Gary Ablett

Gary Ablett played 248 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Geelong, as well as Hawthorn between 1982 and 1996, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Gary Ablett's career spans 2 decades, from the 1980s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Gary Ablett at a peak of 97 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Gary Ablett only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Gary Ablett include 4 All-Australian selections and 2 league leading-goalkicker awards. Gary Ablett also polled 100 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Gary Ablett with a best season of 446 disposals in 1989, 1,031 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 15 votes in 1985. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.