List of VFA/VFL records

This is a list of records from the Victorian Football League (previously known as the Victorian Football Association) since its inception in 1877.

From 1961 until 1988, the VFA seniors were split into Division 1 and Division 2.[1]

Team records

Premierships (Division 1)

Titles Club Seasons
17 Port Melbourne 1897, 1901, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2011, 2017
14 Williamstown 1907, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2015
10 Sandringham 1946, 1962, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006
9 Footscray 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924
7 Geelong 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886
6 Coburg 1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989
6 Hotham/North Melbourne 1903, 1904, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1918
6 Oakleigh 1930, 1931, 1950, 1952, 1960, 1972
6 Springvale/Casey 1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2022
5 Prahran (II) 1937, 1951, 1970, 1973, 1978
5 South Melbourne 1881, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890
5 Northcote 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936
4 Preston/Northern Bullants 1968, 1969, 1983, 1984
4 Essendon 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
3 Brunswick 1909, 1925, 1938
3 Dandenong 1967, 1971, 1991
3 Box Hill 2001, 2013, 2018
3 North Ballarat 2008, 2009, 2010
3 Geelong reserves 2002, 2007, 2012
3 Footscray reserves 2014, 2016, 2025
2 Carlton 1877, 1887
2 Richmond 1902, 1905
2 Moorabbin (I) 1957, 1963
2 Yarraville 1935, 1961
2 Essendon A 1911, 1912
2 Werribee 1993, 2024
1 Gold Coast reserves 2023
1 Brighton 1948
1 Geelong West 1975
1 Fitzroy 1895
1 Collingwood 1896
1 West Melbourne 1906
1 Waverley 1965
1 Richmond reserves 2019

Highest scores

Seniors

Rank Score Club Opponent Year Rd Venue Ref
1 55.17 (347) Williamstown Camberwell 1986 16 Camberwell Sports Ground
2 52.31 (343) Waverley Sunshine 1981 (D2) 1 Central Reserve
– 53.15 (333) Brunswick Sunshine 1989[a] 1 Gillon Oval
– 49.21 (315) Preston Sunshine 1989[a] 5 Skinner Reserve [3]
3 48.21 (309) Springvale Sunshine 1983 (D2) 18 Springvale Reserve
4 46.31 (307) Brunswick Sunshine 1983 (D2) 12 Brunswick Park
5 46.21 (297) Coburg Camberwell 1989 5 Camberwell Sports Ground

VFL era only

Rank Score Club Opponent Year Rd Venue Ref
1 35.17 (227) Geelong reserves Bendigo 2013 19 Queen Elizabeth Oval [4]
2 33.21 (219) Richmond reserves North Ballarat 2017 1 Punt Road Oval [5]
3 33.16 (214) Footscray reserves Bendigo 2014 4 Queen Elizabeth Oval [6]
4 33.13 (211) Port Melbourne Frankston 2015 19 North Port Oval [7]
5 30.27 (207) Williamstown Bendigo 2013 7 Williamstown Cricket Ground [8]

Former grades

The highest score in any VFA/VFL grade (and any Australian rules football game) was Williamstown's 110.27 (687) against Geelong West in a 1983 thirds (under-18s) match.[9]

Rank Score Club Opponent Grade Year Rd Venue Ref
1 110.27 (687) Williamstown Geelong West Thirds (D1) 1983 14 Williamstown Cricket Ground [10]
2 92.30 (582) Frankston Geelong West Thirds 1987 1 [11]
3 88.23 (551) Coburg Geelong West Thirds (D1) 1983 13 [10]
4 77.44 (506) Brunswick Geelong West Thirds (D1) 1981 7 [10]
5 74.31 (475) Preston Geelong West Thirds (D1) 1981 4 [10]

