Essendon

Cale Hooker

Key Forward#26AFL

Bio

Born in 1988, Cale Hooker debuted for Essendon Football Club in 2008. He plays as a key forward. His honours include W. S. Crichton Medal. Lineball holds stats from 219 of his games across 2008–2021.

Key facts

Age: 38
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 104 kg
Number: #26
Born: 13 October 1988
Debut: 2008
Position: Key Forward
Drafted: 2007 pick 54 (national draft)
Recruited from: Melville (WA), East Fremantle (WAFL)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon Football Club

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2021 AFLEssendon	18	206	106	100	65	33	24	27	6	19	110	99	10	8	2,110	37	14	0	36	48	12	18	103	46	6	19	1,011	114.9	1	0	0	0	6	117	73	0	142	23	63	209	53
2020 AFLEssendon	8	89	43	46	37	3	3	6	0	0	35	46	0	0	787	4	5	16	40	15	4	5	18	15	36	0	366	41.8	–	1	–	0	0	67	27	11	29	39	7	81	32
2019 AFLEssendon	18	313	178	135	135	4	2	15	4	9	120	181	2	1	4,317	7	32	77	118	49	16	13	45	64	126	2	1,274	155.9	–	2	–	0	4	233	64	44	91	109	10	301	124
2018 AFLEssendon	22	372	191	181	155	13	9	27	7	27	154	211	0	1	4,599	15	39	58	103	58	14	21	78	67	147	5	1,546	215.9	–	5	–	0	7	289	91	56	134	87	24	365	142
2017 AFLEssendon	20	270	155	115	139	41	26	33	7	31	132	143	9	10	3,577	49	51	6	40	47	14	18	131	55	29	13	1,485	190.5	4	2	–	0	7	190	59	13	176	31	72	275	94
2015 AFLEssendon	22	389	235	154	157	21	21	49	9	30	182	210	11	1	5,552	26	46	58	88	58	31	28	102	82	131	13	1,785	228.8	–	3	–	1	8	269	94	52	155	78	49	392	154
2014 AFLEssendon	23	422	240	182	170	0	0	35	4	19	135	283	4	3	5,090	2	23	68	126	47	12	14	59	53	155	0	1,708	236	3	2	–	0	4	345	92	48	145	112	1	418	190
2013 AFLEssendon	22	395	197	198	151	2	0	44	10	19	158	234	0	1	4,382	0	27	65	110	45	15	19	64	47	174	1	1,586	230.8	2	3	–	0	10	312	100	61	151	93	2	392	153
2012 AFLEssendon	17	276	151	125	95	0	2	28	7	9	101	173	0	1	3,216	1	19	54	103	38	10	17	44	43	115	1	1,061	150.3	–	7	–	0	7	208	68	35	96	91	2	274	104
2011 AFLEssendon	13	198	99	99	66	–	–	20	2	15	90	104	–	2	–	–	21	30	72	25	7	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLEssendon	18	255	81	174	71	2	1	39	8	9	111	140	5	–	–	2	13	46	101	35	11	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLEssendon	16	245	72	173	74	3	3	53	25	20	86	155	58	2	–	5	11	18	58	37	8	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLEssendon	2	20	3	17	7	–	–	1	–	–	5	15	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career13 seasons	219	3,450	1,751	1,699	1,322	122	91	377	89	207	1,419	1,994	99	30	33,630	148	301	499	1,001	505	154	199	644	472	919	54	11,822	1564.9	10	42	0	1	53	2,030	668	320	1,119	663	230	2,707	1,046

