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Johnson top class

Johnson's outstanding performance during his 200th game on Saturday night earns him top votes

11:11am  May 7, 2013

200 up for Stevie J

The mercurial career of Steve Johnson reaches a significant milestone this weekend

8:56am  May 2, 2013

InvestiCAT: Steve Johnson

Goal snapper, Steve Johnson, takes part in a questionnaire and reveals a little bit more about his true self

2:57pm  May 1, 2013

Latest Player Video

Steve Johnson post-match (Rd6)

12:40am  May 5, 2013

The best of Stevie J

9:16am  May 2, 2013

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Steve
Johnson

Height
189 cm
DOB
04-07-1983
Weight
92 kg
Debut
2002
Games
2013
6
Career
202
Goals
2013
5
Career
387
2013 Dream Team Points
Total
725
Avg
121
SteveJohnson

Player Bio

At a Glance

Junior Clubs: Wangaratta
Clubs:
Geelong
Debut:
2002
Recruited From:
Murray U18 
Brownlow Votes:
62 

Outlook

After many seasons in the forward line, the man known as ‘Stevie J’ moved into the midfield and proved he has remarkable aerobic capacity to go with his brilliant skills. Beset by chronic leg problems, Johnson is renowned for having a high pain threshold, which he demonstrated in the 2011 Grand Final win over Collingwood, when he kicked four goals just a week after suffering a serious knee injury. The star Cat is just four games away from notching 200.

Season by Season

Season by Season

  • Hero of GF with four goals just a week after serious knee injury
  • Earned third premiership
  • Played 23 games including all three finals
  • Booted 50+ goals for third time in his career
  • Had 12 multi goal games
  • Twice kicked career best seven goals (rd 10 vs GC; rd 19 vs Melb)
  • Equaled career best with 34 possessions vs Melb in rd 19
  • Set new career high with 17 handballs vs St K in rd 13
  • Equaled career high with nine tackles vs Collingwood in rd 8
  • Had 20+ disposals 14 times
  • Ranked ninth in AFL goal kicking and 15th in marks
  • Nominated in All Australian squad
  • Set new season highs with 514 disposals, 195 handballs and 84 tackles
  • Polled 12 Brownlow votes
  • Finished the season with 363 career goals, seventh most in club history
  • Earned All Australian selection for the third time
  • Geelong’s leading goal kicker with 63, 4th most in the AFL
  • Kicked his 300th goal in rd 20 win over Bulldogs
  • kicked multiple goals in 16 of his 22 games
  • Tied a career high with six goals three times (rd 4 vs. Port; rd 8 vs. Bris; rd 18 vs. Syd)
  • Had 28 possessions in SF vs. Freo and PF vs. Coll
  • Had a career high 16 handballs in PF vs. Coll
  • Played his 150th game in QF vs. St Kilda
  • Kicked three goals in SF win over Dockers
  • Played in his second premiership and third consecutive grand final
  • Was again nominated for All Australian consideration
  • Was among the top players in the league in first half of the season before injury hit
  • Kicked 36 goals up until end of rd 12, and four for rest of the season
  • His 40 goals ranked 18th in AFL
  • Had eight games with 3 or more goals
  • Kicked six vs. Essendon in rd 10 and five vs. Dogs in rd 9
  • Had 10 games with 20+ disposals
  • Had hip surgery late in season which allowed Steve to return for PF and GF
  • Member of NAB Cup premiership team

 

  • Played all 25 games including second consecutive grand final
  • Named in All Australian team for second time
  • Had a career best 34 disposals in grand final against Hawthorn
  • Led the Cats goal kicking with 53
  • Booted 200th career goal in rd 21 vs. Nth Melb
  • Had 20+ disposals in 13 games
  • Equaled career best with six goals in rd 22 vs. Eagles
  • Played for Victoria vs. dream team in AFL hall of fame game
  • 100th AFL game came in rd 13 vs. Eagles, a 135 point win
  • Finished 9th in best & fairest
  • Ranked 12th in the AFL with 333 kicks
  • Polled 11 Brownlow votes

 

