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Christian Salem

#3 · 30 yo · DEF
SHORT Short Term Injury - Foot

2026 Outlook

Veteran defender had a great 2025 season, averaging a career-high 93 and playing 23 games. Question would have been whether this was an outlier and will he regress, but with Bowey's injury and other departures it's hard not to think he'll play a large role in 2026 once again.

Season 2026

TOG% Points KI HB MA HO TK FF FA GL BH ED CP CL GA SP CG
St Kilda colours R1 v STK | W 120-107
 
80 136 18 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 3 0 1 0 4
Fremantle colours R2 @ FRE | L 70-118
 
84 167 24 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 1 0 1 2
Carlton colours R3 @ CAR | W 100-77
 
83 140 13 7 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 15 9 1 0 0 4
Gold Coast Suns colours R4 v GCS | W 109-89
 
77 152 15 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 16 7 1 1 2 4
Essendon colours R5 @ ESS | L 68-113
 
51 81 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1
Upcoming Fixtures
West Coast Eagles colours R9 v WCE (6th) Marvel
 
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Hawthorn colours R10 v HAW (14th) MCG
 
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Western Bulldogs colours R11 @ WBD (3rd) Marvel
 
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GWS Giants colours R12 v GWS (7th) TIO
 
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Collingwood colours R13 @ COL (1st) MCG
 
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Essendon colours R14 v ESS (4th) MCG
 
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Adelaide Crows colours R15 @ ADE (15th) Adelaide Oval
 
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Hawthorn colours R17 @ HAW (14th) UTAS
 
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Richmond colours R18 v RIC (9th) MCG
 
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North Melbourne colours R19 @ NTH (17th) Marvel
 
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Geelong Cats colours R20 v GEE (16th) MCG
 
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Gold Coast Suns colours R21 @ GCS (11th) People First
 
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Fremantle colours R22 v FRE (8th) MCG
 
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Port Adelaide colours R23 @ PTA (13th) Adelaide Oval
 
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Western Bulldogs colours R24 v WBD (3rd) MCG
 
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Season 2025

TOG% Points KI HB MA HO TK FF FA GL BH ED CP CL GA SP CG
Collingwood colours R24 @ COL | L 76-82
 
85 198 17 10 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 26 6 0 1 0 1
Hawthorn colours R23 @ HAW | L 56-92
 
86 206 18 12 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 8 0 1 1 1
Western Bulldogs colours R22 v WBD | L 99-105
 
87 168 17 7 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 23 2 1 0 1 1
West Coast Eagles colours R21 v WCE | W 139-56
 
82 192 18 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 5 0 0 0 2
St Kilda colours R20 @ STK | L 90-96
 
82 151 18 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 1 1 0 0 1
Carlton colours R19 @ CAR | L 70-78
 
90 188 21 4 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 20 7 0 1 2 3
North Melbourne colours R18 v NTH | W 119-83
 
89 172 17 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 6 1 1 0 3
Adelaide Crows colours R17 @ ADE | L 77-90
 
80 166 15 8 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 2 2 0 0 1
Gold Coast Suns colours R16 @ GCS | L 85-104
 
81 149 15 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 3 0 0 0 0
Port Adelaide colours R14 @ PTA | L 68-93
 
86 115 9 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1
Collingwood colours R13 v COL | L 71-72
 
89 117 11 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 2 0
St Kilda colours R12 v STK | L 63-91
 
85 116 10 4 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 11 2 0 0 1 1
Sydney Swans colours R11 v SYD | W 131-78
 
87 252 20 11 11 0 4 1 0 1 1 22 11 6 1 1 3
Brisbane Lions colours R10 @ BRL | W 99-88
 
87 151 17 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 4 2 0 0 1
Hawthorn colours R9 v HAW | L 56-91
 
83 126 13 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 1 0 0 0
West Coast Eagles colours R8 @ WCE | W 108-76
 
76 92 8 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 4 1 1 0 1
Richmond colours R7 v RIC | W 83-63
 
87 229 27 7 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 28 3 0 0 0 3
Fremantle colours R6 v FRE | W 107-97
 
85 152 19 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 20 1 0 1 2 3
Essendon colours R5 v ESS | L 57-96
 
88 167 15 6 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 6 1 1 1 2
Geelong Cats colours R4 @ GEE | L 46-85
 
84 134 10 8 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 14 4 2 0 2 4
Gold Coast Suns colours R3 v GCS | L 62-120
 
84 144 14 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 0 0 3
North Melbourne colours R2 @ NTH | L 66-125
 
89 183 16 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 20 8 0 2 1 1
GWS Giants colours R1 v GWS | L 74-77
 
90 204 27 3 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 20 6 1 0 2 2

Season 2024

TOG% Points KI HB MA HO TK FF FA GL BH ED CP CL GA SP CG
Collingwood colours R24 v COL | L 57-103
 
64 183 20 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 20 6 2 0 1 3
Gold Coast Suns colours R23 @ GCS | W 117-63
 
89 171 18 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 5 1 0 0 1
Port Adelaide colours R22 v PTA | L 51-53
 
79 176 13 12 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 20 8 0 0 0 3
Fremantle colours R19 @ FRE | L 66-116
 
54 87 8 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 3 2 0 1 2
Essendon colours R18 v ESS | W 84-67
 
85 96 12 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 3 2 0 1 5
West Coast Eagles colours R17 v WCE | W 112-58
 
90 177 14 9 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 20 7 1 0 0 0
North Melbourne colours R15 v NTH | W 70-67
 
78 104 9 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 11 5 0 0 1 2
Collingwood colours R13 @ COL | L 51-89
 
80 173 13 9 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 20 5 2 0 0 1
Fremantle colours R12 v FRE | L 49-141
 
83 170 14 13 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 21 6 1 0 0 3
St Kilda colours R11 v STK | W 100-62
 
72 227 24 8 14 0 1 1 1 0 1 24 7 1 0 1 4
West Coast Eagles colours R10 @ WCE | L 70-105
 
84 182 13 12 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 18 9 4 0 0 2
Brisbane Lions colours R5 v BRL | L 60-82
 
7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Adelaide Crows colours R4 @ ADE | W 78-63
 
82 119 11 5 7 0 3 0 3 0 0 13 2 2 0 0 3
Port Adelaide colours R3 @ PTA | W 96-89
 
76 94 8 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 4 1 0 1 0
Hawthorn colours R2 @ HAW | W 93-38
 
86 159 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 0 1 1
Western Bulldogs colours R1 v WBD | W 109-64
 
74 159 13 7 5 0 5 0 2 1 0 16 6 0 1 0 3
Sydney Swans colours R0 @ SYD | L 64-86
 
80 193 20 7 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 15 15 5 0 0 6