Wayne Carey
North Melbourne, Adelaide · 1989–2004 · 272 games · 192cm
Wayne Carey played 272 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for North Melbourne, as well as Adelaide between 1989 and 2004, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Wayne Carey's career spans 3 decades, from the 1980s to the 2000s of football.
Our era-fair model rates Wayne Carey at a peak of 98 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Wayne Carey only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.
Honours on the record for Wayne Carey include 2 premierships and 7 All-Australian selections. Wayne Carey also polled 127 Brownlow votes across the career.
Season by season, the data credits Wayne Carey with a best season of 489 disposals in 1998, 727 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 20 votes in 1998. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.
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Ratings are era-fair and derived from real stats — clubs · all the greats · honour roll