Essendon

Jobe Watson

Midfielder#4AFL

Bio

Born in Melbourne in 1985, Jobe Watson made his senior debut with Essendon Football Club in 2003. He plays as a midfielder. Lineball holds stats from 220 of his games across 2003–2017.

Key facts

Age: 41
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 93 kg
Number: #4
Born: 8 February 1985
Birthplace: Melbourne
Debut: 2003
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2002 pick 40 (father son)
Recruited from: East Sandringham (Vic), Xavier College (Vic), Sandringham U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

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Career

Essendon Football Club

Compare WatsonStack 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
2017 AFLEssendon	20	470	194	276	97	2	7	85	95	43	203	273	0	12	3,534	8	0	15	25	60	23	16	123	72	44	12	1,759	199.2	–	2	52	43	327	140	5	382	4	14	476	111	0
2015 AFLEssendon	12	287	124	163	45	6	6	53	57	41	119	178	25	7	3,104	5	2	9	18	33	5	17	59	36	27	4	1,066	153.8	–	2	19	38	213	88	2	216	5	12	297	85	5
2014 AFLEssendon	15	411	185	226	70	10	2	70	87	49	167	245	3	11	4,084	3	3	13	26	35	16	10	104	43	41	8	1,548	246.7	–	6	43	44	314	101	4	238	5	15	412	132	1
2013 AFLEssendon	19	523	259	264	74	16	18	61	97	67	234	283	1	18	5,773	15	9	27	26	43	17	9	154	68	49	15	1,876	288.1	–	14	49	48	347	152	4	263	7	41	517	148	0
2012 AFLEssendon	22	641	346	295	106	20	8	105	154	94	316	336	2	23	9,350	9	10	42	29	60	41	18	190	109	54	19	2,483	403.3	–	19	62	92	442	180	10	390	3	37	652	210	0
2011 AFLEssendon	17	445	237	208	69	15	11	65	113	62	226	229	1	7	–	15	6	25	34	47	15	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLEssendon	21	572	209	363	77	10	1	91	119	49	276	298	1	10	–	6	3	33	32	46	31	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLEssendon	22	543	221	322	73	10	10	98	99	73	238	308	–	13	–	7	2	30	24	44	16	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLEssendon	19	458	193	265	54	4	8	68	97	54	214	245	3	12	–	4	3	27	26	55	24	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007 AFLEssendon	19	442	193	249	85	6	5	62	98	47	177	258	1	9	–	5	1	30	14	36	13	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLEssendon	21	479	203	276	114	6	7	69	102	45	212	271	2	5	–	6	4	35	19	40	20	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLEssendon	5	55	23	32	14	2	–	5	6	9	22	31	–	–	–	1	–	3	7	8	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004 AFLEssendon	7	79	37	42	23	6	2	16	8	12	35	42	–	4	–	8	2	–	8	11	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003 AFLEssendon	1	2	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career14 seasons	220	5,407	2,424	2,983	901	113	85	850	1,132	645	2,440	2,998	39	131	25,845	92	45	290	288	518	225	156	630	328	215	58	8,732	1291.1	51	125	225	265	1,643	661	25	1,489	24	119	2,354	686	6

