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Adam Saad (born 23 July 1994) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Suns and the Essendon Football Club.
Saad joined Coburg in 2013 following a TAC Cup stint with the Calder Cannons. After appearing to struggle between Senior and Development level football, he established himself as one of the VFL's leading small defenders, winning the Coburg best and fairest award in 2014 sharing in a tie with Daniel Venditti, and was named in the 2014 VFL Team of the Year. His strong form and State Combine testing led him to being drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 25 in the 2015 rookie draft.
Following the 2017 season, Saad requested and was granted a trade to Essendon, who sent their 2018 second round draft pick to the Gold Coast in return.
At the end of the season, Saad shocked Essendon by requesting a trade to their fierce rivals, Carlton, only three years after seeking out Essendon to recruit him.
Through his career, Saad has been known for his dashing pace, and propensity to run long distances with the ball, frequently running bounce it. He led the league in bounces in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022; in both 2018 and 2022, his tally of bounces more than doubled his nearest rival. As of 2024, he holds the record for highest average running bounces per game since statistics were first recorded in 1999, with 3.46 per game. He has a long left-foot kick, and during his time at Carlton, the spectators would shout "woof!" whenever he took a kick; he was the fifth long-kicking left footed Carlton player to receive this traditional treatment, which had originated with Val Perovic in the 1980s.
|- | 2015 || || 42 || 16 || 1 || 2 || 121 || 151 || 272 || 66 || 44 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 7.6 || 9.4 || 17.0 || 4.1 || 2.8 || 3 |- | 2016 || || 42 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 75 || 76 || 151 || 36 || 25 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 7.5 || 7.6 || 15.1 || 3.6 || 2.5 || 0 |- | 2017 || || 42 || 22 || 2 || 7 || 194 || 171 || 365 || 78 || 50 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 8.8 || 7.8 || 16.6 || 3.5 || 2.3 || 1 |- | 2018 || || 42 || 22 || 0 || 3 || 199 || 178 || 377 || 56 || 55 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.1 || 8.1 || 17.1 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 3 |- | 2019 || || 42 || 22 || 3 || 0 || 239 || 149 || 388 || 62 || 75 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 10.9 || 6.8 || 17.6 || 2.8 || 3.4 || 0 |- | 2020 || || 42 || 17 || 2 || 1 || 201 || 119 || 320 || 49 || 34 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 11.8 || 7.0 || 18.8 || 2.9 || 2.0 || 2 |- | 2021 || || 42 || 22 || 2 || 6 || 311 || 113 || 424 || 72 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 14.1 || 5.1 || 19.3 || 3.3 || 1.8 || 0 |- | 2022 || || 42 || 21 || 0 || 0 || 323 || 136 || 459 || 100 || 47 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 15.4 || 6.5 || 21.9 || 4.8 || 2.2 || 3 |- | 2023 || || 42 || 25 || 0 || 0 || 341 || 161 || 502 || 111 || 48 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 13.6 || 6.4 || 20.1 || 4.4 || 1.9 || 3 |- | 2024 || || 42 || 18 || 1 || 1 || 217 || 113 || 330 || 70 || 40 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.1 || 6.3 || 18.3 || 3.9 || 2.2 || 0 |- | 2025 || || 42 || 21 || 1 || 1 || 264 || 114 || 378 || 61 || 53 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.6 || 5.4 || 18.0 || 2.9 || 2.5 || 0 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 216 !! 12 !! 23 !! 2485 !! 1481 !! 3966 !! 761 !! 510 !! 0.1 !! 0.1 !! 11.5 !! 6.9 !! 18.4 !! 3.5 !! 2.4 !! 15 |}
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