Alan Ruthven

Alan Ruthven played 222 senior VFL games for Fitzroy between 1940 and 1954, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Alan Ruthven's career spans 2 decades, from the 1940s to the 1950s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Alan Ruthven at a peak of 89 out of 100, reached in the 1950s. That figure measures Alan Ruthven only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1950s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Alan Ruthven include 1 premiership and 1 Brownlow Medal.

Season by season, the data credits Alan Ruthven with 442 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.