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

Game log, 2017 AFL

Game
Finals Week 1 @ Sydney SwansL 56-121 9 Sept	20	7	13	3	0	0	3	5	2	10	10	0	171	0	0	2	4	1	0	4	6	2	0	69	8.7	–	0	2	3	12	6	0	18	0	0	20	2
Rd 23 v FremantleW 107-92 27 Aug	26	11	15	2	0	1	3	9	3	20	7	1	165	0	0	1	2	5	1	6	4	1	0	84	6	–	0	4	5	14	12	0	19	1	1	27	4
Rd 21 v Adelaide CrowsL 80-123 12 Aug	16	6	10	2	1	0	1	3	0	9	7	0	89	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	55	13.3	–	0	2	1	12	5	1	19	0	1	16	4
Rd 20 v CarltonW 84-76 5 Aug	11	2	9	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	7	1	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	2	0	36	1.4	–	0	0	1	7	4	0	13	1	1	11	0
Rd 19 @ Western BulldogsL 97-127 30 July	20	6	14	5	0	0	4	4	0	8	12	0	21	0	1	0	4	0	1	6	4	1	1	74	5.6	–	0	2	2	14	8	0	15	0	1	20	4
Rd 18 v North MelbourneW 132-105 22 July	27	7	20	2	0	0	4	7	4	14	14	0	130	0	0	2	4	2	1	8	6	7	1	82	11.6	–	0	5	2	16	11	1	20	0	0	28	3
Rd 16 @ CollingwoodW 117-80 8 July	23	8	15	3	0	0	3	4	5	10	13	0	188	0	1	1	4	2	3	5	3	1	1	68	12.7	–	0	4	0	19	6	0	20	0	0	23	4
Rd 15 v Brisbane LionsL 82-90 2 July	27	10	17	8	0	1	9	4	4	11	17	1	242	2	1	2	3	3	1	7	4	5	0	125	15.6	–	0	1	3	18	8	0	22	0	1	28	5
Rd 14 @ Sydney SwansL 85-86 23 June	18	11	7	7	0	0	6	1	2	4	15	0	146	1	1	0	3	1	1	6	3	2	0	90	2.8	–	0	0	1	13	3	0	16	0	2	19	7
Rd 12 v Port AdelaideW 131-61 10 June	30	11	19	7	1	1	4	9	2	16	15	0	249	1	1	2	0	0	0	9	3	1	0	115	22.9	–	0	5	4	23	13	0	14	0	3	31	6
Rd 11 @ GWS GIANTSL 101-117 3 June	28	12	16	8	0	1	7	6	1	9	18	2	265	1	1	0	2	1	0	9	2	0	0	122	4.7	–	0	2	4	19	5	0	19	0	2	27	7
Rd 10 @ RichmondL 66-81 27 May	28	8	20	4	0	0	2	5	0	10	18	0	251	0	1	2	4	0	2	5	4	2	0	78	13.8	–	1	2	3	22	8	0	21	0	0	28	6
Rd 9 v West Coast EaglesW 125-64 21 May	30	11	19	9	0	1	5	6	4	13	18	0	177	1	0	3	2	0	1	9	2	2	3	116	12.1	–	1	3	3	22	9	0	22	1	1	31	7
Rd 8 v Geelong CatsW 110-93 13 May	21	11	10	8	0	0	6	2	2	8	16	1	163	0	0	1	2	2	0	8	1	3	0	103	11.5	–	0	2	0	17	4	2	21	0	0	24	10
Rd 6 v MelbourneL 74-112 30 Apr	13	8	5	4	0	0	1	7	2	8	6	0	100	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	48	10.9	–	0	4	3	12	2	0	13	0	0	14	7
Rd 5 v CollingwoodW 100-82 25 Apr	28	14	14	3	0	0	4	4	3	11	17	2	215	0	3	1	4	0	0	7	5	3	0	95	11.8	–	0	3	1	19	9	0	23	0	0	28	8
Rd 4 @ Adelaide CrowsL 88-153 15 Apr	16	6	10	3	0	0	2	4	0	8	8	0	37	0	0	2	3	2	1	7	2	1	0	54	6.3	–	0	3	1	13	4	0	19	1	0	16	5
Rd 3 @ CarltonL 42-57 9 Apr	28	16	12	3	0	0	10	4	2	14	13	1	303	0	1	2	6	1	1	2	11	5	4	119	8	–	0	0	4	12	11	1	23	0	0	27	5
Rd 2 @ Brisbane LionsW 111-84 1 Apr	33	16	17	8	0	0	1	6	4	10	22	3	303	0	2	0	7	0	2	9	3	0	1	104	13.1	–	0	6	0	25	7	0	16	0	0	32	11
Rd 1 v HawthornW 116-91 25 Mar	27	13	14	7	0	1	8	4	2	6	20	0	307	2	1	0	2	1	0	7	4	2	1	122	6.4	–	0	2	2	18	5	0	29	0	1	26	6

