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Tom McDonald

Key Defender#25AFL

Bio

Born in 1992, Tom McDonald made his senior debut with Melbourne Football Club in 2011. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 260 of his games across 2011–2026.

Key facts

Age: 34
Height: 195 cm
Number: #25
Born: 18 September 1992
Debut: 2011
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2010 pick 53 (national draft)
Recruited from: Edenhope-Apsley (Vic), North Ballarat U18

Official profile

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Career

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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	11	120	81	39	48	3	0	14	2	8	33	86	5	1	2,249	2	4	34	60	25	6	13	25	21	48	1	511	75.5	–	2	2	0	2	98	20	15	75	51	3	119	64
2025 AFLMelbourne	17	245	163	82	104	1	0	19	2	11	83	162	0	1	3,606	0	11	50	104	36	13	16	25	45	115	1	1,012	144.1	–	0	0	0	2	209	55	38	109	96	1	245	139
2024 AFLMelbourne	22	316	230	86	132	3	0	37	2	18	103	198	0	0	5,782	2	19	94	153	50	13	16	58	66	142	0	1,389	226.1	–	1	0	1	1	247	68	49	186	138	4	301	180
2023 AFLMelbourne	8	72	43	29	24	9	4	15	4	11	35	41	10	4	1,093	9	7	1	14	11	4	5	31	15	6	6	376	68.1	–	0	12	0	4	52	24	0	99	13	13	76	29
2022 AFLMelbourne	9	97	66	31	36	15	10	10	2	8	44	54	15	7	1,654	20	9	7	18	20	8	8	46	21	8	9	507	67.7	2	0	0	0	2	62	26	1	100	18	27	98	40
2021 AFLMelbourne	23	322	217	105	122	33	22	51	7	65	143	191	29	22	5,771	32	28	8	55	58	22	26	132	80	35	26	1,624	236.3	8	1	1	0	7	217	79	6	274	38	62	334	131
2020 AFLMelbourne	9	77	50	27	29	7	1	15	1	8	31	48	16	2	1,314	7	6	2	19	13	8	6	24	18	11	8	400	63.5	–	0	–	0	1	58	16	0	114	17	8	79	35
2019 AFLMelbourne	15	205	128	77	65	18	15	23	7	35	98	110	23	9	3,053	26	21	15	45	30	15	11	78	44	28	12	953	121.1	6	0	–	1	6	126	59	4	150	39	39	208	69
2018 AFLMelbourne	20	310	189	121	134	53	20	47	15	55	136	184	60	15	5,014	59	34	7	57	33	13	11	147	50	44	22	1,777	268.6	4	4	–	4	11	229	81	11	265	45	77	320	133
2017 AFLMelbourne	22	388	227	161	139	23	7	50	20	46	146	244	53	9	5,605	18	27	43	128	74	19	32	105	79	81	15	1,741	262.8	9	3	–	9	11	295	93	24	250	112	31	390	166
2016 AFLMelbourne	22	413	258	155	148	1	0	36	5	15	109	285	2	0	6,062	0	20	89	199	33	8	8	64	55	157	0	1,664	307.3	–	12	–	0	5	347	75	61	195	185	2	394	209
2015 AFLMelbourne	22	417	268	149	155	5	4	44	12	31	138	271	14	3	7,336	6	29	102	152	44	17	12	66	80	141	1	1,772	257.8	–	9	–	3	9	319	95	45	166	145	10	409	202
2014 AFLMelbourne	21	313	195	118	101	2	0	35	4	6	89	220	0	0	4,718	3	10	66	192	52	8	13	39	64	108	0	1,245	204.5	–	11	–	0	4	229	69	23	148	174	3	309	132
2013 AFLMelbourne	17	276	142	134	72	0	1	34	5	9	84	185	3	2	4,415	0	9	66	131	32	7	11	40	48	92	0	1,024	168.5	–	17	–	0	5	213	64	19	167	121	1	269	100
2012 AFLMelbourne	20	337	166	171	94	0	1	40	10	15	123	194	1	5	4,670	0	13	68	131	39	7	9	45	64	130	0	1,264	185.4	–	18	–	2	8	245	96	25	213	110	1	317	106
2011 AFLMelbourne	2	28	16	12	9	–	1	4	–	4	12	14	–	–	–	–	1	6	13	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career16 seasons	260	3,936	2,439	1,497	1,412	173	86	474	98	345	1,407	2,487	231	80	62,342	184	248	658	1,471	552	170	197	925	750	1,146	101	17,259	2657.3	29	79	15	20	78	2,946	920	321	2,511	1,302	282	3,868	1,735

