Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Essendon 1991 25.028 6th 5.6 Terry Daniher (33yo, 12 games)Simon Madden (33yo, 23 games)Shane Heard (32yo, 11 games)Tim Watson (29yo, 17 games)Kevin Walsh (29yo, 1 games)David Robertson (28yo, 3 games)Derek Kickett (28yo, 13 games)Anthony Daniher (28yo, 16 games)Alan Ezard (27yo, 23 games)Mark Thompson (27yo, 9 games)
2 Essendon 1992 24.927 8th 6.8 Terry Daniher (34yo, 10 games)Simon Madden (34yo, 7 games)Derek Kickett (29yo, 22 games)Anthony Daniher (29yo, 15 games)Alan Ezard (28yo, 12 games)Mark Thompson (28yo, 21 games)Ian McMullin (27yo, 1 games)Paul Salmon (27yo, 19 games)Gary O'Donnell (26yo, 20 games)Mark Harvey (26yo, 22 games)
3 Essendon 1993 24.200 1st 8.2 Tim Watson (31yo, 16 games)Derek Kickett (30yo, 23 games)Anthony Daniher (30yo, 8 games)Alan Ezard (29yo, 4 games)Mark Thompson (29yo, 21 games)Paul Salmon (28yo, 20 games)Gary O'Donnell (27yo, 24 games)Mark Harvey (27yo, 22 games)David Grenvold (27yo, 24 games)Chris Daniher (27yo, 15 games)
4 Essendon 1994 23.571 10th 6.8 Tim Watson (32yo, 9 games)Anthony Daniher (31yo, 9 games)Mark Thompson (30yo, 13 games)Paul Salmon (29yo, 14 games)Gary O'Donnell (28yo, 20 games)Mark Harvey (28yo, 8 games)David Grenvold (28yo, 18 games)Chris Daniher (28yo, 12 games)Peter Cransberg (26yo, 4 games)Darren Bewick (26yo, 21 games)
5 Essendon 1995 24.445 5th 6.0 Mark Thompson (31yo, 11 games)Tim Darcy (31yo, 14 games)Paul Salmon (30yo, 13 games)Gary O'Donnell (29yo, 24 games)Mark Harvey (29yo, 11 games)David Grenvold (29yo, 23 games)Chris Daniher (29yo, 21 games)Peter Cransberg (27yo, 6 games)Darren Bewick (27yo, 10 games)Peter Somerville (26yo, 24 games)
6 Essendon 1996 24.289 4th 5.6 Mark Thompson (32yo, 8 games)Gary O'Donnell (30yo, 25 games)Mark Harvey (30yo, 24 games)David Grenvold (30yo, 1 games)Chris Daniher (30yo, 19 games)Peter Cransberg (28yo, 2 games)Darren Bewick (28yo, 18 games)Peter Somerville (27yo, 21 games)Sean Denham (26yo, 17 games)Dean Wallis (26yo, 12 games)
7 Essendon 1997 24.167 14th 3.8 Gary O'Donnell (31yo, 20 games)Mark Harvey (31yo, 6 games)Chris Daniher (31yo, 17 games)Peter Cransberg (29yo, 14 games)Darren Bewick (29yo, 5 games)Peter Somerville (28yo, 13 games)Sean Denham (27yo, 22 games)Dean Wallis (27yo, 11 games)Michael Long (27yo, 5 games)Barry Young (26yo, 6 games)
8 Essendon 1998 24.277 8th 3.4 Gary O'Donnell (32yo, 17 games)Darren Bewick (30yo, 23 games)Peter Somerville (29yo, 12 games)Sean Denham (28yo, 11 games)Dean Wallis (28yo, 1 games)Michael Long (28yo, 9 games)Barry Young (27yo, 3 games)Mark Fraser (27yo, 18 games)Michael Symons (26yo, 3 games)Steven Alessio (26yo, 12 games)
9 Essendon 1999 24.855 3rd 4.0 Darren Bewick (31yo, 24 games)Peter Somerville (30yo, 14 games)Sean Denham (29yo, 7 games)Dean Wallis (29yo, 23 games)Michael Long (29yo, 20 games)Barry Young (28yo, 20 games)Mark Fraser (28yo, 19 games)Michael Symons (27yo, 14 games)Steven Alessio (27yo, 22 games)Ilija Grgic (27yo, 2 games)
