Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 North Melbourne 1991 23.472 8th 5.0 Donald McDonald (28yo, 10 games)David Dwyer (27yo, 3 games)Matthew Larkin (26yo, 22 games)Ian Fairley (26yo, 21 games)Peter German (26yo, 21 games)Ross Smith (26yo, 11 games)Mark Roberts (25yo, 12 games)Darren Harris (25yo, 6 games)Mark Brayshaw (25yo, 7 games)Jeff Chandler (25yo, 19 games)
2 North Melbourne 1992 24.144 12th 3.4 Donald McDonald (29yo, 10 games)Alex Ishchenko (27yo, 16 games)Matthew Larkin (27yo, 12 games)Ian Fairley (27yo, 16 games)Peter German (27yo, 16 games)Ross Smith (27yo, 18 games)Mark Roberts (26yo, 1 games)Martin Christensen (26yo, 2 games)Mark Brayshaw (26yo, 8 games)Jeff Chandler (26yo, 2 games)
3 North Melbourne 1993 24.719 5th 2.8 Alex Ishchenko (28yo, 21 games)Matthew Larkin (28yo, 13 games)Ian Fairley (28yo, 14 games)Peter German (28yo, 18 games)Ross Smith (28yo, 21 games)Mark Roberts (27yo, 21 games)John Blakey (26yo, 17 games)Brendan Bower (26yo, 2 games)Greg Eppelstun (26yo, 1 games)Darren Crocker (26yo, 14 games)
4 North Melbourne 1994 24.853 3rd 2.4 Alex Ishchenko (29yo, 24 games)Ian Fairley (29yo, 19 games)Peter German (29yo, 6 games)Ross Smith (29yo, 24 games)Mark Roberts (28yo, 10 games)John Blakey (27yo, 24 games)Darren Crocker (27yo, 14 games)Dean Laidley (27yo, 24 games)Craig Sholl (26yo, 24 games)Alastair Clarkson (25yo, 14 games)
5 North Melbourne 1995 25.432 4th 2.4 Alex Ishchenko (30yo, 9 games)Ian Fairley (30yo, 19 games)Ross Smith (30yo, 25 games)Mark Roberts (29yo, 21 games)John Blakey (28yo, 25 games)Matt Armstrong (28yo, 25 games)Darren Crocker (28yo, 3 games)Dean Laidley (28yo, 23 games)Craig Sholl (27yo, 19 games)Alastair Clarkson (26yo, 3 games)
6 North Melbourne 1996 25.464 1st 4.8 Ian Fairley (31yo, 24 games)Ross Smith (31yo, 3 games)Mark Roberts (30yo, 22 games)John Blakey (29yo, 24 games)Matt Armstrong (29yo, 18 games)Darren Crocker (29yo, 15 games)Dean Laidley (29yo, 24 games)Craig Sholl (28yo, 23 games)Brett Allison (27yo, 13 games)Mick Martyn (27yo, 25 games)
7 North Melbourne 1997 25.548 4th 5.4 Mark Roberts (31yo, 22 games)John Blakey (30yo, 24 games)Darren Crocker (30yo, 9 games)Dean Laidley (30yo, 11 games)Craig Sholl (29yo, 25 games)Brett Allison (28yo, 24 games)Mick Martyn (28yo, 25 games)Wayne Schwass (28yo, 20 games)Robert Scott (28yo, 25 games)Anthony Rock (26yo, 22 games)
8 North Melbourne 1998 25.027 2nd 7.0 Mark Roberts (32yo, 15 games)John Blakey (31yo, 25 games)Darren Crocker (31yo, 7 games)Craig Sholl (30yo, 24 games)Brett Allison (29yo, 9 games)Mick Martyn (29yo, 20 games)Robert Scott (29yo, 22 games)Anthony Rock (27yo, 19 games)John Longmire (27yo, 10 games)Wayne Carey (26yo, 25 games)
