West Coast Eagles

Alex Witherden

Medium Defender#23AFL

Bio

Born in 1998, Alex Witherden made his senior debut with Brisbane Lions in 2017 and now plays for West Coast Eagles. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 121 of his games across 2017–2024.

Key facts

Age: 28
Height: 188 cm
Number: #23
Born: 10 September 1998
Debut: 2017
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2016 pick 23 (national draft)
Recruited from: St Joseph's, Geel (Vic), Geel College (Vic), Geelong U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Brisbane Lions
West Coast Eagles

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2024 AFLWest Coast Eagles	18	308	196	112	74	1	0	33	6	25	78	193	4	5,188	0	3	66	41	47	10	18	49	52	91	3	1,128	145.7	–	6	0	1	5	245	64	17	200	32	3	271	151
2023 AFLWest Coast Eagles	22	444	304	140	117	1	0	50	10	30	104	261	4	8,276	0	2	124	66	46	21	15	59	72	115	0	1,725	189.1	–	12	0	0	10	375	76	17	227	51	1	365	252
2022 AFLWest Coast Eagles	13	279	207	72	100	0	0	26	6	13	55	184	1	5,144	0	4	83	30	29	11	12	18	58	70	0	1,144	97.2	–	5	0	1	5	236	37	18	129	20	0	239	174
2021 AFLWest Coast Eagles	9	200	166	34	59	1	0	18	3	12	33	114	0	4,184	0	1	57	14	28	4	12	29	35	47	0	789	58.4	–	5	0	0	3	154	27	13	101	10	1	147	127
2020 AFLBrisbane Lions	6	115	92	23	39	0	0	7	3	13	25	78	0	2,040	0	0	24	7	11	6	2	14	22	25	1	467	33.3	2	0	–	0	3	86	20	6	49	5	0	103	69
2019 AFLBrisbane Lions	23	421	332	89	127	2	3	38	15	38	91	255	0	8,298	2	8	111	47	60	13	17	69	82	91	0	1,684	138.6	–	3	–	1	14	336	68	21	224	37	6	346	265
2018 AFLBrisbane Lions	21	471	336	135	152	1	3	34	15	43	79	329	3	8,619	2	2	96	37	38	8	13	79	80	79	1	1,848	143.2	1	5	–	8	7	370	68	17	205	29	5	408	254
2017 AFLBrisbane Lions	9	212	143	69	48	2	0	23	7	14	44	135	1	3,752	0	2	44	12	30	6	8	38	35	42	0	797	77.7	–	2	–	2	5	157	36	6	89	11	2	179	103
Career8 seasons	121	2,450	1,776	674	716	8	6	229	65	188	509	1,549	13	45,501	4	22	605	254	289	79	97	355	436	560	5	9,582	883.2	3	38	0	13	52	1,959	396	115	1,224	195	18	2,058	1,395

