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Will Graham#26

GCS - Gold Coast
FWD
Age: 21 years
Career Games: 37
Debut: 2024
Height: 186cm
27Medium Risk

Quick Stats

37
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
12
Season Games
2026 AFL season
3
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
11
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 11 July 2026 (95d) · Left shoulder injury sustained in the loss to Adelaide.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Shoulder Injury (General)

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Shoulder Injury (General)View full detail
  1. R1811 July

    Occurred

    Left shoulder injury sustained in the loss to Adelaide.

  2. 22 July

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 20 (expected return 2026-07-25)

  3. R2023 July

    Progress update

  4. R2024 July

    Progress update

  5. R2025 July

    Setback

    Gold Coast played Round 20 against Carlton without him in the side. Re-targeting Round 21.

  6. 28 July

    Progress update

    Progress update

    Paired with the season-ending expected-return refresh — AFL official injury list and Zero Hanger Round 21 index both report the player out for the rest of the season.

    Return revised: 2 Aug → 1 Mar

    zerohanger.com

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

62
Injury-prone→
Rank: 447 (43th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)→

Games Played12 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 9.5 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency90/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average10.0 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 2 seasons, 25 games (12.5 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
202417
20258
Durability calculated from 2 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Profile

3
Total Injuries
16
Games Missed
1
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural1 (33%)

11 games missed · Last: July 2026

Soft Tissue1 (33%)

4 games missed · Last: June 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (33%)

1 games missed · Last: May 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-5 pts
Injury Frequency Score70/100

1 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -5 penalty

⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

10.4k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
7
Trips
Out of 12 games played
864.6
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 10 · missed 11 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R3
R10
R11
R12
R13
R18
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

3 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
11 July 2026R181× · 1.60k km
Shoulder Injury (General)6 updates
SHXX
Long-term (11)
Injured
6 June 2026R13
Hamstring Strain11 updates
MTMJ
Moderate (4)
Returned
15 May 2026R102× · 2.91k km
Concussion6 updates
HDCO
Minor (1)
Returned