Barry Davis

Barry Davis played 289 senior VFL games chiefly for Essendon, as well as North Melbourne between 1961 and 1975, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Barry Davis's career spans 2 decades, from the 1960s to the 1970s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Barry Davis at a peak of 92 out of 100, reached in the 1960s. That figure measures Barry Davis only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1960s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Barry Davis include 3 premierships. Barry Davis also polled 121 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Barry Davis with a best season of 609 disposals in 1975 and 119 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.