Kade Chandler

Kade Chandler
Chandler in April 2025
Personal information
Full name	Kade Thomas Chandler
Nickname	Chin [1]
Born	(2000-01-13) 13 January 2000 (age 25) Charra, South Australia
Original teams	Western United Tigers, FWFL, Norwood
Draft	No. 15 in the 2019 Rookie draft
Debut	16 August 2019, Melbourne  vs. Sydney, at MCG
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Club information
Current club	Melbourne
Number	37
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2019–	Melbourne	79 (60)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 2022
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kade Thomas Chandler ^[2] (born 13 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected at pick #15 in the 2019 Rookie draft. ^[3] He made his senior debut against Sydney ^[4] in round 22 of the 2019 season.

During the 2023 season, McDonald's had a customised TV ad that said "Chandler Bang" when Chandler scored a goal, a play on the Friends character Chandler Bing. ^[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2025. ^[6]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2019	Melbourne	37	1	0	0	4	3	7	2	9	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	9.0	0
2020	Melbourne	37	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021 [a]	Melbourne	37	5	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.4	0
2022 [b]	Melbourne	37	4	0	1	4	3	7	3	0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0
2023 [c]	Melbourne	37	23	24	13	152	122	274	83	60	1.0	0.6	6.6	5.3	11.9	3.6	2.6	2
2024	Melbourne	37	23	18	9	166	120	286	72	94	0.8	0.4	7.2	5.2	12.4	3.1	4.1	0
2025	Melbourne	37	23	18	8	187	149	336	87	88	0.8	0.3	8.1	6.5	14.6	3.8	3.8	0
Career			79	60	31	514	400	914	247	253	0.8	0.4	6.5	5.1	11.6	3.1	3.2	2

Notes

1. 2021 statistics include three games in which Chandler was an unused medical substitute (rounds 1, 6 and 8).
2. 2022 statistics include three games in which Chandler was a used medical substitute (rounds 7, 9 and 13) and one game in which he was an unused medical substitute (round 20).
3. 2023 statistics include one game in which Chandler was substituted out of the game (round 11) and was replaced by James Jordon.

References

1. "Weird footy nicknames: So why do they call Gov 'Brackets'?".
2. "PAC Chronicle 2017" (PDF). Prince Alfred College. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
3. McCubbing, Gus (16 August 2019), "AFL 2019: Melbourne rookie Kade Chandler to debut against Sydney", Fox Sports
4. Cetta, Luca (20 August 2019), "From Penong Oval to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Kade Chandler makes his AFL debut", West Coast Sentinel, archived from the original on 6 September 2019, retrieved 6 September 2019
5. "Watch this story by Aaron Gocs on Instagram before it disappears". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
6. "Kade Chandler". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

External links

• Kade Chandler's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Kade Chandler from AFL Tables