Melbourne

Jake Melksham

Medium Forward#18AFL

Bio

Born in 1991, Jake Melksham debuted for Essendon Football Club in 2010 and now plays for Melbourne Football Club. He plays as a medium forward. Lineball holds stats from 255 of his games across 2010–2026.

Key facts

Age: 35
Height: 186 cm
Number: #18
Born: 29 August 1991
Debut: 2010
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2023 pick 12 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Oak Park (Vic), PEGS (Vic), Calder U18

Official profile

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Career

Essendon Football Club
Melbourne 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
2026 AFLMelbourne	7	53	32	21	21	8	4	7	1	12	20	34	0	4	806	10	3	0	11	18	3	7	26	20	7	4	263	28.4	–	2	0	0	1	32	11	2	59	4	14	54	17
2025 AFLMelbourne	19	186	143	43	68	33	22	31	6	57	84	99	0	18	4,488	34	18	0	22	41	26	18	105	44	8	23	1,035	184.5	–	3	1	0	6	126	38	0	140	12	60	183	90
2024 AFLMelbourne	8	69	50	19	30	8	4	7	2	21	26	42	0	10	1,547	10	5	1	4	8	3	3	38	19	5	2	352	62.3	–	0	0	0	2	51	18	0	44	3	12	68	34
2023 AFLMelbourne	13	103	84	19	50	20	11	20	0	30	39	63	0	5	2,309	26	11	1	12	37	7	8	54	37	7	14	634	77.1	–	0	0	0	0	52	20	1	99	8	41	102	38
2022 AFLMelbourne	11	98	71	27	41	12	12	21	5	25	41	59	0	11	2,160	19	8	2	8	15	5	4	57	17	7	8	551	70.6	–	4	0	2	3	59	25	3	124	5	28	100	37
2021 AFLMelbourne	12	107	58	49	25	8	4	18	6	22	45	66	0	8	1,579	8	1	2	11	22	3	10	42	22	16	6	444	71.4	–	0	27	1	5	76	34	3	126	4	17	111	35
2020 AFLMelbourne	17	160	110	50	49	15	8	23	11	37	65	103	0	10	3,221	14	3	3	22	43	11	14	59	50	19	9	736	117.9	–	0	–	6	5	99	38	2	183	7	27	168	72
2019 AFLMelbourne	12	190	138	52	66	15	14	25	31	46	72	117	0	14	3,323	20	5	6	17	35	10	11	71	58	10	8	897	86.4	–	5	–	10	21	108	37	1	141	6	37	189	66
2018 AFLMelbourne	23	335	243	92	108	32	24	44	20	99	143	195	0	33	7,288	38	20	5	31	65	15	29	163	84	31	18	1,557	278.8	–	10	–	7	13	217	99	4	277	14	66	338	147
2017 AFLMelbourne	19	318	202	116	84	21	6	48	21	65	74	242	0	8	6,158	10	3	25	31	59	13	21	92	72	39	14	1,364	180.3	–	6	–	9	12	229	52	7	252	17	29	316	131
2015 AFLEssendon	18	296	171	125	66	7	8	56	35	65	106	188	1	6	5,307	5	5	23	34	60	12	27	72	64	46	5	1,167	160	–	5	–	10	25	203	76	10	225	25	20	294	97
2014 AFLEssendon	16	249	125	124	61	8	4	38	28	45	95	158	2	7	3,245	10	3	12	25	37	11	12	61	47	25	8	987	134.6	–	1	–	4	24	175	63	3	204	12	16	253	74
2013 AFLEssendon	21	411	246	165	97	16	12	58	66	84	160	248	1	10	6,771	6	3	24	29	62	13	22	117	91	49	7	1,647	234.1	–	3	–	27	39	260	113	6	239	17	32	408	130
2012 AFLEssendon	22	332	220	112	90	14	13	50	41	77	120	215	7	8	6,812	9	7	29	34	60	24	27	99	81	45	11	1,401	165.8	–	17	–	12	29	213	75	9	267	17	32	335	127
2011 AFLEssendon	23	385	240	145	94	6	8	78	64	72	138	243	8	6	–	3	9	32	37	60	20	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLEssendon	14	208	120	88	43	6	7	34	26	34	76	129	–	7	–	4	4	18	26	27	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career16 seasons	255	3,500	2,253	1,247	993	229	161	558	363	791	1,304	2,201	19	165	55,014	226	108	183	354	649	182	246	1,056	706	314	137	13,035	1852.2	3	84	28	88	185	1,900	699	51	2,380	151	431	2,919	1,095

