Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Adelaide 1991 25.298 9th 9.2 David Marshall (30yo, 15 games)Mark Mickan (30yo, 19 games)Bruce Lindner (29yo, 11 games)Bruce Lindsay (29yo, 6 games)Grantley Fielke (29yo, 22 games)Bruce Abernethy (28yo, 10 games)Tom Warhurst (28yo, 2 games)Scott Lee (27yo, 22 games)Chris McDermott (27yo, 21 games)Danny Hughes (27yo, 11 games)
2 Adelaide 1992 24.622 9th 7.6 David Marshall (31yo, 11 games)Mark Mickan (31yo, 16 games)Bruce Lindner (30yo, 8 games)Grantley Fielke (30yo, 2 games)Bruce Abernethy (29yo, 1 games)Scott Lee (28yo, 21 games)Chris McDermott (28yo, 22 games)Darel Hart (28yo, 21 games)Tony McGuinness (27yo, 19 games)Romano Negri (27yo, 1 games)
3 Adelaide 1993 24.309 3rd 7.2 Mark Mickan (32yo, 2 games)Scott Lee (29yo, 23 games)Chris McDermott (29yo, 23 games)Tony McGuinness (28yo, 23 games)Paul Patterson (27yo, 2 games)Stephen Rowe (27yo, 15 games)Andrew Jarman (27yo, 22 games)Greg Anderson (26yo, 22 games)Rodney Maynard (26yo, 16 games)Wayne Weidemann (26yo, 17 games)
4 Adelaide 1994 24.402 11th 7.6 Scott Lee (30yo, 12 games)Chris McDermott (30yo, 22 games)Tony McGuinness (29yo, 21 games)Tony Hall (29yo, 11 games)Andrew Jarman (28yo, 13 games)Greg Anderson (27yo, 15 games)Rodney Maynard (27yo, 16 games)Wayne Weidemann (27yo, 19 games)Steven Schwerdt (25yo, 9 games)Sean Tasker (25yo, 6 games)
5 Adelaide 1995 24.354 11th 7.6 Scott Lee (31yo, 8 games)Chris McDermott (31yo, 20 games)Tony McGuinness (30yo, 11 games)Tony Hall (30yo, 6 games)Stephen Rowe (29yo, 3 games)Andrew Jarman (29yo, 21 games)Greg Anderson (28yo, 14 games)Rodney Maynard (28yo, 5 games)Wayne Weidemann (28yo, 7 games)Sean Tasker (26yo, 9 games)
6 Adelaide 1996 24.945 12th 6.8 Chris McDermott (32yo, 9 games)Tony McGuinness (31yo, 18 games)Andrew Jarman (30yo, 17 games)Greg Anderson (29yo, 8 games)Wayne Weidemann (29yo, 5 games)Darren Jarman (29yo, 19 games)Scott Hodges (27yo, 2 games)Sean Tasker (27yo, 6 games)David Pittman (27yo, 19 games)Tony Modra (27yo, 19 games)
7 Adelaide 1997 24.372 1st 7.4 Darren Jarman (30yo, 24 games)David Pittman (28yo, 23 games)Tony Modra (28yo, 25 games)Nigel Smart (27yo, 22 games)Mark Bickley (27yo, 26 games)Barry Standfield (27yo, 13 games)Matthew Liptak (26yo, 7 games)Peter Caven (26yo, 22 games)Rod Jameson (26yo, 22 games)Simon Tregenza (26yo, 10 games)
8 Adelaide 1998 24.692 1st 8.2 Darren Jarman (31yo, 23 games)David Pittman (29yo, 18 games)Tony Modra (29yo, 8 games)Nigel Smart (28yo, 24 games)Mark Bickley (28yo, 23 games)Matthew Liptak (27yo, 2 games)Peter Caven (27yo, 24 games)Rod Jameson (27yo, 9 games)Simon Tregenza (27yo, 9 games)Matthew Robran (27yo, 18 games)