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

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 55W	130	14.9	9.3	5.6	5.4	0.8	0.4	1.9	0.4	1.4	5.2	9.6	1.0	0.3	244	0.8	0.9	2.5	5.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	3.5	3.0	4.3	0.4	66.8	9.8	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	11.1	3.4	1.2	9.8	5.2	1.3	14.7	6.6
HomeHome or away, 60W	130	15.4	9.5	5.9	5.5	0.5	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.2	5.6	9.6	0.8	0.3	235	0.6	1.0	2.6	5.5	2.0	0.7	0.7	3.7	2.7	4.5	0.4	65.9	10.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.6	3.7	1.3	9.5	4.9	0.9	15.0	6.7
LossesResult, 0W	144	15.0	9.0	6.0	5.1	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.3	1.0	5.2	9.5	0.6	0.2	232	0.4	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.1	0.5	0.8	2.7	2.9	4.8	0.2	61.9	9.7	–	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	11.3	3.6	1.3	9.4	5.7	0.6	14.6	6.4
WinsResult, 115W	115	15.4	9.9	5.5	5.9	1.1	0.5	2.0	0.5	1.7	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.5	250	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.9	2.2	0.8	0.8	4.7	2.9	3.9	0.6	72.2	10.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.5	3.5	1.2	10.0	4.2	1.7	15.2	7.1
DrawsResult, 0W	1	10.0	9.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	137	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	46.0	8.1	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	3.0	9.0	5.0
Regular seasonStage, 110W	251	15.3	9.5	5.8	5.5	0.6	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.3	5.4	9.7	0.9	0.3	243	0.7	1.0	2.6	5.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	3.6	2.9	4.5	0.4	66.9	10.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.5	3.6	1.3	9.6	5.1	1.1	15.0	6.8
FinalsStage, 5W	9	9.6	6.0	3.6	4.3	1.1	0.4	1.6	0.2	1.7	4.6	5.8	1.6	0.1	152	1.6	0.9	0.1	2.9	1.3	0.1	0.8	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.8	50.8	7.1	–	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	6.4	3.0	0.6	11.0	2.4	1.8	10.3	3.8
Western BulldogsOpponent, 10W	20	15.3	9.4	5.9	5.4	0.9	0.3	2.1	0.9	1.6	5.6	9.6	2.4	0.1	272	0.9	1.3	3.0	5.0	2.8	0.7	0.9	4.0	3.1	3.9	0.2	71.1	11.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	11.9	3.5	0.9	12.3	4.5	1.4	15.2	7.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 6W	18	13.4	8.4	5.0	4.5	0.5	0.3	1.9	0.6	0.6	5.1	8.3	0.3	0.3	202	0.6	0.7	2.4	5.8	2.1	0.6	0.9	3.6	2.5	3.8	0.3	57.7	8.4	–	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	9.8	3.7	1.1	9.7	5.0	0.9	13.3	5.8
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 15W	18	14.7	9.3	5.3	5.6	0.6	0.4	2.2	0.2	1.2	4.9	9.5	1.1	0.3	224	0.8	0.8	2.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	0.3	3.9	2.3	4.5	0.6	64.4	9.4	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	10.3	2.9	1.6	7.9	4.4	1.2	13.5	6.4
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 8W	17	16.5	10.3	6.2	5.6	0.5	0.2	2.0	0.4	1.1	6.3	10.2	0.7	0.8	282	0.5	1.2	2.9	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	4.4	2.5	5.2	0.6	70.6	12.1	–	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.3	12.8	3.7	1.4	8.5	4.8	0.8	16.5	7.4
Port AdelaideOpponent, 6W	17	13.9	8.9	5.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	0.2	1.2	4.9	8.8	0.4	0.6	203	0.7	0.8	1.8	4.5	1.5	0.6	0.6	3.3	2.1	3.1	0.6	58.2	9.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.2	10.1	3.2	0.8	9.1	4.0	1.0	13.2	6.5
St KildaOpponent, 6W	17	16.6	9.6	7.1	6.8	0.5	0.4	1.4	0.2	1.5	5.4	11.0	0.5	0.4	249	0.6	1.0	2.9	5.2	2.2	0.4	0.8	3.2	2.9	4.4	0.2	70.8	9.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	12.5	3.9	1.3	8.8	4.7	0.9	16.4	6.8
