Essendon

Craig Bird

Midfielder#24AFL

Key facts

Age: 37
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Number: #24
Born: 21 January 1989
Debut: 2008
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2007 pick 59 (other)
Recruited from: Nelson Bay (NSW), NSW-ACT U18, Sydney

Official profile

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2017 AFLEssendon	2	41	19	22	4	0	0	8	6	9	12	31	0	0	431	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	8	11	3	1	146	17.4	–	0	2	4	33	8	0	43	1	1	43	12	0
2016 AFLEssendon	18	372	140	232	44	3	3	116	72	40	168	202	0	6	3,150	4	0	22	8	40	16	11	60	51	41	22	1,484	169.6	–	1	31	41	274	131	3	386	1	7	370	82	0
2015 AFLSydney Swans	6	99	50	49	17	3	1	21	16	14	41	57	0	1	1,151	1	0	8	4	12	5	4	23	18	12	4	395	38.9	–	0	2	14	69	30	2	86	2	4	98	31	0
2014 AFLSydney Swans	21	415	206	209	58	6	5	105	75	65	196	233	0	8	5,104	4	4	25	37	53	12	21	108	78	58	17	1,620	224.2	2	3	26	49	288	162	3	349	9	16	429	120	0
2013 AFLSydney Swans	23	421	269	152	53	10	5	84	63	69	178	235	0	7	6,649	5	4	33	20	45	9	12	97	89	53	17	1,644	223.6	2	4	10	53	274	148	5	316	9	17	413	148	0
2012 AFLSydney Swans	25	430	223	207	69	12	12	105	59	54	198	227	0	15	5,466	12	4	30	27	50	16	21	121	65	55	23	1,747	226.2	–	2	11	48	310	163	2	408	9	30	425	137	0
2011 AFLSydney Swans	22	354	184	170	43	11	9	113	54	52	173	183	–	6	–	6	1	21	30	40	16	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLSydney Swans	4	69	35	34	14	1	–	11	5	9	22	47	–	–	–	1	1	–	9	7	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLSydney Swans	15	238	108	130	41	5	3	48	41	27	93	147	1	2	–	4	4	9	12	26	8	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLSydney Swans	21	288	144	144	62	8	3	47	40	45	109	183	1	7	–	3	1	26	24	34	10	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career10 seasons	157	2,727	1,378	1,349	405	59	41	658	431	384	1,190	1,545	2	52	21,951	40	19	174	174	312	95	113	417	312	222	84	7,036	899.9	5	25	82	209	1,248	642	15	1,588	31	75	1,778	530	0

Game log, 2017 AFL

Game
Rd 22 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 90-57 19 Aug	23	12	11	2	0	0	4	3	5	7	18	0	0	234	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	7	2	0	80	8.4	–	0	0	3	17	5	0	21	1	1	25	6	0
Rd 17 @ St KildaW 118-57 14 July	18	7	11	2	0	0	4	3	4	5	13	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	4	1	1	66	9	–	0	2	1	16	3	0	22	0	0	18	6	0

