Geelong Cats

Brad Close

Medium Forward#45AFL

Key facts

Age: 28
Height: 183 cm
Number: #45
Born: 30 July 1998
Debut: 2020
Position: Medium Forward
Drafted: 2019 pick 14 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: North Gambier (SA), Glenelg (SANFL)

Official profile

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Every game we hold

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

Season
2026 AFLGeelong Cats	18	191	87	104	38	11	12	42	5	40	72	122	15	2,780	14	3	3	14	23	14	6	85	26	23	17	825	140.1	–	0	0	1	4	140	49	4	256	6	26	194	51
2025 AFLGeelong Cats	26	327	196	131	72	19	16	58	12	67	112	196	30	4,648	27	9	7	31	31	27	4	152	49	35	16	1,443	232.5	–	0	0	4	8	240	70	2	412	14	41	308	124
2024 AFLGeelong Cats	25	318	159	159	69	25	12	58	15	48	94	224	24	4,415	22	2	12	29	43	19	7	133	43	23	20	1,394	202.4	2	0	0	2	13	235	62	2	448	9	40	318	103
2023 AFLGeelong Cats	21	277	124	153	53	21	6	56	23	50	116	172	21	3,608	16	2	4	25	42	19	13	113	45	31	18	1,173	199.4	3	2	24	5	18	206	82	1	405	7	33	288	84
2022 AFLGeelong Cats	25	394	181	213	85	26	20	93	24	65	136	263	22	4,725	21	4	6	35	52	27	12	146	59	47	30	1,763	234.3	–	4	0	2	22	290	99	9	479	14	50	399	118
2021 AFLGeelong Cats	22	291	132	159	61	15	10	72	18	44	116	184	10	2,692	14	5	7	25	29	25	8	99	38	30	26	1,286	182.2	–	1	0	2	16	225	78	6	400	12	30	300	86
2020 AFLGeelong Cats	8	70	29	41	13	2	2	24	0	7	28	41	6	578	3	0	1	7	6	8	1	20	9	7	6	323	40.7	–	0	–	0	0	51	21	0	118	4	7	69	17
Career7 seasons	145	1,868	908	960	391	119	78	403	97	321	674	1,202	128	23,446	117	25	40	166	226	139	51	748	269	196	133	8,207	1231.6	5	7	24	16	81	1,387	461	24	2,518	66	227	1,876	583

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Semi Finals @ FremantleL 106-120 11 Sept	10	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	5	2	93	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	2	2	1	30	8	–	0	0	7	5	0	17	0	0	10	2
Qualifying & Elimination Finals v CarltonW 107-74 4 Sept	17	8	9	7	1	2	4	1	3	4	14	0	266	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	2	2	1	87	8.5	–	0	1	13	2	2	11	0	3	18	5
Rd 24 v RichmondW 133-76 22 Aug	16	5	11	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	10	1	219	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	8	2	2	2	48	9.7	–	0	0	12	6	0	9	0	1	17	3
Rd 23 @ North MelbourneW 125-110 15 Aug	10	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	7	3	0	65	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	0	3	4	43	12.1	–	0	0	9	6	0	8	1	1	10	3
Rd 22 v EssendonW 117-50 8 Aug	12	10	2	3	0	3	3	1	2	7	8	1	247	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	7	1	1	1	60	2.1	–	0	1	5	4	0	14	0	4	15	3
Rd 21 @ CollingwoodW 97-72 30 July	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	1.6	–	0	0	4	1	0	9	0	0	4	0
Rd 20 @ MelbourneW 117-97 24 July	16	8	8	2	1	1	0	1	5	6	9	4	251	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	1	3	0	55	10.5	–	0	1	14	4	0	12	1	2	15	6
Rd 19 v St KildaW 102-75 16 July	17	7	10	3	0	0	3	1	3	4	12	1	235	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	5	5	2	1	65	6.7	–	1	0	15	1	0	20	0	0	16	6
Rd 12 @ CarltonL 84-88 29 May	11	3	8	2	0	1	5	0	4	4	7	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	53	9.4	–	0	0	8	3	0	21	0	1	11	1
Rd 11 v Sydney SwansW 107-80 23 May	9	8	1	4	2	1	2	0	4	3	7	1	254	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	59	10.5	–	0	0	5	3	0	27	1	3	10	5
Rd 10 @ Brisbane LionsW 117-76 14 May	8	5	3	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	7	0	137	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	0	2	54	6.5	–	0	0	5	1	0	17	0	1	8	2
Rd 9 v CollingwoodW 122-68 9 May	10	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	7	0	109	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	46	13.3	–	0	0	9	3	0	13	0	2	10	4
Rd 8 v North MelbourneW 135-86 2 May	14	5	9	2	0	1	1	0	4	6	8	2	214	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	2	3	0	46	11.1	–	0	0	11	4	1	13	1	1	14	3
Rd 7 @ Port AdelaideL 65-95 25 Apr	6	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	4	1	114	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	3	3	0	0	27	7.5	–	0	1	4	0	0	14	0	1	8	2
Rd 5 v West Coast EaglesW 122-76 12 Apr	10	8	2	4	2	2	3	0	3	3	6	1	205	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	2	0	1	67	11.4	–	0	0	6	1	0	14	0	4	9	4
Rd 4 @ HawthornL 91-92 6 Apr	9	3	6	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	6	1	103	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	34	5.8	–	0	0	7	0	1	13	1	1	7	2
Rd 1 v FremantleW 110-100 14 Mar	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	18	3.2	–	0	0	2	1	0	13	0	0	4	0
Opening Round @ Gold Coast SUNSL 69-125 6 Mar	8	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	70	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	18	2.2	–	0	0	4	4	0	11	1	1	8	0

