Head to Head Between Geelong and Essendon

Summary

Since 1980	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
Geelong	42	5	181	50	99
Essendon	25	0	165	34	97

Games

Season	Rnd	Home Team							Away Team						Ground	Date
2025	R22	Geelong						v	Essendon						GMHBA Stadium	Aug 8 (Fri 7:40pm)
2025	R14	Essendon	2.4	3.7	8.7	8.8	56	lost to	Geelong	6.3	9.6	16.8	23.13	151	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 14 (Sat 4:15pm)
2024	R16	Geelong	3.2	6.4	11.6	16.9	105	dftd	Essendon	4.2	7.3	8.3	9.6	60	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 29 (Sat 7:30pm)
2023	R18	Geelong	7.5	9.10	14.11	18.14	122	dftd	Essendon	0.1	3.2	4.2	7.3	45	GMHBA Stadium	Jul 15 (Sat 7:25pm)
2023	R7	Essendon	2.0	7.2	11.6	16.8	104	lost to	Geelong	6.3	14.4	17.6	20.12	132	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 30 (Sun 1:10pm)
2022	R1	Geelong	7.5	12.9	17.14	20.18	138	dftd	Essendon	2.1	3.3	6.3	11.6	72	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Mar 19 (Sat 2:10pm)
2021	R16	Geelong	1.1	9.3	11.5	15.8	98	dftd	Essendon	4.2	5.3	7.8	8.9	57	GMHBA Stadium	Jul 2 (Fri 7:50pm)
2020	R16	Geelong	6.2	12.3	14.4	17.6	108	dftd	Essendon	1.2	2.4	3.8	5.12	42	Gabba	Sep 6 (Sun 3:35pm)
2019	R7	Geelong	4.0	7.3	10.7	13.8	86	dftd	Essendon	3.3	4.5	5.6	7.12	54	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 5 (Sun 3:20pm)
2018	R9	Essendon	5.2	9.5	10.11	12.12	84	dftd	Geelong	2.2	2.3	3.5	7.8	50	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 19 (Sat 4:35pm)
2017	R8	Essendon	6.2	9.4	14.7	17.8	110	dftd	Geelong	1.5	3.8	7.9	13.15	93	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 13 (Sat 7:25pm)
2016	R20	Geelong	3.2	7.4	11.10	15.10	100	dftd	Essendon	0.3	0.4	3.4	4.10	34	Etihad Stadium	Aug 7 (Sun 3:20pm)
2016	R4	Essendon	2.2	5.4	6.5	6.6	42	lost to	Geelong	2.3	5.6	6.13	9.18	72	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 16 (Sat 1:45pm)
2015	R10	Essendon	0.5	0.6	3.9	7.11	53	lost to	Geelong	3.1	9.5	15.6	19.8	122	Etihad Stadium	Jun 6 (Sat 7:20pm)
2014	R15	Geelong	5.1	8.4	8.6	13.11	89	dftd	Essendon	1.3	3.5	8.10	11.14	80	Etihad Stadium	Jun 27 (Fri 7:50pm)
2013	R7	Geelong	2.2	7.7	13.9	17.11	113	dftd	Essendon	2.5	6.9	7.18	11.19	85	Etihad Stadium	May 10 (Fri 7:50pm)
2012	R17	Geelong	4.5	9.7	15.11	20.14	134	dftd	Essendon	2.1	5.4	8.5	10.7	67	Etihad Stadium	Jul 20 (Fri 7:50pm)
2011	R15	Essendon	4.3	8.4	13.5	18.7	115	dftd	Geelong	3.3	5.7	9.12	16.15	111	Etihad Stadium	Jul 2 (Sat 7:10pm)
2010	R12	Essendon	4.3	8.6	10.9	12.11	83	lost to	Geelong	6.3	11.6	16.11	23.16	154	Etihad Stadium	Jun 12 (Sat 7:10pm)
2010	R1	Geelong	2.5	8.7	11.8	19.11	125	dftd	Essendon	2.3	7.9	11.14	13.16	94	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Mar 26 (Fri 7:40pm)
2009	R10	Essendon	1.1	3.1	5.3	11.4	70	lost to	Geelong	6.4	12.7	17.13	20.14	134	Etihad Stadium	May 31 (Sun 2:10pm)
