Carlton

Adam Saad

Medium Defender#42AFL

Bio

Born in 1994, Adam Saad made his senior debut with Carlton Football Club in 2015 and has also played for Essendon Football Club and Gold Coast Football Club. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 219 of his games across 2015–2026.

Key facts

Age: 32
Height: 178 cm
Number: #42
Born: 23 July 1994
Debut: 2015
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2015 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: West Coburg (Vic), Calder U18, Coburg (VFL)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Carlton Football Club
Essendon Football Club
Gold Coast 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 AFLCarlton	3	43	27	16	7	0	0	4	1	4	11	21	0	801	0	0	12	11	4	0	1	8	9	13	0	147	34.1	18	0	1	0	35	11	2	23	10	0	32	20
2025 AFLCarlton	21	378	264	114	61	1	1	53	22	36	103	210	2	6,600	0	4	76	35	52	18	11	69	62	102	2	1,407	201.4	50	0	6	16	302	79	14	259	26	2	313	202
2024 AFLCarlton	18	330	217	113	70	1	1	40	18	29	97	196	1	5,787	0	4	68	34	23	11	3	47	50	105	2	1,256	214	58	0	2	16	273	77	20	207	26	2	293	172
2023 AFLCarlton	25	502	341	161	111	0	0	48	23	53	156	287	1	9,598	0	9	120	69	51	10	7	75	87	177	2	1,859	284.1	55	0	3	20	401	124	37	329	49	2	443	256
2022 AFLCarlton	21	459	323	136	100	0	0	47	17	57	134	270	6	8,446	0	12	99	58	50	15	8	80	77	157	1	1,720	275.7	113	0	2	15	380	94	37	244	35	1	404	257
2021 AFLCarlton	22	424	311	113	72	2	6	39	16	75	117	251	9	9,612	1	5	96	63	49	15	10	82	84	131	0	1,534	252.5	63	0	4	12	322	90	22	270	46	10	368	221
2020 AFLEssendon	17	320	201	119	49	2	1	34	11	50	85	209	3	6,882	0	2	76	62	33	10	8	55	60	92	2	1,123	179.2	16	–	4	7	259	66	11	192	45	5	294	153
2019 AFLEssendon	22	388	239	149	62	3	0	75	19	41	127	216	5	7,755	0	2	104	75	56	14	14	56	77	137	2	1,491	237.3	51	–	1	18	311	103	21	312	62	7	343	179
2018 AFLEssendon	22	377	199	178	56	0	3	55	4	44	100	271	6	7,312	1	1	75	74	50	15	19	71	63	99	0	1,302	237.7	95	–	3	1	316	84	14	253	63	4	371	159
2017 AFLGold Coast SUNS	22	365	194	171	78	2	7	50	9	51	100	264	9	7,202	2	8	66	75	43	13	17	81	60	98	1	1,339	257.6	93	–	3	6	301	72	17	226	62	10	364	148
2016 AFLGold Coast SUNS	10	151	75	76	36	0	2	25	3	16	49	100	2	3,187	0	2	36	23	15	5	5	37	23	51	0	577	112.4	55	–	0	3	119	37	9	90	18	2	149	56
2015 AFLGold Coast SUNS	16	272	121	151	66	1	2	44	7	22	88	177	5	4,800	1	7	50	43	34	10	11	50	36	85	1	1,024	169	74	–	1	6	226	73	20	185	37	3	265	93
Career12 seasons	219	4,009	2,512	1,497	768	12	23	514	150	478	1,167	2,472	49	77,982	5	56	878	622	460	136	114	711	688	1,247	13	14,779	2,455	741	0	30	120	3,245	910	224	2,590	479	48	3,639	1,916

