North Melbourne

Ben Jacobs

Midfielder#5AFL

Key facts

Age: 34
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Number: #5
Born: 9 January 1992
Debut: 2011
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2010 pick 16 (national draft)
Recruited from: East Brighton (Vic), Brighton Grammar (Vic), Sandr U18

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

Season
2018 AFLNorth Melbourne	13	248	99	149	32	5	1	88	40	27	115	136	0	6	2,052	3	2	9	19	50	18	28	56	36	36	6	1,008	129.8	4	2	17	23	178	82	4	276	9	10	251	58	0
2016 AFLNorth Melbourne	7	87	31	56	12	1	1	25	9	12	40	53	0	1	702	0	1	4	11	13	3	2	17	12	19	0	345	43.9	–	0	6	3	65	27	1	104	2	2	93	19	0
2015 AFLNorth Melbourne	23	355	172	183	76	1	2	100	45	48	129	224	0	7	3,932	3	5	26	25	55	17	29	73	67	70	11	1,448	139.5	–	5	19	26	269	96	9	286	16	4	353	120	0
2014 AFLNorth Melbourne	14	197	92	105	39	1	2	20	13	18	60	138	0	2	2,424	0	2	18	14	30	8	15	42	34	41	2	654	84	–	9	4	9	152	40	7	94	7	3	198	64	0
2013 AFLNorth Melbourne	7	85	34	51	8	2	4	13	12	13	30	57	0	2	1,003	0	0	3	6	12	1	8	23	8	11	3	273	40.2	–	2	2	10	66	25	0	68	2	7	87	21	0
2012 AFLPort Adelaide	14	229	118	111	53	3	0	27	17	23	76	149	0	3	2,720	2	1	17	24	29	5	6	34	45	48	2	848	65.1	–	3	0	17	149	63	7	129	15	3	225	71	0
2011 AFLPort Adelaide	12	197	110	87	39	2	1	27	14	19	62	131	–	–	–	1	3	21	27	27	6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career7 seasons	90	1,398	656	742	259	15	11	300	150	160	512	888	0	21	12,833	9	14	98	126	216	58	97	245	202	225	24	4,576	502.5	4	25	48	88	879	333	28	957	51	29	1,207	353	0

Game log, 2018 AFL

Game
Rd 16 v Gold Coast SUNSW 95-58 8 July	26	11	15	3	1	1	4	4	2	8	16	2	101	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	2	2	1	95	10.4	–	1	2	2	17	8	0	18	0	3	24	7
Rd 12 @ Geelong CatsL 59-96 9 June	21	8	13	1	0	0	3	4	2	11	10	0	192	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	3	0	65	12.3	–	0	2	2	15	7	0	20	0	0	21	3
Rd 11 v Brisbane LionsW 141-87 3 June	22	7	15	2	2	0	4	2	1	8	15	1	242	1	1	0	3	6	2	5	9	4	4	1	72	16.5	–	0	1	1	18	4	1	22	2	2	23	6
Rd 10 @ FremantleW 86-58 27 May	29	11	18	4	1	0	9	4	1	18	10	0	210	2	0	0	1	8	3	4	7	5	8	0	114	11.1	3	0	1	3	19	11	0	25	0	2	28	7
Rd 9 v GWS GIANTSW 112-69 19 May	14	6	8	4	0	0	10	5	2	9	6	2	156	0	0	1	1	4	1	3	4	4	3	0	78	13.2	–	0	2	3	12	8	2	24	0	0	15	4
Rd 8 v RichmondL 72-82 13 May	15	4	11	1	0	0	6	3	1	8	8	0	98	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	56	6.4	–	0	2	1	10	5	1	18	0	0	16	3
Rd 7 @ Sydney SwansW 68-66 5 May	29	10	19	6	0	0	9	3	5	5	24	0	201	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	9	4	1	0	119	7.6	1	0	1	2	24	5	0	32	1	1	29	6
Rd 6 v Port AdelaideL 69-102 28 Apr	23	11	12	1	0	0	4	1	5	10	14	1	312	0	0	0	3	6	1	2	2	6	3	0	71	7.4	–	0	1	0	15	6	0	18	2	1	24	7
Rd 5 v HawthornW 98-70 22 Apr	19	5	14	0	0	0	5	7	1	11	8	0	19	0	0	1	1	4	3	1	5	3	1	1	63	11.9	–	0	2	5	15	8	0	10	1	0	19	3
Rd 4 v CarltonW 116-30 14 Apr	11	6	5	0	0	0	7	2	2	8	4	0	135	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	1	1	0	0	45	5.1	–	0	1	1	5	6	0	13	1	0	12	2
Rd 3 @ MelbourneL 86-123 7 Apr	15	4	11	6	0	0	10	2	3	7	9	0	176	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	2	3	1	86	8.5	–	1	0	2	13	7	0	31	0	0	16	3
Rd 2 v St KildaW 95-43 30 Mar	18	11	7	4	1	0	10	2	2	8	9	0	135	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	6	0	3	1	107	14.7	–	0	1	1	13	5	0	25	1	1	17	6
Rd 1 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 39-55 24 Mar	6	5	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	4	3	0	75	0	0	0	3	5	1	3	0	2	2	0	37	4.7	–	0	1	0	2	2	0	20	1	0	7	1

