Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Melbourne 1991 24.285 4th 9.6 Steven Clark (29yo, 18 games)Phil Egan (28yo, 1 games)Steven Stretch (27yo, 19 games)David Flintoff (27yo, 4 games)Sean Wight (27yo, 10 games)Andrew Obst (26yo, 15 games)Graeme Yeats (26yo, 15 games)Peter Rohde (26yo, 20 games)Darren Bennett (26yo, 22 games)Earl Spalding (26yo, 22 games)
2 Melbourne 1992 24.248 11th 10.6 Wayne Henwood (29yo, 1 games)Andy Goodwin (28yo, 13 games)Michael Pickering (28yo, 11 games)Steven Stretch (28yo, 18 games)Sean Wight (28yo, 11 games)Andrew Obst (27yo, 16 games)Graeme Yeats (27yo, 19 games)Peter Rohde (27yo, 21 games)Darren Bennett (27yo, 14 games)Rod Grinter (26yo, 3 games)
3 Melbourne 1993 24.542 10th 9.4 Andy Goodwin (29yo, 4 games)Michael Pickering (29yo, 4 games)Steven Stretch (29yo, 14 games)Sean Wight (29yo, 5 games)Andrew Obst (28yo, 19 games)Graeme Yeats (28yo, 7 games)Peter Rohde (28yo, 20 games)Darren Bennett (28yo, 2 games)Rod Grinter (27yo, 15 games)Greg Healy (27yo, 8 games)
4 Melbourne 1994 24.918 4th 11.4 Sean Wight (30yo, 24 games)Andrew Obst (29yo, 16 games)Graeme Yeats (29yo, 19 games)Peter Rohde (29yo, 14 games)Rod Grinter (28yo, 9 games)Todd Viney (28yo, 25 games)Jim Stynes (27yo, 25 games)Brett Lovett (27yo, 25 games)Dean Irving (27yo, 6 games)Kevin Dyson (26yo, 18 games)
5 Melbourne 1995 25.320 9th 10.0 Sean Wight (31yo, 21 games)Andrew Obst (30yo, 21 games)Graeme Yeats (30yo, 6 games)Peter Rohde (30yo, 8 games)Todd Viney (29yo, 17 games)Jim Stynes (28yo, 22 games)Brett Lovett (28yo, 12 games)Dean Irving (28yo, 6 games)Kevin Dyson (27yo, 18 games)Garry Lyon (27yo, 20 games)
6 Melbourne 1996 25.418 14th 9.4 Andrew Obst (31yo, 22 games)Craig Turley (30yo, 16 games)Todd Viney (30yo, 12 games)Jim Stynes (29yo, 22 games)Brett Lovett (29yo, 20 games)David Grant (29yo, 7 games)Dean Irving (29yo, 9 games)Garry Lyon (28yo, 6 games)Alastair Clarkson (27yo, 22 games)Darren O'Brien (27yo, 13 games)
7 Melbourne 1997 25.378 16th 7.4 Andrew Obst (32yo, 18 games)Todd Viney (31yo, 22 games)Jim Stynes (30yo, 22 games)Brett Lovett (30yo, 18 games)Dean Irving (30yo, 2 games)Garry Lyon (29yo, 5 games)Alastair Clarkson (28yo, 19 games)Darren O'Brien (28yo, 11 games)Andrew Lamprill (27yo, 3 games)Shaun Smith (27yo, 12 games)
8 Melbourne 1998 24.741 4th 9.4 Todd Viney (32yo, 22 games)Jim Stynes (31yo, 20 games)Garry Lyon (30yo, 21 games)Jamie Shanahan (30yo, 22 games)Shaun Smith (28yo, 11 games)Glenn Lovett (28yo, 1 games)Matthew Febey (28yo, 21 games)Steven Febey (28yo, 25 games)Anthony Ingerson (28yo, 24 games)Stephen Tingay (27yo, 15 games)
