VFL/AFL games records

This page is a collection of VFL/AFL games records. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. This list only includes home-and-away matches and finals; representative games (i.e. State of Origin or international rules), pre-season and night series games are excluded from the totals.

Former North Melbourne captain Brent Harvey is the VFL/AFL games record holder with 432 games

Most VFL/AFL games

Below are the players who have played at least 300 games at VFL/AFL level; this list of players is often colloquially referred to as "the 300 club".^[1] Individuals who have participated as a player, coach and/or umpire in 300 league-sanctioned senior games – including home-and-away, pre-season, state representative and international rules games – are awarded life membership of the AFL.^[2]

‡	Most VFL/AFL games for that club
Bold	Current player

Updated to the end of round 22, 2025.

#	Player	Games	Club(s)	Average per season	Career span	Ref.
1	Brent Harvey	432‡	North Melbourne/Kangaroos‡	20.57	1996–2016	[3]
2	Michael Tuck	426‡	Hawthorn‡	20.29	1971–1991	[4]
3	Scott Pendlebury	421‡	Collingwood‡	21.21	2006–present	[5]
4	Shaun Burgoyne	407	Port Adelaide (157 games; 2001–2009)	19.38	2001–2021	[6]
			Hawthorn (250 games; 2010–2021)
5	Kevin Bartlett	403‡	Richmond‡	21.21	1965–1983	[7]
6	Dustin Fletcher	400‡	Essendon‡	17.39	1993–2015	[8]
7	Travis Boak	385‡	Port Adelaide‡	20.61	2007–present	[9]
8	Robert Harvey	383‡	St Kilda‡	18.24	1988–2008	[10]
9	Simon Madden	378	Essendon	19.89	1974–1992	[11]
10	David Mundy	376‡	Fremantle‡	19.79	2004–2022	[12]
11	Craig Bradley	375‡	Carlton‡	22.06	1986–2002	[13]
12	Adam Goodes	372‡	Sydney‡	21.88	1999–2015	[14]
13	Bernie Quinlan	366	Footscray (177 games; 1969–1977)	20.33	1969–1986	[15]
			Fitzroy (189 games; 1978–1986)
14	Brad Johnson	364‡	Footscray/Western Bulldogs‡	21.41	1994–2010	[16]
15	John Blakey	359	Fitzroy (135 games; 1985–1992)	19.94	1985–2002	[17]
			North Melbourne/Kangaroos (224 games; 1993–2002)
	Tom Hawkins	359‡	Geelong‡	19.94	2007–2024	[18]
17	Gary Ablett Jr.	357	Geelong (247 games; 2002–2010, 2018–2020)	18.79	2002–2020	[19]
			Gold Coast (110 games; 2011–2017)
18	Bruce Doull	356	Carlton	19.78	1969–1986	[20]
	Paul Roos	356	Fitzroy (269 games; 1982–1994)	20.94	1982–1998	[21]
			Sydney (87 games; 1995–1998)
20	Joel Selwood	355	Geelong	22.19	2007–2022	[22]
	Patrick Dangerfield	355	Adelaide (154 games; 2008–2015)	19.82	2008–present	[23]
			Geelong (201 games; 2016–present)
22	Lance Franklin	354	Hawthorn (182 games; 2005–2013)	18.63	2005–2023	[24]
			Sydney (172 games; 2014–2023)
23	Matthew Pavlich	353	Fremantle	20.76	2000–2016	[25]
24	Doug Hawkins	350	Footscray (329 games; 1978–1994)	19.44	1978–1995	[26]
			Fitzroy (21 games; 1995)
	Eddie Betts	350	Carlton (218 games; 2005–2013, 2020–2021)	20.59	2005–2021	[27]
			Adelaide (132 games; 2014–2019)
26	Steele Sidebottom	349	Collingwood	20.69	2009–present	[28]
27	Jack Riewoldt	347	Richmond	20.41	2007–2023	[29]
28	Luke Hodge	346	Hawthorn (305 games; 2002–2017)	19.22	2002–2019	[30]
			Brisbane Lions (41 games; 2018–2019)
29	Kade Simpson	342	Carlton	19.00	2003–2020	[31]