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

Game log, 2024 AFL

Game
Rd 23 v CarltonL 34-99 18 Aug	16	12	4	3	0	4	0	1	3	9	0	385	0	6	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	0	70	11.1	–	1	0	0	14	2	0	14	2	0	12	10
Rd 22 @ North MelbourneW 102-97 10 Aug	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	0	3	7	0	129	0	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	36	2.6	–	0	0	0	9	3	0	11	3	0	10	3
Rd 21 v Gold Coast SUNSW 97-87 2 Aug	23	12	11	5	0	4	1	1	5	17	0	418	0	7	2	5	1	1	3	4	6	0	87	7.3	–	0	0	1	18	4	1	10	2	1	22	7
Rd 19 @ St KildaL 41-113 20 July	20	15	5	7	0	0	0	2	4	11	2	265	0	3	1	3	0	2	3	3	6	0	70	6.3	–	0	0	0	16	4	2	8	1	0	15	12
Rd 18 v Brisbane LionsL 93-106 14 July	22	15	7	3	0	3	2	2	5	10	0	427	1	5	1	4	0	1	4	4	4	0	77	10.7	–	1	1	1	17	4	1	17	1	0	15	12
Rd 17 @ MelbourneL 58-112 7 July	12	7	5	3	0	2	0	2	4	6	1	221	1	4	2	5	0	3	2	3	8	0	39	2.3	–	1	0	0	10	3	2	13	0	0	10	7
Rd 16 v HawthornL 33-94 30 June	18	13	5	8	0	1	0	0	1	16	0	292	0	6	4	3	1	0	2	5	4	0	78	7.7	–	0	0	0	13	1	1	13	4	0	17	8
Rd 15 @ EssendonL 92-122 23 June	16	6	10	5	0	1	1	1	7	9	1	223	0	5	0	3	0	0	2	5	6	0	57	6.9	–	1	0	1	11	7	2	14	0	0	16	3
Rd 13 v North MelbourneL 65-74 8 June	20	14	6	4	1	4	0	1	6	14	0	301	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	6	0	89	20.2	–	0	0	0	19	5	0	21	2	1	20	13
Rd 12 v St KildaL 68-82 1 June	20	14	6	5	0	1	0	1	3	16	0	468	0	6	1	3	0	2	2	5	4	0	67	5	–	0	0	0	14	3	2	10	0	0	19	11
Rd 11 @ Adelaide CrowsL 38-137 26 May	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	54	0	1	4	3	0	2	0	1	4	0	12	6.4	–	0	0	0	4	3	0	9	4	0	4	2
Rd 10 v MelbourneW 105-70 19 May	13	9	4	2	0	0	0	1	5	8	0	229	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	3	7	0	41	10.7	–	0	0	0	10	3	2	9	2	0	13	7
Rd 9 @ CollingwoodL 37-103 12 May	31	21	10	8	0	2	1	2	10	17	0	495	0	7	8	3	2	3	6	4	12	0	108	20.3	–	0	0	1	27	7	3	10	7	0	27	18
Rd 8 v EssendonL 71-77 4 May	20	8	12	4	0	3	0	3	6	14	0	234	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	4	5	2	73	8.7	–	0	0	0	16	4	1	7	0	1	20	5
Rd 7 @ Gold Coast SUNSL 75-112 28 Apr	15	11	4	3	0	4	1	1	4	8	0	270	0	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	64	6.8	–	1	0	1	12	3	0	12	2	0	12	8
Rd 6 v FremantleW 105-68 20 Apr	12	8	4	3	0	1	0	5	4	8	0	170	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	45	7.1	–	0	0	0	9	4	0	10	2	0	12	6
Rd 5 v RichmondW 109-70 14 Apr	15	11	4	5	0	0	0	2	3	11	0	253	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	2	4	0	53	3.3	–	0	0	0	11	3	0	6	0	0	14	8
Rd 1 @ Port AdelaideL 70-120 17 Mar	18	12	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	11	0	354	0	5	0	3	1	0	4	2	3	0	62	2.3	–	1	0	0	15	1	0	6	0	0	13	11

