Melbourne

Christian Salem

Medium Defender#3AFL

Bio

Born in 1995, Christian Salem debuted for Melbourne Football Club in 2014. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 208 of his games across 2014–2026.

Key facts

Age: 31
Height: 184 cm
Number: #3
Born: 15 July 1995
Debut: 2014
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2013 pick 9 (national draft)
Recruited from: Hampton Rovers (Vic), Sandringham U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

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Career

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	9	143	104	39	22	1	2	18	6	14	39	75	3	2,582	1	0	33	7	22	2	5	26	26	32	1	523	53.5	–	1	6	2	4	102	36	2	74	5	4	114	71
2025 AFLMelbourne	23	527	372	155	176	1	2	51	20	44	98	378	10	8,087	2	7	88	21	38	5	11	87	58	95	1	2,138	196.1	3	4	10	5	15	429	83	23	218	16	4	476	296
2024 AFLMelbourne	17	340	226	114	99	1	2	47	24	35	94	227	1	5,636	1	4	51	16	40	8	14	60	57	65	1	1,365	150.5	1	2	55	10	14	261	74	11	207	7	3	321	165
2023 AFLMelbourne	16	306	200	106	63	0	0	61	16	41	93	197	1	5,010	0	6	53	17	44	10	10	49	61	79	3	1,225	126.1	1	1	0	1	15	214	73	13	220	11	1	290	136
2022 AFLMelbourne	13	226	148	78	59	1	1	37	9	26	52	152	1	4,062	0	3	37	18	33	6	11	32	44	49	2	905	66.9	–	1	0	1	8	181	42	10	144	12	2	204	113
2021 AFLMelbourne	24	608	405	203	145	3	2	58	24	60	137	418	8	10,367	1	4	137	31	64	14	18	94	109	146	2	2,268	232.4	1	12	0	6	18	469	115	30	293	18	7	555	305
2020 AFLMelbourne	16	301	200	101	64	2	0	42	9	32	70	204	3	4,786	1	5	59	20	39	4	10	47	58	60	3	1,148	113.6	–	4	–	2	7	218	60	13	172	14	4	274	145
2019 AFLMelbourne	20	482	334	148	93	0	2	60	22	33	145	272	4	8,009	0	4	100	43	59	15	12	67	83	105	3	1,798	190	–	9	–	3	19	352	115	8	263	25	3	417	238
2018 AFLMelbourne	24	494	320	174	85	6	7	84	37	59	153	305	7	8,834	2	7	95	47	60	17	25	108	86	111	5	1,884	242.5	2	12	–	19	18	374	115	20	362	31	14	458	228
2017 AFLMelbourne	16	343	219	124	73	5	0	54	16	26	79	232	4	5,472	3	3	61	19	38	15	7	72	60	67	2	1,364	153.1	3	2	–	6	10	269	61	13	234	12	7	311	165
2016 AFLMelbourne	8	146	87	59	17	1	0	29	11	14	44	94	1	2,916	0	2	24	7	17	6	6	25	33	30	2	540	66.1	–	5	–	3	8	108	34	5	98	5	1	138	63
2015 AFLMelbourne	10	158	101	57	34	1	3	35	6	15	51	101	1	2,566	1	8	28	15	17	7	8	28	25	41	0	651	69.7	–	11	–	0	6	114	34	11	85	13	4	152	63
2014 AFLMelbourne	12	81	57	24	24	6	6	22	2	16	25	58	4	1,462	4	0	5	12	14	4	5	29	23	5	6	410	47.5	–	0	–	0	2	49	20	0	124	4	13	83	33
Career13 seasons	208	4,155	2,773	1,382	954	28	27	598	202	415	1,080	2,713	48	69,789	16	53	771	273	485	113	142	724	723	885	31	16,219	1708.0	11	64	71	58	144	3,140	862	159	2,494	173	67	3,793	2,021

