James Rowbottom
Australian rules footballer
James Rowbottom (born 19 September 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 25th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft.
01Early life
Rowbottom participated in the Auskick program at Glenferrie in Hawthorn. He played his junior football with Prahran, Camberwell Sharks and St Kevin's College before progressing to the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup. He was recruited by the Sydney Swans in 2018 AFL draft at Pick No. 25.
02Personal life
He is the nephew of former AFL player and current Channel 7 AFL commentator Brian Taylor and the brother of Charlie Rowbottom, who was drafted by Gold Coast with the number one draft pick in the 2021 AFL Women's draft.
03Statistics
Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.
| G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
| B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
| † | Led the league for the season |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2019 | Sydney | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 90 | 74 | 164 | 32 | 59 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | Sydney | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 132 | 105 | 237 | 22 | 58 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2021 | Sydney | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 152 | 110 | 262 | 35 | 105 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 15.4 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Sydney | 8 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 279 | 164 | 443 | 60 | 163 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | Sydney | 8 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 238 | 192 | 430 | 27 | 176 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 17.9 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Sydney | 8 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 236 | 220 | 456 | 47 | 186† | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 2025 | Sydney | 8 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 218 | 151 | 369 | 54 | 168 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 3 |
| 2026 | Sydney | 8 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 157 | 151 | 308 | 29 | 124 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 15.4 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Career | 160 | 53 | 49 | 1502 | 1167 | 2669 | 306 | 1039 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 7 | ||
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