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 20 of 45	45	14.8	7.1	7.7	2.9	0.1	0.1	3.4	1.7	1.8	5.4	9.5	0.0	0.2	141	0.2	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.4	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.3	0.3	50.0	4.9	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	9.5	3.4	0.3	10.6	0.5	0.3	12.8	3.7	0.0
HomeHome or away · won 26 of 45	45	16.3	7.5	8.8	2.9	0.2	0.1	3.3	1.6	1.7	6.0	10.3	0.0	0.3	144	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.5	2.4	0.6	1.2	3.0	2.3	2.7	0.3	51.7	6.3	–	0.2	0.5	1.0	10.0	4.0	0.4	10.7	0.6	0.3	14.0	4.2	0.0
WinsResult	46	15.7	6.9	8.8	2.8	0.2	0.2	4.0	1.8	1.9	6.0	9.7	0.0	0.3	153	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.5	0.7	1.3	3.5	2.4	2.9	0.3	59.7	6.7	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	11.5	4.3	0.4	12.6	0.5	0.5	15.3	4.4	0.0
LossesResult	44	15.3	7.7	7.6	3.0	0.1	0.1	2.6	1.5	1.6	5.4	10.1	0.0	0.1	132	0.0	0.2	1.3	1.7	2.3	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.1	2.1	0.2	41.6	4.4	–	0.3	0.4	0.8	8.0	3.1	0.3	8.6	0.6	0.2	11.4	3.5	0.0
Regular seasonStage · won 43 of 85	85	15.8	7.4	8.4	3.0	0.2	0.1	3.3	1.7	1.8	5.7	10.1	0.0	0.2	146	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.6	1.1	2.8	2.3	2.5	0.3	51.2	5.6	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	9.9	3.7	0.3	10.6	0.6	0.3	13.5	3.9	0.0
FinalsStage · won 3 of 5	5	10.8	4.8	6.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	3.8	1.0	0.8	6.0	5.8	0.0	0.0	76.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	0.2	45.0	5.4	–	0.0	0.8	0.2	8.2	3.6	0.0	11.8	0.6	0.0	11.8	3.6	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	17.7	7.6	10.1	3.1	0.1	0.1	2.0	2.0	2.3	5.7	12.0	0.0	0.0	195	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	0.7	2.0	4.6	2.4	2.7	0.1	56.1	7.5	–	0.6	0.9	1.1	13.6	4.6	0.3	12.7	0.6	0.3	17.7	4.7	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	14.1	7.0	7.1	3.4	0.0	0.0	3.6	1.4	1.3	5.0	9.1	0.0	0.0	115	0.0	0.1	1.0	1.9	2.6	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.7	2.4	0.0	50.0	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	9.7	4.0	0.0	11.9	1.0	0.1	12.1	3.6	0.0
EssendonOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	16.2	7.5	8.7	3.7	0.2	0.3	3.7	0.7	2.2	3.5	13.0	0.0	0.3	197	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.7	0.7	1.0	3.2	3.3	2.3	0.3	64.5	3.9	–	1.0	0.0	0.7	12.3	2.3	0.7	12.8	0.7	0.5	16.5	5.0	0.0
FremantleOpponent · won 3 of 6	6	21.7	10.2	11.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	3.8	1.8	2.8	7.2	14.2	0.0	0.2	185	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.2	3.5	1.2	1.3	3.0	3.2	3.5	0.0	64.5	5.2	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	13.3	4.3	0.2	12.0	0.3	0.3	17.7	5.5	0.0
HawthornOpponent · won 2 of 6	6	17.2	6.7	10.5	2.8	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.3	0.7	5.8	11.5	0.0	0.0	108	0.0	0.2	1.3	2.3	2.0	0.7	0.7	3.0	1.8	2.0	0.7	47.0	6.2	–	0.5	0.5	1.2	10.3	3.3	0.5	7.5	1.0	0.2	13.3	4.2	0.0
RichmondOpponent · won 3 of 6	6	16.0	8.2	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.0	4.7	1.8	2.2	6.5	9.7	0.0	0.3	169	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.2	2.3	0.5	1.3	2.5	2.3	2.2	0.3	56.7	5.3	–	0.0	0.7	1.2	9.2	3.8	0.3	12.3	0.5	0.3	14.0	4.2	0.0
St KildaOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	16.5	8.5	8.0	3.3	0.2	0.5	4.5	2.2	1.7	6.0	10.0	0.0	0.2	149	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.2	2.3	0.3	55.8	5.2	–	0.2	0.7	1.3	10.0	3.3	0.2	9.7	0.7	0.7	13.0	4.5	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	11.8	5.6	6.2	2.6	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	4.0	7.4	0.0	0.2	148	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.0	0.0	46.8	4.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.8	8.0	3.2	0.4	10.4	1.4	0.2	11.4	3.6	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	12.8	5.6	7.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	3.8	1.4	1.0	5.2	8.0	0.0	0.2	126	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	4.0	1.8	1.6	0.6	37.2	6.9	–	0.2	0.2	1.0	7.2	2.8	0.2	11.0	0.4	0.6	10.2	2.0	0.0
CarltonOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	15.6	7.6	8.0	2.8	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.6	2.8	5.2	10.0	0.0	0.2	132	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.6	0.8	1.6	1.4	2.2	1.8	0.6	48.8	2.6	–	0.2	0.6	1.0	8.0	3.6	0.2	7.6	0.4	0.0	12.2	3.8	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	14.2	6.0	8.2	2.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	5.4	8.4	0.0	0.2	116	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.2	0.2	36.6	2.6	–	0.0	0.2	1.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	6.8	0.6	0.6	11.0	1.8	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	14.0	5.2	8.8	1.8	0.2	0.2	4.4	2.8	1.0	7.0	7.4	0.0	0.6	74.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.4	1.0	1.6	1.6	2.4	0.4	55.0	8.4	–	0.2	1.6	1.2	10.0	5.2	0.2	13.2	0.6	0.6	14.4	3.0	0.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	13.0	6.0	7.0	2.4	0.2	0.0	4.4	2.2	2.2	6.8	6.0	0.0	0.2	108	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.0	2.2	1.4	2.0	0.2	43.0	6.2	–	1.2	0.6	1.0	6.6	3.8	0.2	13.0	0.0	0.2	8.8	2.8	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 2 of 5	5	15.0	8.4	6.6	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.6	6.4	9.2	0.0	0.4	112	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	4.4	0.0	48.4	5.8	–	0.0	0.4	0.6	9.4	3.6	1.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	13.6	4.4	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 3 of 3	3	17.0	8.3	8.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	4.7	3.3	2.3	7.3	10.0	0.0	0.7	232	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.7	2.3	5.0	3.0	4.0	0.3	68.7	10.8	–	0.3	1.3	2.0	13.7	5.7	1.3	12.7	0.3	0.0	17.3	5.7	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	20.0	10.7	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	7.0	13.7	0.0	0.7	281	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.3	3.3	0.7	1.3	4.0	4.3	3.3	0.3	63.3	8.3	–	0.0	0.3	0.7	14.0	5.3	0.0	10.3	1.0	0.7	20.7	7.7	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	5.3	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.3	0.0	4.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	-4.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.3	16.3	2.3	–	0.0	0.7	0.7	3.3	2.3	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.7	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	20.5	10.5	10.0	5.5	0.5	0.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	4.0	16.0	0.0	0.5	103	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	39.0	3.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.5	5.5	2.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	3.0	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround · won 19 of 34	34	16.8	7.2	9.6	2.9	0.2	0.2	3.2	1.6	1.9	5.7	11.2	0.0	0.4	152	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.1	2.5	0.8	1.2	3.6	2.5	3.1	0.4	61.3	7.1	–	0.5	0.6	1.0	12.9	4.3	0.5	12.4	0.6	0.5	16.9	4.9	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround · won 3 of 15	15	16.2	8.6	7.6	3.7	0.3	0.1	2.5	1.2	1.7	5.5	10.4	0.0	0.1	115	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	1.7	2.1	0.1	35.7	3.2	–	0.1	0.0	0.9	5.7	2.9	0.1	5.9	0.7	0.2	9.0	3.0	0.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 8 of 8	8	13.5	6.5	7.0	2.4	0.0	0.3	4.8	2.4	1.6	6.1	7.3	0.0	0.5	167	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.4	3.1	0.6	1.6	2.9	2.6	2.1	0.3	55.6	6.3	–	0.1	0.6	1.8	9.5	4.5	0.5	12.9	0.8	0.3	13.4	4.0	0.0
