Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Hawthorn 1991 25.620 1st 8.4 Michael Tuck (37yo, 21 games)Robert DiPierdomenico (32yo, 1 games)John Kennedy (31yo, 3 games)Peter Schwab (30yo, 2 games)Gary Ayres (30yo, 22 games)Chris Mew (29yo, 16 games)Chris Langford (28yo, 25 games)John Platten (28yo, 23 games)Gregory Whittlesea (27yo, 4 games)Jason Dunstall (26yo, 18 games)
2 Hawthorn 1992 25.804 6th 10.2 Gary Ayres (31yo, 14 games)Chris Mew (30yo, 12 games)Chris Langford (29yo, 23 games)John Platten (29yo, 22 games)Ricky Nixon (28yo, 4 games)Greg Dear (28yo, 14 games)Jason Dunstall (27yo, 23 games)Dermott Brereton (27yo, 6 games)Tony Hall (27yo, 19 games)James Morrissey (27yo, 18 games)
3 Hawthorn 1993 26.124 6th 11.6 Gary Ayres (32yo, 17 games)Chris Langford (30yo, 21 games)John Platten (30yo, 18 games)Ricky Nixon (29yo, 4 games)Greg Dear (29yo, 11 games)Jason Dunstall (28yo, 21 games)Tony Hall (28yo, 20 games)James Morrissey (28yo, 4 games)Darren Baxter (28yo, 19 games)Andrew Collins (27yo, 21 games)
4 Hawthorn 1994 25.348 7th 12.0 Chris Langford (31yo, 18 games)John Platten (31yo, 23 games)Jason Dunstall (29yo, 19 games)Darren Baxter (29yo, 8 games)Andrew Collins (28yo, 23 games)Darrin Pritchard (28yo, 21 games)Ray Jencke (28yo, 16 games)Scott Maginness (27yo, 23 games)Paul Dear (27yo, 19 games)Darren Jarman (27yo, 21 games)
5 Hawthorn 1995 25.250 15th 10.2 Chris Langford (32yo, 18 games)John Platten (32yo, 19 games)Jason Dunstall (30yo, 17 games)Andrew Collins (29yo, 22 games)Darrin Pritchard (29yo, 11 games)Ray Jencke (29yo, 14 games)Scott Maginness (28yo, 19 games)Paul Dear (28yo, 15 games)Darren Jarman (28yo, 20 games)Anthony Condon (27yo, 2 games)
6 Hawthorn 1996 26.221 8th 9.4 Chris Langford (33yo, 21 games)John Platten (33yo, 21 games)Jason Dunstall (31yo, 23 games)Paul Salmon (31yo, 18 games)Darren Kappler (31yo, 19 games)Andrew Collins (30yo, 22 games)Darrin Pritchard (30yo, 21 games)Ray Jencke (30yo, 23 games)Scott Maginness (29yo, 1 games)Paul Dear (29yo, 2 games)
7 Hawthorn 1997 24.778 15th 8.4 Chris Langford (34yo, 8 games)John Platten (34yo, 18 games)Jason Dunstall (32yo, 8 games)Paul Salmon (32yo, 21 games)Darren Kappler (32yo, 11 games)Darrin Pritchard (31yo, 12 games)Ray Jencke (31yo, 5 games)Anthony Condon (29yo, 4 games)Todd Ridley (28yo, 2 games)Stephen Lawrence (27yo, 19 games)
8 Hawthorn 1998 23.994 13th 7.6 Jason Dunstall (33yo, 13 games)Paul Salmon (33yo, 20 games)Darren Kappler (33yo, 11 games)Stephen Lawrence (28yo, 4 games)Tony Woods (28yo, 21 games)Craig Treleven (27yo, 18 games)Brendan Krummel (25yo, 19 games)Jonathon Robran (25yo, 18 games)Mark Graham (25yo, 16 games)Richard Taylor (24yo, 21 games)