Honours

W. S. Crichton Medal2015

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

Game log, 2021 AFL

Game
Rd 19 v GWS GIANTSL 53-66 25 July	12	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	8	4	1	2	117	3	2	3	3	1	1	6	3	0	1	55	4.2	–	0	5	4	5	3	3	12	4
Rd 18 @ North MelbourneW 92-74 18 July	12	8	4	6	1	2	5	0	0	1	11	1	0	163	3	0	1	3	0	2	6	1	0	4	73	4	–	0	8	1	11	1	3	12	6
Rd 17 v Adelaide CrowsW 84-21 9 July	11	4	7	1	1	3	1	1	0	9	5	1	0	53	1	0	1	4	1	1	6	3	0	1	41	4	–	1	5	7	6	0	4	14	1
Rd 16 @ Geelong CatsL 57-98 2 July	5	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	-8	0	0	2	3	0	2	3	2	0	3	16	-1.3	–	0	2	2	14	1	0	6	0
Rd 15 v MelbourneL 57-68 26 June	13	4	9	3	1	0	0	1	2	7	6	1	0	57	1	0	1	4	0	1	4	5	1	0	43	4.8	–	1	7	6	7	1	1	13	2
Rd 14 @ HawthornW 86-73 20 June	9	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	3	0	0	101	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	2	35	3.8	–	0	6	4	10	0	0	9	1
Rd 12 v RichmondL 84-123 5 June	17	6	11	3	3	0	0	1	1	7	9	0	1	143	3	0	3	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	67	12.4	–	1	12	7	9	1	5	16	3
Rd 11 @ West Coast EaglesW 87-71 29 May	16	12	4	7	2	3	1	2	1	8	8	1	1	226	2	1	2	1	0	0	9	2	0	1	85	8.4	–	2	10	5	7	1	5	16	6
Rd 10 v North MelbourneW 141-69 23 May	12	8	4	8	2	3	1	0	2	4	7	0	0	205	5	1	1	2	0	1	6	4	0	1	72	1	–	0	5	3	4	0	5	11	3
Rd 9 v FremantleW 68-61 16 May	15	2	13	6	0	1	2	0	0	13	3	0	0	54	2	3	4	3	1	0	4	4	3	0	60	6.2	–	0	8	8	10	2	2	16	0
Rd 8 @ GWS GIANTSL 105-107 8 May	7	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	5	3	0	1	103	2	1	3	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	29	0.9	–	0	4	2	5	2	3	8	2
Rd 7 v CarltonL 107-123 2 May	15	10	5	7	5	1	2	0	2	6	9	2	1	250	4	1	1	1	0	1	11	2	0	1	99	18.7	–	0	11	4	10	0	6	15	6
Rd 6 @ CollingwoodW 109-85 25 Apr	6	3	3	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	4	1	0	145	0	0	1	5	0	3	2	1	0	1	20	-1.2	–	0	2	1	6	1	2	6	0
Rd 5 @ Brisbane LionsL 45-102 17 Apr	13	9	4	2	4	1	2	0	1	7	3	1	0	204	2	0	3	1	2	0	6	2	1	1	77	16.7	–	0	7	5	10	2	6	10	4
Rd 4 @ Sydney SwansL 80-83 8 Apr	14	7	7	3	3	1	1	0	2	9	5	0	0	122	2	2	5	6	1	3	5	7	0	1	59	8.5	–	0	5	6	7	3	5	14	3
Rd 3 v St KildaW 143-68 3 Apr	13	9	4	6	5	2	1	1	2	5	8	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	1	1	11	2	0	1	87	13.9	1	1	10	2	7	1	7	13	7
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 65-119 27 Mar	8	5	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	154	2	0	3	3	2	0	6	2	0	0	52	5.5	–	0	4	3	7	3	4	9	3
Rd 1 v HawthornL 91-92 20 Mar	8	3	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	5	4	1	0	21	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	41	4.4	–	0	6	3	7	1	2	9	2

