Greg Dear played 190 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Hawthorn, as well as Richmond between 1985 and 1996, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Greg Dear's career spans 2 decades, from the 1980s to the 1990s of football.
Our era-fair model rates Greg Dear at a peak of 90 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures Greg Dear only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1980s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.
Honours on the record for Greg Dear include 3 premierships. Greg Dear also polled 29 Brownlow votes across the career.
Season by season, the data credits Greg Dear with a best season of 293 disposals in 1988, 27 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 11 votes in 1989. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.
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Ratings are era-fair and derived from real stats — clubs · all the greats · honour roll