9 Hawthorn 1999 24.081 9th 8.8 Paul Salmon (34yo, 17 games)Tony Woods (29yo, 21 games)Craig Treleven (28yo, 16 games)Anthony Rock (28yo, 15 games)Brendan Krummel (26yo, 11 games)Jonathon Robran (26yo, 18 games)Mark Graham (26yo, 15 games)Richard Taylor (25yo, 22 games)Kris Barlow (25yo, 15 games)Jon Hassall (25yo, 12 games)
10 Hawthorn 2000 24.815 6th 10.4 Paul Salmon (35yo, 24 games)Tony Woods (30yo, 22 games)Craig Treleven (29yo, 4 games)Barry Young (29yo, 13 games)Anthony Rock (29yo, 24 games)Brendan Krummel (27yo, 2 games)Mark Graham (27yo, 24 games)Richard Taylor (26yo, 16 games)Kris Barlow (26yo, 21 games)Nick Holland (25yo, 22 games)
11 Hawthorn 2001 24.168 4th 11.8 Tony Woods (31yo, 15 games)Anthony Rock (30yo, 5 games)Shaun Rehn (29yo, 16 games)Matthew Dent (29yo, 8 games)Mark Graham (28yo, 25 games)Kris Barlow (27yo, 19 games)Nick Holland (26yo, 9 games)Shane Crawford (26yo, 21 games)John Barker (26yo, 22 games)Rayden Tallis (25yo, 25 games)
12 Hawthorn 2002 24.254 10th 11.0 Tony Woods (32yo, 1 games)Shaun Rehn (30yo, 17 games)Mark Graham (29yo, 22 games)Kris Barlow (28yo, 20 games)Nick Holland (27yo, 21 games)Shane Crawford (27yo, 22 games)John Barker (27yo, 15 games)Rayden Tallis (26yo, 20 games)Daniel Chick (26yo, 22 games)Angelo Lekkas (25yo, 17 games)
13 Hawthorn 2003 24.340 9th 9.4 Mark Graham (30yo, 18 games)Kris Barlow (29yo, 20 games)Peter Everitt (28yo, 14 games)Nick Holland (28yo, 13 games)Shane Crawford (28yo, 22 games)John Barker (28yo, 8 games)Kingsley Hunter (27yo, 2 games)Rayden Tallis (27yo, 18 games)Angelo Lekkas (26yo, 21 games)Luke McCabe (26yo, 3 games)
14 Hawthorn 2004 24.656 15th 8.2 Mark Graham (31yo, 19 games)Kris Barlow (30yo, 7 games)Peter Everitt (29yo, 22 games)Nick Holland (29yo, 13 games)Shane Crawford (29yo, 10 games)John Barker (29yo, 10 games)Rayden Tallis (28yo, 7 games)Simon Beaumont (28yo, 21 games)Angelo Lekkas (27yo, 22 games)Luke McCabe (27yo, 6 games)
15 Hawthorn 2005 23.726 14th 6.8 Peter Everitt (30yo, 22 games)Nick Holland (30yo, 3 games)Shane Crawford (30yo, 21 games)John Barker (30yo, 6 games)Simon Beaumont (29yo, 6 games)Angelo Lekkas (28yo, 9 games)Richard Vandenberg (28yo, 22 games)Joel Smith (27yo, 20 games)Ben Dixon (27yo, 20 games)Jonathan Hay (25yo, 20 games)
16 Hawthorn 2006 23.722 11th 5.2 Peter Everitt (31yo, 14 games)Shane Crawford (31yo, 15 games)John Barker (31yo, 7 games)Richard Vandenberg (29yo, 16 games)Joel Smith (28yo, 19 games)Ben Dixon (28yo, 22 games)Trent Croad (26yo, 18 games)Danny Jacobs (25yo, 9 games)Chance Bateman (24yo, 21 games)Matthew Ball (24yo, 3 games)
17 Hawthorn 2007 23.905 6th 4.4 Shane Crawford (32yo, 23 games)Richard Vandenberg (30yo, 8 games)Joel Smith (29yo, 17 games)Ben Dixon (29yo, 18 games)Trent Croad (27yo, 20 games)Danny Jacobs (26yo, 9 games)Chance Bateman (25yo, 21 games)Tim Clarke (24yo, 2 games)Brent Guerra (24yo, 24 games)Robert Campbell (24yo, 24 games)
