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Career Stat Leaders

See also Goals record, Games record and Individual game records. Bold denotes active player.

VFL/AFL AFLW

VFL/AFL

1965 - R13 2026 except where noted. Stats courtesy of AFL Tables. Some players also had matches before 1965.

Games

From 1897

NumberPlayer
1 306 David Neitz
2 302 Nathan Jones
3 272 Robert Flower
4 271 Adem Yze
5 264 Jim Stynes
6 260 Max Gawn
7 258 Steven Febey
8 254 Brad Green
9 253 Tom McDonald
10 252 Brian Dixon
11 251 James McDonald
12 237 Jack Viney
13 236 Jeff White
14 235 Brett Lovett
15 233 Todd Viney
16 228 Russell Robertson
17 226 Stan Alves
17 226 Garry Lyon
19 224 Cameron Bruce
19 224 Greg Wells

Next highest active player: Christian Salem - 204

Goals

From 1897
Most goals in a season

NumberPlayer
1 631 David Neitz
2 546 Norm Smith
3 428 Russell Robertson
4 426 Garry Lyon
5 411 Fred Fanning
6 378 Jack Mueller
7 350 Brad Green
8 323 Percy Beames
9 315 Robert Flower
10 308 Ron Baggott
11 305 Bayley Fritsch
12 302 Robert C Johnson
13 295 Ron Barassi
14 267 Robert B Johnson
14 267 George Margitich
16 259 Jeff Farmer
17 254 Robert McKenzie
18 251 Greg Wells
19 243 David Schwarz
20 234 Adem Yze

Next highest active player: Kysaiah Pickett - 220

Behinds (from 1965)

NumberPlayer
1 368 David Neitz
2 293 Russell Robertson
3 292 Greg Wells
4 277 Garry Lyon
5 256 Robert Flower
6 201 Brad Green
7 194 Adem Yze
8 188 Christian Petracca
9 181 Gerard Healy
9 181 Stan Alves
9 181 Bayley Fritsch
12 167 Ross Brewer
13 162 David Schwarz
14 159 Allen Jakovich
15 158 Jeff Farmer
16 157 Cameron Bruce
17 151 Kysaiah Pickett
18 147 Brian Wilson
18 147 Darren Bennett
20 146 Greg Healy
20 146 Alan Johnson

Highest active player: Max Gawn - 124

Disposals

Most average disposals in a season

NumberPlayer
1 6761 Nathan Jones
2 5775 Clayton Oliver
3 5337 Jack Viney
4 5222 Greg Wells
5 5094 Robert Flower
6 4995 Christian Petracca
7 4985 Jim Stynes
8 4939 Adem Yze
9 4636 Todd Viney
10 4483 James McDonald
11 4394 Steven Febey
12 4346 Brett Lovett
13 4299 Stan Alves
14 4286 Max Gawn
15 4277 Cameron Bruce
16 4115 Christian Salem
17 4107 Brad Green
18 3866 Tom McDonald
19 3685 Gary Hardeman
20 3604 Jeff White

Next active player: Ed Langdon - 2995

Kicks

NumberPlayer
1 4280 Greg Wells
2 3899 Adem Yze
3 3415 Stan Alves
4 3366 Nathan Jones
5 3359 Robert Flower
6 3242 Jim Stynes
7 2927 Gary Hardeman
8 2919 Steven Febey
9 2750 Christian Salem
10 2687 Todd Viney
11 2656 Garry Lyon
12 2613 Brad Green
13 2553 Brett Lovett
14 2537 Christian Petracca
15 2536 James McDonald
16 2458 Jack Viney
17 2455 David Neitz
18 2446 Max Gawn
19 2399 Tony Sullivan
20 2353 __Tom McDonald

