Who has the most AFL goals of the year?

Below are the players who have kicked at least 500 goals at VFL/AFL level.

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.

# Player Goals Club(s) Games Average
per gameAverage
per seasonCareer span Ref.1 Tony Lockett 1360 St Kilda (1983–1994; 898 goals, 183 games)‡ 281 4.84 75.56 1983–1999, 2002 [1] Sydney (1995–1999, 2002; 462 goals, 98 games) 2 Gordon Coventry 1299‡ Collingwood‡ 306 4.25 72.17 1920–1937 [2] 3 Jason Dunstall 1254‡ Hawthorn‡ 269 4.66 89.57 1985–1998 [3] 4 Doug Wade 1057 Geelong (1961–1972; 834 goals, 208 games) 267 3.96 70.47 1961–1975 [4] North Melbourne (1973–1975; 223 goals, 59 games) 5 Lance Franklin 1047 Hawthorn (2005–2013; 580 goals, 182 games) 341 3.07 58.17 2005–present [5] Sydney (2014–present; 467 goals, 159 games) 6 Gary Ablett Sr. 1031 Hawthorn (1982; 10 goals, 6 games) 248 4.16 68.73 1982, 1984–1997 [6] Geelong (1984–1997; 1021 goals, 242 games)‡ 7 Jack Titus 970‡ Richmond‡ 294 3.30 53.89 1926–1943 [7] 8 Matthew Lloyd 926‡ Essendon‡ 270 3.43 61.73 1995–2009 [8] 9 Leigh Matthews 915 Hawthorn 332 2.76 53.82 1969–1985 [9] 10 Peter McKenna 874 Collingwood (1965–1975; 838 goals, 180 games) 191 4.58 72.83 1965–1975, 1977 [10] Carlton (1977; 36 goals, 11 games) 11 Bernie Quinlan 817 Footscray (1969–1977; 241 goals, 177 games) 366 2.23 45.39 1969–1986 [11] Fitzroy (1978–1986; 576 goals, 189 games) 12 Matthew Richardson 800 Richmond 282 2.84 47.06 1993–2009 [12] 13 Kevin Bartlett 778 Richmond 403 1.93 40.95 1965–1983 [13] 14 Jack Riewoldt 755 Richmond 326 2.32 47.19 2007–present [14] 15 Saverio Rocca 748 Collingwood (1992–2000; 514 goals, 156 games) 257 2.91 49.87 1992–2006 [15] Kangaroos (2001–2006; 234 goals, 101 games) 16 Barry Hall 746 St Kilda (1996–2001; 144 goals, 88 games) 289 2.58 46.63 1996–2011 [16] Sydney (2002–2009; 467 goals, 162 games) Western Bulldogs (2010–2011; 135 goals, 39 games) 17 Stephen Kernahan 738‡ Carlton‡ 251 2.94 61.50 1986–1997 [17] 18 Bill Mohr 735 St Kilda 195 3.77 56.54 1929–1941 [18] 19 Tom Hawkins 732 Geelong 327 2.24 45.75 2007–present [19] 20 Peter Hudson 727 Hawthorn 129 5.64 80.78 1967–1974, 1977 [20] Wayne Carey 727 North Melbourne / Kangaroos (1989–2001; 671 goals, 244 games)‡ 272 2.67 48.47 1989–2001, 2003–2004 [21] Adelaide (2003–2004; 46 goals, 28 games) 22 Josh Kennedy 723 Carlton (2006–2007; 11 goals, 22 games) 293 2.47 42.53 2006–2022 [22] West Coast (2008–2022; 712 goals, 271 games)‡ 23 Harry Vallence 722 Carlton 204 3.54 55.54 1926–1938 [23] 24 Nick Riewoldt 718 St Kilda 336 2.14 42.24 2001–2017 [24] 25 Dick Lee 707 Collingwood 230 3.07 41.59 1906–1922 [25] 26 Matthew Pavlich 700‡ Fremantle‡ 353 1.98 41.18 2000–2016 [26] 27 Bob Pratt 681‡ South Melbourne‡ 158 4.31 61.91 1930–1939, 1946 [27] 28 Jack Moriarty 662 Essendon (1922; 36 goals, 13 games) 170 3.89 60.18 1922, 1924–1933 [28] Fitzroy (1924–1933; 626 goals, 157 games)‡ 29 Eddie Betts 640 Carlton (2005–2013, 2020–2021; 330 goals, 218 games) 350 1.83 37.65 2005–2021 [29] Adelaide (2014–2019; 310 goals, 132 games) 30 Alastair Lynch 633 Fitzroy (1988–1993; 173 goals, 120 games) 306 2.07 37.24 1988–2004 [30] Brisbane Bears (1994–1996; 89 goals, 32 games) Brisbane Lions (1997–2004; 371 goals, 154 games) 31 David Neitz 631‡ Melbourne‡ 306 2.06 39.44 1993–2008 [31] 32 Michael