18 Hawthorn 2008 23.716 1st 4.4 Shane Crawford (33yo, 14 games)Stuart Dew (28yo, 15 games)Trent Croad (28yo, 20 games)Chance Bateman (26yo, 21 games)Tim Clarke (25yo, 8 games)Brent Guerra (25yo, 21 games)Robert Campbell (25yo, 24 games)Michael Osborne (25yo, 23 games)Simon Taylor (25yo, 18 games)Sam Mitchell (25yo, 24 games)
19 Hawthorn 2009 23.380 9th 2.8 Stuart Dew (29yo, 11 games)Chance Bateman (27yo, 22 games)Brent Guerra (26yo, 16 games)Robert Campbell (26yo, 14 games)Michael Osborne (26yo, 17 games)Simon Taylor (26yo, 18 games)Sam Mitchell (26yo, 22 games)Mark Williams (25yo, 13 games)Campbell Brown (25yo, 21 games)Brad Sewell (25yo, 19 games)
20 Hawthorn 2010 24.273 7th 1.6 Chance Bateman (28yo, 18 games)Brent Guerra (27yo, 23 games)Michael Osborne (27yo, 20 games)Simon Taylor (27yo, 1 games)Sam Mitchell (27yo, 19 games)Shaun Burgoyne (27yo, 16 games)Wayde Skipper (27yo, 15 games)Campbell Brown (26yo, 17 games)Brad Sewell (26yo, 19 games)Rick Ladson (26yo, 13 games)
21 Hawthorn 2011 24.789 3rd 2.0 Cameron Bruce (31yo, 9 games)Chance Bateman (29yo, 17 games)Brent Guerra (28yo, 22 games)Michael Osborne (28yo, 20 games)Sam Mitchell (28yo, 23 games)Shaun Burgoyne (28yo, 24 games)Brad Sewell (27yo, 22 games)Rick Ladson (27yo, 10 games)Josh Gibson (27yo, 25 games)David Hale (26yo, 20 games)
22 Hawthorn 2012 24.865 2nd 4.0 Cameron Bruce (32yo, 1 games)Chance Bateman (30yo, 3 games)Brent Guerra (29yo, 19 games)Michael Osborne (29yo, 7 games)Sam Mitchell (29yo, 24 games)Shaun Burgoyne (29yo, 24 games)Brad Sewell (28yo, 24 games)Josh Gibson (28yo, 22 games)David Hale (27yo, 24 games)Luke Hodge (27yo, 10 games)
23 Hawthorn 2013 25.849 1st 4.8 Brian Lake (31yo, 21 games)Brent Guerra (30yo, 19 games)Michael Osborne (30yo, 5 games)Sam Mitchell (30yo, 24 games)Shaun Burgoyne (30yo, 23 games)Brad Sewell (29yo, 21 games)Josh Gibson (29yo, 24 games)David Hale (28yo, 24 games)Luke Hodge (28yo, 23 games)Jordan Lewis (26yo, 24 games)
24 Hawthorn 2014 25.751 1st 6.4 Brian Lake (32yo, 11 games)Sam Mitchell (31yo, 16 games)Shaun Burgoyne (31yo, 25 games)Brad Sewell (30yo, 10 games)Josh Gibson (30yo, 17 games)David Hale (29yo, 22 games)Luke Hodge (29yo, 22 games)Jordan Lewis (27yo, 24 games)Jarryd Roughead (27yo, 23 games)Matthew Spangher (26yo, 15 games)
25 Hawthorn 2015 26.706 1st 9.2 Brian Lake (33yo, 22 games)Sam Mitchell (32yo, 24 games)Shaun Burgoyne (32yo, 26 games)Josh Gibson (31yo, 25 games)David Hale (30yo, 18 games)Luke Hodge (30yo, 21 games)Jordan Lewis (28yo, 23 games)Jarryd Roughead (28yo, 24 games)Matthew Spangher (27yo, 4 games)Jonathan Simpkin (27yo, 1 games)
