Nick Larkey

Nick Larkey (born 6 June 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by North Melbourne with their fourth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 national draft.^[2] He made his debut against Essendon at Docklands Stadium in round eighteen of the 2017 season.^[3]

Nick Larkey
Larkey in April 2025
Personal information
Full name	Nick Larkey
Nickname(s)	Souv, Souvlarkey[1]
Date of birth	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 73, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 18, 2017, North Melbourne vs. Essendon, at Etihad Stadium
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	North Melbourne
Number	20
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–	North Melbourne	134 (278)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Career highlights
All-Australian team: 2023 5x North Melbourne leading goalkicker: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 NAB AFL Rising Star nominee: 2019 Frosty Miller Medal: 2018
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

Larkey was selected by North Melbourne with pick 73 in the 2016 AFL draft. Prior he played junior football for Hawthorn Citizens and Kew Comets in the YJFL, before progressing to Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup.^[4]

In 2018 Larkey won the VFL's leading goal-kicker award, the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal, after kicking 41 goals across 17 matches with the North Melbourne reserves team in that competition.^[5]

Larkey received a 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination in round 16 of the 2019 AFL season, for his five goal effort against St Kilda at Blundstone Arena.^[6]

In 2021, Larkey replaced Ben Brown as North’s key forward, playing 22 games that season and leading the team’s goal kicking tally with 42 goals. He followed that up with 38 goals in 2022 and 71 in 2023, putting him in the top three goalkickers for that year.^[7]

Larkey kicked a career high nine goals against the Gold Coast in the final round of 2023. His good form in that year was rewarded with a five-year contract extension to 2029.^[8]

Larkey was named in the All-Australian team in 2023.^[9]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2025^[10]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2017	North Melbourne	40	2	0	0	2	4	6	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0
2018	North Melbourne	20	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2019	North Melbourne	20	17	26	8	86	71	157	63	27	53	1.5	0.4	5.1	4.1	9.2	3.7	1.6	3.1	0
2020[a]	North Melbourne	20	10	14	4	41	21	62	23	10	0	1.4	0.4	4.1	2.1	6.2	2.3	1.0	0.0	0
2021	North Melbourne	20	22	42	15	123	87	210	84	27	30	1.9	0.7	5.5	4.0	9.5	3.8	1.2	1.4	3
2022	North Melbourne	20	20	38	18	127	67	194	76	13	0	1.9	0.9	6.4	3.3	9.7	3.8	0.7	0.0	5
2023	North Melbourne	20	23	71	24	152	64	216	97	17	3	3.1	1.0	6.6	2.8	9.4	4.2	0.7	0.1	7
2024	North Melbourne	20	23	46	14	145	74	219	99	23	34	2.0	0.6	6.3	3.2	9.5	4.3	1.0	1.5	3
2025	North Melbourne	20	17	41	15	108	57	165	78	18	1	2.4	0.9	6.4	3.3	9.7	4.6	1.1	0.1
Career			134	278	98	784	445	1229	521	136	123	2.1	0.7	5.9	3.3	9.2	3.9	1.0	0.9	18

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.