Moncrieff 629 Hawthorn 224 2.81 48.38 1971–1983 [32] 33 Brendan Fevola 623 Carlton (1999–2009; 575 goals, 187 games) 204 3.05 51.92 1999–2010 [33] Brisbane Lions (2010; 48 goals, 17 games) 34 Michael Roach 607 Richmond 200 3.04 46.69 1977–1989 [34] 35 Stewart Loewe 594 St Kilda 321 1.85 34.94 1986–2002 [35] Jonathan Brown 594‡ Brisbane Lions‡ 256 2.32 39.60 2000–2014 [36] 37 Kelvin Templeton 593 Footscray (1974–1982; 494 goals, 143 games) 177 3.35 49.42 1974–1985 [37] Melbourne (1983–1985; 99 goals, 34 games) 38 Tony Modra 588 Adelaide (1992–1998; 440 goals, 118 games) 165 3.56 58.80 1992–2001 [38] Fremantle (1999–2001; 148 goals, 47 games) 39 Jarryd Roughead 578 Hawthorn 283 2.04 38.53 2005–2019 [39] 40 Simon Madden 575 Essendon 378 1.52 30.26 1974–1992 [40] Simon Beasley 575‡ Footscray‡ 154 3.73 71.88 1982–1989 [41] 42 Richard Osborne 574 Fitzroy (1982–1992; 411 goals, 187 games) 283 2.03 33.76 1982–1998 [42] Sydney (1993; 39 goals, 16 games) Footscray (1994–1996; 98 goals, 51 games) Collingwood (1997–1998; 26 goals, 29 games) Stephen Milne 574 St Kilda 275 2.09 44.15 2001–2013 [43] 44 Norm Smith 572 Melbourne (1935–1948; 546 goals, 210 games) 227 2.52 35.75 1935–1950 [44] Fitzroy (1949–1950; 26 goals, 17 games) 45 Paul Salmon 561 Essendon (1983–1995, 2002; 520 goals, 224 games) 324 1.73 29.53 1983–2000, 2002 [45] Hawthorn (1996–2000; 41 goals, 100 games) 46 Brad Johnson 558 Footscray / Western Bulldogs 364 1.53 32.82 1994–2010 [46] 47 Chris Grant 554 Footscray / Western Bulldogs 341 1.62 30.78 1990–2007 [47] 48 Peter Daicos 549 Collingwood 250 2.20 36.60 1979–1993 [48] Fraser Gehrig 549 West Coast (1995–2000; 159 goals, 115 games) 260 2.11 39.21 1995–2008 [49] St Kilda (2001–2008; 390 goals, 145 games) Warren Tredrea 549‡ Port Adelaide‡ 255 2.15 39.21 1997–2010 [50] 51 Dick Harris 548 Richmond 196 2.80 49.82 1934–1944 [51] 52 Lindsay White 540 Geelong (1941, 1944–1950; 429 goals, 117 games) 142 3.80 54.00 1941–1950 [52] South Melbourne (1942–1943; 111 goals, 25 games) 53 John Coleman 537 Essendon 98 5.48 89.50 1949–1954 [53] 54 Taylor Walker 536‡ Adelaide‡ 238 2.25 35.73 2008–present [54] 55 Jeremy Cameron 531 Greater Western Sydney (2012–2020; 427 goals, 171 games)‡ 210 2.53 48.27 2012–present [55] Geelong (2021–present; 104 goals, 39 games) 56 Brian Taylor 527 Richmond (1980–1984; 156 goals, 43 games) 140 3.76 47.91 1980–1990 [56] Collingwood (1985–1990; 371 goals, 97 games) 57 Daniel Bradshaw 524 Brisbane Bears (1996; 0 goals, 3 games) 231 2.27 34.93 1996–2010 [57] Brisbane Lions (1997–2009; 496 goals, 219 games) Sydney (2010; 28 goals, 9 games) 58 Michael O'Loughlin 521 Sydney 303 1.72 34.73 1995–2009 [58] 59 Brent Harvey 518 North Melbourne / Kangaroos 432 1.20 20.57 1996–2016 [59] 60 Steve Johnson 516 Geelong (2002–2015; 452 goals, 253 games) 293 1.75 32.25 2002–2017 [60] Greater Western Sydney (2016–2017; 64 goals, 40 games) 61 Peter Sumich 514 West Coast 150 3.43 57.11 1989–1997 [61] 62 John Longmire 511 North Melbourne / Kangaroos 200 2.56 42.58 1988–1999 [62]

Below are the players who hold the record for most goals kicked at their respective clubs.

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.

Below are the 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]

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