West Coast Eagles

Sam Butler

Medium Defender#26AFL

Key facts

Age: 40
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 87 kg
Number: #26
Born: 14 January 1986
Debut: 2004
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2003 pick 20 (national draft)
Recruited from: South Gawler (SA), Central District (SANFL)

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2017 AFLWest Coast Eagles	9	131	76	55	36	0	0	12	4	5	30	98	0	0	1,496	0	2	22	29	10	1	0	23	18	33	1	495	52.6	–	1	0	4	111	27	9	88	21	0	128	62	0
2016 AFLWest Coast Eagles	20	298	162	136	86	0	0	54	10	26	81	222	0	0	3,963	2	7	50	51	28	12	16	48	38	86	0	1,196	124	–	1	2	8	250	56	22	193	37	0	303	127	0
2015 AFLWest Coast Eagles	17	304	181	123	96	2	3	32	8	34	71	235	0	4	5,043	1	3	37	53	27	11	7	67	36	87	0	1,210	161.8	3	3	3	5	251	50	26	164	33	5	306	140	0
2014 AFLWest Coast Eagles	12	192	108	84	47	1	1	34	10	18	56	138	0	1	3,065	1	3	22	27	11	9	5	31	26	42	3	770	95.4	1	2	2	8	149	39	5	121	12	2	194	78	0
2013 AFLWest Coast Eagles	15	268	167	101	78	1	2	58	7	11	70	193	0	1	3,622	0	6	28	36	22	6	9	55	41	68	2	1,156	116.4	–	9	1	6	211	59	12	169	28	4	263	127	0
2012 AFLWest Coast Eagles	14	247	179	68	74	1	3	33	9	18	77	162	0	4	4,535	2	7	35	26	33	8	14	53	37	74	0	1,002	125.7	–	3	5	4	193	58	12	139	18	4	239	135	0
2011 AFLWest Coast Eagles	13	228	160	68	80	–	–	51	4	11	54	164	–	2	–	–	6	40	45	12	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLWest Coast Eagles	5	92	45	47	26	–	–	17	2	6	26	66	–	2	–	–	2	13	18	8	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLWest Coast Eagles	16	256	132	124	60	1	1	38	20	25	87	166	–	3	–	1	5	17	33	21	12	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLWest Coast Eagles	5	79	49	30	21	–	3	11	12	15	34	45	1	1	–	1	2	5	4	11	5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLWest Coast Eagles	14	279	156	123	58	6	5	59	37	43	91	192	1	9	–	2	1	23	24	22	14	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLWest Coast Eagles	14	165	103	62	51	3	2	18	9	31	45	124	–	3	–	2	3	13	27	17	9	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004 AFLWest Coast Eagles	12	164	87	77	33	1	2	16	28	41	62	101	–	1	–	–	2	6	18	18	4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career13 seasons	166	2,703	1,605	1,098	746	16	22	433	160	284	784	1,906	2	31	21,724	12	49	311	391	240	98	97	277	196	390	6	5,829	675.9	4	50	13	35	1,165	289	86	874	149	15	1,433	669	0

Game log, 2017 AFL

Game
Rd 15 @ Western BulldogsW 87-80 1 July	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	36	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	15	4.2	–	0	1	4	2	0	7	3	4	1
Rd 11 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 77-80 3 June	13	8	5	4	1	0	1	4	8	165	1	1	3	2	0	0	4	7	0	50	9.3	–	1	0	11	3	3	13	2	12	6
Rd 10 v GWS GIANTSL 90-98 28 May	24	14	10	5	0	0	0	3	21	356	0	2	3	4	0	7	2	3	0	77	2	–	0	0	20	3	0	5	3	24	11
Rd 9 @ EssendonL 64-125 21 May	12	5	7	3	2	1	1	2	10	26	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	46	3.1	–	0	1	11	2	0	5	1	12	5
Rd 8 v Western BulldogsW 69-61 12 May	9	4	5	3	2	0	0	2	7	35	0	2	4	0	0	3	0	2	0	39	5.2	–	0	0	9	2	0	11	2	9	4
Rd 7 @ Port AdelaideW 97-87 6 May	12	8	4	4	1	1	1	5	7	94	0	2	3	1	1	2	1	3	0	49	6.2	–	0	1	9	4	1	12	2	12	6
Rd 6 v FremantleW 103-62 29 Apr	22	17	5	10	3	1	0	3	18	248	1	4	3	0	0	4	1	4	0	103	5.8	–	0	1	21	2	3	9	2	21	16
Rd 5 @ HawthornL 75-125 23 Apr	13	6	7	2	2	0	1	3	10	188	0	3	4	1	0	1	4	4	1	46	5.7	–	0	0	10	3	1	21	2	13	5
Rd 4 v Sydney SwansW 91-65 13 Apr	21	12	9	4	1	0	1	6	15	348	0	6	5	1	0	2	4	8	0	70	11.1	–	0	0	16	6	1	5	4	21	8

