The Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak to record their fifth win of the year on Sunday against Adelaide.
Sunday's win marked the 1000th victory in the club's history, making Hawthorn become the eighth football club in VFL/AFL history to reach this milestone.
We've taken a look at the stats from the game that we think may have gone a little unnoticed or deserve to be talked about further.
DUO RUCK DIFFERENCE
Captain Ben McEvoy made his long-awaited return to play just his second game for the season after recovering from a neck injury.
His presence didn't go unnoticed, with Ned Reeves and McEvoy finally able to again pair up to get the ruck work done.
The duo dominated, with Reeves and McEvoy finishing with 26 and 20 hit-outs respectively.
Their combined total of 46 was the second most across the competition for Round 17, with the brown and gold pair falling just three hit-outs short of Melbourne's premiership ruck combination of Max Gawn and Luke Jackson.
The total also sits significantly higher than the side's average of 30.6 for 2022 and was the Hawks' second best result for the year, with the first being McEvoy's last game in Hawthorn's Round 2 win against Port Adelaide.
YOUNG GUN’S BRILLIANT SHUTDOWN OF STAR
Finn Maginness was tasked with a defensive tagging role on Adelaide's Jordan Dawson, who’s been in impressive form in recent weeks.
And the youngster blanketed Dawson on the day, restricting the gun Crow to a season-low 15 disposals - a significant change from his 2022 season average of 24.6.
Dawson had recorded at least six marks in 21 straight games before Sunday's match, the longest active streak of any player in the AFL in this category, but on the weekend he only recorded the one.
Finn restricted Dawson's impact across several other categories including leaving him with two intercept possessions (6.7 season average), 258 metres gained (582) and one rebound 50 (6.1).
BIG OPENING TERM
A six-goal opening term saw Hawthorn tally its best quarter-time scoreboard result in 2022, surpassing their 34-point opening quarter against Sydney in Round 6.
The Hawks efficiency on the scoreboard was largely due to their kicks inside 50, with 11 of their 14 kicks entering forward 50 finding a teammate and zero kicks resulting in turnovers.
Hawthorn's efficiency in front of goal was impressive in Sunday's match, recording 7.3 45 from general play, while holding to Adelaide to just the one goal for the match from this shot source.
THE BIG DISPOSAL GETTERS
Tom Mitchell recorded 16 contested possessions in Sunday's match, making this the 49th game in his career with 15 or more contested possessions in a game.
This moves him to equal 20th on the all-time VFL/AFL list for total games with 15-plus contested possessions with David Mundy.
Meanwhile, Blake Hardwick played his career-best game, finishing with a team-high 32 disposals - the seventh most of any player across the league in Round 17.
Arguably more impressive was how well he used the ball when he had it, with his disposal efficiency of 87.5 per cent the highest of any player for the round who finished with 30 or more disposals.
Playing more predominately in the midfield, Dylan Moore's move from his usual forward role arguably paid off with the youngster finishing with 29 disposals, at an efficiency of 86.2 per cent.
He also managed to drive the ball inside 50 more than any other player on the field, finishing with eight for the match which was the eighth highest of any player across the league for the round.
MITCH'S BAG OF FIVE
It was a tale of two halves for Mitch Lewis, but he still was still the match winner on the day with a career-best five goal all in the first half.
The feat marked the first Hawthorn player to kick five goals in a half since Luke Breust in 2018.
Lewis looked ominous early, kicking three goals in the first quarter alone to set up the Hawks’ dominant start to the contest.