10 Essendon 2000 25.017 1st 6.4 Darren Bewick (32yo, 19 games)Sean Denham (30yo, 9 games)John Barnes (30yo, 24 games)Dean Wallis (30yo, 16 games)Michael Long (30yo, 23 games)Mark Fraser (29yo, 4 games)Steven Alessio (28yo, 24 games)Damien Hardwick (27yo, 24 games)Jonathon Robran (27yo, 4 games)James Hird (27yo, 20 games)
11 Essendon 2001 24.278 2nd 9.0 John Barnes (31yo, 22 games)Dean Wallis (31yo, 1 games)Michael Long (31yo, 7 games)Steven Alessio (29yo, 17 games)Damien Hardwick (28yo, 21 games)Jonathon Robran (28yo, 4 games)James Hird (28yo, 22 games)Paul Barnard (28yo, 24 games)Mark Mercuri (27yo, 20 games)Sean Wellman (26yo, 23 games)
12 Essendon 2002 24.314 5th 10.4 Paul Salmon (37yo, 15 games)Steven Alessio (30yo, 15 games)James Hird (29yo, 16 games)Paul Barnard (29yo, 24 games)Mark Mercuri (28yo, 11 games)Sean Wellman (27yo, 22 games)Joe Misiti (27yo, 15 games)Dustin Fletcher (26yo, 18 games)Gary Moorcroft (25yo, 15 games)Blake Caracella (25yo, 24 games)
13 Essendon 2003 24.115 6th 11.6 Steven Alessio (31yo, 16 games)James Hird (30yo, 18 games)Paul Barnard (30yo, 11 games)Mark Mercuri (29yo, 16 games)Sean Wellman (28yo, 20 games)Joe Misiti (28yo, 21 games)Dustin Fletcher (27yo, 14 games)Scott Lucas (25yo, 24 games)Jason Johnson (25yo, 22 games)Matthew Lloyd (24yo, 22 games)
14 Essendon 2004 24.583 6th 12.0 James Hird (31yo, 20 games)Mark Mercuri (30yo, 9 games)Sean Wellman (29yo, 12 games)Joe Misiti (29yo, 19 games)Matthew Allan (29yo, 20 games)Dustin Fletcher (28yo, 20 games)Justin Murphy (27yo, 23 games)Scott Lucas (26yo, 21 games)Jason Johnson (26yo, 19 games)Matthew Lloyd (25yo, 24 games)
15 Essendon 2005 24.165 13th 12.2 James Hird (32yo, 17 games)Matthew Allan (30yo, 1 games)Dustin Fletcher (29yo, 17 games)Justin Murphy (28yo, 17 games)Scott Lucas (27yo, 22 games)Jason Johnson (27yo, 22 games)Matthew Lloyd (26yo, 20 games)Dean Rioli (26yo, 11 games)Mark Johnson (26yo, 22 games)Mark Bolton (25yo, 16 games)
16 Essendon 2006 24.281 15th 10.8 James Hird (33yo, 13 games)Dustin Fletcher (30yo, 16 games)Scott Camporeale (30yo, 12 games)Scott Lucas (28yo, 22 games)Jason Johnson (28yo, 19 games)Matthew Lloyd (27yo, 3 games)Dean Rioli (27yo, 4 games)Mark Johnson (27yo, 22 games)Chris Heffernan (27yo, 19 games)Mark Bolton (26yo, 19 games)
17 Essendon 2007 25.046 12th 10.6 James Hird (34yo, 17 games)Dustin Fletcher (31yo, 19 games)Scott Camporeale (31yo, 7 games)Mal Michael (29yo, 22 games)Scott Lucas (29yo, 22 games)Jason Johnson (29yo, 10 games)Matthew Lloyd (28yo, 19 games)Mark Johnson (28yo, 20 games)Chris Heffernan (28yo, 7 games)Mark Bolton (27yo, 7 games)
