Sydney Swans

Tom Papley

Medium Forward#11AFL

Bio

Born in 1996, Tom Papley debuted for Sydney Swans in 2016. He plays as a medium forward. Lineball holds stats from 216 of his games across 2016–2026.

Key facts

Age: 30
Height: 177 cm
Number: #11
Born: 13 July 1996
Debut: 2016
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2016 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Bunyip (Vic), Gippsland U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Sydney Swans

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 AFLSydney Swans	20	301	196	105	51	33	30	52	26	91	116	185	28	6,466	23	2	2	24	66	23	21	155	65	28	26	1,347	203.9	23	91	4	22	184	77	3	241	7	81	301	101
2025 AFLSydney Swans	11	165	112	53	43	10	11	18	13	46	58	113	12	3,162	16	1	1	13	36	10	14	61	36	6	7	682	80.7	7	29	2	11	103	40	0	105	5	30	171	56
2024 AFLSydney Swans	21	312	225	87	79	36	30	26	35	80	126	187	15	5,928	30	4	7	28	53	14	17	134	71	32	16	1,399	226.4	8	95	13	22	187	88	1	255	8	75	313	119
2023 AFLSydney Swans	23	344	254	90	74	37	24	42	68	91	159	193	21	6,419	33	8	5	27	86	23	23	146	88	26	18	1,532	258.8	7	227	33	35	217	107	1	321	9	80	352	143
2022 AFLSydney Swans	19	290	203	87	79	32	26	37	41	62	138	161	20	5,016	30	7	10	25	62	17	16	129	66	30	15	1,355	201.7	8	161	16	25	170	95	6	208	4	69	299	110
2021 AFLSydney Swans	23	313	230	83	89	43	27	34	27	69	128	184	22	5,579	32	4	2	20	63	21	22	145	78	21	22	1,499	229.8	7	54	8	19	182	92	4	268	3	92	312	124
2020 AFLSydney Swans	17	201	149	52	57	26	27	29	21	48	91	120	9	4,201	22	3	3	17	43	19	16	87	59	13	17	992	152.8	9	–	3	18	115	65	1	147	4	66	211	77
2019 AFLSydney Swans	22	340	241	99	106	37	28	62	32	66	121	219	20	6,157	32	7	12	27	57	24	20	141	66	21	18	1,701	235.2	22	–	8	24	219	77	5	286	13	76	340	139
2018 AFLSydney Swans	20	273	169	104	65	24	23	58	35	53	127	156	12	4,451	14	6	17	26	43	20	22	102	45	24	13	1,263	192.3	14	–	17	18	189	91	4	287	10	52	283	108
2017 AFLSydney Swans	20	312	193	119	67	30	19	86	37	63	132	177	18	4,663	21	9	11	14	54	19	20	120	68	37	25	1,520	218.3	13	–	13	24	213	95	4	392	8	55	309	117
2016 AFLSydney Swans	20	243	141	102	57	29	15	72	4	48	119	127	11	3,408	15	9	1	15	44	19	15	98	51	32	32	1,249	154.4	6	–	0	4	153	88	0	239	9	53	246	77
Career11 seasons	216	3,094	2,113	981	767	337	260	516	339	717	1,315	1,822	188	55,450	268	60	71	236	607	209	206	1,318	693	270	209	14,539	2154.3	124	657	117	222	1,932	915	29	2,749	80	729	3,137	1,171