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away · won 16 of 61	61	20.0	14.5	5.6	5.5	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.6	1.5	4.3	12.2	0.1	371	0.0	0.1	5.0	2.1	2.5	0.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	4.7	0.0	76.4	6.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.5	15.9	3.5	0.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	16.5	11.1
HomeHome or away · won 24 of 60	60	20.4	14.9	5.6	6.4	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.5	1.6	4.1	13.4	0.1	381	0.0	0.3	5.0	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.6	4.6	0.0	82.0	7.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	16.5	3.1	1.1	10.4	1.6	0.2	17.5	11.9
LossesResult	81	20.9	15.0	5.9	6.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	4.1	13.4	0.1	388	0.0	0.2	5.2	2.2	2.6	0.7	0.9	2.7	3.9	4.7	0.0	82.0	7.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	16.6	3.2	1.0	10.9	1.7	0.1	17.5	11.7
WinsResult	40	18.9	14.0	4.9	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.6	1.7	4.4	11.6	0.0	352	0.0	0.2	4.5	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.7	3.4	3.0	4.5	0.1	73.4	7.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	15.3	3.3	0.8	8.6	1.5	0.2	16.0	11.2
Regular seasonStage · won 40 of 119	119	20.3	14.7	5.6	5.9	0.1	0.1	1.9	0.5	1.6	4.2	12.8	0.1	377	0.0	0.2	5.0	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.8	3.0	3.6	4.6	0.0	79.5	7.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	16.3	3.3	0.9	10.2	1.6	0.2	17.0	11.6
FinalsStage · won 0 of 2	2	16.0	11.5	4.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	11.0	0.0	298	0.0	1.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	58.5	8.1	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.5	12.5	2.5	1.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	15.5	9.0
North MelbourneOpponent · won 5 of 11	11	18.7	13.0	5.7	5.1	0.2	0.1	2.0	0.4	1.7	4.1	12.9	0.1	316	0.1	0.0	3.5	2.3	1.8	0.7	0.5	4.4	2.6	4.5	0.1	74.0	8.2	–	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	14.9	3.3	0.9	10.1	1.8	0.4	17.0	9.9
EssendonOpponent · won 3 of 9	9	20.7	13.4	7.2	5.7	0.0	0.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	5.7	13.0	0.1	336	0.0	0.1	4.7	2.1	2.4	0.8	0.7	3.6	4.0	5.0	0.3	78.2	7.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.7	16.7	4.8	0.6	7.9	1.7	0.2	18.7	10.3
HawthornOpponent · won 5 of 9	9	19.0	13.8	5.2	6.2	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	13.2	0.0	338	0.0	0.1	4.0	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.4	3.3	0.0	76.0	6.6	–	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	15.2	2.3	0.8	9.1	1.1	0.0	16.3	10.8
RichmondOpponent · won 1 of 9	9	20.6	14.8	5.8	5.9	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.9	2.1	4.9	13.3	0.2	412	0.0	0.4	3.8	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.6	2.9	3.3	4.6	0.0	78.2	8.3	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.8	15.8	3.8	1.0	10.4	1.1	0.0	18.2	10.9
FremantleOpponent · won 3 of 8	8	18.0	13.9	4.1	4.5	0.3	0.0	1.8	0.3	2.6	3.8	11.9	0.1	353	0.0	0.1	4.0	2.5	2.1	0.5	1.0	3.4	3.4	4.5	0.0	69.4	7.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	14.3	2.9	0.8	10.8	1.6	0.3	15.6	10.9
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	20.4	15.4	5.0	6.4	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.6	1.0	3.6	12.9	0.0	425	0.0	0.0	5.4	2.7	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.1	4.0	3.9	0.0	78.6	5.9	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	15.7	3.1	0.9	9.9	2.7	0.1	16.4	11.7
CollingwoodOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	26.9	18.6	8.3	8.4	0.0	0.0	2.1	0.4	1.3	5.0	17.7	0.3	392	0.0	0.0	6.1	2.4	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.6	0.0	104	8.7	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	22.6	4.0	0.7	11.1	1.9	0.0	22.7	15.3
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	18.9	13.4	5.4	6.1	0.1	0.1	3.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	12.0	0.0	395	0.1	0.3	5.9	2.7	2.3	0.6	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.1	0.0	82.6	8.1	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	15.1	2.6	1.7	9.1	2.0	0.4	15.7	10.1
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	17.7	11.9	5.9	5.9	0.0	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.3	3.9	11.7	0.0	312	0.0	0.1	4.7	2.6	2.4	0.6	1.4	3.4	3.9	3.9	0.0	67.0	5.4	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.7	14.1	2.7	0.6	8.7	2.0	0.1	15.6	9.4
St KildaOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	20.7	15.4	5.3	6.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.4	1.7	4.1	13.6	0.3	370	0.0	0.0	4.7	1.9	2.4	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.6	4.6	0.0	81.6	8.0	–	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	16.4	3.9	0.6	11.6	1.4	0.0	17.7	12.3
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 3 of 7	7	20.3	15.7	4.6	6.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.3	1.6	4.1	12.6	0.1	355	0.3	0.4	5.9	2.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	3.7	4.0	4.4	0.0	84.4	6.1	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	16.4	2.4	1.1	10.1	1.9	0.3	16.7	12.9
CarltonOpponent · won 2 of 6	6	22.0	16.5	5.5	5.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	0.3	1.5	4.5	13.3	0.2	459	0.0	0.2	6.8	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.2	3.7	4.2	5.2	0.0	88.8	11.0	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	17.3	3.7	0.8	9.8	1.3	0.3	17.8	13.0
MelbourneOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	18.5	13.8	4.7	5.2	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.3	1.7	4.5	10.8	0.3	363	0.0	0.3	4.7	2.0	3.7	0.7	1.7	1.7	4.2	5.7	0.0	69.3	7.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	14.8	3.5	1.3	12.7	0.8	0.0	15.3	11.3
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 2 of 6	6	23.8	17.8	6.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.3	0.8	5.0	11.7	0.0	444	0.0	0.2	7.3	1.8	2.0	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.2	6.2	0.0	88.3	7.3	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	20.2	4.0	0.7	10.0	1.5	0.2	16.7	15.3
Geelong CatsOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	18.6	13.8	4.8	5.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.4	1.4	3.6	10.2	0.0	436	0.0	0.4	4.8	0.8	3.0	0.2	0.4	1.8	4.2	4.4	0.2	73.6	4.9	–	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	14.2	3.0	1.8	11.2	0.6	0.0	13.8	10.2
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	16.8	12.6	4.2	5.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.4	10.2	0.0	312	0.0	0.4	5.8	2.6	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.2	3.8	3.4	0.0	64.6	3.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	13.0	2.0	1.6	10.8	2.4	0.0	13.6	9.6
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 0 of 3	3	22.7	18.7	4.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.7	1.0	3.3	13.3	0.0	497	0.0	0.3	6.3	1.3	3.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	3.3	5.0	0.0	92.0	8.7	–	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	18.3	2.7	1.0	11.0	1.3	0.0	16.7	15.3
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	26.5	17.0	9.5	6.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	5.5	18.0	0.0	432	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	3.5	5.0	0.0	93.0	7.2	–	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	22.0	4.0	1.0	9.0	1.5	0.0	23.5	13.0
Optus StadiumGround · won 11 of 35	35	19.4	14.0	5.4	5.6	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.4	1.6	4.1	12.3	0.1	365	0.0	0.2	5.1	2.3	2.1	0.7	0.7	2.9	3.4	4.8	0.1	77.7	8.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	16.1	3.1	1.0	11.1	1.7	0.2	16.4	11.4
GabbaGround · won 14 of 31	31	21.4	16.0	5.3	7.0	0.1	0.1	1.8	0.5	1.8	3.9	14.5	0.0	401	0.1	0.3	4.6	1.9	2.5	0.6	0.8	3.4	3.7	4.2	0.0	85.7	7.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	16.7	2.9	1.1	9.2	1.4	0.2	18.4	12.5
Marvel StadiumGround · won 5 of 18	18	22.9	15.6	7.3	6.3	0.0	0.1	2.1	0.8	1.6	5.8	13.6	0.3	372	0.1	0.1	5.4	2.4	2.6	0.7	0.7	3.9	4.2	5.9	0.0	87.4	8.9	–	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.4	18.2	4.8	0.8	11.4	1.8	0.1	19.4	12.0
Adelaide OvalGround · won 1 of 9	9	19.8	14.0	5.8	4.7	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.9	10.7	0.0	385	0.0	0.1	6.2	2.6	2.3	0.6	1.0	2.1	3.2	5.0	0.0	69.8	6.0	–	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	15.9	3.1	0.8	9.2	2.3	0.1	14.6	11.2
MCGGround · won 1 of 9	9	20.0	14.6	5.4	5.7	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.8	1.7	4.1	12.7	0.3	376	0.0	0.3	4.3	1.8	2.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.8	0.0	75.8	6.8	–	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.7	16.3	3.2	1.0	11.1	1.0	0.0	16.8	11.6
People First StadiumGround · won 4 of 6	6	16.3	13.5	2.8	4.3	0.2	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.0	9.8	0.0	344	0.0	0.0	4.3	1.7	1.7	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.2	68.3	7.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	12.7	3.0	0.5	6.7	1.3	0.2	13.8	10.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 1 of 3	3	18.3	13.7	4.7	6.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	12.3	0.0	356	0.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	2.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	4.7	2.7	0.0	69.0	3.2	–	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	14.0	2.3	0.7	6.3	1.7	0.3	15.0	11.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 0 of 3	3	17.3	13.0	4.3	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	3.0	11.7	0.0	350	0.0	0.3	4.3	1.3	4.7	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.7	3.3	0.3	68.7	0.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	12.3	2.0	1.3	11.7	1.3	0.0	14.7	8.3
UTAS StadiumGround · won 2 of 3	3	18.7	14.3	4.3	5.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	3.0	11.7	0.0	445	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	3.3	0.0	75.0	7.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	16.0	2.7	0.7	7.7	1.0	0.0	14.7	12.3
Domain StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	28.0	18.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	6.0	19.0	0.0	480	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	103	5.8	–	0.0	–	0.0	1.0	21.0	5.0	1.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	12.0
Mars StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	22.0	18.0	4.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	14.0	0.0	445	1.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	88.0	5.2	–	0.0	–	0.0	2.0	17.0	4.0	1.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	18.0	13.0
Ninja StadiumGround · won 1 of 1	1	11.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	129	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	36.0	2.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	10.0	3.0
SCGGround · won 0 of 1	1	17.0	7.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.0	195	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	47.0	2.6	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	5.0