We take a look at the career of veteran defender Dustin Fletcher through numbers as he prepares to play his 379th game in the club’s season opener against North Melbourne on Friday night.

Fletcher will break the club games record surpassing champion ruckman Simon Madden who has played 378 games.

1 Essendon best and fairest wins

2 Premierships: 1993 and 2000

3 Most goals he’s kicked in a game. A feat achieved in five games.

4 Number of coaches he has played under at EFC

5 Number of drawn games he’s played in

7 Number of captains he’s played under at Essendon

10 Most handballs in a game, achieved four times in his career

11 Games is the longest losing streak he’s been part of, between rd 2 and rd 14, 2006

13 The most marks he’s taken in a single game, v St Kilda, rd 4, 2007

14 Venues he’s played league games at

16 Most goals kicked in a season, 1996

17 Age in years when he made his senior debut

18 Average number of games he’s played each season

19 Longest winning streak, between rd 1 and round 19, 2000

21 Completed seasons between 1993 and 2013

22 The most wins over any club in the competition (Carlton)

23 Finals games

25 Most kicks in a game, v Collingwood, Anzac Day 2007

31 The number he’s worn in every game he’s played

32 Maximum number of disposals in a game, v Bulldogs, rd 8, 2008

38 Years of age when he sets a new club record of 379 games

49 Number of games in which he’s kicked at least one goal

63 Brownlow votes

69 Goals kicked in his career

70 Metres the estimated distance of his goal v St Kilda in rd 4, 2007

92 His weight in kilograms

139 The biggest winning margin of any game he’s played in EFC v Gold Coast rd 6, 2011

142 The number of Essendon team mates he’s played with

179 The number of games he’s played at the MCG

198 His height in centimetres

434 The number of tackles he’s made in his career

642 Combined number of games played by him and father Ken, a league record for a father and son.

977 His debut number

1616 Marks taken in his career

1975 The year he was born

4265 Career kicks

5537 Number of disposals he’s made

18,271,064 estimated number of spectators that have attended Fletcher’s games

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