Leigh Matthews

Leigh Matthews played 332 senior VFL games for Hawthorn between 1969 and 1985, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Leigh Matthews's career spans 3 decades, from the 1960s to the 1980s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Leigh Matthews at a peak of 97 out of 100, reached in the 1970s. That figure measures Leigh Matthews only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1970s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Leigh Matthews include 4 premierships and 1 league leading-goalkicker award. Leigh Matthews also polled 202 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Leigh Matthews with a best season of 658 disposals in 1977, 915 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 4 votes in 1984. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.