Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears's greatest players, ranked by an era-fair rating built from real career stats, Brownlow votes and honours — plus the club's complete premiership history.

Premierships 0Grand Final losses 0Players rated 143

all-time VFL/AFL record · 1987–1996

Played 222Record 72-148-2Win rate 32.9%Scoring % 80.9

Biggest win: 162 pts v Sydney (1993).

Brisbane Bears — club history & record

Brisbane Bears are yet to win a VFL/AFL premiership in the data covered here.

Across 1987–1996, Brisbane Bears have played 222 senior matches in the data here for a record of 72–148–2 — a 32.9% win rate, with a scoring percentage of 80.9. Their biggest recorded victory is a 162-point win over Sydney in 1993.

By our era-fair rating, the greatest Brisbane Bears players are led by Nathan Buckley (93), Damian Bourke (88), Alex Ishchenko (87), Warwick Capper (87) and Roger Merrett (86). In all, 143 players who pulled on the Brisbane Bears jumper are rated here, ranked below by how they measured against their own contemporaries.

Greatest Brisbane Bears players

1990s–2000s · 20 games · midfielders

1980s–1990s · 22 games · rucks

1980s–1990s · 42 games · rucks

1980s–1990s · 34 games · forwards

1970s–1990s · 164 games · rucks

1990s–2000s · 79 games · midfielders

1980s–1990s · 101 games · forwards

1980s–1990s · 48 games · rucks

1970s–1980s · 59 games · midfielders

Craig Starcevich

1980s–1990s · 20 games · defenders

1980s–2000s · 32 games · forwards

1970s–1980s · 17 games · forwards

Matthew Rendell

1980s–1990s · 13 games · rucks

1990s–2000s · 69 games · rucks

Adrian Fletcher

1980s–2000s · 86 games · midfielders

1980s–1990s · 138 games · midfielders

Michael Richardson

1980s–1990s · 81 games · defenders

1980s–1990s · 86 games · midfielders

1990s · 55 games · defenders

1990s–2000s · 14 games · rucks

1980s · 17 games · forwards

Laurence Schache

1990s · 29 games · forwards

1980s–2000s · 49 games · midfielders

Rod Lester-Smith

1980s–1990s · 39 games · defenders

1980s–1990s · 87 games · midfielders

1990s · 2 games · forwards

1990s · 18 games · forwards

1980s–1990s · 9 games · forwards

Justin Leppitsch

1990s–2000s · 44 games · defenders

1980s–1990s · 10 games · forwards

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