Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Sydney 1991 25.401 12th 11.8 Ian Roberts (33yo, 7 games)Neil Cordy (31yo, 22 games)David Bolton (30yo, 8 games)Dennis Carroll (30yo, 21 games)Stephen Wright (30yo, 17 games)David Murphy (28yo, 20 games)Wayne Henwood (28yo, 8 games)Mark Eustice (28yo, 4 games)Bernard Toohey (28yo, 21 games)Warwick Capper (27yo, 13 games)
2 Sydney 1992 23.981 15th 10.2 Neil Cordy (32yo, 7 games)Dennis Carroll (31yo, 13 games)Stephen Wright (31yo, 9 games)David Murphy (29yo, 12 games)Terry Thripp (28yo, 9 games)Brad Tunbridge (28yo, 21 games)Warren McKenzie (27yo, 4 games)Darren Kappler (27yo, 16 games)Jason Love (26yo, 2 games)Barry Mitchell (26yo, 22 games)
3 Sydney 1993 23.933 15th 8.2 Neil Cordy (33yo, 1 games)Dennis Carroll (32yo, 2 games)David Murphy (30yo, 11 games)Brad Tunbridge (29yo, 5 games)Richard Osborne (28yo, 16 games)Darren Kappler (28yo, 5 games)John Hutton (26yo, 5 games)Mark Bayes (26yo, 20 games)Tony Begovich (25yo, 5 games)David Strooper (25yo, 10 games)
4 Sydney 1994 24.004 15th 6.8 Derek Kickett (31yo, 17 games)Dermott Brereton (29yo, 7 games)Darren Kappler (29yo, 19 games)Mark Bayes (27yo, 20 games)Leon Higgins (25yo, 12 games)Andrew Dunkley (25yo, 17 games)Mark Hepburn (25yo, 7 games)Ed Considine (25yo, 15 games)Dean McRae (25yo, 18 games)Neil Brunton (25yo, 15 games)
5 Sydney 1995 24.366 12th 6.4 Derek Kickett (32yo, 21 games)Paul Roos (31yo, 21 games)Darren Kappler (30yo, 19 games)Tony Lockett (29yo, 19 games)Mark Bayes (28yo, 19 games)Leon Higgins (26yo, 8 games)Andrew Dunkley (26yo, 22 games)Ed Considine (26yo, 6 games)Dean McRae (26yo, 21 games)Neil Brunton (26yo, 11 games)
6 Sydney 1996 24.340 2nd 7.4 Derek Kickett (33yo, 25 games)Paul Roos (32yo, 24 games)Tony Lockett (30yo, 22 games)Mark Bayes (29yo, 8 games)Kevin Dyson (28yo, 22 games)Andrew Dunkley (27yo, 25 games)Dean McRae (27yo, 3 games)Dale Lewis (26yo, 12 games)Paul Kelly (26yo, 25 games)Gavin Rose (26yo, 6 games)
7 Sydney 1997 24.296 7th 8.2 Paul Roos (33yo, 21 games)Tony Lockett (31yo, 12 games)Mark Bayes (30yo, 15 games)Kevin Dyson (29yo, 13 games)Andrew Dunkley (28yo, 21 games)Dale Lewis (27yo, 21 games)Paul Kelly (27yo, 23 games)Troy Luff (27yo, 11 games)Craig O'Brien (27yo, 11 games)Peter Filandia (26yo, 5 games)
8 Sydney 1998 25.116 5th 8.0 Paul Roos (34yo, 21 games)Tony Lockett (32yo, 23 games)Mark Bayes (31yo, 10 games)Andrew Dunkley (29yo, 20 games)Wayne Schwass (29yo, 22 games)Dale Lewis (28yo, 17 games)Paul Kelly (28yo, 16 games)Troy Luff (28yo, 24 games)Craig O'Brien (28yo, 6 games)Peter Filandia (27yo, 14 games)