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 66W	128	13.9	9.0	4.9	4.2	0.9	0.6	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.0	8.9	0.1	0.6	220	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.6	0.7	0.9	4.2	2.9	1.1	0.5	52.6	7.1	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	7.6	2.7	0.2	9.3	0.5	1.8	11.8	4.3
AwayHome or away, 63W	127	13.6	8.7	4.9	3.6	0.9	0.6	2.3	1.6	3.0	5.2	8.3	0.1	0.7	212	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.5	0.7	1.0	4.1	2.6	1.3	0.5	49.6	7.5	–	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	7.3	2.8	0.2	9.4	0.7	1.6	11.1	4.3
WinsResult, 129W	129	14.4	9.1	5.3	4.2	1.0	0.6	2.2	1.4	3.4	5.3	9.2	0.1	0.8	236	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	1.0	4.7	2.9	1.4	0.6	56.8	8.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	8.3	3.0	0.2	10.0	0.6	1.8	12.6	4.8
LossesResult, 0W	125	13.0	8.5	4.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	2.1	1.4	2.8	4.9	8.1	0.1	0.5	197	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.4	0.7	1.0	3.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	45.6	6.2	–	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	6.6	2.5	0.2	8.7	0.6	1.6	10.4	3.8
DrawsResult, 0W	1	12.0	10.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	–	3.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	10.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	3.0	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage, 127W	248	13.8	8.9	5.0	3.9	0.9	0.6	2.2	1.4	3.1	5.1	8.7	0.1	0.6	217	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.5	0.7	1.0	4.1	2.8	1.3	0.5	51.5	7.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	7.5	2.8	0.2	9.3	0.6	1.7	11.5	4.3
FinalsStage, 2W	7	9.7	7.4	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.6	4.3	5.9	0.0	0.7	168	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.6	0.6	1.4	4.3	2.4	0.6	0.4	38.6	3.7	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	1.7	0.3	8.9	0.3	2.3	7.9	3.1
CollingwoodOpponent, 4W	20	13.9	8.8	5.2	4.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.4	3.2	5.0	8.9	0.1	0.5	245	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.9	0.9	1.4	3.5	3.3	1.1	0.6	48.4	6.6	–	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	7.2	2.4	0.1	9.1	0.9	1.4	11.3	4.2
CarltonOpponent, 12W	19	14.5	10.1	4.4	3.9	0.9	0.6	2.3	1.6	3.8	5.3	9.0	0.0	0.6	220	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.8	0.8	4.2	2.5	0.9	0.4	49.8	7.4	–	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	7.3	2.2	0.2	8.4	0.6	1.6	10.7	4.6
RichmondOpponent, 8W	19	13.2	8.3	4.9	4.2	1.0	0.4	1.5	1.5	2.2	4.7	8.8	0.1	0.3	182	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.8	0.6	0.7	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	50.6	7.1	–	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.8	8.0	2.3	0.3	8.1	0.5	1.6	11.7	4.3
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 10W	17	15.3	9.8	5.5	4.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.7	2.9	5.9	9.5	0.2	1.0	211	1.0	0.4	1.0	1.5	3.4	0.8	1.3	4.2	3.3	1.1	0.4	49.9	7.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.9	7.8	3.2	0.1	7.6	0.8	1.4	11.2	4.6
St KildaOpponent, 9W	16	13.7	9.1	4.6	4.9	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.3	2.9	4.7	9.6	0.1	0.4	222	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.1	0.8	0.8	4.1	2.8	1.1	0.4	53.6	6.5	–	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.5	7.6	2.2	0.2	8.6	0.4	1.7	12.1	4.7
Sydney SwansOpponent, 6W	16	12.9	8.3	4.6	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.4	1.6	2.9	5.2	7.4	0.1	0.6	211	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.9	0.9	1.3	3.7	2.5	1.2	0.5	46.9	6.3	–	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	6.3	2.8	0.1	9.6	0.6	2.1	10.3	3.3
Western BulldogsOpponent, 10W	16	13.5	8.9	4.6	3.6	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.2	3.1	4.4	9.1	0.1	0.6	195	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	1.1	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.1	41.2	6.3	–	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	6.7	2.3	0.3	8.8	0.4	1.4	10.0	4.1
