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Sam Durham#22

ESS - Essendon
MID
Age: 25 years
Career Games: 111
Debut: 2021
Height: 185cm
19Low Risk

Quick Stats

111
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
20
Season Games
2026 AFL season
2
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
3
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 14 Aug 2026 (61d) · Soreness kept him out of the Round 23 game against Sydney. Essendon named him out with soreness; no body region has been specified.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Unspecified Injury

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Unspecified InjuryView full detail
  1. R2314 Aug

    Occurred

    Soreness kept him out of the Round 23 game against Sydney. Essendon named him out with soreness; no body region has been specified.

  2. 18 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    AFL Medical Room R24 rules Sam Durham out for the rest of the season. Sam Durham | Soreness | Season

    Return revised: 23 Aug → 1 Mar

    AFL.com.au

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 2 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 3 months — the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

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

93
Ironman→
Rank: 32 (96th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played20 / 23
Goals2

On pace for 15.9 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency95/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average20.8 games
Recent TierIronman

Career: 5 seasons, 91 games (18.2 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20217
202220
202322
202422
202520
Durability calculated from 5 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Profile

2
Total Injuries
4
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural1 (50%)

3 games missed · Last: Aug 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (50%)

1 games missed · Last: May 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score92/100
⚠️2 injuries in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

4.73k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 20 games played
236.6
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 19 · missed 3 to injury

R0
R11
R12
R13
R14
R15
R23
R24
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

2 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
14 Aug 2026R23
Unspecified Injury2 updates
XXXX
Minor (3)
Injured
22 May 2026R111× · 706.5 km
Concussion7 updates
HTMJ
Minor (1)
Returned