Michael McLean

Michael McLean played 183 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Western Bulldogs, as well as Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions between 1983 and 1997, lining up most often as a midfielder. On 23-0, Michael McLean's career spans 2 decades, from the 1980s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Michael McLean at a peak of 80 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Michael McLean only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s midfielder can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Michael McLean polled 42 Brownlow Medal votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Michael McLean with a best season of 589 disposals in 1991, 40 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 17 votes in 1991. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.