Nick Stevens, and has been vice-captain to Chris Judd since Stevens' retirement. In 2010, Kade Simpson had arguably his best season for the Carlton Football Club, polling nine Brownlow votes (Second for Carlton, behind medal-winner Chris Judd). The most noticeable feature of his performances during the season was his tackling ability, because on 12 occasions he laid five or more tackles. Simpson played 158 consecutive games from Round 15, 2005, until Round 15, 2012, before missing a match with a broken jaw. He was, at the time, considered the club record holder for most consecutive games, but in December 2012, the AFL amended the interpretation of this record such that Bruce Doull, who missed two club games during his streak due to playing in interstate matches on the same day, assumed the club record with 162 consecutive games. In the 2013 season, Simpson won the John Nicholls medal, Carltons best and fairest award. Kade had 533 disposals that season, after an outstanding year playing at half-back flank position under new coach Mick Malthouse. In the 2016 season, Simpson had an outstanding year averaging 27.2 disposals per game. He was nominated in the All Australian squad of 40 but was not named in the final 22. He finished second in Carlton's best and fairest award behind defender Sam Docherty. 300 gamer (2018-2020) On 30 June 2018 Simpson became the fifth Carlton player to reach the 300 game milestone. In 2019, Simpson signed a one-year contract extension to play on in 2020. With the retirement of Daniel Wells at the end of the 2019 season, Simpson became the last remaining survivor from the 2002 AFL draft. He also decided to step down from the club's leadership group that year. He retired at the end of the 2020 season, finishing with 342 senior games – the third most of any Carlton player in the club's history. Coaching career Simpson was appointed assistant coach of Carlton's AFLW team in November 2020. Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season |- | 2003 || || 6 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0 |- | 2004 || || 6 | 3 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 5 || 12 || 4 || 5 || 0.3