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 7W	17	14.5	9.4	5.1	5.3	1.1	0.4	1.6	0.2	1.7	4.6	9.5	1.1	0.2	240	1.2	1.2	2.1	5.7	2.2	0.5	0.6	3.9	3.5	4.4	0.5	67.5	10.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	10.8	2.7	1.6	9.4	5.3	1.5	14.1	6.6
CarltonOpponent, 8W	16	15.4	9.9	5.5	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.6	1.4	6.5	9.0	0.6	0.4	257	0.9	0.9	2.3	5.3	2.1	0.9	1.1	4.3	2.5	4.8	0.4	70.6	12.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	12.3	4.1	1.1	10.4	4.7	1.5	15.5	8.0
FremantleOpponent, 6W	16	18.1	11.1	7.0	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.3	0.6	1.6	5.9	11.8	0.6	0.2	279	0.4	0.8	3.2	7.3	1.8	0.5	0.6	3.4	3.2	5.3	0.3	75.9	11.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	13.8	4.3	1.2	7.8	6.8	0.9	17.8	7.8
Geelong CatsOpponent, 6W	16	14.3	8.6	5.7	5.1	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.4	1.5	5.7	8.3	1.3	0.3	227	0.9	0.9	2.3	5.3	2.2	0.5	0.6	2.9	3.2	4.6	0.3	63.4	8.8	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	10.1	3.9	1.4	10.9	4.5	1.0	14.0	5.7
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 6W	14	12.1	7.4	4.8	4.2	0.6	0.3	1.9	0.3	0.9	4.4	7.4	0.4	0.3	180	0.6	0.8	1.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	0.6	2.9	1.9	3.7	0.2	54.5	9.6	–	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	9.4	3.0	0.8	8.6	5.6	0.9	11.7	5.4
EssendonOpponent, 7W	14	14.4	9.7	4.7	5.4	0.4	0.4	1.5	0.4	1.9	4.6	9.4	1.0	0.1	239	0.4	0.5	2.6	5.6	2.9	1.0	1.3	2.9	3.9	4.5	0.1	61.7	8.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	10.5	3.2	1.3	9.8	5.4	0.9	14.1	6.6
HawthornOpponent, 6W	14	14.9	9.4	5.5	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.6	0.3	1.3	5.2	9.9	0.8	0.4	216	0.9	1.1	2.5	5.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	3.4	3.0	3.6	0.4	66.7	9.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	11.4	3.0	1.1	9.9	4.8	1.2	15.1	6.7
North MelbourneOpponent, 5W	14	15.7	9.6	6.1	5.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	0.2	1.3	5.6	9.6	1.0	0.1	284	0.5	0.8	2.9	6.3	2.1	0.6	0.9	3.3	2.9	6.1	0.6	69.9	12.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	12.4	3.9	1.6	11.4	5.5	1.1	15.2	7.1
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	13	14.8	9.2	5.7	5.2	0.7	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.5	5.3	9.6	0.8	0.3	235	0.6	1.3	1.9	5.0	2.3	0.5	0.9	3.8	3.2	3.5	0.5	65.3	8.8	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.5	3.5	1.5	10.3	4.5	1.1	14.9	6.1
RichmondOpponent, 6W	10	16.3	10.1	6.2	5.4	0.5	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.2	6.2	10.1	0.0	0.2	244	0.4	1.2	3.4	7.4	3.0	0.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	5.8	0.0	65.3	11.5	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	11.7	3.8	1.9	8.4	6.8	0.5	16.3	6.9
Sydney SwansOpponent, 2W	9	17.3	9.2	8.1	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.0	0.3	1.3	6.3	11.4	2.0	0.3	236	1.0	0.8	2.1	5.9	2.0	0.8	0.7	4.3	3.4	4.4	0.3	77.8	11.1	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	13.1	4.3	0.7	10.9	4.9	1.4	17.8	6.4
MCGGround, 64W	140	15.6	9.7	6.0	5.6	0.6	0.3	1.8	0.4	1.2	5.7	9.8	0.7	0.3	244	0.6	1.0	2.9	5.9	2.2	0.7	0.8	3.5	2.9	4.8	0.3	66.9	10.7	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.7	3.7	1.3	9.4	5.2	1.0	15.3	7.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 13W	28	17.5	10.8	6.8	6.7	0.8	0.4	1.8	0.5	2.0	6.0	11.6	1.3	0.3	281	0.8	1.1	2.3	6.4	2.9	0.8	0.9	4.1	3.6	5.0	0.4	77.5	11.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.3	13.1	3.9	1.5	9.0	5.8	1.3	17.6	7.6