9 North Melbourne 1999 24.947 1st 8.8 Mark Roberts (33yo, 1 games)John Blakey (32yo, 25 games)Craig Sholl (31yo, 22 games)Brett Allison (30yo, 11 games)Mick Martyn (30yo, 21 games)Robert Scott (30yo, 16 games)John Longmire (28yo, 10 games)Wayne Carey (27yo, 20 games)Anthony Stevens (27yo, 25 games)David King (27yo, 21 games)
10 North Melbourne 2000 25.372 4th 9.4 John Blakey (33yo, 25 games)Craig Sholl (32yo, 13 games)Mick Martyn (31yo, 15 games)Robert Scott (31yo, 1 games)Matthew Burton (29yo, 23 games)Wayne Carey (28yo, 23 games)Anthony Stevens (28yo, 12 games)David King (28yo, 25 games)Martin Pike (27yo, 20 games)Glenn Archer (27yo, 17 games)
11 North Melbourne 2001 25.115 13th 9.6 John Blakey (34yo, 22 games)Mick Martyn (32yo, 11 games)Matthew Burton (30yo, 21 games)Wayne Carey (29yo, 14 games)Anthony Stevens (29yo, 15 games)David King (29yo, 19 games)Ricky Olarenshaw (28yo, 1 games)Glenn Archer (28yo, 20 games)Saverio Rocca (27yo, 21 games)Corey McKernan (27yo, 21 games)
12 North Melbourne 2002 25.653 7th 8.8 John Blakey (35yo, 13 games)Mick Martyn (33yo, 19 games)Matthew Burton (31yo, 23 games)Anthony Stevens (30yo, 19 games)David King (30yo, 22 games)Glenn Archer (29yo, 22 games)Saverio Rocca (28yo, 21 games)Jason McCartney (28yo, 14 games)Leigh Colbert (26yo, 22 games)Adam Simpson (26yo, 23 games)
13 North Melbourne 2003 24.571 10th 8.4 Matthew Burton (32yo, 10 games)Anthony Stevens (31yo, 20 games)David King (31yo, 21 games)Glenn Archer (30yo, 17 games)Saverio Rocca (29yo, 15 games)Jason McCartney (29yo, 1 games)Leigh Colbert (27yo, 14 games)David Bourke (27yo, 1 games)Adam Simpson (27yo, 21 games)Mark Porter (26yo, 19 games)
14 North Melbourne 2004 24.938 10th 9.0 Anthony Stevens (32yo, 20 games)David King (32yo, 22 games)Glenn Archer (31yo, 14 games)Saverio Rocca (30yo, 15 games)Corey McKernan (30yo, 14 games)Leigh Colbert (28yo, 18 games)Adam Simpson (28yo, 22 games)Mark Porter (27yo, 15 games)Shannon Grant (26yo, 22 games)Brent Harvey (25yo, 21 games)
15 North Melbourne 2005 24.929 7th 9.4 Glenn Archer (32yo, 22 games)Saverio Rocca (31yo, 20 games)Leigh Colbert (29yo, 21 games)Adam Simpson (29yo, 21 games)Shannon Grant (27yo, 23 games)Nathan Thompson (27yo, 23 games)Brent Harvey (26yo, 23 games)Jess Sinclair (26yo, 20 games)Troy Makepeace (26yo, 23 games)Lance Picioane (24yo, 15 games)
16 North Melbourne 2006 24.976 14th 8.4 Glenn Archer (33yo, 15 games)Saverio Rocca (32yo, 9 games)Adam Simpson (30yo, 19 games)Shannon Grant (28yo, 18 games)Jade Rawlings (28yo, 3 games)Nathan Thompson (28yo, 22 games)Brent Harvey (27yo, 22 games)Jess Sinclair (27yo, 21 games)Troy Makepeace (27yo, 12 games)Jonathan Hay (26yo, 8 games)
17 North Melbourne 2007 24.887 3rd 9.4 Glenn Archer (34yo, 22 games)Adam Simpson (31yo, 25 games)Shannon Grant (29yo, 25 games)Brent Harvey (28yo, 25 games)Jess Sinclair (28yo, 25 games)Kasey Green (27yo, 17 games)Shannon Watt (26yo, 23 games)Corey Jones (26yo, 23 games)Brady Rawlings (25yo, 25 games)Leigh Brown (25yo, 22 games)