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

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 46W	114	18.0	11.5	6.5	3.5	0.1	0.1	2.4	0.6	2.0	5.2	10.8	0.2	349	0.0	0.3	4.1	2.9	2.0	0.6	0.6	3.1	3.0	5.6	0.0	66.7	11.0	3.5	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.7	4.1	1.0	12.3	2.3	0.2	16.1	8.9
HomeHome or away, 50W	105	18.6	11.4	7.2	3.5	0.1	0.1	2.3	0.7	2.4	5.4	11.8	0.3	364	0.0	0.2	3.9	2.8	2.2	0.7	0.4	3.4	3.3	5.8	0.1	68.4	11.5	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	15.0	4.2	1.0	11.3	2.1	0.3	17.2	8.6
LossesResult, 0W	120	17.7	11.0	6.7	3.1	0.1	0.1	2.3	0.6	1.9	5.2	10.6	0.2	347	0.0	0.3	4.0	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.6	2.9	3.2	5.6	0.1	64.3	11.3	3.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	14.2	4.0	1.0	12.4	2.4	0.2	15.8	8.2
WinsResult, 96W	96	19.1	12.1	7.0	4.1	0.1	0.1	2.3	0.8	2.6	5.4	12.1	0.3	367	0.0	0.2	4.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.4	3.7	3.1	5.7	0.1	71.6	11.1	3.3	0.0	0.1	0.7	15.6	4.3	1.1	11.3	1.8	0.3	17.6	9.4
DrawsResult, 0W	3	17.3	10.3	7.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.3	1.7	6.3	10.7	0.0	366	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	7.3	0.0	65.0	12.1	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	16.3	4.3	0.7	9.0	4.3	0.0	17.0	9.7
Regular seasonStage, 94W	214	18.3	11.4	6.9	3.5	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.7	2.2	5.3	11.3	0.2	355	0.0	0.3	4.0	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.5	3.3	3.1	5.7	0.1	67.4	11.2	3.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.8	4.1	1.0	11.8	2.2	0.2	16.6	8.7
FinalsStage, 2W	5	18.6	13.0	5.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.4	1.6	5.4	9.8	0.0	413	0.0	0.4	5.2	1.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.4	4.4	5.6	0.0	71.6	12.9	4.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	14.6	4.6	1.8	11.4	0.8	0.6	15.2	9.2
CollingwoodOpponent, 3W	16	18.7	11.8	6.9	3.3	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	5.2	11.5	0.3	334	0.0	0.4	3.0	3.1	2.1	0.5	0.4	3.0	3.0	5.4	0.0	65.4	11.7	2.6	0.0	0.2	0.4	14.9	4.1	1.1	13.8	2.4	0.1	16.7	8.8
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 5W	15	16.6	9.2	7.4	3.2	0.0	0.1	2.3	0.9	1.5	5.4	9.5	0.3	335	0.0	0.3	4.7	2.3	2.1	0.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	0.1	59.8	9.6	4.1	0.0	0.2	0.7	13.1	4.2	1.1	10.8	1.7	0.1	14.9	6.7
FremantleOpponent, 10W	15	21.5	12.0	9.5	3.7	0.0	0.2	2.9	0.6	2.3	6.2	13.6	0.3	370	0.1	0.3	4.3	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.5	3.4	3.3	6.6	0.0	76.9	12.2	3.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	18.1	4.9	0.9	10.9	1.9	0.3	19.8	9.5
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 5W	15	18.3	12.4	5.9	4.0	0.1	0.1	2.5	0.7	2.9	5.5	11.3	0.3	417	0.0	0.4	3.9	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.5	3.9	3.1	5.9	0.1	70.6	13.2	3.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	15.0	4.1	1.3	13.4	2.0	0.2	16.9	9.7
North MelbourneOpponent, 11W	15	18.5	11.0	7.5	3.0	0.1	0.1	2.7	0.5	3.3	4.9	11.7	0.5	379	0.0	0.1	3.9	2.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	4.4	2.7	5.5	0.1	68.3	12.3	3.7	0.0	0.1	0.4	15.6	3.9	0.9	11.5	1.9	0.3	16.6	8.4
Port AdelaideOpponent, 6W	15	14.7	9.1	5.7	2.9	0.0	0.1	2.5	0.5	1.5	4.7	9.4	0.0	295	0.0	0.2	3.5	3.1	2.5	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.7	4.5	0.0	55.5	9.1	2.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.2	3.5	0.6	11.9	2.1	0.1	14.1	6.5
RichmondOpponent, 3W	13	20.5	13.2	7.3	3.8	0.1	0.0	2.8	0.5	2.1	5.7	12.8	0.1	411	0.0	0.2	5.1	3.5	2.9	0.8	0.5	3.2	4.1	6.8	0.1	76.8	11.4	5.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	16.5	4.2	1.1	12.5	2.6	0.2	18.5	10.5
