Liam Baker

Liam Baker
Baker playing for Richmond in August 2018
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Bakes[1]
Date of birth	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s)	Subiaco (WAFL)
Draft	No. 18, 2018 AFL rookie draft: Richmond
Debut	Round 19, 2018, Richmond vs. Collingwood, at MCG
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Position(s)	Defender / midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	7
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–	Richmond	128 (54)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
AFL 2× AFL premiership player: 2019, 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2019 Robert Rose Award: 2022 22under22 team: 2020 Richmond Jack Titus Medal (2nd RFC B&F): 2021 Fred Swift Medal (4th RFC B&F): 2022 Richmond Life Member: 2019
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Liam Baker (born 27 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played junior representative football with West Perth in the WAFL and represented Western Australia at national championships at under 18 level. After being undrafted in 2016, Baker then played senior WAFL football with Subiaco. Baker was drafted by the Richmond tigers in the 2018 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 19, 2018. He was an AFL premiership player with Richmond in 2019 and 2020, and in 2020 was named to the AFL's 22Under22 team, recognising the best young players in the league. In 2022, Baker was presented the AFLPA most Courageous in the AFL award. The captain of the Richmond Football Club, Dylan Grimes, presented the award to Baker, with Patrick Dangerfield announcing the achievement.