The following side is based on players that played for two different clubs that both won wooden spoons. The team includes seven premiership players in Baker, Prestia, Lynch, Kennedy, Power, Monkhorst and Graham plus Rantall listed in the others. Rantall premiership was at a different club. Each of the three coaches mentioned coached a premiership with Jewell and Worsfold winning a premiership and wooden spoon at the same club. As per normal with most of my teams, it is based on players that played since 1980. If I missed anyone please feel free to advise.
FB Neil Cordy Darren Gaspar Mark Zanotti
CHB Liam Baker Bret Thornton Bryce Gibbs
CE Jayson Daniels Dion Prestia Heath Scotland
CHF Nathan Brown Tom Lynch Rene Kink
FF Jeff Hogg Josh Kennedy Luke Power
RU Damian Monkhorst James McDonald Craig Lambert
Interchange Matthew Carr, Mick Dwyer, Jack Graham, Ben Keays, Greg Stafford
Coach Ron Barassi
Assistants Tony Jewell & John Worsfold
Others
Daniel Bandy, Tom Bell, Patrick Bowden, Josh Bruce, Chris Burton, Sean Charles, Aidan Corr, Daryl Cowie, Carl Ditterich, Shaun Edwards, Simon Fletcher, Alister Ford, Wayne Gordon, James Gwilt, Tom Hickey, Rory Hilton, Nick Holman, Darren Holmes, Mark Jackson, Kristen Jaksch, Mark Jamar, Troy Longmuir, Stefan Martin, Allan McKellar, Anthony Miles, Craig Nettelbeck, Setanta O’Hailpin, Andrew Phillips, Lachie Plowman, John Rantall, Max Richardson, Dion Scott, Matthew Shaw, Dom Tyson, Mark Whiley, Alex Witherden
Does not include players who played at Fitzroy 1996 & Brisbane 1998
Brad Boyd, Scott Bamford, Nick Carter, Chris Johnson and Jarrod Molloy
Neil Cordy
139 Games Footscray 1979-1986
96 Games Sydney 1987-1993
235 Games Total
Played 19 Games for Footscray 1982 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Sydney 1992 Wooden Spoon team
Played 1 Game for Sydney 1993 Wooden Spoon team
Cordy played in three finals, one at Footscray in 1985 and two at Sydney in 1987.
Darren Gaspar
21 Games Sydney 1994-95
207 Games Richmond 1996-2007
228 Games Total
Played 5 Games for Sydney 1994 Wooden Spoon team
Played 19 Games for Richmond 2004 Wooden Spoon team
Played 5 Games for Richmond 2007 Wooden Spoon team
Gaspar played three finals for Richmond.
Mark Zanotti
36 Games West Coast 1987-88
64 Games Brisbane 1989-1992
57 Games Fitzroy 1993-95
157 Games Total
Played 22 Games for Brisbane 1990 Wooden Spoon team
Played 18 Games for Brisbane 1991 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for Fitzroy 1995 Wooden Spoon team
Liam Baker
128 Games Richmond 2018-24
36 Games West Coast 2025-
164 Games Total
Played 18 Games for Richmond 2024 Wooden Spoon team
Played 23 Games for West Coast 2025 Wooden Spoon team
Baker has played in eight finals including two premierships at Richmond.
Bret Thornton
188 Games Carlton 2002-2012
1 Game Greater Western Sydney 2013
189 Games Total
Played 11 Games for Carlton 2002 Wooden Spoon team
Played 16 Games for Carlton 2005 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for Carlton 2006 Wooden Spoon team
Played 1 Game for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Thornton played in three finals at Carlton.
Bryce Gibbs
231 Games Carlton 2007-2017
37 Games Adelaide 2018-2020
268 Games Total
Played 10 Games for Carlton 2015 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for Adelaide 2020 Wooden Spoon team
Gibbs played in five finals at Carlton.
Jayson Daniels
115 Games St Kilda 1988-1992 & 1996-1998
58 Games Sydney 1993-1995
173 Games Played
Played 18 Games for St Kilda 1988 Wooden Spoon team
Played 16 Games for Sydney 1993 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for Sydney 1994 Wooden Spoon team
Daniels played in seven finals at St Kilda including the 1997 Grand Final.
