James Worpel

GEE - Geelong

MID

Age: 27 years

Career Games: 154

Debut: 2018

Height: 185cm

Weight: 86kg

26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

154

Career Games

Total AFL matches played

Season Games

2026 AFL season

Career Injuries

Recorded injury incidents

Games Missed

2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Finger injury — listed Test on AFL official Round 3 injury list (March 24, 2026). — 24 Mar 2026 · 114d ago

Current Status

Available

Available for selection

Risk Profile

3 factors identified

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 4 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

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

Recurrence

1 flagged recurrence within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

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: 98 (88th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played6 / 23

Goals0

On pace for 7.7 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency76/100

Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average22.6 games

Recent TierReliable

Up 4.7 games/season from career average

Career: 8 seasons, 148 games (18.5 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Avg: 17.9

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

23120

Above average

Below average

Games played per completed season
Season	Games played
2018	11
2019	22
2020	15
2021	20
2022	11
2023	23
2024	25
2025	21

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.

ShoulderRecurs
Unspecified
View latest
2 injuriesacross 2 seasons14 games missed
Wrist/HandRecurs
Other
View latest
2 injuriesacross 1 season1 games missed

Plus 1 body region 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

Structural4 (80%)

15 games missed · Last: Mar 2026

Soft Tissue1 (20%)

5 games missed · Last: Mar 2025

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-5 pts

Injury Frequency Score88/100

1 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -5 penalty

⚠️2 injuries in the past 12 months

🔄Recurring injury history detected

Travel Burden

2.66k km

Total km

Interstate flights this season

Trips

Out of 6 games played

443.1

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 6 · missed 1 to injury

R4V

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
24 Mar 2026	GEE	2026	Hand/Wrist Injury (General)2 updates WBXX	Minor (1)	Returned	Returned via VFL
10 Mar 20261× · 1.41k km	GEE	2026	Hand/Wrist Injury (General) WBXX	Minimal (0)	Returned	Returned R1 vs FRE
7 Mar 2025	HAW	2025	High Ankle Sprain ATLH	Moderate (5)	Returned	Returned 18 Apr
19 Mar 2022	HAW	2022	Shoulder Injury (General) SHXX	Severe (12)	Returned	Returned 11 June
12 Sept 2020	HAW	2020	Shoulder Injury (General) SHXX	Minor (2)	Returned	Returned 3 Oct