Sam Mitchell

Sam Mitchell played 329 senior AFL games chiefly for Hawthorn, as well as West Coast between 2002 and 2017, lining up most often as a midfielder. On 23-0, Sam Mitchell's career spans 2 decades, from the 2000s to the 2010s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Sam Mitchell at a peak of 91 out of 100, reached in the 2010s. That figure measures Sam Mitchell only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 2010s midfielder can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Sam Mitchell include 4 premierships, 1 Brownlow Medal and 3 All-Australian selections.

Season by season, the data credits Sam Mitchell with a best season of 748 disposals in 2015, 71 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 30 votes in 2011. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.