Paddy Ryder

Paddy Ryder played 281 senior AFL games chiefly for Essendon, as well as Port Adelaide and St Kilda between 2006 and 2022, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Paddy Ryder's career spans 3 decades, from the 2000s to the 2020s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Paddy Ryder at a peak of 90 out of 100, reached in the 2010s. That figure measures Paddy Ryder only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2010s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Paddy Ryder include 1 All-Australian selection. Paddy Ryder also polled 27 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Paddy Ryder with a best season of 293 disposals in 2011, 197 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 6 votes in 2017. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.