Dion Prestia
95 Games Gold Coast 2011-2016
152 Games Richmond 2017-
247 Games Total
Played 17 Games for Gold Coast 2011 Wooden Spoon team
Played 13 Games for Richmond 2024 Wooden Spoon team
Prestia has played in thirteen finals including three premierships at Richmond.
Heath Scotland
53 Games Collingwood 1999-2003
215 Games Carlton 2004-2014
268 Games Total
Played 12 Games for Collingwood 1999 Wooden Spoon team
Played 19 Games for Carlton 2005 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games in Carlton 2006 Wooden Spoon team
Scotland played in five finals at Collingwood including 2002-2003 Grand Finals and he played in six finals at Carlton.
Nathan Brown
137 Games Western Bulldogs 1997-2003
82 Games Richmond 2004-2009
219 Games Total
Played 22 Games for Western Bulldogs 2003 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for Richmond 2004 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for Richmond 2007 Wooden Spoon team
Brown played in six finals at Western Bulldogs.
Tom Lynch
131 Games Gold Coast 2011-2018
112 Games Richmond 2019-
243 Games Total
Played 13 Games for Gold Coast 2011 Wooden Spoon team
Played 4 Games for Richmond 2024 Wooden Spoon team
Lynch has played in seven finals including two premierships at Richmond.
Rene Kink
154 Games Collingwood 1973-1983
20 Games Essendon 1983-1985
7 Games St Kilda 1986
181 Games Total
Played 12 Games for Collingwood 1976 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for St Kilda 1986 Wooden Spoon team
Kink played in 22 finals, eighteen at Collingwood and four at Essendon. Kink played in six Grand Finals including five at Collingwood.
Jeff Hogg
144 Games Richmond 1984-1993
40 Games Fitzroy 1994-1996
184 Games Total
Played 18 Games for Richmond 1987 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for Richmond 1989 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games Played for Fitzroy 1995 Wooden Spoon team
Played 14 Games for Fitzroy 1996 Wooden Spoon team
Josh Kennedy
22 Games Carlton 2006-2007
271 Games West Coast 2008-2022
293 Games Total
Played 5 Games for Carlton 2006 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for West Coast 2010 Wooden Spoon team
Kennedy played in seventeen finals including a premiership in 2018 at West Coast
Luke Power
282 Games Brisbane 1998-2011
20 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012
302 Games Total
Played 9 Games for Brisbane 1998 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Power played in nineteen finals including winning three premierships at Brisbane.
Damian Monkhorst
205 Games Collingwood 1988-1999
10 Games St Kilda 2000
215 Games Total
Played 15 Games for Collingwood 1999 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games for St Kilda 2000 Wooden Spoon team
Monkhorst played in seven finals including the 1990 premiership at Collingwood
James McDonald
251 Games Melbourne 1997-2010
13 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012
264 Games Total
Played 4 Games for Melbourne 1997 Wooden Spoon team
Played 19 Games for Melbourne 2008 Wooden Spoon team
Played 18 Games for Melbourne 2009 Wooden Spoon team
Played 13 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
McDonald played in nine finals for Melbourne.
