Essendon

Andrew McGrath

Medium Defender#1AFL

Bio

Born in Mississauga in 1998, Andrew McGrath debuted for Essendon Football Club in 2017. He plays as a medium defender. His honours include AFL Rising Star. Lineball holds stats from 200 of his games across 2017–2026.

Key facts

Age: 28
Height: 180 cm
Number: #1
Born: 2 June 1998
Birthplace: Mississauga
Debut: 2017
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2016 pick 1 (national draft)
Recruited from: East Brighton (Vic), Brighton Grammar (Vic), Sandringham U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Essendon 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 AFLEssendon	20	384	194	190	77	2	1	55	23	45	109	257	9	6,312	1	1	65	20	24	10	9	70	59	88	3	1,409	197.3	–	18	81	7	16	316	98	13	197	17	3	366	154
2025 AFLEssendon	23	523	225	298	81	1	3	56	39	45	167	339	5	6,984	0	3	72	32	57	12	12	75	86	114	1	1,723	225.4	6	31	128	7	32	414	135	11	302	20	4	506	158
2024 AFLEssendon	23	525	311	214	108	1	0	62	22	51	130	321	4	8,775	0	7	118	48	44	19	7	68	88	121	1	1,937	245	2	50	0	2	20	426	99	15	257	30	1	451	233
2023 AFLEssendon	23	524	289	235	120	0	1	47	11	41	113	360	4	9,509	0	3	124	34	38	11	5	92	84	131	0	1,882	241.1	2	67	0	1	10	424	94	15	244	21	1	473	207
2022 AFLEssendon	18	385	214	171	90	2	5	47	42	47	128	251	4	5,685	4	5	51	23	37	17	5	58	70	81	2	1,461	179.9	–	17	120	9	33	298	93	15	234	9	9	379	145
2021 AFLEssendon	15	338	171	167	43	2	4	66	58	39	137	204	6	3,794	0	0	24	27	41	17	11	72	63	46	6	1,240	154.2	2	2	204	28	30	241	105	4	277	15	8	341	97
2020 AFLEssendon	14	310	149	161	22	0	1	67	69	35	128	177	3	3,343	0	0	28	17	48	14	12	43	62	54	3	1,082	144.5	7	6	–	29	40	213	101	3	240	5	1	305	82
2019 AFLEssendon	23	484	248	236	79	9	3	60	37	54	154	326	10	6,212	1	3	48	28	56	12	6	86	87	85	6	1,744	230.4	–	17	–	6	31	342	129	7	333	21	16	480	148
2018 AFLEssendon	20	398	203	195	77	5	1	48	26	24	127	266	5	4,842	2	2	44	21	48	5	10	65	71	63	3	1,428	168.8	–	21	–	5	21	300	110	3	264	13	8	393	129
2017 AFLEssendon	21	415	181	234	83	1	1	59	16	24	109	298	3	4,048	1	4	47	38	31	14	5	69	61	99	1	1,502	168.9	–	11	–	5	11	336	91	11	244	31	3	407	128
Career10 seasons	200	4,286	2,185	2,101	780	23	20	567	343	405	1,302	2,799	53	59,504	9	28	621	288	424	131	82	698	731	882	26	15,408	1955.5	19	240	533	99	244	3,310	1,055	97	2,592	182	54	4,101	1,481

