Melbourne · #18 · Forward · 2025: age 33 · 186 cm

Jake Melksham

2025: 19 games, 75% time on ground · 2 Brownlow votes (122nd) · 255 AFL games2023 rookie draft, pick 12 · from Essendon

Disposals

9.8

per game

Goals

36th in AFL33.22 · 55% accuracy

AFL Fantasy

54.5

$503k · 0% owned

Rating

6.2

FanCrew, per game

3.6
Marks: 1.6
Tackles: 0.3
Clearances: 3.0
Inside 50s

Game by game

Average 1.7

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
R2422 Aug	@ COL	L 76–82	6.0	12	2	2	5	1	0	57
R2316 Aug	@ HAW	L 56–92	4.1	5	0	0	1	0	0	15
R2210 Aug	v WBD	L 99–105	6.5	15	2	0	4	0	0	58
R212 Aug	v WCE	W 139–56	6.3	10	1	0	2	0	0	39
R2027 July	@ STK	L 90–96	6.6	8	2	1	4	3	0	62
R1919 July	@ CAR	L 70–78	5.0	7	1	0	2	2	1	36
R1813 July	v NTH	W 119–83	7.7	10	5	1	5	2	0	84
R176 July	@ ADE	L 77–90	7.2	8	4	1	3	1	0	62
R1628 June	@ GCS	L 85–104	8.4	18	5	6	8	3	0	128
R1415 June	@ POR	L 68–93	5.2	7	0	0	2	2	2	29
R139 June	v COL	L 71–72	5.9	8	1	2	5	1	0	47
R121 June	v STK	L 63–91	5.9	9	1	2	3	0	0	42
R1125 May	v SYD	W 131–78	6.8	10	3	2	2	2	1	60
R1018 May	@ BRI	W 99–88	7.5	11	4	1	7	3	0	85
R83 May	@ WCE	W 108–76	6.7	12	1	0	6	3	0	64
R619 Apr	v FRE	W 107–97	5.8	13	0	2	1	3	0	54
R512 Apr	v ESS	L 57–96	5.9	7	0	0	3	2	0	37
R44 Apr	@ GEE	L 46–85	5.6	8	0	0	3	2	1	36
R329 Mar	v GCS	L 62–120	5.4	8	1	2	2	1	1	40

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