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Sam Mayes

Australian rules footballer (born 1994)

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Sam Mayes (born 20 May 1994) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

01AFL career

Mayes made his AFL debut for Brisbane in the Round 3 match against Gold Coast in the 2013 AFL season. Mayes was nominated for the 2013 AFL Rising Star after his performance in round 12 against Fremantle.

At the conclusion of the 2018 season, Mayes sought a trade back to South Australia, and was traded to Port Adelaide on 17 October.

Mayes played his first game for Port Adelaide in Round 7 of the 2020 AFL season in a win against Carlton. Mayes was delisted at the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season.

02Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2018

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2013	Brisbane Lions	32	18	12	5	198	103	301	87	45	0.7	0.3	11.0	5.7	16.7	4.8	2.5
2014	Brisbane Lions	32	21	11	11	192	159	351	92	47	0.5	0.5	9.1	7.6	16.7	4.4	2.2
2015	Brisbane Lions	32	14	2	5	108	94	202	68	28	0.1	0.4	7.7	6.7	14.4	4.9	2.0
2016	Brisbane Lions	32	21	1	1	239	132	371	88	45	0.0	0.0	11.4	6.3	17.7	4.2	2.1
2017	Brisbane Lions	32	21	0	1	270	170	440	127	38	0.0	0.0	12.9	8.1	21.0	6.0	1.8
2018	Brisbane Lions	32	6	0	1	51	46	97	24	9	0.0	0.2	8.5	7.7	16.2	4.0	1.5
Career			101	26	24	1058	704	1762	486	212	0.3	0.2	10.5	7.0	17.4	4.8	2.1

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Sam Mayes and Nick Robertson Lions vs Port Adelaide, April 2017.jpg by Joshua Ryan, CC0

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