Leon Baker

Leon Baker played 86 senior VFL games for Essendon between 1984 and 1988, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Leon Baker's career spans the 1980s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Leon Baker at a peak of 90 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures Leon Baker only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1980s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Leon Baker include 2 premierships. Leon Baker also polled 28 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Leon Baker with a best season of 454 disposals in 1986, 70 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 9 votes in 1984. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.