Brisbane Lions

Lincoln McCarthy

Medium Forward#11AFL

Bio

Born in 1993, Lincoln McCarthy made his senior debut with Geelong Football Club in 2012. He plays as a medium forward. Lineball holds stats from 159 of his games across 2012–2026.

Key facts

Age: 33
Height: 176 cm
Number: #11
Born: 22 October 1993
Debut: 2012
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2025 pick 14 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Bordertown (SA), Glenelg (SANFL), Geelong

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Geelong Football Club

Compare McCarthyStack them up against anyone, with an analyst verdict

Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLBrisbane Lions	8	104	78	26	38	6	3	14	6	18	36	65	5	1,822	5	4	8	4	28	5	10	31	34	21	3	470	48.9	–	0	0	1	5	69	27	3	78	3	10	101	51
2024 AFLBrisbane Lions	8	98	74	24	30	8	9	21	7	21	42	58	5	1,836	9	4	2	13	16	6	5	43	19	9	6	492	63.7	–	1	0	3	4	61	24	1	111	4	19	100	44
2023 AFLBrisbane Lions	24	281	188	93	62	28	11	72	27	75	122	151	15	5,088	18	9	6	30	61	17	22	104	62	32	32	1,354	194	–	0	0	9	18	167	91	3	376	12	45	273	101
2022 AFLBrisbane Lions	25	309	199	110	89	35	13	83	18	79	132	181	9	5,574	32	14	7	31	74	20	24	119	77	28	27	1,587	241.5	1	7	0	4	14	206	89	1	395	18	57	313	123
2021 AFLBrisbane Lions	24	306	183	123	77	36	15	80	26	61	160	150	22	5,337	29	13	6	35	61	27	28	121	68	41	24	1,520	250.8	3	3	30	9	17	204	112	3	357	17	60	310	114
2020 AFLBrisbane Lions	17	165	89	76	40	15	15	53	21	30	92	76	6	2,610	16	9	6	11	31	14	11	74	29	10	17	837	115.1	–	1	–	8	13	110	65	0	203	5	32	168	48
2019 AFLBrisbane Lions	24	314	179	135	70	20	13	94	32	63	163	171	14	5,022	21	14	5	28	74	14	32	103	77	31	28	1,444	189.1	2	12	–	18	14	201	125	2	367	14	39	334	102
2018 AFLGeelong Cats	2	22	14	8	5	2	3	4	0	5	8	13	1	472	2	0	0	4	5	3	3	14	4	2	2	98	7.5	–	0	–	0	0	13	6	0	17	4	7	21	7
2017 AFLGeelong Cats	3	40	24	16	6	4	1	8	2	12	15	26	4	731	3	1	1	4	14	2	5	17	9	2	1	166	27.5	–	1	–	0	2	26	13	0	62	2	7	41	14
2016 AFLGeelong Cats	19	209	122	87	49	19	7	49	11	42	81	128	11	3,633	17	7	4	16	45	17	17	81	53	29	11	970	133.7	–	4	–	5	6	144	59	3	222	7	29	209	80
2014 AFLGeelong Cats	4	40	24	16	5	0	5	11	2	11	25	19	3	738	0	1	2	6	9	3	4	16	11	8	4	159	22.2	–	0	–	0	2	22	20	1	38	5	6	44	11
2012 AFLGeelong Cats	1	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	25	2.2	–	0	–	1	1	5	1	0	1	0	1	6	2
Career12 seasons	159	1,894	1,177	717	474	173	95	489	154	417	878	1,042	95	32,892	152	76	47	182	419	129	161	726	444	213	155	9,122	1296.2	6	29	30	58	96	1,228	632	17	2,227	91	312	1,920	697