2008	R2	Geelong	4.4	11.9	17.13	22.18	150	dftd	Essendon	1.2	3.6	4.10	6.15	51	Telstra Dome	Mar 30 (Sun 2:10pm)
2007	R14	Essendon	3.4	6.9	11.10	12.11	83	lost to	Geelong	4.3	7.9	12.14	19.19	133	Telstra Dome	Jul 6 (Fri 7:40pm)
2006	R11	Geelong	6.3	12.5	16.6	20.10	130	dftd	Essendon	2.3	5.4	9.7	13.10	88	Telstra Dome	Jun 9 (Fri 7:40pm)
2005	R18	Essendon	3.2	7.5	13.7	16.11	107	dftd	Geelong	4.4	8.7	11.12	13.16	94	Telstra Dome	Jul 29 (Fri 7:40pm)
2005	R4	Geelong	3.4	5.10	12.15	19.17	131	dftd	Essendon	3.1	5.5	9.6	11.9	75	Telstra Dome	Apr 16 (Sat 7:10pm)
2004	SF	Geelong	2.5	5.8	9.11	10.14	74	dftd	Essendon	0.4	1.6	4.8	9.10	64	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 11 (Sat 7:30pm)
2004	R9	Geelong	6.5	10.6	13.10	18.12	120	dftd	Essendon	6.1	8.8	12.11	14.13	97	Telstra Dome	May 22 (Sat 7:10pm)
2003	R13	Essendon	8.3	13.5	16.6	20.9	129	dftd	Geelong	4.0	8.1	12.2	15.3	93	Telstra Dome	Jun 27 (Fri 7:40pm)
2002	R16	Essendon	2.2	4.2	7.4	8.8	56	lost to	Geelong	4.3	8.5	11.7	14.11	95	Colonial Stadium	Jul 20 (Sat 7:10pm)
2002	R1	Geelong	2.0	7.2	8.6	11.10	76	lost to	Essendon	4.5	11.9	17.12	18.18	126	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Mar 30 (Sat 7:10pm)
2001	R15	Essendon	5.7	10.8	15.12	19.13	127	dftd	Geelong	1.2	9.5	13.5	17.10	112	Colonial Stadium	Jul 15 (Sun)
2000	R11	Geelong	7.1	10.6	11.8	13.9	87	lost to	Essendon	4.2	11.7	16.10	22.13	145	Colonial Stadium	May 20 (Sat)
1999	R11	Essendon	9.2	13.5	18.8	21.11	137	dftd	Geelong	5.4	8.9	13.11	15.14	104	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 11 (Fri)
1998	R22	Geelong	4.5	9.8	14.9	19.13	127	dftd	Essendon	6.0	10.3	15.6	18.9	117	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aug 29 (Sat)
1998	R7	Essendon	3.0	6.0	7.1	11.4	70	lost to	Geelong	2.1	5.4	9.7	12.7	79	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 9 (Sat)
1997	R19	Essendon	0.1	5.2	9.4	11.7	73	dftd	Geelong	3.4	4.9	7.12	9.14	68	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aug 10 (Sun)
1997	R4	Geelong	2.4	2.11	8.17	11.19	85	dftd	Essendon	4.4	5.8	10.10	11.12	78	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 20 (Sun)
1996	R7	Essendon	4.2	11.5	15.6	22.11	143	dftd	Geelong	4.2	9.6	16.9	17.12	114	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 8 (Wed)
1995	R11	Essendon	5.4	11.6	14.9	17.10	112	lost to	Geelong	3.1	9.3	13.8	19.9	123	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 10 (Sat)
1994	R10	Essendon	3.4	6.8	13.13	16.16	112	dftd	Geelong	4.0	11.5	12.7	15.11	101	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 28 (Sat)
1993	R21	Geelong	5.2	8.2	14.5	19.12	126	dftd	Essendon	2.1	10.6	12.8	14.10	94	Kardinia Park	Aug 21 (Sat)
1993	R6	Essendon	6.5	11.7	17.13	23.18	156	dftd	Geelong	5.5	10.16	16.16	19.18	132	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 1 (Sat)