9 Adelaide 1999 24.726 13th 8.0 Darren Jarman (32yo, 21 games)David Pittman (30yo, 15 games)Nigel Smart (29yo, 21 games)Mark Bickley (29yo, 18 games)Matthew Liptak (28yo, 4 games)Peter Caven (28yo, 8 games)Rod Jameson (28yo, 12 games)Matthew Robran (28yo, 16 games)Ian Downsborough (27yo, 4 games)Brodie Atkinson (26yo, 5 games)
10 Adelaide 2000 24.753 11th 6.4 Darren Jarman (33yo, 14 games)Nigel Smart (30yo, 18 games)Mark Bickley (30yo, 20 games)Peter Caven (29yo, 8 games)Matthew Robran (29yo, 21 games)Shaun Rehn (28yo, 16 games)Matthew Connell (27yo, 13 games)Brett James (27yo, 14 games)Shane Ellen (27yo, 4 games)Kym Koster (27yo, 16 games)
11 Adelaide 2001 24.949 8th 5.4 Darren Jarman (34yo, 20 games)Nigel Smart (31yo, 23 games)Mark Bickley (31yo, 23 games)Matthew Robran (30yo, 15 games)Matthew Clarke (27yo, 18 games)Ben Hart (26yo, 22 games)Adam Richardson (26yo, 2 games)Mark Ricciuto (25yo, 23 games)Bryan Beinke (25yo, 9 games)Mark Stevens (25yo, 22 games)
12 Adelaide 2002 24.823 4th 6.2 Nigel Smart (32yo, 23 games)Mark Bickley (32yo, 20 games)Matthew Clarke (28yo, 24 games)Ben Hart (27yo, 25 games)Mark Ricciuto (26yo, 22 games)Bryan Beinke (26yo, 11 games)Mark Stevens (26yo, 23 games)Ben Marsh (25yo, 6 games)Andrew McLeod (25yo, 23 games)Tyson Edwards (25yo, 25 games)
13 Adelaide 2003 25.910 5th 6.6 Nigel Smart (33yo, 21 games)Mark Bickley (33yo, 24 games)Wayne Carey (31yo, 16 games)Ronnie Burns (30yo, 18 games)Matthew Clarke (29yo, 22 games)Ben Hart (28yo, 21 games)Mark Ricciuto (27yo, 24 games)Mark Stevens (27yo, 8 games)Ben Marsh (26yo, 2 games)Andrew McLeod (26yo, 24 games)
14 Adelaide 2004 24.849 12th 5.2 Nigel Smart (34yo, 6 games)Wayne Carey (32yo, 12 games)Ronnie Burns (31yo, 2 games)Matthew Clarke (30yo, 22 games)Ben Hart (29yo, 6 games)Mark Ricciuto (28yo, 22 games)Mark Stevens (28yo, 3 games)Andrew McLeod (27yo, 22 games)Tyson Edwards (27yo, 22 games)Nathan Bassett (27yo, 21 games)
15 Adelaide 2005 25.465 3rd 6.8 Matthew Clarke (31yo, 6 games)Ben Hart (30yo, 22 games)Mark Ricciuto (29yo, 24 games)Mark Stevens (29yo, 2 games)Andrew McLeod (28yo, 25 games)Tyson Edwards (28yo, 25 games)Nathan Bassett (28yo, 25 games)Simon Goodwin (28yo, 24 games)Jason Torney (27yo, 16 games)Rhett Biglands (27yo, 24 games)
16 Adelaide 2006 25.870 3rd 9.0 Matthew Clarke (32yo, 18 games)Ben Hart (31yo, 13 games)Mark Ricciuto (30yo, 17 games)Andrew McLeod (29yo, 20 games)Tyson Edwards (29yo, 22 games)Nathan Bassett (29yo, 22 games)Simon Goodwin (29yo, 24 games)Jason Torney (28yo, 8 games)Rhett Biglands (28yo, 23 games)Brett Burton (27yo, 16 games)
17 Adelaide 2007 25.875 8th 8.0 Mark Ricciuto (31yo, 9 games)Andrew McLeod (30yo, 23 games)Tyson Edwards (30yo, 23 games)Nathan Bassett (30yo, 13 games)Simon Goodwin (30yo, 21 games)Jason Torney (29yo, 23 games)Brett Burton (28yo, 17 games)Scott Welsh (28yo, 21 games)Ben Hudson (28yo, 22 games)Ian Perrie (27yo, 14 games)
