Essendon

Darcy Parish

Midfielder#3AFL

Bio

Born in Winchelsea in 1997, Darcy Parish made his senior debut with Essendon Football Club in 2016. He plays as a midfielder. Lineball holds stats from 179 of his games across 2016–2026.

Key facts

Age: 29
Height: 180 cm
Number: #3
Born: 25 July 1997
Birthplace: Winchelsea
Debut: 2016
Position: Midfielder
Drafted: 2015 pick 5 (national draft)
Recruited from: Winchelsea (Vic), Geelong U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon Football Club

Compare ParishStack 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 AFLEssendon	14	343	171	172	52	2	5	34	74	62	130	215	10	4,883	1	1	17	4	52	14	16	77	53	22	5	1,132	140.3	6	1	260	31	43	249	81	3	207	0	7	345	110
2025 AFLEssendon	3	88	31	57	7	0	1	7	21	10	40	49	2	975	0	0	4	1	10	2	1	16	17	9	0	256	27.9	–	1	52	7	14	57	29	0	57	1	3	89	9
2024 AFLEssendon	12	295	146	149	55	2	4	52	47	50	107	190	3	3,999	1	0	17	14	37	4	10	55	49	28	5	1,099	117.1	1	2	212	15	32	204	77	2	254	3	7	297	84
2023 AFLEssendon	18	555	271	284	78	3	6	77	139	109	252	308	8	8,447	5	1	39	13	76	19	14	117	99	47	6	1,924	244.9	15	3	420	64	75	381	154	9	456	2	11	560	153
2022 AFLEssendon	16	501	221	280	59	3	6	52	98	76	209	290	12	6,067	5	2	22	10	57	14	14	111	63	51	7	1,604	209	6	3	346	47	51	371	142	5	375	1	12	499	135
2021 AFLEssendon	23	701	341	360	96	10	8	90	175	137	309	405	21	10,160	7	1	30	26	81	13	10	175	121	70	16	2,442	375.6	26	2	505	87	88	507	207	8	514	2	19	714	212
2020 AFLEssendon	17	325	146	179	27	7	4	52	72	56	155	173	6	4,228	4	1	12	11	52	5	9	63	61	39	14	1,109	165.5	–	0	–	27	45	214	127	1	292	3	14	328	70
2019 AFLEssendon	21	433	223	210	61	12	9	80	66	69	180	256	11	5,533	10	1	24	15	42	13	6	101	80	45	16	1,668	205.7	2	5	–	19	47	307	142	2	384	8	26	436	137
2018 AFLEssendon	15	305	141	164	45	5	9	52	50	44	122	194	8	3,680	5	1	14	10	26	12	8	86	39	27	9	1,121	164.1	–	3	–	25	25	230	93	1	268	2	17	316	90
2017 AFLEssendon	20	421	195	226	79	7	6	65	64	52	169	258	12	5,140	6	0	27	15	50	7	10	100	80	48	15	1,559	191	–	1	–	19	45	300	141	2	344	4	18	427	110
2016 AFLEssendon	20	415	149	266	69	6	5	66	64	43	178	244	4	3,425	5	3	17	14	41	12	9	86	53	43	10	1,476	184.1	–	0	–	27	37	309	132	5	363	1	14	422	97
Career11 seasons	179	4,382	2,035	2,347	628	57	63	627	870	708	1,851	2,582	97	56,537	49	11	223	133	524	115	107	987	715	429	103	15,390	2025.2	56	21	1,795	368	502	3,129	1,325	38	3,514	27	148	4,433	1,207

