List of VFL/AFL records

This is a list of records from the Australian Football League (AFL) since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Team records

Team wins, losses and draws

Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF-BF	%	For	GA-BA	%	Agn	%	Win%
Adelaide	663	358	2	303	9164.8314	52.4	63298	8524.7557	53.0	58701	107.83	54.15
Brisbane Bears †	222	72	2	148	2852.2606	52.3	19718	3521.3259	51.9	24385	80.86	32.88
Brisbane Lions	519	235	6	278	6992.6345	52.4	48297	7220.6397	53.0	49717	97.14	45.86
Carlton	2505	1426	34	1045	30403.31980	48.7	214398	27985.29919	48.3	197829	108.38	57.60
Collingwood	2547	1540	27	980	31496.33215	48.7	222191	27888.29903	48.3	197231	112.66	60.99
Essendon	2470	1381	35	1054	30559.31212	49.5	214566	28244.29655	48.8	199119	107.76	56.62
Fitzroy †	1928	869	25	1034	21102.23701	47.1	150313	22350.24426	47.8	158526	94.82	45.72
Fremantle	557	247	1	309	6945.6217	52.8	47887	7517.6611	53.2	51713	92.60	44.43
Geelong	2443	1330	23	1090	30090.30753	49.5	211293	27910.29350	48.7	196810	107.36	54.91
Gold Coast	190	47	1	142	2035.2002	50.4	14212	2837.2544	52.7	19566	72.64	25.00
Greater Western Sydney	175	75	3	97	2116.1964	51.9	14660	2417.2078	53.8	16580	88.42	43.71
Hawthorn	1990	977	11	1002	25867.24974	50.9	180176	25382.25668	49.7	177960	101.25	49.37
Melbourne	2413	1089	21	1303	28005.29085	49.1	197115	29495.30274	49.3	207244	95.11	45.57
North Melbourne	1978	880	17	1081	24941.24453	50.5	174099	26416.25944	50.5	184440	94.39	44.92
Port Adelaide	521	267	5	249	6958.6209	52.8	47957	6863.6028	53.2	47206	101.59	51.73
Richmond	2269	1153	22	1094	28266.29159	49.2	198755	28219.28668	49.6	197982	100.39	51.30
St Kilda	2386	925	27	1434	26215.27686	48.6	184976	29753.30596	49.3	209114	88.46	39.33
Sydney	2444	1166	24	1254	28569.30122	48.7	201536	28959.30482	48.7	204236	98.68	48.20
University †	126	27	2	97	841.1135	42.6	6181	1245.1597	43.8	9067	68.17	22.22
West Coast	768	435	6	327	10554.9533	52.5	72857	9799.8742	52.9	67536	107.88	57.03
Western Bulldogs	1952	876	22	1054	23662.23797	49.9	165769	25088.24764	50.3	175292	94.57	45.44
Source: AFL Tables. Last updated: 2 July 2019. (†) = Defunct Club

Highest and lowest scores

Highest
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	37.17.239	Geelong	Brisbane Bears	1992	7	Carrara Stadium
2	36.22.238	Fitzroy	Melbourne	1979	17	VFL Park
3	36.20.236	Sydney	Essendon	1987	17	Sydney Cricket Ground
4	37.11.233	Geelong	Melbourne	2011	19	Kardinia Park
5	36.15.231	Hawthorn	Fitzroy	1991	6	North Hobart Oval
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Lowest
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	0.1.1	St Kilda	Geelong	1899	3 (FS)	Corio Oval
2	0.2.2	St Kilda	South Melbourne	1897	3	Lake Oval
	0.2.2	St Kilda	Geelong	1899	14	Corio Oval
	0.2.2	Melbourne	Fitzroy	1899	2 (FS)	Brunswick Street Oval
5	0.3.3	St Kilda	South Melbourne	1897	10	Junction Oval
	0.3.3	St Kilda	Essendon	1897	12	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013. (FS) = Sectional Round in Finals

All these scores were from the first three years of VFL competition, when scores in general were much lower. The following table shows the lowest scores since 1919 (the first year of complete competition following World War I):

Lowest since 1919
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	1.0.6	Fitzroy	Footscray	1953	5	Western Oval
2	0.8.8	Richmond	St Kilda	1961	16	Junction Oval
3	1.5.11	St Kilda	Melbourne	1957	16	Junction Oval
4	1.7.13	Hawthorn	Melbourne	1926	9	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	1.7.13	Richmond	Collingwood	1927	GF	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	1.7.13	Fremantle	Adelaide	2009	15	Football Park
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Highest losing scores and lowest winning scores