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Preliminary Finals v FremantleL 71-83 18 Sept	13	10	3	1	1	3	3	1	2	8	2	1	340	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	6	3	2	2	59	9.9	2	0	0	1	7	4	0	12	1	5	10	5
Qualifying & Elimination Finals v Brisbane LionsW 141-88 5 Sept	16	13	3	1	5	1	3	2	4	10	7	4	459	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	13	4	3	1	92	23.1	1	0	0	2	13	7	0	11	0	6	17	11
Rd 24 v North MelbourneW 123-70 23 Aug	17	12	5	2	1	3	4	2	5	6	11	3	448	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	11	4	1	3	77	11.4	0	8	0	2	8	5	0	19	0	5	17	3
Rd 23 @ EssendonW 112-76 16 Aug	10	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	3	3	8	1	142	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	2	0	2	33	4.6	2	8	0	0	8	2	0	15	0	0	11	1
Rd 22 v Port AdelaideW 167-70 8 Aug	18	9	9	1	3	1	3	1	4	5	11	2	296	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	8	2	1	3	76	18.4	5	7	1	0	14	5	0	12	0	4	16	6
Rd 21 @ St KildaW 107-88 1 Aug	10	6	4	2	1	2	0	0	3	5	5	0	164	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	6	4	2	0	38	0.1	0	1	0	0	6	5	0	13	1	4	10	3
Rd 20 @ GWS GIANTSW 139-88 25 July	17	13	4	4	2	1	0	0	4	6	13	1	341	3	0	0	2	3	3	0	10	4	4	0	75	9.7	2	5	0	0	10	3	0	5	1	4	19	6
Rd 19 v Adelaide CrowsL 71-87 17 July	24	17	7	4	4	2	1	2	9	7	16	1	525	1	0	0	0	7	2	2	11	8	0	1	103	13.3	2	1	0	2	10	6	0	7	0	10	23	6
Rd 18 @ FremantleL 73-111 9 July	10	8	2	4	2	1	1	1	5	4	7	0	253	2	1	0	0	5	0	3	5	4	0	1	48	8.5	1	0	0	1	7	2	0	10	0	3	11	6
Rd 11 @ Geelong CatsL 80-107 23 May	5	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	3	2	111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	30	5.5	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	16	0	1	4	2
Rd 10 v CollingwoodW 81-75 15 May	12	7	5	1	2	2	0	0	5	6	7	0	241	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7	1	1	0	42	8.1	0	5	0	0	8	5	0	13	0	4	13	5
Rd 9 @ North MelbourneW 105-97 9 May	18	12	6	3	2	3	3	4	6	8	12	0	468	1	0	0	1	5	2	1	7	4	0	0	83	9.9	1	13	1	3	9	2	0	12	0	6	20	5
Rd 8 v MelbourneW 131-114 3 May	14	9	5	2	1	1	4	1	4	5	10	2	241	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	10	1	1	1	64	16.2	0	11	0	1	10	2	0	12	0	3	15	6
Rd 7 @ Western BulldogsW 126-60 23 Apr	23	10	13	5	1	0	4	1	7	9	14	3	453	3	0	0	0	8	1	1	10	4	2	2	91	8.9	0	9	0	1	14	7	0	15	0	4	23	5
Rd 6 v GWS GIANTSW 107-66 17 Apr	12	9	3	3	1	0	3	2	7	3	8	1	272	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	2	2	2	57	12.7	2	3	0	2	9	2	1	12	2	1	11	6
Rd 5 v Gold Coast SUNSW 100-68 11 Apr	17	11	6	2	3	3	7	1	3	8	8	0	357	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	9	2	2	2	102	19.6	0	1	0	1	10	6	1	14	1	7	16	5
Rd 4 @ West Coast EaglesW 163-35 4 Apr	24	17	7	10	2	4	2	3	7	7	16	3	575	5	0	0	0	5	2	1	14	5	2	1	118	3.7	1	10	1	2	14	2	0	10	0	7	23	9
Rd 2 @ HawthornL 82-99 19 Mar	14	10	4	0	1	1	3	3	4	6	9	2	286	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	6	4	0	2	53	9.5	1	6	1	2	8	4	0	8	1	3	15	4
Rd 1 v Brisbane LionsW 104-60 14 Mar	18	13	5	4	0	0	1	2	6	5	12	1	380	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	4	1	1	65	5.2	1	3	0	2	9	4	0	10	0	1	17	5
Opening Round v CarltonW 132-69 5 Mar	9	4	5	1	1	1	3	0	1	4	6	1	114	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	2	3	1	41	5.6	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	15	0	3	10	2