18 Adelaide 2008 25.400 7th 8.8 Andrew McLeod (31yo, 21 games)Tyson Edwards (31yo, 23 games)Nathan Bassett (31yo, 23 games)Simon Goodwin (31yo, 23 games)Brett Burton (29yo, 13 games)Michael Doughty (28yo, 23 games)Kris Massie (27yo, 12 games)Robert Shirley (27yo, 21 games)Ken McGregor (27yo, 7 games)Scott Stevens (26yo, 23 games)
19 Adelaide 2009 24.900 5th 9.8 Andrew McLeod (32yo, 24 games)Tyson Edwards (32yo, 22 games)Simon Goodwin (32yo, 21 games)Brett Burton (30yo, 7 games)Michael Doughty (29yo, 24 games)Robert Shirley (28yo, 11 games)Scott Stevens (27yo, 22 games)Nick Gill (26yo, 1 games)Graham Johncock (26yo, 22 games)Trent Hentschel (26yo, 7 games)
20 Adelaide 2010 24.742 11th 8.8 Andrew McLeod (33yo, 12 games)Tyson Edwards (33yo, 10 games)Simon Goodwin (33yo, 16 games)Brett Burton (31yo, 6 games)Michael Doughty (30yo, 22 games)Scott Stevens (28yo, 18 games)Graham Johncock (27yo, 15 games)Trent Hentschel (27yo, 3 games)Scott Thompson (27yo, 21 games)Nathan Bock (27yo, 13 games)
21 Adelaide 2011 23.780 14th 7.2 Michael Doughty (31yo, 19 games)Scott Stevens (29yo, 2 games)Graham Johncock (28yo, 22 games)Ian Callinan (28yo, 3 games)Scott Thompson (28yo, 22 games)Ben Rutten (27yo, 21 games)Brent Reilly (27yo, 21 games)Jason Porplyzia (26yo, 1 games)Brad Symes (26yo, 11 games)Bernie Vince (25yo, 17 games)
22 Adelaide 2012 24.834 3rd 7.0 Michael Doughty (32yo, 24 games)Graham Johncock (29yo, 19 games)Ian Callinan (29yo, 23 games)Scott Thompson (29yo, 25 games)Ben Rutten (28yo, 25 games)Brent Reilly (28yo, 25 games)Jason Porplyzia (27yo, 22 games)Brad Symes (27yo, 2 games)Bernie Vince (26yo, 20 games)Nathan van Berlo (25yo, 25 games)
23 Adelaide 2013 24.243 11th 7.2 Graham Johncock (30yo, 2 games)Ian Callinan (30yo, 6 games)Scott Thompson (30yo, 22 games)Ben Rutten (29yo, 21 games)Brent Reilly (29yo, 12 games)Jason Porplyzia (28yo, 16 games)Bernie Vince (27yo, 21 games)Nathan van Berlo (26yo, 19 games)Richard Tambling (26yo, 5 games)Richard Douglas (26yo, 22 games)
24 Adelaide 2014 24.770 10th 7.4 James Podsiadly (32yo, 21 games)Scott Thompson (31yo, 19 games)Ben Rutten (30yo, 14 games)Brent Reilly (30yo, 10 games)Jason Porplyzia (29yo, 4 games)Eddie Betts (27yo, 22 games)Richard Douglas (27yo, 19 games)Sam Jacobs (25yo, 22 games)David Mackay (25yo, 19 games)Ricky Henderson (25yo, 8 games)
25 Adelaide 2015 24.568 6th 9.8 Scott Thompson (32yo, 21 games)Nathan van Berlo (28yo, 20 games)Eddie Betts (28yo, 23 games)Richard Douglas (28yo, 16 games)Sam Jacobs (26yo, 23 games)David Mackay (26yo, 20 games)Ricky Henderson (26yo, 17 games)Brodie Martin (26yo, 3 games)Josh Jenkins (26yo, 21 games)Kyle Cheney (25yo, 12 games)