Highest active player: Tom McDonadl - 2392

Handballs

NumberPlayer
1 3424 Clayton Oliver
2 3395 Nathan Jones
3 2879 Jack Viney
4 2458 Christian Petracca
5 2038 Cameron Bruce
6 1949 Todd Viney
7 1947 James McDonald
8 1840 Max Gawn
9 1793 Brett Lovett
10 1743 Jim Stynes
11 1735 Robert Flower
12 1592 Jeff White
13 1494 Brad Green
14 1475 Steven Febey
15 1476 (Angus Brayshaw))
16 1474 Tom McDonald_
17 1472 James Harmes
18 1365 Christian Salem
19 1320 Brian Wilson
20 1297 Ed Langdon

Next active player: Trent Rivers - 889

Marks

Most marks in a season

NumberPlayer
1 1516 Jim Stynes
2 1502 David Neitz
3 1389 Tom McDonald
4 1321 Robert Flower
5 1317 Brad Green
6 1269 Jeff White
7 1214 Max Gawn
8 1177 Cameron Bruce
9 1112 Russell Robertson
10 1103 Garry Lyon
11 1084 Stan Alves
12 1077 Adem Yze
13 1069 Greg Wells
14 1043 Greg Parke
15 949 Christian Salem
16 925 James McDonald
17 922 Brett Lovett
18 899 Nathan Jones
19 894 Gary Hardeman
20 828 Christian Petracca
20 828 Bayley Fritsch

Next active player: Jake Lever - 785

Hitouts

Most hitouts in a season

NumberPlayer
1 8644 Max Gawn
2 4783 Jeff White
3 3494 Mark Jamar
4 3344 Jim Stynes
5 1676 Peter Keenan
6 1077 Peter Moore
7 997 Garry Baker
8 986 Steve O'Dwyer
9 815 Jake Spencer
10 649 Paul Johnson
11 621 Carl Ditterich
12 594 David Schwarz
13 552 Stefan Martin
14 527 Luke Jackson
15 471 Glenn McLean
16 456 Max Walker
17 420 Brent Jones
18 418 Darren Jolly
19 404 Michael Byrne
20 355 Craig McKellar

Next active player: Jacob van Rooyen - 249

Frees For

Most free kicks in a season

NumberPlayer
1 694 Greg Wells
2 559 Jim Stynes
3 525 Laurie Fowler
4 484 Robert Flower
5 460 Tony Sullivan
6 453 Max Gawn
7 428 Stan Alves
8 391 Frank Davis
9 379 Gary Hardeman
10 371 Steven Smith
11 367 Jack Viney
12 354 Gary Baker
13 347 Peter Giles
14 314 Nathan Jones
15 309 Jeff White
16 308 Garry Lyon
17 305 James McDonald
18 299 Steven Febey
19 294 Graeme Yeats
20 287 Greg Healy

Next active player: Tom McDonald - 165

Frees Against

Most free kicks in a season

NumberPlayer
1 541 Gary Hardeman
2 497 Jim Stynes
3 466 Stan Alves
4 461 Greg Wells
4 440 Tony Sullivan
6 402 Robert Flower
7 378 David Neitz
8 377 Todd Viney
9 365 Garry Baker
10 334 Max Gawn
11 328 Nathan Jones
12 321 Garry Lyon
13 320 Brian Wilson
14 314 Clayton Oliver
15 312 Ray Biffin
16 305 David Schwarz
17 295 Gerard Healy
18 274 Graham Osborne
19 270 Barry Bourke
20 268 Frank Davis

Next active player: Jack Viney - 258

Tackles

From 1974
Most tackles in a season

NumberPlayer
1 1396 Jack Viney
2 1178 Clayton Oliver
3 1091 Nathan Jones
4 984 James McDonald
5 769 Alex Neal-Bullen
6 696 Christian Petracca
7 626 Max Gawn
8 617 James Harmes
9 611 Cameron Bruce
10 587 Christian Salem
11 583 Angus Brayshaw
12 573 Aaron Davey
13 548 Brad Green
14 544 Colin Sylvia
15 490 Kysaiah Pickett
16 487 Neville Jetta
17 481 Tom Sparrow
18 472 Brent Moloney
19 464 Tom McDonald
20 450 Adem Yze