Honours

AFL Rising Star2017

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

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 v Port AdelaideL 95-105 23 Aug	25	12	13	2	0	0	13	4	5	6	19	0	354	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	3	1	2	120	14.5	–	0	25	2	2	23	5	0	25	1	0	25	10
Rd 23 v Sydney SwansL 76-112 16 Aug	19	9	10	6	0	0	3	0	2	6	12	0	268	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	4	2	7	0	74	13.4	–	2	0	0	0	16	6	3	9	1	0	18	7
Rd 22 @ Geelong CatsL 50-117 8 Aug	19	9	10	3	0	1	4	4	3	9	11	0	276	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	5	0	71	5.6	–	0	2	0	4	13	8	1	19	0	1	20	6
Rd 21 v Adelaide CrowsL 73-145 2 Aug	21	11	10	5	0	0	3	0	2	5	15	0	478	0	0	4	1	2	1	0	5	3	5	0	81	9.9	–	2	1	0	0	18	4	0	9	1	0	20	9
Rd 20 @ HawthornL 39-132 25 July	20	13	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	0	472	0	0	7	2	1	0	1	2	6	7	0	64	7.9	–	1	0	0	0	15	4	1	7	2	0	15	9
Rd 19 v GWS GIANTSW 67-64 19 July	18	6	12	3	0	0	3	1	2	6	12	1	185	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	5	0	60	9.8	–	0	0	0	1	16	6	0	9	1	0	18	6
Rd 18 @ Brisbane LionsL 59-149 12 July	15	8	7	3	1	0	2	1	1	6	9	0	353	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	1	61	10.5	–	0	0	0	1	11	6	0	5	0	1	15	6
Rd 17 v St KildaL 50-117 5 July	17	7	10	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	12	1	250	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	5	4	0	47	4.4	–	1	0	0	1	13	5	0	6	1	0	17	6
Rd 16 @ North MelbourneL 65-79 28 June	26	13	13	7	0	0	2	1	4	4	23	1	448	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	4	6	2	0	91	6.5	–	5	0	0	1	22	4	0	6	1	0	27	10
Rd 11 @ RichmondL 56-74 22 May	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	110	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19	1.7	–	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0	5	2
Rd 10 v FremantleL 61-104 17 May	22	14	8	5	0	0	1	1	5	8	14	1	410	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	9	0	79	18.3	–	0	0	0	1	20	6	2	8	0	0	22	12
Rd 9 @ GWS GIANTSL 89-103 9 May	20	13	7	6	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	0	198	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	2	4	0	83	5.8	–	0	0	0	0	16	3	1	12	0	0	19	9
Rd 8 v Brisbane LionsL 79-143 2 May	15	10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	287	0	0	8	6	3	0	1	2	4	2	0	49	7.3	–	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	5	6	0	13	8
Rd 7 v CollingwoodL 60-137 25 Apr	22	12	10	5	0	0	1	4	2	8	14	0	459	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	3	6	3	0	73	14	–	2	13	1	3	20	7	0	14	0	0	22	12
Rd 6 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 110-119 18 Apr	19	10	9	2	1	0	5	3	6	9	10	2	446	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	2	3	0	81	24.7	–	2	16	2	1	16	8	0	14	0	1	19	10
Rd 5 v MelbourneW 113-68 11 Apr	13	6	7	1	0	0	2	3	2	5	8	1	231	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	44	9.9	–	0	24	2	1	8	5	1	15	0	0	13	2
Rd 4 @ Western BulldogsL 65-99 5 Apr	23	10	13	6	0	0	2	0	1	9	14	0	231	0	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	8	0	80	10.9	–	1	0	0	0	18	7	1	6	1	0	23	8
Rd 3 v North MelbourneL 69-81 28 Mar	22	13	9	6	0	0	1	0	4	4	12	1	316	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	7	1	8	0	80	8.3	–	2	0	0	0	19	3	3	8	0	0	16	10
Rd 2 @ Port AdelaideL 70-133 22 Mar	21	7	14	3	0	0	3	0	2	5	14	0	264	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	5	1	5	0	70	6.7	–	0	0	0	0	16	5	0	7	2	0	19	5
Rd 1 v HawthornL 83-145 13 Mar	21	8	13	6	0	0	4	0	2	4	16	1	276	0	0	5	0	2	1	1	2	1	4	0	82	7.2	–	0	0	0	0	20	3	0	10	0	0	20	7