9 Sydney 1999 24.981 8th 7.4 Tony Lockett (33yo, 19 games)Andrew Dunkley (30yo, 21 games)Wayne Schwass (30yo, 23 games)Dale Lewis (29yo, 11 games)Paul Kelly (29yo, 21 games)Troy Luff (29yo, 22 games)Craig O'Brien (29yo, 2 games)Scott Russell (28yo, 16 games)Peter Filandia (28yo, 15 games)Daryn Cresswell (27yo, 23 games)
10 Sydney 2000 25.011 10th 5.6 Brett Allison (31yo, 9 games)Andrew Dunkley (31yo, 15 games)Wayne Schwass (31yo, 22 games)Dale Lewis (30yo, 12 games)Paul Kelly (30yo, 8 games)Troy Luff (30yo, 20 games)Craig O'Brien (30yo, 4 games)Peter Filandia (29yo, 3 games)Daryn Cresswell (28yo, 22 games)John Stevens (28yo, 14 games)
11 Sydney 2001 25.573 7th 4.6 Andrew Dunkley (32yo, 22 games)Wayne Schwass (32yo, 22 games)Dale Lewis (31yo, 9 games)Paul Kelly (31yo, 11 games)Troy Luff (31yo, 13 games)Daryn Cresswell (29yo, 18 games)John Stevens (29yo, 8 games)Stuart Maxfield (28yo, 23 games)Jason Ball (28yo, 20 games)Paul Williams (27yo, 23 games)
12 Sydney 2002 25.031 11th 3.8 Tony Lockett (36yo, 3 games)Andrew Dunkley (33yo, 18 games)Wayne Schwass (33yo, 9 games)Paul Kelly (32yo, 18 games)Daryn Cresswell (30yo, 22 games)Stuart Maxfield (29yo, 12 games)Paul Williams (28yo, 19 games)Nick Daffy (28yo, 1 games)Matthew Nicks (26yo, 21 games)Daniel McPherson (26yo, 15 games)
13 Sydney 2003 24.787 4th 4.0 Daryn Cresswell (31yo, 19 games)Stuart Maxfield (30yo, 22 games)Jason Ball (30yo, 17 games)Paul Williams (29yo, 23 games)Matthew Nicks (27yo, 18 games)Daniel McPherson (27yo, 3 games)Brad Seymour (26yo, 2 games)Rowan Warfe (26yo, 13 games)Brett Kirk (26yo, 24 games)Andrew Schauble (26yo, 23 games)
14 Sydney 2004 24.976 5th 5.4 Stuart Maxfield (31yo, 24 games)Jason Ball (31yo, 23 games)Paul Williams (30yo, 21 games)Matthew Nicks (28yo, 17 games)Rowan Warfe (27yo, 1 games)Brett Kirk (27yo, 24 games)Andrew Schauble (27yo, 10 games)Barry Hall (27yo, 24 games)Michael O'Loughlin (27yo, 18 games)Leo Barry (26yo, 23 games)
15 Sydney 2005 25.213 1st 6.2 Stuart Maxfield (32yo, 5 games)Jason Ball (32yo, 21 games)Paul Williams (31yo, 19 games)Matthew Nicks (29yo, 9 games)Brett Kirk (28yo, 26 games)Andrew Schauble (28yo, 4 games)Barry Hall (28yo, 26 games)Michael O'Loughlin (28yo, 23 games)Leo Barry (27yo, 26 games)Jared Crouch (27yo, 26 games)
16 Sydney 2006 25.185 2nd 7.0 Paul Williams (32yo, 12 games)Brett Kirk (29yo, 25 games)Barry Hall (29yo, 25 games)Michael O'Loughlin (29yo, 25 games)Leo Barry (28yo, 25 games)Jared Crouch (28yo, 12 games)Ben Mathews (27yo, 14 games)Adam Goodes (26yo, 25 games)Nic Fosdike (26yo, 24 games)Jude Bolton (26yo, 25 games)
17 Sydney 2007 26.131 7th 5.8 Peter Everitt (32yo, 23 games)Brett Kirk (30yo, 23 games)Barry Hall (30yo, 20 games)Michael O'Loughlin (30yo, 23 games)Leo Barry (29yo, 18 games)Jared Crouch (29yo, 8 games)Ben Mathews (28yo, 23 games)Adam Goodes (27yo, 23 games)Nic Fosdike (27yo, 23 games)Jude Bolton (27yo, 23 games)
