# 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 99th season in the Australian Football League and 122nd overall, the 24th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 23rd season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium and the 2nd season under head coach Sam Mitchell, and the 1st season with James Sicily as captain.

## Club summary

The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 99th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania, iiNet, and Nissan are expected to continue as the club's three major sponsors, as they had done since 2006, 2013, and 2019 respectively, while ISC will replace Adidas as the clubs manufacturer of its on-and-off field apparel. Hawthorn will continue its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, allowing Hawthorn-listed players to play with the Box Hill Hawks when not selected in AFL matches.

## Playing list changes
### Trades

| 11 October 2022 | To Hawthorn Pick 48, 2022 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft | To Brisbane Lions Jack Gunston |
| 12 October 2022 | To Hawthorn Cooper Stephens Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft | To Hawthorn Cooper Stephens Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft |
| 12 October 2022 | To Collingwood Tom Mitchell Pick 25, 2022 AFL draft | To Geelong Oliver Henry |
| 12 October 2022 | To Hawthorn Lloyd Meek 2nd round pick, 2023 AFL draft | To Fremantle Jaeger O'Meara 4th round pick, 2023 AFL draft |
| 28 November 2022 | To Hawthorn Pick 36, 2022 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft (via Western Bulldogs) | To Brisbane Lions Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft Pick 52, 2022 AFL draft Pick 63, 2022 AFL draft |
| 28 November 2022 | To Hawthorn Pick 18, 2022 AFL draft | To Sydney Pick 27, 2022 AFL draft 2nd round pick, 2023 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft |

### Free agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | F/A Type | Old club | Deal |
| 29 September 2022 | Karl Amon | Unrestricted | Port Adelaide | Signed a four–year deal |
| 3 November 2022 | Fergus Greene | Delisted | Box Hill | Signed a one–year deal |
| 30 November 2022 | Josh Bennetts | Catergry B rookie | Eastern Ranges | |

### Draft
#### AFL draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from |
| 1 | 7 | Cameron Mackenzie | Sandringham Dragons |
| 1 | 18 | Josh Weddle | Oakleigh Chargers |
| 2 | 37 | Henry Hustwaite | Dandenong Stingrays |
| 3 | 46 | Jack O'Sullivan | Oakleigh Chargers |
| 3 | 51 | Bailey Macdonald | Oakleigh Chargers |

#### Rookie draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref |
| 1 | 6 | Seamus Mitchell | Hawthorn | |

### Retirements and delistings

| Date | Player | Reason |
| 10 August 2022 | Ben McEvoy | Retired |
| 1 September 2022 | Liam Shiels | Retired |
| 2 September 2022 | Jackson Callow | Delisted |
| 2 September 2022 | Connor Downie | Delisted |
| 2 September 2022 | Daniel Howe | Delisted |
| 2 September 2022 | Tom Phillips | Delisted |
| 7 September 2022 | Kyle Hartigan | Delisted |
| 15 October 2022 | Jack Saunders | Delisted |

## Season
### Pre–season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Report |
| 1 | Thursday, 23 February (4:00 pm) | Geelong | 21.12 (138) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 85 points | GMBHA Stadium | |
| 2 | Thursday, 2 March (5:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.16 (100) | 15.16 (106) | Lost by 6 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | Report |