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 48W	113	14.9	7.6	7.3	5.5	0.4	0.4	1.7	0.5	1.0	6.4	8.3	0.5	0.1	151	0.6	1.2	2.1	4.5	2.4	0.7	1.0	2.8	2.0	4.1	0.2	49.6	6.4	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.6	3.0	1.3	5.2	3.0	0.9	11.7	4.5
HomeHome or away, 55W	106	16.7	8.4	8.2	6.6	0.7	0.4	1.8	0.3	0.9	6.6	9.9	0.4	0.2	156	0.8	1.5	2.5	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.3	0.2	58.6	8.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.0	3.1	1.6	5.0	3.0	1.2	13.1	5.1
LossesResult, 0W	114	15.1	7.2	7.9	5.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	0.5	0.9	6.6	8.5	0.6	0.1	144	0.7	1.2	2.3	4.7	2.5	0.7	0.9	2.7	2.3	3.5	0.3	47.6	6.4	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.1	2.9	1.1	5.0	3.0	1.1	11.1	4.0
WinsResult, 103W	103	16.5	8.8	7.7	6.9	0.5	0.5	1.6	0.3	1.0	6.4	9.8	0.3	0.1	165	0.6	1.5	2.2	4.4	2.1	0.7	0.9	3.2	2.1	4.9	0.2	61.3	8.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.7	3.2	1.9	5.2	3.1	1.0	13.8	5.7
DrawsResult, 0W	2	17.0	11.5	5.5	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	7.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	96.0	0.0	2.5	5.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	0.0	38.0	5.9	–	0.5	–	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.5	1.0	5.0	1.5	0.0	8.0	5.5
Regular seasonStage, 103W	216	15.8	8.1	7.8	6.1	0.6	0.4	1.7	0.4	1.0	6.5	9.2	0.4	0.1	155	0.7	1.4	2.3	4.6	2.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	2.2	4.2	0.3	54.5	7.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.3	3.1	1.5	5.1	3.0	1.1	12.4	4.8
FinalsStage, 0W	3	11.0	2.7	8.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	0.3	5.7	5.3	4.0	0.0	67.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	0.3	2.0	0.0	16.0	5.9	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	5.7	1.3	0.0	2.3	4.3	0.0	6.0	2.3
CollingwoodOpponent, 7W	19	15.2	7.5	7.7	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.5	0.4	0.8	5.9	9.1	0.3	0.1	170	0.4	1.3	2.9	5.3	2.3	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.3	4.9	0.2	48.2	7.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.7	2.9	1.7	4.2	3.8	0.7	11.7	4.4
CarltonOpponent, 9W	17	17.1	8.9	8.2	7.2	0.5	0.4	1.5	0.2	1.1	6.9	10.0	0.5	0.2	182	0.6	1.8	2.6	5.0	2.1	0.6	0.8	3.4	1.6	6.1	0.1	59.8	9.9	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.4	2.2	5.1	3.3	1.0	13.7	5.5
RichmondOpponent, 4W	16	13.5	6.8	6.8	4.0	0.6	0.2	2.1	0.6	0.8	6.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	148	0.6	0.8	2.5	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.8	2.8	2.3	3.1	0.2	47.0	7.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	8.7	2.9	0.9	5.3	3.8	0.9	11.3	3.9
HawthornOpponent, 8W	15	16.9	7.8	9.1	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.9	0.7	0.7	6.7	9.7	0.5	0.1	144	0.3	1.3	2.4	4.1	2.7	0.9	1.0	2.7	2.3	3.8	0.2	55.5	7.1	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	9.6	3.3	1.5	6.5	2.3	0.8	12.6	4.8
North MelbourneOpponent, 10W	15	14.5	8.5	5.9	6.3	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.1	1.1	5.1	8.9	0.3	0.0	178	1.2	1.3	1.9	5.4	2.1	0.4	1.1	3.5	1.9	4.4	0.5	60.5	7.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.3	2.7	1.7	4.5	4.4	1.3	12.8	5.9
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 7W	15	16.2	8.4	7.8	6.8	0.4	0.5	1.8	0.4	0.8	6.7	9.5	0.3	0.1	168	0.5	1.6	2.7	4.6	2.5	0.9	0.8	2.6	1.9	4.7	0.1	51.8	7.3	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.0	2.9	1.7	4.3	2.3	0.9	11.8	4.7
