Least time on the Bench

Players that only started on “The Bench” once during their Carlton career and are headed by John Nicholls (0.30% of his 328 games), Geoff Southby (0.37% of his 268 games) and Ken Hands (0.47% of his 211 games).

100+ Games Players with only 1 game off “The Bench” (1930-2019)
Player	Career Span	Career Games	Career Off Bench %
John Nicholls	1957-1974	328	0.30%
Geoff Southby	1971-1984	268	0.37%
Ken Hands	1945-1957	211	0.47%
Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp	1931-1941	183	0.55%
Adrian Gallagher	1964-1972	165	0.61%
Jim Clark	1943-1951	161	0.62%
Ken Baxter	1938-1950	153	0.65%
Laurie Kerr	1950-1959	149	0.67%
Bob Chitty	1937-1946	147	0.68%
Jack Conley	1944-1952	135	0.74%
Jim Mooring	1940-1949	126	0.79%
Doug Williams	1944-1951	120	0.83%
Charlie Davey#	1927-1937#	143#	0.86%
John Goold	1963-1970	108	0.93%
Nick Stevens	2004-2009	104	0.96%
<left># Including playing 24 games before 1930 (119 games during period)</left>

...while senior players that have never started off “The Bench” at Carlton are headed by Craig Bradley (375 games between 1986-2002), Alex Jesaulenko (256 games between 1967-79), Stephen Kernahan (251 games between 1986-97) and Serge Silvagni (239 games between 1958-71).

100+ Games Players that Never Played off "the Bench" (1930-2019)
Player	Career Span	Career Games
Craig Bradley	1986-2002	375
Alex Jesaulenko	1967-1979	256
Stephen Kernahan	1986-1997	251
Serge Silvagni	1958-1971	239
Frank Gill#	1929-1942#	205#
Jim Francis	1934-1943	162
Mike Fitzpatrick	1975-1983	150
Jack Howell	1942-1954	137
Jack Wrout	1936-1944	130
Rod McLean	1935-1946	128
Ian Robertson	1966-1974	125
Greg Williams	1992-1997	109
Bert Deacon	1942-1951	106
Graham Donaldson	1955-1962	106
Earl Spalding	1992-1997	102
<left># Including 19 games played before 1930 (186 games during the period)</left>

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