### Home & Away season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record | Report |
| 1 | Sunday, 19 March (3:20 pm) | Essendon | 9.11 (65) | 19.10 (124) | Lost by 59 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 68,691 | 0–1 | Report |
| 2 | Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 17.16 (118) | 4.13 (37) | Lost by 81 points | Sydney Cricket Ground | 37,052 | 0–2 | Report |
| 3 | Saturday, 1 April (1:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | 9.7 (61) | Won by 19 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | 11,007 | 1–2 | Report |
| 4 | Monday, 10 April (3:20 pm) | Geelong | 19.13 (127) | 6.9 (45) | Lost by 82 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 65,335 | 1–3 | Report |
| 5 | Sunday, 16 April (3:20 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 10.17 (77) | 11.9 (75) | Lost by 2 points | Norwood Oval | 9,057 | 1–4 | Report |
| 6 | Sunday, 23 April (1:10 pm) | Adelaide | 11.10 (76) | 11.13 (79) | Lost by 3 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | 10,119 | 1–5 | Report |
| 7 | Saturday, 29 April (4:35 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 14.10 (94) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 29 points | Marvel Stadium | 40,119 | 1–6 | Report |
| 8 | Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm) | Fremantle | 18.9 (117) | 7.6 (48) | Lost by 69 points | Optus Stadium | 37,160 | 1–7 | Report |
| 9 | Saturday, 13 May (4:35 pm) | Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | 15.13 (103) | Lost by 54 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 39,818 | 1–8 | Report |
| 10 | Sunday, 21 May (1:10 pm) | West Coast | 22.10 (142) | 4.2 (26) | Won by 116 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | 9,135 | 2–8 | Report |
| 11 | Saturday, 27 May (1:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.6 (78) | 12.16 (88) | Won by 10 points | Marvel Stadium | 32,022 | 3–8 | Report |
| 12 | Saturday, 3 June (1:45 pm) | Port Adelaide | 23.13 (151) | 14.12 (96) | Lost by 55 points | Adelaide Oval | 34,234 | 3–9 | Report |
| 13 | Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 15.8 (98) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 25 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 35,869 | 4–9 | Report |
| 14 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 15 | Sunday, 25 June (4:40 pm) | Gold Coast | 14.17 (101) | 5.4 (34) | Lost by 67 points | Metricon Stadium | 14,242 | 4–10 | Report |
| 16 | Sunday, 2 July (1:10 pm) | Carlton | 7.10 (52) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 60 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 66,337 | 4–11 | Report |
| 17 | Saturday, 8 July (4:35 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 12.13 (85) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 13 points | GIANTS Stadium | 9,007 | 4–12 | Report |
| 18 | Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 6.4 (40) | 12.16 (88) | Won by 48 points | Marvel Stadium | 30,201 | 5–12 | Report |
| 19 | Saturday, 22 July (1:45 pm) | Richmond | 14.12 (96) | 15.5 (95) | Lost by 1 point | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 57,654 | 5–13 | Report |
| 20 | Sunday, 30 July (1:10 pm) | St Kilda | 14.9 (93) | 19.8 (122) | Lost by 29 points | Marvel Stadium | 22,769 | 5–14 | Report |
| 21 | Saturday, 5 August (4:35pm) | Collingwood | 16.9 (105) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 32 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 62,134 | 6–14 | Report |
| 22 | Sunday, 13 August (1:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.13 (67) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 3 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | 12,480 | 7–14 | Report |
| 23 | Sunday, 20 August (3:20 pm) | Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 27 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 50,142 | 7–15 | Report |
| 24 | Saturday, 26 August (1:45 pm) | Fremantle | 8.8 (56) | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 37 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27,951 | 7–16 | Report |

#### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2142 | 1687 | 127.0 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2180 | 1771 | 123.1 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2149 | 1906 | 112.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2079 | 1660 | 125.2 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1922 | 1697 | 113.3 | 54 | Finals series |
| 6 | St Kilda | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1775 | 1647 | 107.8 | 52 | Finals series |
| 7 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 1885 | 107.1 | 52 | Finals series |
| 8 | Sydney | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2050 | 1863 | 110.0 | 50 | Finals series |
| 9 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1919 | 1766 | 108.7 | 48 | |
| 10 | Adelaide | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2193 | 1877 | 116.8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1838 | 2050 | 89.7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Geelong | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2088 | 1855 | 112.6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1856 | 1983 | 93.6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Fremantle | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1835 | 1898 | 96.7 | 40 | |
| 15 | Gold Coast | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1839 | 2006 | 91.7 | 36 | |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1686 | 2101 | 80.2 | 28 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1657 | 2318 | 71.5 | 12 | |
| 18 | West Coast | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1418 | 2674 | 53.0 | 12 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | W | D | L | PF | PA | % |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1686 | 2101 | 80.2 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 883 | 930 | 94.9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 803 | 1171 | 68.6 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | — | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | — | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## Statistics

