John Nicholls

John Nicholls played 328 senior VFL games for Carlton between 1957 and 1974, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, John Nicholls's career spans 3 decades, from the 1950s to the 1970s of football.

Our era-fair model rates John Nicholls at a peak of 97 out of 100, reached in the 1960s. That figure measures John Nicholls only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1960s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for John Nicholls include 3 premierships. John Nicholls also polled 101 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits John Nicholls with a best season of 349 disposals in 1965 and 307 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.