18 North Melbourne 2008 25.072 8th 9.8 Adam Simpson (32yo, 21 games)Shannon Grant (30yo, 21 games)Nathan Thompson (30yo, 15 games)Brent Harvey (29yo, 23 games)Jess Sinclair (29yo, 6 games)Shannon Watt (27yo, 21 games)Corey Jones (27yo, 19 games)Leigh Harding (26yo, 22 games)Brady Rawlings (26yo, 23 games)Leigh Brown (26yo, 9 games)
19 North Melbourne 2009 24.192 13th 8.0 Adam Simpson (33yo, 18 games)Brent Harvey (30yo, 15 games)Shannon Watt (28yo, 3 games)Corey Jones (28yo, 10 games)Leigh Harding (27yo, 18 games)Brady Rawlings (27yo, 20 games)Daniel Harris (26yo, 10 games)Drew Petrie (26yo, 22 games)Daniel Pratt (26yo, 14 games)Sam Power (25yo, 17 games)
20 North Melbourne 2010 23.541 9th 7.0 Brent Harvey (31yo, 22 games)Corey Jones (29yo, 2 games)Leigh Harding (28yo, 12 games)Brady Rawlings (28yo, 22 games)Drew Petrie (27yo, 2 games)Daniel Pratt (27yo, 13 games)Michael Firrito (26yo, 22 games)Aaron Edwards (26yo, 14 games)David Hale (25yo, 12 games)Hamish McIntosh (25yo, 20 games)
21 North Melbourne 2011 24.079 9th 6.8 Brent Harvey (32yo, 22 games)Brady Rawlings (29yo, 22 games)Drew Petrie (28yo, 21 games)Daniel Pratt (28yo, 8 games)Michael Firrito (27yo, 21 games)Aaron Edwards (27yo, 19 games)Hamish McIntosh (26yo, 1 games)Daniel Wells (26yo, 21 games)Nathan Grima (25yo, 12 games)Scott Thompson (24yo, 22 games)
22 North Melbourne 2012 24.261 8th 8.2 Brent Harvey (33yo, 23 games)Drew Petrie (29yo, 23 games)Michael Firrito (28yo, 23 games)Aaron Edwards (28yo, 9 games)Hamish McIntosh (27yo, 7 games)Daniel Wells (27yo, 20 games)Nathan Grima (26yo, 13 games)Scott Thompson (25yo, 21 games)Sam Gibson (25yo, 13 games)Scott McMahon (25yo, 17 games)
23 North Melbourne 2013 24.630 10th 8.0 Brent Harvey (34yo, 16 games)Drew Petrie (30yo, 22 games)Michael Firrito (29yo, 17 games)Daniel Wells (28yo, 22 games)Nathan Grima (27yo, 17 games)Scott Thompson (26yo, 19 games)Sam Gibson (26yo, 22 games)Scott McMahon (26yo, 11 games)Andrew Swallow (25yo, 17 games)Liam Anthony (25yo, 5 games)
24 North Melbourne 2014 25.615 4th 9.6 Brent Harvey (35yo, 22 games)Drew Petrie (31yo, 25 games)Michael Firrito (30yo, 20 games)Nick Dal Santo (30yo, 25 games)Daniel Wells (29yo, 10 games)Nathan Grima (28yo, 14 games)Scott Thompson (27yo, 24 games)Sam Gibson (27yo, 25 games)Scott McMahon (27yo, 5 games)Andrew Swallow (26yo, 18 games)
25 North Melbourne 2015 26.561 4th 12.2 Brent Harvey (36yo, 25 games)Drew Petrie (32yo, 24 games)Jarrad Waite (32yo, 23 games)Michael Firrito (31yo, 23 games)Nick Dal Santo (31yo, 15 games)Daniel Wells (30yo, 2 games)Scott Thompson (28yo, 24 games)Sam Gibson (28yo, 25 games)Scott McMahon (28yo, 2 games)Andrew Swallow (27yo, 22 games)