Next active player: Bayley Fritsch - 323

Rebound 50s

From 1998
Most Rebound 50s in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Steven May 787
2 Christian Salem 762
3 Adem Yze 646
4 Tom McDonald 640
5 Michael Hibberd 473
6 Paul Wheatley 461
7 James Frawley 461
8 Jake Lever 457
9 Nathan Jones 451
10 Colin Garland 404
11 Trent Rivers 399
12 Nathan Brown 395
12 Lynden Dunn 395
14 Travis Johnstone 380
15 Matthew Whelan 378
16 Max Gawn 364
17 James McDonald 361
18 Daniel Ward 353
19 Cameron Bruce 344
20 Brad Green 338
20 Jared Rivers 338

Next active player: Jake Bowey - 303

Inside 50s

From 1998
Most Inside 50s in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Nathan Jones 1077
2 Christian Petracca 1051
3 Jack Viney 869
4 Adem Yze 863
5 Clayton Oliver 853
6 Brad Green 769
7 James McDonald 739
8 Cameron Bruce 674
9 Max Gawn 663
10 Colin Sylvia 581
11 Jeff White 571
12 Travis Johnstone 570
13 Russell Robertson 546
14 Angus Brayshaw 540
15 Brent Moloney 534
16 Alex Neal-Bullen 527
17 James Harmes 477
18 Andrew Leoncelli 476
19 Aaron Davey 445
20 Christian Salem 412

Next active player: Ed Langdon - 409

Clearances

From 1998
Most Clearances in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Clayton Oliver 1327
2 Jack Viney 1161
3 Nathan Jones 1111
4 Max Gawn 997
5 Christian Petracca 842
6 James McDonald 731
7 Jeff White 597
8 Brent Moloney 555
9 Andrew Leoncelli 514
10 Adem Yze 481
11 Angus Brayshaw 422
12 Shane Woewodin 395
13 Cameron Bruce 390
14 Dom Tyson 375
15 Travis Johnstone 363
16 Guy Rigoni 360
17 Brock McLean 346
18 Colin Sylvia 345
18 James Harmes 345
20 Mark Jamar 320

Next active player: Tom Sparrow - 288

Clangers

From 1998
Most Clangers in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Clayton Oliver 902
2 Jack Viney 878
3 Max Gawn 802
4 Nathan Jones 796
5 Christian Petracca 783
6 Tom McDonald 542
7 Angus Brayshaw 493
8 Christian Salem 478
9 Adem Yze 468
10 Brad Green 456
11 James McDonald 454
12 Kysaiah Pickett 447
13 Alex Neal-Bullen 443
14 James Harmes 439
15 Cameron Bruce 435
16 Colin Sylvia 407
17 Jeff White 392
18 Aaron Davey 376
19 Bayley Fritsch 375
20 Ed Langdon 374

Next active player: Jake Melksham - 331

Contested Possessions

From 1999
Most Contested Possessions in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Clayton Oliver 3019
2 Jack Viney 2628
3 Max Gawn 2555
4 Nathan Jones 2514
5 Christian Petracca 2454
6 James McDonald 1660
7 Cameron Bruce 1551
8 Tom McDonald 1386
9 Adem Yze 1365
10 Angus Brayshaw 1326
11 Brad Green 1255
12 Jeff White 1227
13 James Harmes 1172
14 Russell Robertson 1169
15 Colin Sylvia 1098
16 Brent Moloney 1087
17 Alex Neal-Bullen 1080
18 Christian Salem 1069
19 David Neitz 986
20 Aaron Davey 986

