List of West Coast Eagles leading goalkickers

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Josh Kennedy has been the leading goalscorer for the Eagles eight times

The following is a list of players who have kicked the most goals for the West Coast Eagles in each season of the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), for both the men's team and the women's team.

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Peter Sumich holds the record for the most goals kicked in a season by an Eagles player, having kicked 111 goals in 1991. Sumich also holds the club record for most consecutive times as leading goalkicker (six, between 1989 and 1994). Josh Kennedy holds the record for the most times as leading goalkicker (eight). In 1999, Scott Cummings became the first Eagles player to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals kicked in the AFL in one season. Kennedy joined Cummings in 2015, winning West Coast's second-ever Coleman medal, kicking 75 goals in the 2015 home-and-away season and adding an extra five in the finals series. [1] Kennedy also holds the individual career goal scoring record for West Coast (712).

AFL leading goalkickers

^Denotes current player
+Player won Coleman Medal in same season
Team played finals (which count for the tally)
SeasonLeading goalkickerGoals
1987 Ross Glendinning 38
1988 Ross Glendinning (2)73†
1989 Peter Sumich 45
1990 Peter Sumich (2)90†
1991 Peter Sumich (3)111†
1992 Peter Sumich (4)82†
1993 Peter Sumich (5)76†
1994 Peter Sumich (6)49†
1995 Jason Ball 48†
1996 Mitchell White 37†
1997 Peter Sumich (7)33†
1998 Fraser Gehrig 42†
1999+ Scott Cummings 95†
2000 Phil Matera 49
2001 Troy Wilson 40
2002 Phil Matera (2)46†
2003 Phil Matera (3)62†
2004 Phil Matera (4)61†
2005 Phil Matera (5)38†
2006 Quinten Lynch 65†
2007 Quinten Lynch (2)52†
2008 Ben McKinley 42
2009 Mark LeCras 58
2010 Mark LeCras (2)63
2011 Josh Kennedy 59†
2012 Jack Darling ^53†
2013 Josh Kennedy (2)60
2014 Josh Kennedy (3)61
2015+ Josh Kennedy (4)80†
2016+ Josh Kennedy (5)82†
2017 Josh Kennedy (6)69†
2018 Jack Darling ^ (2)48†
2019 Jack Darling ^ (3)59†
2020 Josh Kennedy (7)34†
2021 Jack Darling ^ (4)42
2022 Josh Kennedy (8)37
2023 Oscar Allen ^53

Multiple winners

PlayerWinsSeasons
Josh Kennedy 8 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022
Peter Sumich 7 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997
Phil Matera 5 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Jack Darling 4 2012, 2018, 2019, 2021
Ross Glendinning 2 1987, 1988
Mark LeCras 2 2009, 2010
Quinten Lynch 2 2006, 2007

Leading career goalkickers

PlayergoalsAverage
Josh Kennedy 7122.62
Peter Sumich 5143.43
Jack Darling 5101.84
Mark LeCras 4412.01
Phil Matera 3892.17
Quentin Lynch 2781.33
Jamie Cripps 2681.26
Chris Lewis 2591.20
Brett Heady 2371.52
Peter Matera 2170.86

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Most goals in a game

GoalsPlayerOpponentRoundYearVenue
14.1 Scott Cummings Adelaide 42000 WACA
13.3 Peter Sumich Footscray 131991WACA
12.2 Mark LeCras Essendon 162010 Docklands
11.8 Peter Sumich Essendon 151992 MCG
11.0 Josh Kennedy Greater Western Sydney 82014 Subiaco
10.3 Josh Kennedy Western Bulldogs 92011Subiaco
10.2 Scott Cummings Fremantle 62000Subiaco
10.1 Josh Kennedy Carlton 22015Subiaco

AFL Women's leading goalkickers

^Denotes current player
Team played finals (which count for the tally)
SeasonLeading goalkickerGoals
2020 Hayley Bullas 2
2021 Grace Kelly 7
2022 (S6) Aimee Schmidt ^7
2022 (S7) Aimee Schmidt ^5
2023 Kellie Gibson ^12

See also

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  2. "Club Records". West Coast Eagles. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.