2026 AFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The team used Marvel Stadium as their home ground, playing eight matches there (six as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eighteenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
2026 AFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Marvel Stadium
Team Results
Ladder Position:
18th (W-D-L: 2-0-21, P%: 64.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captain:
Andrew McGrath
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemis, Jaxon | #34 | 6 | 0 | R20-25 |
| Blakiston, Lachlan | #46 | 17 | 2 | R02-15, R17, R19, R21 |
| Bryan, Nick | #24 | 13 | 2 | R10-15, R17-20, R22, R24-25 |
| Caddy, Nate | #30 | 22 | 46 | R02-04, R06-15, R17-25 |
| Caldwell, Jye | #6 | 17 | 6 | R02-09, R11-12, R17-20, R23-25 |
| Clarke, Angus | #36 | 6 | 4 | R19-22, R24-25 |
| Cox, Nik | #13 | 8 | 3 | R09-11, R13-15, R18, R21 |
| Day-Wicks, Archer | #44 | 21 | 7 | R04-15, R17-25 |
| Durham, Sam | #22 | 20 | 9 | R02-12, R14-15, R17-23 |
| Duursma, Xavier | #28 | 18 | 8 | R02-15, R17-20 |
| Edwards, Thomas | #45 | 7 | 8 | R05-09, R12-13 |
| El Achkar, Hussien | #33 | 9 | 10 | R02-03, R14-15, R17, R20-23 |
| El-Hawli, Saad | #41 | 8 | 2 | R04-05, R07-09, R13-14, R18 |
| Farrow, Jacob | #2 | 21 | 4 | R04-15, R17-25 |
| Fiorini, Brayden | #8 | 2 | 2 | R02-03 |
| Gresham, Jade | #11 | 7 | 6 | R04-07, R09, R12-13 |
| Guelfi, Matt | #35 | 3 | 0 | R04-05, R12 |
| Johnson, Zak | #40 | 7 | 0 | R02-05, R10, R22-23 |
| Jones, Harry | #23 | 7 | 2 | R14-15, R17, R19, R22, R24-25 |
| Kako, Isaac | #10 | 15 | 9 | R03-08, R17-25 |
| Kondogiannis, Max | #29 | 12 | 1 | R02-03, R09, R13-14, R19-25 |
| Langford, Kyle | #4 | 19 | 4 | R02-15, R20, R22-25 |
| May, Archie | #26 | 10 | 14 | R02, R04-08, R10-13 |
| McGrath, Andrew | #1 | 20 | 2 | R02-12, R17-25 |
| McKay, Ben | #32 | 15 | 6 | R02-09, R12-15, R17-18, R21 |
| Merrett, Zach | #7 | 23 | 10 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Nguyen, Jayden | #42 | 5 | 0 | R02-03, R09-11 |
| Parish, Darcy | #3 | 14 | 2 | R02-08, R10-13, R17-19 |
| Perkins, Archie | #16 | 16 | 7 | R02-05, R10-15, R17-19, R23-25 |
| Prior, Jaxon | #25 | 22 | 1 | R02-06, R08-15, R17-25 |
| Redman, Mason | #27 | 16 | 3 | R02-03, R10-12, R14-15, R17-25 |
| Reid, Zach | #31 | 23 | 1 | R02-15, R17-25 |
| Ridley, Jordan | #14 | 7 | 0 | R06-07, R15, R17-18, R20-21 |
| Roberts, Archie | #21 | 21 | 2 | R02-15, R19-25 |
| Robey, Sullivan | #9 | 15 | 9 | R06-15, R17-21 |
| Setterfield, Will | #12 | 11 | 3 | R11, R13-15, R17-18, R21-25 |
| Sharp, Dyson | #15 | 15 | 3 | R02-03, R08-10, R15, R17-25 |
| Tsatas, Elijah | #5 | 6 | 1 | R06-08, R13-15 |
| Unwin, Rhys | #38 | 4 | 1 | R22-25 |
| Visentini, Vigo | #17 | 3 | 1 | R23-25 |
| Wright, Peter | #20 | 18 | 28 | R02-11, R18-25 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott, Brad | 11 | 1 | -0- | 10 | R02-12 |
| Solomon, Dean | 12 | 1 | -0- | 11 | R13-15, R17-25 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | BYE | ||||||
| 13/03/2026 | Round 2 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 62 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 22/03/2026 | Round 3 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 63 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 28/03/2026 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 12 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 05/04/2026 | Round 5 | Western Bulldogs | AWAY | LOSS | WBUL by 34 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 11/04/2026 | Round 6 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 45 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 18/04/2026 | Round 7 | Gold Coast | AWAY | LOSS | GCST by 9 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 25/04/2026 | Round 8 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 77 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 02/05/2026 | Round 9 | Brisbane Lions | HOME | LOSS | BRIL by 64 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 09/05/2026 | Round 10 | Greater Western Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | GWSY by 14 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 17/05/2026 | Round 11 | Fremantle | HOME | LOSS | FREM by 43 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 22/05/2026 | Round 12 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 18 | Brad Scott | Andrew McGrath |
| 31/05/2026 | Round 13 | West Coast | AWAY | LOSS | WCST by 30 | Dean Solomon | Kyle Langford |
| 07/06/2026 | Round 14 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 5 | Dean Solomon | Kyle Langford |
| 13/06/2026 | Round 15 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 45 | Dean Solomon | Mason Redman |
| Round 16 | BYE | ||||||
| 28/06/2026 | Round 17 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 14 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 05/07/2026 | Round 18 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 67 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 12/07/2026 | Round 19 | Brisbane Lions | AWAY | LOSS | BRIL by 90 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 19/07/2026 | Round 20 | Greater Western Sydney | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 3 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 25/07/2026 | Round 21 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 93 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 02/08/2026 | Round 22 | Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | ADEL by 72 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 08/08/2026 | Round 23 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 67 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 16/08/2026 | Round 24 | Sydney | HOME | LOSS | SYDN by 36 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |
| 23/08/2026 | Round 25 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 10 | Dean Solomon | Andrew McGrath |