1992	R24	Geelong	5.3	7.5	9.9	16.14	110	dftd	Essendon	2.5	3.7	8.9	9.10	64	AFL Park	Aug 29 (Sat)
1992	R9	Essendon	7.5	9.15	14.19	17.22	124	lost to	Geelong	7.4	14.7	20.10	28.13	181	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 16 (Sat)
1991	R16	Geelong	4.2	6.8	9.13	13.21	99	dftd	Essendon	2.5	4.9	9.13	10.15	75	Kardinia Park	Jul 7 (Sun)
1990	R18	Geelong	5.4	5.5	12.8	14.8	92	lost to	Essendon	2.2	5.6	7.11	13.16	94	Kardinia Park	Aug 4 (Sat)
1990	R5	Geelong	1.3	6.9	8.12	12.17	89	dftd	Essendon	3.4	3.6	10.12	11.15	81	Waverley Park	Apr 28 (Sat)
1989	PF	Geelong	6.4	13.12	19.15	24.20	164	dftd	Essendon	4.3	6.4	6.9	10.10	70	Waverley Park	Sep 23 (Sat)
1989	QF	Essendon	5.5	12.9	19.12	24.13	157	dftd	Geelong	2.4	6.5	7.7	11.15	81	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 10 (Sun)
1989	R11	Geelong	5.3	8.10	10.13	12.17	89	dftd	Essendon	1.3	3.3	3.5	4.11	35	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 12 (Mon)
1988	R19	Essendon	2.4	7.8	11.12	12.18	90	lost to	Geelong	6.5	10.9	17.10	24.13	157	Windy Hill	Aug 6 (Sat)
1988	R5	Geelong	5.2	9.4	13.8	17.14	116	dftd	Essendon	2.3	6.9	11.10	13.14	92	Kardinia Park	Apr 30 (Sat)
1987	R19	Geelong	1.6	4.10	9.13	12.20	92	dftd	Essendon	4.4	7.6	8.9	9.11	65	Kardinia Park	Aug 8 (Sat)
1987	R6	Essendon	5.2	8.5	10.7	14.12	96	drew	Geelong	1.5	7.9	10.15	13.18	96	Windy Hill	May 2 (Sat)
1986	R13	Geelong	4.2	5.7	9.9	11.11	77	lost to	Essendon	1.3	4.5	9.9	12.17	89	Kardinia Park	Jun 21 (Sat)
1986	R2	Essendon	4.5	5.9	11.13	21.22	148	dftd	Geelong	2.1	4.2	7.7	7.9	51	Windy Hill	Apr 5 (Sat)
1985	R19	Essendon	5.5	6.6	9.8	13.11	89	dftd	Geelong	3.5	4.12	6.16	8.16	64	Waverley Park	Aug 10 (Sat)
1985	R8	Geelong	3.4	5.7	8.8	8.11	59	lost to	Essendon	4.3	7.6	8.9	10.15	75	Kardinia Park	May 18 (Sat)
1984	R18	Essendon	5.6	8.11	11.18	19.22	136	dftd	Geelong	3.4	5.9	10.14	12.17	89	Waverley Park	Aug 4 (Sat)
1984	R8	Essendon	4.2	8.6	12.13	19.19	133	dftd	Geelong	2.1	7.2	9.4	14.6	90	Waverley Park	May 19 (Sat)
1983	R21	Geelong	1.2	2.8	5.10	12.11	83	lost to	Essendon	8.4	13.5	20.6	26.9	165	Kardinia Park	Aug 20 (Sat)
1983	R10	Essendon	4.6	5.10	12.15	15.19	109	dftd	Geelong	3.4	7.6	12.6	15.7	97	Windy Hill	May 28 (Sat)
1982	R21	Essendon	4.1	7.5	10.9	14.12	96	dftd	Geelong	4.2	6.6	9.10	12.13	85	Windy Hill	Aug 21 (Sat)
1982	R11	Geelong	1.3	3.5	6.10	10.11	71	lost to	Essendon	3.2	7.3	11.4	17.9	111	Kardinia Park	Jun 5 (Sat)
1981	R22	Geelong	2.3	3.7	5.12	7.13	55	dftd	Essendon	1.3	2.4	5.6	6.11	47	Waverley Park	Aug 29 (Sat)
1981	R1	Geelong	3.4	6.9	8.14	10.17	77	dftd	Essendon	3.2	4.5	9.8	10.11	71	Kardinia Park	Mar 28 (Sat)
1980	R18	Geelong	3.6	8.10	11.14	15.14	104	dftd	Essendon	5.2	10.5	12.10	13.12	90	Kardinia Park	Aug 2 (Sat)
1980	R7	Essendon	7.2	8.5	8.13	13.15	93	lost to	Geelong	3.3	6.5	10.7	16.11	107	Windy Hill	May 10 (Sat)