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 70W	86	11.9	7.3	4.6	2.7	1.1	0.7	3.1	1.0	2.5	5.6	6.4	0.7	201	1.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.6	0.8	1.1	4.8	2.7	1.5	1.1	56.4	8.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	7.7	4.2	0.1	13.6	0.6	2.1	12.0	4.2
AwayHome or away, 40W	73	11.9	7.5	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.5	3.0	0.9	2.7	5.4	6.8	0.5	214	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	4.3	2.9	1.2	0.9	58.5	8.3	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	7.8	3.7	0.1	14.4	0.5	1.8	12.2	4.6
WinsResult, 110W	110	12.1	7.5	4.6	3.0	1.2	0.6	3.1	1.0	2.6	5.7	6.6	0.7	206	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	0.8	1.0	4.8	2.8	1.4	1.0	59.2	8.8	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	8.0	4.2	0.1	13.6	0.6	2.1	12.3	4.5
LossesResult, 0W	49	11.4	7.1	4.3	2.9	0.8	0.6	3.0	0.9	2.6	5.2	6.5	0.4	209	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	4.0	2.8	1.3	1.0	53.3	6.7	–	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	7.2	3.6	0.1	14.9	0.5	1.7	11.7	4.1
Regular seasonStage, 104W	144	12.0	7.5	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.6	3.0	1.0	2.6	5.5	6.6	0.6	207	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	0.8	1.0	4.6	2.8	1.3	0.9	57.7	8.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	7.8	3.9	0.1	14.0	0.6	2.0	12.1	4.5
FinalsStage, 6W	15	11.1	6.2	4.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	3.8	0.9	3.3	6.2	5.7	0.6	203	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.6	0.7	1.0	4.1	3.1	1.5	1.6	54.0	7.6	–	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	7.1	4.6	0.0	13.7	0.6	1.5	11.9	3.3
MelbourneOpponent, 7W	13	11.3	7.4	3.9	3.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	0.3	2.6	4.0	7.2	0.6	206	1.2	0.1	0.2	1.5	2.6	0.7	1.2	4.9	2.7	1.2	0.9	55.9	6.6	–	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	7.7	3.2	0.2	16.8	0.8	1.8	11.2	4.6
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 11W	12	11.5	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.4	0.8	3.2	1.3	2.9	5.5	6.0	0.5	191	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.3	1.1	1.0	4.8	2.2	1.3	0.8	57.1	9.1	–	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	7.5	3.7	0.0	13.8	0.5	2.3	11.5	3.8
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 8W	11	11.5	7.1	4.5	3.0	1.4	0.5	2.0	1.9	2.2	6.0	5.7	0.4	187	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.1	0.4	4.9	1.8	1.2	0.2	55.9	10.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	8.6	3.8	0.1	13.6	0.3	2.2	11.7	5.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 10W	11	12.2	7.9	4.3	3.4	1.4	0.6	2.1	0.8	2.7	4.9	7.2	0.7	240	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.6	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.8	58.2	8.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.4	7.7	3.7	0.1	12.5	0.8	2.5	12.1	4.7
RichmondOpponent, 5W	11	11.1	6.7	4.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.3	0.9	2.5	4.8	7.3	0.5	207	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.5	0.4	1.6	4.1	2.5	0.8	0.8	49.9	8.9	–	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.6	8.0	3.3	0.0	11.8	0.5	2.0	12.1	4.5
FremantleOpponent, 7W	10	11.5	7.4	4.1	2.5	1.3	0.4	4.1	0.6	4.0	5.8	6.1	0.7	233	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.9	3.5	1.4	1.3	4.9	2.9	1.3	1.2	60.0	9.3	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	7.8	3.6	0.2	16.0	0.4	2.1	11.9	5.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 8W	9	12.4	9.0	3.4	3.7	1.2	0.6	3.8	0.9	2.9	5.7	7.0	0.6	248	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	2.3	1.0	1.1	5.1	2.9	2.0	0.8	65.6	7.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	8.6	3.7	0.2	13.2	0.4	1.9	12.7	6.1
