campaign. His career was on the rocks in 2008 before rebounding to reach some of his best form in the latter stages of 2009 despite suffering a broken leg in the round three loss to Geelong. Johnson enjoyed a strong 2010 season, culminating in becoming a member of Collingwood's 15th VFL/AFL Premiership. His finals series was particularly memorable, slotting the Magpies' seventh goal on the run, sidestepping Cameron Ling late in the first quarter of the 2010 Preliminary Final victory. He managed to nullify long-standing rival Stephen Milne in both the Grand Final and the Grand Final Replay. Johnson booted Collingwood's second goal of the Replay, and was the only remaining player from Mick Malthouse's first match as coach of Collingwood (round one, 2000, against Hawthorn). Ben Johnson retired on 15 July 2013. Following his retirement, at the beginning of 2014 Johnson presented Marley Williams with his number 26 guernsey, reenacting Gavin Brown's presentation of the guernsey to him in 2001. Personal life In August 2006 Johnson was involved in a drunken brawl outside a hotel in Port Melbourne with then-teammate Chris Tarrant. Both players were fined $5,000 by Collingwood. Johnson was later charged with recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault and appeared before a Magistrate in 2007 but avoided conviction due to his heavy involvement in community service with the TAC. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 14 || 7 || 10 || 100 || 60 || 160 || 45 || 11 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 7.1 || 4.3 || 11.4 || 3.2 || 0.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 |style="text-align:center;"| | 26 || 16 || 3 || 8 || 116 || 70 || 186 || 36 || 21 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 7.3 || 4.4 || 11.6 || 2.3 || 1.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 26 || 23 || 1 || 7 || 197 || 118 || 315 || 73 || 42 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 8.6 || 5.1 || 13.7 || 3.2 || 1.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 26 || 25 || 6 || 4 || 230 || 144 || 374 || 91 || 46 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 9.2 || 5.8 || 15.0 || 3.6 || 1.8 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 |style="text-align:center;"| | 26 || 22 || 4 || 7 || 258