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 69W	109	14.5	9.8	4.7	3.6	1.7	1.2	2.5	1.6	3.4	6.4	8.4	0.9	255	1.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.9	0.9	0.9	6.2	3.2	1.2	1.1	68.6	10.4	0.5	2.6	0.6	1.0	9.0	4.6	0.1	12.8	0.4	3.6	14.8	5.3
AwayHome or away, 63W	107	14.2	9.8	4.4	3.5	1.5	1.2	2.3	1.5	3.2	5.8	8.5	0.8	258	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.7	1.1	1.0	6.0	3.2	1.3	0.8	66.0	9.6	0.6	3.4	0.5	1.0	8.9	3.9	0.1	12.7	0.3	3.2	14.3	5.6
WinsResult, 132W	132	15.0	10.1	4.9	3.6	1.7	1.1	2.6	1.7	3.5	6.4	8.7	1.1	262	1.3	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.7	1.0	0.9	6.8	3.1	1.4	1.2	71.3	11.3	0.6	3.5	0.6	1.1	9.7	4.5	0.1	13.4	0.3	3.4	15.2	5.9
LossesResult, 0W	83	13.2	9.2	4.0	3.5	1.3	1.3	2.0	1.4	3.1	5.6	7.9	0.5	248	1.2	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	61.0	7.9	0.6	2.3	0.5	1.0	7.7	3.9	0.1	11.7	0.4	3.4	13.5	4.7
DrawsResult, 0W	1	15.0	10.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	11.0	0.0	283	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	59.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	2.0	5.0	14.0	5.0
Regular seasonStage, 124W	199	14.3	9.8	4.6	3.6	1.5	1.2	2.4	1.5	3.3	6.0	8.5	0.8	255	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.8	1.0	1.0	6.2	3.1	1.2	1.0	67.3	9.9	0.6	3.0	0.5	1.0	9.0	4.2	0.1	12.8	0.4	3.4	14.5	5.4
FinalsStage, 8W	17	14.4	10.0	4.4	2.9	1.9	0.8	2.1	2.1	3.7	7.3	7.4	1.1	279	1.0	0.4	0.5	1.0	3.1	1.1	0.7	5.1	4.2	1.9	0.7	67.2	11.4	0.6	3.6	0.8	1.3	8.8	5.1	0.2	11.4	0.4	3.4	14.6	5.6
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 13W	22	13.8	10.2	3.6	3.0	1.6	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	7.7	0.9	266	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	5.2	3.7	1.6	1.0	64.9	10.2	0.6	2.7	0.6	1.4	8.3	4.1	0.2	11.5	0.6	3.2	13.8	5.5
FremantleOpponent, 9W	16	14.6	10.4	4.1	3.3	1.3	1.4	1.9	1.6	3.2	6.6	8.3	0.7	262	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.9	3.1	0.7	1.3	5.8	3.8	1.3	0.7	62.8	8.8	0.8	2.4	0.7	0.9	9.1	4.4	0.3	11.9	0.2	3.5	14.9	5.6
EssendonOpponent, 11W	15	15.1	9.7	5.4	4.5	1.7	1.0	2.5	1.4	2.8	5.5	9.7	1.1	233	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	1.0	7.0	3.1	1.1	1.1	72.5	10.1	0.4	4.5	0.7	0.7	10.5	3.6	0.1	14.9	0.3	3.1	15.3	6.1
Geelong CatsOpponent, 6W	15	12.4	8.1	4.3	3.2	1.6	1.3	2.5	1.3	2.3	4.8	7.5	0.9	200	1.4	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	5.7	2.3	1.2	0.9	62.7	8.4	0.6	2.3	0.3	1.0	7.9	3.5	0.2	12.1	0.6	3.6	12.3	4.1
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 7W	14	12.7	8.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.9	1.6	1.1	2.8	6.2	6.7	0.8	230	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	2.1	0.9	0.7	5.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	54.7	8.0	0.4	2.0	0.1	1.1	7.9	4.8	0.1	9.1	0.6	2.4	12.9	4.9
St KildaOpponent, 9W	13	14.5	9.4	5.2	4.0	1.5	1.1	1.7	1.8	3.4	5.9	8.9	1.4	238	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	2.3	0.9	0.5	6.8	3.2	1.5	0.5	67.1	11.3	0.2	3.8	0.7	1.1	9.6	4.3	0.2	12.7	0.3	3.1	14.8	5.8
CarltonOpponent, 7W	12	14.1	10.3	3.8	4.3	1.4	1.2	3.2	1.5	3.8	5.9	8.3	0.8	260	1.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.5	0.8	0.7	5.9	3.3	1.0	1.7	72.3	9.5	0.6	3.7	0.7	0.8	8.7	3.5	0.1	15.0	0.3	3.3	14.3	5.6