9 Melbourne 1999 24.496 14th 8.0 Todd Viney (33yo, 17 games)Garry Lyon (31yo, 2 games)Jamie Shanahan (31yo, 15 games)Glenn Lovett (29yo, 1 games)Steven Febey (29yo, 12 games)Matthew Febey (29yo, 17 games)Anthony Ingerson (29yo, 22 games)Stephen Tingay (28yo, 9 games)Anthony McDonald (26yo, 11 games)Darren Kowal (26yo, 11 games)
10 Melbourne 2000 23.820 2nd 9.2 Steven Febey (30yo, 21 games)Matthew Febey (30yo, 2 games)Anthony Ingerson (30yo, 25 games)Anthony McDonald (27yo, 25 games)David Schwarz (27yo, 25 games)Marcus Seecamp (27yo, 4 games)Scott Chisholm (26yo, 1 games)Paul Hopgood (26yo, 1 games)Steven Pitt (26yo, 3 games)James Cook (26yo, 3 games)
11 Melbourne 2001 24.074 11th 8.0 Steven Febey (31yo, 20 games)Anthony Ingerson (31yo, 10 games)Anthony McDonald (28yo, 20 games)David Schwarz (28yo, 21 games)Steven Pitt (27yo, 2 games)Andrew Leoncelli (26yo, 18 games)Guy Rigoni (26yo, 10 games)David Neitz (26yo, 22 games)Shane Woewodin (24yo, 20 games)Peter Walsh (24yo, 16 games)
12 Melbourne 2002 24.129 6th 9.6 Anthony McDonald (29yo, 5 games)David Schwarz (29yo, 13 games)Andrew Leoncelli (27yo, 24 games)David Neitz (27yo, 24 games)Craig Ellis (26yo, 15 games)Peter Vardy (26yo, 21 games)Clint Bizzell (25yo, 22 games)Shane Woewodin (25yo, 24 games)Peter Walsh (25yo, 17 games)Nathan Brown (25yo, 24 games)
13 Melbourne 2003 24.091 14th 10.0 Andrew Leoncelli (28yo, 16 games)Guy Rigoni (28yo, 9 games)David Neitz (28yo, 22 games)Peter Vardy (27yo, 9 games)Gary Moorcroft (26yo, 3 games)Clint Bizzell (26yo, 22 games)Peter Walsh (26yo, 16 games)Nathan Brown (26yo, 19 games)James McDonald (26yo, 21 games)Jeff White (26yo, 16 games)
14 Melbourne 2004 24.648 7th 11.8 Guy Rigoni (29yo, 7 games)David Neitz (29yo, 21 games)Peter Vardy (28yo, 11 games)Clint Bizzell (27yo, 14 games)Peter Walsh (27yo, 13 games)Nathan Brown (27yo, 22 games)James McDonald (27yo, 18 games)Jeff White (27yo, 23 games)Ben Holland (26yo, 21 games)Daniel Ward (26yo, 10 games)
15 Melbourne 2005 24.870 8th 12.6 Guy Rigoni (30yo, 11 games)David Neitz (30yo, 18 games)Clint Bizzell (28yo, 20 games)Nathan Brown (28yo, 22 games)James McDonald (28yo, 21 games)Jeff White (28yo, 23 games)Ben Holland (27yo, 17 games)Daniel Ward (27yo, 4 games)Adem Yze (27yo, 23 games)Alistair Nicholson (27yo, 14 games)
16 Melbourne 2006 24.930 5th 14.2 David Neitz (31yo, 21 games)Nathan Brown (29yo, 9 games)James McDonald (29yo, 24 games)Jeff White (29yo, 24 games)Ben Holland (28yo, 16 games)Daniel Ward (28yo, 17 games)Byron Pickett (28yo, 20 games)Adem Yze (28yo, 24 games)Shannon Motlop (27yo, 3 games)Russell Robertson (27yo, 23 games)
17 Melbourne 2007 25.220 14th 14.6 David Neitz (32yo, 15 games)Clint Bizzell (30yo, 10 games)Nathan Brown (30yo, 19 games)James McDonald (30yo, 21 games)Jeff White (30yo, 22 games)Ben Holland (29yo, 10 games)Daniel Ward (29yo, 18 games)Byron Pickett (29yo, 9 games)Adem Yze (29yo, 8 games)Russell Robertson (28yo, 15 games)
