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Former Collingwood captain Dick Lee was the first VFL/AFL player to kick 500 goals

This page is a collection of VFL/AFL goalkicking 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.

Most VFL/AFL goals

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Below are the players who have kicked at least 500 goals at VFL/AFL level.

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

Updated to the end of round 24, 2024.

# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per game 		Average
per season 		Career span Ref.
1 Tony Lockett 1360 St Kilda (1983–1994; 898 goals, 183 games)‡ 281 4.84 75.56 1983–1999, 2002 [1]
Sydney (1995–1999, 2002; 462 goals, 98 games)
2 Gordon Coventry 1299‡ Collingwood‡ 306 4.25 72.17 1920–1937 [2]
3 Jason Dunstall 1254‡ Hawthorn‡ 269 4.66 89.57 1985–1998 [3]
4 Lance Franklin 1066 Hawthorn (2005–2013; 580 goals, 182 games) 354 3.01 56.11 2005–2023 [4]
Sydney (2014–2023; 486 goals, 172 games)
5 Doug Wade 1057 Geelong (1961–1972; 834 goals, 208 games) 267 3.96 70.47 1961–1975 [5]
North Melbourne (1973–1975; 223 goals, 59 games)
6 Gary Ablett Sr. 1031 Hawthorn (1982; 10 goals, 6 games) 248 4.16 68.73 1982, 1984–1997 [6]
Geelong (1984–1997; 1021 goals, 242 games)‡
7 Jack Titus 970‡ Richmond‡ 294 3.30 53.89 1926–1943 [7]
8 Matthew Lloyd 926‡ Essendon‡ 270 3.43 61.73 1995–2009 [8]
9 Leigh Matthews 915 Hawthorn 332 2.76 53.82 1969–1985 [9]
10 Peter McKenna 874 Collingwood (1965–1975; 838 goals, 180 games) 191 4.58 72.83 1965–1975, 1977 [10]
Carlton (1977; 36 goals, 11 games)
11 Bernie Quinlan 817 Footscray (1969–1977; 241 goals, 177 games) 366 2.23 45.39 1969–1986 [11]
Fitzroy (1978–1986; 576 goals, 189 games)
12 Matthew Richardson 800 Richmond 282 2.84 47.06 1993–2009 [12]
13 Tom Hawkins 796 Geelong 359 2.22 44.22 2007–2024 [13]
14 Jack Riewoldt 787 Richmond 347 2.26 46.29 2007–2023 [14]
15 Kevin Bartlett 778 Richmond 403 1.93 40.95 1965–1983 [15]
16 Saverio Rocca 748 Collingwood (1992–2000; 514 goals, 156 games) 257 2.91 49.87 1992–2006 [16]
Kangaroos (2001–2006; 234 goals, 101 games)
17 Barry Hall 746 St Kilda (1996–2001; 144 goals, 88 games) 289 2.58 46.63 1996–2011 [17]
Sydney (2002–2009; 467 goals, 162 games)
Western Bulldogs (2010–2011; 135 goals, 39 games)
18 Stephen Kernahan 738‡ Carlton‡ 251 2.94 61.50 1986–1997 [18]
19 Bill Mohr 735 St Kilda 195 3.77 56.54 1929–1941 [19]
20 Peter Hudson 727 Hawthorn 129 5.64 80.78 1967–1974, 1977 [20]
Wayne Carey 727 North Melbourne/Kangaroos (1989–2001; 671 goals, 244 games)‡ 272 2.67 48.47 1989–2001, 2003–2004 [21]
Adelaide (2003–2004; 46 goals, 28 games)
22 Josh Kennedy 723 Carlton (2006–2007; 11 goals, 22 games) 293 2.47 42.53 2006–2022 [22]
West Coast (2008–2022; 712 goals, 271 games)‡
23 Harry Vallence 722 Carlton 204 3.54 55.54 1926–1938 [23]
24 Nick Riewoldt 718 St Kilda 336 2.14 42.24 2001–2017 [24]
25 Dick Lee 707 Collingwood 230 3.07 41.59 1906–1922 [25]
26 Matthew Pavlich 700‡ Fremantle‡ 353 1.98 41.18 2000–2016 [26]
27 Bob Pratt 681‡ South Melbourne‡ 158 4.31 61.91 1930–1939, 1946 [27]
28 Jack Moriarty 662 Essendon (1922; 36 goals, 13 games) 170 3.89 60.18 1922, 1924–1933 [28]
Fitzroy (1924–1933; 626 goals, 157 games)‡
29 Jeremy Cameron 642 Greater Western Sydney (2012–2020; 427 goals, 171 games)‡ 252 2.55 48.67 2012–present [29]
Geelong (2021–present; 215 goals, 81 games)