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 58 of 85	85	16.6	9.6	7.0	4.7	0.0	0.1	2.4	1.1	1.6	5.0	11.7	0.0	0.2	127	0.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.0	2.4	0.0	35.3	3.8	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	7.2	1.8	0.5	4.7	0.9	0.1	8.9	4.2	0.0
AwayHome or away · won 37 of 81	81	16.0	9.7	6.3	4.3	0.1	0.2	2.9	0.9	1.8	4.4	11.2	0.0	0.2	135	0.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.3	2.3	0.0	34.9	4.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	6.9	1.7	0.5	5.9	0.9	0.1	8.4	3.9	0.0
WinsResult	95	16.5	9.8	6.7	4.8	0.1	0.1	2.5	1.0	1.9	4.5	12.1	0.0	0.2	133	0.1	0.2	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.6	2.0	1.1	2.4	0.0	36.9	4.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	7.4	1.7	0.6	5.2	0.9	0.1	9.1	4.2	0.0
LossesResult	71	16.0	9.5	6.6	4.0	0.0	0.1	2.7	1.0	1.5	5.0	10.7	0.0	0.2	128	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	2.3	0.1	32.7	3.6	–	0.3	0.1	0.2	6.6	1.8	0.4	5.3	0.9	0.1	8.0	3.8	0.0
Regular seasonStage · won 88 of 151	151	16.2	9.6	6.6	4.6	0.1	0.1	2.6	0.9	1.8	4.6	11.5	0.0	0.2	133	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.7	1.2	2.3	0.0	35.7	4.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	7.1	1.7	0.5	5.4	0.9	0.1	8.7	4.1	0.0
FinalsStage · won 7 of 15	15	17.5	10.6	6.9	3.9	0.1	0.2	3.0	1.2	0.9	5.9	11.2	0.1	0.1	109	0.1	0.1	3.1	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.5	0.0	28.9	3.5	–	0.1	0.1	0.3	6.3	2.4	0.3	4.4	0.6	0.1	7.7	3.1	0.0
HawthornOpponent · won 5 of 15	15	15.7	8.2	7.5	2.6	0.0	0.1	2.2	1.2	2.1	5.2	10.1	0.0	0.4	147	0.0	0.3	1.5	2.1	1.5	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.9	0.1	31.7	4.2	–	0.1	0.1	0.2	6.8	2.3	0.3	5.9	1.1	0.1	8.8	3.3	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 4 of 14	14	13.8	8.4	5.4	3.9	0.0	0.1	3.2	1.4	1.2	5.2	8.6	0.1	0.0	79.6	0.2	0.3	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.5	0.1	18.9	2.1	–	0.4	0.1	0.0	3.4	0.9	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	4.3	2.0	0.0
FremantleOpponent · won 7 of 13	13	15.5	8.9	6.5	4.8	0.0	0.1	2.2	1.2	1.3	4.8	10.9	0.0	0.2	117	0.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.2	0.8	1.9	0.0	32.0	3.8	–	0.4	0.1	0.2	7.4	1.1	0.6	3.8	0.5	0.0	8.1	4.8	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 7 of 12	12	17.3	10.3	7.0	4.5	0.1	0.1	2.7	1.2	1.8	4.3	12.8	0.0	0.3	89.4	0.0	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.3	1.2	1.7	0.0	32.8	2.4	–	0.4	0.0	0.3	6.8	1.3	0.3	5.4	1.0	0.1	7.5	3.7	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 8 of 11	11	19.4	11.5	7.8	6.4	0.2	0.1	1.4	0.8	1.8	5.3	14.1	0.0	0.4	115	0.1	0.6	2.5	2.8	1.5	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.2	1.5	0.0	25.7	3.0	–	1.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	1.4	0.2	3.1	1.1	0.0	6.8	3.2	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent · won 3 of 11	11	16.5	10.3	6.3	4.1	0.2	0.3	3.5	1.0	1.2	5.1	10.8	0.0	0.1	156	0.3	0.2	2.9	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.8	2.6	0.1	46.3	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	8.7	2.5	0.4	6.0	1.2	0.3	10.7	4.7	0.0
