Club History Games played for Port in AFL by player number

[Portia]

Hey! I haven't updated this for four years since the last time, and boy oh boy things have changed...a little. Not much.

Ho ho ho, its Christmas time, so which number should you get printed on guernseys and feel confident that its a good number that won't leave you looking like a dill in a years time? Preferably one that usually sees a lot of games? HERES THE LIST

1st #16 - 381 games
207 - Warren Tredrea (1997-2005, 2009-2010)
64 - Danyle Pearce (2006-2008)
26 - Ben Jacobs (2011-2012)
84 - Ollie Wines (2013-)

2nd #5 - 367 games
57 - Shane Bond (1997-2000)
167 - Brendan Lade (2001-2009)
143 - Matthew Broadbent (2010-)

3rd #8 - 359 games
86 - Fabian Francis (1997-2001)
157 - Shaun Burgoyne (2002-2009)
116 - Hamish Hartlett (2010-)

4th #1 - 349 games
61 - Gavin Wanganeen (1997-2000)
74 - Matthew Primus (2001-2005)
48 - Warren Tredrea (2006-2008)
75 - Dom Cassisi (2009-2012)
91 - Travis Boak (2013-)

5th #9 - 344 games
90 - Brayden Lyle (1997-2001)
67 - Josh Carr (2002-2004)
4 - James Ezard (2006)
98 - Jacob Surjan (2007-2012)
85 - Robbie Gray (2013-)

6th #20 - 341 games
67 - Brendan Lade (1997-2000)
167 - Dean Brogan (2002-2011)
107 - Chad Wingard (2012-)

7th #6 - 339 games
37 - Scott Cummings (1997-1998)
131 - Jarrad Schofield (1999-2004)
28 - Adam Thomson (2005-2008)
83 - Danyle Pearce (2009-2012)
60 - Angus Monfries (2013-)

8th #7 - 339 games
9 - John Rombotis (1997)
14 - Brett Chalmers (1998-1999)
195 - Peter Burgoyne (2000-2009)
7 - Nathan Krakouer (2010)
0 - Marlon Motlop (2011)
114 - Brad Ebert (2012-)

9th #18 - 331 games
30 - Mark Harwood (1997-2001)
293 - Kane Cornes (2002-2015)
8 - Jimmy Toumpas (2016-)

10th #3 - 314 games
54 - Shayne Breuer (1997-1999)
126 - Brett Montgomery (2000-2005)
95 - Steven Salopek (2005-2012)
12 - Campbell Heath (2013-2014)
27 - Jake Neade (2015-)

11th #15 - 314 games
98 - Michael Wilson (1997-2001)
55 - Byron Pickett (2003-2005)
11 - Daniel Motlop (2006)
111 - David Rodan (2007-2012)
9 - Lewis Stevenson (2013)
30 - Karl Amon (2014-)

12th #33 - 308 games
122 - Darren Mead (1997-2002)
166 - Brett Ebert (2004-2012)
20 - Darcy Byrne-Jones (2014-)

13th #36 - 302 games
10 - Stephen Carter (1997)
127 - Nick Stevens (1998-2003)
103 - Michael Pettigrew (2004-2011)
62 - Jack Hombsch (2013-)

14th #29 - 301 games
170 - Adam Kingsley (1997-2006)
33 - Nathan Krakouer (2007-2009)
98 - Jasper Pittard (2011-)

15th #28 - 291 games
58 - Stephen Daniels (1997-2000)
110 - Toby Thurstans (2003-2009)
123 - Jay Schulz (2010-2016)
0 - Willem Drew (2017-)

16th #39 - 270 games
37 - Adam Heuskes (1997-1998)
7 - Kane Cornes (2001)
23 - Jacob Surjan (2004-2006)
203 - Justin Westhoff (2007-)

17th #10 - 264 games
156 - Josh Francou (1997-2006)
108 - Travis Boak (2007-2012)

18th #35 - 261 games
1 - Mark Conway (1997)
239 - Chad Cornes (1998-2011)
21 - John McCarthy (2012)

19th #12 - 259 games
16 - Brent Heaver (1997-1998)
75 - Che Cockatoo-Collins (1999-2003)
11 - Aaron Shattock (2005-2006)
23 - Nathan Lonie (2007-2008)
134 - Jackson Trengove (2010-)

20th #2 - 258 games
63 - Matthew Primus (1997-2000)
146 - Darryl Wakelin (2001-2007)
19 - Josh Carr (2009-2010)
18 - Cameron Hitchcock (2011-2014)
12 - Kane Mitchell (2015-2016)
0 - Sam Powell-Pepper (2017-)

