List of A-League Men players

Last updated November 15, 2023

There are lists of A-League Men players who have made the most appearances in the A-League Men, the top level of the Australian soccer league system.

Since the A-League Men's formation at the start of the 2005–06, four players have accrued 300 appearances in the A-League Men. The first player to reach the milestone was defender Andrew Durante, in representation of Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix; his 300th match was Wellington's 3–2 win over Central Coast Mariners on 12 January 2019.^[1]

Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is the only player to have achieved to accoldate of 300+ A-League Men appearances exclusively for the club. Liam Reddy played for seven A-League Men clubs (the most for this achievement) on their way to 300+ A-League Men games. The only players from outside Oceania to play 200+ A-League Men games is Maltese defender Manny Muscat and Kosovan striker Besart Berisha.^[2]

List of players

Players are initially listed by number of appearances. If number of appearances are equal, the players are then listed chronologically by the year of first appearance. Current A-League Men players and their current clubs are shown in bold.

Statistics are updated as of 12 November 2023.^[3]

A-League Men players with at least 200 appearances
Rank	Player	Pos	Apps	First	Last	Club(s)
1	Leigh Broxham	MF	381	2007	2023	Melbourne Victory (381)
2	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	DF	380	2006	2023	Newcastle Jets (189), Western Sydney Wanderers (104), Perth Glory (37), Western United (36), Sydney FC (14)
3	Alex Wilkinson	DF	365	2005	2023	Sydney FC (183), Central Coast Mariners (172), Melbourne City (10)
4	Andrew Durante	DF	358	2006	2021	Wellington Phoenix (273), Western United (45), Newcastle Jets (40)
5	Liam Reddy	GK	350	2005	2023	Perth Glory (154), Brisbane Roar (66), Central Coast Mariners (52), Sydney FC (37), Newcastle Jets (23), Wellington Phoenix (12), Western Sydney Wanderers (6)
6	Scott Jamieson	DF	322	2008	2023	Melbourne City (140), Perth Glory (56), Adelaide United (49), Sydney FC (48), Western Sydney Wanderers (29)
7	Danny Vukovic	GK	311	2005	2023	Central Coast Mariners (137), Perth Glory (106), Sydney FC (28), Melbourne Victory (23), Wellington Phoenix (17)
8	Kosta Barbarouses	FW	300	2007	2023	Melbourne Victory (127), Wellington Phoenix (74), Sydney FC (66), Brisbane Roar (33)
9	Jason Hoffman	DF	293	2007	2023	Newcastle Jets (213), Melbourne City (80)
10	Scott Neville	DF	292	2008	2023	Perth Glory (104), Brisbane Roar (93), Western Sydney Wanderers (51), Newcastle Jets (44)
11	Eugene Galekovic	GK	288	2005	2019	Adelaide United (238), Melbourne City (35), Melbourne Victory (15)
	Tarek Elrich	DF	288	2005	2020	Newcastle Jets (134), Adelaide United (101), Western Sydney Wanderers (43), Perth Glory (10)
	Matt Simon	FW	288	2007	2021	Central Coast Mariners (221), Sydney FC (67)
14	Nigel Boogaard	DF	275	2006	2021	Newcastle Jets (122), Adelaide United (98), Central Coast Mariners (55)
15	Matt McKay	MF	272	2005	2019	Brisbane Roar (272)
16	Rhyan Grant	DF	265	2008	2023	Sydney FC (265)
17	Jack Hingert	DF	262	2009	2023	Brisbane Roar (235), North Queensland Fury (27)
18	Vince Lia	MF	259	2005	2020	Wellington Phoenix (197), Adelaide United (34), Melbourne Victory (24), Perth Glory (4)
19	Luke Brattan	MF	253	2009	2023	Brisbane Roar (91), Sydney FC (83), Melbourne City (79)
20	Mark Bridge	FW	251	2005	2019	Western Sydney Wanderers (121), Sydney FC (80), Newcastle Jets (50)
21	Glen Moss	GK	251	2005	2020	Wellington Phoenix (140), Newcastle Jets (46), Gold Coast United (41), Melbourne Victory (14), New Zealand Knights (9)
22	Alex Brosque	FW	243	2005	2019	Sydney FC (222), Queensland Roar (21)
	Andrew Redmayne	GK	243	2008	2023	Sydney FC (159), Melbourne City (48), Western Sydney Wanderers (31), Central Coast Mariners (3), Brisbane Roar (2)
	Josh Risdon	DF	243	2010	2023	Perth Glory (142), Western United (73), Western Sydney Wanderers (28)
25	Ivan Franjic	DF	242	2009	2021	Brisbane Roar (131), Perth Glory (53), Melbourne City (39), Macarthur FC (19)
26	Besart Berisha	FW	236	2011	2021	Melbourne Victory (110), Brisbane Roar (76), Western United (50)
27	Michael McGlinchey	MF	233	2009	2020	Central Coast Mariners (148), Wellington Phoeix (85)
28	Anthony Caceres	MF	232	2013	2023	Sydney FC (127), Central Coast Mariners (62), Melbourne City (43)
29	Connor Pain	MF	231	2013	2023	Western United (105), Central Coast Mariners (73), Melbourne Victory (53)
30	Michael Marrone	DF	230	2009	2021	Adelaide United (160), Melbourne Heart (70)
30	Michael Theo	GK	230	2005	2017	Brisbane Roar (159), Melbourne Victory (71)
32	Manny Muscat	DF	229	2008	2018	Wellington Phoenix (192), Melbourne City (37)
33	John Hutchinson	MF	228	2005	2015	Central Coast Mariners (228)
34	Mitch Nichols	MF	226	2007	2019	Brisbane Roar (125), Western Sydney Wanderers (53), Perth Glory (27), Melbourne Victory (14), Wellington Phoenix (7)
34	Dimitri Petratos	FW	226	2010	2022	Brisbane Roar (94), Newcastle Jets (79), Sydney FC (30), Western Sydney Wanderers (23)
36	Storm Roux	DF	225	2013	2023	Central Coast Mariners (152), Melbourne Victory (72), Perth Glory (1)
37	Archie Thompson	DF	225	2005	2016	Melbourne Victory (224)
38	Joshua Brillante	MF	221	2010	2023	Sydney FC (79), Melbourne Victory (50), Newcastle Jets (46), Melbourne City (28), Gold Coast United (14), Western Sydney Wanderers (4)
38	Matt Thompson	DF	221	2005	2014	Newcastle Jets (121), Melbourne Heart (82), Sydney FC (18)
40	Josh Rose	DF	218	2005	2018	Central Coast Mariners (183), Melbourne City (23), New Zealand Knights (12)
41	Rostyn Griffiths	MF	214	2009	2018	Melbourne City (82), Perth Glory (59), Central Coast Mariners (48), North Queensland Fury (23), Adelaide United (2)
41	Jade North	DF	214	2005	2018	Brisbane Roar (115), Newcastle Jets (80), Wellington Phoenix (19)
42	Jack Clisby	DF	213	2013	2023	Central Coast Mariners (71), Perth Glory (70), Western Sydney Wanderers (41), Melbourne City (31)
43	Scott Galloway	DF	211	2013	2023	Melbourne City (82), Melbourne Victory (54), Adelaide United (29), Central Coast Mariners (24), Wellington Phoenix (22)
43	Isaías	MF	211	2013	2023	Adelaide United (211)
45	Adama Traoré	DF	210	2009	2023	Melbourne Victory (91), Gold Coast United (69), Western Sydney Wanderers (50)
46	Jamie Maclaren	FW	209	2013	2023	Melbourne City (118), Brisbane Roar (53), Perth Glory (38)
46	Osama Malik	DF	209	2009	2022	Adelaide United (95), Melbourne City (57), Perth Glory (34), North Queensland Fury (23)
48	Massimo Murdocca	MF	206	2005	2015	Brisbane Roar (162), Melbourne City (44)
49	Craig Goodwin	FW	205	2012	2023	Adelaide United (157), Newcastle Jets (44), Melbourne Heart (4)
50	Michael Thwaite	DF	204	2008	2018	Perth Glory (85), Gold Coast United (82), Western Sydney Wanderers (21), Melbourne Victory (16)
50	Jamie Young	GK	204	2014	2023	Brisbane Roar (144), Western United (56), Melbourne City (4)
52	Miloš Ninković	MF	203	2015	2023	Sydney FC (181), Western Sydney Wanderers (22)
53	Nick Fitzgerald	MF	202	2010	2022	Central Coast Mariners (71), Melbourne City (63), Brisbane Roar (23), Newcastle Jets (20), Perth Glory (13), Western Sydney Wanderers (12)
54	David Williams	FW	201	2006	2023	Melbourne City (101), North Queensland Fury (49), Wellington Phoenix (27), Perth Glory (22), Brisbane Roar (2)
Minimum 200 appearances

