Records
Main article: List of VFL/AFL records See also: Australian rules football attendance records- Most premierships
Carlton - 16 (most recent 1995) and Essendon - 16 (most recent 2000) - Most consecutive premierships
Collingwood – 4
1927–1930 - Highest score
Geelong 37.17 (239) defeated Brisbane Bears 11.9 (75)
Carrara Stadium, 3 May 1992 - Highest winning margin
190 points – Fitzroy 36.22 (238) defeated Melbourne 6.12 (48)
Waverley Park, 28 July 1979 - Highest aggregate score
52.33 (345) – Melbourne 21.15 (141) lost to St Kilda 31.18 (204)
MCG, 6 May 1978 - Highest score in one quarter
South Melbourne – 17.4 (106) vs. St Kilda 0.0 (0) in 4th quarter
Lake Oval, 26 July 1919
Final score: South Melbourne 29.15 (189) vs. St Kilda 2.6 (18) - Largest crowd
Carlton v Collingwood – 121,696
MCG, 26 September 1970 (Grand Final) - Largest home and away season crowd
Melbourne v Collingwood – 99,346
MCG, 1958 - Largest international crowd
Melbourne v Sydney – 32,789
B.C. Place, Vancouver, Canada, 1987 - Most last placed finishes at the end of the home and away season
St Kilda – 26 - Most games won
Collingwood - 1921
(to the end of the 2010 season) - Most games won in a season
Essendon – 2000
24 (incl. finals) - Undefeated in a home and away season
Collingwood
1929 - Most grand final appearances
Collingwood - 43 - Most consecutive grand final appearances
Melbourne - 7 (between 1954 and 1960) and Hawthorn - 7 (between 1983 and 1989) - Most finals series appearances
Collingwood - 78 - Most consecutive finals series appearances
Hawthorn - 13 (between 1982 and 1994) - Most consecutive wins
Geelong – 23
1952–1953 - Most consecutive games unbeaten
Geelong – 26
1952–1953 - Most consecutive losses
University – 51 (1911–1914) - Most games played in a career
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) – 426 games - Most finals played in a career
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) – 39 games - Most grand finals played in a career
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) – 11 - Most premierships won in a career
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) – 7 - Most games as club captain
Stephen Kernahan (Carlton) – 226 games - Most goals in a career
Tony Lockett (St Kilda/Sydney) – 1,360 goals - Most goals in finals
Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) – 112 goals - Most goals in a game
Fred Fanning (Melbourne) – 18 goals, 30 August 1947 - Most goals in a season (including finals)
Bob Pratt (South Melbourne, 1934) and Peter Hudson (Hawthorn, 1971) – 150 goals - Most consecutive matches
Jim Stynes (Melbourne) – 244 - Most consecutive matches from debut
Jared Crouch (Sydney) – 194 - Tallest player
Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) 211 cm
Peter Street (Geelong/Western Bulldogs) 211 cm - Shortest player
James "Nipper" Bradford (North Melbourne/Collingwood) – 154 cm - Heaviest player
Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) – 124 kg - Longest kick
Fred Fanning (Melbourne) – 106.15m (116 yards, 3¼ inches) - Heaviest suspension
Doug Fraser and Alex Lang (Carlton) – 99 matches (bribery) from 1910 to 1915 - Heaviest suspension for an on-field incident
Fred Rutley (North Melbourne) – 89 matches (2 x kicking, 3 x striking and melee involvement) from 1925 to 1930 - Heaviest fine imposed on club
A$987,500 imposed on Carlton 2002 (gross salary cap breaches) - Heaviest fine imposed on player
A$40,000 imposed on Simon Goodwin of Adelaide in 2007 (gambling on AFL matches), also imposed on Rhan Hooper of Hawthorn in 2009 (multiple discipline breaches) - Heaviest fine imposed on coach
A$15,000 – imposed on Grant Thomas of St Kilda in 2005 (criticism of umpires), and imposed on Alastair Clarkson of Hawthorn in 2009 (confrontation with Essendon player Matthew Lloyd and abusing an interchange steward)
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