CollingwoodOpponent, 6W	9	12.1	7.9	4.2	3.7	0.9	0.4	1.6	1.7	3.4	5.4	7.0	0.8	234	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.2	0.6	1.2	4.6	2.9	0.9	0.6	52.0	8.9	–	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.1	8.4	4.0	0.1	11.3	1.0	1.4	12.4	4.9
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	9	11.9	8.1	3.8	2.8	0.9	0.3	5.1	1.3	3.2	5.2	6.3	0.4	211	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.7	0.9	0.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	1.6	64.6	8.4	–	0.1	0.9	0.6	0.8	7.2	3.3	0.0	17.3	0.6	1.4	11.6	4.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 5W	9	10.8	5.9	4.9	3.2	0.3	0.4	3.4	0.7	2.4	5.4	5.8	0.3	181	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.3	3.3	2.4	1.8	2.0	52.9	6.1	–	0.1	0.9	0.4	0.2	7.0	4.2	0.2	16.2	0.4	1.0	11.2	3.6
CarltonOpponent, 6W	8	11.4	7.0	4.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	2.9	0.9	2.6	5.0	6.6	0.6	175	1.1	0.3	0.4	1.5	3.1	0.5	0.9	4.3	2.9	1.8	1.1	54.4	7.7	–	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.6	6.9	3.8	0.0	13.1	0.6	2.0	11.6	3.6
HawthornOpponent, 4W	8	11.8	6.4	5.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	4.0	0.5	2.1	5.5	6.5	0.8	196	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	3.4	0.5	1.0	4.1	3.0	1.1	0.9	56.1	6.9	–	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	7.0	4.1	0.0	13.0	0.8	1.9	12.0	3.5
Port AdelaideOpponent, 7W	8	14.5	8.8	5.8	2.5	1.5	0.9	3.9	1.8	2.9	6.9	7.8	1.3	253	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.0	1.0	6.5	2.8	1.4	1.0	69.6	10.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.0	9.5	4.5	0.3	14.8	0.3	2.6	14.6	5.4
St KildaOpponent, 6W	8	14.3	9.1	5.1	4.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	0.8	1.4	6.1	8.3	0.8	210	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.0	3.8	0.5	1.3	5.0	4.4	0.9	0.5	62.8	5.6	–	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	7.6	4.8	0.1	12.0	0.9	2.6	14.4	4.3
EssendonOpponent, 5W	7	13.0	7.6	5.4	3.1	1.3	0.4	3.9	0.6	1.6	7.0	6.1	0.6	184	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	0.9	1.1	4.3	3.7	2.0	1.3	64.0	10.3	–	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6	8.0	5.7	0.0	17.0	0.4	2.0	13.1	4.4
Sydney SwansOpponent, 3W	7	12.0	7.4	4.6	1.6	0.4	0.3	3.0	1.0	2.6	6.6	5.4	0.3	196	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	3.6	0.6	1.3	2.9	3.3	2.3	1.0	47.7	7.2	–	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	7.3	5.4	0.3	16.0	0.3	1.0	12.0	4.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 5W	5	9.8	5.0	4.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	3.4	0.4	0.8	5.0	4.2	0.4	109	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.8	4.8	1.6	1.2	1.8	49.8	5.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	4.8	4.2	0.0	10.8	0.6	2.6	9.2	2.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 4W	4	11.8	7.0	4.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	2.8	0.8	3.3	6.3	6.0	0.8	224	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.8	0.8	1.3	5.3	3.5	2.0	1.0	54.3	8.1	–	0.3	–	0.0	0.8	8.0	4.8	0.3	8.5	0.8	2.0	12.3	4.0
GabbaGround, 55W	66	12.3	7.6	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.7	3.4	1.1	2.7	5.9	6.4	0.6	207	1.1	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.7	0.7	1.0	4.9	2.8	1.5	1.3	60.4	8.7	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	7.8	4.5	0.1	14.1	0.6	2.2	12.3	4.3
Marvel StadiumGround, 15W	18	12.1	7.5	4.6	3.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	0.7	2.2	5.2	6.9	0.8	187	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.5	3.1	0.4	1.0	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.7	52.1	6.5	–	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	7.1	4.3	0.1	12.7	0.8	1.5	12.2	3.9
MCGGround, 5W	18	10.4	6.4	4.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	2.1	0.3	2.4	4.2	6.5	0.6	209	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.3	0.3	0.9	3.9	2.9	0.6	0.6	48.4	7.2	–	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	6.8	3.2	0.1	12.3	0.6	1.7	10.7	3.9
