Essendon

James Polkinghorne

Midfielder Forward#50AFL

Key facts

Age: 37
Height: 184 cm
Number: #50
Born: 21 January 1989
Debut: 2008
Position: Midfielder Forward
Drafted: 2007 pick 41 (national draft)
Recruited from: Strathmore (Vic), Calder U18, Brisbane

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

Season
2016 AFLEssendon	7	105	38	67	24	1	3	7	13	11	41	69	2	0	1,018	2	2	5	12	12	3	5	20	16	7	1	347	42.1	0	5	8	78	27	0	70	4	5	110	19	1	1
2014 AFLBrisbane Lions	2	18	9	9	2	0	0	5	0	1	6	12	0	0	271	0	0	5	7	3	1	1	2	5	6	0	69	10	0	0	0	11	5	1	15	5	0	18	3	0	0
2013 AFLBrisbane Lions	11	162	88	74	38	5	5	12	17	23	63	103	1	1	1,965	5	2	7	17	21	6	4	36	33	23	0	604	71.3	7	7	10	110	50	2	99	9	11	166	52	0	3
2012 AFLBrisbane Lions	20	283	177	106	66	13	8	47	37	49	111	176	8	11	4,817	6	3	15	20	62	11	27	95	75	27	5	1,153	137.9	5	11	26	189	85	1	246	8	25	287	113	3	2
2011 AFLBrisbane Lions	22	351	193	158	69	14	17	83	65	70	163	196	14	8	–	11	7	26	27	62	24	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLBrisbane Lions	15	205	79	126	48	6	4	50	12	38	66	135	–	6	–	7	3	11	20	27	5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLBrisbane Lions	20	216	111	105	86	15	9	48	13	45	89	124	3	12	–	20	10	4	12	39	7	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLBrisbane Lions	4	22	10	12	10	–	2	10	–	4	4	17	–	1	–	2	1	–	6	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career8 seasons	101	1,362	705	657	343	54	48	262	157	241	543	832	28	39	8,071	53	28	73	121	228	57	95	153	129	63	6	2,173	261.3	19	23	44	388	167	4	430	26	41	581	187	4	6

Game log, 2016 AFL

Game
Rd 21 v Gold Coast SUNSW 75-69 14 Aug	21	3	18	5	0	0	1	2	0	8	16	0	44	0	0	2	5	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	61	10.2	1	1	19	6	9	2	0	24	2	0	0
Rd 20 @ Geelong CatsL 34-100 7 Aug	15	3	12	4	0	0	1	2	0	7	9	0	-6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	46	5.5	0	2	14	5	11	1	0	16	3	0	0
Rd 19 @ Adelaide CrowsL 61-143 31 July	20	7	13	3	0	1	0	2	2	9	13	0	283	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	4	5	5	0	55	4.8	1	1	11	7	11	0	2	22	1	0	0
Rd 9 @ St KildaL 63-109 22 May	9	4	5	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	2	80	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	37	4.6	1	0	7	2	5	0	0	8	2	1	1
Rd 8 v North MelbourneL 60-74 14 May	17	10	7	5	0	2	1	1	5	4	14	0	357	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	67	2.2	0	1	11	0	8	0	2	18	5	0	0
Rd 7 @ Sydney SwansL 54-135 7 May	12	6	6	1	0	0	2	3	1	4	7	0	112	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	41	6.1	1	2	10	2	17	0	0	11	4	0	0
Rd 6 @ CarltonL 57-72 1 May	11	5	6	2	1	0	1	2	2	6	5	0	148	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	40	8.7	1	1	6	5	9	1	1	11	2	0	0