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away · won 59 of 73	73	13.3	6.6	6.7	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	0.6	2.5	4.8	8.7	0.8	175	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.3	5.7	1.9	1.4	0.9	60.2	9.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	10.0	3.2	0.2	18.3	0.4	1.8	13.5	4.3
AwayHome or away · won 41 of 72	72	12.4	5.9	6.5	2.5	0.6	0.5	2.7	0.7	2.0	4.5	7.9	0.9	148	0.7	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.6	1.0	0.4	4.6	1.8	1.3	0.9	53.0	7.9	–	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	9.2	3.1	0.2	16.4	0.5	1.3	12.4	3.8
WinsResult	100	13.5	6.9	6.5	2.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	0.7	2.5	4.6	8.8	1.1	182	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	5.7	1.9	1.5	0.9	60.3	9.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	10.1	3.1	0.2	17.4	0.4	1.8	13.4	4.5
LossesResult	44	11.5	4.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	0.4	2.5	0.5	1.6	4.6	7.1	0.5	116	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.7	0.8	0.5	4.0	1.8	1.0	0.8	48.5	6.9	–	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	8.4	3.2	0.1	17.4	0.7	1.2	11.7	3.0
DrawsResult	1	16.0	6.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	7.0	0.0	163	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	48.0	8.4	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	7.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	2.0
Regular seasonStage · won 92 of 132	132	12.6	6.2	6.5	2.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	0.7	2.2	4.5	8.2	0.9	158	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.6	1.0	0.4	5.0	1.9	1.3	0.9	55.9	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	9.3	3.0	0.2	17.5	0.5	1.5	12.7	3.9
FinalsStage · won 8 of 13	13	15.5	7.3	8.2	2.9	0.8	0.8	2.8	0.8	2.3	6.2	9.5	0.9	195	0.9	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.3	6.4	1.8	1.8	0.7	63.6	9.4	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.8	11.8	4.6	0.3	16.5	0.5	1.8	15.6	4.9
Brisbane LionsOpponent · won 5 of 11	11	13.7	7.4	6.4	2.5	0.5	0.4	2.7	1.2	2.7	5.4	8.2	0.7	197	0.7	0.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.4	0.3	5.0	1.9	1.2	0.8	57.5	8.0	–	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	10.4	3.2	0.0	16.8	0.7	1.0	13.5	4.8
North MelbourneOpponent · won 11 of 11	11	13.3	7.3	6.0	2.9	1.2	0.6	3.2	0.9	3.4	5.0	8.0	0.6	176	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.3	0.3	5.4	2.0	1.5	1.3	63.5	9.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.7	9.9	3.5	0.1	15.7	0.4	2.0	13.0	4.8
Port AdelaideOpponent · won 7 of 11	11	13.3	5.6	7.6	2.4	0.8	0.8	2.6	0.6	2.0	4.6	8.9	1.2	152	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.3	1.1	0.6	7.0	1.8	1.1	0.6	54.7	9.0	–	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	10.6	3.0	0.1	15.7	0.9	2.1	13.5	3.5
St KildaOpponent · won 7 of 11	11	10.8	3.6	7.2	1.8	0.6	0.6	2.6	0.3	1.4	3.0	7.9	0.5	110	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.6	0.9	0.2	4.1	2.1	1.0	1.2	46.1	5.9	–	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	7.8	2.0	0.1	17.5	0.4	1.3	10.9	2.5
CollingwoodOpponent · won 7 of 9	9	11.8	6.8	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.8	2.2	0.7	1.7	3.0	9.0	0.6	145	1.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.0	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.9	56.2	5.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	9.1	1.8	0.2	16.8	0.4	1.8	12.0	4.4
