Editing James Hird (section)

===Playing statistics===
{{Australian rules football statistics legend|p=y|b=y}}
{{AFL player statistics start with votes}}
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| [[1991 AFL season|1991]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 49
| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
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| [[1992 AFL season|1992]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 49
| 4 || 5 || 5 || 45 || 24 || 69 || 29 || 2 || 1.2 || 1.2 || 11.2 || 6.0 || 17.2 || 7.2 || 0.5 || 0
|-
| bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[1993 AFL season|1993]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 16 || 31 || 20 || 174 || 88 || 262 || 89 || 16 || 1.9 || 1.2 || 10.9 || 5.5 || 16.4 || 5.6 || 1.0 || 6
|-
| [[1994 AFL season|1994]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 20 || 27 || 17 || 224 || 155 || 379 || 143 || 31 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 11.2 || 7.8 || 19.0 || 7.2 || 1.6 || 6
|-
| [[1995 AFL season|1995]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 24 || 47 || 31 || 254 || 201 || 455 || 177 || 25 || 2.0 || 1.3 || 10.6 || 8.4 || 19.0 || 7.4 || 1.0 || 7
|-
| [[1996 AFL season|1996]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 24 || 39 || 39 || 330 || 237 || 567 || 175 || 34 || 1.6 || 1.6 || 13.8 || 9.9 || 23.6 || 7.3 || 1.4 || bgcolor=98FB98 | '''21'''<sup>±</sup>
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| [[1997 AFL season|1997]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 7 || 31 || 18 || 75 || 47 || 122 || 31 || 11 || 2.6 || 1.3 || 10.7 || 6.7 || 17.4 || 4.4 || 1.6 || 3
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| [[1998 AFL season|1998]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 13 || 19 || 19 || 159 || 89 || 248 || 73 || 24 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 12.2 || 6.8 || 19.1 || 5.6 || 1.8 || 4
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| [[1999 AFL season|1999]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 2 || 1 || 2 || 19 || 11 || 30 || 5 || 3 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 9.5 || 5.5 || 15.0 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 0
|-
| bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[2000 AFL season|2000]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 20 || 36 || 18 || 294 || 145 || 439 || 115 || 41 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 14.7 || 7.2 || 22.0 || 5.8 || 2.0 || 16
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| [[2001 AFL season|2001]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 22 || 27 || 17 || 266 || 134 || 400 || 109 || 45 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 12.1 || 6.1 || 18.2 || 5.0 || 2.0 || 5
|-
| [[2002 AFL season|2002]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 16 || 11 || 9 || 232 || 104 || 336 || 84 || 29 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 14.5 || 6.5 || 21.0 || 5.2 || 1.8 || 7
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| [[2003 AFL season|2003]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 18 || 13 || 11 || 279 || 117 || 396 || 77 || 44 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 15.5 || 6.5 || 22.0 || 4.3 || 2.4 || 19
|-
| [[2004 AFL season|2004]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 20 || 25 || 14 || 307 || 114 || 421 || 103 || 40 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 15.4 || 5.7 || 21.0 || 5.2 || 2.0 || 9
|-
| [[2005 AFL season|2005]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 17 || 17 || 8 || 234 || 80 || 314 || 78 || 36 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 13.8 || 4.7 || 18.5 || 4.6 || 2.1 || 8
|-
| [[2006 AFL season|2006]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 13 || 19 || 9 || 172 || 93 || 265 || 86 || 20 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 13.2 || 7.2 || 20.4 || 6.6 || 1.5 || 5
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| [[2007 AFL season|2007]] || {{AFL Ess}} || 5
| 17 || 8 || 6 || 278 || 94 || 372 || 109 || 38 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 16.4 || 5.5 || 21.9 || 6.4 || 2.2 || 9
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! colspan=3 | Career<ref>{{cite web|title=James Hird (playing statistics)|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/James_Hird.html|work=AFL Tables|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
! 253 !! 343 !! 234 !! 3342 !! 1733 !! 5075 !! 1483 !! 439 !! 1.4 !! 0.9 !! 13.2 !! 6.8 !! 20.1 !! 5.9 !! 1.7 !! 125
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