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 18 @ Brisbane LionsL 59-149 12 July	17	10	7	4	0	0	0	3	3	6	11	0	337	0	0	1	0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	55	2.1	–	0	13	1	2	12	3	0	4	0	17	7
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	15	9	6	0	0	1	2	7	2	8	7	0	259	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	3	4	0	0	42	2.9	–	0	12	3	4	8	7	0	15	1	15	2
Rd 16 @ North MelbourneL 65-79 28 June	25	13	12	2	0	1	1	6	3	9	16	1	259	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	6	5	1	0	75	10.5	–	0	15	3	3	18	6	0	11	1	25	7
Rd 12 @ West Coast EaglesL 55-85 31 May	27	10	17	5	0	0	2	4	2	10	18	0	192	1	0	0	0	8	2	2	2	8	1	1	83	4.2	–	0	15	0	4	20	7	0	12	0	28	4
Rd 11 @ RichmondL 56-74 22 May	41	22	19	7	0	2	4	9	6	16	27	0	704	0	0	2	1	9	1	5	9	5	3	1	129	17.4	3	0	19	4	5	33	9	0	24	2	43	17
Rd 10 v FremantleL 61-104 17 May	25	14	11	5	1	0	3	4	6	7	18	1	352	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	8	2	2	0	99	12.6	–	0	17	3	1	21	5	1	12	1	25	11
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	23	13	10	5	1	1	3	2	5	4	19	2	397	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	4	1	0	93	6.4	–	0	22	0	2	16	2	0	13	2	23	10
Rd 7 v CollingwoodL 60-137 25 Apr	23	8	15	2	0	0	2	4	2	9	14	0	310	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	4	4	3	0	69	11.3	–	0	22	1	3	15	6	0	17	0	23	4
Rd 6 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 110-119 18 Apr	30	18	12	5	0	0	5	11	10	15	15	1	580	0	0	1	0	5	2	2	6	7	0	0	109	13.9	–	1	30	5	6	19	10	0	17	0	30	8
Rd 5 v MelbourneW 113-68 11 Apr	34	18	16	6	0	0	1	7	8	11	24	3	408	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	13	1	0	0	106	16.1	3	0	22	3	4	28	8	0	14	0	35	14
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	19	8	11	2	0	0	1	2	5	6	12	0	201	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	0	56	12.7	–	0	18	1	1	14	5	1	15	0	18	6
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	19	8	11	6	0	0	3	1	3	6	13	0	239	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	4	0	73	9.6	–	0	17	1	0	13	3	1	18	0	19	6
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	24	8	16	1	0	0	3	8	1	13	10	0	262	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	2	3	1	68	6.8	–	0	18	4	4	16	5	0	14	0	23	4
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	21	12	9	2	0	0	4	6	6	10	11	2	383	0	0	2	1	3	2	1	6	4	2	2	75	13.8	–	0	20	2	4	16	5	0	21	0	21	10