Next active player: Ed Langdon - 878

Uncontested Possessions

From 1999
Most Uncontested Possessions in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Nathan Jones 4296
2 Clayton Oliver 2791
3 Jack Viney 2783
4 Brad Green 2768
5 Cameron Bruce 2704
6 Christian Salem 2689
7 Christian Petracca 2613
8 James McDonald 2548
9 Tom McDonald 2441
10 Adem Yze 2333
11 Angus Brayshaw 2166
12 Ed Langdon 2105
13 Jeff White 2066
14 Nathan Brown 1852
15 Max Gawn 1753
16 Alex Neal-Bullen 1748
17 James Harmes 1706
18 Colin Sylvia 1621
19 Aaron Davey 1603
20 Jack Watts 1599

Next active player: Trent Rivers - 1533

Contested Marks

From 1999
Most Contested Marks in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Max Gawn 533
2 David Neitz 357
3 Russell Robertson 289
4 Tom McDonald 246
5 Brad Green 174
6 Jeremy Howe 163
7 Jeff White 160
8 Cameron Bruce 159
9 Steven May 144
10 Jared Rivers 135
10 Bayley Fritsch 135
12 Mark Jamar 127
13 Jesse Hogan 124
13 Harrison Petty 124
15 Jake Lever 121
16 Adem Yze 112
17 Jack Watts 112
18 David Schwarz 92
19 Brad Miller 89
20 Christian Petracca 89

Next active player: Jake Melksham - 75

Marks Inside 50

From 1999
Most Marks Inside 50 in a season

NumberPlayer
1 David Neitz 589
2 Russell Robertson 473
3 Brad Green 375
4 Bayley Fritsch 318
5 Cameron Bruce 208
6 Christian Petracca 193
7 Jesse Hogan 183
8 Tom McDonald 182
8 Jake Melksham 182
10 Max Gawn 180
11 Adem Yze 177
12 Kysaiah Pickett 150
13 Brad Miller 147
14 Jack Watts 134
15 David Schwarz 104
16 Jacob van Rooyen 103
17 Jeff Garlett 102
18 Jeff Farmer 101
19 Jeff White 99
20 Colin Sylvia 99

Next active player: Harrison Petty - 77

One Percenters

From 1999
Most One Percenters in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Tom McDonald 1433
2 Jared Rivers 894
3 Steven May 836
4 Max Gawn 818
5 Jake Lever 803
6 Colin Garland 689
7 James Frawley 565
8 Oscar McDonald 528
9 Lynden Dunn 466
10 Cameron Bruce 437
11 Neville Jetta 429
12 Harrison Petty 425
13 Matthew Whelan 410
14 Jeff White 366
15 Alistair Nicholson 364
16 Michael Hibberd 346
17 Sam Frost 334
18 James McDonald 333
19 Paul Wheatley 326
20 Matthew Warnock 325

Next active player: Jack Viney - 279

Bounces

From 1999
Most Bounces in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Travis Johnstone 324
2 Aaron Davey 290
3 Cameron Bruce 203
4 James McDonald 190
5 Nathan Brown 177
6 Brad Green 175
7 Colin Sylvia 183
8 Daniel Ward 156
9 Adem Yze 154
10 Nathan Jones 140
11 Brent Moloney 123
12 Brock McLean 117
13 Jayden Hunt 105
14 Lynden Dunn 95
15 Cale Morton 94
16 Paul Wheatley 90
17 Jack Grimes 82
18 Kysaiah Pickett 81
19 Matthew Whelan 80
19 Clint Bizzell 80
19 Byron Pickett 80

Next active player: Tom McDonald - 79

Goal Assists

From 2003
Most Goal Assists in a season

NumberPlayer
1 Christian Petracca 195
2 Nathan Jones 135
3 Clayton Oliver 118
3Jake Melksham 118
5 Alex Neal-Bullen 107
6 Aaron Davey 103
7 Bayley Fritsch 99
8 Jack Viney 98
9 Colin Sylvia 93
10 Kysaiah Pickett 86
11 Brad Green 85
12 Jack Watts 82
13 Tom McDonald 79
14 Cameron Bruce 71
15 Charlie Spargo 65
16 James McDonald 64
16 Russell Robertson 64
16 Max Gawn 64
19 Angus Brayshaw 60
20 Travis Johnstone 59
20 Ed Langdon 59

