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Zac Bailey
Bailey in April 2025
Personal information
Full name Zachary Karl Bailey
Born (1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 27)
Darwin, Northern Territory
Original teams Southern Districts (NTFL) /
Norwood (SANFL)
Draft No. 15, 2017 national draft
Debut Round 4, 2018, Brisbane Lions vs. Richmond, at MCG
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position Forward / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
Number 33
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018– Brisbane Lions 186 (215)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 22, 2026.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Zachary Karl Bailey (born 23 September 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Brisbane with their second selection and fifteenth overall in the 2017 national draft.[1]

Early life

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Zachary Karl Bailey[2] grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory and played for Southern Districts Football Club. Bailey represented the NT Thunder and Allies at junior level.[3] He moved to Adelaide, South Australia, in 2016 to attend boarding school at Prince Alfred College. While in Adelaide, he played for Norwood Football Club in the SANFL.[1][4]

AFL career

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Bailey made his AFL debut in the ninety-three point loss to Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four of the 2018 season.[5] In round two of 2021, Bailey tackled Geelong's Mark Blicavs in last few seconds of Brisbane's game at GMHBA Stadium that was controversially not paid holding the ball to Bailey. The following week, he kicked the match-winning goal after the siren against Collingwood at Marvel Stadium.[6]

Bailey kicked a goal during the first quarter of the 2023 Grand Final against Collingwood.[7] Brisbane lost the game by a narrow margin. Bailey got his redemption by being a part of the Lions' 2024 premiership winning team, collecting 17 disposals and 7 marks in a 60 point victory over the Sydney Swans.[8] Bailey would go on to accrue five Norm Smith Medal votes in the 2025 AFL Grand Final as the Lions went back-to-back, finishing the match with 3 goals and 6 behinds.

On 8 September 2026, Bailey signed an eight-year contract extension with the Lions.[9]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.[10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018Brisbane Lions33 1264768616236280.50.36.37.213.53.02.30
2019Brisbane Lions33 15551067418038290.30.37.14.912.02.51.90
2020[a]Brisbane Lions33 191391668925576470.70.58.74.713.44.02.51
2021Brisbane Lions33 24311827316744077681.30.811.47.018.33.22.84
2022Brisbane Lions33 24371827114141296521.50.811.35.917.24.02.25
2023Brisbane Lions33 24291925414840276721.20.810.66.216.83.23.05
2024#Brisbane Lions33 22221221814035894521.00.59.96.416.34.32.40
2025#Brisbane Lions33 264239321199520123601.61.512.37.720.04.72.36
2026Brisbane Lions33 203019274153427106571.51.013.77.721.45.32.90
Career 1862151431959119731567224651.20.810.56.417.03.92.521

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 Hislop, Jack (26 November 2017). "AFL draft: NT talent Zac Bailey excited to be recruited by Brisbane Lions". Northern Territory News. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "PAC Chronicle 2017" (PDF). Prince Alfred College. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ↑ https://www.lions.com.au/news/13992/pick-no-zac-bailey
  4. ↑ "AFL draft: NT's Zac Bailey drafted at pick 15 by Brisbane Lions". Northern Territory News. News Corp Australia. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Fielding, Josie (12 April 2018). "Team Announcement: Round 4". Saints.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "FOOTY POETRY: Lions beat Pies as Zac Bailey wins it after the siren, a week after being robbed of the chance". Fox Sports. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Bailey rocks 'G again with astonishing solo goal. afl.com.au. 29 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Twomey, Callum (28 September 2024). "Lion Kings: Fagan's heroes thrash Swans in GF shock". AFL.
  9. ↑ "Lions secure Bailey on long-term deal until 2034". lions.com.au. 8 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Zac Bailey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
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