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 26W	91	24.8	11.4	13.5	3.5	0.3	0.4	3.4	5.0	3.7	10.7	14.4	0.5	313	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.7	3.0	0.6	0.6	5.2	4.0	2.4	0.5	86.6	11.2	0.3	0.2	9.7	2.1	2.9	17.4	7.8	0.2	20.0	0.1	0.9	25.1	6.5
HomeHome or away, 40W	88	24.1	11.4	12.7	3.5	0.3	0.3	3.6	4.8	4.2	9.9	14.5	0.6	319	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.8	2.8	0.7	0.6	5.9	4.0	2.4	0.7	85.3	11.4	0.3	0.1	10.4	2.0	2.7	17.6	7.0	0.2	19.2	0.2	0.8	24.4	7.0
LossesResult, 0W	111	24.2	10.6	13.6	3.3	0.3	0.3	3.3	4.8	3.6	10.5	14.0	0.5	293	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.6	3.0	0.6	0.6	5.0	3.9	2.4	0.5	83.0	10.7	0.2	0.1	10.5	2.1	2.7	17.1	7.5	0.2	20.2	0.1	0.8	24.4	6.2
WinsResult, 66W	66	25.0	12.5	12.5	3.8	0.4	0.4	3.7	5.0	4.5	10.2	15.2	0.7	350	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.9	2.9	0.7	0.6	6.5	4.1	2.4	0.7	90.5	12.3	0.6	0.2	9.3	2.0	3.0	18.2	7.3	0.2	18.9	0.2	0.9	25.4	7.6
DrawsResult, 0W	2	22.5	15.5	7.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	6.5	3.5	5.5	9.5	13.0	1.0	441	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	3.5	0.5	100	14.4	–	0.0	8.5	1.0	2.5	16.0	7.0	0.5	15.5	0.5	1.0	22.5	10.0
Regular seasonStage, 66W	176	24.5	11.3	13.1	3.5	0.3	0.3	3.5	4.8	4.0	10.3	14.4	0.5	316	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.7	2.9	0.6	0.6	5.5	4.0	2.4	0.6	85.9	11.3	0.3	0.1	10.1	2.1	2.8	17.5	7.4	0.2	19.6	0.2	0.8	24.8	6.7
FinalsStage, 0W	3	24.7	13.3	11.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	6.3	3.0	12.3	13.0	0.7	315	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	4.0	3.0	0.3	91.7	11.0	–	0.0	5.7	1.3	5.0	17.3	9.0	0.3	20.3	0.0	1.0	25.3	8.3
CollingwoodOpponent, 5W	14	26.5	11.4	15.1	3.6	0.3	0.2	3.9	5.1	3.5	10.1	16.6	0.3	306	0.3	0.0	1.7	0.7	2.5	0.5	0.5	4.6	3.8	2.4	0.7	91.7	11.2	0.3	0.2	10.4	1.8	3.4	18.9	7.4	0.1	18.6	0.3	0.7	26.6	6.7
FremantleOpponent, 7W	14	24.3	10.5	13.8	3.4	0.3	0.3	2.9	4.1	3.1	9.5	15.4	0.6	273	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.7	2.3	0.9	0.6	5.4	3.6	2.4	0.4	81.8	10.9	0.2	0.1	9.1	1.9	2.2	18.3	7.0	0.1	20.4	0.2	0.7	24.9	6.4
Port AdelaideOpponent, 2W	12	23.8	10.7	13.2	3.1	0.2	0.6	3.3	4.8	3.1	11.9	12.8	0.2	288	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.1	3.9	0.5	0.9	4.8	3.8	2.8	0.4	79.9	9.6	0.4	0.3	10.6	2.2	2.6	15.6	8.4	0.4	21.1	0.2	0.8	24.7	5.8
HawthornOpponent, 6W	11	24.2	12.2	12.0	3.4	0.5	0.5	3.5	4.4	5.4	10.2	14.1	1.0	360	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.5	2.4	0.7	0.4	6.1	3.8	2.5	0.8	87.6	13.5	0.3	0.1	10.0	2.1	2.3	17.7	6.9	0.1	19.4	0.1	1.0	24.3	7.4
St KildaOpponent, 4W	11	22.4	10.0	12.4	3.3	0.2	0.4	3.4	4.2	2.5	8.4	14.1	0.7	211	0.2	0.0	1.3	0.5	3.2	0.3	0.9	5.5	3.2	1.5	0.5	77.0	8.0	0.3	0.0	8.3	1.9	2.3	15.5	6.6	0.2	18.1	0.2	0.7	22.5	5.1
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	11	23.6	10.5	13.1	3.1	0.5	0.1	3.5	4.9	4.2	11.6	12.2	0.6	303	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.7	3.5	0.5	1.1	4.9	3.5	2.8	0.4	81.5	12.1	–	0.0	12.4	1.9	3.0	16.4	8.5	0.3	20.1	0.2	1.0	23.8	6.1