Next active player: Kade Chandler - 48

AFLW

To end 2025. Stats courtesy AFLWstats.com

Games

NumberPlayer
1 Kate Hore 93
2 Paxy Paxman 92
3 Tyla Hanks 87
3 Lauren Pearce 87
5 Eden Zanker 86
6 Lily Mithen 82
7 Sarah Lampard 78
7 Shelley Heath 78
9 Alyssa Bannan 74
10 Sinead Goldrick 61
11 Megan Fitzsimon 60
12 Eliza McNamara 59
13 Libby Birch 55
13 Daisy Pearce 55
15 Shelley Scott 49
15 Tahlia Gillard 49
17 Tayla Harris 48
17 Casey Sherriff 48
19 Maddie Gay 47
20 Maeve Chaplin 45

Next active player - Olivia Purcell - 37

Goals

NumberPlayer
1 Kate Hore 105
2 Eden Zanker 77
3 Alyssa Bannan 62
4 Tayla Harris 48
5Paxy Paxman 29
6 Shelley Scott 26
7 Tegan Cunningham 25
7 Daisy Pearce 25
9 Tyla Hanks 23
10 Megan Fitzsimon 14
11 Georgia Gall 13
12 Lauren Pearce 12
12 Maddie Gay 12
14 Aliesha Newman 11
15 Alyssa Mifsud 10
16 Casey Sherriff 9
16 Eliza McNamara 9
16 Ryleigh Wotherspoon 9
19 Georgia Campbell 7
19 Olivia Purcell__ 7
19 Blaithin Mackin 7

Behinds

NumberPlayer
1 Kate Hore 80
2 Eden Zanker 48
3 Tayla Harris 39
4 Alyssa Bannan 38
5 Paxy Paxman 33
6 Shelley Scott 25
7 Tyla Hanks 23
8 Daisy Pearce 22
9 Casey Sherriff 21
10 Tegan Cunningham 19
11 Aliesha Newman 17
12 Lauren Pearce 15
12 Megan Fitzsimon 15
14 Maddie Gay 13
15 Ryleigh Wotherspoon 11
15 Eliza McNamara 11
17 Eliza West 10
17 Olivia Purcell 10
17 Blaithin Mackin 10
20 Jacqueline Parry 9

Next active player: Sinead Goldrick, Alyssia Pisano, and Shelley Heath - 6

Disposals

NumberPlayer
1 Paxy Paxman 1725
2 Tyla Hanks 1562
3 Kate Hore 1417
4 Lily Mithen 1285
5 Eliza McNamara 1012
6 Lauren Pearce 1011
7 Eden Zanker 890
8 Sarah Lampard 855
9 Shelley Heath 828
10 Olivia Purcell 777
11 Daisy Pearce 725
12 Sinead Goldrick 708
13 Megan Fitzsimon 669
14 Maddie Gay 633
15 Alyssa Bannan 611
16 Libby Birch 569
16 Eliza West 569
18 Maeve Chaplin 548
19 Elise O'Dea 487
20 Tayla Harris 485

Next active player - Shelley Scott - 483

Kicks

NumberPlayer
1 Paxy Paxman 1067
2 Tyla Hanks 887
3 Kate Hore 877
4 Lily Mithen 759
5 Eliza McNamara 683
6 Eden Zanker 550
7 Sarah Lampard 484
8 Daisy Pearce 471
9 Lauren Pearce 442
10 Megan Fitzsimon 432
11 Maddie Gay 426
12 Libby Birch 415
13 Sinead Goldrick 388
14 Shelley Heath 380
15 Maeve Chaplin 368
16 Olivia Purcell 359
17 Alyssa Bannan 347
18 Tayla Harris 325
19 Blaithin Mackin 321
20 Elise O'Dea 315

