
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	12	10.4	5.8	4.6	4.5	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.1	5.0	5.5	0.6	0.0	55.8	0.1	1.4	2.8	7.0	1.8	0.6	1.3	0.8	0.7	2.9	0.0	18.4	3.7	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.1	1.3	1.1	3.2	3.3	0.0	5.0	2.1	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 1W	12	7.8	3.8	3.9	3.5	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.2	0.4	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.0	30.4	0.4	0.7	1.8	7.4	1.9	0.4	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.0	10.1	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	1.8	0.3	2.6	1.0	0.0
EssendonOpponent, 5W	11	9.7	4.3	5.5	3.5	0.1	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.3	4.0	5.4	0.4	0.1	25.4	0.3	1.0	1.8	8.7	3.1	0.5	1.7	1.0	0.5	1.2	0.2	15.4	1.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.7	0.8	0.3	3.4	2.7	0.5	3.6	1.2	0.2
CollingwoodOpponent, 4W	10	10.4	5.6	4.8	4.4	0.8	0.4	1.2	0.2	0.6	4.1	6.4	1.0	0.1	64.6	1.3	0.7	2.4	5.6	2.4	0.5	1.7	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.0	17.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.5	0.7	0.1	3.0	1.7	0.1	4.1	1.5	0.1
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	10	13.5	7.3	6.2	4.6	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.9	0.8	5.8	7.5	1.3	0.1	146	1.0	1.0	1.6	8.2	1.8	0.8	0.9	2.8	1.6	3.8	0.5	51.6	7.3	–	0.2	0.2	0.6	8.6	3.2	0.5	5.9	5.3	1.1	12.1	4.4	0.4
HawthornOpponent, 2W	10	9.1	5.5	3.6	3.5	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.5	3.3	5.9	0.8	0.1	48.9	0.1	0.6	1.6	6.0	2.7	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.4	1.8	0.1	19.4	3.6	–	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.2	1.4	0.6	5.4	1.6	0.2	4.2	1.9	0.2
St KildaOpponent, 4W	10	12.8	7.8	5.0	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.4	0.1	1.0	4.9	7.7	1.5	0.3	65.0	0.6	1.4	2.5	6.3	1.9	0.6	0.9	1.7	0.7	0.8	0.1	25.1	4.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.6	1.2	0.9	4.3	2.1	0.2
FremantleOpponent, 4W	9	9.2	4.9	4.3	4.3	0.2	0.2	2.4	0.1	0.3	3.9	5.1	1.0	0.0	53.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	5.2	1.7	0.7	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.0	22.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.8	1.0	0.0	4.6	0.9	0.6	4.2	1.6	0.2
Port AdelaideOpponent, 4W	9	7.8	4.4	3.3	2.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	3.3	4.3	1.4	0.0	23.0	0.2	0.3	1.3	4.6	1.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.1	12.6	2.0	–	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.3	0.2	3.1	0.8	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 2W	2	18.5	13.0	5.5	9.0	4.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	7.0	11.5	2.5	0.0	357	5.5	3.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	11.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	109	19.1	–	0.0	0.5	0.5	14.0	3.5	1.0	6.0	2.5	7.5	18.5	8.5	0.5
GabbaGround, 52W	106	11.0	6.0	5.0	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.6	0.4	0.7	4.6	6.3	1.2	0.1	63.9	0.5	0.8	2.0	6.8	2.2	0.6	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	0.1	22.5	3.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	3.7	1.4	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.5	5.0	2.1	0.1
Marvel StadiumGround, 10W	29	9.4	5.1	4.3	4.0	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.4	3.9	5.4	0.9	0.1	72.8	0.4	0.7	2.0	6.0	2.8	0.6	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.4	0.1	24.9	3.6	–	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.9	1.7	0.8	4.4	2.4	0.4	5.5	2.5	0.1
MCGGround, 4W	19	9.3	5.2	4.2	3.7	0.4	0.3	1.5	0.2	0.5	4.4	5.1	0.8	0.1	45.8	0.7	0.9	1.8	6.4	2.2	0.5	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.2	17.2	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.1	0.9	0.1	3.4	1.2	0.6	3.7	1.2	0.1
AAMI StadiumGround, 5W	9	9.1	6.3	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.3	0.1	4.1	5.1	1.7	0.0	20.7	0.3	1.1	2.4	5.3	2.2	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.1	10.0	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	2.6	0.6	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 4W	9	9.0	5.6	3.4	4.3	0.7	0.2	2.8	0.1	0.2	3.9	5.2	1.6	0.0	56.1	0.8	0.8	1.4	5.3	2.0	0.7	1.1	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	21.0	1.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	4.0	0.4	0.8	2.9	1.0	0.4
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	8	7.6	5.4	2.3	3.5	0.1	0.3	2.5	0.0	0.1	3.4	4.4	0.0	0.1	42.6	0.4	0.8	1.8	7.4	2.8	0.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.4	0.0	10.4	2.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.8	0.1	2.4	1.4	0.0
People First StadiumGround, 2W	6	12.7	6.8	5.8	4.7	0.2	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.7	3.7	7.8	0.7	0.0	121	0.5	0.7	2.3	8.7	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.8	1.2	3.5	0.0	41.3	5.3	–	0.3	0.2	0.7	6.8	2.0	0.5	4.7	4.3	0.7	9.3	3.5	0.0
SCGGround, 0W	4	12.8	8.3	4.5	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	5.5	7.3	0.5	0.0	42.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	1.5	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.0	3.0	0.0	27.0	4.8	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	5.5	2.3	0.5	3.5	2.3	0.0	7.0	2.8	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	4	10.8	6.5	4.3	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	3.3	7.8	0.3	0.0	42.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	7.8	3.0	0.8	1.3	1.0	0.8	2.8	0.0	19.5	5.3	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.5	1.0	6.0	2.8	0.0	5.3	2.3	0.0
Accor StadiumGround, 0W	2	6.5	4.5	2.0	3.0	–	0.5	1.5	–	1.0	2.5	4.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	1.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	2	10.0	4.5	5.5	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	75.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	7.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	8.5	0.0	37.5	8.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	3.5	7.0	6.0	0.0	11.5	4.0	0.0
TIO StadiumGround, 1W	1	11.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	221	3.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	72.0	11.6	–	0.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	11.0	3.0	0.0
Westpac StadiumGround, 1W	1	6.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	41.0	2.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	1.0