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 8W	15	13.3	8.7	4.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	2.6	1.5	2.8	6.1	7.3	0.1	0.5	208	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.9	4.2	2.9	1.6	1.0	51.1	8.6	–	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	6.6	3.3	0.1	8.9	0.6	2.1	10.7	4.1
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 10W	15	15.0	9.8	5.2	4.5	0.9	0.7	2.2	1.6	3.5	6.1	8.7	0.1	1.0	248	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.9	4.9	2.9	1.1	0.8	58.9	9.9	–	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.9	9.4	3.5	0.2	10.7	0.4	1.8	12.9	5.3
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	14	14.4	9.4	5.1	3.6	0.5	0.6	3.0	1.5	3.3	5.9	8.6	0.0	0.5	198	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.9	3.3	0.6	1.2	3.4	2.9	1.4	0.4	50.2	6.1	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.4	6.9	3.4	0.0	10.7	0.9	1.6	11.5	4.0
HawthornOpponent, 7W	14	14.9	9.1	5.8	3.6	0.8	0.6	2.3	1.7	4.1	5.4	9.2	0.1	0.7	244	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	0.7	4.9	2.9	1.4	0.5	54.1	8.3	–	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	8.2	2.9	0.3	11.4	0.1	1.6	12.4	4.6
North MelbourneOpponent, 8W	14	11.9	8.4	3.5	4.4	1.4	0.9	2.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	7.8	0.1	0.6	222	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	0.7	1.1	4.6	3.1	1.0	0.8	56.8	6.8	–	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	7.1	2.1	0.4	9.9	0.4	2.5	11.2	4.4
Port AdelaideOpponent, 7W	13	13.7	8.8	4.9	3.9	0.8	0.4	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.3	9.8	0.0	1.2	196	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.7	47.2	6.1	–	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	11.2	0.2	1.1	10.5	4.2
FremantleOpponent, 5W	12	11.9	6.8	5.1	3.1	0.4	0.7	2.2	0.8	1.9	3.6	7.8	0.1	0.6	170	0.8	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.7	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	45.7	5.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	6.4	2.1	0.2	8.4	1.0	1.3	10.6	3.2
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 9W	12	15.5	9.6	5.9	5.0	1.3	1.4	2.2	1.6	3.6	5.9	9.7	0.0	0.7	276	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.3	5.5	2.3	2.0	0.8	71.7	8.5	–	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	9.6	4.2	0.2	8.1	1.1	2.8	15.2	5.2
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 7W	10	12.5	7.5	5.0	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.5	3.0	5.5	7.6	0.1	0.4	212	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	2.5	0.5	0.7	3.9	2.9	2.1	0.7	55.2	8.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	8.3	3.8	0.4	11.7	0.3	1.6	13.1	4.6
EssendonOpponent, 5W	9	9.8	6.4	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.4	1.6	0.3	3.1	4.1	5.2	0.0	1.1	205	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.7	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.9	46.7	9.3	–	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	7.0	2.7	0.2	11.1	0.9	1.8	9.3	4.3
MelbourneOpponent, 1W	4	18.3	11.0	7.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.3	2.0	4.3	6.5	12.0	0.3	0.5	210	0.3	0.0	1.8	1.3	4.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.8	1.8	0.3	36.3	6.4	–	0.3	–	0.5	1.3	8.0	4.8	0.3	5.8	0.3	0.5	13.0	3.0
MCGGround, 50W	108	13.3	8.8	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	3.1	4.9	8.5	0.1	0.6	221	1.1	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.7	0.7	1.0	4.3	3.0	1.1	0.5	52.1	7.2	–	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	7.4	2.5	0.2	8.9	0.6	1.9	11.5	4.3
Marvel StadiumGround, 36W	64	15.6	9.9	5.8	4.1	0.6	0.5	2.4	1.9	3.3	5.6	10.1	0.1	0.5	208	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.8	1.0	3.7	2.7	1.4	0.3	48.8	6.4	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.5	0.8	7.7	2.7	0.3	9.0	0.6	1.1	11.6	4.5
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	12	8.9	6.1	2.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.8	0.6	2.5	4.4	4.8	0.0	0.9	170	1.0	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.2	0.9	1.3	4.1	2.7	1.2	1.3	42.9	7.7	–	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.6	5.5	2.6	0.1	10.4	0.7	1.9	9.2	3.4
