List of VFL/AFL players to have scored 500 goals

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Dick Lee was the first player to kick 500 goals in the Victorian Football League (VFL), finishing with a total of 707 goals in a 230-game career at Collingwood Dick Lee.jpg
Dick Lee was the first player to kick 500 goals in the Victorian Football League (VFL), finishing with a total of 707 goals in a 230-game career at Collingwood

In the Australian Football League (AFL), the premier Australian rules football league, a total of 59 players have scored 500 goals or more in senior matches (not including pre-season, Night Series, interstate and exhibition matches). The overall leading goalscorer is Tony Lockett, who kicked a total of 1,360 goals in 281 games for the St Kilda Football Club and the Sydney Swans between 1983 and 2002. The first 1000-goal player was Gordon Coventry, of Collingwood, whose record of 1299 career goals stood for 61 years until it was broken by Lockett in 1999. [1]

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List

Statistics are correct as season end, 2018.

    Current players are highlighted in blue:

№PlayerGoalsGamesAverageCareerClub(s)Ref
1
 Tony Lockett
1360
281
4.84
1983–2002
St Kilda (1983–1994; 183 games, 898 goals)
Sydney (1995–2002; 98 games, 462 goals)
[2]
2
 Gordon Coventry
1299
306
4.25
1920–1937
Collingwood (1920–1937; 306 games, 1299 goals
3
 Jason Dunstall
1254
269
4.66
1985–1998
Hawthorn (1985–1998; 269 games, 1254 goals)
[3]
4
 Doug Wade
1057
267
3.96
1961–1975
Geelong (1961–1972; 208 games, 834 goals)
North Melbourne (1973–1975; 59 games, 223 goals)
[4]
5
 Gary Ablett, Sr.
1031
248
4.15
1982–1996
Hawthorn (1982; 6 games, 10 goals)
Geelong (1984–1996; 242 games, 1021 goals)
[5]
6
 Jack Titus
970
294
3.30
1926–1943
Richmond (1926–1943; 294 games, 970 goals)
[6]
7
 Lance Franklin 940
299
3.14
2005–
 Hawthorn (2005–2013; 182 games, 580 goals)
Sydney (2014–; 115 games, 360 goals)
[7]
8
 Matthew Lloyd
926
270
3.43
1995–2009
Essendon (1995–2009; 270 games, 926 goals)
[8]
9
 Leigh Matthews
915
332
2.76
1969–1985
Hawthorn (1969–1985; 332 games, 915 goals)
[9]
10
 Peter McKenna
874
191
4.58
1965–1977
Collingwood (1965–1975; 180 games, 838 goals)
Carlton (1977; 11 games, 36 goals)
[10]
11
 Bernie Quinlan
817
366
2.23
1969–1986
Footscray (1969–1977; 177 games, 241 goals)
Fitzroy (1978–1986; 189 games, 576 goals)
[11]
12
 Matthew Richardson
800
282
2.84
1993–2009
Richmond (1993–2009; 282 games, 800 goals)
[12]
13
 Kevin Bartlett
778
403
1.93
1965–1983
Richmond (1965–1983; 403 games, 778 goals)
[13]
14
 Saverio Rocca
748
257
2.91
1992–2006
Collingwood (1992–2000; 156 games, 514 goals)
Kangaroos (2001–2006; 101 games, 234 goals)
[14]
15
 Barry Hall
746
289
2.58
1996–2011
St Kilda (1996–2001; 88 games, 144 goals)
Sydney (2002–2009; 162 games, 467 goals)
Western Bulldogs (2010–2011; 39 games, 135 goals)
[15]
16
 Stephen Kernahan
738
251
2.94
1986–1997
Carlton (1986–1997; 251 games, 738 goals)
[16]
17
 Bill Mohr
735
195
3.77
1929–1941
St Kilda (1929–1941; 195 games, 735 goals)
[17]
18
 Peter Hudson
727
129
5.64
1967–1977
Hawthorn (1967–1977; 129 games, 727 goals)
[18]
19
 Wayne Carey
727
272
2.67
1989–2004
North Melbourne (1989–2001; 244 games, 671 goals)
Adelaide (2002–2004; 28 games, 46 goals)
[19]
20
 Harry Vallence
722
204
3.54
1926–1938
Carlton (1926–1938; 204 games, 722 goals)
[20]
21
 Nick Riewoldt
718
336
2.14
2001–2017
St Kilda (2001–2017; 336 games, 718 goals)
[21]
22
 Dick Lee
707
230
3.07
1906–1922
Collingwood (1906–1922; 230 games, 707 goals)
[22]
23
 Matthew Pavlich
700
353
1.98
2000–2016
Fremantle (2000–2016; 353 games, 700 goals)
[23]
24
 Bob Pratt
681
158
4.31
1930–1946
South Melbourne (1930–1946; 158 games, 681 goals)
[24]
25
 Jack Moriarty
662
170
3.89
1922–1933
Essendon (1922; 13 games, 36 goals)
Fitzroy (1924–1933; 157 games, 626 goals)
[25]
26
 Alastair Lynch
633
306
2.07
1988–2004
Fitzroy (1988–1993; 120 games, 173 goals)
Brisbane Bears (1994–1996; 32 games, 89 goals)
Brisbane Lions (1997–2004; 154 games, 371 goals)
[26]
27
 David Neitz
631
306
2.06
1993–2008
Melbourne (1993–2008; 306 games, 631 goals)
[27]
28
 Michael Moncrieff
629
224
2.81
1971–1983
Hawthorn (1971–1983; 224 games, 629 goals)
[28]
29
 Brendan Fevola
623
204
3.05
1999–2010
Carlton (1999–2009; 187 games, 575 goals)
Brisbane Lions (2010; 17 games, 48 goals)
[29]
30
 Jack Riewoldt
608
251
2.42
2007–
 Richmond (2007–; 251 games, 608 goals)
[30]
31
 Michael Roach
607
200
3.04
1977–1989
Richmond (1977–1989; 200 games, 607 goals)
[31]
33
 Jonathan Brown
594
256
2.32
2000–2014
Brisbane Lions (2000–2014; 256 games, 594 goals)
[32]
34
 Stewart Loewe
594
321
1.85
1986–2002
St Kilda (1989–2002; 321 games, 594 goals)
[33]
35
 Kelvin Templeton
593
177
3.35
1974–1985
Footscray (1974–1982; 143 games, 494 goals)
Melbourne (1983–1985; 34 games, 99 goals)
[34]
32
 Josh Kennedy
601

