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Big Stats - Players

Goals
1915: Jim Freake kicked 10 goals for Fitzroy against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Behinds
1965: Merv Hobbs kicked 6 behinds for Footscray against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1965: Ken Timms kicked 6 behinds for Essendon against Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1982: Robert Wiley kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1982: Peter Johnston kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1982: Simon Beasley kicked 5 behinds for Footscray against Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1993: Peter Sumich kicked 5 behinds for West Coast against Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2004: Troy Simmonds kicked 5 behinds for Fremantle against Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2010: Travis Cloke kicked 5 behinds for Collingwood against Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2022: Shai Bolton kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
Disposals
Kicks
Handballs
Marks
Hitouts
Tackles
Frees for
Frees against

Player Milestones

Debuts
Last game
1909: Mark Shea played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1909: Bob Smith played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1920: Leo Healy played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1937: Keith Forbes played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1948: Bill Harwood played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1948: Len Pabst played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1982: Peter Keenan played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1992: Dani Laidley played her last game for West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
1993: David Kernahan played his last game for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1994: Jamie Lawson played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2004: Brad Ottens played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2010: Brad Fisher played his last game for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2016: Chris Dawes played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Career games
1909: George Topping played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1937: Ray Martin played his 100th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1948: Bert Clay played his 100th V/AFL game: Fitzroy vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1971: Ted Potter played his 150th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1971: Roger Dean played his 200th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1992: Chris Lewis played his 100th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
1993: Mick Martyn played his 100th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1993: Trevor Poole played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1993: John McCarthy played his 100th V/AFL game: Fitzroy vs. Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1999: Brad Sholl played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1999: Tony Francis played his 150th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2004: Jude Bolton played his 100th V/AFL game: Sydney vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2005: Barnaby French played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2005: Des Headland played his 100th V/AFL game: Fremantle vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2010: Luke Ball played his 150th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2010: Luke Power played his 250th V/AFL game: Brisbane vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2010: Dean Brogan played his 150th V/AFL game: Port Adelaide vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2011: Ricky Dyson played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2016: Tom McDonald played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2016: Lee Spurr played his 100th V/AFL game: Fremantle vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2016: Matthew Pavlich played his 350th V/AFL game: Fremantle vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2020: Sam Frost played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2020: Jaeger O'Meara played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2020: Mitch Robinson played his 200th V/AFL game: Brisbane vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2020: Adam Saad played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2021: Shannon Hurn played his 300th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
2021: Shaun Higgins played his 250th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
2022: Andrew Gaff played his 250th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
2022: Tim Kelly played his 100th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
2022: Shane Edwards played his 300th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
Career goals
1937: Haydn Bunton, Snr kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Fitzroy vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1954: Lou Richards kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1971: Peter McKenna kicked his 500th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1976: Kevin Bartlett kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1982: Alex Marcou kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Carlton vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1982: Gerard Healy kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1988: John Annear kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: West Coast vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1988: Ross Glendinning kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: West Coast vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1999: David Neitz kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1999: Barry Stoneham kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2004: Stuart Dew kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Port Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2016: Adam Cooney kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2020: Luke Breust kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2021: Tom Lynch kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
2022: Jake Stringer kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
Goals in a season
1915: Jim Freake kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fitzroy vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1937: Jack Titus kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1988: Ross Glendinning kicked his 50th goal for the season for West Coast vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1993: Gary Ablett, Snr kicked his 100th goal for the season for Geelong vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2005: Warren Tredrea kicked his 50th goal for the season for Port Adelaide vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2005: Matthew Pavlich kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fremantle vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2016: Eddie Betts kicked his 50th goal for the season for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)

Big Stats - Teams

Final score
Winning margin
Aggregate score
1987: (305 total) Sydney 198 vs. Richmond 107 (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Comeback
2005: North Melbourne won from 40 points down at HT vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2022: Richmond won from 36 points down at HT vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
Big crowds
2015: 66,305 attended Hawthorn vs. Richmond at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)

Birth & Deaths

Births
Deaths

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.