Roger Merrett

Roger Merrett played 313 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Brisbane Bears, as well as Essendon between 1978 and 1996, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Roger Merrett's career spans 3 decades, from the 1970s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Roger Merrett at a peak of 86 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures Roger Merrett only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1980s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Roger Merrett include 2 premierships. Roger Merrett also polled 53 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Roger Merrett with a best season of 338 disposals in 1984, 433 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 14 votes in 1989. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.