Top 20 Players (last 5 games Geelong vs Essendon)

Player	MT	Team	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	SC	Rat	Avg
Max Holmes	4	Geelong	67	16.8	43	10.8	110	27.5	21	5.3	0	0	14	3.5	2	2	3	0.8	0	18	420	105
Tom Stewart	4	Geelong	74	18.5	16	4	90	22.5	44	11	0	0	7	1.8	2	3	0	0	0	0	407	101.8
Jye Caldwell	4	Essendon	45	11.3	47	11.8	92	23	19	4.8	0	0	27	6.8	4	3	1	0.3	0	6	395	98.8
Gryan Miers	4	Geelong	54	13.5	41	10.3	95	23.8	19	4.8	0	0	19	4.8	3	3	2	0.5	3	15	386	96.5
Darcy Parish	3	Essendon	30	10	58	19.3	88	29.3	7	2.3	0	0	15	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	285	95
Nic Martin	4	Essendon	54	13.5	44	11	98	24.5	21	5.3	0	0	9	2.3	4	1	0	0	1	1	351	87.8
Zach Merrett	4	Essendon	52	13	37	9.3	89	22.3	6	1.5	0	0	22	5.5	13	4	1	0.3	2	8	345	86.3
Tom Atkins	4	Geelong	38	9.5	44	11	82	20.5	8	2	0	0	30	7.5	2	4	0	0	0	0	336	84
Mark Blicavs	4	Geelong	32	8	34	8.5	66	16.5	14	3.5	40	10	19	4.8	7	6	3	0.8	0	18	329	82.3
Zach Guthrie	4	Geelong	49	12.3	30	7.5	79	19.8	27	6.8	0	0	8	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	321	80.3
Jeremy Cameron	4	Geelong	47	11.8	16	4	63	15.8	18	4.5	0	0	3	0.8	4	3	12	3	8	80	314	78.5
Sam Durham	3	Essendon	24	8	26	8.7	50	16.7	14	4.7	0	0	15	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	223	74.3
Patrick Dangerfield	4	Geelong	45	11.3	31	7.8	76	19	17	4.3	0	0	10	2.5	3	5	3	0.8	2	20	296	74
Jack Bowes	3	Geelong	31	10.3	19	6.3	50	16.7	15	5	0	0	8	2.7	3	2	1	0.3	0	6	211	70.3
Andrew McGrath	4	Essendon	39	9.8	41	10.3	80	20	19	4.8	0	0	7	1.8	1	2	0	0	0	0	279	69.8
Mark O'Connor	4	Geelong	38	9.5	18	4.5	56	14	26	6.5	0	0	13	3.3	4	4	1	0.3	1	7	279	69.8
Jayden Laverde	3	Essendon	32	10.7	16	5.3	48	16	22	7.3	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	205	68.3
Tyson Stengle	3	Geelong	25	8.3	17	5.7	42	14	10	3.3	0	0	5	1.7	3	1	7	2.3	2	44	203	67.7
Mason Redman	3	Essendon	40	13.3	10	3.3	50	16.7	12	4	0	0	7	2.3	0	3	1	0.3	0	6	201	67
Brad Close	4	Geelong	31	7.8	20	5	51	12.8	16	4	0	0	17	4.3	2	5	5	1.3	1	31	267	66.8
Totals	74		847	11.4	608	8.2	1455	19.7	355	4.8	40	0.5	258	3.5	68	57	40	0.5	22	262	6053	81.8

Please note: Players must have played in at least 3 of the games. If a player has played for both sides they are listed per side.