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 50 of 80	80	16.7	8.3	8.4	2.3	0.4	0.3	3.9	2.7	2.3	7.5	9.3	0.0	0.3	125	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	1.4	0.6	41.5	5.3	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.4	7.5	4.0	0.1	9.4	0.2	0.5	10.7	3.2	0.0
AwayHome or away · won 39 of 77	77	18.0	9.2	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.2	4.5	2.8	2.6	7.7	10.4	0.0	0.4	155	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.7	2.7	2.0	1.4	0.5	48.3	6.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.3	8.5	4.2	0.1	10.8	0.2	0.5	11.9	3.6	0.0
WinsResult	89	17.7	9.5	8.2	2.9	0.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	2.7	7.6	10.2	0.0	0.4	164	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.7	3.2	2.3	1.5	0.6	50.3	6.6	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.5	8.9	4.5	0.1	10.5	0.3	0.7	12.7	4.1	0.0
LossesResult	66	17.1	7.9	9.2	2.2	0.2	0.2	4.4	2.9	2.2	7.6	9.5	0.0	0.3	108	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.3	0.5	38.4	4.6	–	0.1	0.6	1.2	6.8	3.6	0.1	9.8	0.1	0.2	9.8	2.4	0.0
DrawsResult	2	12.0	5.0	7.0	3.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	5.5	6.0	0.0	0.0	86.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	15.5	2.8	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	0.0
Regular seasonStage · won 82 of 146	146	17.5	8.8	8.7	2.6	0.4	0.3	4.2	2.8	2.5	7.7	9.9	0.0	0.3	136	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.7	2.7	1.9	1.4	0.6	44.4	5.7	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	7.8	4.1	0.1	9.9	0.2	0.5	11.2	3.3	0.0
FinalsStage · won 7 of 11	11	15.5	8.7	6.8	2.3	0.3	0.4	4.5	2.2	1.8	6.3	9.2	0.0	0.1	185	0.5	0.1	1.7	0.7	1.9	0.6	0.8	2.5	2.8	1.3	0.2	50.9	5.7	–	0.2	0.4	1.5	9.8	4.3	0.1	13.2	0.1	0.7	12.7	4.4	0.0
HawthornOpponent · won 4 of 16	16	18.0	9.5	8.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	4.3	3.3	2.3	8.8	9.2	0.0	0.3	154	0.2	0.1	1.3	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.6	3.6	2.2	1.6	0.4	49.6	6.9	–	0.1	0.4	2.0	8.9	5.3	0.2	11.4	0.3	0.5	13.1	3.7	0.0
St KildaOpponent · won 8 of 14	14	16.7	8.4	8.4	2.3	0.2	0.4	3.4	2.9	2.7	6.6	10.0	0.0	0.4	141	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.1	0.5	0.9	2.7	1.5	1.2	0.6	39.7	5.2	–	0.1	0.6	1.6	7.8	3.6	0.0	11.6	0.1	0.4	10.8	2.9	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent · won 2 of 11	11	16.7	7.8	8.9	2.2	0.5	0.5	3.6	1.5	2.8	6.7	10.4	0.0	0.5	141	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.5	2.5	1.5	1.7	0.2	36.4	6.2	–	0.3	0.1	0.7	7.2	2.9	0.2	7.8	0.2	0.6	9.4	3.4	0.0
CarltonOpponent · won 7 of 10	10	17.4	9.9	7.5	2.2	0.3	0.3	4.7	2.7	2.0	7.6	9.6	0.0	0.5	157	0.3	0.1	1.9	0.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.4	43.0	4.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.4	7.5	3.9	0.1	6.5	0.2	0.4	10.5	3.8	0.0
EssendonOpponent · won 8 of 10	10	19.9	10.1	9.8	2.7	0.5	0.0	3.7	3.3	2.7	9.3	10.2	0.0	0.2	173	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.8	2.5	2.3	0.5	48.9	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.5	9.1	4.4	0.3	8.7	0.3	0.4	12.4	4.4	0.0
FremantleOpponent · won 4 of 10	10	15.0	6.6	8.4	1.5	0.0	0.2	4.9	2.2	1.5	6.5	8.5	0.0	0.2	97.9	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.4	1.0	0.1	41.3	4.5	–	0.3	0.4	1.0	8.2	4.1	0.0	10.8	0.1	0.1	10.4	3.1	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 3 of 10	10	17.7	8.7	9.0	2.8	0.2	0.2	3.7	2.6	1.9	7.4	10.7	0.0	0.3	124	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.8	2.7	2.3	2.0	0.5	47.5	5.8	–	0.4	0.7	1.0	8.4	4.0	0.2	9.7	0.3	0.3	12.6	3.2	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 9 of 10	10	18.1	10.4	7.7	3.5	0.3	0.1	4.8	2.6	3.2	7.4	10.6	0.1	0.3	142	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	2.9	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.6	1.3	0.5	44.7	5.1	–	0.2	0.6	1.0	6.3	3.9	0.0	10.4	0.3	0.2	10.4	2.7	0.0
RichmondOpponent · won 4 of 9	9	17.1	8.7	8.4	2.1	0.3	0.1	5.1	3.8	2.7	8.9	8.6	0.0	0.1	113	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.6	1.0	0.3	40.0	5.6	–	0.0	1.4	1.4	6.8	4.7	0.1	11.2	0.4	0.1	9.8	3.0	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 5 of 9	9	16.8	7.8	9.0	2.4	0.7	0.1	3.3	2.0	2.8	8.1	8.4	0.0	0.4	112	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.4	0.4	1.0	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.7	35.1	4.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	5.9	3.2	0.0	10.8	0.2	0.6	8.9	2.6	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 7 of 8	8	16.0	9.0	7.0	4.4	0.3	0.5	2.9	1.6	1.6	6.3	10.3	0.1	0.3	60.6	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.1	22.4	2.7	–	0.4	0.3	0.3	4.5	1.9	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	5.9	2.4	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	16.6	8.3	8.3	3.1	0.6	0.0	5.0	2.6	2.9	6.4	10.1	0.0	0.1	126	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.1	0.7	0.7	45.3	4.1	–	0.0	0.6	0.9	7.0	3.1	0.0	11.1	0.0	0.3	9.7	3.0	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 5 of 7	7	18.7	11.1	7.6	3.9	1.0	1.3	4.7	3.1	3.1	7.3	11.9	0.0	0.1	266	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.9	2.6	0.6	1.1	5.6	3.3	1.6	2.6	83.4	7.6	–	0.1	0.7	2.4	12.1	5.3	0.0	17.3	0.3	2.6	19.1	6.0	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 5 of 7	7	16.6	7.0	9.6	2.1	0.6	0.4	5.7	3.4	1.7	7.3	8.9	0.0	0.6	78.