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 59W	111	24.4	10.6	13.8	4.2	0.5	0.4	3.8	4.9	2.7	10.6	14.0	0.2	0.5	114	0.5	0.2	1.5	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	1.4	1.0	0.2	40.3	5.9	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.2	7.8	2.9	0.1	6.9	0.1	0.5	10.9	3.1	0.0
AwayHome or away, 38W	109	24.8	11.5	13.3	4.0	0.5	0.4	3.9	5.4	3.2	11.6	13.2	0.2	0.7	121	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.8	1.6	1.0	0.3	39.0	5.9	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.3	7.2	3.1	0.1	6.6	0.1	0.5	10.5	3.2	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	119	23.8	10.3	13.6	4.0	0.4	0.4	3.9	4.9	2.7	10.7	13.2	0.2	0.5	101	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.0	1.4	0.9	0.2	34.0	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.1	6.2	2.6	0.1	6.4	0.1	0.4	8.9	2.5	0.0
WinsResult, 97W	97	25.4	11.9	13.5	4.2	0.7	0.4	3.8	5.4	3.2	11.5	14.1	0.1	0.7	140	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.2	2.3	1.1	0.7	3.9	1.7	1.1	0.3	47.5	7.3	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.3	9.2	3.5	0.1	7.4	0.1	0.7	13.1	3.9	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	4	26.0	12.0	14.0	5.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	6.0	3.0	11.8	15.0	0.0	1.3	53.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.3	2.5	0.8	0.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.3	21.8	4.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.3	3.8	2.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.5	5.3	1.8	0.0
Regular seasonStage, 96W	214	24.7	11.1	13.6	4.1	0.5	0.4	3.9	5.2	3.0	11.1	13.8	0.2	0.6	119	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.3	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.9	1.5	1.0	0.3	40.1	5.9	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.2	7.5	3.0	0.1	6.8	0.1	0.6	10.8	3.2	0.0
FinalsStage, 1W	6	18.5	7.5	11.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	3.2	4.3	1.7	9.5	9.2	0.0	0.7	63.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.0	26.7	3.8	–	0.5	0.3	1.3	5.5	3.0	0.0	6.5	0.2	0.0	7.8	1.5	0.0
CarltonOpponent, 12W	21	23.4	11.4	12.0	3.7	0.5	0.6	3.6	5.2	2.8	10.3	13.0	0.1	0.8	131	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.5	1.3	0.7	3.0	1.9	1.0	0.3	41.0	5.6	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.4	7.4	2.9	0.0	7.2	0.2	0.6	10.8	3.1	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 7W	20	26.6	11.2	15.3	4.7	0.3	0.1	3.5	5.0	2.9	12.3	14.5	0.1	0.9	127	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.6	2.5	0.8	0.9	2.3	1.7	0.9	0.3	38.7	6.5	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.3	7.8	3.4	0.1	7.3	0.1	0.3	10.3	3.1	0.0
HawthornOpponent, 5W	15	24.7	10.3	14.4	4.6	0.3	0.5	3.8	4.9	2.5	8.9	15.6	0.2	0.2	88.5	0.3	0.1	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.3	34.1	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.5	2.5	0.0	6.7	0.2	0.2	9.9	2.4	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 6W	15	25.0	11.1	13.9	3.5	0.6	0.2	3.6	5.3	3.1	11.5	13.8	0.2	0.5	149	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	3.4	1.9	1.3	0.4	43.9	7.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.7	8.8	3.4	0.1	6.9	0.1	0.6	12.3	3.4	0.1
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 7W	15	27.2	12.3	14.9	4.4	0.5	0.5	4.5	5.3	3.9	11.8	15.7	0.3	0.3	134	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.9	2.7	0.9	1.0	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	45.9	6.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.5	8.9	3.4	0.1	6.8	0.2	0.6	12.9	3.1	0.1
Western BulldogsOpponent, 8W	15	20.3	9.8	10.5	4.0	0.6	0.3	3.3	4.3	2.2	8.3	11.7	0.0	0.3	46.3	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.5	0.7	0.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	19.2	2.9	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.3	3.1	1.4	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.5	4.6	1.4	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 8W	14	26.7	11.1	15.6	4.7	0.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	3.0	11.8	15.3	0.2	0.9	127	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.0	0.9	0.8	3.6	1.5	1.0	0.4	49.6	6.6	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.4	9.5	2.8	0.1	7.4	0.0	0.7	13.3	4.0	0.1
North MelbourneOpponent, 5W	14	27.4	12.3	15.1	5.8	0.6	0.4	4.1	4.7	3.0	11.6	16.1	0.4	0.7	182	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	3.9	2.3	2.1	0.1	56.5	7.8	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.2	10.4	4.4	0.2	10.0	0.1	0.6	14.7	4.8	0.1
St KildaOpponent, 7W	14	28.0	11.6	16.4	4.0	0.6	0.4	4.1	5.4	3.2	12.9	14.9	0.4	0.7	74.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.4	1.0	0.4	2.5	0.9	0.8	0.1	30.2	5.5	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.9	6.9	3.0	0.1	4.5	0.0	0.4	8.9	2.4	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	14	23.5	11.5	12.0	3.8	0.5	0.4	5.5	6.0	3.3	11.9	11.8	0.4	0.5	117	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	41.7	5.7	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	6.7	2.9	0.1	8.9	0.0	0.6	10.5	3.1	0.0