Craig Lambert
123 Games Richmond 1988-1993
96 Games Brisbane 1994-2000
219 Games Total
Played 20 Games for Richmond 1989 Wooden Spoon team
Played 5 Games for Brisbane 1998 Wooden Spoon team
Lambert played in eight finals for Brisbane
Matthew Carr
28 Games St Kilda 1998-2000
134 Games Fremantle 2001-2008
162 Games Total
Played 18 Games for St Kilda 2000 Wooden Spoon Team
Played 21 Games for Fremantle 2001 Wooden Spoon Team
Carr played in four finals at Fremantle
Mick Dwyer
80 Games St Kilda 1986-1995
8 Games Fitzroy 1996
88 Games Total
Played 1 Game for St Kilda 1986 Wooden Spoon team
Played 15 Games for St Kilda 1988 Wooden Spoon team
Played 8 Games for Fitzroy 1996 Wooden Spoon team
Dwyer played in two finals at St Kilda
Jack Graham
131 Games Richmond 2017-2024
23 Games West Coast 2025-
154 Games Total
Played 14 Games for Richmond 2024 Wooden Spoon team
Played 18 Games for West Coast 2025 Wooden Spoon team
Graham played eleven finals including two premierships at Richmond
Ben Keays
30 Games Brisbane 2016-2019
145 Games Adelaide 2020-
175 Games Total
Played 10 Games for Brisbane in 2017 Wooden Spoon team
Played 16 Games for Adelaide in 2020 Wooden Spoon team
Keays has played in two finals at Adelaide
Greg Stafford
130 Games Sydney 1993-2001
74 Games Richmond 2002-2006
204 Games Total
Played 8 Games for Sydney in 1993 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Sydney in 1994 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for Richmond in 2004 Wooden Spoon team
Stafford played in eight finals including one Grand Final at Sydney
Coaches
Ron Barassi
147 Games Carlton 1965-1971
198 Games North Melbourne 1973-1980
110 Games Melbourne 1981-1985
59 Games Sydney 1993-1995
515 Games Total
1981 Wooden Spoon for Melbourne
1993 & 1994 Wooden Spoon for Sydney
Premiership Coach 1968 & 1970 for Carlton and 1975 & 1977 for North Melbourne
Tony Jewell
113 Games Richmond 1979-1981 & 1986-1987
40 Games St Kilda 1983-1984
153 Games Total
1983-1984 Wooden Spoon St Kilda
1987 Wooden Spoon for Richmond
Premiership Coach for Richmond in 1980
John Worsfold
281 Games West Coast 2002-2013
107 Games Essendon 2016-2020
388 Games Total
2010 Wooden Spoon for West Coast
2016 Wooden Spoon for Essendon
Premiership Coach for West Coast in 2006
Others
Daniel Bandy
105 Games Fremantle 1995-2001
45 Games Western Bulldogs 2002-2005
150 Games Total
Played 17 Games for Fremantle in 2001 Wooden Spoon Team
Played 12 Games for Western Bulldogs in 2003 Wooden Spoon team
Tom Bell
51 Games Carlton 2012-2015
21 Games Brisbane 2016-2018
72 Games Total
Played 22 Games for Carlton in 2015 Wooden Spoon team
Played 6 Games for Brisbane in 2017 Wooden Spoon team
Bell played in two finals.
Patrick Bowden
50 Games Western Bulldogs 2001-2005
25 Games Richmond 2006-2007
75 Games Total
Played 19 Games for Western Bulldogs in 2003 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for Richmond in 2007 Wooden Spoon team
Josh Bruce
14 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2013
99 Games St Kilda 2014-2019
50 Games Western Bulldogs 2020-2023
163 Games Total
Played 3 Games for Greater Western Sydney in 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for Greter Western Sydney in 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games for St Kilda in 2014 Wooden Spoon team
Bruce played one final for the Western Bulldogs
Chris Burton
67 Games Footscray 1980-1984
50 Games Richmond 1985-1988
117 Games Total
Played 20 Games for Footscray in 1982 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for Richmond in 1987 Wooden Spoon team
Sean Charles
47 Games Melbourne 1992-1997
1 Game Carlton 1998
8 Games St Kilda 2000
56 Games Total
Played 18 Games for Melbourne in 1997 Wooden Spoon team
Played 8 Games for St Kilda in 2000 Wooden Spoon team
Charles played two finals for Melbourne
Aidan Corr
98 Games Greater Western Sydney 2013-2020
81 Games North Melbourne 2021-
183 Games Total
Played 10 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for North Melbourne 2021 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for North Melbourne 2022 Wooden Spoon team
Corr played seven finals for Greater Western Sydney
Daryl Cowie
56 Games St Kilda 1982-1985
7 Games Richmond 1986-1987
63 Games Total
Played 12 Games for St Kilda 1983 Wooden Spoon team
Played 20 Games for St Kilda 1984 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for St Kilda 1985 Wooden Spoon team
Played 4 Games for Richmond 1987 Wooden Spoon team
Carl Ditterich
203 Games St Kilda 1963-1972 & 1976-1978
82 Games Melbourne 1973-1975 & 1979-1980
285 Games Total
Played 11 Games for St Kilda in 1977 Wooden Spoon team
Played 19 Games for Melbourne in 1974 Wooden Spoon team
Ditterich played in twelve finals for St Kilda
Shaun Edwards
12 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2013
12 Games Essendon 2015-2016
24 Games Total
Played 10 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for Essendon 2016 Wooden Spoon team
Simon Fletcher
84 Games Carlton 1999-2003
6 Games Richmond 2004
90 Games Total
Played 19 Games for Carlton 2002 Wooden Spoon team
Played 6 Games for Richmond 2004 Wooden Spoon team
Fletcher played in five finals at Carlton.