Domain StadiumGround, 4W	10	16.4	8.2	8.2	3.6	0.4	0.5	3.2	1.9	2.3	5.7	10.2	0.4	0.5	166	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.4	2.4	0.4	0.9	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.2	46.5	5.9	–	0.5	–	0.1	1.1	7.5	3.1	0.2	7.7	0.8	0.7	11.5	2.7
GabbaGround, 8W	10	13.5	8.4	5.1	3.9	0.9	1.1	2.1	1.2	4.0	5.1	8.2	0.0	1.4	240	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.9	4.6	2.9	1.0	1.0	54.1	8.8	–	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	7.9	2.6	0.1	11.6	0.6	1.9	11.9	4.6
People First StadiumGround, 4W	8	13.4	9.3	4.1	4.5	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.1	2.9	4.8	8.9	0.0	0.6	265	1.9	0.0	1.0	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.3	5.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	67.0	8.4	–	0.4	0.0	0.1	1.0	8.4	3.5	0.0	10.3	1.5	3.3	13.6	5.0
Optus StadiumGround, 4W	7	11.0	8.1	2.9	5.0	1.7	0.7	0.9	0.3	3.0	4.1	7.1	0.0	1.4	217	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.4	2.3	0.4	1.7	6.6	3.1	1.3	0.4	54.9	9.6	–	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	8.0	3.0	0.3	8.3	0.7	2.4	11.3	5.7
ENGIE StadiumGround, 6W	6	12.8	6.5	6.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	2.3	6.7	7.0	0.2	0.2	215	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.5	3.7	2.0	2.5	0.0	54.3	11.2	–	0.0	1.2	0.8	1.7	9.5	4.3	0.8	11.7	0.3	1.2	13.7	4.5
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 4W	6	13.0	8.2	4.8	4.3	0.8	0.7	3.3	0.5	3.5	4.8	7.7	0.0	0.5	272	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.3	1.8	0.8	0.5	5.2	3.0	1.8	1.3	65.5	9.7	–	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3	9.2	2.7	0.2	14.0	0.2	1.7	12.5	5.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 3W	5	17.6	10.6	7.0	3.2	0.4	0.2	3.4	3.0	3.0	6.6	10.4	0.0	0.8	177	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	1.2	1.4	0.8	38.8	6.2	–	0.2	–	0.8	0.8	6.2	3.0	0.0	6.4	0.4	0.6	9.2	3.2
Ninja StadiumGround, 2W	4	12.3	8.0	4.3	2.8	1.0	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.8	3.5	8.3	0.0	0.8	222	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	3.5	0.8	1.8	5.3	3.3	0.3	1.0	53.3	4.3	–	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	7.3	2.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	2.8	11.8	4.0
SCGGround, 2W	4	13.0	8.8	4.3	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	6.5	0.0	1.3	223	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.8	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.0	47.0	7.8	–	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	5.8	3.8	0.0	9.0	0.5	2.3	9.5	3.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	3	11.3	8.0	3.3	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	0.0	1.0	221	2.0	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	62.3	9.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	8.0	4.0	0.0	13.0	1.0	2.3	12.0	5.3
Cazalys StadiumGround, 0W	2	8.5	6.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.5	5.0	0.0	0.5	163	0.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	30.5	5.8	–	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.5	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.5	9.5	4.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	2	7.0	3.5	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	87.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	29.0	3.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.5	0.0	5.5	0.0	1.0	7.5	1.5
TIO StadiumGround, 1W	2	14.0	10.5	3.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	5.5	7.0	0.0	0.0	412	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	7.0	3.0	2.0	0.5	67.5	14.8	–	0.0	–	0.5	0.5	8.0	4.5	0.0	8.0	0.0	3.0	12.5	6.0
Accor StadiumGround, 0W	1	13.0	7.0	6.0	3.0	–	–	3.0	3.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ANZ StadiumGround, 0W	1	20.0	16.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	9.0	0.0	1.0	461	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	11.0	2.0	6.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	95.0	13.1	–	1.0	–	1.0	4.0	12.0	6.0	1.0	26.0	1.0	3.0	19.0	9.0

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