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List of Adelaide Football Club records and statistics

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This article contains records and statistics for the Adelaide Football Club (Adelaide Crows) who have played in the Australian Football League since 1991. The information on this article does not take into consideration games played against non-AFL teams.

This article is correct to the end of the 2024 AFL season unless otherwise stated.

Main sources of information: afltables.com[1] and afl.com.au[2]

Win–loss records

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Active teams

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Source Updated to the end of 2024

Team Games Wins Losses Draws Win%
Brisbane Lions 40 18 21 1 46.3%
Carlton 45 24 21 0 53.3%
Collingwood 50 15 34 1 31.0%
Essendon 44 20 25 0 44.4%
Fremantle 44 24 20 0 54.6%
Geelong 51 21 30 0 41.2%
Gold Coast 19 15 4 0 79.0%
Greater Western Sydney 18 11 7 0 61.1%
Hawthorn 49 22 27 0 44.9%
Melbourne 46 26 20 0 56.5%
North Melbourne 51 29 22 0 56.7%
Port Adelaide 56 28 28 0 50.0%
Richmond 44 26 18 0 59.1%
St Kilda 49 31 17 1 64.3%
Sydney 47 25 22 0 53.2%
West Coast 56 26 30 0 46.4%
Western Bulldogs 50 23 27 0 46.0%

Discontinued teams

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Team Games Wins Losses Draws Win%
Brisbane Bears 9 7 0 2 77.78%
Fitzroy 9 6 0 3 66.67%

Score records

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Highest scores

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Highest score in a game by Adelaide Crows (2024)
Highest score G.B Opponent Opp. Score G.B Venue Game
188 30.8 Essendon 50 6.14 Football Park round 10, 2006
187 29.13 Greater Western Sydney 52 7.10 Sydney Showground Stadium round 7, 2013
185 29.11 Richmond 48 7.6 Football Park round 17, 1997
180 28.12 North Melbourne 107 16.11 Football Park round 24, 1991
178 27.16 Greater Western Sydney 59 8.11 Sydney Showground Stadium round 16, 2012
178 28.10 Richmond 84 12.12 MCG round 1, 1993
177 27.15 Brisbane Lions 39 6.3 Adelaide Oval round 20, 2016
176 27.14 Carlton 104 16.8 Docklands Stadium round 22, 2009
174 27.12 West Coast 52 8.4 Adelaide Oval round 13, 2023
171 27.9 Essendon 59 8.11 Docklands Stadium round 20, 2015
171 26.15 Richmond 32 4.8 Football Park round 16, 1993
169 24.25 Geelong 78 11.12 Football Park round 23, 1992
168 25.18 Brisbane Lions 63 9.9 The Gabba round 20, 2014
167 25.17 Fremantle 74 11.8 Football Park round 2, 1998
166 26.10 Essendon 70 10.10 Football Park elimination final, 2009
166 26.10 Fitzroy 67 9.13 Football Park round 17, 1996
165 26.9 Carlton 61 8.13 Docklands round 23, 2018
163 24.19 Richmond 53 7.11 MCG round 20, 1992
162 25.12 North Melbourne 100 15.10 Docklands Stadium round 20, 2001
161 24.17 Western Bulldogs 93 13.15 MCG preliminary final, 1998
161 23.23 Essendon 65 9.11 Football Park round 4, 1996

Lowest scores

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Lowest Score in a game by Adelaide Crows (2024)
Lowest Score G.B Opponent Opp. Score G.B Venue Game
21 2.9 Essendon 84 11.18 Docklands Stadium round 17, 2021
24 3.6 St Kilda 127 19.13 Docklands Stadium round 18, 2011
29 [a] 4.5 Gold Coast 82 12.10 Carrara Stadium round 3, 2020
31 4.7 St Kilda 162 24.18 Moorabbin Oval round 7, 1991
32 4.8 Hawthorn 88 12.16 MCG round 13, 2018
33 [a] 4.9 Richmond 77 12.5 Adelaide Oval round 18, 2020
34 4.10 Fremantle 69 9.15 Perth Stadium round 3, 2024
34 4.10 Footscray 118 17.16 Western Oval round 20, 1994
34 [a] 4.10 Fremantle 54 8.6 Carrara Stadium round 5, 2020
34 [a] 5.4 West Coast 67 10.7 The Gabba round 6, 2020
35 [a] 5.5 Port Adelaide 110 17.8 Adelaide Oval round 2, 2020
37 5.7 Collingwood 160 23.22 Victoria Park round 15, 1991
37 [a] 5.7 Melbourne 88 13.10 Adelaide Oval round 10, 2020
37 [a] 5.7 Geelong 65 9.11 Adelaide Oval round 13, 2020
38 5.8 Geelong 91 13.13 Kardinia Park round 19, 1994
38 [a] 5.8 Collingwood 62 10.2 Adelaide Oval round 11, 2020
38 5.8 Port Adelaide 87 12.15 Adelaide Oval round 8, 2021
39 4.15 Greater Western Sydney 106 15.16 Adelaide Oval round 7, 2021

