St Kilda

Dougal Howard

Key Defender#20AFL

Bio

Born in Wagga Wagga in 1996, Dougal Howard debuted for Port Adelaide Football Club in 2016. He plays as a key defender. Lineball holds stats from 145 of his games across 2016–2026.

Key facts

Age: 30
Height: 199 cm
Number: #20
Born: 25 March 1996
Birthplace: Wagga Wagga
Debut: 2016
Position: Key Defender
Drafted: 2014 pick 56 (national draft)
Recruited from: Wagga Tigers (NSW), Murray U18, Port Adelaide

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Port Adelaide Football Club

Compare HowardStack 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 AFLSt Kilda	7	76	61	15	43	0	1	1	2	3	11	61	0	0	962	0	1	14	27	16	2	8	16	10	17	0	325	25	0	0	0	2	65	7	7	21	22	1	72	53	0
2025 AFLSt Kilda	3	33	25	8	19	0	0	7	1	1	10	21	0	0	566	0	1	9	13	6	5	3	4	4	12	0	172	20.2	0	0	0	1	30	4	2	21	12	0	31	22	0
2024 AFLSt Kilda	15	172	117	55	97	0	0	10	2	5	49	123	0	0	2,046	0	10	38	83	33	8	16	25	25	62	0	752	88.9	0	0	0	2	146	29	23	56	72	0	172	99	0
2023 AFLSt Kilda	18	231	150	81	99	0	1	15	2	7	73	152	0	0	2,692	0	10	36	147	32	8	9	28	27	110	0	951	168.8	0	0	0	2	205	49	37	82	130	1	225	130	0
2022 AFLSt Kilda	17	201	153	48	83	0	0	16	4	16	50	124	0	1	3,681	0	7	66	160	38	15	20	21	28	73	0	823	149.7	0	0	0	4	169	27	28	82	143	0	174	127	0
2021 AFLSt Kilda	21	324	256	68	102	0	1	25	6	11	81	156	1	0	5,654	0	18	109	189	42	14	15	36	57	119	0	1,281	225.1	1	0	0	6	273	42	46	100	173	1	237	216	0
2020 AFLSt Kilda	19	198	160	38	76	1	1	23	2	10	56	114	3	1	3,633	0	8	66	140	42	9	17	28	35	83	1	844	128	0	–	0	2	166	32	30	75	123	2	170	132	0
2019 AFLPort Adelaide	15	174	114	60	67	10	6	22	8	17	76	98	11	2	2,928	11	19	29	110	25	13	9	42	31	65	2	814	148.7	0	–	1	7	130	42	24	116	102	18	174	78	2
2018 AFLPort Adelaide	20	218	158	60	87	0	0	29	3	14	89	126	41	1	3,525	0	13	51	230	45	10	20	32	32	120	0	962	203.8	0	–	1	2	170	61	40	117	216	0	215	119	12
2017 AFLPort Adelaide	4	55	43	12	27	1	0	3	0	5	17	41	0	0	722	0	1	13	49	7	2	2	13	11	27	0	248	47.1	0	–	0	0	44	11	12	18	43	1	58	32	0
2016 AFLPort Adelaide	6	50	30	20	14	3	4	17	6	8	25	26	27	1	748	3	3	2	17	14	3	10	24	13	7	3	262	27.2	0	–	0	6	36	20	2	52	14	7	51	19	7
Career11 seasons	145	1,732	1,267	465	714	15	14	168	36	97	537	1,042	83	6	27,157	14	91	433	1,165	300	89	129	269	273	695	6	7,434	1232.5	1	0	2	34	1,434	324	251	740	1,050	31	1,579	1,027	21

