Player

Dustin Fletcher

Essendon · #31·23 seasons (1993–2015)·400 games·Born 7-May-1975 (age 51)·198 cm·92 kg

All-time defender · #56 of 879 all-time defenders

CAREERDepth

LAST 40Below avg

KICK-P the position-fair career score · Career / Last 40 overall KICK (Brownlow-aligned, mid-biased by design). See the Brownlow-aligned overall leaderboard →

Coaches' eye parallel lens

#5 of 343 all-time defenders

1.08 votes/game · 219 votes / 202 games

+52 vs KICKKICK r40 41

AFLCA Champion-Player votes per game, scaled 0–100 within defenders. Voted-era only (2003–2025). See full leaderboard →

Games

400

Disposals

5,932

Goals

Tackles

451

Brownlow votes

What is KICK? A 0-100 rating for every player, every game. 85+ elite · 70-84 top tier · 50-69 best-22 · <50 fringe. How it works →

Form

Recent matches

The last 5 games, newest first. Click any row for the full match recap.

30 May 2015R9

@ Richmond

Lost by 13 8.11 (59) – 10.12 (72)

24 May 2015R8

vs Brisbane Lions

Won by 58 21.10 (136) – 12.6 (78)

15 May 2015R7

vs North Melbourne

Lost by 11 12.10 (82) – 13.15 (93)

3 May 2015R5

@ St Kilda

Won by 2 11.16 (82) – 11.14 (80)

25 Apr 2015R4

vs Collingwood

Lost by 20 6.13 (49) – 9.15 (69)

Per-game KICK caps at 100 for display. A game that exceeded the cap shows as 100+; season and career averages use the uncapped raw value, which is why a stretch of 100+ games can lift the headline number above a naive average of what's shown here.

All-time

Career-best games

The 10 highest-KICK individual matches of Dustin Fletcher's career, ranked. Click any row for the full match recap.

8 Jun 2007R11

vsWest Coast

Won by 115.5 (95) – 14.10 (94)

11 Apr 2008R4

vsWestern Bulldogs

Lost by 3014.14 (98) – 19.14 (128)

11 Aug 2006R19

vsCollingwood

Won by 1310.14 (74) – 9.7 (61)

25 Apr 2007R5

vsCollingwood

Lost by 1611.13 (79) – 12.23 (95)

2 Jun 2007R10

@Sydney

Won by 111.8 (74) – 11.7 (73)

21 Apr 2007R4

@St Kilda

Won by 3115.9 (99) – 9.14 (68)

5 Apr 2009R2

vsFremantle

Won by 3816.13 (109) – 10.11 (71)

31 May 2014R11

vsRichmond

Won by 5015.14 (104) – 7.12 (54)

2 Jul 2004R14

vsKangaroos

Lost by 2112.7 (79) – 14.16 (100)

#10

16 Apr 2011R4

@Carlton

Drew11.13 (79) – 11.13 (79)

Show 10 more (rank 11–20)

#11

7 Aug 2004R19

vsCarlton

Lost by 178.9 (57) – 10.14 (74)

#12

30 Jun 2012R14

vsWestern Bulldogs

Won by 8421.14 (140) – 8.8 (56)

#13

8 Aug 2009R19

vsBrisbane Lions

Drew13.9 (87) – 12.15 (87)

#14

25 Apr 2015R4

vsCollingwood

Lost by 206.13 (49) – 9.15 (69)

#15

5 Aug 2007R18

@Hawthorn

Lost by 637.14 (56) – 17.17 (119)

#16

10 Apr 2005R3

vsHawthorn

Won by 210.17 (77) – 11.9 (75)

#17

1 May 2004R6

vsSydney

Won by 1016.12 (108) – 15.8 (98)

#18

2 Aug 2009R18

@West Coast

Lost by 2710.8 (68) – 14.11 (95)

#19

9 Jun 2006R11

@Geelong

Lost by 4213.10 (88) – 20.10 (130)

#20

1 Apr 2005R2

@Carlton

Lost by 417.4 (106) – 16.14 (110)

What do K, HB, I50, CP mean?

KKicks

HBHandballs

DDisposals (kicks + handballs)

MMarks

TTackles

GGoals

BBehinds

HOHit-outs (rucks tapping the ball from a bounce)

I50Inside-50s (ball moved into attacking zone)

CLClearances (first possession from a stoppage)

CPContested possessions

CGClangers (errors: bad kicks, turnovers, frees against)

BRBrownlow votes (3-2-1 best-on-ground, one match)

R50Rebound 50s (ball cleared from defensive zone)

