List of VFL/AFL players to have kicked 500 goals

This is a list of players who have kicked 500 or more goals in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). This list only includes home-and-away matches and finals; representative games (i.e. State of Origin or international rules), pre-season and Night Series games are excluded from the totals.

Former Collingwood player Dick Lee was the first VFL/AFL player to kick 500 goals.

List of players
Bold Current player
Most VFL/AFL goals for that club
# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per game		 Average
per season		 Career span Ref.
1Tony Lockett1360St Kilda (1983–1994; 183 games, 898 goals)                                 
Sydney (1995–1999, 2002; 98 games, 462 goals)		2814.8475.561983–1999, 2002[1]
2Gordon Coventry1299Collingwood3064.2572.171920–1937[2]
3Jason Dunstall1254Hawthorn2694.6689.571985–1998[3]
4Doug Wade1057Geelong (1961–1972; 208 games, 834 goals)
North Melbourne (1973–1975; 59 games, 223 goals)		2673.9670.471961–1975[4]
5Gary Ablett Sr.1031Hawthorn (1982; 6 games, 10 goals)
Geelong (1984–1997; 242 games, 1021 goals)                              		2484.1668.731982, 1984–1997[5]
6Jack Titus970Richmond2943.3053.891926–1943[6]
7Lance Franklin944Hawthorn (2005–2013; 182 games, 580 goals)
Sydney (2014–present; 118 games, 364 goals)		3003.1559.002005–present[7]
8Matthew Lloyd926Essendon2703.4361.731995–2009[8]
9Leigh Matthews915Hawthorn3322.7653.821969–1985[9]
10Peter McKenna874Collingwood (1965–1975; 180 games, 838 goals)
Carlton (1977; 11 games, 36 goals)		1914.5872.831965–1975, 1977[10]
11Bernie Quinlan817Footscray (1969–1977; 177 games, 241 goals)
Fitzroy (1978–1986; 189 games, 576 goals)		3662.2345.391969–1986[11]
12Matthew Richardson800Richmond2822.8447.061993–2009[12]
13Kevin Bartlett778Richmond4031.9340.951965–1983[13]
14Saverio Rocca748Collingwood (1992–2000; 156 games, 514 goals)
Kangaroos (2001–2006; 101 games, 234 goals)		2572.9149.871992–2006[14]
15Barry Hall746St Kilda (1996–2001; 88 games, 144 goals)
Sydney (2002–2009; 162 games, 467 goals)
Western Bulldogs (2010–2011; 39 games, 135 goals)		2892.5846.631996–2011[15]
16Stephen Kernahan738Carlton2512.9461.501986–1997[16]
17Bill Mohr735St Kilda1953.7756.541929–1941[17]
18Peter Hudson727Hawthorn1295.6480.781967–1974, 1977[18]
Wayne Carey727North Melbourne/Kangaroos (1989–2001; 244 games, 671 goals)
Adelaide (2003–2004; 28 games, 46 goals)		2722.6748.471989–2001, 2003–2004[19]
20Harry Vallence722Carlton2043.5455.541926–1938[20]
21Nick Riewoldt718St Kilda3362.1442.242001–2017[21]
22Dick Lee707Collingwood2303.0741.591906–1922[22]
23Matthew Pavlich700Fremantle3531.9841.182000–2016[23]
24Bob Pratt681South Melbourne1584.3161.911930–1939, 1946[24]
25Jack Riewoldt664Richmond2832.3547.432007–present[25]
26Jack Moriarty662Essendon (1922; 13 games, 36 goals)
Fitzroy (1924–1933; 157 games, 626 goals)                                  		1703.8960.181922, 1924–1933[26]
27Josh Kennedy645Carlton (2006–2007; 22 games, 11 goals)
West Coast (2008–present; 238 games, 634 goals)                    		2602.4843.002006–present[27]
28Alastair Lynch633Fitzroy (1988–1993; 120 games, 173 goals)
Brisbane Bears (1994–1996; 32 games, 89 goals)
Brisbane Lions (1997–2004; 154 games, 371 goals)		3062.0737.241988–2004[28]
29David Neitz631Melbourne3062.0639.441993–2008[29]
30Michael Moncrieff629Hawthorn2242.8148.381971–1983[30]
31Brendan Fevola623Carlton (1999–2009; 187 games, 575 goals)
Brisbane Lions (2010; 17 games, 48 goals)		2043.0551.921999–2010[31]
32Eddie Betts613Carlton (2005–2013, 2020–present; 199 games, 303 goals)
Adelaide (2014–2019; 132 games, 310 goals)		3311.8538.312005–present[32]
33Michael Roach607Richmond2003.0446.691977–1989[33]
34Tom Hawkins603Geelong2772.1843.072007–present[34]
35Stewart Loewe594St Kilda3211.8534.941986–2002[35]
Jonathan Brown594Brisbane Lions2562.3239.602000–2014[36]
37Kelvin Templeton593Footscray (1974–1982; 143 games, 494 goals)
Melbourne (1983–1985; 34 games, 99 goals)		1773.3549.421974–1985[37]
38Tony Modra588Adelaide (1992–1998; 118 games, 440 goals)
Fremantle (1999–2001; 47 games, 148 goals)		1653.5658.801992–2001[38]
39Jarryd Roughead578Hawthorn2832.0438.532005–2019[39]
40Simon Madden575Essendon3781.5230.261974–1992[40]
Simon Beasley575Footscray1543.7371.881982–1989[41]
42Richard Osborne574Fitzroy (1982–1992; 187 games, 411 goals)
Sydney (1993; 16 games, 39 goals)
Footscray (1994–1996; 51 games, 98 goals)
Collingwood (1997–1998; 29 games, 26 goals)		2832.0333.761982–1998[42]
Stephen Milne574St Kilda2752.0944.152001–2013[43]
44Norm Smith572Melbourne (1935–1948; 210 games, 546 goals)
Fitzroy (1949–1950; 17 games, 26 goals)		2272.5235.751935–1950[44]
45Paul Salmon561Essendon (1983–1995, 2002; 224 games, 520 goals)
Hawthorn (1996–2000; 100 games, 41 goals)		3241.7329.531983–2000, 2002[45]
46Brad Johnson558Footscray/Western Bulldogs3641.5332.821994–2010[46]
47Chris Grant554Footscray/Western Bulldogs3411.6230.781990–2007[47]
48Peter Daicos549Collingwood2502.2036.601979–1993[48]
Fraser Gehrig549West Coast (1995–2000; 115 games, 159 goals)
St Kilda (2001–2008; 145 games, 390 goals)		2602.1139.211995–2008[49]
Warren Tredrea549Port Adelaide2552.1539.211997–2010[50]
51Dick Harris548Richmond1962.8049.821934–1944[51]
52Lindsay White540Geelong (1941, 1944–1950; 117 games, 429 goals)
South Melbourne (1942–1943; 25 games, 111 goals)		1423.8054.001941–1950[52]
53John Coleman537Essendon985.4889.501949–1954[53]
54Brian Taylor527Richmond (1980–1984; 43 games, 156 goals)
Collingwood (1985–1990; 97 games, 371 goals)		1403.7647.911980–1990[54]
55Daniel Bradshaw524Brisbane Bears (1996; 3 games, 0 goals)
Brisbane Lions (1997–2009; 219 games, 496 goals)
Sydney (2010; 9 games, 28 goals)		2312.2734.931996–2010[55]
56Michael O'Loughlin521Sydney3031.7234.731995–2009[56]
57Brent Harvey518North Melbourne/Kangaroos4321.2020.571996–2016[57]
58Steve Johnson516Geelong (2002–2015; 253 games, 452 goals)
Greater Western Sydney (2016–2017; 40 games, 64 goals)		2931.7532.252002–2017[58]
59Peter Sumich514West Coast1503.4357.111989–1997[59]
60John Longmire511North Melbourne/Kangaroos2002.5642.581988–1999[60]