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

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 40W	73	12.1	9.2	2.9	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	0.7	3.5	7.5	0.5	0.0	201	0.1	0.5	2.9	8.2	1.9	0.6	0.8	1.9	1.8	4.8	0.0	52.1	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	2.0	1.8	5.2	7.4	0.2	10.9	7.4	0.1
AwayHome or away, 34W	72	11.8	8.3	3.5	4.7	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.6	4.0	6.9	0.7	0.0	173	0.1	0.7	3.0	7.9	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.0	4.8	0.1	50.4	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.7	2.4	1.7	5.0	7.1	0.2	10.9	6.8	0.2
WinsResult, 74W	74	12.1	8.9	3.2	5.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.2	0.6	3.7	7.6	0.3	0.0	186	0.1	0.6	2.9	8.2	1.7	0.6	0.7	2.2	1.6	4.8	0.0	53.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.5	2.1	1.6	4.6	7.3	0.2	11.3	7.6	0.1
LossesResult, 0W	71	11.7	8.6	3.2	4.5	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.3	0.7	3.7	6.7	0.9	0.1	189	0.1	0.6	3.0	7.9	2.5	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.2	4.8	0.1	49.4	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.2	2.3	1.8	5.6	7.2	0.2	10.4	6.5	0.2
Regular seasonStage, 73W	142	11.9	8.7	3.2	4.9	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.2	0.7	3.7	7.2	0.6	0.0	184	0.1	0.6	2.9	7.9	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.9	1.9	4.8	0.0	51.2	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	9.9	2.2	1.7	5.1	7.2	0.2	10.9	7.0	0.1
FinalsStage, 1W	3	15.3	12.7	2.7	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	4.7	8.0	0.7	0.0	330	0.0	1.0	7.0	13.7	4.0	0.0	2.3	1.3	3.3	6.3	0.0	56.0	10.9	0.0	–	0.0	0.3	11.7	2.0	2.7	7.0	10.7	0.0	12.7	9.0	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 7W	12	12.7	9.0	3.7	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	3.8	7.0	1.1	0.0	211	0.2	0.9	2.8	8.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.0	4.3	0.0	53.4	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.4	2.2	1.1	5.8	7.7	0.2	10.8	7.3	0.1
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 2W	11	11.2	7.9	3.3	3.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.5	7.1	0.5	0.0	168	0.0	0.3	2.6	7.6	2.7	0.6	1.3	0.8	2.0	4.7	0.0	43.4	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	8.5	2.5	1.5	6.2	6.9	0.1	10.5	5.9	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 8W	11	10.4	7.5	2.9	4.5	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.3	2.6	7.2	0.0	0.0	140	0.0	0.4	2.1	8.2	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.3	1.5	4.6	0.0	43.1	7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	1.4	1.7	4.0	7.3	0.1	9.8	6.5	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 6W	11	14.1	10.5	3.6	5.8	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.3	0.8	4.5	8.5	0.0	0.0	251	0.0	0.6	3.2	8.8	2.1	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.1	7.1	0.0	59.8	10.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	11.5	2.8	2.5	4.6	7.6	0.1	13.1	8.3	0.0
FremantleOpponent, 4W	10	10.1	6.6	3.5	4.8	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	3.2	7.0	0.3	0.1	142	0.1	0.0	2.3	7.3	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	1.7	4.4	0.1	42.9	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	8.5	2.4	0.9	3.8	7.0	0.1	10.2	5.3	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 4W	9	13.3	10.1	3.2	4.6	0.7	0.4	1.6	0.1	0.9	5.6	6.7	0.8	0.0	221	0.3	1.2	3.4	9.9	2.4	1.0	1.0	2.7	2.3	6.1	0.4	59.9	11.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.0	3.2	2.2	5.8	9.6	1.1	12.2	7.2	0.3
CarltonOpponent, 6W	8	8.9	6.6	2.3	4.9	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.5	0.5	2.9	5.9	0.0	0.0	134	0.0	0.4	2.4	6.0	2.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	3.5	0.0	40.5	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	8.0	1.5	1.3	5.5	5.3	0.0	8.8	5.9	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 3W	8	12.4	9.6	2.8	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0	1.1	4.0	7.5	0.3	0.0	212	0.0	0.8	3.1	7.9	2.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	2.4	5.8	0.0	52.9	9.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.4	2.6	2.1	5.5	7.3	0.1	11.5	8.0	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 3W	8	10.1	7.4	2.8	3.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.5	0.4	4.3	5.1	2.0	0.0	127	0.1	0.4	2.4	5.6	1.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	1.3	3.5	0.1	44.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	8.8	2.8	1.4	6.3	5.1	0.3	9.4	6.4	0.5
North MelbourneOpponent, 7W	8	11.5	8.1	3.4	4.8	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.1	0.9	3.3	8.0	0.0	0.0	191	0.0	0.5	3.0	7.3	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.1	4.6	0.0	51.5	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	9.9	2.1	1.8	5.0	6.3	0.1	11.3	6.8	0.0
EssendonOpponent, 3W	7	12.0	8.0	4.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.1	0.6	3.7	7.4	3.1	0.0	170	0.0	0.6	3.4	6.1	2.1	0.3	0.7	2.4	2.1	4.0	0.0	53.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	9.9	2.7	1.3	7.1	5.4	0.0	11.1	6.9	1.1
HawthornOpponent, 3W	7	14.6	10.3	4.3	5.7	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.7	3.6	9.4	0.0	0.3	197	0.0	1.0	3.3	8.1	0.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	1.4	4.9	0.0	60.9	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	12.9	1.6	2.4	4.1	7.4	0.1	13.0	9.0	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 2W	7	14.9	11.3	3.6	6.0	0.1	0.3	2.1	0.7	0.7	4.7	8.3	0.4	0.1	278	0.1	1.0	4.3	10.1	2.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.7	0.0	67.4	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	11.3	2.6	3.1	5.3	9.3	0.4	13.0	8.1	0.1
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	7	12.1	8.1	4.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.3	3.6	8.0	0.0	0.0	155	0.0	0.6	3.1	9.0	1.9	0.7	0.9	2.0	2.1	4.7	0.0	51.3	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	1.9	1.9	5.6	8.0	0.0	11.6	6.7	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 5W	7	12.9	10.3	2.6	5.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	3.4	7.3	1.0	0.0	224	0.3	0.9	4.3	8.4	1.9	0.1	0.7	2.4	1.4	4.4	0.0	55.4	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	11.4	1.9	1.7	3.6	7.4	0.3	10.7	9.0	0.6
