Jordan Ridley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jordan Ridley | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1998 | ||
Original team(s) | Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)/East Burwood Football Club | ||
Draft | No. 22, 2016 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 9, 2018, Essendon vs. Geelong, at MCG | ||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Key Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Essendon | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017– | Essendon | 85 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jordan Ridley (born 20 October 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected by Essendon with their second selection and twenty-second overall in the 2016 national draft. [1] He made his senior debut for Essendon against Geelong in round nine of the 2018 season.
During his draft year he played for Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup and attended Box Hill High School. He previously played community football for East Burwood in the Eastern Football League.
Ridley was drafted by Essendon with pick 22 in the 2016 National Draft. He made his AFL debut against Geelong in round nine of 2018.
After managing just 9 games across his first 3 years with Essendon he enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2020. He played all 17 games of the shortened season earning selection in the All Australian squad and winning the Crichton Medal as Essendon’s Best and Fairest player. After just 26 senior games he became the third least experienced player in the clubs history to win the award.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2017 | Essendon | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2018 | Essendon | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
2019 | Essendon | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 24 | 89 | 42 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 14.8 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 0 |
2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Essendon | 14 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 221 | 129 | 304 | 110 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 5.5 | 17.9 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0 |
2021 | Essendon | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 124 | 464 | 131 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 21.0 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 3 |
2022 | Essendon | 14 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 299 | 83 | 382 | 126 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 15.0 | 4.2 | 19.1 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 1 |
2023 | Essendon | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 259 | 86 | 345 | 126 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 5.1 | 20.3 | 7.4 | 0.9 | |
Career | 85 | 1 | 5 | 1203 | 422 | 1625 | 549 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 5.0 | 19.1 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 4 |
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