  • Ended an unbelievable campaign with premiership and Norm Smith medal
  • Selected in All Australian team for first time
  • Played 20 games, losing only once
  • Booted 49 goals, scoring at least one goal in every match
  • Kicked four goals in grand final win and three in five point victory over Collingwood in prelim
  • Booted five goals in win over Richmond in rd 18
  • Career best 23 kicks and 14 marks came vs. Freo in rd 17 at Subiaco
  • Finished 9th in best & fairest
  • Polled 10 Brownlow votes

 

  • Played 15 games and kicked 30 goals
  • Kicked 100th goal vs. St Kilda in rd 19
  • Kicked four goals in a game twice (vs. Brisbane, vs. Melbourne)

 

  • Played 12 games including both finals
  • Had 23 possessions and kicked two goals in Sydney semi final
  • 50th AFL game in rd 22 vs. Richmond, a one point win at Skilled Stadium

 

  • Played 13 games including all three finals
  • Kicked five goals in rd 22 win over Hawthorn
  • Had career high nine tackles in prelim final vs. Brisbane
  • Had first Brownlow vote in rd 19 vs. Richmond

 

  • Played 15 games
  • Finished 11th in best & fairest
  • Kicked career high six goals vs. Lions in rd 21, with five in third qtr
  • Had 24 disposals in rd 17 vs. Nth Melb, his first 20+ game

 

  • Made AFL debut in rd 6 vs. Lions at Gabba, kicking one goal
  • Kicked four goals in two games (vs. Coll’wood, vs. St Kilda)
  • Member of VFL premiership team

 

  • Named to All Australian U18 team after playing with Vic Country at national titles
  • Played TAC Cup with Murray Bushrangers

Stats

By the numbers

  • 2013   Season Average
    Games Played 6
    • Kicks 17.3
    • Handballs 12.5
    • Disposals 29.8
    • Marks 5.8
    • Hit-Outs 0.0
    • Tackles 5.5
    • Goals 0.8
    • Dream Team 120.8

2013 Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 21 Richmond Rd 6
Handballs 21 Essendon Rd 7
Disposals 36 Essendon Rd 7
Marks 9 Richmond Rd 6
Hit-outs 0 - -
Tackles 10 Western Bulldogs Rd 5
Goals 2 Richmond Rd 6
Dream Team 144 Port Adelaide Rd 9

2013 Season Breakdown

Rd Opponent Result K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
1 Hawthorn W 86 - 93 - - - - - - - - - - -
2 North Melbourne W 112 - 108 - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Carlton W 119 - 103 16 10 26 5 0 3 0 1 0 2 92
4 Sydney Swans W 103 - 124 16 7 23 5 0 3 1 6 1 0 107
5 Western Bulldogs W 86 - 107 19 11 30 4 0 1 0 10 1 3 141
6 Richmond W 87 - 131 21 10 31 9 0 3 3 5 2 0 136
7 Essendon W 113 - 85 15 21 36 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 105
8 Collingwood L 102 - 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Port Adelaide W 68 - 116 17 16 33 7 0 1 1 9 1 0 144
10 Gold Coast Suns - - - - - - - - - - -
11 GWS Giants - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Brisbane Lions - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Fremantle - - - - - - - - - - -
15 Hawthorn - - - - - - - - - - -
16 Melbourne - - - - - - - - - - -
17 Adelaide Crows - - - - - - - - - - -
18 St Kilda - - - - - - - - - - -
19 North Melbourne - - - - - - - - - - -
20 Port Adelaide - - - - - - - - - - -
21 West Coast Eagles - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Sydney Swans - - - - - - - - - - -
23 Brisbane Lions - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL W: 8 - L: 1 104 75 179 35 0 12 7 33 5 5 725

By the numbers

  • Career Average
    Games Played 202
    • Kicks 12.4
    • Handballs 5.9
    • Disposals 18.3
    • Marks 5.5
    • Hit-Outs 0.1
    • Tackles 2.7
    • Goals 1.9
    • Dream Team 87.3

Career Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 26 North Melbourne Rd 8, 2009
Handballs 21 Essendon Rd 7, 2013
Disposals 36 Essendon Rd 7, 2013
Marks 14 Western Bulldogs Rd 9, 2012
Hit-outs 1 Western Bulldogs Rd 22, 2012
Tackles 10 Western Bulldogs Rd 5, 2013
Goals 7 Melbourne Rd 19, 2011
Dream Team 171 Melbourne Rd 19, 2011