Highest losing scores
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Opponent’s score	Year	Round	Venue
1	25.13.163	Geelong	Hawthorn	26.15.171	1989	6	Princes Park
2	25.9.159	Kangaroos	Essendon	27.9.171	2001	16	Melbourne Cricket Ground
3	23.19.157	Fitzroy	Melbourne	24.23.167	1978	2	Melbourne Cricket Ground
4	24.11.155	South Melbourne	Geelong	26.11.167	1978	19	Lake Oval
5	24.10.154	South Melbourne	Melbourne	24.23.167	1979	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Lowest winning scores
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Opponent’s score	Year	Round	Venue
1	1.8.14	Essendon	Melbourne	0.8.8	1897	3 (Finals)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	1.9.15	Geelong	Melbourne	0.10.10	1897	9	Corio Oval
	2.3.15	South Melbourne	Melbourne	1.7.13	1898	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	1.9.15	Essendon	South Melbourne	0.9.9	1899	3	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
5	1.13.19	Essendon	South Melbourne	2.3.15	1897	6	Lake Oval
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

As with the lowest overall scores, all these were from the first three years of the VFL. The lowest winning scores in more recent times are:

Lowest winning scores since 1919
Rank	Score	Club	Opponent	Opponent’s score	Year	Round	Venue
1	2.13.25	Collingwood	Richmond	1.7.13	1927	GF	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	3.10.28	Essendon	Footscray	3.5.23	1989	13	Windy Hill
3	4.6.30	Carlton	Richmond	3.5.23	1927	17	Princes Park
4	3.13.31	Collingwood	Essendon	4.6.30	1927	17	Victoria Park
	4.7.31	Collingwood	Geelong	3.11.29	1951	14	Kardinia Park
	3.13.31	Carlton	Geelong	2.12.24	1977	12	Princes Park
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Highest scores for each quarter

Quarter	Score	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1st	15.4.94	Essendon	Gold Coast	2011	6	Docklands Stadium
2nd	14.2.86	Adelaide	Fitzroy	1996	17	Football Park
3rd	13.4.82	Essendon	Footscray	1982	22	Western Oval
4th	17.4.106	South Melbourne	St Kilda	1919	12	Lake Oval
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Greatest winning margins

Rank	Margin	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	190	Fitzroy	Melbourne	1979	17	VFL Park
2	186	Geelong	Melbourne	2011	19	Kardinia Park
3	178	Collingwood	St Kilda	1979	4	Victoria Park
4	171	South Melbourne	St Kilda	1919	12	Lake Oval
5	168	Richmond	North Melbourne	1931	2	Punt Road Oval
Source: . Last updated: 20 August 2013.

Biggest comebacks

Deficit from end of 1/4 time:

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final Score	Opponent	Final Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	58	Essendon	27.9.171	Kangaroos	25.9.159	2001	16	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	55	St Kilda	15.22.112	Hawthorn	14.15.99	1937	2	Glenferrie Oval
3	51	Hawthorn	17.7.109	St Kilda	14.12.96	1999	12	Waverley Park
4	48	Richmond	19.13.127	Sydney Swans	16.14.110	1982	21	Sydney Cricket Ground
	48	West Coast Eagles	16.17.113	Western Bulldogs	15.10.100	1998	10	WACA Ground
Source: http://afl.allthestats.com/?itm=211134&fmqtr=0. Last updated: 14 January 2011.

Deficit from end of 1/2 time:

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final Score	Opponent	Final Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	52	Collingwood	14.23.107	St Kilda	15.10.100	1970	10	Victoria Park
2	50	Melbourne	17.17.119	Fremantle	15.23.113	2008	7	Melbourne Cricket Ground
3	49	Geelong	17.10.112	Collingwood	17.9.111	1972	20	Kardinia Park
	49	Hawthorn	26.15.171	Geelong	25.13.163	1989	6	Princes Park
	49	St Kilda	14.10.94	Western Bulldogs	13.9.87	2015	6	Docklands Stadium
Source: http://afl.allthestats.com/?itm=211134&fmqtr=1. Last updated: 14 January 2011.

