List of VFA/VFL records

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

Contents

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

Club records

Premierships (Division 1)

TitlesClubSeasons
17 Albert Park football club colors.jpg Port Melbourne 1897, 1901, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2011, 2017
14 Vfl williamstown icon.png Williamstown 1907, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2015
10 St Bernard's football club colors.jpg Sandringham 1946, 1962, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006
9 AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Footscray 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924
7 AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 1878, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886
6 Calivil United Football Club colours.jpg Coburg 1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989
6 AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg Hotham/North Melbourne 1903, 1904, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1918
6 OakleighColours.png Oakleigh 1930, 1931, 1950, 1952, 1960, 1972
6 Diamond Creek Football Club.jpg Springvale/Casey 1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2022
5 PrahranLogo2.png Prahran (II) 1937, 1951, 1970, 1973, 1978
5 South Melbourne Districts Football Club colours.jpg South Melbourne 1881, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890
5 NorthcoteColours.png Northcote 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936
4 NorthernBullantsIcon.png Preston/Northern Bullants 1968, 1969, 1983, 1984
4 EssendonDesign.svg Essendon 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
3 Collingwood icon.svg Brunswick 1909, 1925, 1938
3 AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg Dandenong 1967, 1971, 1991
3 Hawthorn Football Club colours.jpg Box Hill 2001, 2013, 2018
3 VFL North Ballarat Icon.png North Ballarat 2008, 2009, 2010
3 AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong reserves 2002, 2007, 2012
2 Carlton 2018 AFL.png Carlton 1877, 1887
2 RichmondDesign.svg Richmond 1902, 1905
2 AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Moorabbin (I) 1957, 1963
2 YarravilleIcon.png Yarraville 1935, 1961
2 EssendonDesign.svg Essendon A 1911, 1912
2 AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Footscray reserves 2014, 2016
1 Gold Coast Suns 2018.png Gold Coast reserves 2023
1 VFL Werribee Icon.png Werribee 1993
1 BrightonColours.png Brighton 1948
1 GeelongWestColours.png Geelong West 1975
1 AFL Fitzroy icon.png Fitzroy 1895
1 Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 1896
1 BallaratColours.png West Melbourne 1906
1 La Trobe University football club colors.jpg Waverley 1965
1 RichmondDesign.svg Richmond reserves 2019

Highest scores

− Sunshine withdrew midway through the 1989 season, and their games were expunged from the records. [2]
RankScoreClubOpponentYearRoundVenue
155.17 (347) Williamstown Waverley 198616Camberwell Sportsground
252.31 (343) Waverley Sunshine 1981 (D2)1Central Reserve
−53.15 (333) Brunswick Sunshine 1989
−49.21 (315) Preston Sunshine 1989
348.21 (309) Springvale Sunshine 1983 (D2)18Newcomen Road
446.31 (307) Brunswick Sunshine 1983 (D2)12Brunswick Park
546.21 (297) Coburg Camberwell 1989 (D2)5Camberwell Sportsground
Source: . Last updated: 12 September 2023.

Highest scores (seconds and thirds)

Outside of the seniors, the highest score in any VFA/VFL division (and any Australian rules football game) was Williamstown's 110.27 (687) against Geelong West in a 1983 thirds division match. [3]

RankScoreClubOpponentYearGradeRoundVenue
1110.27 (687) Williamstown Geelong West 1983Thirds (D1)14Williamstown Football Ground
288.23 (551) Coburg Geelong West 1983Thirds (D1)13
377.44 (506) Brunswick Geelong West 1981Thirds (D1)7
474.31 (475) Preston Geelong West 1981Thirds (D1)4
Source: [4]

Lowest scores (since 1897)

RankScoreClubOpponentYearRoundVenue
10.0 (0) Footscray Port Melbourne 190215 North Port Oval
20.1 (1) Brunswick Williamstown 189710Brunswick Park
0.1 (1) Brunswick Footscray 189910 Western Oval
40.2 (2) Brunswick West Melbourne 190411 Arden Street
0.2 (2) Port Melbourne Prahran 19066 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):

