| Chris Masten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Masten playing for West Coast in July 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Christopher Michael Masten | ||
| Born | (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Original team | East Fremantle (WAFL)West Coast Eagles(AFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 3,2007 national draft | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008–2019 | West Coast | 215 (70) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Christopher Michael Masten (born 2 May 1989) is anAustralian rules footballer and former player for theWest Coast Eagles in theAustralian Football League (AFL) and was delisted at the end of the 2019 season, after playing a pivotal role in the Eagles premiership in 2018. He was chosen as the first round pick (number 3 overall) in the2007 AFL draft by the Eagles, the team he had supported as a child.[1]
Masten showed strong leadership in the 2007 Under-18 championships, captainingWestern Australia[2] to win the tournament and on an individual level winning All-Australian honours averaging 25 disposals and five clearances across the 3 games. He was also a graduate of the AIS/AFL Academy in 2006.
He made his senior debut forWest Australian Football League (WAFL) teamEast Fremantle in the round 1 win againstSouth Fremantle, gathering 17 disposals and kicking 3 goals. Masten went on to play 15 games and average 14 disposals per game while also kicking 6 goals for the season.
Masten made his professional debut in round 2 of the 2008 season againstAdelaide. While in his debut match he gathered 11 possessions, he was dropped for the next match against arch-rivalsFremantle. He returned for the next match againstSydney finishing with 16 possessions, the second highest possession getter for the team in that match, he went to play a further seven matches of the season including West Coast's win over Adelaide in round 9 of 2008, in that match he also scored his first goal in the AFL before being sent away mid-season to have groin surgery forosteitis pubis.
He returned in 2009 and was awarded anAFL rising star nomination in round 16 againstPort Adelaide, with a career-high 38 possession game.[2]
In 2012 Masten played in every game and finished seventh in the club'sbest and fairest award.[3] He repeated the top 10 finishes for the next two years as he cemented his position in the Eagles midfield.[4][5]
In August 2015, Masten was found guilty of biting Fremantle playerNick Suban by the AFL tribunal.[6] He was suspended for two matches.[7] It was the first biting case in the AFL since former EagleChris Lewis was banned for three matches in 1991.[8]
After 215 games with West Coast, Masten and the club parted ways in September 2019.[9]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2008 | West Coast | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 57 | 136 | 39 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 2009 | West Coast | 13 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 175 | 211 | 386 | 39 | 53 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 20.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2010 | West Coast | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 87 | 119 | 206 | 35 | 31 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 15.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2011 | West Coast | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 99 | 190 | 32 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2012 | West Coast | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 298 | 223 | 521 | 104 | 78 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 21.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2013 | West Coast | 7 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 282 | 218 | 500 | 84 | 74 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 26.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 8 |
| 2014 | West Coast | 7 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 272 | 207 | 479 | 101 | 76 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2015 | West Coast | 7 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 252 | 296 | 548 | 86 | 48 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 24.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 5 |
| 2016 | West Coast | 7 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 231 | 237 | 468 | 83 | 38 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 22.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2017 | West Coast | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 126 | 167 | 293 | 55 | 35 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.7 | 12.8 | 22.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2018# | West Coast | 7 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 274 | 190 | 464 | 140 | 42 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 7.9 | 19.3 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2019 | West Coast | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 168 | 114 | 282 | 93 | 30 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Career | 215 | 70 | 59 | 2335 | 2138 | 4473 | 891 | 588 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 20.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 25 | ||
OnAustralia Day in 2008, Masten was arrested for disorderly conduct after drunkenly punching a man to the ground. Masten pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct charge and was fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $110 and received a spent conviction.[11] Masten was also fined $2000 and suspended by the West Coast Eagles from the pre-seasonNAB Cup.[12]