30	Chris Grant	341	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	18.94	1990–2007	[32]
	Todd Goldstein	341	North Melbourne (315 games; 2007–2023)	18.28	2007–present	[33]
			Essendon (26 games; 2024–present)
32	Andrew McLeod	340‡	Adelaide‡	21.25	1995–2010	[34]
33	John Rantall	336	South Melbourne (260 games; 1963–1972, 1976–1979)	18.67	1963–1980	[35]
			North Melbourne (70 games; 1973–1975)
			Fitzroy (6 games; 1980)
	Nick Riewoldt	336	St Kilda	19.76	2001–2017	[36]
35	Brendon Goddard	334	St Kilda (205 games; 2003–2012)	20.88	2003–2018	[37]
			Essendon (129 games; 2013–2018)
36	Kevin Murray	333‡	Fitzroy‡	18.50	1955–1964, 1967–1974	[38]
	David Cloke	333	Richmond (219 games; 1974–1982, 1990–1991)	18.50	1974–1991	[39]
			Collingwood (114 games; 1983–1989)
	Shannon Hurn	333‡	West Coast‡	18.50	2006–2023	[40]
39	Leigh Matthews	332	Hawthorn	19.53	1969–1985	[41]
	Justin Madden	332	Essendon (45 games; 1980–1982)	19.53	1980–1996	[42]
			Carlton (287 games; 1983–1996)
	Corey Enright	332	Geelong	20.75	2001–2016	[43]
	Drew Petrie	332	Kangaroos/North Melbourne (316 games; 2001–2016)	19.53	2001–2017	[44]
			West Coast (16 games; 2017)
43	Gary Dempsey	329	Footscray (207 games; 1967–1978)	18.28	1967–1984	[45]
			North Melbourne (122 games; 1979–1984)
	Sam Mitchell	329	Hawthorn (307 games; 2002–2016)	20.56	2002–2017	[46]
			West Coast (22 games; 2017)
45	John Nicholls	328	Carlton	18.22	1957–1974	[47]
	Barry Round	328	Footscray (135 games; 1969–1975)	19.29	1969–1985	[48]
			South Melbourne/Sydney (193 games; 1976–1985)
47	Callan Ward	327	Western Bulldogs (60 games; 2008–2011)	18.53	2008–2025	[49]
			Greater Western Sydney (267 games; 2012–2025)‡
48	Ian Nankervis	325	Geelong	19.12	1967–1983	[50]
	Jason Akermanis	325	Brisbane Bears (38 games; 1995–1996)	20.31	1995–2010	[51]
			Brisbane Lions (210 games; 1997–2006)
			Western Bulldogs (77 games; 2007–2010)
	Jude Bolton	325	Sydney	21.67	1999–2013	[52]
	Jarrad McVeigh	325	Sydney	20.31	2004–2019	[53]
	Heath Shaw	325	Collingwood (173 games; 2004–2013)	19.12	2004–2020	[54]
			Greater Western Sydney (152 games; 2014–2020)
53	Paul Salmon	324	Essendon (224 games; 1983–1995, 2002)	17.05	1983–2000, 2002	[55]
			Hawthorn (100 games; 1996–2000)
	Scott West	324	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	20.25	1993–2008	[56]
55	Nathan Burke	323	St Kilda	19.00	1987–2003	[57]
56	Simon Black	322‡	Brisbane Lions‡	20.13	1998–2013	[58]
	Nick Dal Santo	322	St Kilda (260 games; 2002–2013)	21.47	2002–2016	[59]
			North Melbourne (62 games; 2014–2016)
58	Ted Whitten	321	Footscray	16.05	1951–1970	[60]
	Stewart Loewe	321	St Kilda	18.88	1986–2002	[61]
	Tyson Edwards	321	Adelaide	20.06	1995–2010	[62]
61	Dick Reynolds	320	Essendon	16.84	1933–1951	[63]
62	Jordan Lewis	319	Hawthorn (264 games; 2005–2016)	21.27	2005–2019	[64]
			Melbourne (55 games; 2017–2019)
63	Marcus Ashcroft	318	Brisbane Bears (152 games; 1989–1996)	21.20	1989–2003	[65]
			Brisbane Lions (166 games; 1997–2003)
64	Jack Darling	317	West Coast (298 games; 2011–2024)	21.29	2011–present	[66]
			North Melbourne (19 games; 2025–present)
65	Terry Daniher	313	South Melbourne (19 games; 1976–1977)	18.41	1976–1992	[67]
