Michael Hurley

Michael Hurley played 194 senior AFL games for Essendon between 2009 and 2022, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Michael Hurley's career spans 3 decades, from the 2000s to the 2020s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Michael Hurley at a peak of 91 out of 100, reached in the 2010s. That figure measures Michael Hurley only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2010s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Michael Hurley include 2 All-Australian selections. Michael Hurley also polled 32 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Michael Hurley with a best season of 537 disposals in 2017, 109 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 7 votes in 2018. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.