HawthornOpponent, 6W	12	19.2	12.3	6.9	3.8	0.1	0.3	2.0	0.7	2.1	5.1	12.9	0.3	388	0.2	0.1	3.9	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.8	3.5	5.8	0.0	70.2	13.4	3.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	15.6	3.8	1.3	13.4	2.4	0.4	18.0	9.6
MelbourneOpponent, 4W	12	18.3	12.3	5.9	3.2	0.1	0.1	3.0	1.2	2.3	5.7	10.3	0.3	399	0.1	0.3	5.1	3.0	3.0	0.3	0.8	2.8	3.7	5.2	0.0	68.7	10.9	2.9	0.0	0.3	0.8	14.3	4.6	0.9	12.4	2.3	0.3	16.0	9.2
Sydney SwansOpponent, 5W	12	18.5	11.8	6.7	3.5	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.8	2.1	5.8	10.8	0.3	356	0.0	0.4	4.4	3.0	2.1	0.2	0.7	2.9	3.0	6.3	0.0	65.0	10.7	3.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	14.6	4.9	1.1	10.5	2.3	0.2	16.7	8.6
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 7W	12	20.1	12.7	7.4	4.3	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.3	3.0	5.2	12.8	0.0	359	0.1	0.0	3.5	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.2	4.1	2.8	5.8	0.0	73.0	11.4	3.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	16.8	4.6	0.8	10.2	2.0	0.4	18.0	10.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	11	17.8	11.2	6.6	3.5	0.1	0.0	2.4	0.6	1.5	5.3	10.3	0.2	351	0.0	0.2	4.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.0	5.5	0.1	66.4	10.5	3.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.8	4.3	0.8	11.9	2.5	0.1	15.5	9.3
St KildaOpponent, 4W	11	17.4	10.9	6.5	3.3	0.2	0.0	1.9	0.5	1.5	5.5	10.5	0.1	296	0.0	0.2	4.1	3.0	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.9	2.8	6.3	0.2	63.7	11.4	3.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.7	4.4	1.0	9.0	2.7	0.2	16.1	8.8
EssendonOpponent, 7W	10	16.0	10.5	5.5	3.7	0.2	0.1	2.6	0.7	2.1	4.5	10.2	0.4	324	0.0	0.2	3.8	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.6	3.9	2.4	4.4	0.1	64.3	11.2	3.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	12.8	3.3	0.7	11.3	2.1	0.4	14.7	8.4
Geelong CatsOpponent, 5W	10	18.5	11.6	6.9	4.1	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.9	2.3	4.9	12.2	0.3	328	0.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	1.5	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.2	6.2	0.3	71.4	11.5	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.9	14.5	3.9	1.3	14.4	1.7	0.1	17.1	8.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	10	18.7	12.5	6.2	3.1	0.0	0.1	2.7	1.4	2.3	5.9	10.5	0.3	370	0.0	0.3	5.0	3.3	2.2	0.9	0.7	3.2	4.0	6.6	0.0	68.9	11.2	3.5	0.0	0.2	1.2	14.9	4.4	1.2	10.8	2.6	0.3	16.4	9.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 1W	8	18.5	12.8	5.8	3.5	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	5.0	10.5	0.0	377	0.0	0.5	4.1	2.9	3.1	0.4	1.0	2.9	3.5	5.8	0.1	62.8	8.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	14.6	3.9	1.0	11.5	2.3	0.1	15.5	9.6
CarltonOpponent, 3W	7	17.1	9.4	7.7	3.6	0.0	0.3	2.9	0.3	1.9	5.0	12.0	0.3	284	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.3	1.4	0.9	0.1	3.6	3.6	5.6	0.1	66.6	10.9	3.4	–	0.0	0.3	14.0	3.4	1.6	12.0	1.9	0.4	17.0	7.0
MCGGround, 30W	65	19.4	13.0	6.4	3.5	0.0	0.1	2.5	0.9	2.2	5.5	11.6	0.2	369	0.0	0.2	4.2	2.8	2.4	0.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	6.0	0.1	72.0	11.5	3.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	15.4	4.3	1.2	13.3	2.2	0.2	17.1	9.8
Marvel StadiumGround, 31W	57	17.8	11.2	6.6	3.4	0.1	0.1	2.2	0.6	2.3	5.2	11.1	0.2	335	0.0	0.3	3.9	2.6	2.1	0.7	0.5	3.4	3.0	5.7	0.1	65.4	10.9	3.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.9	4.1	1.0	11.7	2.0	0.2	16.3	8.9
People First StadiumGround, 14W	35	18.1	9.9	8.1	3.4	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.7	2.4	5.7	11.6	0.4	387	0.0	0.3	3.9	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.7	3.9	3.1	5.7	0.1	65.0	12.2	4.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	14.6	4.3	1.0	9.8	2.5	0.4	17.3	7.3
