DOB: 13 April 2002
Debut: Round 1, 2021 vs Gold Coast at Carrara
From: South Morang/Northern Knights, selection #5, 2020 AFLW National Draft
Number: 16 (2021-2023), 6 (2024 list-)
Honours:
Premiership player - 2022 spring season
Grand Final player - 2022 summer season
Rising Star nomination - Round 2, 2022
Leading goalkicker - 2024
Games: 59* (to end 2024)
Goals: 53*
Career statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 44 | 0 | 15 | 74.57 |
Statistical categories led:
Most games and Most goals in number 16
Equal most goals in a game: 5 - Round 7, 2023 vs West Coast
Key forward picked with Melbourne's first selection in the 2020 AFLW National Draft. She debuted in the opening round of the new season and played every game. In her second season, Bannan used her athletic skills to play a wing role. She played every game in 2022, kicking an average of a goal a game, winning a Rising Star nomination, and playing in the Grand Final side.
Bannan played every game in the 2022 spring season, appearing in Melbourne's winning Grand Final. Again played every game in 2023, and kicked a club record equalling five goals in Round 7, but only one more goal for the rest of the year. At the end of the season Bannan signed a contract extension to 2027.
After just one goal in the first five games of 2024, Bannan improved in the second half of the season to finish with 12, including a best on ground performance while kicking four goals in Round 8 against Richmond.
| Year | Games | Goals | AFL B&F |
| 2021 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 Summer | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2022 Spring | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
Media
Draftcentral.com - 29/09/2020
afl.com.au - 16/09/2023
melbournefc.com.au - 16/12/2023