List of VFL/AFL records

This is a list of records from the Australian Football League since its inception in 1897 (previously known as the Victorian Football League).

Team records

Team wins, losses and draws

Rank	Team	1st Match	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	PF	PA	% Won
1	Collingwood	8 May 1897	2,268	1,370	24	874	195,728	174,211	60.93
2	Carlton	8 May 1897	2,243	1,325	32	886	191,790	173,247	59.79
3	West Coast Eagles	29 March 1987	496	290	5	201	48,015	44,090	58.97
4	Port Adelaide	29 March 1997	256	147	4	105	24,495	23,158	58.20
5	Essendon	8 May 1897	2,210	1,268	32	910	191,687	174,022	58.10
6	Brisbane Lions	30 March 1997	261	147	5	109	26,714	23,670	57.28
7	Adelaide	22 March 1991	394	207	1	186	37,492	35,792	52.66
8	Geelong	8 May 1897	2,161	1,122	21	1,018	182,448	174,708	52.41
9	Richmond	2 May 1908	2,005	1,018	18	969	175,155	174,251	51.22
10	Melbourne	8 May 1897	2,154	1,007	19	1,128	176,490	181,849	47.19
11	Hawthorn	2 May 1925	1,708	789	9	910	151,745	154,850	46.46
12	South Melbourne/Sydney Swans	8 May 1897	2,163	994	21	1,148	175,715	182,339	46.44
13	Fitzroy	8 May 1897	1,928	869	25	1,034	150,312	158,532	45.72
14	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	2 May 1925	1,682	742	21	919	141,712	150,833	44.74
15	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	2 May 1925	1,710	748	15	947	149,565	159,857	44.18
16	Fremantle	1 April 1995	290	118	0	172	25,625	28,489	40.69
17	St Kilda	8 May 1897	2,119	800	22	1,297	162,263	185,600	38.27
18	Brisbane Bears	27 March 1987	222	72	2	148	19,718	24,385	32.88
19	University	2 May 1908	126	27	2	97	6,181	9,067	22.22
Source: VFL/AFL Tables & Statistics. Last updated: 03 September 2007.

Highest scores

Qualification:220 points

Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Year
1	37.17.239	Geelong	Brisbane Bears	1992
2	36.22.238	Fitzroy	Melbourne	1979
3	36.20.236	Sydney Swans	Essendon	1987
4	36.15.231	Hawthorn	Fitzroy	1991
5	35.19.229	North Melbourne	Sydney Swans	1993
6	35.18.228	Geelong	St Kilda	1989
7	35.15.225	Hawthorn	Geelong	1986
8	34.18.222	Richmond	St Kilda	1980
8	35.12.222	Geelong	Richmond	2007
10	34.16.220	Fitzroy	North Melbourne	1983
Source: [1]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

Greatest winning margins

Qualification:150 points

Rank	Margin	Club	Opponent	Year
1	190	Fitzroy	Melbourne	1979
2	178	Collingwood	St Kilda	1979
3	171	South Melbourne	St Kilda	1919
4	168	Richmond	North Melbourne	1931
5	165	Essendon	South Melbourne	1964
6	164	Geelong	Brisbane Bears	1992
7	163	Sydney Swans	Essendon	1987
8	162	Brisbane Bears	Sydney Swans	1993
9	161	Geelong	St Kilda	1989
10	160	Hawthorn	Essendon	1992
11	157	Hawthorn	Fitzroy	1991
11	157	Geelong	Richmond	2007
13	152	Richmond	St Kilda	1980
14	151	Richmond	Fitzroy	1996
15	150	Fitzroy	North Melbourne	1983
Source: [2]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

Biggest comebacks from a three-quarter time deficit

Qualification:40 points (from 3/4 time)

Rank	Deficit	Club	Opponent	Year
1	45	Brisbane Bears	Hawthorn	1995
2	44	North Melbourne	Essendon	1947
3	41	North Melbourne	Footscray	1936
4	41	Essendon	Melbourne	1992
5	40	Western Bulldogs	Adelaide	1999
6	40	Kangaroos	Sydney Swans	2004
Source: [3]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

Individual records

Goalkicking

Most career goals

Qualification:800 goals

For larger list see AFL All-time Goalkicking records.

Rank	Goals	Player	Club/Clubs	Career
1	1360	Tony Lockett	St Kilda Sydney	1983-2002
2	1299	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1920-1937
3	1254	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1985-1998
4	1057	Doug Wade	Geelong North Melbourne	1959-1975
5	1030	Gary Ablett	Hawthorn Geelong	1982-1997
6	970	Jack Titus	Richmond	1926-1943
7	915	Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn	1969-1985
8	874	Peter McKenna	Collingwood Carlton	1965-1977
9	847	Matthew Lloyd	Essendon	1995-present
10	817	Bernie Quinlan	Footscray Fitzroy	1969-1986
Source: [4]. Last updated: 1 October 2007.