EssendonOpponent · won 5 of 11	11	15.4	10.2	5.2	5.5	0.0	0.1	3.2	0.7	1.1	4.4	10.6	0.0	0.0	156	0.1	0.4	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.7	0.4	2.0	1.5	2.4	0.1	45.5	4.6	–	0.3	0.1	0.2	8.3	1.8	0.5	5.8	1.0	0.0	10.2	5.5	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 8 of 10	10	17.1	9.7	7.4	4.8	0.2	0.1	3.0	1.1	1.7	3.4	13.9	0.0	0.2	138	0.0	0.2	1.8	2.5	1.6	0.6	0.8	2.6	0.7	1.8	0.0	37.1	4.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	7.6	1.0	0.8	4.4	0.6	0.2	8.9	4.1	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 8 of 10	10	17.9	11.7	6.2	5.2	0.1	0.2	2.3	0.6	2.4	5.3	13.0	0.0	0.2	198	0.1	0.4	1.6	3.4	2.1	0.7	0.8	2.4	1.6	3.5	0.0	42.6	5.7	–	0.1	0.0	0.3	8.5	2.6	0.5	6.8	1.2	0.2	11.3	5.6	0.0
St KildaOpponent · won 8 of 10	10	16.2	8.6	7.6	3.9	0.0	0.1	2.2	0.7	1.9	4.3	11.9	0.0	0.2	148	0.0	0.1	1.3	2.5	1.7	0.6	0.5	2.5	1.3	3.1	0.0	41.0	5.5	–	0.1	0.1	0.1	8.2	2.0	0.6	6.7	1.0	0.0	10.4	4.3	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 3 of 9	9	15.1	8.4	6.7	4.1	0.0	0.2	2.0	1.0	1.7	5.2	10.1	0.1	0.1	82.2	0.0	0.4	1.7	1.9	1.8	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.0	0.0	22.6	2.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	1.7	0.4	3.6	0.3	0.1	6.0	2.0	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 5 of 9	9	15.8	9.7	6.1	4.6	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.9	2.1	4.8	11.1	0.0	0.2	122	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.9	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.1	2.0	0.0	29.9	3.9	–	0.2	0.0	0.4	5.7	1.6	0.8	5.8	1.0	0.0	7.4	3.3	0.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 7 of 8	8	16.0	8.9	7.1	3.8	0.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	11.1	0.0	0.1	85.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.0	1.6	0.0	29.6	2.6	–	0.0	0.1	0.5	5.9	1.0	0.6	4.6	0.9	0.0	7.0	2.8	0.0
RichmondOpponent · won 6 of 8	8	16.9	10.6	6.3	5.3	0.6	0.1	3.1	0.9	2.5	4.6	12.3	0.0	0.0	103	0.1	0.3	1.4	2.4	1.4	1.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	2.8	0.0	37.1	4.2	–	0.9	0.0	0.8	7.0	2.1	0.8	7.4	0.6	0.0	8.3	4.3	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	14.8	9.0	5.8	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.3	1.7	4.5	10.5	0.0	0.3	229	0.2	0.3	1.5	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.3	5.2	0.3	60.3	9.3	–	0.3	0.2	0.2	12.8	3.2	1.2	8.0	1.8	0.3	15.0	7.2	0.0
CarltonOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	16.4	10.6	5.8	4.6	0.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	1.2	4.4	11.6	0.0	0.4	74.8	0.0	0.0	2.8	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.0	23.4	2.0	–	0.4	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.4	0.0	5.0	0.2	0.0	5.4	2.6	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	19.3	11.5	7.8	5.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.3	0.8	3.5	15.3	0.0	0.0	297	0.0	0.0	2.8	2.0	2.8	0.3	1.0	6.0	2.0	4.3	0.0	73.8	6.7	–	0.8	0.0	0.3	15.8	3.3	0.8	10.3	1.8	0.5	18.8	9.3	0.0
Domain StadiumGround · won 60 of 89	89	16.6	9.6	7.0	4.7	0.0	0.1	2.3	1.1	1.6	5.0	11.7	0.0	0.2	128	0.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.7	1.0	2.4	0.0	35.2	3.8	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	7.2	1.8	0.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	8.9	4.2	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 10 of 22	22	14.9	9.4	5.5	4.7	0.1	0.1	3.4	0.6	1.6	3.5	11.0	0.0	0.2	124	0.1	0.1	2.1	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.5	1.9	0.0	37.5	3.8	–	0.5	0.0	0.2	7.0	1.3	0.4	6.5	0.9	0.0	8.4	4.2	0.0
