Nicola Barr

Nicola Barr (born 13 June 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the AFL Women's competition.

Early life Barr was born in Melbourne but spent most of her early years living outside of Australia.

She was selected to play in the AFL youth girls national competition in 2014. The following season she won the Mostyn Medal as the best and fairest player in the SWAFL.

Barr represented the Sydney Swans academy in an AFL exhibition match in April 2016, winning best on ground honours.

Greater Western Sydney signed Barr for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.

Barr became the first player in AFL Women's history to be sent directly to the AFL Tribunal owing to an incident involving 's Ashleigh Riddell during the round two, 2019 match between Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne played at Drummoyne Oval. She was suspended for one match.

Barr played 61 games over nine seasons for the Giants.

A hamstring injury limited game time for Barr in 2024. At the conclusion of the 2024 season, Barr signed a three-year deal with St Kilda, with the Executive General Manager of St Kilda's AFLW describing Barr as “a figurehead for football in NSW and the entire competition over her past nine seasons, finishing in the top five of the Giants’ Best and Fairest on multiple occasions... A proven leader on and off the field, we’re very excited to welcome Nicola and her family to St Kilda.”

Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 season

| 2018

| 2019

| 2020

| 2021

|2022 (S6)

|2022 (S7)

| 2023

| 2024

61 10 7 454 298 752 136 203 0.1 0.1 7.4 4.9 12.2 2.3 3.1

Personal life Barr studies medical science at the University of Sydney. She has been dating Lloyd Perris since 2018.