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

Contents 1 Team records 1.1 Team wins, losses and draws 1.2 Highest scores 1.3 Greatest winning margins 1.4 Biggest comebacks 2 Individual records 2.1 Goalkicking 2.1.1 Most career goals 2.1.2 Most goals in a game 2.1.3 Most goals in a season 2.1.4 Most seasons as leading goalkicker 2.1.5 Highest goals per game average 2.1.6 Most goals on debut 2.1.7 Most career games for no goals 2.2 Games 2.2.1 Most career games 2.2.2 Most consecutive games 2.2.3 Most games for each club 2.3 Age records 2.3.1 Youngest players 2.3.2 Oldest players 2.4 Finals 2.4.1 Most premierships 2.4.2 Most Grand Final appearances 2.4.3 Most finals games 2.4.4 Most finals goals 2.5 Coaching 2.5.1 Most games coached 2.5.2 Most wins as coach 2.6 Awards 2.6.1 Most Brownlow Medals 2.6.2 Most club best & fairests 3 External links

[edit] Team records

[edit] Team wins, losses and draws

Rank	Team	1st Match	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	PF	PA	% Won
1	Collingwood	8 May 1897	2,268	1,242	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.

[edit] Highest scores

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
Source: [1]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

[edit] Greatest winning margins

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
Source: [2]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

[edit] Biggest comebacks

Deficit given is 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
	40	Kangaroos	Sydney Swans	2004
Source: [3]. Last updated: 10 July 2007.

[edit] Individual records

[edit] Goalkicking

[edit] Most career goals

For larger list see AFL All-time Goalkicking records.

Rank	Goals	Player	Club/Clubs	Career
1	1360	Tony Lockett	St Kilda, Sydney	1983-1999, 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, Sr.	Hawthorn, Geelong	1982-1997
Source: [4]. Last updated: 10 June 2009.

[edit] Most goals in a game

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

[edit] Most goals in a season

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Season
1	150	Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	1934
	150	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	1971
3	146	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	1970
4	145	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1992
5	143	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1970
Source: [5]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

[edit] Most seasons as leading goalkicker

For season by season list see Coleman Medal.

Rank	Seasons	Player	Club/Clubs
1	8	Dick Lee	Collingwood
2	6	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
3	5	John Coleman	Essendon
4	4	Fred Fanning	Melbourne
	4	Doug Wade	Geelong, North Melbourne
	4	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn
	4	Tony Lockett	St Kilda, Sydney
Source: [6]. Last updated: 20 May 2009. Note: This table does not take into account goals scored in finals.

[edit] Highest goals per game average

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
Source: [7]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

[edit] Most goals on debut

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Year
1	12	John Coleman	Essendon	1949
2	9	Bill Wood	Footscray	1944
	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.

[edit] Most career games for no goals

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
Source: [8]. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

[edit] Games

[edit] Most career 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	383	Robert Harvey	St Kilda	1988-2008
4	378	Simon Madden	Essendon	1974-1992
5	375	Craig Bradley	Carlton	1986-2002

[edit] Most consecutive games

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

[edit] 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	383	Robert Harvey	St Kilda	1988-2008
4	378	Simon Madden	Essendon	1974-1992
5	375	Craig Bradley	Carlton	1986-2002
6	349	Brad Johnson	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	1990-present
7	333	Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	1955-1964, 1967-1974
8	328	Andrew Mcleod	Adelaide	1995-present
9	325	Ian Nankervis	Geelong	1967-1983
10	313	Tony Shaw	Collingwood	1977-1994
11	311	Glenn Archer	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	1992-2007
12	306	David Neitz	Melbourne	1993-2008
13	303	Michael O'Loughlin	South Melbourne/Sydney Swans	1995-2009
14	276	Glen Jakovich	West Coast Eagles	1991-2004
15	256	Simon Black	Brisbane Lions	1998-present
16	248	Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide	1997-present
17	238	Shane Parker	Fremantle	1995-2007
18	164	Roger Merrett	Brisbane Bears	1988-1996
19	101	Bert Hurrey	University	1908-1913
Source: [9]. Last updated: 19 September 2009.

[edit] Age records

[edit] Youngest players

Age on their debut

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
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

[edit] Oldest players

Age in their last game

Rank	Age	Player	Club	Year
1	43 years, 48 days	Vic Cumberland	St Kilda	1920
2	39 years, 296 days	Jack Leith	Melbourne	1912
3	39 years, 239 days	Syd Barker, Sr.	North Melbourne	1927
4	39 years, 180 days	Jim Flynn	Carlton	1910
5	38 years, 291 days	Craig Bradley	Carlton	2002
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2009.

[edit] Finals

[edit] Most premierships

Rank	Total	Player	Club
1	7	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn
2	6	Frank Adams	Melbourne
	6	Ron Barassi	Melbourne, Carlton
	6	Albert Collier	Collingwood
	6	Harry Collier	Collingwood
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

[edit] Most Grand Final appearances

Rank	Games	Player	Club
1	11	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn
2	10	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
	10	Albert Collier	Collingwood
	10	Dick Reynolds	Essendon
	10	Bill Hutchison	Essendon
Source: All The Stats Last updated: October 9, 2008.

[edit] Most finals games

Rank	Games	Player	Club
1	39	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn
2	31	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
3	29	Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn
	29	Wayne Schimmelbusch	North Melbourne
	29	Bruce Doull	Carlton
Source: All The Stats Last updated: October 9, 2008.

[edit] Most finals goals

Rank	Total	Player	Club
1	112	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
2	78	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn
3	74	Jack Titus	Richmond
4	72	Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn
5	65	Stephen Kernahan	Carlton
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

[edit] Coaching

[edit] Most games coached

Rank	Total	Player	Club/Clubs
1	713	Jock McHale	Collingwood
2	635	Kevin Sheedy	Essendon
3	613	Mick Malthouse	Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood
4	575	Allan Jeans	St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond
5	522	Tom Hafey	Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney
Source: [10]. Last updated: 25 September 2009.

[edit] Most wins as coach

Rank	Total	Player	Club/Clubs
1	467	Jock McHale	Collingwood
2	386	Kevin Sheedy	Essendon
3	357	Allan Jeans	St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond
4	336	Tom Hafey	Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney
5	335	Mick Malthouse	Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 21 June 2009.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Most Brownlow Medals

For year by year list see List of Brownlow Medal winners.

Rank	Awards	Player	Club/Clubs	Years
1	3	Haydn Bunton, Sr.	Fitzroy	1931, 1932, 1935
	3	Dick Reynolds	Essendon	1934, 1937, 1938
	3	Bob Skilton	South Melbourne	1959, 1963, 1968
	3	Ian Stewart	St Kilda, Richmond	1965, 1966, 1971

[edit] Most club best & fairests

Rank	Awards	Player	Club/Clubs	Years
1	9	Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969
	9	Bob Skilton	South Melbourne	1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
3	8	Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn	1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
4	7	Dick Reynolds	Essendon	1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943
	7	Bill Hutchison	Essendon	1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956
	7	Gary Dempsey	Footscray, North Melbourne	1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979
	7	Scott West	Western Bulldogs	1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005

[edit] External links

• AFL Tables
• Allthestats