18 Essendon 2008 24.019 12th 10.0 Dustin Fletcher (32yo, 18 games)Mal Michael (30yo, 15 games)Scott Lucas (30yo, 9 games)Jason Johnson (30yo, 4 games)Matthew Lloyd (29yo, 21 games)Damien Peverill (28yo, 10 games)Adam Ramanauskas (27yo, 18 games)Mark McVeigh (27yo, 14 games)David Hille (26yo, 20 games)Adam McPhee (25yo, 20 games)
19 Essendon 2009 23.828 8th 9.8 Dustin Fletcher (33yo, 18 games)Scott Lucas (31yo, 14 games)Matthew Lloyd (30yo, 18 games)Mark McVeigh (28yo, 12 games)David Hille (27yo, 5 games)Adam McPhee (26yo, 21 games)Andrew Lovett (26yo, 22 games)Nathan Lovett-Murray (26yo, 14 games)Andrew Welsh (26yo, 11 games)Hayden Skipworth (26yo, 11 games)
20 Essendon 2010 23.499 14th 10.0 Dustin Fletcher (34yo, 16 games)Mark McVeigh (29yo, 18 games)David Hille (28yo, 16 games)Nathan Lovett-Murray (27yo, 12 games)Andrew Welsh (27yo, 11 games)Mark Williams (26yo, 4 games)Alwyn Davey (25yo, 16 games)Jason Winderlich (25yo, 19 games)Jobe Watson (25yo, 21 games)Jarrod Atkinson (25yo, 7 games)
21 Essendon 2011 23.893 8th 12.0 Dustin Fletcher (35yo, 19 games)Mark McVeigh (30yo, 23 games)David Hille (29yo, 19 games)Nathan Lovett-Murray (28yo, 14 games)Andrew Welsh (28yo, 6 games)Alwyn Davey (26yo, 14 games)Jason Winderlich (26yo, 4 games)Jobe Watson (26yo, 17 games)Ricky Dyson (25yo, 6 games)Henry Slattery (25yo, 8 games)
22 Essendon 2012 24.427 11th 11.4 Dustin Fletcher (36yo, 18 games)Mark McVeigh (31yo, 3 games)David Hille (30yo, 9 games)Nathan Lovett-Murray (29yo, 17 games)Alwyn Davey (27yo, 17 games)Jason Winderlich (27yo, 2 games)Jobe Watson (27yo, 22 games)Ricky Dyson (26yo, 12 games)Henry Slattery (26yo, 2 games)Brent Stanton (25yo, 20 games)
23 Essendon 2013 24.660 9th 11.8 Dustin Fletcher (37yo, 13 games)David Hille (31yo, 4 games)Nathan Lovett-Murray (30yo, 3 games)Alwyn Davey (28yo, 14 games)Jason Winderlich (28yo, 12 games)Jobe Watson (28yo, 19 games)Brendon Goddard (27yo, 22 games)Brent Stanton (26yo, 21 games)Mark Baguley (25yo, 21 games)Courtenay Dempsey (25yo, 14 games)
24 Essendon 2014 25.169 7th 12.0 Dustin Fletcher (38yo, 15 games)Paul Chapman (32yo, 20 games)Jason Winderlich (29yo, 16 games)Jobe Watson (29yo, 15 games)Brendon Goddard (28yo, 20 games)Brent Stanton (27yo, 23 games)Mark Baguley (26yo, 22 games)Courtenay Dempsey (26yo, 18 games)Heath Hocking (26yo, 22 games)Paddy Ryder (26yo, 21 games)
25 Essendon 2015 24.956 15th 11.6 Dustin Fletcher (39yo, 7 games)Paul Chapman (33yo, 9 games)Jason Winderlich (30yo, 1 games)Jobe Watson (30yo, 12 games)Brendon Goddard (29yo, 22 games)Adam Cooney (29yo, 11 games)Brent Stanton (28yo, 22 games)James Gwilt (28yo, 11 games)Mark Baguley (27yo, 22 games)Courtenay Dempsey (27yo, 13 games)
26 Essendon 2016 25.019 18th 9.6 Mark Jamar (32yo, 5 games)James Kelly (32yo, 20 games)Ryan Crowley (32yo, 8 games)Mathew Stokes (31yo, 11 games)Brendon Goddard (30yo, 20 games)Nathan Grima (30yo, 2 games)Adam Cooney (30yo, 20 games)James Gwilt (29yo, 15 games)Mark Baguley (28yo, 10 games)Courtenay Dempsey (28yo, 14 games)