Table correct to the end of the 2020 season.

Most goals for each club
Bold Current player
Club Player Goals Games Years Ref.
AdelaideTaylor Walker4412032008–present[61]
Brisbane BearsRoger Merrett2851641988–1996[62]
Brisbane LionsJonathan Brown5942562000–2014[36]
CarltonStephen Kernahan7382511986–1997[16]
CollingwoodGordon Coventry12993061920–1937[2]
EssendonMatthew Lloyd9262701995–2009[8]
FitzroyJack Moriarty6261571924–1933[26]
Footscray/Western BulldogsSimon Beasley5751541982–1989[41]
FremantleMatthew Pavlich7003532000–2016[23]
GeelongGary Ablett Sr.10212421984–1997[5]
Gold CoastTom Lynch2541312011–2018[63]
Greater Western SydneyJeremy Cameron4271712012–2020[64]
HawthornJason Dunstall12542691985–1998[3]
MelbourneDavid Neitz6313061993–2008[29]
North Melbourne/KangaroosWayne Carey6712441989–2001[19]
Port AdelaideWarren Tredrea5492551997–2010[50]
RichmondJack Titus9702941926–1943[6]
South Melbourne/SydneyBob Pratt6811581930–1939, 1946[24]
St KildaTony Lockett8981831983–1994[1]
UniversityRoy Park111441912–1914[65]
West CoastJosh Kennedy6342382008–present[27]

Table correct to the end of the 2020 season.

Goalkicking record

This is a list of players who have held the record for the most goals kicked at VFL/AFL level, beginning with the first player to reach 100 goals.[66]

Player Total to
break record		 Record broken Career goals Club(s) Career span
Archie SmithFirst player to reach 100 goals;
milestone reached round 9, 1902		119Collingwood1897–1902
Jack Leith120Round 14, 1903162Melbourne1897–1908, 1911–1912
Teddy Lockwood127Round 2, 1904144Geelong (1899–1901; 45 games, 61 goals)
Collingwood (1902–1905; 53 games, 83 goals)		1899–1905
Mick Grace145Round 9, 1906214Fitzroy (1897–1900; 65 games, 55 goals)
Carlton (1903–1907; 86 games, 133 goals)
St Kilda (1908; 16 games, 26 goals)		1897–1900, 1903–1908
Dick Lee215Round 7, 1910707Collingwood1906–1922
Len Mortimer280Round 14, 1913289South Melbourne1906–1915
Dick Lee281Round 15, 1913707Collingwood1906–1922
Gordon Coventry708Preliminary final, 19301299Collingwood1920–1937
Tony Lockett1300Round 10, 19991360St Kilda (1983–1994; 183 games, 898 goals)
Sydney (1995–1999, 2002; 98 games, 462 goals)		1983–1999, 2002

See also

References
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  57. "Brent Harvey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  58. "Steve Johnson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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  61. "Taylor Walker". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  62. "Roger Merrett". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  63. "Tom Lynch". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  64. "Jeremy Cameron". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  65. "Roy Park". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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