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 7W	10	24.2	10.2	14.0	2.1	0.2	0.5	3.9	4.8	3.6	10.7	13.9	0.6	301	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.3	5.8	4.4	2.5	0.7	81.9	9.9	0.6	0.0	8.3	1.9	2.9	16.7	7.8	0.2	23.3	0.1	0.7	24.6	5.8
CarltonOpponent, 3W	10	20.1	9.1	11.0	2.3	0.7	0.2	3.7	4.6	3.1	8.5	11.4	0.5	268	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.6	2.9	0.3	0.8	4.7	4.2	1.8	0.7	73.3	9.4	0.2	0.1	5.7	1.6	3.0	14.9	6.4	0.0	17.3	0.3	1.1	19.9	5.8
Geelong CatsOpponent, 1W	10	27.7	11.6	16.1	3.5	0.2	0.3	3.5	5.4	5.1	12.7	14.8	0.4	334	0.4	0.2	1.4	0.8	3.0	1.0	0.4	6.1	4.1	3.4	0.9	92.8	13.0	0.3	0.1	12.1	2.8	2.6	19.6	8.6	0.5	20.4	0.1	0.9	27.5	6.7
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 3W	10	21.3	10.5	10.8	3.1	0.3	0.6	4.2	4.1	3.9	7.8	13.7	0.3	330	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	2.5	0.7	0.4	5.0	4.3	1.9	0.9	81.1	8.8	0.2	0.0	15.3	1.9	2.2	15.6	5.0	0.4	21.0	0.0	0.9	21.5	6.8
North MelbourneOpponent, 7W	10	25.1	12.4	12.7	4.5	0.1	0.3	3.4	6.0	4.9	10.9	14.3	0.9	354	0.1	0.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	0.8	0.4	6.5	4.5	1.7	0.6	90.2	12.3	0.5	0.2	11.2	2.5	3.5	18.7	7.4	0.3	19.1	0.3	0.5	25.2	8.2
RichmondOpponent, 0W	10	29.6	14.1	15.5	4.4	0.4	0.7	4.1	5.9	4.4	12.5	17.7	0.8	391	0.4	0.1	1.8	0.8	3.5	0.6	0.6	6.0	5.1	2.7	0.3	105	14.4	0.6	0.0	9.5	2.4	3.5	20.7	9.0	0.1	22.7	0.1	1.2	30.2	8.4
Western BulldogsOpponent, 2W	10	24.4	11.3	13.1	2.9	0.4	0.2	2.7	4.8	3.5	10.0	14.7	0.5	320	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.6	2.5	0.5	0.6	6.0	3.2	2.7	0.4	80.9	12.4	–	0.1	12.0	2.0	2.8	18.1	6.6	0.3	21.0	0.1	0.8	24.7	7.2
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 2W	9	21.9	12.0	9.9	4.1	0.2	0.3	3.1	4.4	4.1	9.4	13.0	0.2	356	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.6	0.9	0.9	4.3	4.2	1.7	0.8	80.4	8.7	–	0.0	8.2	1.6	2.9	14.0	6.2	0.1	18.1	0.1	0.7	22.4	6.4
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 5W	9	25.8	12.8	13.0	4.0	0.3	0.3	4.2	6.0	5.0	11.6	14.3	0.6	346	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.9	2.9	0.8	0.6	6.3	3.8	2.2	0.6	94.7	14.1	0.7	0.2	9.4	2.8	3.2	18.4	8.6	0.3	18.6	0.1	0.9	25.9	7.1
MelbourneOpponent, 4W	9	25.6	12.1	13.4	3.8	0.3	0.3	3.3	4.8	5.2	10.9	15.0	0.6	374	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.4	1.0	0.4	6.7	4.1	3.8	0.3	89.9	14.2	0.3	0.4	8.9	2.0	2.8	19.8	8.1	0.0	15.6	0.1	0.8	25.9	8.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 4W	9	25.6	13.0	12.6	5.8	0.3	0.2	3.0	4.7	3.6	9.3	16.9	0.4	303	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.1	0.6	0.2	5.7	4.9	2.0	0.6	95.6	10.5	0.6	0.1	8.8	1.9	2.8	18.2	7.3	0.2	18.2	0.0	0.7	26.2	7.4
Marvel StadiumGround, 30W	60	23.1	11.0	12.1	3.6	0.3	0.3	3.2	4.5	4.0	9.6	13.9	0.6	299	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.7	2.6	0.6	0.6	5.9	3.6	2.2	0.6	81.6	11.2	0.4	0.1	9.9	1.9	2.6	17.0	6.8	0.3	19.4	0.1	0.7	23.5	6.8
