The Brisbane Lions will line up with one of the youngest lists in the competition next season, following the release of Tuesday’s final list lodgement.

The past twelve months have seen the Lions move from the fifth youngest team with an average age of 23.35 years to the second youngest team at 24.43 years, behind the Gold Coast Suns.

Hawthorn boasts the most mature playing group next season as its average age of players climbs to 24.9 years.

Hawthorn’s game experience will complement the age of its list, with the club ranking first for average games played at 80.4.

Lions players will average 56.6 games, ahead of Essendon (55.4) and Gold Coast (50.2).

Sydney leads the charge with finals experience (6.1 finals games on average) followed by Hawthorn (6) and Geelong (5). 

The Lions average 1.4 games, ahead of Carlton (1.2), Essendon (1.1), St Kilda (0.96), Gold Coast (0.57). 

LIST AGE

CLUB(AVERAGE AGE AT START OF SEASON)
Hawthorn24.90
Collingwood24.80
Adelaide24.76
Geelong24.22
West Coast24.14
Essendon24.11
North Melbourne24.09
Melbourne23.99
Sydney23.94
Greater Western Sydney23.94
Richmond23.92
St Kilda23.90
Western Bulldogs23.90
Port Adelaide23.87
Fremantle23.86
Carlton23.55
Brisbane23.43
Gold Coast23.24

GAMES PLAYED

CLUB(AVERAGE GAMES PLAYED)
Hawthorn80.4
Collingwood78.9
Adelaide71.4
Richmond70
Geelong69.6
Sydney69.1
Port Adelaide68.9
West Coast68.5
North Melbourne65.1
Greater Western Sydney61.2
Melbourne59
Western Bulldogs58.9
Fremantle58.3
St Kilda56.7
Carlton56.7
Brisbane56.6
Essendon55.4
Gold Coast50.2

FINALS PLAYED

CLUB(AVERAGE FINALS PLAYED)
Sydney6.1
Hawthorn6
Geelong5
West Coast4.6
Collingwood4.4
Adelaide3.7
Greater Western Sydney3.5
Richmond3.4
Western Bulldogs2.7
North Melbourne2.5
Fremantle2.4
Melbourne2.3
Port Adelaide1.8
Brisbane1.4
Carlton1.2
Essendon1.1
St Kilda0.96
Gold Coast0.57

Statistics courtesy of Champion Data