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 52W	106	20.1	13.6	6.5	4.7	0.2	0.2	2.9	0.9	1.9	5.1	13.2	0.2	345	0.1	0.2	3.9	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.7	3.7	3.4	4.3	0.2	79.4	8.4	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	15.3	4.1	0.7	12.0	0.8	0.4	18.3	10.0
AwayHome or away, 51W	102	19.8	13.0	6.8	4.5	0.1	0.1	2.8	1.1	2.1	5.3	12.9	0.2	325	0.1	0.3	3.5	1.1	2.4	0.6	0.7	3.3	3.6	4.2	0.1	76.5	8.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.8	14.9	4.2	0.8	12.0	0.8	0.2	18.2	9.4
LossesResult, 0W	104	18.9	12.4	6.5	4.1	0.1	0.1	2.9	1.0	1.8	5.0	12.2	0.2	313	0.1	0.3	3.4	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.7	2.9	3.3	3.7	0.2	73.2	7.9	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	14.3	4.0	0.6	12.3	0.8	0.3	17.2	9.0
WinsResult, 103W	103	21.0	14.3	6.7	5.1	0.2	0.1	2.8	1.0	2.2	5.4	13.8	0.3	359	0.1	0.3	4.0	1.4	2.5	0.7	0.7	4.1	3.6	4.7	0.1	82.7	8.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	15.9	4.2	0.9	11.7	0.9	0.3	19.2	10.5
DrawsResult, 0W	1	25.0	13.0	12.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	16.0	1.0	301	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	82.0	7.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	6.0	1.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	23.0	9.0
Regular seasonStage, 98W	198	20.0	13.3	6.7	4.6	0.1	0.1	2.8	1.0	1.9	5.2	13.0	0.2	331	0.1	0.3	3.7	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.7	3.5	3.4	4.2	0.1	78.0	8.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	15.1	4.2	0.8	11.9	0.8	0.3	18.3	9.7
FinalsStage, 5W	10	19.5	13.8	5.7	3.6	0.1	0.3	3.5	0.7	3.1	4.5	13.0	0.2	428	0.0	0.1	4.6	1.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	4.0	4.4	0.2	76.7	8.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	14.6	3.4	0.9	14.2	0.7	0.4	17.5	10.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 4W	17	21.5	13.9	7.6	5.8	0.1	0.1	2.9	0.9	1.7	5.0	14.9	0.1	336	0.1	0.1	3.5	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.5	3.8	2.9	4.8	0.1	85.4	10.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	17.9	4.2	0.8	12.9	0.7	0.2	19.9	11.2
Western BulldogsOpponent, 7W	16	17.8	11.5	6.3	3.5	0.3	0.1	3.1	0.8	1.3	4.5	12.2	0.2	298	0.1	0.0	3.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.6	3.1	3.0	3.4	0.3	70.3	7.7	–	0.4	1.5	0.2	0.6	14.3	3.9	0.3	12.4	0.8	0.4	16.7	9.4
FremantleOpponent, 6W	15	17.8	11.9	5.9	4.1	0.1	0.2	2.3	0.9	2.1	5.0	11.6	0.1	305	0.0	0.3	3.2	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.5	2.7	3.5	3.9	0.1	68.9	6.9	–	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	13.1	4.1	0.9	10.7	1.1	0.4	16.6	8.2
Geelong CatsOpponent, 4W	13	21.4	14.2	7.2	4.2	0.0	0.2	3.8	1.2	2.4	6.2	13.1	0.2	387	0.0	0.5	3.6	1.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	2.7	4.6	5.4	0.2	82.7	7.5	–	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	14.7	5.0	1.2	15.5	1.0	0.2	19.3	9.2
CarltonOpponent, 8W	12	22.7	15.4	7.3	4.8	0.1	0.3	3.0	0.9	2.5	6.4	14.4	0.3	389	0.2	0.4	3.8	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.7	3.8	4.3	5.4	0.1	86.6	10.0	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.8	16.2	4.8	0.7	11.6	1.4	0.6	20.8	10.4
HawthornOpponent, 6W	12	20.2	12.9	7.3	4.8	0.1	0.1	2.4	0.7	2.4	4.8	14.4	0.4	336	0.1	0.3	2.8	1.1	2.0	0.8	0.5	3.9	3.5	4.9	0.2	77.0	8.8	–	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	15.7	3.5	0.9	12.2	0.7	0.2	19.2	9.5