EssendonOpponent · won 9 of 9	9	12.7	7.6	5.1	3.6	0.9	1.0	3.2	1.1	2.1	5.0	8.4	1.1	213	1.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	1.6	1.1	0.7	6.6	1.7	1.4	1.1	61.9	8.8	–	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.9	9.3	3.1	0.2	19.6	0.3	2.2	13.4	5.1
FremantleOpponent · won 5 of 9	9	12.1	5.3	6.8	1.8	0.4	0.2	3.1	0.4	1.8	4.1	7.8	0.8	129	0.9	0.1	0.1	1.4	1.8	0.4	0.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	1.0	49.7	7.2	–	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.4	8.3	3.1	0.1	17.8	0.6	1.2	11.9	2.9
CarltonOpponent · won 4 of 8	8	12.8	5.1	7.6	3.5	0.5	0.6	2.8	0.3	2.1	3.9	9.4	0.8	144	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	5.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	56.0	8.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.3	3.0	0.5	19.0	0.5	1.1	13.3	2.8
MelbourneOpponent · won 4 of 8	8	17.4	7.9	9.5	3.1	0.5	0.4	2.6	1.5	2.3	8.0	9.5	1.0	172	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	65.5	10.4	–	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.4	13.0	5.9	0.1	16.0	0.6	1.0	17.5	5.5
RichmondOpponent · won 7 of 8	8	11.9	5.3	6.6	2.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.9	7.9	1.4	159	0.9	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	0.6	0.3	4.9	2.1	0.9	1.3	51.1	8.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	9.0	3.0	0.4	14.6	0.4	1.4	11.8	3.5
Sydney SwansOpponent · won 4 of 8	8	13.9	6.9	7.0	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.8	0.3	2.5	5.5	8.6	1.3	174	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.6	1.5	1.5	0.4	6.0	1.8	1.9	0.8	64.4	12.8	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.3	3.6	0.3	17.5	0.5	2.1	14.1	4.9
West Coast EaglesOpponent · won 7 of 8	8	12.8	6.6	6.1	3.0	1.3	0.4	2.0	0.6	2.4	3.9	8.8	1.0	160	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.6	1.3	0.3	5.5	1.5	1.4	0.5	57.5	8.8	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	9.6	2.5	0.5	16.6	0.4	1.8	12.6	4.1
Western BulldogsOpponent · won 7 of 8	8	13.3	7.1	6.1	2.5	0.8	0.6	4.4	1.1	2.3	5.5	8.0	0.6	163	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.1	4.6	2.0	2.0	1.6	64.4	8.1	–	0.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	9.8	3.9	0.1	21.0	0.4	1.4	13.5	4.8
GWS GIANTSOpponent · won 2 of 7	7	10.6	4.9	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	3.3	0.3	1.3	4.9	6.3	0.3	118	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.0	0.4	0.7	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.6	51.7	8.5	–	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	7.6	3.7	0.0	22.0	0.3	1.7	11.1	2.9
HawthornOpponent · won 5 of 7	7	13.0	7.1	5.9	3.1	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.6	2.4	4.1	8.0	1.1	179	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.1	2.1	1.1	0.6	5.7	1.7	1.4	0.6	55.6	9.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	9.9	2.6	0.1	14.9	0.4	2.0	12.1	4.9
Adelaide CrowsOpponent · won 6 of 6	6	12.7	6.2	6.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.7	0.7	3.3	5.0	7.2	1.8	204	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.2	5.3	1.7	1.5	0.7	53.8	10.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	9.0	3.7	0.0	19.5	0.0	1.2	12.2	3.8
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent · won 3 of 6	6	13.5	6.0	7.5	3.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	0.3	2.7	4.8	8.7	0.7	164	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.8	1.2	0.8	2.8	1.8	1.2	0.5	52.0	6.7	–	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	9.5	3.3	0.0	15.8	0.2	1.2	13.5	3.0