RankScoreClubOpponentYearRoundVenue
10.4 (4) Northcote North Melbourne 191915 Arden Street
0.4 (4) Northern Bullants Footscray reserves 202318 Preston City Oval
30.7 (7) North Melbourne reserves Casey 201814 Casey Fields
41.2 (8) Brighton Northcote 1961 (D2)17Northcote Park
1.2 (8) Brighton Preston 1961 (D2)15 Preston City Oval

Lowest scores (seconds and thirds)

RankScoreClubOpponentYearGradeRoundVenue
10.0 (0) Geelong West Brunswick 1981Thirds (D1)7
0.0 (0) Caulfield Box Hill 1986Thirds (D2)9
20.0 (1) Box Hill Sunshine 1969Thirds (D2)7
Source: [5]

Greatest winning margins

RankMarginTeamOpponentYearRoundGround
1315 Williamstown Camberwell 198616Camberwell Sportsground
2290 Waverley Sunshine 1981 (D2)1Central Reserve
3275 Brunswick Sunshine 1983 (D2)12Brunswick Park
4254 Box Hill Sunshine 1984 (D2)16 Box Hill City Oval
5246 Brunswick Kilsyth 1984 (D2)18Brunswick Park

Individual records

Most career goals (seniors)

RankGoalsGamesPlayerClub(s)Career span
11336300 Fred Cook Yarraville, Port Melbourne, Moorabbin 1969–1985
21070221 Rino Pretto Coburg, Camberwell, Oakleigh, Dandenong 1980–1984
3933227 Bob Bonnett Port Melbourne 1952–1963
4928174 Mark Fotheringham Yarraville, Williamstown 1978–1987
5883183 Jim 'Frosty' Miller Dandenong 1967–1977

Most career games (seniors)

RankGamesPlayerClub(s)Career span
1306 Ben Jolley Bendigo, Williamstown,
Port Melbourne, Essendon reserves 		2005–2023
2302 Bill Swan Port Melbourne, Williamstown 1976–1993
3300 Fred Cook Yarraville, Port Melbourne, Moorabbin 1969–1985
4293William 'Ching' Harris Footscray 1896–1904,
1906–1915
5277John Benson Sunshine, Werribee 1966–1984
Last updated: 25 September 2023

Most games for each club (seniors)

ClubGamesPlayerCareer span
Berwick 29Robert Trigg1983–1987
Box Hill 180Jack Wright1951–1960
Brighton 184George Stewart1927–1937
Brighton-Caulfield 26Larry Rowe1963–1964
Brunswick 206Henry Chase1903–1910, 1912–1915, 1918–1920
Camberwell 136James Bohan1947–1953
Carlton 133James Rickards1877–1884
Caulfield 213 John Einsiedel 1974–1987
Coburg 210Dave Starbuck1945–1956
Dandenong 210Lew Wright1976–1988
Footscray 293William 'Ching' Harris1896–1904, 1906–1915
Frankston 203Daniel Clarke1996–2007
Geelong A 80Cyril Cations1922–1927
Geelong reserves 106Jack Hollmer2007–2015
Geelong West 200 Warwick Yates 1974–1982
Kilsyth 26Stephen Letts1982–1983
Melbourne City 30A.J. Daniels1912–1913
Moorabbin (I) 217Len Gilder1951–1963
Moorabbin (II) 36Graham Stewart1983–1987
Mordialloc 270William Lang1969–1983
North Ballarat 209Marc Greig20??–20??
North Melbourne 224 Charlie Hardy 1908–1921
Northcote 201 Frank Seymour 1928–1938
Oakleigh 203Michael Owen1981–1994
Port Melbourne 229 Bob Bonnett 1952–1963
Prahran 248 Frank Smith 1969–1983
Preston/Northern Bullants 200Sid Hall19??–19??
Richmond 118Alec Edmonds1899–1907
Sandringham 202 Nick Sautner 1997–2000, 2004–2010
Springvale/Casey 233 Damian Carroll 1992–2004
Sunshine 148John Benson1966-1984
Waverley 110Jeff Costello1973-1984
Werribee 169Robbie Castello2004–2013
West Melbourne 77Harry Gregory1902-1907
Williamstown 229 Ben Jolley 2005–present
Yarraville 200Ron Brown1958–1973