By venue

Venue Score Club Opponent Year Rd Ref
Bellerive Oval 31.14 (200) Williamstown Tasmania (I) 2008 16 [12]
Box Hill City Oval 44.22 (286) Box Hill Sunshine 1983 (D2) 8
Camberwell Sports Ground 55.17 (347) Williamstown Camberwell 1986 16
Carrara Stadium 28.14 (182) Gold Coast reserves Geelong reserves 2023 2
Casey Fields 28.13 (181) Casey Box Hill 2007 2
Central Reserve 52.31 (343) Waverley Sunshine 1981 (D2) 1
Chirnside Park 38.19 (247) Werribee Mordialloc 1987 (D2) 16
Coburg City Oval 37.27 (249) Coburg Waverley 1983 14
Docklands Stadium 29.9 (183) Northern Blues Frankston 2015 11
Fankhauser Reserve 30.15 (195) Southport Frankston 2024 EF [13]
Gillon Oval 53.15 (333) Brunswick Sunshine 1989[a] 1
46.31 (307) Brunswick Sunshine 1983 (D2) 12
North Port Oval 43.29 (287) Port Melbourne Sandringham 1941 19
Preston City Oval 43.12 (270) Preston Camberwell 1989 8
Queen Elizabeth Oval 35.17 (227) Geelong reserves Bendigo 2013 19
Shepley Oval 44.29 (293) Dandenong Brunswick-Broadmeadows 1991[b] 1 [15]
40.17 (257) Dandenong Mordialloc 1987 (D2) 8
Skinner Reserve 49.21 (315) Preston Sunshine 1989[a] 5 [3]
36.20 (236) Sunshine Camberwell 1969 (D2) 4
Springvale Reserve 48.21 (309) Springvale Sunshine 1983 (D2) 18
Traralgon Reserve 28.13 (181) Springvale Traralgon 1997 11
Trevor Barker Beach Oval 37.26 (248) Sandringham Camberwell 1990 18
Warrawee Park 40.22 (262) Oakleigh Sunshine 1982 (D2) 6
40.22 (262) Oakleigh Sunshine 1984 (D2) 6
West Oval 37.27 (249) Geelong West Waverley 1983 8
Williamstown Cricket Ground 38.24 (252) Williamstown Camberwell 1986 7
York Park 31.17 (203) Sandringham Tasmania (I) 2008 7

Lowest scores

Rank Score Club Opponent Year Round Venue
1 0.0 (0) Footscray Port Melbourne 1902 15 North Port Oval
2 0.1 (1) Brunswick Williamstown 1897 10 Brunswick Park
0.1 (1) Brunswick Footscray 1899 10 Western Oval
4 0.2 (2) Brunswick West Melbourne 1904 11 Arden Street
0.2 (2) Port Melbourne Prahran 1906 6 North Port Oval

All these scores were from the early years of the VFA competition, when scores, in general, were much lower. The following table shows the lowest scores since 1919 (the first year of complete competition following World War I):

Rank Score Club Opponent Year Round Venue
1 0.4 (4) Northcote North Melbourne 1919 15 Arden Street
0.4 (4) Northern Bullants Footscray reserves 2023 18 Preston City Oval
–[c] 1.0 (6) Southport Gold Coast reserves 2021 16 Austworld Centre Oval
3 0.7 (7) North Melbourne reserves Casey 2018 14 Casey Fields
4 1.2 (8) Brighton Northcote 1961 (D2) 17 Northcote Park
1.2 (8) Brighton Preston 1961 (D2) 15 Preston City Oval
–[c] 1.2 (8) Gold Coast reserves Southport 2021 16 Austworld Centre Oval

Lowest scores (seconds and thirds)

Rank Score Club Opponent Year Grade Round Venue
1 0.0 (0) Geelong West Brunswick 1981 Thirds (D1) 7
0.0 (0) Caulfield Box Hill 1986 Thirds (D2) 9
2 0.0 (1) Box Hill Sunshine 1969 Thirds (D2) 7
Source:[18]

Greatest winning margins

Rank Margin Team Opponent Year Round Ground
1 315 Williamstown Camberwell 1986 16 Camberwell Sportsground
2 290 Waverley Sunshine 1981 (D2) 1 Central Reserve
3 275 Brunswick Sunshine 1983 (D2) 12 Brunswick Park
4 254 Box Hill Sunshine 1984 (D2) 16 Box Hill City Oval
5 246 Brunswick Kilsyth 1984 (D2) 18 Brunswick Park

Individual records

Most career goals (seniors)

Rank Goals Games Player Club(s) Career span
1 1336 300 Fred Cook Yarraville, Port Melbourne, Moorabbin 1969–1985
2 1070 221 Rino Pretto Coburg, Camberwell, Oakleigh, Dandenong 1980–1984
3 933 227 Bob Bonnett Port Melbourne 1952–1963
4 928 174 Mark Fotheringham Yarraville, Williamstown 1978–1987
5 883 183 Jim 'Frosty' Miller Dandenong 1967–1977