Next active player - ((Tayla Harris) - 304

Handballs

NumberPlayer
1 Tyla Hanks 675
2 Paxy Paxman 658
3 Lauren Pearce 569
4 Kate Hore 540
5 Lily Mithen 526
6 Shelley Heath 448
7 Olivia Purcell 418
8 Sarah Lampard 371
9 Eliza West 370
10 Eden Zanker 340
11 Eliza McNamara 329
12 Sinead Goldrick 320
13 Alyssa Bannan 264
14 Daisy Pearce 254
15 Megan Fitzsimon 237
16 Maddie Gay 207
17 Shelley Scott 195
18 Maeve Chaplin 180
19 Elise O'Dea 172
20 Casey Sherriff 171

Next active player - Tayla Harris - 160

Marks

NumberPlayer
1 Kate Hore 301
2 Paxy Paxman 263
3 Eden Zanker 226
4 Lily Mithen 211
5 Eliza McNamara 167
5 Tyla Hanks 167
7 Tayla Harris 166
8 Lauren Pearce 149
9 Libby Birch 143
10 Shelley Scott 142
11 Sarah Lampard 129
12 Alyssa Bannan 121
13 Daisy Pearce 115
14 Maddie Gay 103
15 Tahlia Gillard 98
16 Shelley Heath 96
16 (Maeve Chaplin)) 96
18 Sinead Goldrick 86
19 Elise O'Dea 85
19 Casey Sherriff 85

Next active player - Megan Fitzsimon - 83

Tackles

NumberPlayer
1 Tyla Hanks 445
2 Shelley Heath 386
3 Kate Hore 371
4 Lily Mithen 307
5 Paxy Paxman 300
6 Megan Fitzsimon 258
7 Eden Zanker 234
8 Eliza McNamara 231
9 Eliza West 193
10 Sinead Goldrick 184
11 Maddie Gay 180
12 Alyssa Bannan 179
13 Sarah Lampard 162
14 Daisy Pearce 160
15 Casey Sherriff 159
16 Lauren Pearce 156
16 Olivia Purcell 156
18 Shelley Scott 146
19 Maeve Chaplin 127
19 Elise O'Dea 127

Next active player - Ryleigh Wotherspoon - 100

Hitouts

NumberPlayer
1 Lauren Pearce 1350
2 Georgia Campbell 345
3 Eden Zanker 281
4 Tayla Harris 198
5 Rhiannon Watt 132
6 Maggie Caris 69
6 Harriet Cordner 69
8 Erin Hoare 66
9 Tegan Cunningham 52
10 Tahlia Gillard 43
11 Madeleine Boyd 39
12 Richelle Cranston 11
12 Jacqueline Parry 11
14 Sarah Perkins 7
14 Shelley Scott 7
16 Jessica Anderson 4
17 Georgia Gall 3
18 Alyssa Bannan 2
18 Alyssa Mifsud 2
18 Cat Phillips 2

Contested possessions

NumberPlayer
1 Kate Hore 736
2 Lauren Pearce 720
3 Tyla Hanks 710
4 Paxy Paxman 682
5 Lily Mithen 506
6 Eden Zanker 474
7 Shelley Heath 442
8 Eliza McNamara 414
9 Sinead Goldrick 409
10 Olivia Purcell 376
11 Daisy Pearce 353
12 Eliza West 327
13 Megan Fitzsimon 312
14 Sarah Lampard 300
15 Alyssa Bannan 293
16 Maddie Gay 292
17 Tayla Harris 268
18 Shelley Scott 250
19 Elise O'Dea 214
20 Maeve Chaplin 209
20 Libby Birch 209

Next active player - Tahlia Gillard - 199