26 Hawthorn 2016 26.367 5th 11.0 Sam Mitchell (33yo, 22 games)Shaun Burgoyne (33yo, 24 games)Josh Gibson (32yo, 23 games)Luke Hodge (31yo, 15 games)Jordan Lewis (29yo, 24 games)Matthew Spangher (28yo, 1 games)Paul Puopolo (28yo, 22 games)Grant Birchall (28yo, 24 games)James Frawley (27yo, 22 games)Isaac Smith (27yo, 24 games)
27 Hawthorn 2017 25.953 12th 11.2 Shaun Burgoyne (34yo, 22 games)Josh Gibson (33yo, 12 games)Luke Hodge (32yo, 19 games)Jarryd Roughead (30yo, 22 games)Paul Puopolo (29yo, 15 games)Grant Birchall (29yo, 5 games)Ricky Henderson (28yo, 18 games)James Frawley (28yo, 8 games)Isaac Smith (28yo, 22 games)Ben Stratton (28yo, 8 games)
28 Hawthorn 2018 25.942 5th 13.4 Shaun Burgoyne (35yo, 17 games)Jarryd Roughead (31yo, 22 games)Paul Puopolo (30yo, 20 games)Ricky Henderson (29yo, 22 games)James Frawley (29yo, 20 games)Isaac Smith (29yo, 24 games)Ben Stratton (29yo, 23 games)Ben McEvoy (28yo, 19 games)Cyril Rioli (28yo, 4 games)Brendan Whitecross (28yo, 6 games)
29 Hawthorn 2019 26.353 9th 14.5 Shaun Burgoyne (36yo, 18 games)Jarryd Roughead (32yo, 8 games)Paul Puopolo (31yo, 22 games)Grant Birchall (31yo, 3 games)Ricky Henderson (30yo, 22 games)James Frawley (30yo, 18 games)Isaac Smith (30yo, 19 games)Ben Stratton (30yo, 19 games)Ben McEvoy (29yo, 19 games)Luke Breust (28yo, 22 games)
30 Hawthorn 2020 26.593 15th 14.3 Shaun Burgoyne (37yo, 13 games)Paul Puopolo (32yo, 6 games)Ricky Henderson (31yo, 7 games)James Frawley (31yo, 14 games)Isaac Smith (31yo, 10 games)Ben Stratton (31yo, 14 games)Ben McEvoy (30yo, 16 games)Keegan Brooksby (29yo, 1 games)Luke Breust (29yo, 13 games)Jonathon Ceglar (29yo, 13 games)
31 Hawthorn 2021 25.483 14th 14.5 Shaun Burgoyne (38yo, 18 games)Ben McEvoy (31yo, 22 games)Luke Breust (30yo, 19 games)Jonathon Ceglar (30yo, 12 games)Liam Shiels (29yo, 21 games)Jack Gunston (29yo, 1 games)Kyle Hartigan (29yo, 19 games)Tom Mitchell (27yo, 22 games)Michael Hartley (27yo, 3 games)Chad Wingard (27yo, 16 games)
32 Hawthorn 2022 24.452 13th 16.0 Ben McEvoy (32yo, 8 games)Luke Breust (31yo, 21 games)Liam Shiels (30yo, 13 games)Jack Gunston (30yo, 16 games)Kyle Hartigan (30yo, 3 games)Tom Mitchell (28yo, 21 games)Chad Wingard (28yo, 10 games)Sam Frost (28yo, 12 games)Jaeger O'Meara (28yo, 21 games)James Sicily (27yo, 22 games)
33 Hawthorn 2023 24.145 16th Luke Breust (32yo, 21 games)Chad Wingard (29yo, 14 games)Sam Frost (29yo, 18 games)James Sicily (28yo, 19 games)Jarman Impey (27yo, 22 games)Karl Amon (27yo, 21 games)Blake Hardwick (26yo, 23 games)Brandon Ryan (25yo, 3 games)Fergus Greene (25yo, 11 games)Lachlan Bramble (24yo, 11 games)
34 Hawthorn 2024 24.748 Luke Breust (33yo, 3 games)Jack Gunston (32yo, 3 games)Sam Frost (30yo, 6 games)James Sicily (29yo, 6 games)Jarman Impey (28yo, 6 games)Karl Amon (28yo, 6 games)Blake Hardwick (27yo, 6 games)Mabior Chol (26yo, 6 games)Lloyd Meek (25yo, 4 games)Conor Nash (25yo, 6 games)