Least time on the Bench

Players that only started on “The Bench” once during their Carlton career and are headed by John Nicholls (0.30% of his 328 games), Geoff Southby (0.37% of his 268 games) and Ken Hands (0.47% of his 211 games).

100+ Games Players with only 1 game off “The Bench” (1930-2019)
Player	Career Span	Career Games	Career Off Bench %
John Nicholls	1957-1974	328	0.30%
Geoff Southby	1971-1984	268	0.37%
Ken Hands	1945-1957	211	0.47%
Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp	1931-1941	183	0.55%
Adrian Gallagher	1964-1972	165	0.61%
Jim Clark	1943-1951	161	0.62%
Ken Baxter	1938-1950	153	0.65%
Laurie Kerr	1950-1959	149	0.67%
Bob Chitty	1937-1946	147	0.68%
Jack Conley	1944-1952	135	0.74%
Jim Mooring	1940-1949	126	0.79%
Doug Williams	1944-1951	120	0.83%
Charlie Davey#	1927-1937#	143#	0.86%
John Goold	1963-1970	108	0.93%
Nick Stevens	2004-2009	104	0.96%
# Including playing 24 games before 1930 (119 games during period)

...while senior players that have never started off “The Bench” at Carlton are headed by Craig Bradley (375 games between 1986-2002), Alex Jesaulenko (256 games between 1967-79), Stephen Kernahan (251 games between 1986-97) and Serge Silvagni (239 games between 1958-71).

100+ Games Players that Never Played off "the Bench" (1930-2019)
Player	Career Span	Career Games
Craig Bradley	1986-2002	375
Alex Jesaulenko	1967-1979	256
Stephen Kernahan	1986-1997	251
Serge Silvagni	1958-1971	239
Frank Gill#	1929-1942#	205#
Jim Francis	1934-1943	162
Mike Fitzpatrick	1975-1983	150
Jack Howell	1942-1954	137
Jack Wrout	1936-1944	130
Rod McLean	1935-1946	128
Ian Robertson	1966-1974	125
Greg Williams	1992-1997	109
Bert Deacon	1942-1951	106
Graham Donaldson	1955-1962	106
Earl Spalding	1992-1997	102
# Including 19 games played before 1930 (186 games during the period)

Links

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