| Josh Kelly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kelly playing for Greater Western Sydney in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joshua Kelly | ||
| Nickname | Chook[1] | ||
| Born | (1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (age 31) | ||
| Original team | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)/Brighton Grammar | ||
| Draft | No. 2,2013 national draft | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014– | Greater Western Sydney | 230 (144) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | Victoria | 1 (4)*Greater Western Sydney captain: 2022
| |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Joshua Kelly (born 12 February 1995) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer playing for theGreater Western Sydney Giants in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the second overall selection in the2013 national draft.
Kelly had a breakout year in 2017, winning inclusion in theAll-Australian team and finishing fifth in theBrownlow Medal. He was named in the Greater Western Sydney Giants leadership group in 2018 where he remains as Vice-Captain.[2] Josh Kelly began his football career as an Auskicker atEast Brighton in Melbourne's south-east before being drafted at pick two in the 2013 NAB AFL Draft. Kelly is the son ofPhil Kelly, who played 61 games as a wingman forNorth Melbourne in the 1980s and won twoSandover Medals in theWAFL. He won the GIANTS Rising Star Award in his first season and become a mainstay of the Giants' midfield in just a few short years. Kelly was elevated into the club's official leadership group ahead of the 2017 season in just his fourth year in the AFL, and after a stunning 2017 season was named vice-captain in 2018.
In December 2021, Kelly was named, along withToby Greene and incumbentStephen Coniglio, as co-captain of the club.[3] In February 2023, Kelly and Coniglio were named vice-captains as Greene was named the sole captain.[4]
He is the son ofPhil Kelly, who played 109 games and won multipleSandover Medals forEast Perth in theWest Australian Football League and then moved to theVictorian Football League, playing 61 games for theKangaroos from 1981-85.[5] He also has a younger sister, Laine Kelly.During the AFL combine he showed elite endurance, finishing the 3 km time trial with a time of 9 minutes and 32 seconds (the second fastest ever in testing).[6] He was educated atBrighton Grammar School, alongside fellow 2013 drafteesChristian Salem andJayden Hunt.
He was nominated for the2014 AFL Rising Star award after featuring in Greater Western Sydney's 32-point win overMelbourne in round 3.[7]
Kelly had a stellar2017 season, being named in theAll-Australian team and finishing fifth in theBrownlow Medal. In the opening rounds of the season, it was confirmed thatNorth Melbourne had made a $9 million contract offer.[8] He eventually re-signed with the Giants at the end of the year on a 2-year contract; the amount was not disclosed.[9]
Kelly was a key member of the Giants‘ 2019 finals campaign which saw the team reach its first grand final. He managed 27 disposals and was named in the best players in the team’s four point preliminary final win againstCollingwood.[10]
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[11]
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 | |||||
| 2014 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 168 | 144 | 312 | 55 | 58 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 17.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2015 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 172 | 150 | 322 | 70 | 66 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 17.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2016 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 301 | 265 | 566 | 90 | 94 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 23.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 6 |
| 2017 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 338 | 370 | 708 | 85 | 156 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 29.5 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 21 |
| 2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 253 | 168 | 421 | 58 | 82 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 10 |
| 2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 287 | 220 | 507 | 69 | 97 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 28.2 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 2020[a] | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 177 | 132 | 309 | 42 | 58 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 12.6 | 9.4 | 22.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 8 |
| 2021 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 333 | 268 | 601 | 82 | 129 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 26.1 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 2022 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 295 | 265 | 560 | 93 | 101 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 26.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 13 |
| 2023 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 286 | 306 | 592 | 64 | 97 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 26.9 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 8 |
| 2024 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 221 | 192 | 413 | 71 | 62 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 24.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 2025 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 147 | 175 | 322 | 52 | 60 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Career[12] | 230 | 144 | 134 | 2978 | 2655 | 5633 | 831 | 1060 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 24.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 97 | ||
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