Jacob Weitering
Australian rules footballer
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Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame inductee, 2026
| Jacob Weitering | |||
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Weitering playing for Carlton in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jacob Weitering | ||
| Born | 23 November 1997 | ||
| Original team | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 1, 2015 national draft | ||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||
| Position | Key Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Carlton | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2016– | Carlton | 206 (11) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2026– | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 1, 2026. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2026. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jacob Weitering (born 23 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Weitering participated in the Auskick program at Mount Martha[1] and played junior football for the Mount Martha Junior Football Club, before playing for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He captained Victoria Country at the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he was selected in the under 18 All-Australian team.[2] He was a member of the NAB AFL Academy in 2014 and 2015, and was awarded the Ben Mitchell Medal in 2015, voted by his peers as the player who best represents the values important to the AFL Academy.[3]
He was drafted with the first selection in the 2015 national draft by the Carlton Football Club.[4]
AFL career
Weitering made his debut in round 1, 2016 against Richmond. Weitering had a solid debut with 17 disposals and 7 marks. He was named the 2016 AFL Rising Star nominee for round 3 following an impressive display against the Gold Coast Suns in which he had 26 disposals and took nine marks.[5][6]
After an impressive 2020 season, Weitering was awarded the John Nicholls Medal as Carlton's best and fairest player of the season.[7]
Personal life
Statistics
Updated to the end of round 1, 2026.[9]
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 | |||||
| 2016 | Carlton | 23 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 127 | 291 | 106 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Carlton | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 198 | 103 | 301 | 122 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carlton | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 62 | 189 | 82 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 13.5 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 65 | 264 | 115 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2020[a] | Carlton | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 42 | 188 | 74 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Carlton | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 301 | 60 | 361 | 167 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 16.4 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Carlton | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 47 | 216 | 109 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 12.0 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 | Carlton | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 317 | 85 | 402 | 208† | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 3.3 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 6 |
| 2024 | Carlton | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 68 | 313 | 142 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 14.2 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Carlton | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 69 | 316 | 162 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2026 | Carlton | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 0.5 | TBA |
| Career | 206 | 11 | 6 | 2132 | 733 | 2865 | 1297 | 244 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 13.9 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 10 | ||
Notes
- The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
