A statistical look at the career of Rory Laird ahead of his 100th AFL game
5 - The Crows secured Laird with the fifth pick in the Rookie Draft of 2011
193 - He was the 193rd player to appear for the Adelaide Football Club
2013 - Laird made his AFL debut in Round Four, 2013 against the Western Bulldogs
46 - The guernsey number he wore before switching to No.29 at the start of 2014
4 - He finished the home and away season fourth in the League for disposals (662) trailing only Hawthorn’s Tom Mitchell (787), teammate Matt Crouch (726) and Dustin Martin (667) of Richmond
4 - The ball magnet’s possession tally of 677 (including finals) is fourth on the Club’s all-time leaderboard for the most disposals in a season
2017 - Laird was named All Australian for the first time this year after being nominated in the 40-man squad in ’15 and ‘16
40 - He recorded a career-high 40 disposals against Greater Western Sydney in Round One, 2017
109 - The number of rebound 50ms he’s generated this year, the fourth-most by a Crow in a single season behind Graham Johncock (129 and 111) and Andrew McLeod (112)
2 - He’s second at the Club for disposals (2,348) since 2013 behind only midfielder Rory Sloane (2,535)
20 - Laird was nominated for the 2013 Rising Star award in Round 20, 2013
8 - He laid a career-high eight tackles in the wet against Fremantle in Round Nine, 2015
336 - Laird leads Adelaide for kicks in 2017 with 336
29 - He’s averaging a career-best 29 possessions a game this year
2015 - Laird earned the 19th Man Award in 2015 and was runner-up in Adelaide’s Club Champion count
474 - He’s set a new Club record for the most uncontested possessions by a Crow in a single season this year with 474
142 - His career-high AFL Fantasy score
80.4 - The rebounding defender has operated at an elite 80.4 per cent disposal efficiency this year
2,210 - Total AFL Fantasy points he’s scored this season at an average of more than 100 points a game
