20 Steve Johnson

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Details
Number	20
Height	189cm
Weight	87kg
DOB	04-07-1983
Debut	2002

Games		Goals
2011	23	2011	50
Career	182	Career	370

Dreamteam Points
2011	2422

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Outlook
The star forward showed great resilience and courage to turn out on Grand Final day after wrenching his knee in the preliminary final. It became one of the stories of Geelong’s premiership success as Johnson did everything he could to take the field and perform at his usual high level. He kicked four goals in a performance that will be part of Grand Final folklore. It took his tally for the season to 50 goals after spending time rotating through the midfield.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2011

• 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

2010

• 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

2009

• 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

2008

• 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

2007

• 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

2006

• 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)

2005

• 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

2004

• 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

2003

• 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

2002

• 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

2001

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

At a Glance

• Junior Clubs: Wangaratta
• Clubs: Geelong
• Debut: 2002
• Recruited from: Murray U18
• AFL Awards: See awards section
• Club Awards: See awards section
• Brownlow Votes: 54

Disposals	Marks	Stoppages	Frees	General play	Scoring
K H D	M	HO	FF FA	T	G B
CP UP DE% Clg	CM m50	CL i50 r50		1% BO DT GT%	G% GA

Rd

Opponent

Result

K

H

D

M

HO

FF

FA

T

G

B

CP

UP

DE%

Clg

CM

m50

CL

i50

r50

1%

BO

DT

GT%

G%

GA

1

St Kilda

W 48 - 47

14

12

26

2

1

4

3

2

0

1

15

12

61.54

6

0

0

5

2

3

4

0

77

91

0.00

1

2

Fremantle

W 78 - 89

19

5

24

6

0

2

2

3

1

3

9

14

54.17

2

0

2

3

5

1

0

1

102

89

20.00

2

3

Port Adelaide

W 122 - 43

10

10

20

5

0

2

2

2

1

2

6

15

70.00

5

0

1

2

4

0

4

2

77

93

20.00

1

4

Sydney Swans

W 54 - 81

13

11

24

5

1

0

0

5

1

1

9

13

58.33

1

1

1

4

3

2

7

0

104

89

50.00

0

5

Hawthorn

W 98 - 117

16

9

25

7

0

1

1

2

0

4

11

14

48.00

4

1

1

4

5

1

2

0

97

89

0.00

2

7

North Melbourne

W 127 - 61

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

Collingwood

W 65 - 62

15

10

25

8

0

0

2

9

1

2

5

19

76.00

2

0

2

2

5

1

1

0

127

87

33.33

1

9

Carlton

W 100 - 102

12

7

19

7

0

0

1

2

3

1

7

12

73.68

4

1

3

2

1

2

0

0

95

89

42.86

1

10

Gold Coast Suns

W 73 - 139

21

8

29

12

0

3

0

2

7

3

9

20

62.07

0

1

6

1

3

1

2

0

171

86

63.64

0

11

Western Bulldogs

W 148 - 87

17

10

27

11

0

1

0

6

2

2

9

21

70.37

3

2

4

3

6

3

0

0

143

88

40.00

0

12

Hawthorn

W 88 - 83

14

7

21

12

0

1

0

3

2

2

5

17

66.67

1

0

2

2

6

1

2

0

119

91

50.00

0

13

St Kilda

W 72 - 100

8

17

25

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

10

14

72.00

2

0

0

4

3

1

1

1

72

89

-

1

14

Adelaide

W 125 - 73

9

4

13

3

0

1

1

3

2

0

5

5

69.23

2

0

1

1

3

0

2

0

66

90

100.00

1

15

Essendon

L 115 - 111

10

8

18

4

0

3

1

8

3

2

10

7

55.56

3

0

3

2

1

1

2

1

110

88

42.86

0

16

West Coast Eagles

L 96 - 88

11

8

19

6

0

1

1

4

2

1

7

12

47.37

2

1

2

0

6

0

1

0

94

90

50.00

1

17

Brisbane Lions

W 104 - 133

12

5

17

5

0

3

0

1

1

0

7

10

58.82

2

0

0

3

4

0

1

2

74

94

100.00

0

18

Richmond

W 113 - 51

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

Melbourne

W 233 - 47

21

13

34

9

0

2

2

4

7

1

13

22

91.18

2

3

6

5

6

0

1

1

171

90

77.78

10

20

Gold Coast Suns

W 188 - 38

18

13

31

7

0

0

0

2

6

1

9

20

64.52

5

1

6

2

5

0

1

0

146

85

60.00

3

21

Adelaide

W 85 - 96

12

7

19

8

0

1

0

3

2

1

5

16

63.16

3

0

2

0

2

3

1

0

100

92

66.67

0

23

Sydney Swans

L 86 - 99

11

6

17

4

0

2

1

4

1

1

8

10

64.71

3

0

0

2

3

2

0

0

79

88

33.33

2

24

Collingwood

W 53 - 149

13

12

25

7

0

2

0

5

2

1

8

16

80.00

3

0

2

3

4

1

0

1

119

91

50.00

3

W1

Hawthorn

W 98 - 67

19

8

27

7

0

0

2

1

1

4

10

15

51.85

7

1

3

3

5

1

2

1

102

89

12.50

1

W3

West Coast Eagles

W 117 - 69

11

4

15

3

0

1

0

6

1

2

6

6

86.67

2

1

1

1

6

0

1

0

83

53

33.33

0

GF

Collingwood

W 81 - 119

13

1

14

3

0

1

1

5

4

2

4

11

78.57

3

0

1

2

6

0

1

1

94

92

66.67

1

News

Stevie's magnificent seven

The crowd at Metricon Stadium's inaugural AFL match was treated to another Steve Johnson master classSunday, May 29, 2011 - 1:50PM

