GWS GIANTS

Jayden Laverde

Key Defender#25AFL

Bio

Born in 1996, Jayden Laverde made his senior debut with Essendon Football Club in 2015. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 164 of his games across 2015–2026.

Key facts

Age: 30
Height: 193 cm
Number: #25
Born: 12 April 1996
Debut: 2015
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2014 pick 20 (national draft)
Recruited from: Keilor (Vic), PEGS (Vic), Western U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon Football Club

Compare LaverdeStack 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 AFLGWS GIANTS	19	270	151	119	106	0	1	40	2	11	88	173	0	0	3,613	0	18	56	107	44	11	18	38	38	118	0	1,127	133.2	0	0	0	2	220	57	41	111	96	1	261	116
2025 AFLEssendon	14	216	139	77	97	0	0	25	3	8	46	165	0	0	3,216	0	5	53	63	41	8	17	22	34	63	0	919	74.4	1	0	0	3	172	32	19	86	56	0	211	107
2024 AFLEssendon	21	333	194	139	127	0	0	33	2	13	96	232	0	0	4,214	0	11	65	89	54	16	16	41	43	134	0	1,341	138.3	2	0	0	2	276	66	39	126	76	0	328	151
2023 AFLEssendon	19	301	186	115	124	1	0	37	5	20	86	211	0	1	4,698	1	10	60	74	36	21	18	50	43	110	0	1,281	157.5	2	0	0	5	264	55	31	135	62	1	297	157
2022 AFLEssendon	22	313	190	123	137	0	1	45	6	31	106	209	0	2	4,975	0	14	62	84	56	18	29	46	62	133	1	1,339	144.6	1	0	0	6	256	72	43	147	70	1	315	152
2021 AFLEssendon	23	318	202	116	134	1	0	35	4	14	101	216	0	0	5,007	0	23	75	86	51	17	25	34	57	136	0	1,328	157	1	0	0	4	262	58	51	158	70	2	317	164
2020 AFLEssendon	6	46	30	16	20	6	3	15	2	8	15	32	0	5	710	8	4	1	5	11	3	6	17	10	3	9	266	37.9	0	–	1	1	32	8	0	46	5	9	47	23
2019 AFLEssendon	10	114	66	48	39	11	13	21	5	18	54	63	0	7	1,557	14	8	0	13	17	12	6	52	24	9	11	568	61.9	1	–	0	5	80	33	0	125	11	27	117	40
2018 AFLEssendon	7	91	54	37	27	5	6	18	4	19	31	62	0	5	1,362	6	5	3	6	13	6	6	35	22	7	6	413	33.8	0	–	1	3	64	16	1	92	4	12	93	37
2017 AFLEssendon	5	56	26	30	16	1	5	14	0	13	22	39	0	2	675	3	1	0	6	8	3	1	22	13	8	9	253	17.1	0	–	0	0	39	16	0	62	5	8	61	14
2016 AFLEssendon	9	105	64	41	43	8	9	26	2	15	36	72	0	5	1,414	12	5	6	5	17	8	4	40	23	11	9	560	36.4	0	–	1	1	71	20	2	100	2	20	108	40
2015 AFLEssendon	9	117	49	68	32	5	1	34	10	13	35	81	2	1	1,247	5	3	7	6	14	5	8	31	16	9	10	529	55.8	3	–	5	5	100	23	1	101	3	6	116	39
Career12 seasons	164	2,280	1,351	929	902	38	39	343	45	183	716	1,555	2	28	32,688	49	107	388	544	362	128	154	428	385	741	55	9,924	1047.9	11	0	8	37	1,836	456	228	1,289	460	87	2,271	1,040