21st #25 - 258 games
56 - Nathan Eagleton (1997-1999)
38 - Josh Carr (2000-2001)
153 - Dom Cassisi (2002-2007, 2013-2014)
11 - Logan Austin (2015-)

22nd #4 - 257 games
7 - Ian Downsborough (1997)
18 - Chris Naish (1998-1999)
14 - Matthew Bishop (2000)
112 - Gavin Wanganeen (2001-2006)
72 - Daniel Motlop (2007-2011)
16 - Brent Renouf (2012-2014)
18 - Patrick Ryder (2015-)

23rd #27 - 256
24th #17 - 248
25th #21 - 243
26th #14 - 241
27th #19 - 230
28th #26 - 195
29th #30 - 192
30th #22 - 168
31st #38 - 153
32nd #42 - 140
33rd #24 - 138
34th #23 - 136
35th #11 - 135
36th #31 - 124
37th #44 - 118
38th #13 - 110
39th #34 - 97
40th #37 - 80
41st #41 - 79
42nd #40 - 75
43rd #32 - 68
44th #43 - 43
45th #46 - 34
46th #48 - 29
47th #45 - 17
48th #47 - 4

OF NOTE

- #16 is the top of this list, same as it was four years ago. Its a number of few good players...and Ben Jacobs. SIGH.

- Willem Drew steps into #28, which is the most worn number for Port at AFL level assigned to draftees (Powell-Pepper #2 - 20th, Brett Eddy #27 - 23rd, Joe Atley #30 - 29th, Todd Marshall #13 - 38th, Peter Ladhams #38 - 31st, Jarrod Lienert #40 - 42nd), and Drew is only the fourth player to wear that number at AFL level. High expectations!

- #33 has only been worn by 3 players during Port's AFL career, so while its low on the list, the 20 game debut season by Darcy Byrne-Jones makes it a likely good number going forward.

- Travis Boak just quietly holds the record for most games played in the #1 guernsey at AFL level!

- Number 32 is an appalling number. 7 players have worn it at AFL level (Tom Carr, Paul Koulouriotis, Steven Gilham, Matt Thomas, John Butcher, Jake Neade, Dougal Howard), for a grand total of only 68 games between them! Um Doogs...

- Number 11 has been worn by seven different players at AFL, and when Aaron Young (new number holder) plays his next game it'll be the first number to reach 8. Why did he choose this poisoned chalice? (Eagleton, Steinberner, Hardwick, Willits, Marlon Motlop, Banner, Butcher, Young)

- All previous holders of the #23 have been traded (Matthew Bode, Adam Morgan, Brad Symes)...making Matt Lobbe the odd one out...

- We shouldn't be surprised that Logan Austin (#25) looks likely to have a long career. All three Port players to wear the number before him played over 200 games (Nathan Eagleton 227, Josh Carr 207, Dom Cassisi 228)...though not all at Port, of course.

 

[Dylan8]

32 is actually a great number as it was the number of the best guy.

I also must stress that 11 is not poisoned but is now blessed (see above).

 

[Portia]

And here's a first 22 of the most frequent wearers of the most often seen numbers

F - Justin Westhoff (#39), Jay Schulz (#28), Brett Ebert (#33)
HF - Jarrad Schofield (#6), Warren Tredrea (#16), Shaun Burgoyne (#8)
C - Nick Stevens (#36), Josh Francou (#10), Dom Cassisi (#25)
HB - Brett Montgomery (#3), Jackson Trengove (#12), Chad Cornes (#35)
B - Gavin Wanganeen (#4), Darryl Wakelin (#2), Adam Kingsley (#29)
Ruck: Brendan Lade (#5), Travis Boak (#1), Peter Burgoyne (#7)
Int: Dean Brogan (#20), Kane Cornes (#18), David Rodan (#15), Jacob Surjan (#9)

Yes, Nick Stevens is named. Don't blame me, not my fault!

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I played 22 games in 00 in 2011-12.

 

[GreyPower]

Sorry if Im reading this incorrectly, but didnt Marlon Motlop play a handful of games.

The list indicates he didnt make his debut?

 

[Portia]

Sorry if Im reading this incorrectly, but didnt Marlon Motlop play a handful of games.

The list indicates he didnt make his debut?

Nah just that he played them as #11, which is outside the top 22.

 

[Pappagallo]

We need to get Dougs out of #32 stat!

Organising a straight swap with #23 sounds like a decent enough strategy.