St KildaOpponent, 8W	13	14.5	7.1	7.4	5.9	0.8	0.5	1.7	0.2	0.8	6.1	8.4	0.2	0.2	101	0.9	1.4	1.7	4.8	2.3	0.8	1.3	3.5	1.5	3.1	0.2	44.6	6.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	7.2	2.1	1.0	5.5	2.0	1.3	9.5	4.2
Western BulldogsOpponent, 5W	13	14.1	7.6	6.5	7.0	0.3	0.4	1.5	0.2	0.7	4.8	8.8	0.4	0.0	149	0.7	1.2	2.3	3.1	2.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.2	3.8	0.2	52.2	5.2	0.1	0.2	–	0.0	0.1	8.8	2.3	1.5	4.1	2.1	0.9	11.1	4.7
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	12	15.8	7.4	8.3	5.7	0.9	0.7	1.9	0.9	1.4	7.9	7.9	1.3	0.0	168	1.0	1.6	1.9	3.7	3.1	0.8	1.1	3.5	3.3	3.3	0.6	53.6	7.1	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	7.4	3.5	0.6	5.3	2.2	2.0	11.8	3.7
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 7W	12	19.2	10.9	8.3	7.9	0.7	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.5	6.8	12.1	0.8	0.0	158	0.8	1.6	2.1	4.3	1.9	1.1	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.8	0.3	63.6	7.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.8	2.7	2.2	5.4	3.0	1.2	13.8	6.1
FremantleOpponent, 5W	12	16.8	7.7	9.2	5.6	0.3	0.6	2.1	0.6	0.6	8.0	8.7	0.4	0.1	113	0.9	1.3	1.8	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.8	1.9	2.8	0.2	51.2	4.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	2.8	0.6	4.6	3.1	1.0	12.5	4.3
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	12	15.4	8.4	7.0	5.6	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.3	6.0	8.8	0.3	0.1	188	0.3	1.3	3.3	6.3	2.4	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	53.1	6.6	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.3	3.6	1.3	5.3	5.3	0.6	12.9	5.1
Geelong CatsOpponent, 2W	11	13.8	7.2	6.6	5.0	0.2	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.4	5.7	7.8	0.0	0.3	117	0.3	1.0	3.3	5.3	2.3	0.3	1.1	2.6	1.9	4.5	0.3	43.7	5.6	–	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	7.2	2.7	1.8	6.5	3.6	0.2	10.3	3.8
Port AdelaideOpponent, 7W	11	16.8	8.0	8.8	6.3	1.0	0.5	2.1	0.2	0.8	7.8	9.0	0.1	0.1	142	0.8	1.6	1.6	3.4	1.7	1.1	0.6	4.0	1.5	4.1	0.5	65.7	9.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	11.5	3.8	1.5	6.6	1.9	1.7	14.2	6.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 6W	10	15.5	8.0	7.5	5.5	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.2	1.1	7.4	8.2	0.4	0.9	175	1.3	1.3	2.0	3.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	4.6	2.1	5.4	0.3	64.1	8.9	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	11.4	4.6	1.6	5.5	2.8	1.8	15.6	5.8
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	9	15.0	6.3	8.7	5.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.7	1.3	6.4	9.0	0.8	0.1	121	0.4	1.3	1.0	3.3	2.2	0.3	0.9	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.4	42.0	5.8	–	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	7.4	3.1	0.7	2.7	1.6	0.8	11.3	3.1
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	7	19.7	10.0	9.7	8.7	0.9	0.4	1.6	0.1	1.3	7.1	12.7	0.0	0.3	157	0.9	1.9	1.3	3.7	3.1	0.6	1.3	4.4	3.0	4.6	0.1	69.0	7.5	–	0.6	–	0.0	0.1	11.6	2.9	2.3	6.0	2.9	1.3	15.6	5.4
Marvel StadiumGround, 46W	86	16.4	8.3	8.1	6.8	0.6	0.5	1.8	0.3	0.9	6.4	9.9	0.3	0.1	145	0.8	1.5	2.2	4.3	2.3	0.7	1.0	3.3	2.2	4.0	0.3	56.5	7.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.5	2.8	1.5	5.1	2.6	1.2	12.5	5.0
