Nigel Smart

Nigel Smart played 278 senior AFL games for Adelaide between 1991 and 2004, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Nigel Smart's career spans 2 decades, from the 1990s to the 2000s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Nigel Smart at a peak of 91 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Nigel Smart only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Nigel Smart include 2 premierships and 3 All-Australian selections. Nigel Smart also polled 48 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Nigel Smart with a best season of 426 disposals in 1998, 116 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 8 votes in 1991. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.