MCGGround · won 6 of 18	18	15.3	9.5	5.8	3.3	0.3	0.1	3.1	0.9	1.9	4.4	10.2	0.0	0.2	129	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.1	32.1	3.7	–	0.2	0.1	0.2	6.3	1.8	0.4	6.2	0.9	0.1	7.6	3.2	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround · won 3 of 8	8	18.8	11.6	7.1	6.6	0.1	0.1	1.9	1.0	1.8	5.8	12.8	0.0	0.3	99.6	0.3	0.9	1.9	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	23.0	2.7	–	0.5	0.1	0.1	4.5	1.3	0.3	3.1	0.8	0.0	5.4	3.3	0.0
GabbaGround · won 5 of 7	7	18.7	10.4	8.3	4.6	0.3	0.1	3.9	1.1	2.0	4.1	15.0	0.0	0.3	139	0.0	0.3	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.9	2.3	0.7	1.9	0.0	36.1	6.0	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	7.7	1.0	0.9	3.7	0.7	0.3	8.6	4.0	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 5 of 5	5	16.0	9.6	6.4	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.6	1.8	3.8	12.0	0.0	0.2	250	0.0	0.2	2.6	3.2	1.8	0.2	0.6	3.0	2.2	4.0	0.0	59.8	8.0	–	0.2	0.0	0.6	11.2	3.2	1.2	11.0	2.6	0.0	15.8	6.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 3	3	17.0	10.0	7.0	3.7	–	–	2.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	10.0	–	0.3	–	–	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Accor StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	15.0	10.0	5.0	2.5	–	–	3.5	2.0	1.0	6.0	8.5	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 2 of 2	2	14.0	8.0	6.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	4.5	0.0	1.0	4.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	235	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	5.5	2.0	4.5	0.0	63.5	7.5	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	11.0	4.0	0.5	13.0	1.0	1.0	13.5	6.5	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	14.0	7.5	6.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.5	0.0	69.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	17.5	3.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	2.5	0.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	7.0	1.5	0.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	18.5	13.0	5.5	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	2.5	6.5	13.0	0.0	0.5	407	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	2.5	6.5	0.0	72.0	13.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	4.5	1.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	19.5	9.5	0.0
People First StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	15.5	8.5	7.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.5	11.5	0.0	0.5	273	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	5.0	0.0	59.0	10.9	–	0.5	0.0	0.5	13.0	3.0	1.5	10.5	2.5	1.0	15.0	6.0	0.0
SCGGround · won 0 of 2	2	15.5	9.5	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	4.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	88.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	37.5	2.4	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	1.5	6.0	0.5	0.0	7.5	2.5	0.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 0 of 1	1	17.0	11.0	6.0	4.0	–	–	2.0	2.0	7.0	5.0	12.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
TIO StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	13.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	152	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	57.0	7.7	–	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	5.0	0.0

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.