| Jasmine Garner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Garner with North Melbourne in March 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jasmine Garner | ||
| Born | (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Original team | St Kilda Sharks (VFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 86,2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Collingwood vs.Carlton, atIKON Park | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Positions | Key forward,ruck rover | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | North Melbourne | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2018 | Collingwood | 14 (10) | |
| 2019– | North Melbourne | 89 (89) | |
| Total | 103 (99) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | Victoria | 1 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025 season. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jasmine Garner (born 8 July 1994) is anAustralian rules footballer withNorth Melbourne in theAFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Garner scored the AFLW's first-ever goal while playing forCollingwood in the league's inaugural match in 2017.[1]
Garner grew up supporting theCarlton Football Club, andAnthony Koutoufides was her favourite player. She started playing local football at theYarraville Football Club at the age of eight, but later went through a stage of "not really enjoying playing footy anymore".[2]
Inspired by thewomen's exhibition games that took place in the years prior to the conception of the AFL Women's competition, Garner juggled local football with her day job as an apprenticelandscaper.[2] After kicking 41 goals during the 2016VFL Women's (VFLW) season for the St Kilda Sharks,[3] she was drafted byCollingwood with the club's eleventh selection (eighty-sixth overall) in the2016 AFL Women's draft.[4]
Garner made her AFLW debut in round 1 of2017, playing for Collingwood in the competition's inaugural match atIKON Park againstCarlton. During the opening quarter, she kicked the league's first-ever goal (her team's only goal in the 35-point loss).[5]
Collingwood re-signed Garner for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[6] On 2 September, she played forVictoria in the inauguralAFL Women's State of Origin match, and was named among her team's best players with a game-high (and career-best) five goals.[7]
In May 2018, Garner accepted an offer to join expansion clubNorth Melbourne.[8] Her first season with the club led to selection in theAll-Australian team as a half-forward.[9] She received greater acclaim for her performances during the2020 season, winning theAFLPA Most Valuable Player andAFLCA Champion Player of the Year awards.[10][11] Garner also claimed her first club best and fairest award,[12] as well as earning her second All-Australian selection.[13][14] However, she was "stunningly overlooked"[15] in theleague best and fairest count, polling just four votes.
In2021, during an 11-point round seven victory against theWestern Bulldogs atNorth Hobart Oval, Garner broke the record for mostclearances in an AFLW match with 13.[16] She capped off the season by winning her second club best and fairest award.[17] Garner had another strong season in2022 season 6, leading the goalkicking for North Melbourne for the second year in a row while also earning her fourth consecutive All-Australian selection and being named captain of the All-Australian side.[18] She re-signed with the club in June 2022 for a further two seasons.[19] Garner came 11th overall in the AFLW's best and fairest award in 2022, polling 12 votes across ten games.[20]
In 2024, Garner had 35 possessions in the AFLW Grand Final which saw her team North Melbourne Kangaroos win their first AFLW Premiership.
Garner was named North Melbourne's captain for the 2025 season,[21] replacing premiership captainEmma Kearney.
Garner's partner is fellow North Melbourne playerJenna Bruton.[22]
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 | |||||
| 2017 | Collingwood | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 10 | 62 | 23 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 20 | 87 | 29 | 32 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2019 | North Melbourne | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 92 | 25 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 3.4 | 13.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2020 | North Melbourne | 25 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 99 | 42 | 141 | 32 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 20.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2021 | North Melbourne | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 133 | 73 | 206 | 45 | 54 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 7.3 | 20.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 9 |
| 2022 (S6) | North Melbourne | 25 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 144 | 86 | 230 | 45 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 20.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 11 |
| 2022 (S7) | North Melbourne | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 198 | 98 | 296 | 55 | 67 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.2 | 7.5 | 22.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2023 | North Melbourne | 25 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 250 | 122 | 372 | 46 | 94 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 19.2 | 9.4 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 14 |
| 2024 | North Melbourne | 25 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 187 | 97 | 284 | 26 | 81 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 17 | 8.8 | 25.8 | 2.4 | 7.4 | |
| Career | 86 | 77 | 49 | 1198 | 572 | 1770 | 326 | 435 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 20.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 42 | ||
