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PLAYERS / SAM BUTLER
Updated 17 May 2026

Sam Butler

#111/166·Bye Rd 12
FWD
Price $245kBE 36Owned —Bye Rd 12Avg 49.5
ROOKIEBIBLEVerdict
▼ SELL

Butler posted 62 in a 15-point loss to Fremantle at Perth Stadium — comfortably above his 36 BE and his best score this season. Then Hawthorn dropped him for Round 10, bringing in Morrison and Maginness ahead of him. Scoring 62 and still getting omitted is a brutal job security signal. Trade him out this week while his price holds at $244.8k; he has no guaranteed path back.

Signals1/3 · Weak alignment
Form
Declining
Trajectory
+$3k/wk
Consistency
Variable
Recent formSeason avg 50
62▲
46▼
42▼
Comparable PicksWhy this comparison · Same primary position (FWD), ±$200k price band

Sam Butler

FWD

Jed Walter

FWD
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Form
R1
29
R2
72
R4
57
R5
42
R6
46
R9
62
R4
74
R5
50
R6
38
R7
34
R10
85
Pricing
Price$245k
Price$245k
Breakeven36
Breakeven36
Cash/wk+$3k
Cash/wk+$0k

Decision

Should I trade Sam Butler?

Form, breakeven, and a comparable replacement weighed up.

Intel feed

Recent intel

Community Intel· T3

Sam Butler omitted from Hawthorn side vs Melbourne R10. Community divided - many prefer Butler over Morrison and Maginness who came in instead. Butler had been consistent since last year's GWS final.

u/Crazyripps (comment, score 14) + u/BigTonkaTroy (comment, score 25)
Community Questions

What people are asking about Sam Butler

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  • What is Hawthorn's best 23 when fully healthy?
    UnknownTop: Chol and Day in; Dear and Maginness out (60%)
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