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Australian rules footballer

Maddison Gay
Gay playing for Carlton in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Maddison Gay
Date of birth	(1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 28)
Original team(s)	St Kilda Sharks (VFLW)
Draft	2017 rookie signing
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	6
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018	Carlton	07 0(1)
2019–2023	Melbourne	47 (12)
2024–	Essendon	12 0(0)
Total		66 (13)
Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
AFL Women's premiership player: S7 AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2024 Essendon best and fairest: 2024
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Maddison Gay (born 28 September 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Carlton Football Club in 2018 and the Melbourne Football Club from 2019 to 2023. Gay won an AFL Women's premiership with Melbourne in season 7, and was named in the 2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Essendon best and fairest award in 2024.

Early life

Gay grew up supporting the Essendon Football Club.

In May 2017, Gay was recruited by Carlton as a rookie signing after previously playing netball. She made her debut in the eight point win against Collingwood at Ikon Park in the opening round of the 2018 season.

Ahead of the 2019 season, Gay was traded to Melbourne as part of a three-club deal also involving Collingwood.

In December 2023, Gay was traded to Essendon as part of an unprecedented eleven-club trade.

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

**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
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2018	Carlton	8	7	1	2	44	22	66	9	23	0.1	0.3	6.3	3.1	9.4	1.3	3.3	0
2019	Melbourne	3	7	3	6	47	41	88	10	24	0.4	0.9	6.7	5.9	12.6	1.4	3.4	1
2020	Melbourne	3	7	2	0	52	38	90	12	32	0.3	0.0	7.4	5.4	12.9	1.7	4.6	0
2021	Melbourne	3	9	2	5	95	55	150	20	45	0.2	0.6	10.6	6.1	16.7	2.2	5.0	0
2022 (S6)	Melbourne	3	7	1	2	66	15	81	20	30	0.1	0.3	9.4	2.1	11.6	2.9	4.3	0
2022 (S7)	Melbourne	3	9	0	0	92	33	125	24	25	0.0	0.0	10.2	3.7	13.9	2.7	2.8	0
2023	Melbourne	3	8	4	0	74	25	99	17	24	0.5	0.0	9.3	3.1	12.4	2.1	3.0	0
2023	Essendon	6	12	0	2	183	56	239	57	37	0.0	0.2	15.3	4.7	19.9	4.8	3.1	0
Career			66	13	17	653	285	938	169	240	0.2	0.3	9.9	4.3	14.2	2.6	3.6	1

Team

Individual

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Guldon, Jacqueline (16 May 2017). "Blues welcome AFLW rookie pair". carltonfc.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Murray, Tara (29 May 2017). "Maddison Gay takes a serious specky outlook to footy". Star Weekly. Sunbury & Macedon Ranges. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
Salemme, Kate (1 February 2018). "AFLW Round 1 teams named: Stars set for second season". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
Black, Sarah (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Five-way deal ends trade period". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media.
Guelas, Joanna (14 December 2023). "AFLW trade period explodes with 12 players finding new homes in 11-club deal". Seven News. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
"Maddison Gay – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

v t e Essendon Football Club (AFL Women's) – current squad
1 Gough 2 Gee 3 Bannister 4 Prespakis 5 Nanscawen 6 Gay 8 Toogood (c) 9 Walker 11 Sheridan 12 Keaney 14 Gamble 15 Adams 16 Dyke* 17 Clarke 19 Van Dyke 20 Cain (c) 22 Radford 23 Gaylor 24 Alexander 25 Morcom 27 Van De Heuvel 28 Busch 30 Wales 36 Brown Belloni Chambers Murphy Ridewood Strong Coach: Wood * denotes rookie-listed players

* denotes rookie-listed players

v t e Melbourne Football Club 2022 AFL Women's season 7 premiers
Melbourne 2.7 (19) defeated Brisbane 2.3 (15) at Brighton Homes Arena
2. Purcell 3. Gay 4. Paxman 5. Hanks 6. D. Pearce (c) 7. Harris 8. Lampard 9. Birch 10. Hore 11. West 13. Chaplin 14. Mithen 15. L. Pearce 16. Bannan 17. Gillard 18. Sherriff 23. Goldrick 24. Fitzsimon 29. Zanker 30. Heath 31. Mackin
Coach: Stinear

v t e 2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team
Full-back	Chelsea Biddell (Adelaide) Brenna Tarrant (Sydney)
Half-back	Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Hawthorn) Emma O'Driscoll (Fremantle) Maddison Gay (Essendon)
Centre	Sophie Conway (Brisbane) Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) Ella Roberts (West Coast)
Half-forward	Aisling McCarthy (Fremantle) Aishling Moloney (Geelong) Aileen Gilroy (Hawthorn)
Full-forward	Caitlin Gould (Adelaide) Taylor Smith (Brisbane)
Ruck	Mim Strom (Fremantle) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) (c) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) (vc)
Interchange	Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) Alice O'Loughlin (North Melbourne) Ally Anderson (Brisbane) Belle Dawes (Brisbane)
Coach	Darren Crocker (North Melbourne)
← 2023 The position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.

v t e Essendon best and fairest winners (AFL Women's)
2022 (S7): Prespakis 2023: Toogood 2024: Gay