FremantleOpponent, 6W	13	23.0	9.4	13.6	3.6	0.4	0.5	2.9	4.9	2.5	12.0	11.3	0.2	0.5	70.5	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.9	2.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	33.5	4.4	–	0.5	1.2	1.1	5.5	3.0	0.2	4.7	0.2	0.5	9.7	2.2	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 3W	11	22.5	9.1	13.4	2.4	0.6	0.4	4.5	5.5	2.3	10.9	11.5	0.0	0.5	97.6	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	0.5	30.6	4.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	6.2	2.6	0.2	6.5	0.1	0.5	8.5	2.6	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 5W	11	23.8	11.5	12.3	4.6	0.4	0.2	4.4	6.1	3.6	10.5	13.8	0.3	0.5	104	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.9	1.1	1.2	0.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	0.2	35.8	6.7	0.2	1.0	1.0	1.2	5.7	2.3	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.5	8.5	2.9	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 2W	10	20.5	10.6	9.9	3.6	0.5	0.5	3.2	4.4	2.6	9.8	11.0	0.0	0.6	104	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.5	0.9	0.1	33.6	4.3	–	0.8	1.0	0.7	5.4	1.9	0.4	5.9	0.1	0.2	8.3	3.1	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 5W	10	21.9	9.7	12.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	2.6	10.6	11.2	0.0	0.5	78.9	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	2.6	0.8	0.8	0.1	31.9	6.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	6.0	2.6	0.1	4.4	0.1	0.8	8.3	3.0	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 4W	4	28.8	13.0	15.8	3.8	0.8	0.8	3.3	6.5	4.0	15.0	15.5	0.0	0.5	206	0.8	0.8	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.3	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.8	68.5	11.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	13.8	7.0	0.3	10.0	0.3	0.8	20.8	6.0	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 3W	4	25.5	13.3	12.3	4.3	0.3	0.5	3.5	5.5	2.8	9.8	15.5	0.0	1.8	372	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	1.3	1.3	7.8	3.3	1.5	0.5	90.5	11.2	–	0.3	2.3	3.3	17.0	5.8	0.3	15.0	0.3	1.8	25.3	7.8	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 49W	96	24.7	11.0	13.7	4.2	0.5	0.4	3.9	5.3	2.9	11.1	13.8	0.2	0.5	111	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.2	2.3	1.0	0.6	3.0	1.4	0.9	0.2	38.6	5.7	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.2	7.4	2.9	0.1	6.2	0.1	0.5	10.5	3.1	0.0
MCGGround, 33W	79	24.6	10.9	13.7	4.1	0.5	0.3	3.6	4.9	2.8	11.0	13.7	0.1	0.7	118	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.4	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.5	1.0	0.3	38.5	5.8	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.1	7.4	3.1	0.1	6.9	0.2	0.5	10.4	3.0	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 4W	15	24.8	10.8	14.0	3.6	0.5	0.5	4.0	4.8	3.3	11.9	13.1	0.4	0.4	88.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	0.8	0.9	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.2	39.5	5.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.0	6.4	2.7	0.1	5.7	0.1	0.6	10.7	2.5	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 3W	10	23.3	11.5	11.8	3.2	0.3	0.3	4.2	5.5	3.7	10.3	12.9	0.0	0.7	133	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.5	2.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	35.2	5.8	–	0.7	0.7	1.4	6.4	2.5	0.1	5.8	0.0	0.6	9.0	3.3	0.0
SCGGround, 2W	7	22.7	11.4	11.3	4.1	0.1	0.0	5.1	5.1	3.7	10.0	12.0	0.0	0.6	83.6	0.4	0.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	0.9	0.7	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	34.9	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.9	5.0	2.4	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.6	8.4	1.9	0.0
GabbaGround, 3W	5	30.0	12.4	17.6	5.4	0.6	0.4	4.4	5.2	2.6	12.4	18.2	0.2	0.8	128	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.6	50.6	7.4	–	0.8	2.0	0.8	11.0	2.2	0.2	7.8	0.0	0.4	14.2	4.8	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	3	27.0	15.3	11.7	5.0	0.3	0.3	4.3	6.7	3.3	9.7	17.0	0.0	2.0	472	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.7	1.0	8.0	4.0	0.7	0.7	103	14.7	–	0.3	2.7	4.0	18.0	5.0	0.0	15.7	0.3	1.3	26.7	9.3	0.0
Accor StadiumGround, 0W	2	16.0	8.0	8.0	4.0	1.5	2.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	7.5	8.5	–	–	–	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adelaide OvalGround, 0W	1	16.0	6.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	37.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	54.0	6.3	–	0.0	3.0	1.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	19.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	5.0	0.0
ANZ StadiumGround, 0W	1	22.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	7.0	2.0	14.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	198	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	93.0	18.1	–	0.0	1.0	6.0	17.0	11.0	1.0	31.0	0.0	1.0	23.0	7.0	0.0
People First StadiumGround, 1W	1	25.0	13.0	12.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	8.0	5.0	20.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	319	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	94.0	17.4	–	0.0	1.0	7.0	14.0	14.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	2.0	27.0	7.0	0.0