Games

Most career games

Rank Games Player Club(s) Career span
1 306 Ben Jolley Bendigo, Williamstown,
Port Melbourne, Essendon reserves		 2005–2023
2 302 Bill Swan Port Melbourne, Williamstown 1976–1993
3 300 Fred Cook Yarraville, Port Melbourne, Moorabbin 1969–1985
4 293 William 'Ching' Harris Footscray 1896–1904,
1906–1915
5 277 John Benson Sunshine, Werribee 1966–1984
Last updated: 25 September 2023

Most games for each club

Club Games Player Career span Ref
Berwick 29 Robert Trigg 1983–1987
Box Hill 180 Jack Wright 1951–1960
Brighton 184 George Stewart 1927–1937
Brighton-Caulfield 26 Larry Rowe 1963–1964
Brunswick 206 Henry Chase 1903–1910, 1912–1915, 1918–1920
Camberwell 136 James Bohan 1947–1953
Carlton 133 James Rickards 1877–1884
Casey (Springvale) 233 Damian Carroll 1992–2004 [19]
Caulfield 213 John Einsiedel 1974–1987
Coburg 210 Dave Starbuck 1945–1956
Dandenong 210 Lew Wright 1976–1988
Footscray 293 William 'Ching' Harris 1896–1904, 1906–1915
Frankston 203 Daniel Clarke 1996–2007
Geelong (A) 80 Cyril Cations 1922–1927
Geelong reserves 106 Jack Hollmer 2007–2015
Geelong West 200 Warwick Yates 1974–1982
Kilsyth 26 Stephen Letts 1982–1983
Melbourne City 30 A.J. Daniels 1912–1913
Moorabbin 217 Len Gilder 1951–1963
Moorabbin 36 Graham Stewart 1983–1987
Mordialloc 270 William Lang 1969–1983
North Ballarat 209 Marc Greig 20??–20??
North Melbourne 224 Charlie Hardy 1908–1921
Northcote 201 Frank Seymour 1928–1938
Oakleigh 203 Michael Owen 1981–1994
Port Melbourne 229 Bob Bonnett 1952–1963
Prahran 248 Frank Smith 1969–1983
Preston (Northern Bullants)[d] 174 Frank Dowling 1931–1941 [21]
Richmond 126 Alec Edmond 1899–1907 [22]
Sandringham 202 Nick Sautner 1997–2000, 2004–2010
Sunshine 148 John Benson 1966-1984
Waverley 110 Jeff Costello 1973-1984
Werribee 169 Robbie Castello 2004–2013
West Melbourne 77 Harry Gregory 1902-1907
Williamstown 233 Ben Jolley 2005–2023 [23]
Yarraville 200 Ron Brown 1958–1973