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.7	1.3	0.6	34.3	4.4	–	0.1	0.6	1.4	6.1	2.9	0.1	8.0	0.0	0.3	8.3	1.6	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 6 of 7	7	18.3	8.4	9.9	1.7	0.1	0.3	4.1	4.1	1.9	9.0	9.1	0.0	0.6	154	0.0	0.1	1.0	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	3.3	1.4	2.1	0.4	48.0	8.1	–	0.0	0.9	2.4	10.3	6.3	0.0	8.4	0.3	0.6	13.4	4.4	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	18.2	7.2	11.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	4.2	2.3	2.7	7.7	11.0	0.0	0.5	192	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	2.2	0.2	67.5	9.5	–	0.0	0.5	1.8	13.7	6.7	0.0	16.7	0.3	0.5	18.7	4.2	0.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 5 of 5	5	17.4	9.6	7.8	3.4	0.4	0.0	3.8	3.0	3.4	6.8	10.8	0.0	0.4	134	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.6	0.8	2.8	2.6	0.8	1.2	43.2	5.8	–	0.2	0.8	0.6	6.4	3.2	0.0	7.0	0.0	0.8	9.8	3.2	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	20.0	11.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	342	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	79.0	11.6	–	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	7.0	2.0	15.0	0.0	1.0	21.0	6.0	0.0
SCGGround · won 35 of 48	48	17.3	9.2	8.1	2.4	0.5	0.2	3.8	2.7	2.6	8.1	9.2	0.0	0.3	137	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.7	2.6	1.8	1.5	0.5	40.2	5.4	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.4	7.1	4.1	0.1	8.4	0.3	0.4	10.5	3.4	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 10 of 25	25	17.9	8.1	9.8	2.5	0.4	0.2	4.7	2.6	2.3	7.3	10.4	0.0	0.4	134	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.8	2.8	1.8	1.8	1.0	45.6	6.3	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2	8.8	4.0	0.1	12.4	0.0	0.4	11.7	3.1	0.0
MCGGround · won 6 of 20	20	18.6	9.6	9.0	2.6	0.3	0.2	5.1	3.9	2.7	8.8	9.8	0.0	0.3	163	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	3.4	3.0	1.6	0.6	58.7	7.3	–	0.1	1.3	1.9	10.6	5.5	0.1	13.3	0.2	0.6	14.6	4.5	0.0
ANZ StadiumGround · won 8 of 13	13	16.2	8.7	7.5	2.6	0.6	0.5	3.5	2.1	2.3	6.6	9.8	0.0	0.4	225	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.2	0.6	0.7	4.5	3.0	2.1	0.7	65.9	7.8	–	0.2	0.4	1.7	11.0	5.0	0.3	13.4	0.5	1.3	16.5	5.2	0.0
Accor StadiumGround · won 6 of 11	11	14.1	6.3	7.8	2.1	0.4	0.5	3.3	2.1	1.9	5.1	9.4	–	0.3	–	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Domain StadiumGround · won 4 of 9	9	19.0	8.9	10.1	1.7	0.1	0.4	4.6	4.0	1.9	8.7	9.9	0.0	0.4	174	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	3.4	1.3	1.7	0.3	59.0	8.1	–	0.0	0.9	2.6	12.7	6.3	0.0	11.9	0.2	0.6	15.7	5.2	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround · won 5 of 8	8	16.3	9.0	7.3	3.5	0.6	0.1	4.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	8.8	0.0	0.0	121	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.0	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.6	41.4	4.7	–	0.0	0.6	0.5	5.3	3.1	0.0	8.6	0.3	0.5	8.3	2.1	0.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 3 of 4	4	18.8	8.8	10.0	4.5	–	–	2.3	3.0	3.3	7.8	11.0	–	0.5	–	–	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GabbaGround · won 3 of 4	4	20.0	11.5	8.5	5.8	0.3	0.8	3.8	2.3	2.5	7.5	13.5	0.3	0.5	74.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.8	2.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	21.8	2.7	–	0.5	0.3	0.3	3.5	1.3	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	1.8	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 1 of 4	4	12.8	6.5	6.3	1.8	0.0	0.3	3.3	1.8	1.3	5.5	8.3	0.0	0.5	105	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	31.8	4.5	–	0.8	0.0	1.0	5.5	3.0	0.0	8.5	0.3	0.3	8.5	1.5	0.0
People First StadiumGround · won 3 of 4	4	19.0	7.8	11.3	2.8	0.3	0.0	4.0	1.5	3.5	7.5	12.0	0.0	0.8	209	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	4.0	3.5	2.3	0.0	71.0	11.2	–	0.0	0.3	1.3	14.8	6.8	0.0	18.5	0.5	0.5	19.5	4.8	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 2 of 3	3	21.7	10.7	11.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	8.3	3.3	2.7	8.0	14.7	0.0	0.3	227	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.7	5.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	4.7	2.3	0.7	95.7	5.0	–	0.0	0.7	2.7	15.7	6.3	0.0	23.3	0.0	0.0	22.7	6.7	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	16.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	275	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	75.0	5.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	22.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	4.0	0.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	6.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	61.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	2.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	27.0	16.0	11.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	4.0	4.0	16.0	10.0	0.0	1.0	439	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	116	22.9	–	0.0	1.0	3.0	16.0	13.0	0.0	24.0	0.0	2.0	26.0	8.0	0.0
Westpac StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	16.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	6.0	6.0	8.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	308	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	79.0	5.3	–	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	2.0	18.0	2.0	0.0

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