Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1983)

This article is about the Adelaide footballer. For the North Melbourne footballer, see Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1986).

Scott Thompson
File:Scott Thompson and Assistant Coaches Chat Before the Game.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Scott Thompson
Nickname(s)	Thommo
Date of birth	(1983-03-14) 14 March 1983
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	North Haven (SAAFL) Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	Pick #16, 2000 National Draft, Melbourne
Debut	Round 10, 2001, Melbourne v. St Kilda, at Colonial Stadium
Height/Weight	184 cm (6 ft 0 in) / 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	5
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2004 2005– Total	Melbourne Adelaide	039 0(17) 246 (141) 285 (158)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Australia	1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
2× Malcolm Blight Medal (2011, 2012) All-Australian (2012) Phil Walsh Medal (2015) Harold Ball Memorial Trophy (2001)

Scott Thompson (born 14 March 1983) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Melbourne with pick #16 in the 2000 National Draft from Port Adelaide in the SANFL, and was traded to Adelaide after the 2004 season.

AFL career

Melbourne (2001–2004)

Thompson debuted with Melbourne in round 10, 2001 as a 19-year-old. Early in his career he struggled to break through into the side, playing only 27 games in his first three seasons. In 2004 he played every game bar one in the first half of the season before breaking his foot against Essendon in round 13 and missing the remainder of the year. At the end of the 2004 season, Thompson asked to return to South Australia and Adelaide was able to complete a trade, exchanging their first round draft selection, number 13 overall.

Adelaide (2005–)

Thompson missed the first game of the 2005 season but played every game from then on for Adelaide, kicking 27 goals for the year. Thompson continued to improve and by 2007 was arguably one of the elite players in the AFL, averaging almost 25 disposals and 6 marks per game and polling 18 votes in the 2007 Brownlow Medal to finish equal 7th.

Thompson played every game in 2008 and really stepped up to becoming an elite midfielder, finishing third in the Malcolm Blight Medal (Adelaide best and fairest) and for the second year in a row polling the most votes for his club in the Brownlow Medal. Thompson was chosen to play for Australia in the 2008 International Rules Series against Ireland in October 2008 along with teammate Nathan Bock, but was only able to play in the first match due to a leg injury.

Thompson took his game to another level in 2011, having the second most disposals in the competition and winning the Malcolm Blight Medal for Adelaide's best and fairest player. His season included a 51 disposal game in round 22 against Gold Coast: the second highest amount of disposals in a match by an VFL/AFL player since the recording of statistics, falling two short of Greg Williams' 53 disposals in 1989 against St Kilda. Thompson continued to dominate the following season; in addition to winning the Malcolm Blight Medal again in 2012, he was named ruck-rover in the All-Australian team and finished equal fourth in the Brownlow Medal.

Thompson continued to be an integral part of the Crows' midfield in 2013 and 2014, ranking near the top at the club for disposals (1st and 3rd), clearances (1st and 2nd) and tackles (1st and 3rd). He played his 250th AFL match against Greater Western Sydney in round 5, 2014. In round 20 he was forced out of the side due to injury after having played 99 consecutive games for the club.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of Round 3, 2015.

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2001	Melbourne	6	9	2	1	51	27	78	19	8	0.22	0.11	5.67	3.00	8.67	2.11	0.89
2002	Melbourne	6	5	2	1	33	16	49	15	11	0.40	0.20	6.60	3.20	9.80	3.00	2.20
2003	Melbourne	6	13	5	3	82	84	166	34	32	0.38	0.23	6.31	6.46	12.77	2.62	2.46
2004	Melbourne	6	12	8	4	116	72	188	56	46	0.67	0.33	9.67	6.00	15.67	4.67	3.83
2005	Adelaide	5	24	27	17	267	166	433	107	96	1.13	0.71	11.13	6.92	18.04	4.46	4.00
2006	Adelaide	5	23	22	10	280	191	471	135	86	0.96	0.43	12.17	8.30	20.48	5.87	3.74
2007	Adelaide	5	23	16	16	309	271	580	132	101	0.70	0.70	13.43	11.78	25.22	5.74	4.39
2008	Adelaide	5	23	16	10	302	254	556	114	109	0.70	0.43	13.13	11.04	24.17	4.96	4.74
2009	Adelaide	5	23	11	10	253	352	605	114	99	0.48	0.43	11.00	15.30	26.30	4.96	4.30
2010	Adelaide	5	21	12	9	276	261	537	84	100	0.57	0.43	13.14	12.43	25.57	4.00	4.76
2011	Adelaide	5	22	8	6	343	330	673	94	119	0.36	0.27	15.59	15.00	30.59	4.27	5.41
2012	Adelaide	5	25	10	15	410	327	737	108	119	0.40	0.60	16.40	13.08	29.48	4.32	4.76
2013	Adelaide	5	22	8	9	293	250	543	95	108	0.36	0.41	13.32	11.36	24.68	4.32	4.91
2014	Adelaide	5	19	3	7	257	262	519	69	86	0.16	0.37	13.53	13.79	27.32	3.63	4.53
2015	Adelaide	5	1	0	0	14	16	30	0	11	0.00	0.00	14.00	16.00	30.00	0.00	11.00
Career			265	150	118	3286	2879	6165	1176	1131	0.57	0.45	12.40	10.86	23.26	4.44	4.27

External links

• Scott Thompson's profile on the official website of the Adelaide Football Club
• Scott Thompson's statistics from AFL Tables
• Demon Wiki profile