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 22 v Gold Coast SUNSL 77-79 9 Aug	3	2	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	70	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	22	2.3	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	3	2
Rd 21 @ Port AdelaideW 75-63 1 Aug	11	7	4	4	0	4	0	1	4	7	147	2	2	11	3	0	0	2	1	3	57	3.3	0	9	2	1	6	8	0	11	5
Rd 20 v Sydney SwansL 88-139 25 July	16	7	9	6	1	1	0	1	3	13	299	0	2	5	2	1	0	2	3	5	63	4.2	0	12	2	2	8	4	1	16	4
Rd 19 @ EssendonL 64-67 19 July	16	6	10	5	0	2	0	2	6	11	168	1	2	4	5	1	2	3	5	5	56	4	0	10	4	1	5	4	0	17	3
Rd 18 v Geelong CatsW 86-73 11 July	14	3	11	1	0	3	1	0	8	7	86	0	0	5	2	1	0	4	2	7	47	9.4	1	10	6	1	8	4	0	15	2
Rd 15 v CarltonL 65-88 20 June	10	6	4	5	0	2	0	1	3	7	195	0	3	4	2	0	1	1	2	5	46	3.8	0	7	3	2	3	3	0	10	3
Rd 14 @ St KildaL 88-96 14 June	9	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	8	64	0	3	4	2	0	2	3	0	3	28	1.8	0	8	0	2	3	3	0	9	3
Rd 12 @ MelbourneW 119-70 31 May	19	14	5	7	0	2	0	0	3	12	254	0	7	8	2	1	1	2	3	6	79	8.4	0	16	2	0	4	7	0	15	11
Rd 11 v Brisbane LionsW 166-88 24 May	17	7	10	3	0	6	0	0	11	5	140	2	4	7	3	2	1	4	2	11	73	13.7	0	14	6	3	9	6	0	16	6
Rd 10 @ West Coast EaglesL 71-88 17 May	14	5	9	5	0	4	0	0	7	6	123	3	2	6	1	1	0	0	1	9	65	11	0	12	3	4	9	5	0	13	4
Rd 9 v EssendonW 103-89 9 May	19	11	8	12	0	1	0	0	9	10	164	3	3	9	1	2	0	2	1	11	91	14.4	0	17	4	5	4	8	0	19	9
Rd 8 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 63-83 3 May	7	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	5	235	0	4	5	5	0	2	2	4	2	26	-1	0	5	2	0	3	5	0	7	3
Rd 7 v North MelbourneW 105-98 26 Apr	10	8	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	8	277	0	5	5	2	1	2	3	0	4	35	6.5	0	7	2	1	5	5	0	10	5
Rd 6 @ Sydney SwansL 66-107 17 Apr	20	13	7	4	0	6	0	0	7	10	255	1	5	7	3	1	1	1	4	11	87	8.8	0	15	5	2	9	7	0	17	9
Rd 5 v RichmondW 131-75 12 Apr	20	9	11	7	0	0	0	0	5	15	127	2	2	7	2	0	1	4	2	10	67	16.3	0	18	3	6	4	7	0	20	8
Rd 3 @ CollingwoodL 54-87 27 Mar	17	11	6	9	0	2	0	0	4	12	220	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	80	12.1	0	17	3	3	7	8	0	16	11
Rd 2 v St KildaL 74-78 21 Mar	15	8	7	5	0	0	1	0	6	10	188	0	3	4	4	0	2	1	3	6	47	4.4	1	11	6	2	5	4	0	16	6
Rd 1 @ Western BulldogsL 53-134 14 Mar	19	15	4	13	0	2	0	1	2	17	272	1	2	2	3	0	2	0	2	3	94	2.4	0	17	1	2	8	2	0	19	13
Opening Round v HawthornW 122-95 7 Mar	14	10	4	7	0	2	0	2	3	9	329	1	2	5	1	0	1	4	1	6	64	7.4	0	13	2	2	8	5	0	12	9

