Karl Amon

Karl Amon (born 19 August 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2014 to 2022.

Karl Amon
Amon playing for Port Adelaide in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Karl Amon
Date of birth	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 68, 2013 national draft
Debut	Round 7, 2015, Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	10
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–2022	Port Adelaide	124 (55)
2023–	Hawthorn	065 (15)
Total		189 (70)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2025	Indigenous All-Stars	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 21, 2025. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2025.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Amon was born and raised in Melbourne^[1] to mother Katrina, an Aboriginal woman from Stradbroke Island in Queensland.^[2] He grew up in the suburb of Sandringham.^[3]

At the age of five, Amon was diagnosed with Perthes disease, undergoing several operations, including five on his hip. Between the ages of 5 and 8, he was regularly in hospital and spent a year in a wheelchair followed by a year on crutches.^[4] Karl Amon played his junior football at the East Sandringham Zebras^[5] and later Hampton Rovers Football Club and also played one senior VAFA game at the football club he was participating in at that time.

Amon was a member of the Flying Boomerangs Under 15 team.^[2] He played U18 football with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.^[2]

AFL career

Amon playing for Hawthorn in 2025

Port Adelaide (2014–2022)

Amon was drafted by Port Adelaide with the 68th selection in the 2013 AFL draft.^[6]

Amon built up his form at SANFL level in 2014, picking up more of the ball and improving his skill level under pressure. He made his senior debut in round 7, 2015 against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, where he gathered 9 disposals and kicked a goal. He played 7 matches for the season, being a substitute in 5 of them. In one of his two full games against the Gold Coast Suns, he had 16 possessions and kicked 3 goals.

After an injured-ravaged 2018 season, Amon returned in 2019 and cemented his spot in the senior side, playing 73 games in a row from mid-2019 to the end of 2022.

Hawthorn (2023–present)

At the end of the 2022 season, Amon opted to exercise his rights as a free agent and moved to Hawthorn.^[7][8]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 21, 2025.^[9]

Legend

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

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2015	Port Adelaide	15	7	5	3	48	25	73	17	17	0.7	0.4	6.9	3.6	10.5	2.4	2.4	0
2016	Port Adelaide	15	15	10	6	134	77	211	45	38	0.7	0.4	8.9	5.1	14.0	3.0	2.5	0
2017	Port Adelaide	15	14	5	5	153	109	262	58	34	0.4	0.4	10.9	7.8	18.7	4.1	2.4	0
2018	Port Adelaide	15	6	2	0	46	46	92	14	10	0.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	15.3	2.3	1.7	0
2019	Port Adelaide	15	17	9	11	188	146	334	63	52	0.5	0.7	11.1	8.6	19.7	3.7	3.1	1
2020[a]	Port Adelaide	15	19	5	8	199	107	306	58	55	0.3	0.4	10.5	5.6	16.1	3.1	2.9	1
2021	Port Adelaide	15	24	11	17	370	196	566	141	98	0.5	0.7	15.4	8.2	23.6	5.9	4.1	11
2022	Port Adelaide	15	22	8	15	342	178	520	128	81	0.4	0.7	15.5	8.1	23.6	5.8	3.7	15
2023	Hawthorn	10	21	9	2	326	160	486	113	37	0.4	0.1	15.5	7.6	23.1	5.4	1.8	2
2024	Hawthorn	10	25	4	2	425	127	552	143	50	0.2	0.1	17.0	5.1	22.1	5.7	2.0	3
2025	Hawthorn	10	19	2	2	322	125	447	87	45	0.1	0.1	16.9	6.6	23.5	4.6	2.4
Career			189	70	71	2553	1296	3849	867	517	0.4	0.4	13.5	6.9	20.4	4.6	2.7	33

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 minor premiership/McClelland Trophy (Port Adelaide): 2020
• McClelland Trophy (Hawthorn): 2024

Individual

• Indigenous All-Stars team: 2025