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biggest wins

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Biggest winning margins by Adelaide Crows (2024)
Margin G.B Score Opponent G.B Opp. Score Venue Game
139 26.15 171 Richmond 4.8 32 Football Park round 16, 1993
138 27.15 177 Brisbane Lions 6.3 39 Adelaide Oval round 20, 2016
138 30.8 188 Essendon 6.14 50 Football Park round 10, 2006
137 29.11 185 Richmond 7.6 48 Football Park round 17, 1997
135 29.13 187 Greater Western Sydney 7.10 52 Sydney Showground Stadium round 7, 2013
122 27.12 174 West Coast 8.4 52 Adelaide Oval round 13, 2023
119 27.16 178 Greater Western Sydney 8.11 59 Sydney Showground Stadium round 16, 2012
117 19.16 130 Fremantle 1.7 13 Football Park round 15, 2009
112 27.9 171 Essendon 8.11 59 Docklands Stadium round 20, 2015
110 22.19 151 Collingwood 5.11 41 Football Park round 21, 2005
110 24.19 163 Richmond 7.11 53 MCG round 20, 1992
105 25.18 168 Brisbane Lions 9.9 63 The Gabba round 20, 2014
104 26.9 165 Carlton 8.13 61 Docklands Stadium round 23, 2018
100 20.23 143 Fremantle 6.7 43 Adelaide Oval round 10, 2017

Biggest losses

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Biggest losing margins by Adelaide Crows (2024)
Margin G.B Score Opponent G.B Opp. Score Venue Game
141 6.12 48 Brisbane Lions 29.15 189 The Gabba round 17, 2004
135 5.12 42 West Coast 26.21 177 Subiaco Oval round 19, 1995
131 4.7 31 St Kilda 24.18 162 Moorabbin Oval round 7, 1991
123 12.15 87 Geelong 32.18 210 Kardinia Park round 8, 1992
123 5.7 37 Collingwood 23.22 160 Victoria Park round 15, 1991
122 8.12 60 Essendon 27.20 182 MCG round 14, 1995
118 5.11 41 Sydney 25.9 159 SCG round 20, 1999
114 10.13 73 West Coast 29.13 187 WACA Ground round 4, 2000
103 3.6 24 St Kilda 19.13 127 Docklands Stadium round 18, 2011

Biggest upsets

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Biggest upset wins by Adelaide Crows based on previous 20 games (2024)
Form Score Opponent Opp. Form Opp. Score Venue Game
4W 0D 16L 15.13 (103) Geelong 14W 0D 6L 13.13 (91) Adelaide Oval round 1, 2021
3W 0D 17L 8.11 (59) Greater Western Sydney 12W 0D 8L 7.5 (47) Adelaide Oval round 16, 2020
5W 0D 15L 15.6 (96) Port Adelaide 13W 0D 7L 13.14 (92) Adelaide Oval round 3, 2022
7W 0D 13L 15.6 (96) Melbourne 15W 0D 5L 14.11 (95) Adelaide Oval round 10, 2021
7W 1D 12L 7.14 (56) West Coast 15W 0D 5L 6.10 (46) Football Park round 4, 1995

Coaching records

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^ Denotes current coach
Adelaide Crows Coaching Record (2024)
Coach Seasons Games Wins Draws Losses Win percentage Grand finals
Neil Craig 2004–2011 166 92 0 74 55.42% 0
Gary Ayres 2000–2004 107 55 0 52 51.40% 0
Matthew Nicks^ 2020– 106 37 1 68 35.38% 0
Don Pyke 2016–2019 93 56 1 36 60.75% 1
Graham Cornes 1991–1994 89 43 1 45 48.88% 0
Malcolm Blight 1997–1999 74 41 0 33 55.41% 2
Brenton Sanderson 2012–2014 69 39 0 30 56.52% 0
Robert Shaw 1995–1996 44 17 0 27 38.64% 0
Phil Walsh 2015 12 7 0 5 58.33% 0
Scott Camporeale 2015 11 7 0 4 63.64% 0
Mark Bickley 2011 6 3 0 3 50.00% 0
Scott Burns 2022 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0

Attendances

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Highest crowds

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Correct to round 10, 2025

Lowest crowds

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Notes

  1. ^ Excludes COVID-19 affected crowds of 2020 and 2021.