Deficit from end of 3/4 time:

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final Score	Opponent	Final Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	45	Brisbane Bears	14.20.104	Hawthorn	14.13.97	1995	16	The Gabba
2	44	North Melbourne	15.12.102	Essendon	14.10.94	1947	6	Arden Street Oval
3	41	North Melbourne	12.19.91	Footscray	13.7.85	1936	7	Arden Street Oval
	41	Essendon	18.16.124	Melbourne	19.9.123	1992	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground
5	40	Western Bulldogs	14.15.99	Adelaide	14.13.97	1999	16	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	40	Kangaroos	17.16.118	Sydney Swans	18.4.112	2004	19	Sydney Cricket Ground

Largest comebacks (from any stage of the game):

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final Score	Opponent	Final Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	69pts Q2 10mins	Essendon	27.9.171	Kangaroos	25.9.159	2001	16	MCG
2	63pts Q2 5mins	Hawthorn	17.7.109	St Kilda	14.12.96	1999	12	Waverley Park
3	60pts Q2 27mins	Collingwood	14.23.107	St Kilda	15.10.100	1970	10	Victoria Park
4	56pts Q2 28mins	Hawthorn	26.15.171	Geelong	25.13.163	1989	6	Princes Park
5	55pts at Q1 time	St Kilda	15.22.112	Hawthorn	14.15.99	1937	2	Glenferrie Oval
	55pts Q2 10mins	Collingwood	19.9.123	Richmond	16.13.109	1978	20	Punt Road Oval
	55pts Q3 3mins	St Kilda	14.10.94	Western Bulldogs	13.9.87	2015	6	Docklands Stadium

Highest scores (both teams)

Rank	Score	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	52.33.345	Melbourne	21.15.141	St Kilda	31.18.204	1978	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground
=2	51.31.337	Geelong	35.18.228	St Kilda	16.13.109	1989	7	Kardinia Park
=2	50.37.337	Hawthorn	21.23.149	Richmond	29.14.188	1985	5	Princes Park
=4	51.28.334	North Melbourne	35.19.229	Sydney	16.9.105	1993	6	Princes Park
=4	51.28.334	Hawthorn	26.15.171	Geelong	25.13.163	1989	6	Princes Park
Source:[1]

Lowest scores (both teams)

Rank	Score	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	1.16.22	Essendon	1.8.14	Melbourne	0.8.8	1897	FR3	Lake Oval
2	1.18.24	Essendon	1.9.15	South Melbourne	0.9.9	1899	3	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
3	1.19.25	Geelong	1.9.15	Melbourne	0.10.10	1897	9	Corio Oval
4	3.10.28	Melbourne	1.7.13	South Melbourne	2.3.15	1898	6	MCG
5	3.11.29	Carlton	3.6.24	South Melbourne	0.5.5	1899	8	Princes Park
Source:[2]

Lowest scores (both teams) since 1919

As with the lowest scores and lowest winning scores, all the lowest aggregate scores above were from the first three years of VFL competition. The lowest match aggregate scores in more recent times are:

Rank	Score	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Year	Round	Venue
1	3.20.38	Collingwood	2.13.25	Richmond	1.7.13	1927	GF	MCG
2	6.15.51	Essendon	3.10.28	Footscray	3.5.23	1989	13	Windy Hill
3=	6.17.53	St Kilda	5.5.35	Essendon	1.12.18	1923	10	Junction Oval
3=	7.11.53	Carlton	4.6.30	Richmond	3.5.23	1927	6	Princes Park
5	5.25.55	Carlton	3.13.31	Geelong	2.12.24	1977	12	Princes Park
6	6.21.57	Footscray	1.8.14	Geelong	5.13.43	1965	12	Western Oval
7	7.16.58	Footscray	3.4.22	Brisbane Bears	4.12.36	1996	16	Western Oval
8	6.23.59	Footscray	4.12.36	Essendon	2.11.23	1955	4	Western Oval
Source:[3]

Most consecutive wins

Rank	Concluded	Games	Team	Commenced
1	Round 13, 1953	23	Geelong	Round 12, 1952
2=	Round 4, 2002	20	Brisbane Lions	Round 10, 2001
2=	Round 20, 2000	20	Essendon	Round 1, 2000
2=	Round 18, 1929	20	Collingwood	Semifinal, 1928
5=	Round 19, 2009	19	St Kilda	Round 1, 2009
5=	Round 13, 1956	19	Melbourne	Round 15, 1955
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Individual records

Most Disposals (since 1965)

Rank	Player	Disposals[5]	Year vs Team
1	Tom Mitchell	54	2018 vs Collingwood
2	Greg Williams	53	1989 vs St Kilda
	Gary Ablett Jr.	53	2012 vs Collingwood
4	Barry Price	52	1971 vs Fitzroy
5	Scott Thompson	51	2011 vs Gold Coast
	Lachie Neale	51	2019 vs Richmond

Most career goals

Rank	Goals	Games	Player	Club/Clubs	Career
1	1360	281	Tony Lockett	St Kilda, Sydney	1983–1999, 2002
2	1299	306	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1920–1937
3	1254	269	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	1985–1998
4	1057	267	Doug Wade	Geelong, North Melbourne	1959–1975
5	1031	248	Gary Ablett, Sr.	Hawthorn, Geelong	1982, 1984–1997
Source: . Last updated: 27 March 2019.