TOG%Time on ground percentage

Full glossary: AFL stats & terms →

Career

Per-game averages

Year	Team	GP	K	HB	D	M	T	G	B	HO	I50	R50	CL	CP	UP	CG	BR
1993	Essendon	17	7.5	2.6	10.2	2.5	1.4	—	—	0.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1994	Essendon	13	5.8	3.1	9.0	2.1	0.8	0.1	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	Essendon	22	9.1	4.6	13.6	4.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1996	Essendon	23	10.2	2.3	12.5	4.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1997	Essendon	16	10.9	3.9	14.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1998	Essendon	18	10.3	2.2	12.5	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.6	5.1	0.7	—	—	0.8	0.1
1999	Essendon	19	10.4	2.7	13.1	3.9	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	5.1	0.6	5.7	5.9	0.8	0.3
2000	Essendon	23	12.0	3.5	15.5	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	6.1	0.5	7.4	6.0	1.4	0.6
2001	Essendon	21	11.4	3.0	14.3	3.7	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.1	5.1	0.8	5.4	6.9	1.1	0.1
2002	Essendon	18	11.2	2.4	13.7	2.8	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	6.3	0.5	4.4	7.3	1.9	0.2
2003	Essendon	14	10.4	2.4	12.8	3.1	1.0	—	—	0.2	0.3	5.0	0.3	4.1	6.4	2.6	0.1
2004	Essendon	20	11.0	2.1	13.1	3.5	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	10.3	0.3	5.0	6.2	1.9	—
2005	Essendon	17	13.3	2.2	15.5	4.1	0.8	—	—	0.2	0.5	11.7	0.5	5.0	7.8	1.7	0.1
2006	Essendon	16	13.2	4.2	17.4	6.1	0.8	—	—	0.2	0.4	8.0	0.3	4.4	10.6	1.6	0.3
2007	Essendon	19	16.3	4.5	20.7	7.6	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	6.8	0.3	3.7	13.9	3.5	0.1
2008	Essendon	18	11.0	4.7	15.7	5.3	1.0	0.1	0.2	—	0.7	4.5	0.6	3.8	10.1	1.4	0.1
2009	Essendon	18	12.1	5.7	17.8	4.8	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	4.3	0.7	5.4	10.3	1.4	0.3
2010	Essendon	16	13.5	4.7	18.2	4.9	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	4.9	0.4	5.5	11.3	1.8	0.4
2011	Essendon	19	11.2	4.0	15.2	4.0	1.7	0.1	—	—	0.5	5.0	0.1	4.5	8.6	2.1	0.2
2012	Essendon	18	13.6	2.5	16.1	4.9	1.1	0.1	0.1	—	1.1	4.9	0.3	4.8	8.4	1.9	0.1
2013	Essendon	13	11.6	3.6	15.2	4.8	1.1	—	—	—	0.6	5.2	0.1	2.8	10.2	1.6	—
2014	Essendon	15	13.2	5.4	18.6	6.9	0.7	0.1	—	—	1.4	4.0	0.2	3.9	13.7	1.5	—
2015	Essendon	7	11.4	5.1	16.6	5.0	0.9	0.1	0.1	—	0.7	5.1	—	4.9	11.1	1.1	—

Career totals

Year	Team	GP	K	HB	D	M	T	G	B	HO	I50	R50	CL	CP	UP	CG	BR
1993	Essendon	17	128	45	173	43	24	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
1994	Essendon	13	76	41	117	27	10	2	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	Essendon	22	199	101	300	94	23	4	3	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
1996	Essendon	23	235	52	287	105	16	16	10	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
1997	Essendon	16	175	62	237	76	14	9	2	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
1998	Essendon	18	186	39	225	57	16	4	2	14	10	91	13	—	—	15	1
1999	Essendon	19	198	51	249	74	18	3	8	9	17	97	11	108	112	16	6
2000	Essendon	23	276	81	357	93	26	14	6	12	37	140	12	171	137	32	11
2001	Essendon	21	239	62	301	78	18	4	4	16	24	107	16	114	145	23	2
2002	Essendon	18	202	44	246	51	30	3	2	9	10	114	9	80	131	34	3
2003	Essendon	14	145	34	179	44	14	—	—	3	4	70	4	58	90	36	1
2004	Essendon	20	220	42	262	70	28	1	3	5	6	206	6	100	124	37	—
2005	Essendon	17	226	37	263	70	13	—	—	3	8	199	8	85	132	29	2
2006	Essendon	16	211	67	278	98	12	—	—	3	7	128	5	70	169	26	5
2007	Essendon	19	309	85	394	144	30	3	2	1	14	130	6	70	265	67	2
2008	Essendon	18	198	84	282	96	18	2	3	—	13	81	11	68	182	26	1
2009	Essendon	18	218	102	320	86	30	1	1	8	9	77	12	97	186	26	5
2010	Essendon	16	216	75	291	79	28	1	1	3	13	78	7	88	181	28	7
2011	Essendon	19	213	76	289	77	32	1	—	—	10	95	1	85	163	40	3
2012	Essendon	18	244	45	289	88	20	1	2	—	20	89	5	86	151	34	1
2013	Essendon	13	151	47	198	63	14	—	—	—	8	67	1	36	132	21	—
2014	Essendon	15	198	81	279	103	11	1	—	—	21	60	3	58	205	23	—
2015	Essendon	7	80	36	116	35	6	1	1	—	5	36	—	34	78	8	—

Records

Top 10 single-game performances

Disposals

30, 29, 28, 28, 27, 27, 27, 27, 26

Kicks

24, 24, 23, 23, 23, 22, 22, 21, 21

Marks

13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12, 11, 11, 11

Handballs

10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9

Goals

3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Behinds

2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Hit Outs

5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2

Tackles

7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Rebounds

16, 16, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14

Inside 50s

5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3

Clearances

3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Clangers

8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

Frees

4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Frees Against

4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Contested Possessions

11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 10, 10, 10

Uncontested Possessions

22, 20, 20, 20, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19

Contested Marks

4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2

Marks Inside 50

3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

One Percenters

14, 14, 13, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Bounces

4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2

Goal Assists

1, 1, 1, 1