List of Brisbane Lions defenders

Defenders who have played in at least one match for Brisbane Lions in a VFL/AFL premiership. This list may be incomplete due to incomplete match player position records (from which these general player positions are generated).

Player List

No. Player Season(s) Match(es) Position(s) Detail(s)
1 Marcus Ashcroft 1997-2003 166 Defender Half-Back Flanker
2 Chris Johnson 1997-2007 205 Defender Back Pocket
3 Justin Leppitsch 1997-2006 183 Defender Key Defender
4 Darryl White 1997-2005 178 Defender Back Pocket
5 Brett Voss 1997-2000 35 Defender Back Pocket
6 Chris Scott 1997-2007 160 Defender Half-Back Flanker
7 Steven Lawrence 1997-2000 68 Forward / Defender
8 Brad Scott 1998-2006 146 Midfielder / Defender Wingman / Half-Back Flanker
9 Craig Bolton 2000-2002 29 Defender
10 Mal Michael 2001-2006 140 Defender Key Defender
11 Robert Copeland 2001-2008 143 Defender Half-Back Flanker
12 Ashley McGrath 2001-2014 214 Forward / Defender Forward Pocket / Back Pocket
13 Jason Gram 2003 2 Defender
14 Jed Adcock 2004-2015 206 Defender
15 Daniel Pratt 2004 3 Defender
16 Joel MacDonald 2004-2009 80 Defender
17 Tom Logan 2005 3 Defender
18 Daniel Merrett 2005-2016 200 Defender Key Defender
19 Jayden Attard 2005-2006 5 Defender Half-Back Flanker
20 Josh Drummond 2005-2012 94 Defender
21 Wayde Mills 2006-2008 16 Forward / Defender
22 Cheynee Stiller 2006-2012 100 Defender
23 Jason Roe 2006-2009 50 Defender
24 Joel Patfull 2006-2014 182 Defender Key Defender
25 Colm Begley 2006-2008 29 Defender
26 Chris Schmidt 2007 2 Forward / Defender
27 Lachie Henderson 2008-2009 15 Defender Key Defender
28 James Hawksley 2008-2012 32 Defender
29 Tom Collier 2008-2011 27 Defender
30 Pearce Hanley 2008-2016 129 Midfielder / Defender Wingman / Half-Back Flanker
31 Daniel Rich 2009-2022 268 Defender
32 Matt Maguire 2010-2015 71 Defender Key Defender
33 Andrew Raines 2010-2014 67 Midfielder / Defender
34 Ryan Harwood 2010-2017 81 Defender
35 Ryan Lester 2011-2022 161 Defender
36 Mitch Golby 2011-2015 56 Defender Half-Back Flanker
37 Niall McKeever 2011-2013 22 Defender Key Defender
38 Jack Crisp 2012-2014 18 Midfielder / Defender
39 Elliot Yeo 2012-2013 27 Midfielder / Defender Midfielder / Half-Back Flanker
40 Stephen Wrigley 2012 3 Defender
41 Sam Mayes 2013-2018 101 Defender Half-Back Flanker
42 Sam Docherty 2013 13 Defender Half-Back Flanker
43 Marco Paparone 2013-2017 55 Defender
44 Justin Clarke 2013-2015 56 Defender Key Defender
45 James Aish 2014-2015 32 Midfielder / Defender Wingman / Defender
46 Tom Cutler 2014-2019 66 Defender
47 Nick Robertson 2014-2019 73 Midfielder / Defender Midfielder / Half-Back Flanker
48 Darcy Gardiner 2014-2022 154 Defender Key Defender
49 Luke McGuane 2014-2015 7 Defender Key Defender
50 Jordon Bourke 2014-2015 6 Forward / Defender
51 Jaden McGrath 2015 3 Defender
52 Harris Andrews 2015-2022 160 Defender Key Defender
53 Liam Dawson 2015-2017 18 Defender
54 Hugh Beasley 2015 6 Defender Back Pocket
55 Josh Walker 2016-2019 52 Forward / Defender Key Forward / Key Defender
56 Reuben William 2016 3 Defender
57 Jack Frost 2017 2 Defender Key Defender
58 Alex Witherden 2017-2020 59 Defender Half-Back Flanker
59 Sam Skinner 2017-2020 3 Defender Key Defender
60 Luke Hodge 2018-2019 41 Midfielder / Defender
61 Brandon Starcevich 2018-2022 71 Defender
62 Noah Answerth 2019-2022 51 Defender Half-Back Flanker
63 Marcus Adams 2019-2022 46 Defender Key Defender
64 Grant Birchall 2020-2021 39 Defender Half-Back Flanker
65 Jack Payne 2020-2022 27 Defender Key Defender
66 Tom Fullarton 2020-2022 19 Forward / Defender
67 Keidean Coleman 2020-2022 41 Defender
68 James Madden 2021-2022 11 Defender
69 Carter Michael 2022 1 Defender
70 Darcy Wilmot 2022 3 Defender