Jack Higgins#1

STK - St Kilda

FWD

Age: 27 years

Career Games: 156

Debut: 2018

Height: 178cm

Weight: 76kg

21Medium Risk

Quick Stats

156

Career Games

Total AFL matches played

Season Games

2026 AFL season

Career Injuries

Recorded injury incidents

Games Missed

2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Knee surgery — surgery on his knee, will miss at least another three games. AFL R12 injury list. — 21 May 2026 · 56d ago

Current Status

Available

Available for selection

Risk Profile

2 factors identified

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 3 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

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

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

Reliable↗

Rank: 196 (76th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played11 / 23

Goals3

On pace for 14.1 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency78/100

Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average21.9 games

Recent TierReliable

Up 4.9 games/season from career average

Career: 8 seasons, 145 games (18.1 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Avg: 17.0

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

23120

Above average

Below average

Games played per completed season
Season	Games played
2018	20
2019	13
2020	10
2021	19
2022	18
2023	22
2024	20
2025	23

Durability calculated from 8 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.

Head/NeckRecurs
Traumatic Brain Injury
View latest
2 injuriesacross 2 seasons8 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

Contact/Concussion2 (40%)

8 games missed · Last: May 2026

Soft Tissue2 (40%)

3 games missed · Last: July 2024

Structural1 (20%)

4 games missed · Last: May 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-10 pts

Injury Frequency Score88/100

2 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -10 penalty

⚠️2 injuries in the past 12 months

Travel Burden

2.01k km

Total km

Interstate flights this season

Trips

Out of 11 games played

183.1

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 9 · missed 6 to injury

R10

R15

R16

R17

R18

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

Injury History

5 injuries recorded

Injury history
Date	Team	Season	Injury	Severity	Status	Return
21 May 2026R11	STK	2026	Knee Injury (General)4 updates KNXX	Moderate (4)	Returned	Returned R15 vs WBD
2 May 2026R81× · 653.6 km	STK	2026	Concussion3 updates HDCO	Minor (2)	Returned	Returned R10 vs RIC
27 July 2024	STK	2024	Back Muscle Strain BTMS	Minor (3)	Returned	Returned 17 Aug
20 Sept 2020	RIC	2020	Calf Strain LTMJ	Minor (0)	Returned	Returned 25 Oct
15 July 2019	RIC	2019	Concussion HTMJ	Moderate (6)	Returned	Returned 16 Sept