18 Melbourne 2008 23.782 16th 14.8 David Neitz (33yo, 5 games)James McDonald (31yo, 19 games)Jeff White (31yo, 15 games)Ben Holland (30yo, 2 games)Adem Yze (30yo, 6 games)Russell Robertson (29yo, 10 games)Cameron Bruce (28yo, 22 games)Matthew Whelan (28yo, 12 games)Nathan Carroll (27yo, 9 games)Brad Green (27yo, 20 games)
19 Melbourne 2009 23.428 16th 15.0 James McDonald (32yo, 18 games)Russell Robertson (30yo, 13 games)Cameron Bruce (29yo, 19 games)Matthew Whelan (29yo, 10 games)Brad Green (28yo, 12 games)Paul Wheatley (27yo, 3 games)Aaron Davey (25yo, 22 games)Brad Miller (25yo, 17 games)Mark Jamar (25yo, 7 games)Brent Moloney (25yo, 21 games)
20 Melbourne 2010 23.575 12th 15.2 James McDonald (33yo, 16 games)Cameron Bruce (30yo, 21 games)Brad Green (29yo, 22 games)Aaron Davey (26yo, 20 games)Brad Miller (26yo, 6 games)Mark Jamar (26yo, 22 games)Brent Moloney (26yo, 18 games)Matthew Warnock (25yo, 13 games)Paul Johnson (25yo, 8 games)Joel Macdonald (25yo, 17 games)
21 Melbourne 2011 23.071 13th 14.8 Brad Green (30yo, 21 games)Aaron Davey (27yo, 11 games)Mark Jamar (27yo, 15 games)Brent Moloney (27yo, 22 games)Matthew Warnock (26yo, 4 games)Joel Macdonald (26yo, 10 games)Jared Rivers (26yo, 20 games)Colin Sylvia (25yo, 19 games)Stefan Martin (24yo, 21 games)Michael Newton (23yo, 3 games)
22 Melbourne 2012 23.837 16th 13.4 Brad Green (31yo, 13 games)Aaron Davey (28yo, 8 games)Mark Jamar (28yo, 14 games)Brent Moloney (28yo, 15 games)Joel Macdonald (27yo, 16 games)Jared Rivers (27yo, 22 games)Colin Sylvia (26yo, 17 games)Stefan Martin (25yo, 7 games)Lynden Dunn (24yo, 18 games)Matthew Bate (24yo, 12 games)
23 Melbourne 2013 23.880 17th 10.8 Aaron Davey (29yo, 20 games)Mark Jamar (29yo, 9 games)David Rodan (29yo, 9 games)Shannon Byrnes (28yo, 17 games)Joel Macdonald (28yo, 1 games)Colin Sylvia (27yo, 19 games)Cameron Pedersen (26yo, 10 games)Lynden Dunn (25yo, 18 games)James Magner (25yo, 2 games)Matt Jones (25yo, 22 games)
24 Melbourne 2014 24.480 17th 10.8 Daniel Cross (31yo, 17 games)Mark Jamar (30yo, 17 games)Shannon Byrnes (29yo, 6 games)Bernie Vince (28yo, 22 games)Cameron Pedersen (27yo, 19 games)Lynden Dunn (26yo, 22 games)Matt Jones (26yo, 20 games)Nathan Jones (26yo, 22 games)Colin Garland (25yo, 14 games)Chris Dawes (25yo, 18 games)
25 Melbourne 2015 24.477 13th 10.0 Daniel Cross (32yo, 22 games)Mark Jamar (31yo, 5 games)Bernie Vince (29yo, 21 games)Heritier Lumumba (28yo, 19 games)Cameron Pedersen (28yo, 7 games)Lynden Dunn (27yo, 22 games)Matt Jones (27yo, 9 games)Nathan Jones (27yo, 22 games)Colin Garland (26yo, 20 games)Chris Dawes (26yo, 14 games)