MCGGround · won 4 of 7	7	13.7	6.1	7.6	2.4	0.1	0.1	4.6	2.0	2.4	5.1	9.0	0.0	0.1	159	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.6	1.1	0.4	49.3	3.5	–	0.3	0.7	0.7	6.6	2.4	0.0	12.6	0.1	0.4	10.7	2.7	0.0
Domain StadiumGround · won 0 of 4	4	13.5	7.0	6.5	2.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.0	1.8	4.0	9.8	0.0	0.0	142	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	39.8	3.6	–	0.0	0.8	0.3	10.5	2.8	0.3	5.3	0.3	0.0	12.8	5.0	0.0
GabbaGround · won 2 of 4	4	10.5	5.3	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	3.8	1.3	1.0	4.5	6.3	0.0	0.0	97.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	0.5	28.5	4.5	–	0.3	0.0	1.0	4.5	2.5	0.0	8.3	0.0	0.3	7.0	1.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 1 of 3	3	19.3	9.7	9.7	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.7	6.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	256	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	3.0	2.7	0.3	67.3	6.6	–	0.7	0.7	1.3	13.3	4.3	0.3	14.0	0.7	0.0	19.0	4.7	0.0
People First StadiumGround · won 2 of 3	3	12.7	3.3	9.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	3.0	1.0	7.7	6.0	0.0	0.3	65.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.7	0.3	47.7	9.0	–	0.0	1.7	1.3	10.3	5.3	0.3	9.3	0.7	0.0	13.7	2.3	0.0
SCGGround · won 2 of 3	3	15.3	8.3	7.0	4.7	0.0	0.0	3.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	12.7	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	4.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	43.7	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	8.7	1.7	0.0	11.0	0.7	0.3	10.7	2.7	0.0
ANZ StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	11.5	5.5	6.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	8.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	95.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.5	0.0	48.0	9.1	–	0.0	0.5	0.5	9.0	6.0	0.0	15.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	4.5	0.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 1 of 2	2	17.5	10.0	7.5	2.5	0.5	–	3.0	1.5	2.0	7.5	9.0	–	–	–	0.5	–	3.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adelaide OvalGround · won 0 of 1	1	11.0	9.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	289	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	42.0	0.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	7.0	0.0
Cazalys StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	37.0	4.7	–	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 1 of 1	1	21.0	11.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	361	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	67.0	13.2	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	5.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	22.0	9.0	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	16.0	8.0	8.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	178	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	61.0	6.1	–	0.0	2.0	3.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	4.0	0.0
Optus StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	29.0	11.0	18.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	4.0	1.0	18.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	210	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	5.0	8.0	0.0	114	11.1	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	19.0	11.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	2.0	28.0	7.0	0.0

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