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 41W	85	14.0	8.3	5.7	5.6	0.2	0.3	2.2	0.3	1.2	4.4	9.6	0.0	0.2	197	0.3	0.6	2.2	3.2	2.3	0.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	4.4	0.4	61.5	6.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	11.2	2.8	1.4	8.0	2.6	0.6	14.0	6.4
AwayHome or away, 26W	79	13.8	8.2	5.7	5.4	0.2	0.2	2.0	0.3	1.1	4.3	9.3	0.0	0.1	201	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.5	2.1	0.7	0.9	2.4	2.4	4.7	0.3	59.4	6.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	11.2	2.8	1.3	7.7	3.0	0.5	13.6	6.3
LossesResult, 0W	96	13.7	8.0	5.6	5.5	0.3	0.2	2.3	0.3	1.1	4.1	9.7	0.0	0.1	202	0.3	0.6	2.5	3.2	2.3	0.7	1.0	2.2	2.5	4.2	0.3	60.4	5.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	10.8	2.6	1.3	8.1	2.7	0.5	13.7	6.1
WinsResult, 67W	67	14.3	8.5	5.7	5.4	0.2	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.1	4.9	9.2	0.0	0.3	195	0.3	0.8	2.2	3.5	2.0	0.9	0.9	3.1	2.1	4.9	0.4	60.8	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	11.7	3.1	1.5	7.5	3.0	0.6	14.1	6.7
DrawsResult, 0W	1	12.0	8.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	215	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	50.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	8.0
Regular seasonStage, 67W	162	13.9	8.2	5.7	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.1	0.3	1.1	4.4	9.5	0.0	0.2	199	0.3	0.7	2.4	3.3	2.2	0.8	0.9	2.6	2.3	4.5	0.3	60.6	6.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	11.2	2.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	0.5	13.9	6.3
FinalsStage, 0W	2	10.5	8.5	2.0	5.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.5	9.0	0.0	0.0	248	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.0	0.0	49.5	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	2.0	0.5	11.5	6.5
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	13	12.0	6.7	5.3	4.5	0.1	0.5	2.2	0.3	1.2	4.2	7.9	0.0	0.2	188	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.3	2.9	0.2	1.4	2.8	1.8	4.0	0.7	49.9	4.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	9.7	2.8	1.7	6.6	2.9	0.5	12.1	5.2
CollingwoodOpponent, 5W	12	14.3	8.9	5.3	6.8	0.3	0.1	1.4	0.5	0.9	3.9	9.8	0.1	0.2	199	0.3	0.8	2.8	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.7	2.0	2.2	4.7	0.3	63.8	7.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	12.8	2.6	1.5	6.8	2.8	0.3	13.7	7.8
Western BulldogsOpponent, 2W	12	14.5	9.8	4.7	6.0	0.2	0.3	2.8	0.0	1.3	3.7	10.4	0.0	0.2	223	0.4	0.6	2.7	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.9	2.6	2.2	4.7	0.4	67.5	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	1.1	10.5	1.8	0.4	14.1	8.1
North MelbourneOpponent, 10W	11	13.2	7.9	5.3	4.9	0.3	0.5	1.6	0.3	1.5	4.7	8.7	0.0	0.4	185	0.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.7	3.8	2.3	4.3	0.6	57.0	6.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	10.5	2.8	1.4	6.5	2.2	0.7	13.5	6.0
RichmondOpponent, 3W	11	15.2	8.7	6.5	5.1	0.4	0.1	2.8	0.5	1.4	4.8	10.2	0.0	0.0	224	0.3	0.6	2.9	3.7	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	0.5	65.6	8.5	0.1	0.1	0.5	12.0	2.9	1.6	10.5	3.0	0.5	15.0	6.5
Sydney SwansOpponent, 2W	11	14.4	7.2	7.2	4.5	0.0	0.3	2.1	0.1	0.5	4.8	9.4	0.0	0.1	155	0.1	0.6	2.6	4.8	2.5	0.9	1.3	2.0	2.3	5.5	0.1	55.3	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	11.6	3.2	1.2	8.9	4.0	0.3	14.2	5.4
Geelong CatsOpponent, 2W	10	12.7	7.6	5.1	5.1	0.1	0.2	2.0	0.3	0.7	4.3	8.5	0.0	0.0	187	0.3	0.3	2.6	3.3	2.1	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.5	4.3	0.2	56.8	5.5	0.1	0.1	0.2	9.7	2.7	1.2	7.1	3.1	0.3	12.8	5.6
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 4W	10	13.8	8.2	5.6	5.6	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.8	10.1	0.0	0.2	191	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	2.9	0.4	1.3	2.9	2.8	4.4	0.3	57.7	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	11.6	2.6	2.0	9.0	2.0	0.5	13.9	6.5
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	9	15.7	8.7	7.0	6.4	0.4	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.2	4.8	10.8	0.0	0.3	190	0.6	0.8	1.7	3.3	1.3	0.4	0.4	2.9	2.3	4.0	0.6	65.6	9.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	13.2	3.3	1.3	6.4	3.1	0.8	15.6	7.0
CarltonOpponent, 3W	9	12.1	8.3	3.8	4.9	0.3	0.6	2.4	0.0	1.2	3.0	8.9	0.0	0.1	204	0.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	3.0	0.7	1.1	3.1	2.0	3.6	0.3	56.9	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.2	2.0	1.3	9.3	1.8	1.0	11.9	5.4
St KildaOpponent, 3W	9	13.1	7.9	5.2	5.9	0.2	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.8	3.3	9.7	0.0	0.0	174	0.0	0.2	2.8	4.1	2.0	0.4	0.9	1.9	1.9	3.6	0.3	56.2	6.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	11.0	2.4	1.2	6.1	3.6	0.2	13.0	6.6
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 5W	9	14.9	9.7	5.2	5.9	0.3	0.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	4.9	9.8	0.0	0.2	228	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.0	1.3	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	69.3	9.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.4	2.3	1.9	7.9	3.1	0.4	14.7	7.9