Most goals in a game

Fred Fanning

Rank	Score	Player	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	18.1	Fred Fanning	Melbourne	St Kilda	1947	19	Junction Oval
2	17.4	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	Fitzroy	1930	12	Victoria Park
	17.5	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	Richmond	1992	7	Waverley Park
4	16.5	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	Hawthorn	1929	13	Victoria Park
	16.1	Peter Hudson	Hawthorn	Melbourne	1969	5	Glenferrie Oval
	16.4	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	South Melbourne	1969	19	Victoria Park
	16.0	Tony Lockett	Sydney Swans	Fitzroy	1995	19	Whitten Oval
Source: . Last updated: 14 January 2011.

Most goals in a season

Bob Pratt

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: . Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Most seasons as leading goalkicker

For season by season list see Coleman Medal.

Dick Lee

Rank	Seasons	Player	Club/Clubs
1	7	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
	4	Lance Franklin	Hawthorn, Sydney
Source: . Last updated: 20 May 2009. Note: This table does not take into account goals scored in finals.

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: . Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Most goals on debut

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Venue
1	12	John Coleman	Essendon	Hawthorn	1949	1	Windy Hill
2	9	Bill Wood	Footscray	Collingwood	1944	3	Whitten Oval
	9	Warren Ralph	Carlton	North Melbourne	1984	1	Waverley Park
4	8	John Georgiades	Footscray	Carlton	1989	1	Princes Park
	8	Scott Cummings	Essendon	Sydney Swans	1994	14	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Source: Official statistical history of the AFL (book). Last updated: 2007.

Most consecutive games with one or more goals

Rank	Streak	Player	Club/s	Start	End
1	121	Peter McKenna	Collingwood	1968	1974
2	114	Tony Lockett	St Kilda, Sydney	1993	2002
3	98	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood	1932	1937
4	97	Dick Lee	Collingwood	1910	1918
5	90	Doug Wade	Geelong, North Melbourne	1971	1975
Source: AFL Tables. Last updated: 13 July 2015.

Most career games for no goals

Rank	Games	Player	Club/Clubs	Start	End
1	182	Ted Potter	Collingwood	1963	1972
2	172	Gary Malarkey	Geelong	1977	1986
3	166	Les Gardiner	Essendon	1943	1953
4	162	Jamie Shanahan	St Kilda, Melbourne	1992	1999
5	154	Ian Synman	St Kilda	1958	1969
Source: AFL Tables. Last updated: 9 July 2007.

Most career games

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

Rank	Games	Player	Club	Career span
1	432	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne	1996–2016
2	426	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn	1972–1991
3	403	Kevin Bartlett	Richmond	1965–1983
4	400	Dustin Fletcher	Essendon	1993–2015
5	389	Shaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide, Hawthorn	2001–Present

Most consecutive games

Adam Goodes

Rank	Games	Player	Club
1	244	Jim Stynes	Melbourne
2	226	Adem Yze	Melbourne
3	204	Adam Goodes	Sydney
4	202	Jack Titus	Richmond
5	200	Brett Kirk	Sydney

Most games for each club

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

Brad Johnson

Club	Games	Player	Career span
Adelaide	340	Andrew McLeod	1995–2010
Brisbane Bears	164	Roger Merrett	1988–1996
Brisbane Lions	322	Simon Black	1998–2013
Carlton	375	Craig Bradley	1986–2002
Collingwood	316	Scott Pendlebury	2006-Present
Essendon	400	Dustin Fletcher	1993–2015
Fitzroy	333	Kevin Murray	1955–1964, 1967–1974
Footscray/Western Bulldogs	364	Brad Johnson	1994–2010
Fremantle	353	Matthew Pavlich	2000–2016
Geelong	332	Corey Enright	2001–2016
Gold Coast	188	Jarrod Harbrow	2011–present
Greater Western Sydney	171	Jeremy Cameron	2012–present
Hawthorn	426	Michael Tuck	1972–1991
Melbourne	306	David Neitz	1993–2008
North Melbourne	432	Brent Harvey	1996–2016
Port Adelaide	300	Kane Cornes	2001–2015
Richmond	403	Kevin Bartlett	1965–1983
St Kilda	383	Robert Harvey	1988–2008
South Melbourne/Sydney	372	Adam Goodes	1999–2015
University	101	Bert Hurrey	1908–1913
West Coast	290	Dean Cox	2000–2014
Source: . Last updated: 20 October 2020.

