Eleven games into the season, let's take a look at which Freo players are leading the way in the main statistical categories.

DISPOSALS
After averaging 26.4 disposals in 2022, Serong now has an average of more than 30 in 2023. He ranked third in the AFL before the bye rounds commenced.

Player Matches Disposals Average
C.Serong 11 333 30.3
A.Brayshaw 11 312 28.4
L.Ryan 11 263 23.9
H.Young 11 251 22.8
J.O'Meara 11 232 21.1

 

EFFECTIVE KICKS
Luke Ryan ranked first in the AFL effective kicks prior to the bye rounds commencing.

Player Matches Effective Kicks
L.Ryan 11 197
H.Young 11 128
J.Clark 11 98
C.Serong 11 97
B.Cox 11 96

 

MARKS
Luke Ryan ranked third in the AFL for marks prior to the bye rounds commencing.

Player Matches Marks
L.Ryan 11 92
B.Cox 11 81
H.Young 11 67
J.Clark 11 63
A.Pearce 11 52

 

INTERCEPT MARKS

Player Matches Intercept Marks
A.Pearce 11 31
B.Cox 11 28
H.Young 11 23
L.Ryan 11 19
J.Clark 11 16

 

CONTESTED MARKS

Player Matches Contested Marks
B.Cox 11 17
S.Darcy 11 16
L.Jackson 11 15
J.Amiss 10 14
A.Pearce 11 13

 

SCORING

Player Matches Goals
J.Amiss 10 19
L.Schultz 11 17
M.Walters 9 16
M.Frederick 9 14
L.Jackson 11 13

 

GOAL ASSISTS

Player Matches Goal Assists
L.Schultz 11 10
C.Serong 11 10
B.Banfield 10 7
M.Walters 9 6
M.Frederick 9 6

 

SCORE INVOLVEMENTS

Player Matches Score Involvements
L.Jackson 11 63
A.Brayshaw 11 63
L.Schultz 11 62
C.Serong 11 61
S.Darcy 11 57

 

SPOILS
Brennan Cox ranked fourth in the AFL for spoils prior to the bye rounds, while Andrew Brayshaw was fourth for smothers and ninth for tackles, pressure acts and turnovers forced.

Player Matches Spoil
B.Cox 11 88
A.Pearce 11 45
L.Ryan 11 28
J.Clark 11 21
E.Hughes 11 20

 

SMOTHERS

Player Matches Smother
A.Brayshaw 11 14
S.Darcy 11 8
S.Switkowski 10 8
L.Ryan 11 5
L.Jackson 11 5
J.Aish 11 5
C.Serong 11 5

 

TACKLES

Player Matches Tackles
A.Brayshaw 11 72
J.O'Meara 11 60
C.Serong 11 59
L.Jackson 11 46
L.Schultz 11 43

 

PLAYER PRESSURE ACTS

Player Matches Player Pressure Acts
A.Brayshaw 11 274
C.Serong 11 257
J.O'Meara 11 227
L.Schultz 11 211
S.Switkowski 10 194

 

TURNOVER FORCED

Player Matches Turnover Forced
A.Brayshaw 11 48
C.Serong 11 40
S.Switkowski 10 40
L.Schultz 11 36
J.O'Meara 11 35

 

HITOUTS
Sean Darcy was second for hitouts and third for hitouts to advantage heading into the bye rounds, while Caleb Serong was fourth for clearances and ninth for contested possessions.

Player Matches Hitouts
S.Darcy 11 431
L.Jackson 11 117
J.Treacy 5 3

 

HITOUTS TO ADVANTAGE

Player Matches HOTA
S.Darcy 11 121
L.Jackson 11 37
J.Treacy 5 1

 

CLEARANCES

Player Matches Clearances
C.Serong 11 79
A.Brayshaw 11 57
J.O'Meara 11 55
S.Darcy 11 51
W.Brodie 5 27

 

CONTESTED POSSESSIONS

Player Matches Contested Possessions
C.Serong 11 147
S.Darcy 11 109
A.Brayshaw 11 102
J.O'Meara 11 99
L.Jackson 11 88

 

AFL FANTASY
Andrew Brayshaw was fourth for AFL Fantasy points heading into the bye, while Serong ranked eighth for Ranking Points (Supercoach).

Player Matches AFL Fantasy Points Average
A.Brayshaw 11 1218 110.7
C.Serong 11 1203 109.4
L.Ryan 11 1094 99.5
S.Darcy 11 1025 93.2
H.Young 11 991 90.1

 

SUPERCOACH RANKING POINTS

Player Matches Ranking Points Average
C.Serong 11 1258 114.4
L.Ryan 11 1217 110.6
A.Brayshaw 11 1139 103.5
S.Darcy 11 1138 103.5
H.Young 11 1026 93.3

 

INSIDE 50s
Luke Ryan ranked no.1 in the AFL for metres gained and rebound 50s heading into the bye rounds while Serong ranked ninth for inside 50s.

Player Matches Inside 50s
C.Serong 11 56
A.Brayshaw 11 52
J.Aish 11 44
S.Darcy 11 35
H.Young 11 34

 

REBOUND 50s

Player Matches Rebound 50s
L.Ryan 11 80
H.Young 11 48
B.Cox 11 46
J.Clark 11 32
A.Pearce 11 32

 

METRES GAINED

Player Matches Metres Gained Average
L.Ryan 11 6059.7 551
H.Young 11 5461 496
C.Serong 11 4902.6 446
A.Brayshaw 11 4393.3 399
J.Aish 11 3625.1 330

 

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