Lewis Taylor (Australian footballer)

Lewis Taylor (born 17 February 1995) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

From Mortlake in Victoria, Taylor attended high school at Mercy Regional College, Camperdown. Taylor was drafted by the Lions with their fourth selection, pick 28, in the 2013 AFL Draft. At only 173 cm, he drew comparisons with player Brent "Boomer" Harvey due to his ability to cut sides up throughout the middle of the ground with his pace and elite endurance.

Despite having an interrupted pre-season due to a foot injury, Taylor played all 22 games for Brisbane in his debut season. He was nominated for the AFL Rising Star in round 9 and at the end of season vote count he won the award, finishing one vote ahead of Marcus Bontempelli.

At the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Taylor was traded to in exchange for pick 48. Taylor played 12 games for Sydney before being delisted at the end of the 2022 season. Taylor subsequently announced his retirement.

Statistics
Updated to the end of round 23, 2022.

! colspan=3| Career ! 124 ! 94 ! 64 ! 1134 ! 959 ! 2093 ! 473 ! 248 ! 0.8 ! 0.5 ! 9.1 ! 7.7 ! 16.9 ! 3.8 ! 2.0 ! 1
 * 2014
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 22 || 12 || 8 || 197 || 174 || 371 || 88 || 44 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 9.0 || 7.9 || 16.9 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 0
 * 2015
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 22 || 17 || 10 || 230 || 229 || 459 || 92 || 33 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 10.5 || 10.4 || 20.9 || 4.2 || 1.5 || 0
 * 2016
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 19 || 18 || 13 || 140 || 139 || 279 || 61 || 36 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 7.4 || 7.3 || 14.7 || 3.2 || 1.9 || 0
 * 2017
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 22 || 17 || 15 || 243 || 185 || 428 || 87 || 59 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 11.0 || 8.4 || 19.5 || 4.0 || 2.7 || 1
 * 2018
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 22 || 21 || 7 || 215 || 175 || 390 || 98 || 43 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 9.8 || 8.0 || 17.7 || 4.5 || 2.0 || 0
 * 2019
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * 28 || 5 || 3 || 5 || 52 || 30 || 82 || 21 || 12 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 10.4 || 6.0 || 16.4 || 4.2 || 2.4 || 0
 * 2020
 * 28 || 9 || 6 || 5 || 51 || 27 || 78 || 22 || 20 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 5.7 || 3.0 || 8.7 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 0
 * 2021
 * 28 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0
 * 2022
 * 28 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 2020
 * 28 || 9 || 6 || 5 || 51 || 27 || 78 || 22 || 20 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 5.7 || 3.0 || 8.7 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 0
 * 2021
 * 28 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0
 * 2022
 * 28 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 2022
 * 28 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 28 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * }