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Jordan Ridley#14

Age: 27 years
Career Games: 111
Debut: 2018
Height: 192cm
63High Risk

Quick Stats

111
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
7
Season Games
2026 AFL season
11
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
13
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 25 July 2026 (81d) ยท Foot injury โ€” landed awkwardly in the second quarter against Hawthorn and felt something under the foot. Scans to follow; best case is availability for Round 21.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Midfoot Ligament Sprain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Movements

2027 list: Geelong Cats (GEE)

  1. 7 Oct 2026

    Traded from ESS to GEE for the 2027 list

    Traded in a swap deal between Geelong and Essendon, with picks going each way.

Road to Recovery

Clinical progress for this injury โ€” fitness tests, setbacks, and reassessments as they were recorded.

Midfoot Ligament SprainView full detail
  1. R2025 July

    Occurred

    Foot injury โ€” landed awkwardly in the second quarter against Hawthorn and felt something under the foot. Scans to follow; best case is availability for Round 21.

  2. 28 July

    Reassessment

    Scans confirmed a minor sprain of the midfoot ligament at the Lisfranc joint, sharpening the generic foot code.

    AFL.com.au
  3. 28 July

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 21 (expected return 2026-08-02)

  4. R2130 July

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 21 squad โ€” listed out with an injury designation, so the Lisfranc sprain did not clear in time.; re-targeting Round 22 (2026-08-08).

  5. R229 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Foot โ€” the injury index has him two to three weeks away, putting him around Essendon's Round 24 game. Foot | 2-3 weeks

    Return revised: 8 Aug โ†’ 23 Aug

    zerohanger.com
  6. 11 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Foot injury now expected to end his season. Foot โ€” Season

    Return revised: 23 Aug โ†’ 1 Mar

    AFL.com.au
  7. 12 Aug

    Reassessment

    Named season-ending on the Round 23 AFL injury list; severity and long-term flag brought into line with the revised return date.

    AFL.com.au

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 10 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

10 injuries in the scoring window โ€” frequent injuries compound risk.

Recurrence

5 flagged recurrences within 24 months โ€” same body region, repeat injury.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 3 months โ€” the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

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

Career Durability

16
Injury-proneโ†’
Rank: 545 (31th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played7 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 5.6 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency67/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

Weighted Average11.1 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 10 seasons, 104 games (10.4 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20170
20183
20196
202017
202122
202220
202317
20249
202510
20270
Durability calculated from 9 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once โ€” the multi-season recurrence view.

Plus 2 body regions with a single recorded injury. 1 load-managed rest excluded.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

11
Total Injuries
42
Games Missed
10
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue10 (91%)

41 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Structural1 (9%)

1 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-50 pts
Injury Frequency Score76/100

10 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -50 penalty (maximum)

โš ๏ธ5 injuries in the past 12 months
๐Ÿ”„Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

2.00k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
2
Trips
Out of 7 games played
285.2
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 โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 6 ยท missed 13 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R3V
R4
R5
R6
R13V
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

11 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
25 July 2026R20
Long-term (13)
Injured
9 July 2026R18
Load-managed restManaged3 updates
Minor (1)
Returned
19 Apr 2026R62ร— ยท 2.00k km
Calf Strain10 updates
LTMJ
Moderate (6)
Returned
20 Feb 2026
Calf Strain7 updates
LTMJ
Moderate (2)
Returned
15 Jan 2026
MTMJ
Minor (0)
Returned
5 July 2025
Moderate (6)
Returned
10 May 2025
Minor (4)
Returned
18 Jan 2025
Minor (0)
Returned
6 July 2024
Minor (3)
Returned
9 Mar 2024
Minor (2)
Returned
29 July 2023
Moderate (5)
Returned