List of WAFL records

This is a list of records from the West Australian Football League (WAFL) since its inception in 1885 (formerly known as the West Australian Football Association, West Australian National Football League, Western Australia State Football League and Westar Rules).

Team Records

Highest Score

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Year 2025	Round	Ground
1	41.30 (276)	East Perth	South Fremantle	1944	Round 1	Perth Oval
2	40.18 (258)	South Fremantle	West Perth	1981	Round 21	Fremantle Oval
3	39.20 (254)	Claremont	Perth	1981	Round 17	Claremont Oval
4	40.11 (251)	Swan Districts	Subiaco	1979	Round 19	Bassendean Oval
5	38.21 (249)	Swan Districts	Subiaco	1982	Round 2	Bassendean Oval
[1]

Note: The score of 41.30 (276) by East Perth against South Fremantle in 1944 was in an under-19 competition due to the loss of players to serve in World War II, and is excluded in some sources. The score of 40.18 (258) by South Fremantle against West Perth in 1981 is the record in WAFL senior competition.

Lowest Score

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Year	Round	Ground
1	0.0 (0)	Subiaco	South Fremantle	1906	Round 14	North Fremantle Oval
	0.0 (0) †	Peel Thunder	Claremont	2004	Round 1	Rushton Park
3	0.1 (1)	Perth	West Perth	1899	Round 17	WACA
4	0.2 (2)	East Fremantle	Rovers	1898	Round 1	WACA
	0.2 (2)	Subiaco	East Perth	1920	Round 13	Perth Oval
[1]
†Peel Thunder scored 10.10 (70) for the match, but their score was deleted as a penalty for playing former Fitzroy and Subiaco rover Peter Bird without a clearance. [2]

Most Consecutive Wins

Rank	Streak	Team	Start	End
1	35	East Fremantle	1945, Round 13	1947, Round 3
2	25	Subiaco	2017, Grand Final	2019, Round 6
3	21	East Perth	1944, Round 1	1944 Grand Final
4	19	East Perth	1958, Preliminary Final	1959, Round 17
	19	Subiaco	2006, Round 12	2007, Round 7
	19	Subiaco	2017, Round 2	2017, Semi Final
5	18	Swan Districts	1979, Round 17	1980, Round 13
	18	Claremont	1991, Round 7	1992, Round 1

Player Records

Most games

Note: These figures refer to premiership matches (i.e. home-and-away and finals matches) only.

Rank	Games	Player	Clubs	Years
1	367	Mel Whinnen	West Perth	1960-1977
2	341	Bill Dempsey	West Perth	1960-1976
3	3321	Jack Sheedy	East Fremantle, East Perth	1942-1944, 1946-1962
4	306	Brian Peake	East Fremantle, Perth	1972-1981, 1986-1990
5	304	Bill Walker	Swan Districts	1961-1976

¹ Sheedy played 37 games in 1942-1944, which was in an under-19 competition due to the loss of players to serve in World War II; these games are excluded in some sources, which list Sheedy as playing 295 WAFL games.

The only other player to play 300 WAFL games was Kris Miller (East Fremantle, South Fremantle), who played 303 games between 1999 and 2014.

Most career goals

Rank	Goals	Games	Player	Clubs	Years
1	1211	251	Austin Robertson, Jr.	Subiaco	1962-1965, 1967-1974
2	1196	228	Ted Tyson	West Perth	1930-1941, 1945
3	1095	202	George Doig	East Fremantle	1933-1945
4	1034	192	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	1941, 1946-1954
5	910	190	Raymond Scott	West Perth	1944, 1947-1955, 1959
[3]

Most goals in a season

George Doig

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Year
1	167	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	1953
2	160	Austin Robertson, Jr.	Subiaco	1968
3	152	George Doig	East Fremantle	1934
4	147	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	1952
5	144	George Doig	East Fremantle	1937
[4]

Most goals in a game

Bernie Naylor

Rank	Goals	Player	Club	Opponent	Year	Round	Ground
1	23	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	Subiaco	1953	Round 16	Fremantle Oval
2	19	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	East Fremantle	1952	Round 18	Fremantle Oval
	19	George Doig	East Fremantle	Claremont	1934	Round 19	Fremantle Oval
	19	George Moloney	Claremont	Swan Districts	1940	Round 16	Claremont Oval
5	18	Bernie Naylor	South Fremantle	Subiaco	1953	Round 2	Fremantle Oval
[4]

Most Sandover Medals

Medals	Player	Team	Seasons
4	Bill Walker	Swan Districts	1965, 1966, 1967, 1970
3	Haydn Bunton, Sr.	Subiaco	1938, 1939, 1941
	Merv McIntosh	Perth	1948, 1953, 1954
	Graham Farmer	East Perth	1956, 1957, 1960
	Barry Cable	Perth	1964, 1968, 1973