26 North Melbourne 2016 27.438 8th 14.2 Brent Harvey (37yo, 23 games)Drew Petrie (33yo, 23 games)Jarrad Waite (33yo, 14 games)Michael Firrito (32yo, 22 games)Nick Dal Santo (32yo, 22 games)Daniel Wells (31yo, 19 games)Farren Ray (30yo, 4 games)Scott Thompson (29yo, 19 games)Sam Gibson (29yo, 23 games)Andrew Swallow (28yo, 22 games)
27 North Melbourne 2017 25.074 15th 14.8 Jarrad Waite (34yo, 10 games)Scott Thompson (30yo, 21 games)Sam Gibson (30yo, 22 games)Andrew Swallow (29yo, 16 games)Lindsay Thomas (29yo, 9 games)Shaun Higgins (29yo, 21 games)Todd Goldstein (28yo, 19 games)Lachlan Hansen (28yo, 13 games)Robbie Tarrant (27yo, 21 games)Jack Ziebell (26yo, 19 games)
28 North Melbourne 2018 25.468 9th 16.4 Jarrad Waite (35yo, 13 games)Scott Thompson (31yo, 22 games)Shaun Higgins (30yo, 20 games)Todd Goldstein (29yo, 22 games)Robbie Tarrant (28yo, 21 games)Sam Wright (27yo, 16 games)Jack Ziebell (27yo, 22 games)Majak Daw (27yo, 18 games)Ben Cunnington (26yo, 22 games)Jamie Macmillan (26yo, 22 games)
29 North Melbourne 2019 25.627 12th 17.5 Scott Thompson (32yo, 19 games)Shaun Higgins (31yo, 17 games)Todd Goldstein (30yo, 22 games)Robbie Tarrant (29yo, 22 games)Sam Wright (28yo, 4 games)Aaron Hall (28yo, 6 games)Jack Ziebell (28yo, 22 games)Jasper Pittard (28yo, 22 games)Ben Cunnington (27yo, 22 games)Jamie Macmillan (27yo, 18 games)
30 North Melbourne 2020 25.463 17th 17.7 Shaun Higgins (32yo, 17 games)Todd Goldstein (31yo, 17 games)Robbie Tarrant (30yo, 16 games)Aaron Hall (29yo, 15 games)Jack Ziebell (29yo, 8 games)Majak Daw (29yo, 4 games)Jasper Pittard (29yo, 11 games)Ben Cunnington (28yo, 3 games)Jamie Macmillan (28yo, 10 games)Tom Campbell (28yo, 1 games)
31 North Melbourne 2021 24.622 18th 17.5 Eddie Ford (103yo, 1 games)Todd Goldstein (32yo, 22 games)Robbie Tarrant (31yo, 10 games)Aaron Hall (30yo, 20 games)Jack Ziebell (30yo, 21 games)Ben Cunnington (29yo, 15 games)Tom Campbell (29yo, 9 games)Shaun Atley (28yo, 20 games)Jared Polec (28yo, 5 games)Josh Walker (28yo, 21 games)
32 North Melbourne 2022 24.473 18th 17.0 Todd Goldstein (33yo, 22 games)Aaron Hall (31yo, 11 games)Jack Ziebell (31yo, 19 games)Ben Cunnington (30yo, 2 games)Hugh Greenwood (30yo, 21 games)Jared Polec (29yo, 2 games)Josh Walker (29yo, 16 games)Jed Anderson (28yo, 14 games)Aidan Corr (27yo, 20 games)Luke McDonald (27yo, 22 games)
33 North Melbourne 2023 24.872 17th Todd Goldstein (34yo, 20 games)Aaron Hall (32yo, 6 games)Jack Ziebell (32yo, 22 games)Liam Shiels (31yo, 16 games)Ben Cunnington (31yo, 9 games)Hugh Greenwood (31yo, 14 games)Aidan Corr (28yo, 19 games)Luke McDonald (28yo, 22 games)Daniel Howe (27yo, 11 games)Kayne Turner (27yo, 12 games)
34 North Melbourne 2024 24.619 Liam Shiels (32yo, 2 games)Hugh Greenwood (32yo, 1 games)Aidan Corr (29yo, 4 games)Luke McDonald (29yo, 3 games)Darcy Tucker (27yo, 4 games)Jy Simpkin (26yo, 3 games)Cameron Zurhaar (25yo, 4 games)Nick Larkey (25yo, 4 games)Zac Fisher (25yo, 4 games)Kallan Dawson (25yo, 4 games)