MCGGround, 17W	55	25.8	11.9	13.9	3.6	0.4	0.4	3.8	4.9	4.1	10.4	15.5	0.5	331	0.4	0.1	1.4	0.7	2.9	0.8	0.7	5.7	4.1	2.4	0.6	90.9	11.6	0.2	0.2	9.9	1.9	2.9	18.4	7.3	0.1	19.1	0.2	1.0	25.9	7.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 7W	16	25.1	10.9	14.3	2.7	0.2	0.4	3.1	4.9	3.3	12.1	13.4	0.5	306	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	4.0	0.4	0.6	5.6	4.1	2.9	0.4	81.9	10.4	0.5	0.1	9.1	2.2	2.8	16.8	9.0	0.1	22.1	0.1	0.7	25.5	5.9
People First StadiumGround, 5W	13	22.0	10.3	11.7	2.9	0.4	0.2	4.3	4.9	4.0	10.2	12.1	0.4	271	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.7	2.9	0.5	0.7	4.8	4.2	2.3	1.0	81.3	10.8	0.1	0.1	5.5	2.1	2.8	15.1	7.5	0.3	18.2	0.1	0.8	22.3	5.2
Optus StadiumGround, 3W	10	28.7	13.8	14.9	5.5	0.3	0.6	3.1	5.4	3.2	11.1	18.2	0.8	330	0.4	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	0.9	0.5	5.6	4.7	3.0	0.2	102	12.2	0.6	0.2	13.3	2.5	2.9	21.2	7.9	0.2	20.5	0.1	1.0	29.3	8.4
GabbaGround, 1W	7	22.0	11.0	11.0	3.4	0.0	0.1	3.4	5.1	3.9	8.9	13.4	0.1	318	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.9	3.3	0.7	0.3	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.6	79.0	6.6	–	0.0	7.0	2.1	3.0	13.9	5.4	0.0	19.0	0.0	0.6	22.3	5.1
SCGGround, 1W	5	20.8	8.0	12.8	3.0	0.8	0.2	2.8	4.6	3.2	10.2	10.6	0.4	215	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.2	3.2	0.0	1.0	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.4	71.8	10.8	–	0.0	8.0	1.4	3.2	14.2	8.4	0.4	18.6	0.0	1.2	20.8	4.4
ENGIE StadiumGround, 0W	4	27.8	13.3	14.5	3.5	0.3	0.8	5.0	5.3	5.3	9.8	18.0	0.8	449	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.3	3.3	1.0	0.5	5.0	5.8	2.3	0.3	101	11.0	0.5	0.0	25.8	2.5	2.8	20.5	5.8	0.3	21.5	0.0	1.0	27.8	9.3
Domain StadiumGround, 0W	3	17.7	5.7	12.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	2.0	1.0	8.0	10.0	0.0	154	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.0	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.7	0.7	62.0	6.8	–	0.0	–	1.3	0.7	11.3	6.7	0.0	21.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	3.3
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	3	33.7	16.0	17.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	4.3	8.0	8.0	17.3	16.7	0.3	563	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	4.7	0.7	0.7	7.0	6.0	5.7	0.7	116	21.1	1.7	0.0	23.0	4.7	3.3	25.3	14.0	1.0	21.3	0.3	0.7	34.0	9.7
UTAS StadiumGround, 1W	2	29.5	17.5	12.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	8.5	7.0	14.0	16.5	1.5	614	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	7.5	5.0	2.5	0.5	103	20.7	–	0.5	21.0	2.5	6.0	22.0	7.5	0.5	22.5	0.0	1.5	30.5	13.5
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	22.0	6.0	16.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	3.0	13.0	9.0	1.0	206	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	57.0	16.8	–	0.0	–	4.0	5.0	17.0	11.0	0.0	21.0	1.0	0.0	22.0	3.0