John Platten

John Platten played 258 senior VFL/AFL games for Hawthorn between 1986 and 1997, lining up most often as a midfielder. On 23-0, John Platten's career spans 2 decades, from the 1980s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates John Platten at a peak of 100 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures John Platten only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1980s midfielder can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for John Platten include 4 premierships, 1 Brownlow Medal and 1 All-Australian selection.

Season by season, the data credits John Platten with a best season of 633 disposals in 1987, 228 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 20 votes in 1987. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.