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 34W	102	20.8	10.8	10.1	3.7	0.1	0.1	2.9	1.9	1.7	6.6	13.2	0.2	295	0.0	0.2	3.3	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.5	3.2	3.7	4.3	0.1	75.2	9.6	0.1	1.2	2.4	0.6	1.3	15.8	5.3	0.5	13.3	0.9	0.3	19.8	7.1
HomeHome or away, 48W	98	22.1	11.1	11.0	4.1	0.1	0.1	2.8	1.5	2.4	6.4	14.8	0.4	301	0.1	0.1	2.9	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.4	3.8	3.6	4.5	0.1	79.0	10.0	0.1	1.2	2.9	0.4	1.1	17.3	5.2	0.5	12.6	0.9	0.2	21.3	7.7
LossesResult, 0W	116	21.0	10.5	10.5	3.7	0.1	0.1	2.9	1.8	2.0	6.7	13.3	0.2	297	0.0	0.1	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.4	3.2	3.7	4.3	0.1	75.3	9.5	0.0	1.0	3.4	0.5	1.3	16.1	5.3	0.5	13.1	0.9	0.2	20.0	7.1
WinsResult, 82W	82	21.8	11.4	10.5	4.2	0.1	0.1	2.7	1.6	2.0	6.2	14.9	0.3	298	0.1	0.1	3.1	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.4	3.9	3.5	4.5	0.2	78.9	10.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.5	1.1	17.0	5.2	0.4	12.9	0.9	0.3	21.1	7.8
DrawsResult, 0W	2	28.5	17.5	11.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	1.5	9.0	16.5	0.0	347	0.0	0.5	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	6.5	0.5	101	14.0	–	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.0	21.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	25.5	13.0
Regular seasonStage, 82W	197	21.4	10.9	10.5	3.9	0.1	0.1	2.8	1.7	2.0	6.5	14.0	0.3	298	0.0	0.1	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.4	3.5	3.6	4.4	0.1	76.9	9.8	0.1	1.2	2.7	0.5	1.2	16.6	5.3	0.5	12.9	0.9	0.3	20.5	7.4
FinalsStage, 0W	3	22.3	12.0	10.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	3.3	1.3	2.3	7.7	13.7	0.3	276	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	3.3	4.3	4.0	0.0	84.3	9.6	–	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.3	15.0	5.7	0.3	14.7	2.0	0.3	21.3	7.3
CollingwoodOpponent, 6W	17	21.0	11.2	9.8	4.4	0.1	0.2	2.6	1.5	1.6	6.8	13.9	0.1	288	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	3.2	3.9	4.6	0.3	77.6	9.6	–	0.8	2.1	0.4	1.1	16.2	5.4	0.5	14.0	0.6	0.3	20.7	8.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	14	22.4	12.1	10.3	4.5	0.0	0.1	2.8	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.3	0.2	329	0.0	0.1	3.6	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.7	3.4	4.4	4.3	0.1	80.4	9.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	0.5	1.7	16.9	5.2	0.8	12.7	1.2	0.2	21.9	7.6
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 4W	13	20.7	10.8	9.9	3.3	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.9	1.5	6.5	12.2	0.2	321	0.2	0.1	4.1	1.7	2.4	0.7	0.5	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.2	71.9	9.8	–	0.5	2.0	0.4	1.5	15.6	5.2	0.2	10.3	1.3	0.4	18.7	7.2
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 5W	13	19.9	9.9	10.0	3.2	0.1	0.0	3.2	2.7	1.5	6.8	11.8	0.3	249	0.0	0.1	2.6	1.5	2.0	0.2	0.4	3.6	3.0	4.0	0.1	71.4	9.2	–	0.5	2.8	0.9	1.8	14.7	5.7	0.4	14.2	1.0	0.1	18.6	6.2