27 Essendon 2017 25.486 8th 11.0 James Kelly (33yo, 20 games)Jobe Watson (32yo, 20 games)Brendon Goddard (31yo, 23 games)Brent Stanton (30yo, 7 games)Mark Baguley (29yo, 22 games)Heath Hocking (29yo, 2 games)Matthew Leuenberger (28yo, 7 games)Cale Hooker (28yo, 20 games)Ben Howlett (28yo, 7 games)Craig Bird (28yo, 2 games)
28 Essendon 2018 25.328 11th 11.0 Brendon Goddard (32yo, 22 games)Mark Baguley (30yo, 20 games)Matthew Leuenberger (29yo, 2 games)Cale Hooker (29yo, 22 games)David Myers (28yo, 16 games)Tom Bellchambers (28yo, 20 games)David Zaharakis (28yo, 17 games)Michael Hurley (27yo, 20 games)Mitch Brown (27yo, 14 games)Shaun McKernan (27yo, 10 games)
29 Essendon 2019 25.102 8th 11.8 Mark Baguley (31yo, 10 games)Cale Hooker (30yo, 18 games)David Myers (29yo, 7 games)Tom Bellchambers (29yo, 16 games)David Zaharakis (29yo, 20 games)Zac Clarke (29yo, 9 games)Michael Hurley (28yo, 19 games)Mitch Brown (28yo, 16 games)Shaun McKernan (28yo, 16 games)Patrick Ambrose (27yo, 20 games)
30 Essendon 2020 24.865 13th 11.3 Cale Hooker (31yo, 8 games)Tom Bellchambers (30yo, 7 games)David Zaharakis (30yo, 10 games)Michael Hurley (29yo, 14 games)Shaun McKernan (29yo, 9 games)Andrew Phillips (28yo, 5 games)Dyson Heppell (27yo, 3 games)Dylan Shiel (27yo, 15 games)Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (26yo, 17 games)Devon Smith (26yo, 16 games)
31 Essendon 2021 24.643 8th 13.0 Cale Hooker (32yo, 18 games)David Zaharakis (31yo, 9 games)Andrew Phillips (29yo, 6 games)Patrick Ambrose (29yo, 1 games)Dyson Heppell (28yo, 19 games)Dylan Shiel (28yo, 8 games)Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (27yo, 20 games)Devon Smith (27yo, 20 games)James Stewart (27yo, 17 games)Jake Stringer (26yo, 19 games)
32 Essendon 2022 24.430 15th 11.0 Michael Hurley (31yo, 1 games)Andrew Phillips (30yo, 10 games)Dyson Heppell (29yo, 22 games)Dylan Shiel (29yo, 19 games)Devon Smith (28yo, 8 games)James Stewart (28yo, 6 games)Jake Stringer (27yo, 15 games)Nick Hind (27yo, 21 games)Jake Kelly (27yo, 21 games)Tom Cutler (27yo, 9 games)
33 Essendon 2023 25.040 11th Andrew Phillips (31yo, 20 games)Dyson Heppell (30yo, 22 games)Dylan Shiel (30yo, 12 games)Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (29yo, 7 games)Jake Stringer (28yo, 17 games)Nick Hind (28yo, 16 games)Jake Kelly (28yo, 17 games)Zach Merrett (27yo, 22 games)Jayden Laverde (26yo, 19 games)Peter Wright (26yo, 10 games)
34 Essendon 2024 25.905 Todd Goldstein (35yo, 4 games)Dyson Heppell (31yo, 4 games)Jake Stringer (29yo, 4 games)Nick Hind (29yo, 3 games)Jake Kelly (29yo, 3 games)Zach Merrett (28yo, 4 games)Jayden Laverde (27yo, 3 games)Peter Wright (27yo, 2 games)Kyle Langford (27yo, 4 games)Darcy Parish (26yo, 2 games)