GMHBA StadiumGround, 10W	13	10.1	6.2	3.8	2.3	0.5	0.5	2.8	0.8	1.7	4.3	5.9	0.5	161	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.2	1.3	1.2	4.4	2.1	1.5	0.4	45.5	5.4	–	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	6.9	2.9	0.2	11.4	0.6	1.3	10.2	3.9
People First StadiumGround, 7W	11	12.7	7.5	5.3	3.5	1.4	0.7	3.2	1.2	2.8	5.8	7.0	0.3	224	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.4	1.3	1.1	5.2	2.4	1.4	0.6	63.2	9.3	–	0.5	0.0	0.2	1.0	8.7	3.7	0.1	13.5	0.5	2.3	12.8	4.4
Adelaide OvalGround, 4W	7	13.0	7.9	5.1	2.7	1.6	0.3	3.9	1.6	3.4	6.6	6.9	0.6	255	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.3	0.9	1.0	4.9	3.3	1.6	0.9	65.0	9.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.9	8.7	4.7	0.0	17.3	0.6	1.9	13.4	5.4
Optus StadiumGround, 2W	5	12.8	9.0	3.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	4.2	0.6	4.8	6.8	6.8	0.6	246	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	1.2	5.0	3.6	1.6	1.4	68.0	8.4	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	8.2	3.4	0.2	15.6	0.0	2.4	13.6	5.8
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 2W	4	10.5	6.5	4.0	2.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.5	2.0	5.3	5.5	0.3	164	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.3	48.8	9.6	–	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	7.5	3.3	0.0	15.5	0.3	1.8	10.8	4.8
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	3	14.0	10.0	4.0	4.7	2.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	2.7	6.3	8.0	0.3	273	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	5.7	2.7	0.0	0.3	72.0	11.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	10.3	3.7	0.0	13.0	0.7	3.0	14.3	6.7
SCGGround, 1W	3	9.7	6.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	1.0	2.3	4.7	5.7	0.0	195	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	4.7	0.7	1.7	1.7	3.7	2.3	1.0	42.0	5.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	5.0	3.0	0.3	18.3	0.0	1.3	10.3	3.3
UTAS StadiumGround, 1W	3	12.3	6.0	6.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	4.3	0.0	1.3	6.0	6.7	1.0	156	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	0.7	1.3	4.0	1.7	1.7	1.0	59.7	6.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	1.7	12.7	3.7
Domain StadiumGround, 2W	2	10.5	5.0	5.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	7.0	0.5	4.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	241	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	1.5	1.0	4.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	64.5	12.8	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.5	8.5	3.0	0.5	19.0	1.5	1.5	11.0	4.5
Mars StadiumGround, 0W	2	13.0	7.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	1.5	3.0	6.0	8.5	0.5	235	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	57.0	6.7	–	0.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	8.5	4.5	0.0	24.0	0.0	1.0	14.5	4.5
Adelaide HillsGround, 1W	1	17.0	12.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	10.0	2.0	285	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	65.0	6.1	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	2.0	15.0	7.0
Barossa ParkGround, 1W	1	12.0	7.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	0.0	171	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	58.0	8.8	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	3.0	10.0	4.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 1W	1	13.0	9.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	3.0	1.0	214	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	75.0	20.8	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	22.0	1.0	3.0	13.0	6.0
Norwood OvalGround, 1W	1	14.0	12.0	2.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	11.0	1.0	383	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	85.0	16.0	–	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	3.0	17.0	9.0

Try