    As of the end of season
| No. | Player | GM | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | TK | HO | RB | IF | CL | CP | UP | CM | MI | 1% | GA | FF | FA |
| 1 | Harry Morrison | 13 | 2 | 2 | 241 | 163 | 78 | 69 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 64 | 172 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Mitchell Lewis | 15 | 36 | 20 | 192 | 125 | 67 | 85 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 70 | 119 | 19 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Jai Newcombe | 22 | 12 | 8 | 553 | 244 | 309 | 100 | 94 | 0 | 31 | 97 | 122 | 249 | 320 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 30 |
| 4 | Jarman Impey | 22 | 3 | 4 | 461 | 299 | 162 | 120 | 48 | 0 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 106 | 346 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 18 | 13 |
| 5 | James Worpel | 23 | 10 | 9 | 600 | 286 | 314 | 52 | 92 | 0 | 25 | 118 | 149 | 285 | 333 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 39 |
| 6 | James Sicily | 19 | 2 | 4 | 501 | 324 | 177 | 189 | 29 | 0 | 115 | 34 | 11 | 154 | 301 | 35 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 21 | 20 |
| 7 | Ned Reeves | 21 | 2 | 2 | 170 | 70 | 100 | 31 | 57 | 592 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 113 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 25 |
| 8 | Sam Frost | 18 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 116 | 114 | 75 | 36 | 11 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 96 | 136 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Changkuoth Jiath | 8 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 77 | 59 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Karl Amon | 21 | 9 | 2 | 486 | 326 | 160 | 113 | 37 | 0 | 75 | 87 | 24 | 78 | 399 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Conor Nash | 23 | 1 | 5 | 552 | 213 | 339 | 60 | 110 | 1 | 33 | 76 | 109 | 212 | 347 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 27 |
| 12 | Will Day | 21 | 6 | 6 | 537 | 262 | 275 | 122 | 73 | 0 | 39 | 92 | 89 | 197 | 335 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 23 | 19 |
| 13 | Dylan Moore | 23 | 17 | 19 | 480 | 254 | 226 | 480 | 107 | 0 | 19 | 78 | 31 | 163 | 328 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 32 | 9 |
| 14 | Jack Scrimshaw | 16 | 4 | 1 | 276 | 157 | 119 | 85 | 26 | 0 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 77 | 189 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 | Blake Hardwick | 23 | 2 | 1 | 467 | 314 | 153 | 147 | 45 | 0 | 126 | 25 | 10 | 112 | 284 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 16 | Lachlan Bramble | 11 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 120 | 62 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 39 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Lloyd Meek | 16 | 3 | 2 | 154 | 46 | 108 | 36 | 58 | 288 | 17 | 12 | 34 | 96 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 22 |
| 18 | Max Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Chad Wingard | 14 | 9 | 8 | 198 | 116 | 82 | 59 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 59 | 138 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
| 21 | Cooper Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Luke Breust | 21 | 47 | 23 | 225 | 144 | 81 | 77 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 102 | 131 | 12 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 19 |
| 23 | Jacob Koschitzke | 12 | 9 | 10 | 103 | 56 | 47 | 39 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 45 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| 24 | Denver Grainger-Barras | 7 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | Josh Ward | 16 | 2 | 3 | 332 | 181 | 151 | 76 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 85 | 252 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| 26 | Fergus Greene | 11 | 15 | 10 | 89 | 56 | 33 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 59 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| 27 | Ned Long | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Cameron Mackenzie | 14 | 3 | 6 | 186 | 86 | 100 | 26 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 68 | 127 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 29 | Jai Serong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Sam Butler | 8 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 34 | 49 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 31 | Connor MacDonald | 21 | 12 | 15 | 363 | 209 | 154 | 84 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 16 | 112 | 258 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 32 | Finn Maginness | 13 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 65 | 69 | 41 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 101 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | Tyler Brockman | 15 | 13 | 8 | 167 | 79 | 88 | 50 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 53 | 112 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 34 | Fionn O'Hara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Josh Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | James Blanck | 15 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 50 | 39 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 37 | Josh Weddle | 17 | 4 | 0 | 294 | 135 | 159 | 87 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 80 | 210 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 38 | Max Ramsden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Emerson Jeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Seamus Mitchell | 14 | 0 | 1 | 233 | 131 | 102 | 66 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 54 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 41 | Josh Bennetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Bailey Macdonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Jack O'Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Henry Hustwaite | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 45 | Clay Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Brandon Ryan | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Source: AFL tables

## Awards, records and milestones
### Awards
#### AFL awards

* All-Australian team – James Sicily

#### Club awards

* Peter Crimmins Medal – Will Day
** Runner-up – Jai Newcombe
** Third place – Conor Nash
* Lethal award – Will Day
* Best clubman – Luke Breust
* Most courageous – Dylan Moore
* Most improved – Conor Nash
* Most promising – Josh Weddle

### Records
#### Club records

* Most goal assists: Luke Breust – 230

### Milestones
#### Round 1

* Cameron Mackenzie – AFL debut.
* Karl Amon – Hawthorn debut, 1st goal for Hawthorn.
* Fergus Greene – Hawthorn debut, 1st goal for Hawthorn.
* Lloyd Meek – Hawthorn debut.

#### Round 2

* Lloyd Meek – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

#### Round 5

* Seamus Mitchell – AFL debut.
* Ned Long – 1st AFL goal.

#### Round 7

* Max Ramsden – AFL debut.
* Josh Weddle – AFL debut.

#### Round 9

* Sam Frost – 150th AFL game.
* Cameron Mackenzie – 1st AFL goal.
* Josh Weddle – 1st AFL goal.

#### Round 12

* Luke Breust – 500th AFL goal.
* Mitchell Lewis – 100th AFL goal.
* Bailey Macdonald – AFL debut.

#### Round 13

* Jacob Koschitzke – 50th AFL goal.

#### Round 17

* Denver Grainger-Barras – 1st AFL goal.

#### Round 20

* Chad Wingard – 300th AFL goal.
* Will Day – 50th AFL game.
* Brandon Ryan – AFL debut, 1st AFL goal.

#### Round 22

* James Worpel – 100th AFL game.
* Jai Newcombe – 50th AFL game.

#### Round 23

* Henry Hustwaite – AFL debut, 1st AFL goal.

## VFL

Hawthorn continued its reserves affiliation with the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2023 for the 24th season. This allowed Hawthorn-listed players to play with Box Hill when not selected in AFL matches.