disposals off the bench in their loss to the West Coast Eagles. The week after, Johnstone managed 22 disposals in Brisbane's nailbiting 2-point win against the Collingwood Magpies. Arguably his finest game for Brisbane to date came in the Lions' Round 8, 2008 win over Carlton where Johnstone amassed 32 disposals, six tackles and three goals. In round 11 2010, Johnstone managed a remarkable 37 disposals in a one-point loss to North Melbourne. On 28 October 2010, Johnstone was delisted from the Lions. Johnstone nominated for the 2010 AFL Draft, but began planning to play for the Palmerston Magpies. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 13 || 12 || 5 || 102 || 30 || 132 || 29 || 19 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 7.8 || 2.3 || 10.2 || 2.2 || 1.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 15 || 8 || 6 || 107 || 56 || 163 || 38 || 17 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 7.1 || 3.7 || 10.9 || 2.5 || 1.1 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 14 || 15 || 5 || 136 || 59 || 195 || 39 || 18 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 9.7 || 4.2 || 13.9 || 2.8 || 1.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 44 || 17 || 61 || 23 || 3 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 8.8 || 3.4 || 12.2 || 4.6 || 0.6 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 22 || 21 || 13 || 294 || 123 || 417 || 90 || 43 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 13.4 || 5.6 || 19.0 || 4.1 || 2.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 16 || 10 || 4 || 188 || 67 || 255 || 53 || 24 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 11.8 || 4.2 || 15.9 || 3.3 || 1.5 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 16 || 12 || 7 || 195 || 63 || 258 || 57 || 32 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 12.2 || 3.9 || 16.1 || 3.6 || 2.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 |style="text-align:center;"| | 16 || 22 || 15 || 10 || 363 || 81 || 444 ||