Most appearances by club

Current A-League Men clubs and players are shown in bold, defunct clubs are in italics.

As of 12 November 2023

Rank	Club	Player	Apps	First	Last
1	Melbourne Victory	Leigh Broxham	381	2005	2023
2	Wellington Phoenix	Andrew Durante	273	2008	2019
3	Brisbane Roar	Matt McKay	272	2005	2019
4	Adelaide United	Eugene Galekovic	238	2008	2017
5	Central Coast Mariners	John Hutchinson	228	2005	2015
6	Sydney FC	Alex Brosque	222	2006	2019
7	Newcastle Jets	Jason Hoffman	213	2007	2023
8	Perth Glory	Andy Keogh	156	2014	2022
9	Melbourne City	Scott Jamieson	140	2017	2023
10	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mark Bridge	121	2012	2019
11	Western United	Connor Pain	105	2019	2023
12	Gold Coast United	Michael Thwaite	82	2009	2012
13	Macarthur FC	Lachlan Rose	66	2020	2023
14	North Queensland Fury	David Williams	49	2009	2011
15	New Zealand Knights	Darren Bazeley	41	2005	2007

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References

↑ Rollo, Philipp (11 January 2019). "300 not out as Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante notches another milestone". stuff.co.nz.
↑ Comito, Matthew (24 January 2020). "'I wanted to break up the contract': How 200-game Berisha almost gave up on adventure down under". My Football. Football Federation Australia.
↑ "Player Statistics (Appearances)". ultimatealeague.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

External links

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[1] Rollo, Philipp (11 January 2019). "300 not out as Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante notches another milestone". stuff.co.nz.

[2] Comito, Matthew (24 January 2020). "'I wanted to break up the contract': How 200-game Berisha almost gave up on adventure down under". My Football. Football Federation Australia.

[3] "Player Statistics (Appearances)". ultimatealeague.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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