that at the age of 31 he is still able to play high-quality football at an elite level. 2016 In the round one clash against Sydney, Swan was badly injured after landing awkwardly on his foot, breaking three bones, including a Lisfranc. The injury ruled him out of the rest of the season, and in August he announced his immediate retirement from the AFL. Statistics A prolific ball-winner, particularly in the latter part of his career, Swan lead the AFL in total disposals on four occasions and total kicks on five occasions. Swan accumulated an average of 26.85 disposals per game during his AFL career, which at the time of his retirement was the second-highest average of all time behind only Greg Williams (26.88 per game). |- style=background:#EAEAEA | scope=row | 2002 || || 36 | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- | scope=row | 2003 || || 36 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 13 || 27 || 4 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.7 || 4.3 || 9.0 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | scope=row | 2004 || || 36 | 13 || 2 || 5 || 105 || 66 || 171 || 49 || 18 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 8.1 || 5.1 || 13.2 || 3.8 || 1.4 || 0 |- | scope=row | 2005 || || 36 | 14 || 3 || 2 || 143 || 91 || 234 || 67 || 22 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 10.2 || 6.5 || 16.7 || 4.8 || 1.6 || 0 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | scope=row | 2006 || || 36 | 21 || 19 || 12 || 311 || 176 || 487 || 168 || 44 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 14.8 || 8.4 || 23.2 || 8.0 || 2.1 || 11 |- | scope=row | 2007 || || 36 | 25 || 13 || 14 || 422 || 173 || 595 || 187 || 85 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 16.9 || 6.9 || 23.8 || 7.5 || 3.4 || 20 |- style=background:#EAEAEA | scope=row | 2008 || || 36 | 24 || 22 || 23 || 368 || 222 || 590 || 163 || 75 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 15.3