Sam De Koning

Sam De Koning
De Koning in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sam De Koning
Born (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 25)
Original team Dandenong Stingrays
Draft 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19
Height 204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021– Geelong 104 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2026.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sam De Koning (/ˈkoʊnɪŋ/ KOH-ning; born 26 February 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. He made his debut in the round 5 of the 2021 AFL season between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium.

De Koning - often referred to as Bontempelli 2.0 - became a premiership player in the 2022 AFL Grand Final, which was just his 24th game, polling one vote to come fourth in Norm Smith Medal voting for his strong work as a loose defender, and kicking his first career goal late in the match.

Family life

De Koning is the son of Terry De Koning, who played for Footscray in the 1980s. He is the ninth eldest in a blended family of ten children, and his immediate elder brother is St Kilda footballer Tom De Koning.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020Geelong16[citation needed] 0——————————————0
2021Geelong16 102718300.02.07.01.08.03.00.00
2022#Geelong16 231014313828112060.00.06.26.012.25.20.30
2023Geelong16 190012910523486110.00.06.85.512.34.50.60
2024Geelong16 193012315427764260.20.06.58.114.63.41.40
2025Geelong16 2331169140309115230.10.07.36.113.45.01.02
2026Geelong16 181110415525965290.10.15.88.614.43.61.60
Career 103846756931368453950.10.06.66.713.34.40.92

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "How to say the AFL's trickiest names". Australian Football League. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sam De Koning | AFL". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Team Selection: AFL Round 5". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "08:36, Norm Smith Medal Voting". The Guardian. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Forrest, Matthew (26 September 2022). "AFL Grand Final: Star defender Sam De Koning kicks first senior goal in premiership win". Code Sports. Nationwide News. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Class of 2019: The top-20 prospect in a family of 10 brothers and sisters". afl.com.au. Retrieved 4 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Sam De Koning". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 August 2026.