26 Adelaide 2016 24.949 6th 11.6 Scott Thompson (33yo, 22 games)Nathan van Berlo (29yo, 3 games)Eddie Betts (29yo, 24 games)Richard Douglas (29yo, 24 games)Sam Jacobs (27yo, 22 games)David Mackay (27yo, 19 games)Ricky Henderson (27yo, 9 games)Josh Jenkins (27yo, 24 games)Kyle Cheney (26yo, 24 games)Rory Sloane (26yo, 23 games)
27 Adelaide 2017 25.201 2nd 14.0 Scott Thompson (34yo, 1 games)Eddie Betts (30yo, 24 games)Richard Douglas (30yo, 25 games)Sam Jacobs (28yo, 25 games)David Mackay (28yo, 22 games)Josh Jenkins (28yo, 21 games)Andy Otten (27yo, 19 games)Rory Sloane (27yo, 24 games)Taylor Walker (26yo, 23 games)Tom Lynch (26yo, 23 games)
28 Adelaide 2018 25.722 12th 13.6 Sam Gibson (31yo, 5 games)Eddie Betts (31yo, 18 games)Richard Douglas (31yo, 17 games)Sam Jacobs (29yo, 22 games)David Mackay (29yo, 17 games)Josh Jenkins (29yo, 22 games)Bryce Gibbs (29yo, 22 games)Andy Otten (28yo, 8 games)Kyle Cheney (28yo, 8 games)Rory Sloane (28yo, 12 games)
29 Adelaide 2019 26.262 11th 14.3 Eddie Betts (32yo, 21 games)Richard Douglas (32yo, 9 games)Sam Jacobs (30yo, 5 games)David Mackay (30yo, 18 games)Josh Jenkins (30yo, 11 games)Bryce Gibbs (30yo, 12 games)Andy Otten (29yo, 3 games)Rory Sloane (29yo, 22 games)Taylor Walker (28yo, 22 games)Tom Lynch (28yo, 16 games)
30 Adelaide 2020 24.943 18th 13.0 Will Hamill (33yo, 8 games)David Mackay (31yo, 10 games)Bryce Gibbs (31yo, 3 games)Rory Sloane (30yo, 12 games)Taylor Walker (29yo, 14 games)Tom Lynch (29yo, 13 games)Daniel Talia (28yo, 14 games)Kyle Hartigan (28yo, 12 games)Brodie Smith (28yo, 16 games)Paul Seedsman (28yo, 9 games)
31 Adelaide 2021 24.620 15th 12.0 Will Hamill (34yo, 17 games)David Mackay (32yo, 18 games)Rory Sloane (31yo, 18 games)Taylor Walker (30yo, 17 games)Tom Lynch (30yo, 12 games)Brodie Smith (29yo, 21 games)Paul Seedsman (29yo, 22 games)Luke Brown (28yo, 11 games)Rory Laird (27yo, 22 games)Jake Kelly (26yo, 20 games)
32 Adelaide 2022 23.863 14th 10.0 Rory Sloane (32yo, 4 games)Taylor Walker (31yo, 18 games)Brodie Smith (30yo, 21 games)Luke Brown (29yo, 11 games)Rory Laird (28yo, 20 games)Matt Crouch (26yo, 11 games)Shane McAdam (26yo, 15 games)Reilly O'Brien (26yo, 20 games)Kieran Strachan (26yo, 2 games)Billy Frampton (25yo, 6 games)
33 Adelaide 2023 24.651 10th Rory Sloane (33yo, 22 games)Taylor Walker (32yo, 22 games)Brodie Smith (31yo, 22 games)Rory Laird (29yo, 22 games)Matt Crouch (27yo, 7 games)Shane McAdam (27yo, 7 games)Reilly O'Brien (27yo, 23 games)Ben Keays (26yo, 23 games)Tom Doedee (26yo, 11 games)Jordan Dawson (25yo, 23 games)
34 Adelaide 2024 25.160 Taylor Walker (33yo, 5 games)Brodie Smith (32yo, 6 games)Rory Laird (30yo, 6 games)Matt Crouch (28yo, 5 games)Reilly O'Brien (28yo, 6 games)Chris Burgess (28yo, 4 games)Ben Keays (27yo, 6 games)Jordan Dawson (26yo, 6 games)Wayne Milera (26yo, 3 games)Mitch Hinge (25yo, 6 games)