Essendon · #17 · Forward · 2012: age 21 · 186 cm

Jake Melksham

2012: 22 games, 79% time on ground · 255 AFL games2023 rookie draft, pick 12 · from Essendon

Disposals

15.1

per game

Goals

14.13 · 44% accuracy

AFL Fantasy

63.7

per game

Rating

6.3

FanCrew, per game

4.1
Marks: 2.3
Tackles: 1.9
Clearances: 3.5
Inside 50s

Game by game

Average 0.6

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.

Jake Melksham game log
Rd	Opp	Result	RTG	D	G	B	M	T	CL	AF
R231 Sept	v COL	L 72–104	4.9	16	0	2	3	1	0	49
R2224 Aug	@ RIC	L 57–102	5.3	7	0	0	3	3	2	32
R2118 Aug	v CAR	L 60–156	4.9	12	0	0	2	1	2	32
R2012 Aug	v NTH	L 76–100	5.9	11	1	1	4	4	2	61
R195 Aug	@ ADE	L 100–104	6.4	15	0	0	4	2	4	57
R1827 July	v HAW	L 86–180	6.2	14	0	0	5	1	2	56
R1720 July	@ GEE	L 67–134	5.5	9	0	0	0	7	1	48
R1614 July	@ POR	W 127–77	6.3	15	1	1	4	1	1	63
R157 July	@ STK	L 62–133	7.2	20	2	1	2	1	3	76
R1430 June	v WBD	W 140–56	7.0	14	2	0	6	1	1	70
R1323 June	@ FRE	W 113–89	6.3	18	1	0	3	0	0	54
R119 June	v SYD	L 82–86	6.8	20	0	1	6	3	2	87
R102 June	v MEL	L 52–58	5.9	12	1	0	2	3	0	44
R926 May	@ GWS	W 119–53	6.6	12	1	0	5	2	1	60
R819 May	v RIC	W 128–109	5.7	14	0	0	6	0	0	55
R712 May	v WCE	W 113–52	7.6	23	1	1	5	4	2	106
R65 May	v BRI	W 129–62	7.9	25	1	1	7	0	6	100
R525 Apr	@ COL	L 79–80	6.4	14	0	0	4	4	1	67
R421 Apr	@ CAR	W 109–79	6.7	15	1	2	4	2	4	68
R314 Apr	@ GCS	W 105–88	6.0	12	0	1	4	4	0	61
R27 Apr	v POR	W 111–86	6.4	18	0	1	5	3	3	72
R131 Mar	@ NTH	W 104–102	6.7	16	2	1	6	3	4	83

AFL career

Jake Melksham AFL career by season
Season	Club	GP	RTG	D	G	M	T	AF
2010	ESS	14	6.3	14.9	6	3.1	2.4	59.4
2011	ESS	23	6.6	16.7	6	4.1	3.4	69.3
2012	ESS	22	6.3	15.1	14	4.1	2.3	63.7
2013	ESS	21	7.0	19.6	16	4.6	2.8	78.4
2014	ESS	16	6.3	15.6	8	3.8	2.4	61.7
2015	ESS	18	6.4	16.4	7	3.7	3.1	64.8
2017	MEL	19	6.7	16.7	21	4.4	2.5	71.8
2018	MEL	23	6.8	14.6	32	4.7	1.9	67.7
2019	MEL	12	6.6	15.8	15	5.5	2.1	74.8
2020	MEL	17	5.7	9.4	15	2.9	1.4	43.3
2021	MEL	12	5.8	8.9	8	2.1	1.5	37.0
2022	MEL	11	5.8	8.9	12	3.7	1.9	50.1
2023	MEL	13	5.7	7.9	20	3.8	1.5	48.8
2024	MEL	8	5.7	8.6	8	3.8	0.9	44.0
2025	MEL	19	6.2	9.8	33	3.6	1.6	54.5
2026	MEL	7	5.1	7.6	8	3.0	1.0	37.6
Career		255	6.3	13.7	229	3.9	2.2	60.6