Alister Ford
21 Games Footscray 1981-1985
18 Games St Kilda 1986-1987
39 Games Total
Played 5 Games for Footscray 1982 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for St Kilda 1987 Wooden Spoon team
Wayne Gordon
67 Games Collingwood 1974-1978
34 Games Melbourne 1979-1981
101 Games Total
Played 21 Games for Collingwood 1976 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for Melbourne 1981 Wooden Spoon team
Gordon played in three finals including the 1977 Grand Final at Collingwood.
James Gwilt
126 Games St Kilda 2005-2014
26 Games Essendon 2015-2016
152 Games Total
Played 17 Games for St Kilda 2014 Wooden Spoon team
Played 15 Games for Essendon 2016 Wooden Spoon team
Gwilt played in nine finals including 2010 Grand Final at St Kilda
Tom Hickey
12 Games Gold Coast 2011-2012
67 Games St Kilda 2013-2018
23 Games West Coast 2019-2020
49 Games Sydney 2021-2023
151 Games Total
Played 2 Games Gold Coast 2011 Wooden Spoon team
Played 6 Games Sydney 2014 Wooden Spoon team
Hickey played in six finals including two at West Coast and six at Sydney including 2022 Grand Final.
Rory Hilton
9 Games Brisbane 1998
82 Games Richmond 1999-2005
91 Games Total
Played 9 Games for Brisbane 1998 Wooden Spoon team
Played 9 Games for Richmond 2004 Wooden Spoon team
Hilton played in three finals.
Nick Holman
9 Games Carlton 2014-2015
141 Games Gold Coast 2018-
150 Games Total
Played 8 Games for Carlton 2015 Wooden Spoon team
Played 12 Games for Gold Coast 2019 Wooden Spoon team
Darren Holmes
42 Games Sydney 1991-1994
21 Games Fitzroy 1995-1996
63 Games Total
Played 19 Games for Sydney 1992 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games for Sydney 1993 Wooden Spoon team
{Played 6 Games for Sydney 1994 Wooden Spoon team
Played 14 Games for Fitzroy 1995 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Fitzroy 1996 Wooden Spoon team
Mark Jackson
41 Games Melbourne 1981-1982
10 Games St Kilda 1983
31 Games Geelong 1984-1986
82 Games Total
Played 22 Games for Melbourne 1981 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games for St Kilda 1983 Wooden Spoon team
Kristian Jaksch
7 Games Greater Western Sydney 2013-2014
7 Games Carlton 2015-2017
14 Games Total
Played 2 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 6 Games for Carlton 2015 Wooden Spoon team
Mark Jamar
155 Games Melbourne 2002-2015
5 Games Essendon 2016
160 Games Total
Played 14 Games for Melbourne 2008 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Melbourne 2009 Wooden Spoon team
Played 5 Games for Essendon 2016 Wooden Spoon team
Jamar played in two finals at Melbourne
Troy Longmuir
17 Games Melbourne 1998-1999
55 Games Fremantle 2000-2004
11 Games Carlton 2005-2006
83 Games Total
Played 11 Games for Fremantle 2001 Wooden Spoon team
Played 10 Games for Carlton 2005 Wooden Spoon team
Played 1 Game for Carlton 2006 Wooden Spoon team
Longmuir played in one final with Fremantle
Stefan Martin
57 Games Melbourne 2008-2012
133 Games Brisbane 2013-2020
13 Games Western Bulldogs 2021-2022
202 Games total
Played 8 Games for Melbourne 2008 Wooden Spoon team
Played 19 Games for Melbourne 2009 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for Brisbane 2017 Wooden Spoon team
Played in six finals with four at Brisbane and two at Western Bulldogs including the 2021 Grand Final
Allan McKellar
45 Games Richmond 1986-1990
2 Games Sydney 1992
47 Games Total
Played 9 Games for Richmond 1987 Wooden Spoon team