18 Sydney 2008 25.941 5th 5.6 Peter Everitt (33yo, 16 games)Brett Kirk (31yo, 24 games)Barry Hall (31yo, 15 games)Michael O'Loughlin (31yo, 16 games)Leo Barry (30yo, 20 games)Jared Crouch (30yo, 7 games)Ben Mathews (29yo, 2 games)Adam Goodes (28yo, 21 games)Nic Fosdike (28yo, 1 games)Jude Bolton (28yo, 24 games)
19 Sydney 2009 25.908 12th 3.6 Brett Kirk (32yo, 22 games)Barry Hall (32yo, 11 games)Michael O'Loughlin (32yo, 17 games)Leo Barry (31yo, 3 games)Jared Crouch (31yo, 14 games)Adam Goodes (29yo, 22 games)Jude Bolton (29yo, 22 games)Craig Bolton (28yo, 20 games)Ryan O'Keefe (28yo, 22 games)Rhyce Shaw (27yo, 22 games)
20 Sydney 2010 25.549 5th 3.6 Brett Kirk (33yo, 24 games)Daniel Bradshaw (31yo, 9 games)Adam Goodes (30yo, 24 games)Jude Bolton (30yo, 24 games)Craig Bolton (29yo, 5 games)Ryan O'Keefe (29yo, 23 games)Tadhg Kennelly (28yo, 20 games)Rhyce Shaw (28yo, 23 games)Martin Mattner (27yo, 23 games)Ted Richards (27yo, 14 games)
21 Sydney 2011 25.077 6th 2.8 Adam Goodes (31yo, 24 games)Jude Bolton (31yo, 22 games)Ryan O'Keefe (30yo, 24 games)Tadhg Kennelly (29yo, 19 games)Rhyce Shaw (29yo, 24 games)Martin Mattner (28yo, 24 games)Ted Richards (28yo, 23 games)Lewis Roberts-Thomson (27yo, 15 games)Mike Pyke (27yo, 2 games)Mark Seaby (26yo, 7 games)
22 Sydney 2012 25.807 1st 3.6 Adam Goodes (32yo, 19 games)Jude Bolton (32yo, 22 games)Ryan O'Keefe (31yo, 24 games)Rhyce Shaw (30yo, 24 games)Martin Mattner (29yo, 24 games)Ted Richards (29yo, 25 games)Lewis Roberts-Thomson (28yo, 22 games)Mike Pyke (28yo, 18 games)Mark Seaby (27yo, 5 games)Nick Malceski (27yo, 22 games)
23 Sydney 2013 26.024 4th 4.2 Adam Goodes (33yo, 12 games)Jude Bolton (33yo, 24 games)Ryan O'Keefe (32yo, 25 games)Rhyce Shaw (31yo, 6 games)Martin Mattner (30yo, 7 games)Ted Richards (30yo, 25 games)Lewis Roberts-Thomson (29yo, 4 games)Mike Pyke (29yo, 25 games)Nick Malceski (28yo, 25 games)Jarrad McVeigh (27yo, 25 games)
24 Sydney 2014 26.105 2nd 6.8 Adam Goodes (34yo, 20 games)Ryan O'Keefe (33yo, 4 games)Rhyce Shaw (32yo, 20 games)Ted Richards (31yo, 25 games)Lewis Roberts-Thomson (30yo, 5 games)Mike Pyke (30yo, 19 games)Nick Malceski (29yo, 25 games)Jarrad McVeigh (28yo, 25 games)Ben McGlynn (28yo, 19 games)Heath Grundy (27yo, 25 games)
25 Sydney 2015 26.262 5th 9.0 Adam Goodes (35yo, 21 games)Rhyce Shaw (33yo, 24 games)Ted Richards (32yo, 22 games)Mike Pyke (31yo, 20 games)Jarrad McVeigh (29yo, 22 games)Ben McGlynn (29yo, 9 games)Heath Grundy (28yo, 23 games)Lance Franklin (28yo, 17 games)Kurt Tippett (27yo, 22 games)Kieren Jack (27yo, 22 games)