26 Melbourne 2016 23.537 11th 8.0 Bernie Vince (30yo, 21 games)Heritier Lumumba (29yo, 5 games)Cameron Pedersen (29yo, 9 games)Lynden Dunn (28yo, 4 games)Matt Jones (28yo, 10 games)Nathan Jones (28yo, 22 games)Colin Garland (27yo, 6 games)Chris Dawes (27yo, 6 games)Jack Grimes (26yo, 2 games)Jeff Garlett (26yo, 17 games)
27 Melbourne 2017 24.399 9th 7.2 Bernie Vince (31yo, 19 games)Jordan Lewis (30yo, 19 games)Cameron Pedersen (30yo, 15 games)Nathan Jones (29yo, 16 games)Jeff Garlett (27yo, 21 games)Jake Spencer (27yo, 2 games)Michael Hibberd (27yo, 18 games)Neville Jetta (27yo, 22 games)Tim Smith (26yo, 2 games)Jack Watts (26yo, 16 games)
28 Melbourne 2018 24.671 4th 7.6 Bernie Vince (32yo, 17 games)Jordan Lewis (31yo, 24 games)Cameron Pedersen (31yo, 4 games)Nathan Jones (30yo, 25 games)Jeff Garlett (28yo, 11 games)Michael Hibberd (28yo, 21 games)Neville Jetta (28yo, 25 games)Tim Smith (27yo, 4 games)Jake Melksham (26yo, 23 games)Corey Maynard (26yo, 1 games)
29 Melbourne 2019 24.650 17th 5.3 Jordan Lewis (32yo, 12 games)Nathan Jones (31yo, 22 games)Jeff Garlett (29yo, 7 games)Michael Hibberd (29yo, 19 games)Neville Jetta (29yo, 7 games)Tim Smith (28yo, 7 games)Jake Melksham (27yo, 12 games)Max Gawn (27yo, 21 games)Steven May (27yo, 8 games)Tom McDonald (26yo, 15 games)
30 Melbourne 2020 25.040 9th 4.0 Nathan Jones (32yo, 8 games)Michael Hibberd (30yo, 14 games)Neville Jetta (30yo, 6 games)Mitch Brown (29yo, 5 games)Jake Melksham (28yo, 17 games)Max Gawn (28yo, 14 games)Steven May (28yo, 17 games)Aaron Vandenberg (28yo, 12 games)Tom McDonald (27yo, 9 games)Harley Bennell (27yo, 5 games)
31 Melbourne 2021 24.730 1st 5.5 Nathan Jones (33yo, 8 games)Michael Hibberd (31yo, 17 games)Neville Jetta (31yo, 5 games)Mitch Brown (30yo, 1 games)Jake Melksham (29yo, 12 games)Max Gawn (29yo, 25 games)Steven May (29yo, 23 games)Aaron Vandenberg (29yo, 4 games)Tom McDonald (28yo, 23 games)Ben Brown (28yo, 13 games)
32 Melbourne 2022 25.313 5th 6.0 Michael Hibberd (32yo, 12 games)Mitch Brown (31yo, 3 games)Jake Melksham (30yo, 11 games)Max Gawn (30yo, 22 games)Steven May (30yo, 22 games)Tom McDonald (29yo, 9 games)Ben Brown (29yo, 19 games)Adam Tomlinson (28yo, 8 games)Jack Viney (27yo, 22 games)Luke Dunstan (27yo, 5 games)
33 Melbourne 2023 25.885 6th Michael Hibberd (33yo, 12 games)Jake Melksham (31yo, 13 games)Max Gawn (31yo, 22 games)Steven May (31yo, 23 games)Tom McDonald (30yo, 8 games)Ben Brown (30yo, 7 games)Adam Tomlinson (29yo, 9 games)Jack Viney (28yo, 24 games)Brodie Grundy (28yo, 17 games)Lachie Hunter (28yo, 24 games)
34 Melbourne 2024 26.778 Max Gawn (32yo, 5 games)Steven May (32yo, 4 games)Tom McDonald (31yo, 4 games)Ben Brown (31yo, 4 games)Adam Tomlinson (30yo, 1 games)Jack Viney (29yo, 5 games)Christian Salem (28yo, 5 games)Jack Billings (28yo, 5 games)Christian Petracca (28yo, 5 games)Alex Neal-Bullen (28yo, 5 games)