The 2026 North Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 102nd season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Overview +North Melbourne 2026 season overviewCaptainCoachHome groundW-L-DLadderBest and fairestLeading goalkickerNick LarkeyAlastair ClarksonMarvel Stadium9-14-014thTBDNick Larkey (45)

Squad Changes

In No.NamePositionPrevious clubvia1ForwardEastern Rangesdraft13Forwardtrade23DefenderSturtdraft28MidfielderGeelong Falconsdraft39DefenderFrankstonSSP signing

Out No.NamePositionNew Clubvia13DefenderCarlton (VFL)delisted23MidfielderTasmania (VFL)delisted29MidfielderCollingwood Football Club (VFL)delisted39DefenderCasey Demons delisted39Key ForwardAdelaide Football Club trade40ForwardCollingwood Football Club (VFL)delisted42DefenderWilliamstown Football Club (VFL)delisted43RuckmanCollingwood Football Club (VFL)delisted

Squad

Season

Pre-season +North Melbourne pre-season fixture (2026)GameDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendanceRefHomeAwayResultCommunity SeriesSunday, 1 March (3:10 pm)Collingwood Magpies12.18 (90)14.5 (89)Mars Stadium3,464

Home and away season +North Melbourne home and away season fixture (2026)RoundDate and local timeOpponentScores (bold indicates North Melbourne score)Venue (home/away)AttendanceLadder positionRefHomeAwayResult1Sunday, 15 March (1:10 pm)Port Adelaide Power17.11 (113)9.13 (67)Marvel Stadium (home)23,3184th2Sunday, 22 March (3:10 pm)West Coast Eagles17.9 (111)15.4 (94)Optus Stadium (away)47,0836th3Saturday, 28 March (7:35 pm)Essendon Bombers9.15 (69)12.9 (81)Marvel Stadium (away)40,1546th4Friday, 3 April (3:15 pm)Carlton Blues 14.12 (96)13.8 (86)Marvel Stadium (home)45,9195th5Saturday, 11 April (12:05 pm)Brisbane Lions9.12 (66)13.14 (92)Barossa Park (home)10,6137th6Sunday, 19 April (1:10 pm)Richmond Tigers20.10 (130)7.13 (55)Marvel Stadium (home)36,5845th7Sunday, 26 April (4:40 pm)GWS Giants15.15 (105)14.14 (98)Corroboree Group Oval (away)12,5976th8Saturday, 2 May (4:35 pm)Geelong Cats21.9 (135)13.8 (86)GMHBA Stadium (away)32,48510th9Saturday, 9 May (12:35 pm)Sydney Swans14.13 (97)16.9 (105)Marvel Stadium (home)28,15612th10Saturday, 16 May (12:45 pm)Adelaide Crows20.13 (133)9.11 (65)Adelaide Oval (away)41,31312th11Saturday, 23 May (1:15 pm)Gold Coast Suns17.9 (111)16.9 (105)Marvel Stadium (home)16,26013th12Bye13Saturday, 6 June (12:15 pm)Fremantle Dockers4.7 (31)24.11 (155)Hands Oval (home)13,33114th14Saturday, 13 June (2:15 pm)West Coast Eagles10.14 (74)10.13 (73)Optus Stadium (home)42,40912th15Sunday, 21 June (1:10 pm)Richmond Tigers6.12 (48)10.13 (73)Melbourne Cricket Ground (away)41,80610th16Sunday, 28 June (3:15 pm)Essendon Bombers10.19 (79)9.11 (65)Marvel Stadium (home)37,0549th17Sunday, 5 July (4:10 pm)Port Adelaide Power10.13 (73)7.10 (52)Adelaide Oval (away)33,10511th18Friday, 10 July (7:40 pm)Collingwood Magpies13.11 (89)12.13 (85)Marvel Stadium (away)48,36913th19Saturday, 18 July (4:15 pm)Melbourne Demons11.10 (76)13.14 (92)Marvel Stadium (home)25,02513th20Sunday, 26 July (3:15 pm)St Kilda Saints8.14 (62)13.15 (93)Marvel Stadium (home)25,52313th21Saturday, 1 August (1:35 pm)Hawthorn Hawks14.15 (99)12.11 (83)University of Tasmania Stadium (away)9,42013th22Thursday, 6 August (7:30 pm)Western Bulldogs11.11 (77)15.10 (100)Marvel Stadium (away)25,05213th23Saturday, 15 August (3:45 pm)Geelong Cats17.8 (110)19.11 (125)Marvel Stadium (home)35,52913th24Sunday, 23 August (3:20 pm)Sydney Swans17.21 (123)10.10 (70)Sydney Cricket Ground (away)30,05814th

Statistics Players are listed by guernsey number. Players who did not appear in the 2026 AFL season are not listed.

Bold indicates a player led their club in that statistic.

