# Ed Langdon

Ed Langdon (born 1 February 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## Early life

Langdon participated in the Auskick program at Glen Iris, Victoria. He played his junior football with the Glen Iris Gladiators and Prahran. He played for Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.
He grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.

## AFL career

Originally recruited by the Fremantle Football Club as the club's 3rd, and the 54th overall draft pick in the 2014 AFL draft, he made his debut in Round 22 of the 2015 AFL season against Melbourne at Domain Stadium, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). After 5 seasons and 68 games, Langdon was traded to Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2019 season.

## Personal life

Langdon's older brother Tom, also played in the AFL for the Collingwood Football Club, before announcing his retirement in November 2020.

## Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | Votes |
| 2015 | Fremantle | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Fremantle | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 100 | 105 | 205 | 34 | 35 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 15.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2017 | Fremantle | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 81 | 179 | 42 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | Fremantle | 26 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 279 | 191 | 470 | 121 | 61 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 22.4 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | Fremantle | 26 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 320 | 230 | 550 | 131 | 42 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 25.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2020 | Melbourne | 15 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 216 | 125 | 341 | 88 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 7.4 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2021$^#$ | Melbourne | 15 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 315 | 209 | 524 | 130 | 45 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | Melbourne | 15 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 286 | 206 | 492 | 95 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 21.4 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 7 |
| 2023 | Melbourne | 15 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 272 | 218 | 490 | 93 | 54 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 19.6 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Melbourne | 15 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 243 | 206 | 449 | 119 | 53 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 20.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | |
| Career | Career | Career | 179 | 76 | 75 | 2149 | 1584 | 3733 | 865 | 366 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 20.9 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 9 |
Notes
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 11).
* ↑ 2022 statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 10) and was replaced by Toby Bedford.

## Honours and achievements

Team
* AFL premiership player (Melbourne): 2021
* McClelland Trophy (Melbourne): 2021
* WAFL premiership player (Peel Thunder): 2016
Individual
* 22under22 team: 2018
* Fremantle Players' Award: 2018