Port AdelaideOpponent, 4W	13	19.2	9.9	9.2	3.2	0.1	0.1	3.4	1.3	1.6	5.0	12.5	0.2	282	0.0	0.2	3.5	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.4	3.8	3.3	3.3	0.3	71.2	8.4	–	1.3	3.4	0.4	0.9	14.9	4.0	0.6	14.4	0.8	0.2	17.5	6.8
RichmondOpponent, 3W	13	19.2	9.6	9.6	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.8	1.5	5.7	12.5	0.2	268	0.0	0.2	2.7	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	2.4	3.7	4.7	0.2	69.8	9.0	–	1.5	1.4	0.2	0.7	15.5	4.7	0.5	11.9	1.1	0.2	18.2	7.0
FremantleOpponent, 7W	12	20.8	11.2	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	2.4	6.9	13.8	0.3	289	0.0	0.2	2.1	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.5	3.3	3.0	3.9	0.0	70.8	10.5	–	0.6	2.7	0.3	1.3	15.8	5.6	0.6	12.3	0.4	0.1	20.8	7.4
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	12	21.0	9.9	11.1	3.7	0.2	0.2	2.8	2.0	2.1	6.9	13.8	0.3	296	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.3	3.7	3.1	4.1	0.3	75.8	11.2	–	2.0	2.7	1.2	0.8	16.3	5.6	0.2	12.8	0.8	0.5	20.8	6.8
HawthornOpponent, 6W	12	24.0	12.0	12.0	4.4	0.2	0.2	3.2	1.8	2.4	6.8	15.9	0.3	341	0.1	0.1	4.3	1.3	2.1	0.9	0.5	3.8	4.1	4.4	0.0	86.5	10.9	0.5	1.4	1.2	0.8	1.1	19.7	5.5	0.3	13.2	1.0	0.4	22.7	8.9
North MelbourneOpponent, 10W	12	21.6	11.3	10.3	4.1	0.3	0.0	2.8	1.4	2.7	5.5	15.3	0.7	313	0.1	0.1	3.1	1.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	4.9	2.6	4.4	0.1	78.8	10.2	0.3	1.6	2.0	0.6	0.8	17.3	4.8	0.6	11.8	0.8	0.3	20.8	7.5
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 6W	11	23.6	11.4	12.3	3.9	0.2	0.2	3.8	1.8	1.7	7.3	15.5	0.3	316	0.3	0.1	3.2	1.4	2.6	1.1	0.3	4.4	3.8	5.5	0.2	87.2	12.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	0.5	1.3	18.7	5.8	0.5	14.2	0.8	0.4	22.7	8.0
St KildaOpponent, 5W	11	24.3	12.0	12.3	5.9	0.2	0.1	2.0	1.5	2.5	6.5	17.2	0.5	244	0.0	0.3	2.7	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	4.5	3.3	5.2	0.1	87.5	10.9	0.3	1.3	3.4	0.4	1.1	20.5	5.3	0.8	12.5	1.2	0.3	23.7	9.6
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 8W	11	22.2	11.5	10.7	4.2	0.2	0.1	1.7	1.9	2.1	5.6	15.7	0.1	305	0.0	0.1	2.5	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.6	3.5	3.5	3.3	0.0	74.9	8.6	–	1.6	1.3	0.3	1.6	16.6	4.4	0.4	10.3	0.9	0.3	21.4	7.3
Western BulldogsOpponent, 1W	11	21.2	10.2	11.0	3.6	0.0	0.1	3.2	1.4	1.8	6.9	13.2	0.2	281	0.0	0.1	3.2	1.5	2.6	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.5	4.1	0.2	75.5	8.0	–	1.2	2.1	0.4	1.0	15.6	5.8	0.3	13.6	0.9	0.1	20.1	6.5
Geelong CatsOpponent, 1W	9	20.0	10.1	9.9	4.7	0.1	0.3	3.3	1.6	2.4	6.1	13.3	0.2	287	0.0	0.3	4.0	0.9	2.3	0.4	0.3	2.8	3.8	4.7	0.0	77.9	8.8	–	1.1	4.1	0.1	1.4	15.2	4.7	1.1	13.3	0.6	0.6	19.4	6.4
CarltonOpponent, 2W	8	23.0	11.9	11.1	2.9	0.0	0.0	3.8	2.3	3.1	9.0	12.8	0.5	368	0.0	0.1	2.9	1.5	3.0	0.8	0.9	3.0	5.8	5.6	0.0	79.6	10.0	0.1	1.0	5.8	0.5	1.8	16.4	6.9	0.4	15.4	0.9	0.3	21.8	7.8
