List of VFL/AFL records

This is a list of records from the Australian Football League since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League.

Team records

Premierships

Titles	Club	Seasons
16		1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995
16		1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000
16		1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010, 2023
13		1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
13		1920, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980, 2017, 2019, 2020
13		1900, 1926, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 2021
10		1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022
8		1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944
5		1909, 1918, 1933, 2005, 2012
5		2001, 2002, 2003, 2024, 2025
4		1975, 1977, 1996, 1999
4		1992, 1994, 2006, 2018
2		1997, 1998
2		1954, 2016
1		1966
1		2004

Team wins, losses, win percentage and draws

	Team	First game
1	'	8 May 1897	2649	1600	1021	28	60.93%	6456
2	'	8 May 1897	2600	1472	1093	35	57.29%	5958
3	'	8 May 1897	2564	1421	1107	36	56.12%	5756
4	'	8 May 1897	2548	1397	1127	23	55.3%	5634
5	'	29 March 1987	863	468	389	6	54.58%	1884
6	'	29 March 1997	619	331	283	5	54.58%	1334
7	'	2 May 1908	2369	1211	1132	26	51.67%	4896
8	'	22 March 1991	755	389	364	2	51.66%	1560

9	'	30 March 1997	623	308	309	6	49.92%	1242
10	'	2 May 1925	2082	1010	1059	13	48.82%	4066
11	'	8 May 1897	2541	1218	1298	25	48.43%	4922
12	'	8 May 1897	2512	1151	1339	22	46.26%	4648
13	'	2 May 1925	2051	934	1095	22	46.08%	3780
14		8 May 1897	1928	869	1034	25	45.07%	3526
15	'	24 March 2012	276	123	149	4	45.29%	500
16	'	1 April 1995	651	292	357	2	45.01%	1172
17	'	2 May 1925	2070	896	1156	18	43.72%	3620
18	'	8 May 1897	2481	973	1481	27	39.76%	3946
19		27 March 1987	222	72	148	2	32.43%	292
20	'	2 April 2011	282	78	202	2	27.41%	316
21		2 May 1908	126	27	97	2	21.43%	112

Highest and lowest scores

All these scores were from the first three years of the VFL competition, when scores, in general, were much lower. The following table shows the lowest scores since 1919 :

Highest losing scores and lowest winning scores

As with the lowest overall scores, all these were from the first three years of the VFL. The lowest winning scores in more recent times are:

Biggest come-from-behind victories

Deficit from end of quarter time:
Deficit from end of half time:
Deficit from end of three quarter time:

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final score	Opponent	Final score	Year	Round	Venue
1	46		15.6		13.12	2025	20	Marvel Stadium
2	45		14.20		15.7	1995	16	The Gabba
3	44		15.12		14.10	1947	6	Arden Street Oval
4	41		12.19		13.7	1936	7	Arden Street Oval
4	41		18.16		19.9	1992	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground

Largest comebacks :

Rank	Deficit	Club	Final score	Opponent	Final score	Year	Round	Venue
1	69pts Q2 10mins		27.9		25.9	2001	16	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	63pts Q2 5mins		17.7		14.12	1999	12	Waverley Park
3	60pts Q2 27mins		14.23		15.10	1970	10	Victoria Park
4	56pts Q2 28mins		26.15		25.13	1989	6	Princes Park
5	55pts at Q1 time		15.22		14.15	1937	2	Glenferrie Oval
5	55pts Q2 10mins		19.9		16.13	1978	20	Melbourne Cricket Ground
5	55pts Q3 3mins		14.10		13.9	2015	6	Docklands Stadium

Lowest scores (both teams)

Lowest scores (both teams) since 1919

As with the lowest scores and lowest winning scores, all the lowest aggregate scores above were from the first three years of VFL competition. The lowest match aggregate scores in more recent times are:

Individual records

Disposals

Most disposals in a game (since 1965)

Note: Only includes performances of 50+ disposals.

Games

Most career games

Rank	Games	Player	Club	Career span
1	432	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne	1996–2016
2	426	Michael Tuck	Hawthorn	1972–1991
3	419	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	2006–
4	407	Shaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide, Hawthorn	2002–2021
5	403	Kevin Bartlett	Richmond	1965–1983

Age records

Youngest players

Age on their debut:

Oldest players

Age in their last game:

Awards

Most Brownlow Medals

Rank	Awards	Player	Club/Clubs	Years
1	3	Haydn Bunton, Sr.	Fitzroy	1931, 1932, 1935
1	3	Dick Reynolds	Essendon	1934, 1937, 1938
1	3	Bob Skilton	South Melbourne	1959, 1963, 1968
1	3	Ian Stewart	St Kilda, Richmond	1965, 1966, 1971