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 15 of 54	54	13.2	6.2	7.0	3.0	0.5	0.4	2.8	1.4	2.0	5.4	7.9	0.3	0.4	77.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.1	21.0	2.7	0.1	0.2	0.5	3.9	1.9	0.0	5.0	0.2	0.4	5.8	1.8	0.1	0.1
HomeHome or away · won 22 of 47	47	13.8	7.8	6.0	3.8	0.6	0.5	2.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	8.6	0.2	0.3	83.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	22.1	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	3.8	1.4	0.0	3.4	0.4	0.4	5.7	2.0	0.0	0.0
LossesResult	63	13.6	6.8	6.8	3.1	0.4	0.4	2.8	1.7	2.4	5.6	8.2	0.3	0.3	78.2	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.4	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.1	20.7	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	3.6	1.6	0.0	4.6	0.3	0.3	5.6	1.7	0.0	0.1
WinsResult	37	13.5	7.3	6.2	3.9	0.7	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.4	5.1	8.4	0.3	0.6	84.9	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	0.0	23.4	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	4.4	1.7	0.0	3.8	0.2	0.5	6.2	2.2	0.1	0.1
DrawsResult	1	7.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	–	2.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	–	2.0	1.0	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage · won 36 of 99	99	13.5	7.0	6.5	3.4	0.5	0.5	2.6	1.6	2.4	5.4	8.3	0.3	0.4	81.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.3	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.1	21.9	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	3.9	1.7	0.0	4.3	0.3	0.4	5.9	1.9	0.0	0.1
FinalsStage · won 1 of 2	2	11.0	6.0	5.0	5.0	–	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	7.0	0.5	–	–	1.0	–	–	0.5	2.0	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 4 of 9	9	12.7	6.6	6.1	2.9	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.3	2.6	5.1	8.3	0.2	0.6	68.6	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.9	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.0	17.6	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	3.1	1.7	0.0	2.4	0.1	0.6	5.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 1 of 9	9	13.1	7.6	5.6	3.4	0.3	0.8	2.9	1.7	1.8	5.1	7.6	0.1	0.2	83.2	0.9	0.1	1.0	0.7	2.7	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.7	1.1	0.1	22.2	2.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	4.7	1.6	0.1	5.1	0.4	0.2	6.2	1.9	0.0	0.0
CarltonOpponent · won 1 of 8	8	13.5	6.3	7.3	2.0	0.4	0.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	6.0	7.4	0.1	0.4	72.5	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	23.1	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.6	4.0	2.1	0.0	4.5	0.5	0.4	6.6	1.5	0.0	0.1
MelbourneOpponent · won 5 of 8	8	14.5	8.9	5.6	4.5	0.9	1.0	2.6	1.5	2.4	5.4	9.0	0.1	0.4	136	0.9	0.5	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.0	34.1	4.7	0.5	0.4	0.9	5.8	2.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.1	7.9	3.4	0.0	0.1
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 3 of 8	8	12.9	6.3	6.6	3.1	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.0	1.9	4.3	8.6	0.5	0.3	49.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.9	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	17.6	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.6	0.8	0.0	3.9	0.1	0.4	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.3
North MelbourneOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	13.6	7.9	5.7	4.1	0.7	0.6	2.3	1.1	2.6	5.1	8.3	0.3	0.4	103	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.0	18.3	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.3	5.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
EssendonOpponent · won 3 of 6	6	11.5	6.7	4.8	3.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.8	3.5	8.3	0.0	0.3	102	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.2	22.3	3.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	5.2	1.7	0.0	3.5	0.3	0.2	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	15.0	6.2	8.8	4.3	0.3	0.2	3.5	1.7	3.2	4.7	10.8	0.2	0.5	-1.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.2	2.7	0.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	7.7	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	2.7	0.5	0.0	0.0
St KildaOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	11.3	6.0	5.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	4.0	7.5	0.5	0.0	89.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.0	22.0	2.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	3.8	1.2	0.2	3.3	0.3	0.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	0.2
CollingwoodOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	11.2	6.2	5.0	3.2	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.8	2.0	4.6	7.0	0.2	0.2	78.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	20.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.6	1.2	0.0	6.8	1.2	0.0	4.4	1.8	0.0	0.2
FremantleOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	17.0	8.0	9.0	4.0	0.4	0.8	4.8	1.6	4.0	7.6	9.0	0.2	0.2	88.2	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.2	1.2	1.2	0.4	2.4	0.4	0.0	17.8	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.4	2.4	1.2	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	3.6	2.0	0.0	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	17.0	7.8	9.2	3.8	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.8	3.0	7.2	10.2	0.2	0.0	84.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	0.8	0.8	0.2	34.6	3.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	7.8	3.2	0.0	5.8	0.4	0.6	10.6	2.8	0.0	0.0
HawthornOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	12.4	4.2	8.2	1.6	0.2	0.6	3.0	2.2	1.4	6.8	5.0	0.4	0.6	29.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	0.6	1.2	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	14.4	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	3.4	1.6	0.0	6.4	0.2	0.6	3.8	1.0	0.0	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	12.2	6.4	5.8	3.6	0.0	0.6	3.0	1.2	2.4	4.4	8.2	0.6	1.4	30.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	3.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.0
RichmondOpponent · won 1 of 4	4	13.8	7.0	6.8	4.5	0.8	0.5	2.8	1.0	2.8	6.0	8.0	0.8	0.5	49.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	13.8	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 1 of 4	4	16.0	10.0	6.0	3.0	1.3	0.0	3.5	3.8	3.3	9.0	8.0	0.0	0.5	207	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.8	0.5	1.3	4.3	3.3	1.3	0.3	49.8	8.4	0.3	0.8	2.0	7.0	5.3	0.3	9.5	0.0	1.5	12.5	4.5	0.0	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	13.0	8.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	196	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	56.0	8.4	1.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	7.0	1.0	0.0
GabbaGround · won 21 of 46	46	13.5	7.8	5.7	3.7	0.7	0.5	2.6	1.8	2.9	5.4	8.3	0.3	0.3	76.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.0	19.8	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.2	1.3	0.0	3.1	0.3	0.4	4.9	1.8	0.0	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 5 of 17	17	14.5	6.4	8.1	3.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.1	1.9	5.1	9.6	0.4	0.4	99.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.4	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.9	0.8	0.1	30.3	3.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	6.3	2.2	0.0	5.6	0.3	0.2	9.2	2.4	0.1	0.2
MCGGround · won 2 of 13	13	11.8	6.1	5.7	3.2	0.6	0.5	2.2	1.2	1.9	5.0	6.8	0.3	0.4	46.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.5	1.8	0.5	1.2	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.0	13.6	2.6	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.2	0.0	2.9	0.2	0.6	2.9	1.2	0.0	0.1
SCGGround · won 1 of 6	6	13.5	7.2	6.3	3.8	0.3	1.0	2.2	1.3	2.0	4.7	8.3	0.2	0.3	103	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.5	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	1.3	0.2	27.3	2.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	6.0	2.0	0.2	6.7	0.2	0.3	8.0	2.3	0.0	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround · won 3 of 5	5	15.2	7.2	8.0	3.8	0.0	0.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	10.4	0.4	1.0	30.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.8	3.8	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.0
Domain StadiumGround · won 1 of 4	4	14.5	7.8	6.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	5.8	2.5	3.3	7.8	6.8	0.3	0.5	170	0.3	0.0	1.5	0.5	3.5	0.8	1.5	2.0	3.5	0.5	0.3	36.3	4.1	0.3	0.0	1.5	4.8	3.8	0.0	10.3	0.0	0.5	8.0	3.3	0.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 4	4	12.5	3.5	9.0	1.8	0.0	0.5	3.3	2.3	1.5	7.0	5.3	0.5	0.8	4.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 2	2	8.5	2.5	6.0	2.0	–	–	6.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	5.0	–	0.5	–	–	–	1.5	3.5	3.5	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
People First StadiumGround · won 2 of 2	2	14.5	9.0	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	5.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	190	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	56.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	10.0	5.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	1.5	14.5	6.0	0.0	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 0 of 1	1	20.0	7.0	13.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	283	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	55.0	4.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	11.0	7.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	2.0	22.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Westpac StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	9.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	140	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	33.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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