MelbourneOpponent, 4W	8	21.5	11.1	10.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	2.8	1.5	1.5	6.6	13.3	0.1	304	0.1	0.0	3.3	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.4	4.0	4.6	5.5	0.1	76.0	9.4	–	0.8	5.8	0.6	0.9	15.8	5.9	0.3	14.6	1.1	0.4	19.9	6.5
Marvel StadiumGround, 39W	71	22.0	11.0	11.0	4.4	0.1	0.1	2.7	1.3	2.3	6.0	15.3	0.3	290	0.1	0.1	3.0	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.3	4.1	3.2	4.4	0.1	79.3	9.4	0.1	1.5	2.8	0.3	1.0	17.5	4.9	0.5	12.2	1.0	0.3	21.3	7.6
MCGGround, 19W	61	21.2	11.0	10.2	4.1	0.1	0.1	2.7	1.3	1.9	6.7	13.5	0.2	309	0.0	0.2	3.3	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.4	3.0	4.1	5.0	0.1	76.8	10.0	0.1	1.2	2.2	0.3	1.0	16.6	5.3	0.6	12.7	0.9	0.3	20.2	7.7
Adelaide OvalGround, 8W	14	21.3	10.9	10.4	2.6	0.1	0.1	3.8	2.3	1.8	7.1	12.7	0.2	317	0.1	0.1	3.8	1.5	2.6	0.9	0.6	4.2	4.1	4.6	0.3	76.4	11.1	0.3	1.6	3.1	1.0	1.3	15.9	5.9	0.6	16.4	0.9	0.2	19.8	7.4
Optus StadiumGround, 6W	12	21.3	11.4	9.8	4.2	0.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	14.8	0.3	305	0.0	0.1	2.3	1.3	2.0	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.0	71.4	9.3	–	1.1	1.3	0.3	1.3	15.9	5.1	0.3	10.3	0.7	0.3	20.9	7.3
People First StadiumGround, 4W	11	22.2	10.5	11.6	2.9	0.2	0.2	4.0	3.3	2.4	7.9	13.8	0.2	276	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.9	3.3	0.9	0.8	3.1	4.1	3.3	0.2	79.4	10.9	0.3	1.1	2.7	1.9	1.4	15.9	6.5	0.1	13.9	0.5	0.5	21.7	6.6
GabbaGround, 3W	10	20.1	10.3	9.8	3.1	0.1	0.1	2.5	2.1	1.7	6.5	10.9	0.2	322	0.2	0.1	3.8	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.3	2.6	3.4	4.4	0.1	70.3	10.3	–	0.4	2.0	0.5	1.6	15.4	5.0	0.2	12.7	1.0	0.2	17.4	6.9
SCGGround, 1W	8	22.0	11.5	10.5	2.9	0.0	0.3	3.8	3.3	2.1	7.4	13.8	0.1	281	0.0	0.0	3.4	1.4	2.9	1.1	0.8	3.4	4.0	3.3	0.1	78.3	8.9	–	0.6	4.6	0.8	2.5	16.4	6.3	0.5	16.0	1.1	0.3	21.1	7.3
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	7	20.9	11.0	9.9	3.6	0.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	1.1	6.9	12.4	0.4	272	0.0	0.1	2.9	1.3	2.6	0.1	0.1	3.9	3.0	3.4	0.0	75.4	9.5	–	0.1	4.0	1.4	2.3	14.7	5.9	0.7	12.4	0.7	0.1	19.3	6.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	4	19.5	9.5	10.0	5.0	0.3	0.3	3.3	2.3	2.0	6.0	13.5	0.0	271	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	3.3	4.0	4.3	0.5	78.0	7.0	–	1.3	6.0	0.3	2.0	13.5	4.8	1.0	16.3	0.5	0.5	19.5	5.3
TIO StadiumGround, 0W	1	17.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	13.0	2.0	300	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	63.0	8.6	–	1.0	–	0.0	2.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	8.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	15.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	214	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	61.0	10.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	8.0	1.0	20.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	5.0