HawthornOpponent, 5W	12	14.1	9.2	4.9	3.9	1.6	1.4	2.1	1.3	3.7	6.0	8.6	1.1	257	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	2.2	1.1	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.6	0.8	66.4	10.3	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.8	8.9	4.9	0.0	12.3	0.2	3.7	14.6	4.9
North MelbourneOpponent, 11W	12	14.3	10.1	4.2	3.0	1.8	1.3	2.7	1.6	3.8	5.3	8.8	1.0	311	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.3	3.3	1.3	1.1	6.2	3.3	1.2	1.1	68.7	11.2	0.5	5.3	0.6	1.0	8.9	3.3	0.2	15.6	0.3	3.6	14.2	5.3
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 7W	11	15.0	10.8	4.2	2.8	1.4	1.5	3.7	2.7	4.4	7.3	8.1	0.6	252	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.9	3.8	0.7	1.4	6.2	4.0	0.8	1.6	70.5	10.4	0.5	2.7	1.2	1.5	7.7	5.2	0.1	13.7	0.4	3.7	15.4	5.1
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 7W	11	15.0	10.3	4.7	3.2	2.0	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.9	7.8	7.6	0.9	241	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.8	0.7	1.0	5.8	3.5	1.2	0.7	68.8	13.6	0.6	4.3	1.0	1.4	9.5	5.7	0.1	12.6	0.5	3.3	15.5	6.2
MelbourneOpponent, 8W	11	14.7	10.1	4.6	3.4	1.5	1.4	2.9	1.5	2.6	6.3	9.0	0.5	268	1.3	0.2	0.5	1.6	2.5	0.9	1.1	6.5	3.5	0.9	1.4	69.5	10.3	0.6	3.1	0.5	1.1	9.2	4.2	0.0	13.4	0.5	3.8	15.3	5.8
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 9W	11	16.5	10.6	5.9	5.5	1.7	1.4	2.1	1.1	3.9	5.5	10.9	1.0	314	2.3	0.5	0.2	1.0	3.7	1.2	1.4	8.0	3.6	1.4	0.8	77.3	10.1	1.1	2.9	0.5	0.6	10.8	3.5	0.1	11.7	0.3	3.5	16.5	6.3
Western BulldogsOpponent, 7W	11	17.5	11.2	6.4	4.7	1.7	1.4	3.0	1.7	4.4	7.4	10.5	1.4	300	1.5	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.7	1.0	1.3	8.2	3.2	1.6	0.8	81.4	11.0	0.5	2.5	0.4	1.4	11.2	5.2	0.2	13.5	0.5	3.9	17.8	6.4
CollingwoodOpponent, 7W	10	12.2	8.8	3.4	3.0	1.6	1.2	2.4	0.9	3.4	4.9	7.5	0.1	213	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.4	0.8	1.1	5.2	2.4	1.3	1.2	60.1	7.4	0.2	3.5	0.4	0.5	6.7	3.0	0.2	12.6	0.0	3.3	12.4	4.5
Port AdelaideOpponent, 4W	10	12.8	8.9	3.9	2.9	1.4	1.3	1.8	0.9	3.7	5.4	7.6	0.8	251	1.5	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.3	2.6	0.9	1.0	58.7	7.2	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.7	7.2	3.8	0.0	12.3	0.3	3.3	13.0	4.4
RichmondOpponent, 5W	10	15.2	10.1	5.1	3.4	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.6	2.9	7.1	8.4	0.8	289	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.9	2.5	1.5	0.8	5.7	2.9	1.7	1.0	72.2	12.5	0.3	3.0	0.4	1.2	10.1	5.2	0.1	13.1	0.3	3.7	15.5	6.0
SCGGround, 63W	97	14.5	9.8	4.8	3.6	1.7	1.1	2.5	1.6	3.4	6.4	8.4	0.9	252	1.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.8	0.9	1.0	6.3	3.1	1.2	1.2	69.0	10.8	0.5	2.7	0.6	1.0	9.1	4.6	0.1	13.3	0.4	3.5	14.8	5.4
MCGGround, 13W	29	14.1	9.9	4.3	3.0	1.5	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.2	5.8	8.6	0.6	253	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.0	1.2	1.1	5.7	3.4	1.3	1.2	66.5	8.9	0.7	3.8	0.6	1.0	8.5	3.9	0.1	13.5	0.3	3.4	14.4	5.3
Marvel StadiumGround, 20W	26	15.7	10.2	5.5	4.7	1.7	1.1	2.3	1.4	3.7	5.9	10.0	1.1	278	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	3.1	1.2	1.0	6.8	3.0	1.4	0.7	74.4	10.6	0.5	4.8	0.5	0.9	10.9	3.8	0.3	13.3	0.3	3.3	15.9	6.5
Optus StadiumGround, 8W	12	16.8	12.6	4.3	4.8	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.8	4.3	6.8	10.5	1.0	358	1.5	0.2	0.3	1.2	3.3	1.1	1.3	7.3	3.8	1.1	0.7	74.0	10.0	1.1	3.8	0.6	1.3	11.0	4.7	0.3	11.5	0.2	3.8	17.3	7.4
