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Nick Madden#41

GWS - GWS
Age: 22 years
Career Games: 6
Debut: 2025
Height: 204cm
Weight: 112kg
19Low Risk

Quick Stats

6
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
3
Season Games
2026 AFL season
1
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
10
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 26 Apr 2026 (81d) · PCL strain, right knee — landed on both knees during ball up in Q4 vs North Melbourne (R7, Canberra). 4-6 weeks in specialised knee brace then further assessment.

Current Status

Injured
Long-term absence

Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury

Est. return: Round 18 (11 July)

Road to Recovery

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

Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) InjuryView full detail
  1. R726 Apr

    Occurred

    PCL strain, right knee — landed on both knees during ball up in Q4 vs North Melbourne (R7, Canberra). 4-6 weeks in specialised knee brace then further assessment.

  2. R1014 May

    Reassessment

    Nick Madden (Knee) - 5-8 weeks

    Return revised: 21 June → 5 July

    GWS Giants
  3. R174 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Faced a fitness test at Thursday training but was not selected for Round 17 - rebuilding conditioning after four weeks in a knee brace, now targeting Round 18. Nick Madden (knee) ... set to face fitness tests in Thursday's main training as they push to return

    Return revised: 5 July → 11 July

    GWS Giants

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 1 recorded injury — 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

62
Injury-prone→
Rank: 460 (43th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)→

Games Played3 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 3.8 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency100/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average3.0 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 3 seasons, 3 games (1.0 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20230
20240
20253
Durability calculated from 2 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Profile

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

Injury Categories

Structural1 (100%)

10 games missed · Last: Apr 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score90/100
⚠️1 injury in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

1.12k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
1
Trips
Out of 3 games played
374.3
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 3 · missed 10 to injury · 6 rounds at risk

R4
R5
R6
R7
R13
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

1 injury recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
26 Apr 2026R71× · 1.12k km
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury3 updates
KNLI3
Severe (10)
Injured