Port AdelaideOpponent, 2W	8	13.3	8.1	5.1	4.6	0.8	0.4	3.0	0.3	1.6	4.9	9.0	0.1	0.3	213	0.5	1.0	1.9	4.4	2.3	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.6	4.5	0.0	63.9	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.0	2.6	1.1	8.6	3.5	1.3	13.9	5.9
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 2W	7	17.3	9.1	8.1	5.7	0.0	0.3	2.9	0.1	1.6	6.9	10.4	0.0	0.1	248	0.1	1.3	3.4	4.9	2.1	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.4	7.4	0.1	72.4	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	13.4	4.1	2.0	8.9	3.9	0.3	17.3	6.7
FremantleOpponent, 4W	7	11.9	6.9	5.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.7	3.7	8.6	0.0	0.1	138	0.4	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.0	0.4	2.0	1.7	1.7	3.6	0.1	50.1	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.4	3.0	0.7	5.1	1.6	0.4	12.3	5.3
HawthornOpponent, 5W	7	13.3	7.3	6.0	5.4	0.0	0.6	1.4	0.1	1.1	4.7	8.9	0.0	0.4	213	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.0	2.1	0.7	1.0	3.9	2.1	3.4	0.4	54.1	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	3.3	0.7	7.0	2.0	0.7	13.6	4.9
MelbourneOpponent, 3W	7	14.9	9.0	5.9	6.0	0.3	0.3	2.7	0.4	1.4	3.9	10.4	0.0	0.1	255	0.4	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.4	0.3	0.9	3.0	2.6	3.6	0.3	67.3	6.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	11.6	2.9	0.9	8.0	2.9	0.7	14.3	6.7
EssendonOpponent, 1W	2	17.5	8.5	9.0	8.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	7.5	10.5	0.0	0.0	166	0.0	2.0	2.5	6.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	0.0	73.5	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5	4.0	3.0	4.5	6.0	0.0	18.0	6.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 28W	59	14.5	8.8	5.7	6.0	0.2	0.3	2.1	0.2	1.3	4.4	10.2	0.0	0.2	205	0.3	0.6	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.9	3.0	2.3	4.6	0.3	63.8	6.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	11.9	2.7	1.4	7.8	2.7	0.5	14.6	7.0
MCGGround, 16W	44	13.1	7.8	5.3	5.4	0.3	0.3	2.2	0.4	1.1	3.9	9.0	0.0	0.1	193	0.3	0.5	2.4	2.6	2.3	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.4	3.7	0.4	58.5	5.7	0.0	0.1	0.3	10.5	2.5	1.1	8.6	2.2	0.6	12.9	5.8
ENGIE StadiumGround, 5W	12	15.0	7.8	7.3	5.6	0.0	0.2	2.1	0.5	0.9	5.6	9.4	0.0	0.2	190	0.0	0.8	2.1	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.9	2.8	2.5	6.3	0.1	60.9	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	12.1	3.8	2.3	7.4	3.3	0.2	15.0	5.8
People First StadiumGround, 4W	11	10.9	6.3	4.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.5	0.0	0.3	170	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.5	2.9	0.3	1.4	2.9	2.2	2.5	1.4	49.0	3.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	7.9	2.6	0.9	7.7	2.3	1.1	11.1	4.2
Optus StadiumGround, 3W	10	13.6	8.9	4.7	5.7	0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.7	4.3	9.0	0.0	0.2	206	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.5	1.5	1.1	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.0	63.1	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.9	2.1	1.3	7.5	2.7	0.4	13.3	7.1
Adelaide OvalGround, 5W	9	13.4	8.0	5.4	4.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	0.4	1.8	5.2	8.8	0.0	0.3	202	0.6	0.9	1.4	4.7	1.8	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.8	0.2	60.2	8.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	10.7	3.4	1.2	8.2	3.8	1.3	14.0	6.1
SCGGround, 0W	5	16.8	8.8	8.0	4.8	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.2	0.4	4.8	11.0	0.0	0.0	176	0.0	0.6	3.0	5.4	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.0	0.0	63.4	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	13.6	3.4	1.0	8.4	5.0	0.0	15.8	6.8
GabbaGround, 1W	4	18.8	9.5	9.3	6.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.3	1.8	6.8	12.3	0.0	0.0	262	0.0	1.3	3.5	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.0	0.0	75.0	10.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	15.8	4.5	2.3	8.3	4.0	0.0	19.0	7.5
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	4	15.0	8.5	6.5	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	6.0	8.8	0.0	0.0	259	0.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.8	7.3	0.0	58.8	8.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	12.0	4.0	2.3	6.3	3.3	0.0	14.8	6.8
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	2	6.5	5.0	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	174	0.0	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	0.0	28.5	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	3.0	0.0	6.5	3.5
UTAS StadiumGround, 1W	2	9.5	7.5	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	8.5	0.0	0.0	188	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.5	0.0	44.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	1.5	2.0	7.5	1.5	0.0	11.0	6.5
Barossa ParkGround, 1W	1	20.0	9.0	11.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	127	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	67.0	16.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	3.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	20.0	8.0
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 1W	1	19.0	14.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	254	0.0	0.0	7.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	79.0	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	15.0	11.0