Statistics are correct as of September 28, 2026 and are taken from AFL Tables, some pages with the individual players stats were also used. NumberNameGamesBrownlow votesTotalsAverages (per game)KMHDGBH/OTKMHDGBH/OT1Lachy Dovaston6029152049340104.832.503.338.170.500.670.001.672Finn O'Sullivan19017975197376560569.423.9510.3719.790.260.320.002.953Harry Sheezel22273251443456701212010714.776.5515.6830.450.550.550.004.864Aidan Corr1601246171195000177.753.814.4412.190.000.000.001.065Caleb Daniel2303511212315820104615.265.2610.0425.300.000.040.002.006George Wardlaw16014639126272620869.132.447.8817.000.380.130.005.387Zane Duursma1506443359915120144.272.872.336.601.000.800.000.938Bailey Scott301611193501085.333.676.3311.670.000.330.002.679Luke Davies-Uniacke23192698529956875011111.703.7013.0024.700.300.220.004.8310Colby McKercher232311801884996505213.523.488.1721.700.260.220.002.2611Luke McDonald180184991042881103510.225.505.7816.000.060.060.001.9412Jy Simpkin232287118220507131104912.485.139.5722.040.570.480.002.1313Charlie Spargo190125751172421250396.583.956.1612.740.630.260.002.0515Dylan Stephens23227811718045841003912.095.097.8319.910.170.430.001.7016Zac Fisher108361400028.003.006.0014.000.000.000.002.0017Riley Hardeman7062233193100108.863.294.4313.290.140.000.001.4318Wil Dawson100291829580388272.901.802.905.800.000.308.802.7019Griffin Logue160947592186000165.884.695.7511.630.000.000.001.0020Nick Larkey2311501118023045280256.524.833.4810.001.961.220.001.0921Callum Coleman-Jones502172546005274.201.405.009.200.000.0010.401.4022Taylor Goad204037002662.000.001.503.500.000.0013.003.0024Tom Powell 808140531343602210.135.006.6316.750.380.750.002.7525Paul Curtis202161788724838220718.053.904.3512.401.901.100.003.5526Luke Parker2363641502185823004415.836.529.4825.300.130.000.001.9127Jack Darling2211439688231361320506.504.364.0010.501.640.590.912.2730Charlie Comben220161125101262100467.325.684.5911.910.050.000.002.0931Josh Goater604629469202057.674.837.6715.330.000.330.000.8332Toby Pink503825236100047.605.004.6012.200.000.000.000.8035Matt Whitlock3012971922014.003.002.336.330.670.670.000.3337Cooper Harvey708239561380001111.715.578.0019.710.000.000.001.5738Tristan Xerri19312955208337854051136.792.8910.9517.740.420.2621.325.9539Tom Blamires17016953124293340299.943.127.2917.240.180.240.001.7141Jacob Konstanty10043255295740234.302.505.209.500.700.400.002.3044Cameron Zurhaar230232131121353101203910.095.705.2615.350.430.520.001.7045Zac Banch8047243380790185.883.004.1310.000.881.130.002.2547Cooper Trembath232131103982293210119495.704.484.269.961.390.435.172.13

Ladder

Goalkickers NameGamesGoalsAverageNick Larkey23451.96Paul Curtis20381.90Jack Darling22361.64Cooper Trembath23321.39Zane Duursma15151.00Jy Simpkin23130.57Harry Sheezel22120.55Charlie Spargo19120.63Cameron Zurhaar23100.43Tristan Xerri1980.42Luke Davies-Uniacke2370.30Jacob Konstanty1070.70Zac Banch870.88George Wardlaw1660.38Colby McKercher2360.26Finn O'Sullivan1950.26Dylan Stephens2340.17Lachy Dovaston630.50Tom Powell 830.38Luke Parker2330.13Tom Blamires1730.18Matt Whitlock320.67Luke McDonald1810.06Riley Hardeman710.14Charlie Comben2210.05

Milestones

Round 1

Alastair Clarkson - 450th coached AFL game Lachy Dovaston - AFL debut Tom Blamires - AFL debut

Round 2

Charlie Comben - 50th AFL game Paul Curtis - 100th AFL goal

Round 5

Charlie Spargo - North Melbourne debut Griffin Logue - 100th AFL game

Round 6

Luke Davies-Uniacke - 50th AFL goal Charlie Spargo - 1st goal at North Melbourne

Round 7

Cameron Zurhaar - 150th AFL game

Round 8

Nick Larkey - 300th AFL goal

Round 11

Club - Greatest comeback since 1947 Colby McKercher - 50th AFL game Cameron Zurhaar - Goal after the siren to win

Round 14

Taylor Goad - AFL debut

Round 15

George Wardlaw - 50th AFL game

Round 17

Match - Most free kicks in an AFL game since 2008 Nick Larkey - 150th AFL game

Round 18

Alastair Clarkson - 600th combined AFL game (as a senior player and coach) Riley Hardeman - 1st AFL goal

Round 20

Dylan Stephens - 100th AFL game

Round 21

Luke Davies-Uniacke - 150th AFL game

Round 22

Alastair Clarkson - 20th win coaching North Melbourne

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