| Jordan Dawson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Dawson playing for Adelaide in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jordan Dawson | ||
| Born | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (age 28) South Australia | ||
| Original team | Sturt (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 56,2015 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 3, 2017,Sydney vs.Collingwood, at theSydney Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Adelaide | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2016–2021 | Sydney | 64 (34) | |
| 2022– | Adelaide | 92 (44) | |
| Total | 156 (78) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jordan Dawson (born 9 April 1997) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer playing for theAdelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He previously played for theSydney Swans from 2016 to 2021.
Dawson is a dualAll-Australian and a three-timeMalcolm Blight Medallist, and was voted as theAFLPA best captain in 2025.[1] He has served asAdelaide captain since 2023.[1]
Jordan Dawson was born on 9 April 1997.[2] He is the younger son ofRobe businessman Tony Dawson, who was formerly president of both the Robe Football Club and Robe Golf Club.[3]
Dawson grew up in Robe, south-east ofAdelaide inSouth Australia.[4][5][6] He started playing Australian rules football when he was five, withAuskick.[5] He supported theAdelaide Crows growing up.[5]
He moved toAdelaide for high school, attendingScotch College during his teenage years.[4][5] Dawson played league football forSturt in theSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) in his draft year of 2015.
The first player to be drafted to the AFL from the Robe Football Club, Dawson was taken by Sydney with the fifty-sixth overall selection in the2015 national draft.[7] He made his debut in the one point loss againstCollingwood at theSydney Cricket Ground in Round 3 of the2017 season.[8] After spending long periods of time playing in theNEAFL for Sydney, Dawson began to find form in2020 at a time when the Swans were struggling. Dawson impressed rival clubs in his last game for Sydney, which was the2021 elimination final againstGreater Western Sydney. Dawson had 18 disposals and 8 marks in the narrow loss.[9]
At the end of the2021 AFL season, Dawson requested a trade toAdelaide, in his home state ofSouth Australia,[10] despite speculation that the Swan might end up playing forcross-town rivalsPort Adelaide. He was traded on 13 October during the2021 trade period.[11]
Round 3 of the2022 AFL season saw Dawson win theShowdown Medal during Adelaide's 4 point victory overPort Adelaide, in which hekicked a goal after the siren to win the match.[12] In his first season as a Crow, he finished second in theclub's best and fairest award, behind the three-time winner and fellowScotch College alumnRory Laird. Dawson was madecaptain of theAdelaide Crows afterRory Sloane stepped down on 10 February 2023,[13] following Sloane's fourth year in the role. Dawson won his second Showdown Medal in Round 3 of 2023[14] in his first win as captain. Dawson would go on to greatly succeed in the role, finding career-best form and winning theMalcolm Blight Medal in just his second season at the club.[15]
2024 began with scrutiny directed at Jordan Dawson, with Adelaide's 0–4 winning record "epitomised" by Dawson's poor form.[16] Dawson responded with back-to-back best-on-ground performances againstEssendon andNorth Melbourne, the latter of which saw Dawson awarded with theANZAC Spirit medal, given to the player adjudicated best-on-ground during the AFL'sANZAC Appeal Round.[17] Dawson was forced to miss one game in the season following a head collision withEssendon forwardNate Caddy.[18] His absent leadership was noticeable in a large loss toHawthorn the following week. Despite the Crows once again missing finals, Dawson strung together some good form to lead the club incoaches' votes[19] as well as inBrownlow votes for the second year in a row. Dawson won consecutiveMalcolm Blight Medals, being a part of the first tie in the history of the award alongsideBen Keays. He was also awarded with Adelaide's Players' Trademark Award for the second year in a row.[20]
In 2025, Dawson was awarded the maximum tencoaches' votes in his first two matches to start the season.[21] A career-best year for the Crows captain saw him lead him side to theminor premiership for the first time since 2017. Dawson was awarded withAFLPA Best Captain awarded as voted by his peers as well as earning the vice-captaincy in his secondAll-Australian selection.[1][22]
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[23]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2016 | Sydney | 34[24] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 | Sydney | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Sydney | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 12.3 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Sydney | 34 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 249 | 127 | 376 | 109 | 60 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 6.4 | 18.8 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2020[a] | Sydney | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 183 | 77 | 260 | 59 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 16.3 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | Sydney | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 354 | 159 | 513 | 126 | 68 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 22.3 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 6 |
| 2022 | Adelaide | 12 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 408 | 133 | 541 | 146 | 65 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 18.5 | 6.0 | 24.6 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 8 |
| 2023 | Adelaide | 12 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 401 | 222 | 623 | 114 | 153 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 27.1 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 20 |
| 2024 | Adelaide | 12 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 365 | 174 | 539 | 110 | 134 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 16.6 | 7.9 | 24.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 18 |
| 2025 | Adelaide | 12 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 392 | 192 | 584 | 117 | 184 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 23.4 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 27 |
| Career | 156 | 78 | 66 | 2391 | 1104 | 3495 | 806 | 717 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 7.1 | 22.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 80 | ||
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Dawson married his long-term partner Milly Dutton in January 2024.[25]
It's a privilege to go home and I'm really passionate about showing the boys where I'm from, Dawson said.