Played 18 Games for Richmond 1989 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Sydney 1992 Wooden Spoon team
Anthony Miles
10 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2013
61 Games Richmond 2014-2018
17 Games Gold Coast 2019
88 Games Total
Played 7 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 17 Games for Gold Coast 2019 Wooden Spoon team
Played in two finals for Richmond
Craig Nettelbeck
45 Games Sydney 1990-1994
33 Games Melbourne 1996-1998
78 Games Total
Played 21 Games for Sydney 1992 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Sydney 1993 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Sydney 1994 Wooden Spoon team
Played 13 Games for Melbourne 1997 Wooden Spoon team
Setanta O’Hailpin
80 Games Carlton 2005-2011
8 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2013
88 Games Total
Played 1 Game for Carlton 2005 Wooden Spoon team
Played 11 Games for Carlton 2006 Wooden Spoon team
Played 1 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon
Played in two finals
Andrew Phillips
14 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2015
27 Games Carlton 2016-2019
41 Games Essendon 2020-2023
82 Games Total
Played 9 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 5 Games for Carlton 2018 Wooden Spoon team
Lachie Plowman
20 Games Greater Western Spoon 2013-2015
125 Games Carlton 2016-2023
145 Games Total
Played 6 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 13 Games for Carlton 2018 Wooden Spoon team
John Rantall
260 Games South Melbourne 1963-1971 & 1976-1979
70 Games North Melbourne 1973-1975
6 Games Fitzroy 1980
336 Games Total
Played 22 Games for South Melbourne 1971 Wooden Spoon team
Played 6 Games for Fitzroy 1980 Wooden Spoon team
Rantall played in three finals for the Swans and seven finals including a premiership at North Melbourne
Max Richardson
211 Games Collingwood 1969-1978
30 Games Fitzroy 1979-1980
241 Games Total
Played 15 Games for Collingwood 1976 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Fitzroy 1980 Wooden Spoon team
Richardson played in nineteen finals including three Grand Finals at Collingwood
Dion Scott
6 Games Sydney 1990-1992
73 Games Brisbane 1993-1999
79 Games Total
Played 2 Games for Sydney 1992 Wooden Spoon team
Played 15 Games for Brisbane 1998 Wooden Spoon team
Played in four finals at Brisbane
Matthew Shaw
102 Games Gold Coast 2011-2017
2 Games Carlton 2018
104 Games Total
Played 15 Games for Gold Coast 2011 Wooden Spoon team
Played 2 Games for Carlton 2018 Wooden Spoon team
Dom Tyson
13 Games Greater Western Syndey 2012-2013
94 Games Melbourne 2014-2018
6 Games North Melbourne 2019-2021
113 Games Total
Played 10 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2012 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 3 Games for North Melbourne 2021 Wooden Spoon team
Tyson played three finals at Melbourne
Mark Whiley
12 Games Greater Western Sydney 2012-2014
9 Games Carlton 2015-2016
21 Games Total
Played 3 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2013 Wooden Spoon team
Played 7 Games for Greater Western Sydney 2014 Wooden Spoon team
Played 8 Games for Carlton 2015 Wooden Spoon team
Alex Witherden
59 Games Brisbane 2017-2020
62 Games West Coast 2021-2024
121 Games Total
Played 9 Games for Brisbane 2017 Wooden Spoon team
Played 22 Games for West Coast 2023 Wooden Spoon team
Witherden played in two finals at Brisbane.
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