Michael Gardiner

Michael Gardiner played 181 senior AFL games chiefly for West Coast, as well as St Kilda between 1997 and 2011, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Michael Gardiner's career spans 3 decades, from the 1990s to the 2010s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Michael Gardiner at a peak of 88 out of 100, reached in the 2000s. That figure measures Michael Gardiner only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2000s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Michael Gardiner include 1 All-Australian selection. Michael Gardiner also polled 30 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Michael Gardiner with a best season of 258 disposals in 2001, 110 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 8 votes in 2003. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.