Using history to move forward

It's ANZAC Day and Steve Johnson reflects on his Kokoda Track experience last summer.Monday, April 25, 2011 - 3:03AM

Cats ropey over Swans

Geelong has trained specifically for the small dimensions of the SCG this weekThursday, April 14, 2011 - 2:40PM

Seven Cats in All Aust squad

Ablett, Chapman, Enright, Johnson, Kelly, Selwood and Taylor in 40 player All Australian squad.Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 5:00PM

Johnson puts milestone on backburner

Steve Johnson’s only concern as he approaches his 150th game for Geelong is that the Cats perform at their best against the Saints.Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 4:35AM

Video

Stevie J dishes a taunt

Stevie Johnson let's Ben Hudson know about his mistakeSaturday, April 28, 2012 - 9:51PM

Steve Johnson case & other charges

See the incident Johnson was reported for.Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 12:06PM

Badds v Cats epic challenge

Aaron Baddeley takes on Hawk, Shan and SJ in a dual sport contestMonday, December 12, 2011 - 1:15PM

Steve Johnson goes down

Steve Johnson goes down in the preliminary finalSaturday, September 24, 2011 - 5:00PM

GF memories: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson recalls his memories of grand final day.Tuesday, September 06, 2011 - 12:44AM

Steve Johnson year by year

Year	Club	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	Conv	HO	Tack	FF	FA	B'low	B+F
2002	GEEL	12	101	50	40	151	16	12	57.1%	0	28	11	9	0	19th
2003	GEEL	15	122	49	54	171	23	12	65.7%	0	29	11	11	0	11th
2004	GEEL	13	143	54	58	197	21	19	52.5%	2	31	11	17	5	15th
2005	GEEL	12	129	51	59	180	18	15	54.6%	2	19	15	13	3	14th
2006	GEEL	15	139	60	70	199	30	13	69.8%	0	22	16	12	0	16th
2007	GEEL	20	286	86	144	372	49	33	59.8%	0	44	32	20	10	9th
2008	GEEL	25	333	174	147	507	53	31	63.0%	2	65	35	34	11	9th
2009	GEEL	18	255	103	112	358	40	38	51.3%	0	44	26	24	6	10th
2010	GEEL	22	274	136	131	410	63	36	63.6%	0	50	25	18	7	8th
2011	GEEL	23	319	195	143	514	50	37	57.5%	2	84	31	20	12	6th
Totals		175	2101	958	958	3059	363	246	59.6%	8	416	213	178	54
Best			26	17	14	34	7	5		1	9	4	5

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

Steve Johnson history vs. opponents 2002-11

Opponent	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	HO	Tack	FF	FA
Adelaide	9	107	56	50	163	14	13	0	18	9	7
Brisbane	14	143	57	61	200	34	23	0	38	14	18
Carlton	7	84	41	41	125	13	12	1	10	6	10
Collingwood	16	188	90	87	278	27	20	0	46	21	9
Essendon	12	127	67	67	194	28	15	1	27	14	9
Fremantle	10	140	55	62	195	20	13	0	37	11	13
Gold Coast	2	39	21	19	60	13	4	0	4	3	0
Hawthorn	12	156	83	70	239	19	24	1	19	17	13
Melbourne	9	100	46	49	146	23	10	1	25	9	13
Nth Melb	11	151	60	56	211	18	13	1	22	17	10
Port Adel	10	125	39	58	164	23	20	0	19	11	11
Richmond	11	152	58	77	210	25	18	1	18	13	5
St Kilda	14	148	80	56	228	23	10	1	35	20	21
Sydney	13	163	70	74	233	30	18	1	38	17	9
West Coast	13	146	73	64	219	27	16	0	39	20	14
W- Bulldogs	12	132	62	67	194	26	17	0	21	11	16

Playing record (at start of 2012 season)
AFL
Geelong: 175 games, 363 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

Name: Steve Johnson
Sportsperson (other than AFL) you love watching the most: Tiger Woods
Coach’s pet: James Kelly
Favourite footy commentator: Dennis Cometti
Whose autograph did you get as a kid: Nathan Buckley
Describe your perfect day off: a game of golf
Best advice received: you get out what you put in
If you weren’t a footballer, what would you like to be: golfer
First job: footballer
The person you would most like to meet: Michael Jordan
How would your best friend describe you: competitive
One thing you can’t eat: vegemite
What domestic chore do you refuse to do: washing
Which event would you prefer to attend – Olympics or World Cup: World Cup
Favourite Australian personality: Shane Warne
iPhone, Blackberry or Android: iPhone
Favourite TV show: Dexter
Favourite movie: Point break