Peter Knights

Peter Knights played 264 senior VFL games for Hawthorn between 1969 and 1985, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Peter Knights's career spans 3 decades, from the 1960s to the 1980s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Peter Knights at a peak of 92 out of 100, reached in the 1970s. That figure measures Peter Knights only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1970s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Peter Knights include 3 premierships. Peter Knights also polled 126 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Peter Knights with a best season of 434 disposals in 1978, 201 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 3 votes in 1985. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.