Jake Lever#8

MEL - Melbourne

DEF

Age: 30 years

Career Games: 202

Debut: 2015

Height: 195cm

Weight: 85kg

24Medium Risk

Quick Stats

202

Career Games

Total AFL matches played

Season Games

2026 AFL season

Career Injuries

Recorded injury incidents

Games Missed

2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Concussion — concussed in the dying stages of R11. Listed 1-2 weeks on AFL R12 injury list. — 24 May 2026 · 53d ago

Current Status

Available

Available for selection

Risk Profile

3 factors identified

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 4 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

4 injuries in the scoring window — frequent injuries compound risk.

Age

Age 30 — injury risk rises ~1 point per year past 28 (capped at +10).

Note:Risk factors are derived from a heuristic (injury history, age, workload, recurrence) — a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

Fragile↘

Rank: 307 (62th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↗️

Games Played16 / 23

Goals0

On pace for 20.4 games (above career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency69/100

Age Factor75/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↘

Weighted Average14.9 games

Recent TierFragile

Down 2.4 games/season from career average

Career: 11 seasons, 186 games (16.9 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Avg: 17.3

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Above average

Below average

Games played per completed season
Season	Games played
2015	12
2016	24
2017	20
2018	11
2019	8
2020	17
2021	25
2022	19
2023	24
2024	18
2025	8

Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

KneeRecurs
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4 injuriesacross 3 seasons24 games missed

Plus 3 body regions with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

Total Injuries

Games Missed

Soft Tissue

Structural

Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural6 (86%)

36 games missed · Last: Apr 2025

Contact/Concussion1 (14%)

2 games missed · Last: May 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone

Injury Frequency Score87/100

⚠️1 injury in the past 12 months

🔄Recurring injury history detected

Travel Burden

5.19k km

Total km

Interstate flights this season

Trips

Out of 16 games played

324.2

km / game

Average per appearance

Interstate flights only. Same-state and home-venue games count as 0 travel. Excludes games the player did not feature in.

Season Availability

Every round of the season — played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 15 · missed 1 to injury

R12

R13

R14

R15

R16

R17

R18

playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

7 injuries recorded

Injury history
Date	Team	Season	Injury	Severity	Return
24 May 2026R11	MEL	2026	Concussion3 updates HDCO	Minor (2)	Returned R13 vs COL
7 Apr 2025	MEL	2025	Ankle Fracture ABFR	Moderate (8)	Returned 9 June
21 May 2024	MEL	2024	Knee Cartilage Damage KTCR	Moderate (6)	Returned 9 July
12 Mar 2022	MEL	2022	Foot Injury (General) FTXX	Minor (4)	Returned 9 Apr
15 June 2019	MEL	2019	Knee Cartilage Damage KTCR	Moderate (5)	Returned 27 July
1 Mar 2019	MEL	2019	Knee Cartilage Damage KTCR	Minor (2)	Returned 5 Apr
2 June 2018	MEL	2018	ACL Tear KTCL	Long-term (11)	Returned 25 Aug