GMHBA StadiumGround · won 40 of 50	50	13.5	6.6	6.9	2.8	1.0	0.6	3.1	0.6	2.5	4.9	8.7	0.8	171	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.2	5.7	1.9	1.5	1.0	61.2	8.9	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	10.0	3.2	0.2	19.1	0.4	1.8	13.6	4.2
MCGGround · won 27 of 39	39	13.5	6.8	6.7	3.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	0.7	2.3	4.6	9.1	1.0	182	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.4	5.5	1.8	1.2	0.9	57.6	8.3	–	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	10.2	3.2	0.3	16.6	0.5	1.5	13.7	4.6
Adelaide OvalGround · won 9 of 12	12	12.4	6.4	6.0	2.2	1.0	0.4	3.2	0.8	2.5	4.4	7.8	1.5	181	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.3	1.0	0.5	6.3	2.0	1.3	0.5	56.3	10.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.6	9.6	3.3	0.1	17.0	0.4	1.8	12.3	4.3
Optus StadiumGround · won 6 of 10	10	11.6	5.1	6.5	1.9	0.6	0.2	2.4	0.7	1.9	4.7	6.9	0.8	127	0.7	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	3.9	1.7	1.7	0.6	47.1	8.7	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	8.2	3.8	0.3	15.9	0.6	1.2	11.6	2.8
Marvel StadiumGround · won 5 of 9	9	11.1	4.9	6.2	1.9	0.7	0.7	2.6	1.0	1.3	4.2	6.9	0.7	99.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.9	0.9	0.2	4.4	1.9	1.9	1.3	47.9	6.8	–	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.9	8.0	2.9	0.1	16.3	0.6	1.3	11.1	3.4
GabbaGround · won 5 of 8	8	10.4	4.9	5.5	2.0	0.4	0.3	3.4	0.8	1.1	4.0	6.5	0.6	101	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.4	3.3	1.3	0.8	1.1	47.8	6.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	7.9	1.9	0.0	16.1	0.5	0.6	10.5	3.3
People First StadiumGround · won 2 of 5	5	9.8	4.0	5.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	1.6	0.2	1.0	3.8	6.2	0.0	93.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.0	1.2	0.6	36.8	3.8	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	6.6	2.8	0.0	14.4	0.6	0.8	10.0	1.8
SCGGround · won 1 of 5	5	13.8	6.6	7.2	2.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	0.4	2.6	5.2	8.2	1.0	162	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.0	0.4	5.8	1.8	1.6	0.8	61.4	11.3	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	10.4	3.2	0.2	16.2	0.4	1.8	13.4	4.4
Ninja StadiumGround · won 3 of 3	3	17.0	8.3	8.7	3.3	0.7	0.7	3.0	1.7	4.0	6.7	10.0	0.3	260	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.7	1.0	1.3	69.3	8.1	–	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	12.0	5.3	0.0	18.3	0.3	1.7	16.7	4.7
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround · won 1 of 1	1	12.0	5.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	0.0	127	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	55.0	5.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	21.0	0.0	2.0	13.0	3.0
ENGIE StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	14.0	8.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	10.0	1.0	167	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	70.0	9.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	5.0
Norwood OvalGround · won 1 of 1	1	10.0	8.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	205	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	67.0	11.4	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	0.0	4.0	9.0	4.0
TIO StadiumGround · won 0 of 1	1	14.0	5.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	9.0	2.0	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	47.0	13.8	–	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	17.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	4.0

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