236
2.54
2006–
 Carlton (2006–2007; 22 games, 11 goals)
West Coast (2008–; 212 games, 594 goals)
[35]
36
 Eddie Betts
589
308
1.91
2005–
 Carlton (2005–2013; 184 games, 290 goals)
Adelaide (2014–; 124 games, 299 goals)
[36]
37
 Tony Modra
588
165
3.56
1992–2001
Adelaide (1992–1998; 118 games, 440 goals)
Fremantle (1999–2001; 47 games, 148 goals)
[37]
38
 Simon Madden
575
378
1.52
1974–1992
Essendon (1974–1992; 378 games, 575 goals)
[38]
39
 Simon Beasley
575
154
3.73
1982–1989
Footscray (1982–1989; 154 games, 575 goals)
[39]
40
 Richard Osborne
574
283
2.03
1982–1998
Fitzroy (1982–1992; 187 games, 411 goals)
Sydney (1993–1993; 16 games, 39 goals)
Footscray (1994–1996; 51 games, 98 goals)
Collingwood (1997–1998; 29 games, 26 goals)
[40]
41
 Stephen Milne
574
275
2.09
2001–2013
St Kilda (2001–2013; 275 games, 574 goals)
[41]
42
 Norm Smith
572
227
2.52
1935–1950
Melbourne (1935–1948; 210 games, 546 goals)
Fitzroy (1949–1950; 17 games, 26 goals)
[42]
43
 Jarryd Roughead
567
275
2.04
2005–
 Hawthorn (2005–; 278 games, 567 goals)
[43]
44
 Paul Salmon
561
324
1.73
1983–2002
Essendon (1983–2002; 224 games, 520 goals)
Hawthorn (1996–2000; 100 games, 41 goals)
[44]
45
 Brad Johnson
558
364
1.53
1994–2010
Footscray (1994–2010; 364 games, 558 goals)
[45]
46
 Chris Grant
554
341
1.62
1990–2007
Footscray (1990–2007; 341 games, 554 goals)
[46]
47
 Warren Tredrea
549
255
2.15
1997–2010
Port Adelaide (1997–2010; 255 games, 549 goals)
[47]
48
 Fraser Gehrig
549
260
2.11
1995–2008
West Coast (1995–2000; 115 games, 159 goals)
St Kilda (2001–2008; 145 games, 390 goals)
[48]
49
 Peter Daicos
549
250
2.20
1979–1993
Collingwood (1979–1993; 250 games, 549 goals)
[49]
50
 Dick Harris
548
196
2.80
1934–1944
Richmond (1934–1944; 196 games, 548 goals)
[50]
51
 Lindsay White
540
142
3.80
1941–1950
Geelong (1941–1950; 117 games, 429 goals)
South Melbourne (1942–1943; 25 games, 111 goals)
[51]
52
 John Coleman
537
98
5.48
1949–1954
Essendon (1949–1954; 98 games, 537 goals)
[52]
53
 Brian Taylor
527
140
3.76
1980–1990
Richmond (1980–1984; 43 games, 156 goals)
Collingwood (1985–1990; 97 games, 371 goals)
[53]
54
 Daniel Bradshaw
524
231
2.27
1996–2010
Brisbane Bears (1996; 3 games, 0 goals)
Brisbane Lions (1997–2009; 219 games, 496 goals)
Sydney (2010–2010; 9 games, 28 goals)
[54]
55
 Michael O'Loughlin
521
303
1.72
1995–2009
Sydney (1995–2009; 303 games, 521 goals)
[55]
56
 Brent Harvey
518
432
1.20
1996–2016
North Melbourne (1996–2016; 432 games, 518 goals)
[56]
57
 Steve Johnson
516
293
1.75
2002–2017
Geelong (2002–2015; 253 games, 452 goals)
Greater Western Sydney (2016–2017; 40 games, 64 goals)
[57]
58
 Peter Sumich
514
150
3.43
1989–1997
West Coast (1989–1997; 150 games, 514 goals)
[58]
59
 John Longmire
511
200
2.56
1988–1999
North Melbourne (1988–1999; 200 games, 511 goals)
[59]
60
 Tom Hawkins
507
236
2.15
2007–
 Geelong (2007-; 236 games, 507 goals)
[60]

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