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Charlie Curnow
Charlie Curnow
	Curnow playing for Carlton in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	Charles Curnow
Date of birth	3 February 1997 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)/Geelong College (APS)
Draft	No. 12, 2015 national draft
Debut	Round 2, 2016, Carlton vs. Sydney, at Etihad Stadium
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s)	Key Forward
Club information
Current club	Carlton
Number	30
Playing career1
Years	Club
2016–	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
	2x All-Australian team: 2022, 2023; 2x Coleman Medal: 2022, 2023; 2× 22under22 team: 2017, 2018; 4x Carlton leading goalkicker: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024; 2017 AFL Rising Star: nominee; Fox Footy Longest Kick winner: 2022; Richard Pratt Medal: 2023; Most Consecutive Games with a Goal in Carlton History;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Curnow (born 3 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A key position forward, Curnow is a two-time winner of Coleman Medal as leading goalkicker in the AFL home-and-away season.

Junior career and draft

Curnow played his state level under-18s football for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup. He became recognised as a strong key forward with elite endurance.^[1] He was considered one of the top draft prospects on potential, but with a few risks; namely that his junior form had shown flashes of brilliance rather than consistent brilliance;^[2] that he had suffered a knee injury which saw him miss a large part of his final year of under-18s football;^[3] and that he had been arrested for refusing a breath test in the week prior to the draft.^[4] Carlton selected Curnow with its third pick, number twelve overall, in the 2015 AFL draft.^[1] Charlie's older brother, Ed Curnow, had already been playing senior football at Carlton for five years at the time.

AFL career

Curnow made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2016 season against Sydney at Docklands Stadium. He recorded eleven disposals, four marks, and kicked his first goal in the fourth quarter.^[5] After an eight-point loss to Melbourne in round 16, 2017 – in which he recorded 19 disposals at 79% efficiency, ten marks, four tackles and two goals – he was the round nominee for the AFL Rising Star award.^[6] He placed fourth overall in the 2017 AFL Rising Star award, with a total of 27 votes.

In June 2018, Curnow signed a four-year contract extension with Carlton, committing his future to the club until 2023.^[7] He had a breakout season, finishing the 2018 season with an equal-third finish in the John Nicholls Medal, and was the club's leading goalkicker with 34 goals.^[8]

In round 13, 2019, Curnow kicked seven goals in round 13 against the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium, at that point the highest in his career.^[9] However, he suffered a medial ligament injury in his right knee in the following match – a recurrence of injuries he had suffered on that knee as a junior player – and a slew of subsequent injuries to that knee, including a dislocation and a fractured kneecap in the 2020 preseason, and another recurrence in the 2021 preseason, has meant that Curnow did not play another senior game until Round 20, 2021.^[10]

Curnow played every game of the 2022 AFL season and won the 2022 Coleman Medal kicking 64 goals.^[11] Teammate Harry McKay had won the medal in 2021, the pair became the first different players from the same team to win consecutive VFL/AFL leading goalkicker awards since 1900–1901.^[12] At the end of the season, he signed a 6-year contract to remain at Carlton until 2029.^[13]

Curnow kicked a career-high nine goals in round 7, 2023, against West Coast;^[14] then when Carlton played West Coast again in round 19, Curnow kicked a career best 10 goals, the first Carlton player to achieve this since Stephen Kernahan in 1995. Curnow won his second consecutive Coleman Medal, finishing the home-and-away season with 78 goals.

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.^[15]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
†	Led the league for the season


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2016	Carlton	30	6	5	2	35	25	60	18	9	0.8	0.3	5.8	4.2	10.0	3.0	1.5	0
2017	Carlton	30	21	20	12	207	90	297	119	61	1.0	0.6	9.9	4.3	14.1	5.7	2.9	0
2018	Carlton	30	20	34	20	206	71	277	123	42	1.7	1.0	10.3	3.6	13.9	6.2	2.1	3
2019	Carlton	30	11	18	8	115	20	135	49	17	1.6	0.7	10.5	1.8	12.2	4.5	1.6	3
2020	Carlton	30	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	Carlton	30	4	2	5	35	14	49	16	6	0.5	1.3	8.8	3.5	12.3	4.0	1.5	0
2022	Carlton	30	22	64 ^†	42^†	231	33	264	126	35	2.9	1.9	10.5	1.5	12.0	5.7	1.6	11
2023	Carlton	30	26	81 ^†	44^†	280	76	356	180	27	3.1	1.7	10.8	2.9	13.7	6.9	1.0	17
2024	Carlton	30	21	57	41	214	40	254	125	20	2.7	2.0 ^†	10.2	1.9	12.1	6.0	1.0	2
Career			131	281	174	1323	369	1692	756	217	2.1	1.3	10.1	2.8	12.9	5.8	1.7	36