North MelbourneOpponent, 6W	12	18.7	12.3	6.4	3.8	0.1	0.1	2.4	1.1	2.4	5.8	11.2	0.4	310	0.2	0.6	2.8	1.1	2.0	0.8	0.8	3.8	2.6	4.2	0.2	69.7	8.4	–	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	13.8	4.2	0.8	12.8	0.8	0.3	17.0	9.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 5W	12	18.9	12.6	6.3	4.1	0.3	0.3	3.0	0.8	1.5	5.2	11.7	0.3	313	0.1	0.1	4.2	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	3.0	3.2	4.3	0.1	75.6	8.6	–	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.6	15.0	3.9	0.6	11.6	0.6	0.6	16.8	9.8
St KildaOpponent, 6W	12	22.4	15.8	6.6	6.2	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.7	2.0	4.5	15.9	0.3	374	0.0	0.3	4.5	1.2	2.8	0.4	1.2	4.0	3.5	4.0	0.0	85.7	7.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.5	17.8	3.4	0.7	9.9	0.7	0.3	20.4	12.1
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	12	19.6	13.4	6.2	4.8	0.2	0.1	3.1	1.4	2.7	6.8	11.0	0.3	369	0.1	0.3	4.0	1.6	2.6	0.4	0.9	3.4	3.6	4.1	0.1	77.9	9.7	0.2	0.6	1.3	0.4	1.0	14.3	5.6	0.6	11.5	0.7	0.4	17.8	9.7
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 9W	11	20.7	14.7	6.0	5.1	0.1	0.0	3.6	1.3	1.6	4.2	14.2	0.1	338	0.1	0.1	4.1	1.1	3.2	0.5	1.1	3.7	4.0	3.7	0.1	83.7	6.1	–	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.1	15.3	3.7	0.9	10.9	0.7	0.1	18.4	10.4
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 9W	11	20.4	13.4	7.0	4.7	0.5	0.1	2.6	0.6	2.5	5.0	13.8	0.3	307	0.1	0.5	2.5	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.5	4.5	3.2	4.7	0.3	80.9	10.9	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	15.3	4.0	0.9	9.8	1.5	0.7	18.8	9.5
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 5W	11	21.9	14.3	7.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	3.6	1.1	1.9	5.3	15.1	0.2	367	0.1	0.4	4.5	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	4.0	3.9	4.3	0.0	90.5	8.4	–	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.0	1.1	13.6	0.8	0.5	20.4	10.2
RichmondOpponent, 6W	11	21.2	14.4	6.8	3.9	0.3	0.1	3.0	1.3	2.5	5.4	13.6	0.3	365	0.2	0.4	4.3	0.6	1.9	0.5	0.4	3.4	4.4	3.7	0.4	81.5	7.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	15.1	4.1	0.6	12.7	0.3	0.5	19.0	9.9
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 6W	11	19.8	12.1	7.7	4.8	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.0	1.6	4.6	13.5	0.1	322	0.0	0.0	4.2	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.7	3.4	3.3	3.5	0.2	75.5	6.0	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.6	14.9	3.9	0.6	11.6	0.7	0.0	18.1	8.9
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 6W	10	16.5	11.4	5.1	3.3	0.0	0.1	2.1	0.9	1.7	4.8	9.8	0.2	293	0.0	0.1	3.7	1.6	2.2	0.1	0.7	2.8	3.1	3.5	0.2	60.8	6.7	–	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	11.9	4.1	0.5	9.8	0.8	0.1	14.6	8.0
EssendonOpponent, 6W	10	18.2	12.8	5.4	4.7	0.1	0.0	2.5	1.1	1.3	4.9	10.8	0.1	300	0.1	0.1	4.0	1.4	2.3	0.5	0.7	3.3	2.9	4.5	0.2	72.3	8.1	–	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	13.6	4.0	0.9	13.4	1.0	0.1	15.7	9.6
MCGGround, 51W	108	19.7	13.3	6.4	4.6	0.2	0.2	2.9	0.9	2.0	5.2	12.7	0.2	340	0.1	0.3	3.6	1.4	2.2	0.6	0.7	3.7	3.3	4.3	0.2	77.5	8.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	15.0	4.1	0.7	12.1	0.9	0.4	17.9	9.8
Marvel StadiumGround, 12W	20	22.1	14.7	7.4	5.3	0.1	0.1	2.5	0.7	1.8	5.3	14.7	0.3	342	0.0	0.1	3.8	0.9	2.5	0.8	0.6	4.0	4.1	4.7	0.1	84.0	7.5	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	16.8	4.3	0.8	11.0	0.8	0.1	19.9	11.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 11W	18	18.1	12.4	5.7	3.9	0.1	0.1	3.2	1.1	1.3	4.3	11.9	0.2	306	0.1	0.1	4.1	0.9	2.4	0.6	1.1	3.2	3.1	3.5	0.1	71.3	6.4	–	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.8	13.6	3.6	0.6	10.4	0.5	0.2	16.2	9.1