Adelaide OvalGround, 11W	21	12.1	8.0	4.1	4.7	0.8	0.5	2.2	0.2	1.3	4.4	7.7	0.8	0.4	200	0.8	0.9	1.5	4.6	1.6	0.6	0.8	3.0	2.0	2.9	0.9	57.4	8.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	8.7	2.7	0.9	10.8	4.2	1.2	11.6	5.7
Optus StadiumGround, 6W	11	13.0	8.6	4.4	5.3	1.5	0.4	1.7	0.2	2.2	4.9	8.0	1.2	0.4	229	1.6	1.0	1.4	4.1	2.0	0.2	0.4	4.2	3.7	3.1	0.8	66.7	10.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	8.7	3.5	1.0	10.8	3.7	2.1	12.9	5.7
GabbaGround, 3W	9	11.9	6.9	5.0	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	4.4	7.1	0.7	0.7	179	1.1	0.7	2.0	4.6	1.6	0.7	0.6	3.3	2.2	2.7	0.4	53.8	8.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.3	8.8	2.9	0.4	9.7	4.0	1.3	11.6	4.7
GMHBA StadiumGround, 2W	8	14.4	8.5	5.9	4.6	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	5.0	8.6	1.6	0.1	230	0.9	0.8	2.8	5.5	1.9	0.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.1	0.1	65.0	8.8	–	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.4	10.3	3.6	1.6	11.0	4.6	1.1	13.6	5.8
TIO StadiumGround, 2W	8	17.4	10.6	6.8	5.1	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.8	1.6	6.3	9.6	0.5	0.1	272	0.4	0.8	2.8	7.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	4.3	2.8	5.0	0.0	67.1	11.8	–	0.0	–	0.1	0.6	13.0	5.3	0.9	10.5	6.6	0.6	15.9	7.1
People First StadiumGround, 5W	7	11.7	7.1	4.6	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.0	0.1	0.7	4.6	7.1	2.0	0.3	201	0.7	0.7	1.9	5.4	1.4	1.0	0.3	3.6	2.1	4.0	0.4	57.1	9.7	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	9.4	2.9	1.1	8.0	5.0	1.0	11.7	5.3
Domain StadiumGround, 1W	6	17.0	10.0	7.0	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.3	4.8	12.5	1.0	0.0	245	0.8	0.8	2.8	6.7	2.3	0.8	1.0	3.2	3.5	4.5	0.0	73.7	7.7	0.3	0.2	–	0.0	0.5	13.3	2.8	1.0	9.2	6.3	1.2	17.3	6.8
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 2W	6	16.2	11.0	5.2	5.8	0.7	0.2	1.2	0.2	1.5	4.0	12.5	1.2	0.3	250	0.5	0.2	2.3	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.8	4.0	3.2	3.8	0.3	69.0	9.1	–	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	12.7	3.0	1.2	9.7	4.2	1.0	16.5	8.2
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 2W	4	15.3	10.0	5.3	6.5	0.5	0.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	7.0	9.0	1.0	0.3	273	0.5	2.0	2.8	5.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	3.3	3.3	4.8	2.0	75.8	11.6	–	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	12.8	3.3	2.3	13.0	4.5	0.8	16.0	8.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	4	10.5	7.3	3.3	3.3	0.8	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.5	3.5	6.8	0.3	0.0	225	0.5	1.0	2.3	5.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	3.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	50.0	9.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.3	1.8	0.5	6.0	5.0	1.3	10.3	5.3
SCGGround, 1W	4	14.0	7.5	6.5	3.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.8	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.3	168	0.5	0.5	1.0	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	0.0	57.5	6.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.3	4.3	0.3	12.3	3.8	1.3	14.5	4.5
Ninja StadiumGround, 1W	3	13.3	7.3	6.0	4.7	0.7	0.7	2.3	0.0	1.7	4.0	9.0	1.7	0.0	217	1.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.7	0.0	0.7	4.0	1.0	4.3	0.7	61.7	9.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	2.3	1.7	12.7	2.7	1.3	13.0	5.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 0W	1	17.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	14.0	0.0	0.0	238	0.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	62.0	-2.5	–	2.0	–	0.0	1.0	13.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	17.0	6.0

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