Highest finals crowds

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Adelaide Crows Highest Finals Crowds (2024)
Attendance H/A Opponent Venue Game
100,021 Richmond MCG GF, 2017
99,645 St Kilda MCG GF, 1997
94,431 North Melbourne MCG GF, 1998
88,960 A Collingwood MCG PF, 2002
76,380 A Essendon MCG PF, 1993

Lowest finals crowds

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Adelaide Crows Lowest Finals Crowds (2024)
Attendance H/A Opponent Venue Game
31,742 H Fremantle Football Park SF, 2012
31,854 A Brisbane Lions The Gabba QF, 2002
32,432 A Brisbane Lions The Gabba SF, 2003
36,534 A Hawthorn Docklands Stadium EF, 2007
37,498 A Sydney SCG SF, 1998

Venues

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^ Denotes venue to be played at in 2025 AFL season.
Adelaide's win–loss records by venue (2024)
Venue Played Wins Draws Losses Goals for–behinds for Total for Goals against–behinds against Total against Points % Win percentage
Football Park 280 180 0 100 3983.3658 27556 3282.2916 22608 121.89% 64.29%
Adelaide Oval^ 133 75 1 32 1740.1569 12009 1509.1379 10433 115.11% 56.77%
MCG^ 79 29 1 49 1024.943 7087 1105.965 7595 93.31% 37.34%
Docklands Stadium^ 72 35 0 37 1054.802 7126 980.838 6718 106.07% 48.61%
Subiaco Oval 34 12 0 22 410.400 2860 487.429 3351 85.35% 35.29%
The Gabba^ 29 13 0 16 376.364 2620 401.401 2807 93.34% 44.83%
Kardinia Park^ 24 3 0 21 261.250 1816 366.299 2495 72.79% 12.50%
SCG^ 23 13 0 10 310.304 2164 329.296 2270 95.33% 56.52%
Princes Park 23 6 0 17 292.263 2015 368.299 2507 80.37% 26.09%
Carrara Stadium^ 18 12 0 6 252.213 1725 207.178 1420 121.48% 66.67%
Waverley Park 14 5 1 8 159.175 1129 199.167 1361 82.95% 39.29%
York Park^ 7 2 0 5 82.70 562 102.67 679 82.77% 28.57%
Sydney Showground Stadium 6 3 0 3 112.90 762 72.76 508 150.00% 50.00%
Perth Stadium^ 6 2 0 4 69.69 483 73.62 500 96.60% 33.33%
Victoria Park 6 0 0 6 58.77 425 99.80 674 63.06% 0%
Bellerive Oval 4 2 0 2 63.55 433 56.49 385 112.47% 50.00%
Eureka Stadium 4 1 0 3 34.42 246 53.55 373 65.95% 25.00%
Western Oval 4 1 0 3 42.34 286 58.54 402 71.14% 25.00%
Marrara Oval 3 2 0 1 44.29 293 44.29 270 108.52% 66.67%
Manuka Oval 2 0 0 2 27.23 185 31.30 216 85.65% 0%
Moorabbin Oval 2 0 0 2 13.18 96 45.31 301 31.89% 0%
WACA Ground 2 0 0 2 21.25 151 46.29 305 49.51% 0%
Cazaly's Stadium 1 1 0 0 9.12 66 8.12 60 110.00% 100.00%
Traeger Park 1 0 0 1 8.7 55 23.8 146 37.67% 0%
Windy Hill 1 0 0 1 6.11 47 12.20 92 51.09% 0%
Totals 778 397 3 378 10449.9503 72197 9949.8782 68476 105.43% 51.22%

Streaks

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Consecutive games won

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Games Commenced Concluded
Opponent Round  Opponent Round 
10 Richmond round 13, 2005 West Coast round 22, 2005
8 Gold Coast round 9, 2016 Collingwood round 17, 2016
8 Carlton round 9, 2006 North Melbourne round 16, 2006
7 Carlton round 9, 2009 Fremantle round 15, 2009
6 Greater Western Sydney round 1, 2017 Richmond round 6, 2017