30 Taylor Walker 641‡ Adelaide‡ 278 2.31 38.25 2008–present [30]
31 Eddie Betts 640 Carlton (2005–2013, 2020–2021; 330 goals, 218 games) 350 1.83 37.65 2005–2021 [31]
Adelaide (2014–2019; 310 goals, 132 games)
32 Alastair Lynch 633 Fitzroy (1988–1993; 173 goals, 120 games) 306 2.07 37.24 1988–2004 [32]
Brisbane Bears (1994–1996; 89 goals, 32 games)
Brisbane Lions (1997–2004; 371 goals, 154 games)
33 David Neitz 631‡ Melbourne‡ 306 2.06 39.44 1993–2008 [33]
34 Michael Moncrieff 629 Hawthorn 224 2.81 48.38 1971–1983 [34]
35 Brendan Fevola 623 Carlton (1999–2009; 575 goals, 187 games) 204 3.05 51.92 1999–2010 [35]
Brisbane Lions (2010; 48 goals, 17 games)
36 Michael Roach 607 Richmond 200 3.04 46.69 1977–1989 [36]
37 Stewart Loewe 594 St Kilda 321 1.85 34.94 1986–2002 [37]
Jonathan Brown 594‡ Brisbane Lions‡ 256 2.32 39.60 2000–2014 [38]
39 Kelvin Templeton 593 Footscray (1974–1982; 494 goals, 143 games) 177 3.35 49.42 1974–1985 [39]
Melbourne (1983–1985; 99 goals, 34 games)
40 Tony Modra 588 Adelaide (1992–1998; 440 goals, 118 games) 165 3.56 58.80 1992–2001 [40]
Fremantle (1999–2001; 148 goals, 47 games)
41 Jarryd Roughead 578 Hawthorn 283 2.04 38.53 2005–2019 [41]
42 Simon Madden 575 Essendon 378 1.52 30.26 1974–1992 [42]
Simon Beasley 575‡ Footscray‡ 154 3.73 71.88 1982–1989 [43]
44 Richard Osborne 574 Fitzroy (1982–1992; 411 goals, 187 games) 283 2.03 33.76 1982–1998 [44]
Sydney (1993; 39 goals, 16 games)
Footscray (1994–1996; 98 goals, 51 games)
Collingwood (1997–1998; 26 goals, 29 games)
Stephen Milne 574 St Kilda 275 2.09 44.15 2001–2013 [45]
46 Norm Smith 572 Melbourne (1935–1948; 546 goals, 210 games) 227 2.52 35.75 1935–1950 [46]
Fitzroy (1949–1950; 26 goals, 17 games)
47 Paul Salmon 561 Essendon (1983–1995, 2002; 520 goals, 224 games) 324 1.73 29.53 1983–2000, 2002 [47]
Hawthorn (1996–2000; 41 goals, 100 games)
48 Brad Johnson 558 Footscray/Western Bulldogs 364 1.53 32.82 1994–2010 [48]
49 Chris Grant 554 Footscray/Western Bulldogs 341 1.62 30.78 1990–2007 [49]
50 Peter Daicos 549 Collingwood 250 2.20 36.60 1979–1993 [50]
Fraser Gehrig 549 West Coast (1995–2000; 159 goals, 115 games) 260 2.11 39.21 1995–2008 [51]
St Kilda (2001–2008; 390 goals, 145 games)
Warren Tredrea 549‡ Port Adelaide‡ 255 2.15 39.21 1997–2010 [52]
53 Dick Harris 548 Richmond 196 2.80 49.82 1934–1944 [53]
Luke Breust 548 Hawthorn 298 1.84 40.62 2011–present [54]
55 Lindsay White 540 Geelong (1941, 1944–1950; 429 goals, 117 games) 142 3.80 54.00 1941–1950 [55]
South Melbourne (1942–1943; 111 goals, 25 games)
56 John Coleman 537 Essendon 98 5.48 89.50 1949–1954 [56]
57 Jack Darling 532 West Coast 298 1.79 40.33 2011–present [57]
58 Brian Taylor 527 Richmond (1980–1984; 156 goals, 43 games) 140 3.76 47.91 1980–1990 [58]
Collingwood (1985–1990; 371 goals, 97 games)
59 Daniel Bradshaw 524 Brisbane Bears (1996; 0 goals, 3 games) 231 2.27 34.93 1996–2010 [59]
Brisbane Lions (1997–2009; 496 goals, 219 games)
Sydney (2010; 28 goals, 9 games)
60 Michael O'Loughlin 521 Sydney 303 1.72 34.73 1995–2009 [60]
61 Brent Harvey 518 North Melbourne/Kangaroos 432 1.20 20.57 1996–2016 [61]
62 Steve Johnson 516 Geelong (2002–2015; 452 goals, 253 games) 293 1.75 32.25 2002–2017 [62]
Greater Western Sydney (2016–2017; 64 goals, 40 games)
63 Peter Sumich 514 West Coast 150 3.43 57.11 1989–1997 [63]
64 John Longmire 511 North Melbourne/Kangaroos 200 2.56 42.58 1988–1999 [64]