			Essendon (294 games; 1978–1992)
	Tony Shaw	313	Collingwood	17.39	1977–1994	[68]
	Roger Merrett	313	Essendon (149 games; 1978–1987)	16.47	1978–1996	[69]
			Brisbane Bears (164 games; 1988–1996)‡
	James Kelly	313	Geelong (273 games; 2002–2015)	19.56	2002–2017	[70]
			Essendon (40 games; 2016–2017)
69	Stephen Silvagni	312	Carlton	18.35	1985–2001	[71]
	Mark Ricciuto	312	Adelaide	20.80	1993–2007	[72]
	Robert Murphy	312	Western Bulldogs	17.33	2000–2017	[73]
	Luke Parker	312	Sydney (293 games; 2011–2024)	20.93	2011–present	[74]
			North Melbourne (19 games; 2025–present)
73	Jack Dyer	311	Richmond	16.42	1931–1949	[75]
	Ben Hart	311	Adelaide	20.73	1992–2006	[76]
	Glenn Archer	311	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	19.44	1992–2007	[77]
76	Scott Thompson	308	Melbourne (39 games; 2001–2004)	18.12	2001–2017	[78]
			Adelaide (269 games; 2005–2017)
77	Tim Watson	307	Essendon	18.06	1977–1991, 1993–1994	[79]
78	Gordon Coventry	306	Collingwood	17.00	1920–1937	[80]
	Wayne Schimmelbusch	306	North Melbourne	20.40	1973–1987	[81]
	Alastair Lynch	306	Fitzroy (120 games; 1988–1993)	18.00	1988–2004	[82]
			Brisbane Bears (32 games; 1994–1996)
			Brisbane Lions (154 games; 1997–2004)
	Paul Williams	306	Collingwood (189 games; 1991–2000)	19.13	1991–2006	[83]
			Sydney (117 games; 2001–2006)
	David Neitz	306‡	Melbourne‡	19.13	1993–2008	[84]
	Adam Simpson	306	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	20.40	1995–2009	[85]
	Trent Cotchin	306	Richmond	19.13	2008–2023	[86]
85	Shane Crawford	305	Hawthorn	19.06	1993–2008	[87]
	Jimmy Bartel	305	Geelong	20.33	2002–2016	[88]
	Mitch Duncan	305	Geelong	19.73	2010–present	[89]
	Luke Breust	305	Hawthorn	21.43	2011–present	[90]
89	Russell Greene	304	St Kilda (120 games; 1974–1980)	20.27	1974–1988	[91]
			Hawthorn (184 games; 1980–1988)
90	Chris Langford	303	Hawthorn	20.20	1983–1997	[92]
	Michael O'Loughlin	303	Sydney	20.20	1995–2009	[93]
	Shane Edwards	303	Richmond	18.94	2007–2022	[94]
93	Don Scott	302	Hawthorn	20.13	1967–1981	[95]
	Luke Power	302	Brisbane Lions (282 games; 1998–2011)	20.13	1998–2012	[96]
			Greater Western Sydney (20 games; 2012)
	Nathan Jones	302	Melbourne	18.88	2006–2021	[97]
	Dustin Martin	302	Richmond	20.13	2010–2024	[98]
97	Len Thompson	301	Collingwood (268 games; 1965–1978)	18.81	1965–1980	[99]
			South Melbourne (20 games; 1979)
			Fitzroy (13 games; 1980)
	Shannon Grant	301	Sydney (58 games; 1995–1997)	21.50	1995–2008	[100]
			North Melbourne/Kangaroos (243 games; 1998–2008)
99	Sam Newman	300	Geelong	17.65	1964–1980	[101]
	Barry Breen	300	St Kilda	16.67	1965–1982	[102]
	Francis Bourke	300	Richmond	20.00	1967–1981	[103]
	Kelvin Moore	300	Hawthorn	20.00	1970–1984	[104]
	Garry Foulds	300	Essendon	18.75	1974–1989	[105]
	Mick Martyn	300	North Melbourne/Kangaroos (287 games; 1988–2002)	18.75	1988–2003	[106]
			Carlton (13 games; 2003)
	Gavin Wanganeen	300	Essendon (127 games; 1991–1996)	18.75	1991–2006	[107]
			Port Adelaide (173 games; 1997–2006)
	Rohan Smith	300	Footscray/Western Bulldogs	20.00	1992–2006	[108]
	Kane Cornes	300	Port Adelaide	20.00	2001–2015	[109]
	Marc Murphy	300	Carlton	18.75	2006–2021	[110]

Club games record holders

Below are the players who hold the record for most games played at their respective clubs.

§	VFL/AFL games record holder
Bold	Current player

Updated to the end of round 22, 2025.

Club	Player	Games	Seasons	Ref.
Adelaide	Andrew McLeod	340	1995–2010	[111]
Brisbane Bears	Roger Merrett	164	1988–1996	[112]
Brisbane Lions	Simon Black	322	1998–2013	[113]
Carlton	Craig Bradley	375	1986–2002	[114]
Collingwood	Scott Pendlebury	421	2006–present	[115]
Essendon	Dustin Fletcher	400	1993–2015	[116]
Fitzroy	Kevin Murray	333	1955–1964, 1967–1974	[117]
Footscray/Western Bulldogs	Brad Johnson	364	1994–2010	[118]
Fremantle	David Mundy	376	2004–2022	[119]
Geelong	Tom Hawkins	359	2007–2024	[120]
Gold Coast	David Swallow	247	2011–present	[121]
Greater Western Sydney	Callan Ward	267	2012–2025	[122]
Hawthorn	Michael Tuck	426	1971–1991	[123]
Melbourne	David Neitz	306	1993–2008	[124]
North Melbourne/Kangaroos	Brent Harvey§	432§	1996–2016§	[125]
Port Adelaide	Travis Boak	385	2007–present	[126]
Richmond	Kevin Bartlett	403	1965–1983	[127]
South Melbourne/Sydney	Adam Goodes	372	1999–2015	[128]
St Kilda	Robert Harvey	383	1988–2008	[129]
University	Herbert Hurrey	101	1908–1913	[130]
West Coast	Shannon Hurn	333	2006–2023	[131]

200-game players for one club

Main article: List of VFL/AFL players to have played 200 games for one club

VFL/AFL games record holder

Below are the players who have held the record for the most games played at VFL/AFL level, beginning with the first player to reach 100 games.^[132]

Player	Total to break record	Record broken	Career games	Club(s)	Career span
Charlie Pannam	First to reach 100 games (round 14, 1902)		193	Collingwood (179 games; 1897–1907)	1897–1908
				Richmond (14 games; 1908)
Fred Elliott	194	Grand final, 1910	209	Melbourne (12 games; 1899)	1899–1901, 1903–1911
				Carlton (197 games; 1900–1901, 1903–1911)
Jock McHale	210	Round 10, 1914	261	Collingwood	1903–1920
Vic Thorp	262	Round 15, 1925	263	Richmond	1910–1925
Gordon Coventry	264	Round 11, 1935	306	Collingwood	1920–1937
Jack Dyer	307	Round 9, 1949	311	Richmond	1931–1949
Dick Reynolds	312	Round 13, 1950	320	Essendon	1933–1951
Ted Whitten	321	Round 5, 1970	321	Footscray	1951–1970
John Nicholls	322	Round 9, 1974	328	Carlton	1957–1974
Kevin Murray	329	Round 18, 1974	333	Fitzroy	1955–1964, 1967–1974
John Rantall	334	Round 7, 1980	336	South Melbourne (260 games; 1963–1972, 1976–1979)	1963–1980
				North Melbourne (70 games; 1973–1975)
				Fitzroy (6 games; 1980)
Kevin Bartlett	337	Qualifying final, 1980	403	Richmond	1965–1983
Michael Tuck	404	Round 22, 1990	426	Hawthorn	1971–1991
Brent Harvey	427	Round 19, 2016	432	North Melbourne/Kangaroos	1996–2016

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