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 4W	6	10.3	8.5	1.8	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.5	5.3	0.7	0.2	153	0.2	0.3	3.3	10.3	1.7	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.7	0.0	43.7	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.2	1.8	1.3	3.5	9.3	0.3	7.8	7.7	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 1W	6	12.3	10.2	2.2	4.3	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.8	3.0	6.7	0.0	0.2	216	0.0	0.5	3.7	8.5	3.5	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.7	5.0	0.0	50.7	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2	1.8	1.8	4.7	7.7	0.0	9.7	7.3	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 2W	2	11.5	8.0	3.5	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	199	1.5	3.0	0.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	1.5	3.5	0.0	61.5	11.2	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	1.5	11.0	5.5	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 30W	53	12.1	8.9	3.2	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.9	0.4	0.0	179	0.0	0.4	2.7	6.6	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	4.5	0.0	51.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	10.4	1.9	1.5	4.2	5.9	0.0	10.9	7.5	0.2
Adelaide OvalGround, 16W	32	11.3	8.6	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.0	4.5	6.5	1.3	0.0	183	0.2	0.9	2.5	9.9	2.2	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.0	5.3	0.1	52.3	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	8.5	2.8	2.2	6.4	9.3	0.5	11.0	6.0	0.3
MCGGround, 7W	14	12.7	9.4	3.3	5.6	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.5	0.8	4.1	7.3	0.9	0.0	211	0.1	0.8	3.4	7.6	2.0	0.7	1.0	2.1	2.3	4.4	0.0	57.4	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	10.7	2.5	1.3	7.2	6.5	0.1	11.4	8.0	0.1
GabbaGround, 4W	9	10.1	8.1	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.0	0.9	2.7	5.3	0.0	0.0	221	0.0	0.3	4.3	8.6	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.9	0.1	41.1	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.4	1.6	1.3	4.7	7.3	0.1	8.0	6.7	0.0
Optus StadiumGround, 3W	8	12.5	7.6	4.9	5.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.4	0.8	4.4	8.0	0.0	0.1	199	0.1	0.5	2.8	6.6	2.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	6.0	0.1	51.9	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	9.9	3.5	1.8	3.5	6.1	0.3	12.4	5.8	0.0
People First StadiumGround, 4W	7	12.6	8.7	3.9	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	3.0	7.9	0.3	0.1	178	0.0	0.7	3.4	8.3	2.3	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.7	4.9	0.0	46.3	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	11.3	1.4	2.0	4.4	7.7	0.0	10.9	8.0	0.0
SCGGround, 2W	4	11.8	7.8	4.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	3.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	187	0.0	0.3	4.3	11.0	2.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.0	4.0	0.0	44.3	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	1.5	1.5	6.3	10.3	0.0	10.0	6.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	3	13.3	8.7	4.7	5.7	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	4.3	9.0	0.0	0.3	137	0.0	1.3	2.7	7.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	5.7	0.0	58.3	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	11.3	1.7	3.0	5.7	6.7	0.3	13.3	7.0	0.0
Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan StadiumGround, 2W	2	11.5	8.0	3.5	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	223	1.5	2.5	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	5.0	1.5	4.0	0.0	58.0	12.9	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	9.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	5.5	1.5	11.0	6.0	0.0
Cazalys StadiumGround, 0W	2	18.5	16.0	2.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	5.5	6.0	0.0	0.5	387	0.0	1.5	7.5	16.0	2.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.5	10.0	0.0	73.0	14.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	15.5	0.0	11.5	12.5	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	2	16.0	12.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.5	7.5	0.0	0.0	91.5	0.0	0.5	5.5	13.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	5.5	0.0	55.0	12.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	3.0	1.5	3.0	12.5	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	2	11.0	8.0	3.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	6.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	112	0.0	1.0	3.5	5.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	42.5	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	3.5	2.0	6.0	4.5	0.0	11.5	7.0	0.0
TIO Traeger ParkGround, 1W	2	12.0	7.5	4.5	3.5	0.5	1.0	3.5	0.5	1.0	5.5	6.0	1.5	0.5	200	0.5	0.5	1.5	5.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	3.5	0.0	60.0	6.8	0.0	–	0.0	0.5	9.5	3.5	1.0	7.5	4.5	1.5	11.5	6.0	0.5
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 1W	1	11.0	10.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	278	0.0	1.0	5.0	17.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	57.0	16.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	14.0	0.0	11.0	10.0	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 0W	1	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	79.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	23.0	1.7	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.0
Mars StadiumGround, 1W	1	11.0	8.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	67.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	8.0	0.0	49.0	9.7	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	12.0	7.0	0.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 1W	1	11.0	8.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	223	0.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	52.0	13.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	11.0	6.0	0.0
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	8.0	7.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	175	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	35.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	7.0	0.0

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