Brisbane Lions · #27 · Key defender · age 31 · 192 cm

Darcy Gardiner

2026: 16 games, 84% time on ground · 199 AFL games (1 game from 200)2013 national draft, pick 22 · from Geelong U18

Disposals

9.5

per game

Goals

AFL Fantasy

39.3

per game

Rating

5.4

FanCrew, per game

4.5
Marks: 0.9
Tackles: 0.3
Clearances: 0.5
Inside 50s

Game by game

Average 9.5

How the FanCrew rating works

FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.

Darcy Gardiner game log
Rd	Opp	Result	RTG	D	M	T	CL	AF
GF26 Sept	@ FRE	W 96–89	5.2	7	4	1	0	32
PF19 Sept	@ HAW	W 131–122	5.3	5	2	2	0	28
SF12 Sept	v ADE	W 144–91	5.7	10	3	1	1	40
QF5 Sept	@ SYD	L 88–141	4.6	4	2	2	0	16
R2421 Aug	@ COL	W 159–96	4.9	8	5	1	0	35
R2315 Aug	v GCS	W 95–53	5.0	6	4	0	0	28
R227 Aug	v HAW	W 125–58	4.4	6	0	0	0	12
R172 July	@ GEE	W 123–101	6.0	10	5	1	2	44
R1625 June	v SYD	W 126–83	5.6	12	7	0	0	47
R1414 June	@ RIC	W 115–80	7.2	20	14	1	0	104
R136 June	@ GCS	W 106–75	5.4	6	2	3	0	31
R1230 May	v FRE	L 78–103	4.5	9	3	1	0	26
R1124 May	@ GWS	L 88–166	6.9	15	6	2	0	64
R1014 May	v GEE	L 76–117	5.5	11	4	0	1	35
R328 Mar	@ STK	W 113–80	6.4	16	7	0	0	60
OR7 Mar	v WBD	L 106–111	4.5	7	4	0	0	27

AFL career

Darcy Gardiner AFL career by season
Season	Club	GP	RTG	D	G	M	T	AF
2014	BRI	17	5.7	11.3	2	3.6	1.8	44.9
2015	BRI	8	5.3	9.5	1	2.8	2.0	36.0
2016	BRI	18	5.6	11.9	0	2.5	2.4	43.4
2017	BRI	19	6.2	12.8	1	4.7	2.3	54.6
2018	BRI	20	6.3	14.9	0	5.7	1.9	59.9
2019	BRI	24	6.2	13.6	1	4.7	2.2	57.9
2020	BRI	18	5.8	11.1	0	3.9	1.4	44.4
2021	BRI	9	5.5	11.0	0	3.8	0.4	38.9
2022	BRI	21	6.0	12.4	0	4.8	1.5	51.1
2023	BRI	4	5.8	8.5	0	3.0	2.5	40.8
2024	BRI	7	5.4	8.1	3	2.6	1.9	38.1
2025	BRI	18	5.7	10.4	6	4.3	1.4	46.7
2026	BRI	16	5.4	9.5	0	4.5	0.9	39.3
Career		199	5.8	11.8	14	4.2	1.8	48.1

Career highs