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Kyle Langford#4

ESS - Essendon
FWD
Age: 29 years
Career Games: 181
Debut: 2015
Height: 191cm
35Medium Risk

Quick Stats

181
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
19
Season Games
2026 AFL season
6
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
3
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Last injury: Quadriceps strain — AFL R15 Medical Room (June 16, 2026): no timeline set. Official injury list — exact onset date unconfirmed. — 14 June 2026 · 122d ago

Current Status

Available
Season over

Available for selection

Risk Profile

5 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Recurrence

2 flagged recurrences within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

Injury volume

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

Multi-season pattern

1 body region injured across both recent and earlier seasons — a long-running vulnerability.

Age

Age 29 — 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) — a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

47
Moderate→
Rank: 527 (33th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)→

Games Played19 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 15.1 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency73/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average16.0 games
Recent TierModerate

Career: 11 seasons, 162 games (14.7 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20158
201617
20176
201816
201918
202016
202117
20229
202323
202423
20259
Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

6
Total Injuries
26
Games Missed
6
Soft Tissue
0
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue6 (100%)

26 games missed · Last: June 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-30 pts
Injury Frequency Score89/100

6 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -30 penalty

⚠️1 injury in the past 12 months
🔄Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

6.07k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 19 games played
319.7
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 18 · missed 3 to injury

R0
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

6 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus — all Returned
14 June 2026R141× · 2.72k km
Quadriceps Strain9 updates
MQMJ
Moderate (3)
23 May 2025
Quadriceps Strain
MQMJ
Moderate (5)
15 Mar 2025
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Moderate (5)
3 Aug 2024
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (4)
10 July 2021
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (3)
21 July 2018
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Moderate (6)