Consecutive games lost

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Games Commenced Concluded
Opponent Round  Opponent Round 
16 West Coast round 19, 2019 Geelong round 13, 2020
9 Brisbane Lions round 19, 1999 Brisbane Lions round 5, 2000
7 Collingwood semi final, 2009 Port Adelaide round 6, 2010
6 Brisbane Lions round 20, 2000 Port Adelaide round 3, 2001
6 Collingwood round 9, 2011 Geelong round 14, 2011

Consecutive games scoring 100+

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Games Commenced Concluded
Opponent Round  Opponent Round 
7 Gold Coast round 9, 2016 Carlton round 16, 2016
6 Greater Western Sydney round 1, 2017 Richmond round 6, 2017
5 Sydney round 1, 1996 North Melbourne round 5, 1996
5 St Kilda round 12, 2006 North Melbourne round 16, 2006

Consecutive games conceding 100+

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Games Commenced Concluded
Opponent Round  Opponent Round 
6 North Melbourne round 22, 1999 Brisbane Lions round 5, 2000
6 Collingwood round 9, 2011 Geelong round 14, 2011
5 West Coast round 10, 1992 Essendon round 14, 1992
5 Footscray round 9, 1996 Melbourne round 13, 1996

Player records

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Most games played

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^ Denotes current player
Player   Games Kicks   Marks Handballs  Disposals  Goals Behinds 
Andrew McLeod 340 4440 1057 2284 6724 275 196
Tyson Edwards 321 3758 1441 2336 6094 192 125
Mark Ricciuto 312 3984 1369 2585 6569 292 222
Ben Hart 311 3086 1082 1186 4272 45 40
Taylor Walker^ 278 2458 1524 1055 3513 641 394
Nigel Smart 278 2503 844 1553 4056 116 104
Simon Goodwin 275 3326 1098 2417 5743 162 135
Mark Bickley 272 3163 886 2314 5477 77 90
Scott Thompson 269 3499 1194 3253 6752 145 116
Brodie Smith^ 262 3393 1118 1737 3513 71 78

Youngest players

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Player Age Round
Ben Hart 17 years, 257 days 1, 1992
Lance Picioane 17 years, 294 days 1, 1998
Mark Ricciuto 17 years, 326 days 1, 1993
Hayden Skipworth 18 years, 35 days 1, 2001
Brenton Sanderson 18 years, 59 days 6, 1992

Oldest players

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Player Age Round
Taylor Walker^ 35 years, 36 days 12, 2025
Nigel Smart 35 years, 30 days 13, 2004
Darren Jarman 34 years, 223 days EF, 2001
Scott Thompson 34 years, 115 days 16, 2017
Mark Bickley 34 years, 39 days SF, 2003

Goalkicking records

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Leading career goalkickers for Adelaide

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Source
Player Adelaide goals Average
Taylor Walker^ 641 2.31
Tony Modra 440 (588 AFL total) 3.73
Eddie Betts 310 (640 AFL total) 2.35
Josh Jenkins 296 2.01
Mark Ricciuto 292 0.94
Andrew McLeod 275 0.81
Scott Welsh 270 (363 AFL total) 2.09
Darren Jarman 264 (597 AFL total) 2.18
Brett Burton 264 1.49

Most goals in a game

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Goals Player Opponent Round Year Venue
13.4 Tony Modra Richmond 16 1993 Football Park
13.3 Tony Modra Carlton 1 1994 Football Park
11.4 Scott Hodges Geelong 23 1992 Football Park
10.3 Tony Modra Richmond 1 1993 MCG
10.2 Taylor Walker^ West Coast Eagles 13 2023 Adelaide Oval
10.2 Tom Lynch Greater Western Sydney 7 2013 Sydney Showground Stadium
10.1 Tony Modra North Melbourne 8 1993 Football Park
9.4 Taylor Walker^ West Coast Eagles 24 2023 Perth Stadium
9.0 Darren Jarman Melbourne 13 1999 MCG

Most goals in a season

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Goals Player Games Average Year
129 Tony Modra 23 5.61 1993
84 Tony Modra 25 3.36 1997
76 Taylor Walker^ 22 3.45 2023
75 Eddie Betts 24 3.13 2016
75 Tony Modra 19 3.95 1996

Statistical records

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^ Denotes current coach
# Denotes AFL record