Adelaide OvalGround, 7W	14	17.9	12.7	5.1	4.1	0.0	0.1	2.3	0.5	2.1	4.9	10.7	0.1	354	0.0	0.3	3.6	2.9	1.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	2.4	4.8	0.1	69.1	10.6	2.4	0.0	0.2	0.3	14.3	3.9	0.9	14.0	2.1	0.1	15.6	10.0
GabbaGround, 3W	12	16.8	9.8	7.0	3.5	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.5	1.2	5.1	9.8	0.1	301	0.0	0.2	5.0	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.6	2.3	3.6	5.5	0.1	62.0	9.4	3.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	13.3	3.9	1.2	8.8	1.9	0.1	14.8	7.3
Optus StadiumGround, 6W	11	19.9	12.2	7.7	3.8	0.2	0.0	2.4	0.6	2.1	5.2	12.1	0.1	344	0.0	0.4	3.9	2.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	3.2	3.4	6.0	0.0	74.0	10.9	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	16.6	3.8	1.2	11.3	1.9	0.3	17.3	9.5
ENGIE StadiumGround, 3W	8	17.4	11.5	5.9	3.4	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	0.1	387	0.0	0.1	3.9	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.5	3.5	1.9	5.5	0.0	64.9	11.9	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	14.3	4.5	0.8	11.3	1.8	0.1	16.0	9.0
SCGGround, 1W	8	17.6	10.6	7.0	3.5	0.0	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.4	5.4	10.4	0.3	344	0.0	0.4	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	2.6	2.9	5.9	0.0	61.8	11.7	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.8	13.5	4.6	0.8	10.9	2.8	0.3	15.8	7.4
Domain StadiumGround, 1W	2	17.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	11.5	1.0	299	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	5.5	1.5	6.5	0.0	51.0	14.4	5.0	–	0.0	0.0	13.5	5.5	0.5	6.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	5.0
Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan StadiumGround, 0W	1	20.0	9.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	8.0	15.0	0.0	464	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	68.0	8.1	4.0	–	0.0	0.0	16.0	5.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	23.0	6.0
Cazalys StadiumGround, 0W	1	13.0	8.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	0.0	232	0.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	62.0	8.7	2.0	–	0.0	1.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	7.0	0.0	13.0	6.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 0W	1	11.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	0.0	230	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	50.0	8.6	2.0	–	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	23.0	4.0	0.0	11.0	2.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	1	16.0	10.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	339	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	65.0	12.9	4.0	–	0.0	0.0	13.0	4.0	3.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	7.0
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	21.0	14.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	0.0	495	0.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	66.0	1.9	1.0	–	0.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	3.0	0.0	19.0	9.0
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 0W	1	20.0	10.0	10.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	15.0	0.0	462	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	74.0	6.5	5.0	–	0.0	0.0	17.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	9.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	19.0	6.0	13.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	12.0	1.0	322	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	64.0	13.9	9.0	–	0.0	2.0	15.0	4.0	2.0	13.0	2.0	0.0	19.0	4.0

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