On 2 October Porplyzia was officially recognized for being Adelaide's leading goalscorer at the Best and Fairest awards. He also won the coaches award and finished runner up to Bernie Vince in the Best and Fairest by 2 votes. In 2011 he injured his shoulder in the opening minutes of the first game and missed the rest of the season as he had a second shoulder reconstruction and focused on rehabilitation and strengthening. He returned to play 22 games in 2012, including his 100th game in round 14 against Richmond, in which he kicked his 150th career goal. Porplyzia retired from the AFL at the end of the 2014 season with a total of 130 games played in 10 seasons He then returned to West Adelaide in the SANFL in 2015 where he has helped the Bloods into the 2015 SANFL Grand Final and was named by coach Mark Mickan (himself a former West Adelaide and Crows club champion) to play on the half-back flank in the game at the Adelaide Oval. Statistics |- style="background:#eaeaea;" | 2006 | | 40 || 11 || 10 || 11 || 76 || 49 || 125 || 44 || 27 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 6.9 || 4.5 || 11.4 || 4.0 || 2.5 |- | 2007 | | 40 || 15 || 15 || 10 || 105 || 100 || 205 || 56 || 36 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 7.0 || 6.7 || 13.7 || 3.7 || 2.4 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" | 2008 | | 40 || 18 || 32 || 15 || 186 || 111 || 297 || 77 || 48 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 10.3 || 6.2 || 16.5 || 4.3 || 2.7 |- | 2009 | | 40 || 24 || 57 || 20 || 206 || 138 || 344 || 89 || 88 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 8.6 || 5.8 || 14.3 || 3.7 || 3.7 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" | 2010 | | 40 || 19 || 22 || 17 || 159 || 122 || 281 || 71 || 59 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 8.4 || 6.4 || 14.8 || 3.7 || 3.1 |- | 2011 | | 40 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" | 2012 | | 40 ||