Kicks after the siren

Goal to win

PlayerTeamOpponentYearScoreDetails
Langley Carlton North Melbourne 18952–1 [6] [7]
Wally Cook Camberwell Sandringham 195276–75 [8]
Jack Whallis Yarraville Williamstown 195677–76 [9] [10]
Alex Andjelkovic Geelong West Caulfield 1972120–115Division 2 [11]
Chris Rourke Camberwell Preston 1982121–119Division 1
Anthony Cardamone Preston Williamstown 1992137–134 [12] [13]
Jarrad Grant Williamstown Coburg 2009119–116 [14]
Jean-Luc Velissaris Northern Blues Port Melbourne 201972–68 [15]
Jacob Bauer Richmond reserves Greater Western Sydney reserves 202382–80 [16]
Jacob Bauer Richmond reserves Brisbane reserves 202359–58 [17]

Goal to draw

PlayerTeamOpponentYearScoreDetails
Doulton Langlands Sandringham Coburg 201879–79 [18]

Behind to win

PlayerTeamOpponentYearScoreDetails
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Essendon reserves Gold Coast reserves 202377–76 [19]

Missed opportunities

PlayerTeamOpponentYearScoreOutcomeDetails
Dave McNamara Essendon A Brunswick 191163–65A goal would have won the premiership for Essendon; the loss forced a Grand Final the following week. [20] [21]
Ben Lennon Richmond reserves Port Melbourne 201770–74Richmond would have won the 2017 VFL premiership. [22] [23]
Max Williams Frankston Greater Western Sydney reserves 202354–55A goal would have won the game for Frankston by 5 points. [24] [25]

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  8. ↑ Cook was awarded a free kick after an errant kick by Sandringham full-back went out of bounds without being touched. Siren went while he prepared to kick. A 60-yard torpedo snuck through to give Camberwell victory. "Goal After Bell Beats Zebras". The Argus . Melbourne. 5 May 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 10 May 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Whallis kicked a goal after the final siren from 35 yards, giving Yarraville a one point victory
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  11. ↑ Second semi-final. 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, and qualified it for the Grand Final."West sneaks into final". Geelong Advertiser. Geelong, VIC. 28 August 1972. p. 12.
  12. ↑ 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 25m out.
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  16. ↑ Marked 10m out almost directly in front and kicked truly. "Bauer boots after-the-siren goal to see VFL Tigers home". 4 June 2023.
  17. ↑ Converted a set shot from 35m out on a slight angle. This was the second time during the 2023 VFL season that Bauer had kicked the winning goal after the siren, having done so earlier within the same month. "Bauer's brilliance topples Brisbane". 30 June 2023.
  18. ↑ Sandringham's Doulton Langlands received a late free kick and controversial 50m penalty, which handed him a shot from the goal square. The goal denied Coburg's first win of the season. Video of the last few seconds
  19. ↑ Marked 30 metres out directly in front with less than a second remaining. His kick went wide right, giving the 18th-placed Essendon a shock victory over 1st-placed Gold Coast. The Essendon AFL team had lost a game from a goal after the siren the previous night against Port Adelaide.
  20. ↑ Place kick from 40yds out directly in front in the final, taken with hundreds of spectators already on the field, missed by 6ft. A goal would have won the premiership for Essendon, but as they were minor premiers, the loss meant a rematch against Brunswick the following week, in which Essendon was victorious.
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