Adelaide OvalGround, 6W	11	13.7	10.5	3.3	2.6	1.4	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.7	6.2	7.8	0.8	278	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	2.5	0.8	0.5	5.5	3.2	0.9	0.9	62.1	9.7	0.7	3.5	0.5	1.5	7.4	4.4	0.0	13.0	0.3	3.2	14.0	5.5
GabbaGround, 4W	10	11.1	7.5	3.6	2.5	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.9	2.0	5.4	5.4	0.5	189	0.9	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.4	0.8	0.6	4.7	2.5	1.1	0.8	52.5	7.6	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.8	6.0	3.9	0.1	9.3	0.5	2.8	10.8	3.7
ENGIE StadiumGround, 5W	7	14.9	11.4	3.4	2.9	1.6	1.0	2.4	2.1	3.0	6.4	8.1	1.0	306	1.1	0.1	0.7	1.9	3.0	1.4	0.6	6.0	4.0	2.1	0.7	69.6	11.3	1.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.0	4.1	0.1	13.0	0.7	3.0	14.6	6.1
GMHBA StadiumGround, 4W	7	10.7	6.1	4.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	3.1	1.1	2.1	4.4	6.1	0.9	153	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.4	0.4	5.6	1.6	1.0	1.0	57.0	7.3	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.7	7.6	3.3	0.3	11.7	0.3	2.9	10.6	3.3
People First StadiumGround, 3W	7	14.3	9.7	4.6	4.3	1.6	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.9	6.1	7.9	0.9	217	1.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.4	0.7	1.0	6.4	3.1	1.4	0.0	61.3	9.4	0.1	0.9	0.3	1.7	9.0	4.6	0.1	9.7	0.3	4.1	14.0	5.4
Cazalys StadiumGround, 1W	2	13.0	9.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	3.5	5.5	8.0	0.5	294	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	0.0	56.5	5.8	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	8.0	4.0	0.0	5.5	0.0	3.5	13.5	5.0
Domain StadiumGround, 1W	2	6.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	5.5	1.0	111	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.0	35.5	2.8	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	0.0	12.0	0.5	1.0	8.5	1.5
Ninja StadiumGround, 2W	2	12.0	8.5	3.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	4.0	7.5	0.5	219	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	61.5	15.1	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	8.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	1.0	2.5	11.5	5.0
Adelaide HillsGround, 1W	1	10.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	160	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	24.0	-1.9	1.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	0.0
ANZ StadiumGround, 0W	1	16.0	11.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	297	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	69.0	0.7	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	8.0	5.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	4.0	15.0	6.0
Norwood OvalGround, 1W	1	17.0	11.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	8.0	0.0	357	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	102	19.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	6.0	1.0	14.0	1.0	7.0	16.0	5.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	16.0	12.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	12.0	1.0	448	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	72.0	8.5	0.0	12.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	6.0	17.0	4.0