Career Breakdown

Season Club K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
2013 Geelong Cats 104 75 179 35 0 12 7 33 5 5 725
2012 Geelong Cats 299 166 465 117 3 30 25 94 19 17 2045
2011 Geelong Cats 319 195 514 143 2 31 20 84 50 37 2422
2010 Geelong Cats 274 136 410 131 0 24 18 50 63 36 2071
2009 Geelong Cats 255 103 358 111 0 27 24 44 40 38 1713
2008 Geelong Cats 333 174 507 147 2 35 34 65 53 31 2332
2007 Geelong Cats 286 86 372 143 0 33 21 44 49 33 1932
2006 Geelong Cats 139 60 199 71 0 15 12 22 30 13 1010
2005 Geelong Cats 129 51 180 59 2 15 13 19 18 15 843
2004 Geelong Cats 143 54 197 58 2 11 17 31 21 19 942
2003 Geelong Cats 122 49 171 54 0 11 11 29 23 12 870
2002 Geelong Cats 101 50 151 40 0 11 9 28 16 12 727

Legend

K
Kicks
H
Handballs
D
Disposals
M
Marks
HO
Hit-outs
FF
Frees For
FA
Frees Against
T
Tackles
G
Goals
B
Behinds
DT
Dream Team

Milestones

AFL
Geelong: 196 games, 382 goals
NAB Cup
Geelong: 11 games, 20 goals
VFL
Geelong: 34 games, 69 goals
TAC Cup
Murray Bushrangers: 10 games, 28 goals

Milestone Games

Milestone

versus

round

venue

result

AFL debut

Brisbane

rd 6, 2002

Gabba

L 57

Finals debut

Port Adelaide

QF, 2004

AAMI

L 55

50th game

Richmond

rd 22, 2005

Skilled

W 1

100th game

West Coast

rd 13, 2008

Subiaco

W 135

150th game

St Kilda

QF, 2010

MCG

L 4

 

Draft History

Selected by Geelong with 24th pick in 2001 national draft

VS. Opponents

Steve Johnson history vs. opponents 2002-12

Opponent

Gms

Kicks

HB

Marks

Poss

Goals

Beh

HO

Tack

FF

FA

Adelaide

11

123

65

55

188

14

14

0

22

11

7

Brisbane

15

160

61

63

221

34

23

0

44

15

21

Carlton

8

93

49

44

142

13

13

1

11

9

10

Collingwood

18

224

113

100

337

27

23

1

55

23

10

Essendon

13

140

76

72

216

30

15

2

32

16

9

Fremantle

11

152

59

64

211

21

13

0

43

14

18

Gold Coast

2

39

21

19

60

13

4

0

4

3

0

GWS

1

19

6

12

25

5

1

0

3

1

1

Hawthorn

14

184

98

82

282

24

27

1

27

19

14

Melbourne

10

118

63

59

181

26

12

1

32

9

14

Nth Melb

12

161

63

59

224

18

14

1

26

18

11

Port Adel

11

135

44

64

179

24

21

0

23

12

12

Richmond

12

167

64

84

231

25

19

1

23

15

8

St Kilda

15

162

89

63

251

23

10

1

40

23

23

Sydney

15

189

86

81

275

31

19

1

51

18

11

West Coast

14

163

88

68

251

28

17

0

49

23

17

W- Bulldogs

14

171

79

86

250

26

18

1

25

14

17

 

Awards

AFL

Norm Smith Medal 2007
All Australian 2007, 2008, 2010
All Australian Nominee 2009, 2011

Geelong

Leading Goal Kicker 2008, 2010
Reserves Best First Year Player 2002

Premierships

VFL 2002 (Geelong dft Port Melbourne)
AFL 2007 (Geelong dft Port Adelaide)
NAB Cup 2009 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)
AFL 2009 (Geelong dft. St Kilda)
AFL 2011 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)

Representative Honours

Victoria vs Dream Team 2008
All Australian Under 18
2001
Victoria Country Under 18
2001