Grant Birchall

Grant Birchall played 287 senior AFL games chiefly for Hawthorn, as well as Brisbane Lions between 2006 and 2021, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Grant Birchall's career spans 3 decades, from the 2000s to the 2020s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Grant Birchall at a peak of 89 out of 100, reached in the 2010s. That figure measures Grant Birchall only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2010s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Grant Birchall include 4 premierships and 1 All-Australian selection. Grant Birchall also polled 22 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Grant Birchall with a best season of 591 disposals in 2014, 36 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 7 votes in 2011. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.