Most goals in a game

Qualification:14 goals

Rank	Goals/Behinds	Player	Club	Year
1	18.1	Fred Fanning	Melbourne	1947
2	17.5	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1992
3	17.4	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1930
4	16.5	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1929
5	16.4	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1969
6	16.1	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	1969
7	16.0	Tony Lockett	Sydney	1995
8	15.9	Kelvin Templeton	Footscray	1979
9	15.5	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1933
10	15.4	Tony Lockett	St Kilda	1992
11	15.3	Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	1934
12	14.7	Gary Ablett	Geelong	1993
13	14.5	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1934
14	14.5	John Coleman	Essendon	1954
15	14.5	Gary Ablett	Geelong	1994

Most goals in a season

Qualification:130 goals (including finals)

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Season
1	150	Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	1934
2	150	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	1971
3	146	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	1970
4	145	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1992
5	143	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1970
6	138	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1989
7	134	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1971
8	132	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1988
9	132	Tony Lockett	St Kilda	1992
10	130	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1972
Source: [5]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Most career games for no goals

Qualification:150 games

Rank	Games	Player	Club/Clubs
1	182	Ted Potter	Collingwood
2	172	Gary Malarkey	Geelong
3	166	Les Gardiner	Essendon
4	162	Jamie Shanahan	St Kilda Melbourne
5	154	Ian Synman	St Kilda
6	151	Jim Gallagher	Footscray
Source: [6]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Most seasons as leading goalkicker

Qualification:3 home and away seasons

For season by season list see Coleman Medal.

Rank	Seasons	Player	Club/Clubs
1	10	Dick Lee	Collingwood
2	6	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
3	4	Doug Wade	Geelong North Melbourne
4	4	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn
5	4	John Coleman	Essendon
6	4	Tony Lockett	St Kilda Sydney
7	3	John Peck	Hawthorn
8	3	Fred Fanning	Melbourne
9	3	Bob Pratt	South Melbourne
10	3	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn
11	3	Matthew Lloyd	Essendon
Source: [7]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Highest goals per game average

Qualification: 4 (from at least 50 games)

Rank	Average	Player	Club/Clubs
1	5.64	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn
2	5.48	John Coleman	Essendon
3	4.84	Tony Lockett	St Kilda Sydney
4	4.66	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn
5	4.58	Peter McKenna	Collingwood Carlton
6	4.31	Bob Pratt	South Melbourne
7	4.30	Ron Todd	Collingwood
8	4.25	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
9	4.15	Gary Ablett	Geelong
Source: [8]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Games

Most career games

Qualification:350 games

For a larger list see List of AFL players to have played 300 games.

Rank	Games	Player	Club/Clubs	Career span
1	426	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn	1972-1991
2	403	Kevin Bartlett	Richmond	1965-1983
3	378	Simon Madden	Essendon	1974-1992
4	375	Craig Bradley	Carlton	1986-2002
5	366	Robert Harvey	St Kilda	1988-present
6	366	Bernie Quinlan	Footscray Fitzroy	1969-1986
7	359	John Blakey	Fitzroy North Melbourne	1985-2002
8	356	Bruce Doull	Carlton	1969-1986
8	356	Paul Roos	Fitzroy Sydney	1982-1998
10	350	Doug Hawkins	Footscray Fitzroy	1978-1995

Most consecutive games

Qualification:170 games (without missing a week)

Rank	Games	Player	Club/Clubs
1	244	Jim Stynes	Melbourne
2	226	Adem Yze	Melbourne
3	204	Adam Goodes	Sydney
4	202	Jack Titus	Richmond
5	194	Jared Crouch	Sydney
6	191	Jock McHale	Collingwood
7	189	Andrew Collins	Hawthorn
8	173	Kevin Bartlett	Richmond
9	170	Marcus Ashcroft	Brisbane Lions

Most games for each club

For a larger list see Australian rules footballers with 200 games for one club.

Rank	Games	Player	Club
1	426	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn	1972-1991
2	403	Kevin Bartlett	Richmond	1965-1983
3	378	Simon Madden	Essendon	1974-1992
4	375	Craig Bradley	Carlton	1986-2002
5	366	Robert Harvey	St Kilda	1988-present
6	341	Chris Grant	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	1990-2007
7	333	Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	1955-1964, 1967-1974
8	325	Ian Nankervis	Geelong	1967-1983
9	313	Tony Shaw	Collingwood	1977-1994
10	312	Mark Ricciuto	Adelaide	1993-2007
11	311	Glenn Archer	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	1992-2007
12	306	David Neitz	Melbourne	1993-2008
13	276	Glen Jakovich	West Coast Eagles	1991-2004
14	277	Michael O'Loughlin	South Melbourne/Sydney Swans	1995-present
15	238	Shane Parker	Fremantle	1995-2007
16	218	Simon Black Nigel Lappin	Brisbane Lions	1998-present 1997-present
17	217	Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide	1997-present
18	164	Roger Merrett	Brisbane Bears	1988-1996
19	101	Bert Hurrey	University	1908-1913
Source: [9]. Last updated: 20 May 2008.

Debuts

Youngest debutants

Qualification:15 years of age

Rank	Age	Player	Club	Year
1	15 years 287 days	Keith Bromage	Collingwood	1953
2	15 years 297 days	Albert Collier	Collingwood	1925
3	15 years 305 days	Tim Watson	Essendon	1977
4	15 years 315 days	Wels Eicke	St Kilda	1909
5	15 years 328 days	Mick Maguire	Richmond	1910
6	15 years 349 days	Len Fitzgerald	Collingwood	1945
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

Most goals on debut

Qualification:8 goals

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Year
1	12	John Coleman	Essendon	1949
2	9	Bill Wood	Footscray	1944
3	9	Warren Ralph	Carlton	1984
4	8	John Georgiades	Footscray	1989
5	8	Scott Cummings	Essendon	1994
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

External links

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