Top 20 Players (since 1993 Geelong vs Essendon)

Player	MT	Team	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	SC	Rat	Avg
Joel Selwood	15	Geelong	172	11.5	211	14.1	383	25.5	74	4.9	4	0.3	76	5.1	29	14	10	0.7	6	66	1521	101.4
Jye Caldwell	5	Essendon	56	11.2	59	11.8	115	23	27	5.4	0	0	29	5.8	5	3	3	0.6	1	19	498	99.6
Zach Merrett	14	Essendon	193	13.8	177	12.6	370	26.4	45	3.2	0	0	73	5.2	23	8	3	0.2	3	21	1380	98.6
Blake Caracella	7	Essendon	99	14.1	50	7.1	149	21.3	48	6.9	3	0.4	15	2.1	3	4	12	1.7	8	80	675	96.4
Nic Martin	5	Essendon	71	14.2	54	10.8	125	25	31	6.2	0	0	9	1.8	6	2	5	1	1	31	481	96.2
Shannon Byrnes	7	Geelong	74	10.6	67	9.6	141	20.1	48	6.9	0	0	29	4.1	2	2	8	1.1	8	56	668	95.4
Mathew Stokes	8	Geelong	102	12.8	70	8.8	172	21.5	53	6.6	0	0	26	3.3	7	11	12	1.5	4	76	759	94.9
David Zaharakis	11	Essendon	141	12.8	111	10.1	252	22.9	66	6	0	0	43	3.9	8	9	5	0.5	9	39	1035	94.1
Joel Corey	12	Geelong	171	14.3	130	10.8	301	25.1	62	5.2	6	0.5	37	3.1	15	15	4	0.3	6	30	1113	92.8
Darcy Parish	10	Essendon	116	11.6	161	16.1	277	27.7	35	3.5	0	0	34	3.4	10	4	2	0.2	3	15	924	92.4
James Kelly	15	Geelong	175	11.7	159	10.6	334	22.3	70	4.7	0	0	78	5.2	15	18	10	0.7	0	60	1386	92.4
Sam Menegola	6	Geelong	80	13.3	66	11	146	24.3	29	4.8	0	0	20	3.3	5	4	3	0.5	0	18	550	91.7
Jimmy Bartel	16	Geelong	212	13.3	149	9.3	361	22.6	78	4.9	5	0.3	56	3.5	19	12	13	0.8	3	81	1461	91.3
Garry Hocking	10	Geelong	141	14.1	95	9.5	236	23.6	48	4.8	0	0	31	3.1	7	10	8	0.8	3	51	909	90.9
Tom Stewart	10	Geelong	167	16.7	48	4.8	215	21.5	88	8.8	0	0	13	1.3	7	10	1	0.1	1	7	897	89.7
Cameron Ling	15	Geelong	186	12.4	162	10.8	348	23.2	85	5.7	0	0	34	2.3	11	11	13	0.9	4	82	1333	88.9
Gary Ablett	14	Geelong	150	10.7	168	12	318	22.7	58	4.1	0	0	48	3.4	8	15	19	1.4	16	130	1245	88.9
Gryan Miers	7	Geelong	85	12.1	62	8.9	147	21	33	4.7	0	0	24	3.4	5	3	8	1.1	3	51	621	88.7
John Barnes	9	Geelong	99	11	60	6.7	159	17.7	66	7.3	123	13.7	6	0.7	5	2	5	0.6	6	36	797	88.6
Patrick Dangerfield	12	Geelong	158	13.2	124	10.3	282	23.5	59	4.9	0	0	29	2.4	15	16	12	1	7	79	1061	88.4
Totals	208		2648	12.7	2183	10.5	4831	23.2	1103	5.3	141	0.7	710	3.4	205	173	156	0.8	92	1028	19314	92.9

Please note: Players must have played in at least 5 games. If a player has played for both sides they are listed per side.

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Summary

Games

Top 20 Players (last 5 games Geelong vs Essendon)

Top 20 Players (since 1993 Geelong vs Essendon)