Lebron James 35 percent

[glengowan]

A shame Tuck did not debut 1969. Would have been surreal having a career spanning 1969-1990.

Ralph Sewer played his first game of league footy for Woodville in 1969 and his last game in 1990. To play in 4 decades and be a Grandpa by the end (even though only 38 yo).

 

[Vintage]

I imagine the reason Tuck's not higher is because he played so many finals, therefore playing more against the small group of teams that were frequently going deep into september.

Lot more opponents in an 18 team comp, lot more new players each year to play against etc.

pendles will move up a few spots if he plays out the year - presumable another 50 to 80 players?

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Alright, I've done the maths on this thanks to AFLTables. I'll go and double check my data this evening, but I have the following from 1897-2023:

Player	Teammates and Opposition	% of all players (1897-2023)
Dustin Fletcher	1,872	14.4%​
Kevin Murray	1,824	14.0%​
Shaun Burgoyne	1,803	13.8%​
Ted Whitten	1,797	13.8%​
Brent Harvey	1,797	13.8%​
Robert Harvey	1,724	13.2%​
David Mundy	1,699	13.0%​
Lance Franklin	1,684	12.9%​
Scott Pendlebury	1,679	12.9%​
John Nicholls	1,673	12.8%​

Fantastic work.

How different would the table look if it was only opponents and not a combo of teammates/opponents?

 

[HairyO]

A shame Tuck did not debut 1969. Would have been surreal having a career spanning 1969-1990.

Yep. He was so scrawny he player reserves for a couple of years. Gary Ayers did too. Recruited at 15.
Tim Watson also recruited at 15 but played his 1st year. Must have been insane so young in that era.

 

[My Tilly]

Yep. He was so scrawny he player reserves for a couple of years. Gary Ayers did too. Recruited at 15.
Tim Watson also recruited at 15 but played his 1st year. Must have been insane so young in that era.

Absolute champion was Tuck. Have so many highlights from his playing days having never seen his entire career. Never realized he was such a prodigious kick (prime years) and he always stepped up in the finals. A player like Tuck would absolutely dominate in today's era.

 

[hawkman]

Ralph Sewer played his first game of league footy for Woodville in 1969 and his last game in 1990. To play in 4 decades and be a Grandpa by the end (even though only 38 yo).

That is South Australia though. A 38yo that isn't a grandpa would be out of place

 

[Juddernaut08]

It'd be purely a reflection of most seasons played in the AFL. Therefore, it's Dustin Fletcher (22)

May be skewed by the level of turnover during a certain period.

Would definitely be skewed by the no. of teams in the league.

Someone like Pandles would be up there.