Kicks after the siren

Goal to win

Player Club Opponent Year Rd Final score Details Ref
Langley Carlton North Melbourne 1895 9 2 d. 1 Marked on the final bell and scored from 40 yards out.[24] [25]
Wally Cook Camberwell Sandringham 1952 3 11.10 (76) d. 11.9 (75) Cook was awarded a free kick after an errant kick by Sandringham full-back Murray Guille went out of bounds without being touched. Siren went while he prepared to kick, and a 60-yard torpedo snuck through to give Camberwell victory. [26]
Jack Whallis Yarraville Williamstown 1956 7 10.17 (77) d. 11.10 (76) Whallis kicked a goal after the final siren from 35 yards out. [27]
Alex Andjelkovic Geelong West Caulfield 1972 (D2) SF 17.18 (120) d. 17.13 (115) Andjelkovic, who had come on in the final quarter as the 17th man, marked 25–35 yards from goal with seconds remaining; he stubbed the ground while kicking, but the kick just went through for a goal. It was Geelong West's 21st consecutive win, as part of a perfect season, qualifying it for the grand final. [28]
Chris Rourke Camberwell Preston 1982 2 18.15 (123) d. 18.11 (119) [29]
Chris Rourke Frankston Prahran 1989 1 18.13 (121) d. 17.17 (119)
Anthony Cardamone Preston Williamstown 1992 2 22.5 (137) d. 20.14 (134) Cardamone – who had been brought into the team as an emergency and had spent the first half of the game on the bench – kicked truly from 25 metres out. [30]
Jack Aziz Werribee Springvale 1993 PF 14.14 (98) d. 14.11 (95) Aziz kicked the match-winning goal on the final siren with a set shot from 50 metres; it qualified Werribee for the grand final. [31]
Jarrad Grant Williamstown Coburg 2009 13 19.5 (119) d. 18.8 (116) Marked on the siren and kicked truly from inside Williamstown's forward 50. [32]
Luke Reynolds Northern Blues Frankston 2014 2 15.12 (102) d. 15.9 (99) Reynolds was awarded a free kick 25 metres from goal on a slight angle and kicked truly after the siren. [33]
Jean-Luc Velissaris Northern Blues Port Melbourne 2019 15 10.12 (72) d. 10.8 (68) Velissaris was awarded a free kick for holding the ball with seconds remaining; kicked the goal from 30 metres out after the siren.[34] [35]
Jacob Bauer Richmond reserves Greater Western Sydney reserves 2023 11 10.22 (82) d. 12.8 (80) Bauer marked 10 metres out, almost directly in front, and kicked truly. [36]
Jacob Bauer Richmond reserves Brisbane reserves 2023 15 8.11 (59) d. 7.16 (58) Bauer converted a set shot from 35 metres out on a slight angle; it was his second goal after the siren during the 2023 season. [37]
Jack Toner Williamstown Coburg 2024 2 12.11 (83) d. 11.11 (77) Converted a set shot from 30 metres out; had Coburg won it would have ended a losing streak that begun in 2022. [38]
Joel Garner Richmond reserves Sandringham 2025 2 11.14 (80) d. 11.8 (74) Converted a set shot from 35 metres out. [39]
Blake O'Leary Frankston Coburg 2025 7 12.13 (85) d. 13.6 (84) Frankston was awarded a holding the ball free kick in the final seconds of the match, resulting in O'Leary kicking truly after the siren.[40]
Charlie West Collingwood reserves Sandringham 2025 13 14.9 (93) d. 14.6 (90) Converted a set shot from 35 metres out.[41] [42]
Tobyn Murray Geelong reserves North Melbourne reserves 2025 18 16.8 (104) d. 15.12 (102) Murray was awarded a free kick in the final seconds of the match, followed by a 50-metre penalty, giving him a shot on the goal line where he kicked truly. [43]
Bodie Ryan Box Hill Brisbane reserves 2025 SF 18.7 (115) d. 16.16 (112) After being kept scoreless in the third quarter, Box Hill kicked nine goals in the fourth quarter, with Ryan kicking a goal after the final siren to win the match.[44] [45]

Goal to draw

Player Team Opponent Year Score Details
Doulton Langlands Sandringham Coburg 2018 79–79 [46]
Jack Carroll Sandringham Gold Coast 2025 72–72 [47][48]

Behind to win

Player Team Opponent Year Score Details
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Essendon Gold Coast 2023 77–76 [49]
Fergus McFadyen Brisbane Collingwood 2025 107–106 [50][51]

Missed opportunities

Player Team Opponent Year Score Outcome Details
Dave McNamara Essendon A Brunswick 1911 63–65 A goal would have won the premiership for Essendon; the loss forced a Grand Final the following week. [52][53]
Ben Lennon Richmond reserves Port Melbourne 2017 70–74 Richmond would have won the 2017 VFL premiership. [54][55]
Max Williams Frankston Greater Western Sydney reserves 2023 54–55 A goal would have won the game for Frankston by 5 points. [56][57]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Sunshine dropped out of the VFA during the 1989 season, and their games were deleted from the records.[2]
  2. ^ Brunswick-Broadmeadows withdrew during the 1991 season, and their games were expunged from the records.[14]
  3. ^ a b A snap COVID-19 lockdown affecting south-eastern Queensland was announced on the morning of the VFL match between Gold Coast reserves and Southport, leading to the match being abandoned for no result after ten minutes of play.[16][17]
  4. ^ VFA/VFL records list Sid Hall as playing 200 games for Preston; however, 55 of these were for Northcote after the clubs amalgamated (with the merged entity considered a continuation of the Northcote Football Club).[20]

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