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Brayden Maynard#4

Age: 30 years
Career Games: 246
Debut: 2015
Height: 186cm
28Medium Risk

Quick Stats

246
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
17
Season Games
2026 AFL season
3
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
6
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 23 July 2026 (83d) ยท Knee tendon injury sustained against Adelaide โ€” will undergo a procedure and is aiming to return by the final round.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Knee Injury (General)

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Knee Injury (General)View full detail
  1. R2023 July

    Occurred

    Knee tendon injury sustained against Adelaide โ€” will undergo a procedure and is aiming to return by the final round.

  2. R2316 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Club injury hub bands the knee/hamstring at 1-2 weeks โ€” realigned to the Round 24 game against Brisbane. Brayden Maynard (knee/hamstring, 1-2 weeks)

    Return revised: 17 Aug โ†’ 21 Aug

    Collingwood FC
  3. 18 Aug

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 24 (expected return 2026-08-21)

  4. R2420 Aug

    Progress update

  5. R2421 Aug

    Setback

    Collingwood played Round 24 against Brisbane without him โ€” absent from the final side and the emergency list.

  6. 20 Sept

    Progress update

    The club's 2026 season is over and no fixture remains, so the lapsed return forecast is retired to the 2027 pre-season; the next possible return is pre-season training.

    Return revised: 21 Aug โ†’ 1 Mar

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Injury volume

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

Recent injury

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

Age

Age 30 โ€” 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) โ€” a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

91
Ironmanโ†’
Rank: 47 (94th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played17 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 13.5 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency91/100
Age Factor75/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

Weighted Average21.9 games
Recent TierIronman

Career: 11 seasons, 229 games (20.8 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20159
201620
201722
201822
201924
202019
202122
202223
202325
202423
202520
Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Profile

3
Total Injuries
9
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
3
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural3 (100%)

9 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score95/100
โš ๏ธ2 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

4.74k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 17 games played
278.8
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 16 ยท missed 7 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
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Injury History

3 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
23 July 2026R201ร— ยท 656.6 km
Moderate (6)
Injured
8 June 2026R13
Moderate (2)
Returned
31 May 2025
Minor (1)
Returned