Optus StadiumGround, 6W	11	20.5	14.1	6.5	4.5	0.1	0.0	2.6	1.4	3.1	5.0	13.9	0.3	402	0.0	0.2	5.2	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.7	3.2	4.1	3.9	0.1	78.0	8.0	–	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	15.4	4.1	0.9	12.9	0.8	0.1	18.9	9.9
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 3W	8	21.5	14.5	7.0	5.8	0.3	0.4	2.9	0.8	1.4	5.0	15.5	0.5	311	0.1	0.1	3.9	1.4	1.9	0.3	0.4	3.3	4.4	4.8	0.0	87.3	8.2	–	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.5	16.6	4.3	0.9	11.8	0.4	0.6	20.5	10.4
GabbaGround, 5W	7	22.1	14.1	8.0	5.7	0.4	0.1	3.0	1.0	2.6	5.6	14.6	0.6	329	0.1	0.4	4.1	0.7	2.1	0.3	0.9	3.7	3.1	4.3	0.1	88.0	11.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	18.1	4.6	1.3	14.3	0.6	0.6	20.1	11.3
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	7	22.0	13.1	8.9	4.3	0.0	0.0	4.6	1.4	2.6	6.9	13.7	0.1	362	0.0	0.4	2.7	1.4	5.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	5.3	5.7	0.1	85.0	7.2	–	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.0	15.3	5.6	1.1	16.0	1.1	0.1	20.6	8.7
People First StadiumGround, 4W	7	19.9	13.0	6.9	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	1.1	1.9	4.3	13.6	0.1	288	0.0	0.1	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	3.9	2.6	4.0	0.1	81.1	9.6	–	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	15.3	3.9	0.9	11.3	1.3	0.1	17.9	9.7
Ninja StadiumGround, 2W	5	21.8	14.4	7.4	3.4	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.4	2.4	5.8	14.6	0.2	326	0.2	0.6	3.4	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	5.2	0.2	75.8	8.3	–	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	15.0	4.4	1.2	11.0	0.6	0.4	20.4	9.4
SCGGround, 2W	4	22.0	16.0	6.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	7.8	12.3	0.0	396	0.0	0.0	4.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	4.0	4.3	0.0	82.5	10.3	–	0.0	2.3	0.5	2.0	15.8	6.0	0.5	14.0	0.8	0.0	20.0	11.3
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	3	21.7	11.0	10.7	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.7	1.7	7.0	14.0	0.3	303	0.0	0.7	4.0	1.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	3.7	2.3	5.0	0.0	79.7	12.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	18.3	5.7	1.0	16.3	1.3	0.0	21.0	8.7
Domain StadiumGround, 1W	3	14.0	7.3	6.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	8.0	0.0	185	0.0	0.3	2.7	1.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	4.3	0.0	51.3	4.9	–	2.0	–	0.0	0.3	9.7	4.0	1.3	6.7	1.0	0.0	12.3	4.7
ENGIE StadiumGround, 3W	3	16.3	9.7	6.7	3.7	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	3.0	12.0	0.0	291	0.0	0.3	3.0	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	2.7	2.3	0.3	63.3	4.5	–	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	11.7	2.3	0.7	9.0	1.0	0.7	15.0	8.0
Cazalys StadiumGround, 0W	2	13.5	10.0	3.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.0	2.5	4.0	8.0	0.0	319	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.5	52.5	6.8	–	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	8.5	1.5	0.5	12.0	5.5
TIO StadiumGround, 1W	2	18.0	13.0	5.0	4.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	13.0	0.0	360	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	1.0	75.0	5.2	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.5	11.5	4.0	1.0	16.0	1.0	1.5	17.5	7.5

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