Paul Salmon

Paul Salmon played 324 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Essendon, as well as Hawthorn between 1983 and 2002, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Paul Salmon's career spans 3 decades, from the 1980s to the 2000s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Paul Salmon at a peak of 92 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Paul Salmon only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Paul Salmon include 2 premierships and 1 All-Australian selection. Paul Salmon also polled 109 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Paul Salmon with a best season of 341 disposals in 1997, 561 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 18 votes in 1996. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.