Simon Madden

Simon Madden played 378 senior VFL/AFL games for Essendon between 1974 and 1992, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Simon Madden's career spans 3 decades, from the 1970s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Simon Madden at a peak of 97 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures Simon Madden 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 Simon Madden include 2 premierships. Simon Madden also polled 139 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Simon Madden with a best season of 391 disposals in 1983, 575 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 16 votes in 1988. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.