Disposals

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Updated to round 3, 2025
Rank Most Career Disposals Most Disposals in a Season Most Disposals in a Game
Player Disposals Player Disposals Year Player Disposals Round
1 Rory Laird^ 6,782 Matt Crouch^ 825 2017 Scott Thompson 51 22, 2011
2 Scott Thompson 6,752 Scott Thompson 737 2012 Matt Crouch^ 47 23, 2019
3 Andrew McLeod 6,724 Rory Laird^ 736 2017 Matt Crouch^ 46 22, 2018
4 Mark Ricciuto 6,569 Chris McDermott 720 1992 Matt Crouch^ 45 23, 2017
5 Tyson Edwards 6,093 Rory Laird^ 704 2021 Mark Bickley 44 11, 1993

Kicks

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Rank Most Career Kicks Most Kicks in a Season Most Kicks in a Game
Player Kicks Player Kicks Year Player Kicks Round
1 Andrew McLeod 4,440 Tony McGuinness 477 1993 Darren Jarman 31 10, 1996
2 Mark Ricciuto 3,984 Scott Thompson 410 2012 Tony McGuinness 31 23, 1992
3 Tyson Edwards 3,758 Jordan Dawson^ 408 2022 Simon Tregenza 30 18, 1991
4 Scott Thompson 3,499 Andrew McLeod 408 2001 Brett Burton 30 13, 2003
5 Brodie Smith^ 3,393 Jordan Dawson^ 401 2023 Matthew Connell 30 18, 2000

Handballs

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Updated to round 6, 2025
Rank Most Career Handballs Most Handballs in a Season Most Handballs in a Game
Player Handballs Player Handballs Year Player Handballs Round
1 Rory Laird^ 3,604 Matt Crouch^ 480 2017 Matt Crouch^ 35# 22, 2018
2 Scott Thompson 3,253 Rory Laird^ 390 2021 Scott Thompson 30 22, 2011
3 Matt Crouch^ 2,759 Rory Laird^ 375 2023 Rory Laird^ 30 14, 2022
4 Rory Sloane 2,745 Rory Laird^ 375 2022 Rory Laird^ 29 17, 2022
5 Mark Ricciuto 2,585 Rory Laird^ 369 2017 Brad Crouch 29 23, 2017

Marks

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Rank Most Career Marks Most Marks in a Season Most Marks in a Game
Player Marks Player Marks Year Player Marks Round
1 Taylor Walker^ 1,524 Nathan Bassett 172 2006 Nathan Bassett 22 18, 2006
2 Tyson Edwards 1,441 Taylor Walker^ 171 2015 Daniel Talia 17 11, 2016
3 Mark Ricciuto 1,369 Tom Lynch 163 2017 Nathan Bock 16 8, 2010
4 Ben Rutten 1,205 Tony Modra 163 1993 Nathan Bock 16 12, 2008
5 Scott Thompson 1,194 Nathan Bock 162 2008 Ben Rutten 16 8, 2010

Tackles

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Rank Most Career Tackles Most Tackles in a Season Most Tackles in a Game
Player Tackles Player Tackles Year Player Tackles Round
1 Rory Sloane 1,397 Rory Sloane 186 2017 Rory Laird^ 20# 18, 2022
2 Scott Thompson 1,312 Rory Laird^ 175 2023 Sam Berry^ 17 18, 2022
3 Rory Laird^ 1,000 Sam Berry^ 171 2022 Rory Laird^ 16 11, 2023
4 Richard Douglas 870 Rory Sloane 163 2016 Brad Crouch 16 17, 2019
5 Tyson Edwards 830 Rory Laird^ 162 2022 Rory Sloane 15 2, 2017

Hit-outs

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Rank Most Career Hit-outs Most Hit-outs in a Season Most Hit-outs in a Game
Player Hit-outs Player Hit-outs Year Player Hit-outs Round
1 Sam Jacobs 6,273 Sam Jacobs 996 2017 Sam Jacobs 74 8, 2017
2 Reilly O'Brien^ 4,262 Reilly O'Brien^ 898 2024 Reilly O'Brien^ 63 10, 2023
3 Matthew Clarke 2,356 Reilly O'Brien^ 888 2023 Sam Jacobs 61 15, 2012
4 Shaun Rehn 2,026 Sam Jacobs 859 2015 Reilly O'Brien^ 58 23, 2024
5 Rhett Biglands 1,987 Sam Jacobs 798 2018 Reilly O'Brien^ 56 10, 2024

References

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  1. ^ "afltables". afltables.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ "AFL". afl.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2021.