Head to Head Between Geelong and Essendon

Summary

Since 1980	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
Geelong	41	5	181	50	99
Essendon	25	0	165	34	97

Games

Season	Rnd	Home Team							Away Team						Ground	Date
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
Darcy Parish	4	Essendon	59	14.8	80	20	139	34.8	17	4.3	0	0	17	4.3	5	2	1	0.3	0	6	461	115.3
Tom Hawkins	4	Geelong	47	11.8	17	4.3	64	16	34	8.5	11	2.8	4	1	3	3	23	5.8	7	145	443	110.8
Zach Merrett	5	Essendon	71	14.2	64	12.8	135	27	17	3.4	0	0	27	5.4	11	4	2	0.4	2	14	513	102.6
Patrick Dangerfield	5	Geelong	80	16	53	10.6	133	26.6	29	5.8	0	0	14	2.8	4	6	3	0.6	3	21	496	99.2
Tom Stewart	5	Geelong	93	18.6	20	4	113	22.6	46	9.2	0	0	8	1.6	4	3	0	0	0	0	484	96.8
Nic Martin	4	Essendon	60	15	39	9.8	99	24.8	21	5.3	0	0	7	1.8	6	2	5	1.3	0	30	379	94.8
Jye Caldwell	4	Essendon	42	10.5	45	11.3	87	21.8	22	5.5	0	0	19	4.8	5	2	3	0.8	1	19	376	94
Tom Atkins	5	Geelong	56	11.2	58	11.6	114	22.8	15	3	0	0	30	6	4	7	0	0	0	0	432	86.4
Andrew McGrath	4	Essendon	53	13.3	37	9.3	90	22.5	22	5.5	0	0	9	2.3	2	1	0	0	0	0	334	83.5
Gryan Miers	4	Geelong	43	10.8	39	9.8	82	20.5	16	4	0	0	15	3.8	3	3	3	0.8	2	20	329	82.3
Isaac Smith	4	Geelong	56	14	32	8	88	22	25	6.3	0	0	3	0.8	1	2	1	0.3	5	11	325	81.3
Zach Tuohy	3	Geelong	46	15.3	19	6.3	65	21.7	14	4.7	0	0	4	1.3	3	2	2	0.7	1	13	244	81.3
Max Holmes	5	Geelong	53	10.6	45	9	98	19.6	23	4.6	0	0	13	2.6	2	2	4	0.8	2	26	392	78.4
Zach Guthrie	4	Geelong	51	12.8	25	6.3	76	19	23	5.8	0	0	9	2.3	3	1	0	0	1	1	309	77.3
Tyson Stengle	3	Geelong	32	10.7	13	4.3	45	15	10	3.3	0	0	4	1.3	4	1	10	3.3	3	63	232	77.3
Mitchell Duncan	3	Geelong	42	14	15	5	57	19	16	5.3	0	0	6	2	2	2	1	0.3	1	7	231	77
Jake Stringer	4	Essendon	42	10.5	26	6.5	68	17	13	3.3	0	0	10	2.5	1	4	10	2.5	2	62	308	77
Mark Blicavs	5	Geelong	35	7	34	6.8	69	13.8	15	3	57	11.4	25	5	3	6	3	0.6	0	18	378	75.6
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
Dyson Heppell	4	Essendon	40	10	47	11.8	87	21.8	19	4.8	0	0	8	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	294	73.5
Totals	82		1025	12.5	734	9	1759	21.5	411	5	68	0.8	247	3	71	59	71	0.9	31	457	7183	87.6

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
Zach Merrett	13	Essendon	177	13.6	164	12.6	341	26.2	44	3.4	0	0	68	5.2	20	6	3	0.2	3	21	1286	98.9
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
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
Darcy Parish	9	Essendon	108	12	143	15.9	251	27.9	34	3.8	0	0	32	3.6	10	4	2	0.2	3	15	853	94.8
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
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
Patrick Dangerfield	11	Geelong	151	13.7	120	10.9	271	24.6	56	5.1	0	0	27	2.5	14	15	10	0.9	6	66	1004	91.3
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
Mitchell Duncan	14	Geelong	180	12.9	106	7.6	286	20.4	98	7	2	0.1	40	2.9	10	13	11	0.8	4	70	1249	89.2
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
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
Dyson Heppell	13	Essendon	152	11.7	161	12.4	313	24.1	60	4.6	7	0.5	40	3.1	14	8	4	0.3	2	26	1141	87.8
Tom Stewart	9	Geelong	148	16.4	44	4.9	192	21.3	72	8	0	0	13	1.4	7	9	1	0.1	1	7	787	87.4
Steve Johnson	16	Geelong	180	11.3	112	7	292	18.3	86	5.4	2	0.1	42	2.6	18	12	34	2.1	16	220	1394	87.1
Totals	230		2898	12.6	2348	10.2	5246	22.8	1235	5.4	152	0.7	761	3.3	227	194	187	0.8	108	1230	21166	92

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

FinalSiren.com - Head to Head Between Geelong and Essendon

Summary

Games

Top 20 Players (last 5 games Geelong vs Essendon)

Top 20 Players (since 1993 Geelong vs Essendon)