Chris Masten

DOB

2/5/1989

Height

179cm

Weight

77 kg

Junior club

East Fremantle/Rossmoyne JFC

Arrived

Pick 3 in the 2007 national draft

Number

13 (2008-2009)
7 (2010-2019)

Debut

Round 2 2008 vs Adelaide
(176th Eagles player)

Games

215

Goals

69

Honours

Rookie of the Year (2009)

B&F Top 10

3 (2012, 2013, 2014)

Best Finish

7th (2012)

Last app.

Semi Final 2019 vs Geelong

Departed

Delisted at the end of the 2019 season

Other clubs

East Fremantle (WAFL) 2007-2013
East Perth (WAFL) 2014-2018

A top three draft pick in 2007, Chris Masten overcome stringent criticism to play over 200 games including the 2018 premiership.

West Coast career

The East Fremantle product captained his state and earned All-Australian honours at under 18 level before being drafted by West Coast, the club he had supported as a child, with pick 3 which had been obtained from Carlton in the Chris Judd trade. Before he had played a game for the club he hit the headlines for the wrong reasons after being involved in a brawl on the South Perth foreshore on Australia Day, as a result of which he was suspended by the club for the duration of the pre-season.

Despite that initial hiccup he forced his way into the team for Round 2 of his debut season, and played nine games for the year before being sent off for season-ending groin surgery. Masten became a fixture in the side in 2009, playing 19 games and earning a Rising Star nomination after picking up 38 possessions in a loss to Port Adelaide. He was awarded the club's Rookie of the Year award at the end of the year.

In 2010 Masten, now wearing Chad Fletcher's number 7 jumper, played the first six games before injuring his knee in a derby and missing a major chunk of the season. He returned through the WAFL and played seven of the last nine rounds.

The hard-running midfielder seemed to have taken a step backwards in 2011, struggling to force his way into a strongly-performing side although his cause was not helped by a knee injury suffered in the first quarter of round 1. After making his way back through East Fremantle he lost his spot a couple of times throughout the year, but was in the side for the club's first finals series since 2007.

Masten began to come of age in 2012, playing every game for the year and adding consistent goalkicking to his repertoire, kicking 20 goals for the season as well as recording 30-plus possessions on multiple occasions. His best performance came against GWS early in the season when he kicked three goals from 30 touches. His career-best year led to a top-10 finish in the Club Champion award for the first time.

Masten continued to build on his good form in 2013, picking up 39 possessions and a goal in an early win over Melbourne. Despite some injury problems late in the year (particularly a serious-looking ankle injury against the Bulldogs that ultimately only cost him a game and a half), he finished the year with 19 games and another top-10 placing.

His form seemed to taper slightly under new coach Adam Simpson in 2014. Although he played almost every game, Masten did not have the same impact on games as in previous years as he struggled to adjust to more of an outside role. He improved in 2015, having a solid year until the late-season derby when he was controversially suspended for two weeks for biting the arm of Docker Nick Suban. On his return in the final home-and-away round Masten injured his hamstring, resulting in him missing the opening final and being well below his best in the preliminary and grand finals.

Masten had a setback early in 2016, missing the NAB Challenge after injuring his ankle in an intra-club scratch match. After missing the first two games he returned to the side in round 3 and played every game from then on, marking his 150th game mid-season, but failed to replicate his best form.

After playing the first ten games of 2017, Masten fell out of favour and found himself at East Perth for much of the second half of the season, adding just three games after the bye. He bounced back in 2018, locking in a spot on the wing and playing almost every game, including the successful Grand Final. After making his 200th appearance early in 2019, Masten again was in and out of the side, having a couple of stints in the reserves, and after the Eagles' premiership defence ended in the semi-finals, the club announced that he would seek opportunities elsewhere.

Stats

AFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	T	Cl	WAFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	T
2008	9	1	4	79	39	57	136	41	13	EF	2	3	1	37	13	16	53
2009	19	5	11	175	39	211	386	53	21		0
2010	13	4	3	87	35	119	206	31	16		2	0	0	29	11	44	73	3
2011	13	7	4	91	32	99	190	42	24		7	7	1	95	27	98	193	43
2012	24	20	9	298	104	223	521	78	52		0
2013	19	9	3	282	84	218	500	74	64		0
2014	21	5	2	272	101	207	479	76	36	EP	0
2015	22	2	11	252	86	296	548	48	42		0
2016	21	4	4	231	83	237	468	38	38		1	0	1	12	3	16	28	6
2017	13	3	2	126	55	167	293	35	22		8	1	4	134	29	98	232	21
2018	24	7	5	274	140	190	464	42	23		0
2019	17	3	1	168	93	114	282	30	10	WCE	3	0	1	53	13	37	90	9
Tot	215	70	59	2335	891	2138	4473	588	361
Avg		0.3		10.9	4.1	9.9	20.8	2.7	1.7