Club goalkicking record holders

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Below are the players who hold the record for most goals kicked at their respective clubs.

Bold Current player

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

Club Player Goals Games Years Ref.
Adelaide Taylor Walker 641 278 2008–present [30]
Brisbane Bears Roger Merrett 285 164 1988–1996 [65]
Brisbane Lions Jonathan Brown 594 256 2000–2014 [38]
Carlton Stephen Kernahan 738 251 1986–1997 [18]
Collingwood Gordon Coventry 1299 306 1920–1937 [2]
Essendon Matthew Lloyd 926 270 1995–2009 [8]
Fitzroy Jack Moriarty 626 157 1924–1933 [28]
Footscray/Western Bulldogs Simon Beasley 575 154 1982–1989 [43]
Fremantle Matthew Pavlich 700 353 2000–2016 [26]
Geelong Gary Ablett Sr. 1021 242 1984–1997 [6]
Gold Coast Tom Lynch 254 131 2011–2018 [66]
Greater Western Sydney Jeremy Cameron 427 171 2012–2020 [29]
Hawthorn Jason Dunstall 1254 269 1985–1998 [3]
Melbourne David Neitz 631 306 1993–2008 [33]
North Melbourne/Kangaroos Wayne Carey 671 244 1989–2001 [21]
Port Adelaide Warren Tredrea 549 255 1997–2010 [52]
Richmond Jack Titus 970 294 1926–1943 [7]
South Melbourne/Sydney Bob Pratt 681 158 1930–1939, 1946 [27]
St Kilda Tony Lockett 898 183 1983–1994 [1]
University Roy Park 111 44 1912–1914 [67]
West Coast Josh Kennedy 712 271 2008–2022 [22]

VFL/AFL goalkicking record holder

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Below are the players who have held the record for the most goals kicked at VFL/AFL level, beginning with the first player to reach 100 goals.[68]

Player Total to
break record 		Record broken Career goals Club(s) Career span
Archie Smith First to reach 100 goals (round 9, 1902) 119 Collingwood 1897–1902
Jack Leith 120 Round 14, 1903 162 Melbourne 1897–1908, 1911–1912
Teddy Lockwood 127 Round 2, 1904 144 Geelong (1899–1901; 45 games, 61 goals) 1899–1905
Collingwood (1902–1905; 53 games, 83 goals)
Mick Grace 145 Round 9, 1906 214 Fitzroy (1897–1900; 65 games, 55 goals) 1897–1900, 1903–1908
Carlton (1903–1907; 86 games, 133 goals)
St Kilda (1908; 16 games, 26 goals)
Dick Lee 215 Round 7, 1910 707 Collingwood 1906–1922
Len Mortimer 280 Round 14, 1913 289 South Melbourne 1906–1915
Dick Lee 281 Round 15, 1913 707 Collingwood 1906–1922
Gordon Coventry 708 Preliminary final, 1930 1299 Collingwood 1920–1937
Tony Lockett 1300 Round 10, 1999 1360 St Kilda (1983–1994; 183 games, 898 goals) 1983–1999, 2002
Sydney (1995–1999, 2002; 98 games, 462 goals)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Tony Lockett". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Gordon Coventry". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Jason Dunstall". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Lance Franklin". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Doug Wade". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Gary Ablett". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Jack Titus". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Matthew Lloyd". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Leigh Matthews". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Peter McKenna". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Bernie Quinlan". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Matthew Richardson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Tom Hawkins". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Jack Riewoldt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Kevin Bartlett". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Saverio Rocca". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Barry Hall". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  18. ^ a b "Stephen Kernahan". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Bill Mohr". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Peter Hudson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Wayne Carey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Josh Kennedy". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Harry Vallence". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  24. ^ "Nick Riewoldt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Dick Lee". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  26. ^ a b "Matthew Pavlich". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  27. ^ a b "Bob Pratt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  28. ^ a b "Jack Moriarty". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  29. ^ a b "Jeremy Cameron". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  30. ^ a b "Taylor Walker". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  31. ^ "Eddie Betts". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  32. ^ "Alastair Lynch". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  33. ^ a b "David Neitz". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  34. ^ "Michael Moncrieff". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  35. ^ "Brendan Fevola". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  36. ^ "Michael Roach". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  37. ^ "Stewart Loewe". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  38. ^ a b "Jonathan Brown". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  39. ^ "Kelvin Templeton". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  40. ^ "Tony Modra". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  41. ^ "Jarryd Roughead". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  42. ^ "Simon Madden". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  43. ^ a b "Simon Beasley". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  44. ^ "Richard Osborne". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  45. ^ "Stephen Milne". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  46. ^ "Norm Smith". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  47. ^ "Paul Salmon". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  48. ^ "Brad Johnson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  49. ^ "Chris Grant". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  50. ^ "Peter Daicos". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  51. ^ "Fraser Gehrig". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  52. ^ a b "Warren Tredrea". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  53. ^ "Dick Harris". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  54. ^ "Luke Breust". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  55. ^ "Lindsay White". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  56. ^ "John Coleman". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  57. ^ "Jack Darling". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  58. ^ "Brian Taylor". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  59. ^ "Daniel Bradshaw". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  60. ^ "Michael O'Loughlin". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  61. ^ "Brent Harvey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  62. ^ "Steve Johnson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  63. ^ "Peter Sumich". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  64. ^ "John Longmire". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  65. ^ "Roger Merrett". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  66. ^ "Tom Lynch". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  67. ^ "Roy Park". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  68. ^ "Miscellaneous Goal Kicking Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

Sources

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