Youngest players

Age on their debut:

Wels Eicke

Rank	Age	Player	Club	Year
1	15 years, 209 days	Claude Clough	St Kilda	1900
2	15 years, 287 days	Keith Bromage	Collingwood	1953
3	15 years, 297 days	Albert Collier	Collingwood	1925
4	15 years, 305 days	Tim Watson	Essendon	1977
5	15 years, 315 days	Wels Eicke	St Kilda	1909
Sources: Official statistical history of the AFL (book), Australian Football.com. Last updated: 2013.

Oldest players

Age in their last game:

Jack Leith

Rank	Age	Player	Club	Year
1	43 years, 50 days	Vic Cumberland	St Kilda	1920
2	40 years, 23 days	Dustin Fletcher	Essendon	2015
3	39 years, 296 days	Jack Leith	Melbourne	1912
4	39 years, 239 days	Syd Barker, Sr.	North Melbourne	1927
5	39 years, 181 days	Jim Flynn	Carlton	1910
Source: . Last updated: 29 July 2020.

Most premierships

Harry Collier

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

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: AFL Tables. Last updated: 5 July 2015.

Most finals games

Rank	Games	Player	Club/Clubs
1	39	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn
2	35	Shaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide (14) Hawthorn (21)
3	34	Joel Selwood	Geelong
4	31	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
	31	Harry Taylor	Geelong
Source: AFL Tables. Last updated: 24 October 2020.

Most finals goals

Jack Titus

Rank	Total	Player	Club/Clubs
1	112	Gordon Coventry	Collingwood
2	78	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn
3	74	Jack Titus	Richmond
4	72	Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn
5	69	Lance Franklin	Hawthorn (46) / Sydney (23)
Last updated: 9 September 2017.

Most games coached

Rank	Total	Player	Club/Clubs
1	718	Mick Malthouse	Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood, Carlton
2	714	Jock McHale	Collingwood
3	678	Kevin Sheedy	Essendon, Greater Western Sydney
4	575	Allan Jeans	St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond
5	522	Tom Hafey	Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney
Source: . Last updated: 31 May 2015.

Most wins as coach

Rank	Total	Player	Club/Clubs
1	467	Jock McHale	Collingwood
2	406	Mick Malthouse	Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood, Carlton
3	389	Kevin Sheedy	Essendon, Greater Western Sydney
4	357	Allan Jeans	St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond
5	336	Tom Hafey	Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney
Source: . Last updated: 31 May 2015.

Most premierships as coach

Rank	Total	Coach	Year
1	8	Jock McHale	1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936
2	6	Norm Smith	1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964
3	5	Jack Worrall	1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912
	5	Frank 'Checker' Hughes	1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948
4	4	Dick Reynolds	1942, 1946, 1949, 1950
	4	Tom Hafey	1967, 1969, 1973, 1974
	4	Ron Barassi	1968, 1970, 1975, 1977
	4	Allan Jeans	1966, 1983, 1986, 1989
	4	David Parkin	1978, 1981, 1982, 1995
	4	Kevin Sheedy	1984, 1985, 1993, 2000
	4	Leigh Matthews	1990, 2001, 2002, 2003
	4	Alastair Clarkson	2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
Source: . Last updated: 6 May 2019.

Most games played and coached

Rank	Total	Coach/Player	Teams Coached	Games Coached	Teams Played For	Games Played
1	929	Kevin Sheedy	Essendon, Greater Western Sydney	678	Richmond	251
2	892	Mick Malthouse	Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood, Carlton	718	St Kilda, Richmond	174
3	878	Jock McHale	Collingwood	714	Collingwood	261 (97 games as playing coach)
4	793	Leigh Matthews	Collingwood, Brisbane	461	Hawthorn	332
5	729	David Parkin	Hawthorn, Carlton, Fitzroy	518	Hawthorn	211
Source: AFL Tables – Coaches. Last updated: 31 May 2015.

Most Brownlow Medals

For a 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

Most club best and 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

See also

• List of SANFL records
• List of Tasmanian Football League records
• List of WAFL records

References

1. AFL Tables; Most Points in a Game
2. AFL Tables: Fewest Points in a Game
3. Australian Football; AFL – Lowest Match Aggregates Since 1919
4. "AFL Tables - Streaks". afltables.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/teams/allteams/playershi.html

External links

• AFL Tables