Indictment on the rest of the comp if a half-fit 32 year old who was never good at marking is top 10.
Footy this year has been rough to watch, Swans being bad just makes it worse.
Yes and no. His marking has been up and down from a contested point of view across his career but statistically speaking his current average would be around the normal mark for 7th, if not higher across a season compared to many seasons, albeit off a small sample.
A statistic of the % of contested marks a player takes with reference to the amount of ball is kicked to a player might be a better measure given the amount we kick to Buddy (but I would imagine you’d need to pay for that $$$).
Probably the frustrating thing about his marking isn’t that he doesn’t take enough contested marks, that he just so often has his opponent absolutely beat but fails to take the mark. Oh well, good thing the rest of his game is out of this world!
So far in 2019:
Equal 7th with 2.40 per game
Statistical leader is on 4.4 but that is most likely statistical anomaly as you’ll see there has only been one season that was close and it was the only one over 3 per game (and it was one player).
2018:
Equal 9th with 2.00 per game (min 5 games)
2.79 the highest
2017
23rd with 1.67 per game
2.75 the highest
(Reid was 12th with 1.82)
2016
28th with 1.62
2.82 highest
2015
70th with 1.0
2.55 highest
2014
2nd with 2.32
2.33 highest
(Tippett 12th with 1.79)
2013
50th with 1.24
2.64 highest
(Special mention Mike Pyke 5th with 2.08)
2012
8th with 2.05
2.92 highest
(Tippett 3rd with Crows at 2.38)
2011
21st with 1.77
3.80 highest (Cloke nearly one per game more than the next player)
(Tippett 9th with Crows at 2.28)