Sam De Koning ( ; born 26 February 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. He made his debut in the round 5 of the 2021 AFL season between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium.
De Koning - often referred to as Bontempelli 2.0 - became a premiership player in the 2022 AFL Grand Final, which was just his 24th game, polling one vote to come fourth in Norm Smith Medal voting for his strong work as a loose defender, and kicking his first career goal late in the match.
Family life De Koning is the son of Terry De Koning, who played for Footscray in the 1980s. He is the ninth eldest in a blended family of ten children, and his immediate elder brother is footballer Tom De Koning.
Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.
| 2020 || || 16 | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- | 2021 || || 16 | 1 || 0 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 7.0 || 1.0 || 8.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0 |- | scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2022# || || 16 | 23 || 1 || 0 || 143 || 138 || 281 || 120 || 6 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.2 || 6.0 || 12.2 || 5.2 || 0.3 || 0 |- | 2023 || || 16 | 19 || 0 || 0 || 129 || 105 || 234 || 86 || 11 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.8 || 5.5 || 12.3 || 4.5 || 0.6 || 0 |- | 2024 || || 16 | 19 || 3 || 0 || 123 || 154 || 277 || 64 || 26 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 6.5 || 8.1 || 14.6 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 0 |- | 2025 || || 16 | 23 || 3 || 1 || 169 || 140 || 309 || 115 || 23 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.3 || 6.1 || 13.4 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 2 |- | 2026 || || 16 | 18 || 1 || 1 || 104 || 155 || 259 || 65 || 29 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 5.8 || 8.6 || 14.4 || 3.6 || 1.6 || 0 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 103 !! 8 !! 4 !! 675 !! 693 !! 1368 !! 453 !! 95 !! 0.1 !! 0.0 !! 6.6 !! 6.7 !! 13.3 !! 4.4 !! 0.9 !! 2
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Honours and achievements Team AFL premiership player (): 2022 McClelland Trophy (): 2022
Individual Geelong F.C. Best Young Player Award: 2022 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2022 (round 11)
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