Brandon Starcevich

Brandon Starcevich (born 24 July 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Starcevich is the nephew of Brisbane AFL Women's coach Craig Starcevich.^[1]

Brandon Starcevich
Starcevich in August 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 26)
Original team(s)	East Perth (WAFL)
Draft	No. 18, 2017 national draft
Debut	August 4, 2018, Brisbane Lions vs. North Melbourne, at the Gabba
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Lions
Number	37
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–	Brisbane Lions	120 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 14, 2025.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 2024 22under22 team: 2021 Signature
Source: AFL Tables

Early football

Starcevich is from Western Australia,^[2] and was a Fremantle Dockers fan in his youth.^[3] He originally played for Mt Lawley-Inglewood Junior Football Club. Starcevich joined West Australian Football League club East Perth, playing 20 colts games across 2016–17 and averaging 13 disposals.^[4] He also played B Grade cricket for the Stirling Hawks Cricket Club with Daniel Pryce, athletics and football for Trinity College. Starcevich played for Western Australia in the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships and attended the AFL Draft Combine.^[3] However, he was limited by a quad injury. Starcevich tested at the WA State Draft Combine and won the 20 m (66 ft) sprint with a time of 2.87 seconds.^[5] He was drafted by Brisbane with pick 18 in the 2017 national draft, their third selection, and was described as a 'contested bull'.^[2]

AFL career

In 2018, Starcevich recorded five tackles and nine disposals in his debut against North Melbourne in round 20^[1] after strong form in the North East Australian Football League.^[6] Soon after, he signed a two-year contract extension, tying him to Brisbane until 2021.^[1] In the 13th round of the 2020 AFL season, he earned a 2020 AFL Rising Star nomination for his performance against St Kilda, where he collected 10 disposals and took four marks.^[7]

Starcevich was a member of the Lions squad narrowly defeated by Collingwood in the 2023 AFL Grand Final. The following year, he was part of the Brisbane Lions 2024 premiership winning team in a 60-point victory over the Sydney Swans.^[8]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.^[9]

Legend

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

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2018	Brisbane Lions	37	4	1	2	20	16	36	5	8	0.3	0.5	5.0	4.0	9.0	1.3	2.0
2019	Brisbane Lions	37	1	0	0	7	0	7	2	1	0.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	1.0
2020[a]	Brisbane Lions	37	18	1	2	125	43	168	57	29	0.1	0.1	6.9	2.4	9.3	3.2	1.6
2021	Brisbane Lions	37	24	0	0	216	82	298	90	41	0.0	0.0	9.0	3.4	12.4	3.8	1.7
2022	Brisbane Lions	37	24	3	0	268	90	358	107	49	0.1	0.0	11.2	3.8	14.9	4.5	2.0
Career			71	5	4	636	231	867	261	128	0.1	0.1	9.0	3.3	12.2	3.7	1.8

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

• AFL premiership player: 2024

Individual

• 22under22 team: 2021
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2020 (round 13)