MCGGround, 30W	72	15.5	7.8	7.7	5.6	0.4	0.3	1.8	0.4	0.9	6.4	8.8	0.5	0.1	166	0.4	1.4	2.8	5.1	2.2	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.1	4.7	0.1	51.4	7.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.4	3.1	1.7	4.9	3.5	0.7	12.2	4.7
Domain StadiumGround, 3W	11	17.4	8.2	9.2	5.6	0.4	0.2	2.8	0.7	0.6	7.7	9.5	0.7	0.0	98.8	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.8	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.8	0.1	46.5	5.6	–	0.2	–	0.0	0.2	7.5	2.7	1.1	3.2	3.0	0.5	11.2	4.0
GabbaGround, 4W	8	14.5	8.9	5.6	6.5	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.6	1.8	5.0	9.0	0.9	0.0	137	1.0	1.1	1.0	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.8	3.1	1.6	2.3	0.3	49.1	4.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	2.0	1.0	4.8	2.8	1.8	9.4	4.3
People First StadiumGround, 5W	8	14.8	8.3	6.5	6.3	1.1	0.9	1.4	0.1	0.6	6.0	8.3	0.3	0.3	162	1.6	1.8	1.4	3.8	3.0	0.4	1.4	5.1	2.9	3.9	0.8	66.1	7.7	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	3.4	1.6	7.3	3.5	2.1	14.3	5.5
ENGIE StadiumGround, 4W	7	15.3	7.6	7.7	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	6.9	8.7	0.3	0.9	183	1.1	0.9	1.7	3.7	2.0	0.9	0.7	4.9	1.6	5.6	0.3	62.6	9.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	11.7	4.9	1.3	4.9	3.0	1.9	15.6	5.6
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	6	14.0	6.8	7.2	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.3	0.7	7.3	6.8	0.0	0.0	168	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.8	3.3	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.3	3.7	0.2	61.5	6.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.5	4.0	0.7	7.7	2.3	1.7	14.2	4.8
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	6	16.2	9.5	6.7	6.5	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	7.3	8.3	0.2	0.5	233	1.2	1.8	2.2	3.8	2.7	0.8	0.3	3.8	3.0	4.7	0.3	71.3	8.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	12.5	3.7	1.7	7.2	2.7	2.0	15.7	6.5
SCGGround, 2W	6	14.3	7.2	7.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	1.8	0.7	1.3	6.7	7.0	0.5	0.2	171	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.2	2.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.8	3.5	0.3	50.3	6.4	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	7.8	4.0	0.7	5.3	4.7	1.0	12.0	4.2
AAMI StadiumGround, 2W	5	15.4	6.0	9.4	4.8	0.0	0.2	1.4	1.2	0.4	7.8	7.8	2.4	0.0	112	0.2	1.2	2.8	5.2	2.0	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.4	5.0	0.0	34.2	6.0	–	0.2	–	0.0	0.4	6.6	3.6	1.0	3.4	3.4	0.0	9.4	3.4
Accor StadiumGround, 0W	1	14.0	8.0	6.0	6.0	–	–	1.0	–	1.0	4.0	9.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ANZ StadiumGround, 0W	1	19.0	13.0	6.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	359	0.0	0.0	7.0	9.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	11.0	0.0	75.0	8.3	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	15.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.0	19.0	11.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	5.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	-8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	16.0	-1.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 1W	1	9.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	101	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	35.0	3.8	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	1.0