26 Sydney 2016 24.972 2nd 10.0 Ted Richards (33yo, 8 games)Jarrad McVeigh (30yo, 21 games)Ben McGlynn (30yo, 18 games)Heath Grundy (29yo, 26 games)Lance Franklin (29yo, 26 games)Kurt Tippett (28yo, 17 games)Kieren Jack (28yo, 25 games)Nick Smith (27yo, 25 games)Josh Kennedy (27yo, 25 games)Jeremy Laidler (26yo, 16 games)
27 Sydney 2017 24.970 5th 9.4 Jarrad McVeigh (31yo, 13 games)Heath Grundy (30yo, 24 games)Lance Franklin (30yo, 24 games)Kurt Tippett (29yo, 9 games)Kieren Jack (29yo, 19 games)Nick Smith (28yo, 24 games)Josh Kennedy (28yo, 21 games)Jeremy Laidler (27yo, 3 games)Callum Sinclair (27yo, 19 games)Dean Towers (26yo, 19 games)
28 Sydney 2018 25.256 7th 9.6 Jarrad McVeigh (32yo, 19 games)Heath Grundy (31yo, 18 games)Lance Franklin (31yo, 19 games)Kieren Jack (30yo, 19 games)Nick Smith (29yo, 20 games)Josh Kennedy (29yo, 23 games)Callum Sinclair (28yo, 23 games)Dean Towers (27yo, 8 games)Dane Rampe (27yo, 23 games)Dan Hannebery (27yo, 15 games)
29 Sydney 2019 24.200 15th 8.3 Jarrad McVeigh (33yo, 6 games)Heath Grundy (32yo, 1 games)Lance Franklin (32yo, 10 games)Kieren Jack (31yo, 8 games)Josh Kennedy (30yo, 19 games)Callum Sinclair (29yo, 14 games)Dane Rampe (28yo, 21 games)Daniel Menzel (27yo, 7 games)Sam Reid (27yo, 22 games)Luke Parker (26yo, 22 games)
30 Sydney 2020 24.107 16th 5.7 Josh Kennedy (31yo, 12 games)Callum Sinclair (30yo, 13 games)Dane Rampe (29yo, 11 games)Sam Reid (28yo, 10 games)Sam Gray (28yo, 7 games)Sam Naismith (27yo, 2 games)Luke Parker (27yo, 17 games)Robbie Fox (26yo, 14 games)Jake Lloyd (26yo, 17 games)Harry Cunningham (26yo, 17 games)
31 Sydney 2021 24.841 7th 5.0 Lance Franklin (34yo, 18 games)Josh Kennedy (32yo, 21 games)Callum Sinclair (31yo, 4 games)Dane Rampe (30yo, 20 games)Tom Hickey (30yo, 21 games)Sam Reid (29yo, 10 games)Luke Parker (28yo, 23 games)Robbie Fox (27yo, 15 games)Jake Lloyd (27yo, 22 games)Harry Cunningham (27yo, 21 games)
32 Sydney 2022 25.222 2nd 8.0 Lance Franklin (35yo, 23 games)Josh Kennedy (33yo, 11 games)Dane Rampe (31yo, 25 games)Tom Hickey (31yo, 16 games)Sam Reid (30yo, 18 games)Luke Parker (29yo, 25 games)Robbie Fox (28yo, 14 games)Jake Lloyd (28yo, 24 games)Harry Cunningham (28yo, 10 games)Lewis Taylor (27yo, 1 games)
33 Sydney 2023 25.343 8th Lance Franklin (36yo, 13 games)Dane Rampe (32yo, 15 games)Tom Hickey (32yo, 12 games)Luke Parker (30yo, 23 games)Robbie Fox (29yo, 20 games)Jake Lloyd (29yo, 23 games)Harry Cunningham (29yo, 24 games)Paddy McCartin (26yo, 4 games)Isaac Heeney (26yo, 23 games)Tom Papley (26yo, 23 games)
34 Sydney 2024 25.585 Dane Rampe (33yo, 4 games)Robbie Fox (30yo, 6 games)Taylor Adams (30yo, 3 games)Jake Lloyd (30yo, 7 games)Harry Cunningham (30yo, 6 games)Brodie Grundy (29yo, 7 games)Isaac Heeney (27yo, 7 games)Tom Papley (27yo, 7 games)Lewis Melican (27yo, 7 games)Oliver Florent (25yo, 7 games)