Kicks after the siren

Goal to win

Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
Doug Oliphant	Perth	South Fremantle	1932	66–60	[5]
McGarry	West Perth	Victoria Park	1934	80–79	[6] [7]
Bill Holmes	Swan Districts	East Fremantle	1968	102–101	[8] [9]
Peter Melesso	Claremont	South Fremantle	1987	136–134	[10] [11]
Chris Gerreyn	Claremont	East Fremantle	1995	71–67	[12] [13]
Adam Prior	East Perth	Claremont	2012	91–90	[14]
Kyle Anderson	East Perth	Perth	2018	83–80	[15]
Mitch Dobson	West Perth	Perth	2022	54–48	[16] [17]
Tom Edwards	Swan Districts	West Coast reserves	2023	83-80	[18] [19]

Behind to win

Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
Rainoldi	West Perth	South Fremantle	1934	121–120	[20] [21]
Noel Carter	South Fremantle	East Fremantle	1983	128–127	[22]

Behind to draw

Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Details
Peter Melesso	Claremont	Subiaco	1987	89–89	[23] [24]
Peter Melesso	Claremont	Swan Districts	1988	76–76	[25] [26]
Kristian Cary	Perth	West Coast reserves	2023	98–98	[27] [28]

Missed opportunities

Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Score	Outcome	Details
Jared Hardisty	Claremont	South Fremantle	2021	64–65	Claremont would have made the 2021 grand final.	[29] [30]

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal

• List of VFL/AFL records
• List of VFL/AFL reserves records
• List of SANFL records
• List of Tasmanian Football League records
• List of VFA/VFL records

References

1. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - All Teams". www.waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
2. Townsend, John; ‘Peel Will Plead Bird Selection Legitimate’; The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian , 22 March 2004
3. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - Player Records". www.waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
4. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - Player Records". www.waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
5. ‘A Last-Minute Victory: South Fremantle Narrowly Defeated’; The West Australian; 25 April 1932, p. 13
6. West Perth won by a point after a brilliant torpedo punt from McGarry after the final bell.
7. 'Won after the Bell – West Perth’s One-Point Victory'; The West Australian, 6 August 1934, p. 14
8. A display of sheer determination against a strengthening wind in the final quarter allowed Swan Districts to record their solitary win for the season with Holmes kicking the goal after the siren.
9. Worner, Geoff; ‘Swans Crack It – By One Point!’; The Sunday Times, 30 June 1968, p. 71
10. South Fremantle was denied a huge upset after Melesso marked with fifteen seconds remaining, then kicked truly after the final siren.
11. Stocks, Gary; ‘South Revived – in a Fashion’; The West Australian, 6 July 1987, p. 99
12. Gerreyn kicks a goal after the siren for Claremont’s sixth consecutive victory in round 8 of the season while all eighteen East Fremantle players yelled to put him off balance.
13. Lague, Steve; ‘Gerreyn the Hero for Second Time’; The West Australian, 29 May 1995, p. 75
14. Prior converted his third goal of the final quarter to complete a remarkable East Perth comeback Archived 30 December 2012 at archive.today
15. Marked seconds before the siren went, kicked the goal from 45m on acute angle "Kyle Anderson kicks goal after siren to lead East Perth to three-point win over Perth". 28 July 2018.
16. Dobson took a diving mark at the top of the square with seconds remaining, and he kicked truly after the siren.
17. "Falcons prevail in cliffhanger". West Perth Football Club.
18. West Coast's Harry Barnett missed a shot on goal, allowing Swan Districts to bring the ball back into their forward 50, where Edwards marked and kicked truly.
19. "WAFL Match Report: Eagles suffer heartbreak at the hands of Swans". West Coast Eagles.
20. A behind from Rainoldi after the final bell gave West Perth their sixth win in round 7 of the season, and their only win with two fewer goals.
21. "WAFL Footy Facts: West Perth – Wins with Less Goals". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
22. Received a free kick with five seconds to play and scored a behind after the siren. 6th June 1983 – WAFL – East Fremantle v South Fremantle
23. Melesso kicked a behind from fifty metres out after the siren to draw, after missing two easier shots that could have given the Tigers another win.
24. Christian, Geoff; ‘Historic Draw and a Tale of Two Kicks’; The West Australian, 1 June 1987, p. 76
25. For the third time in twenty-seven matches, Melesso saves Claremont from defeat with a kick after the siren.
26. Marsh, David; ‘Melesso’s Rescue Cheers Neesham’; The West Australian, 27 June 1988, p. 115
27. Kristian Cary kicked after the siren, but his kick fell short the huge pack competing on the goal line saw the ball forced through for a rushed behind. The draw ended West Coast's losing streak for the 2023 season.
28. "WAFL NAIDOC Round Wrap". WAFL.
29. Claremont co-captain Jared Hardisty had set shot after the final siren to win the game, but he missed and it sailed through for a behind.
30. "WAFL NAIDOC Round Wrap". WAFL.