2021 AFL statistics

Statistics notes

• Pat Cran is the 149th umpire to officiate in 100 VFL/AFL matches (54th boundary umpire).
• Nathan Williamson (F) completed umpiring on each day of the week on Monday 14 June – Melboufrne v. Collingwood
• North Melbourne v.GWS Giants was the 161st draw in VFL/AFL history: Third draw for Jacob Mollison (F), Shane Thiele (B) and Matthew Dervan (G); second draw for Pat Cran and James Scully (B); first draw for Justin Power, Jamie Broadbent (F), Pat Dineen (B) and Sam Walsh (G)
• Matthew Dervan has umpired the last 3 AFL draws (R2 2020, R11 2020, R13 2021). 7th occurrence of an umpire officiating in 3 consecutive VFL/AFL draws (last occurrence Adam Coote (R17 2010, GF 2010, R1 2011)
• Simon Meredith moves to equal 6th on the list of total matches field umpired 401 (Stephen McBurney)
• Dean Margetts moves to equal 9th on the list of total matches field umpired 370 (Mathew Nicholls)
• Ian Burrows moves to 5th on the list of total matches boundary umpired 328 (Aaron Deckys – 327)
• There were no changes to the published appointments