Massive milestones: All the 2025 goalkicking, games records facing players, coaches
Scott Pendlebury is set to create more history in 2025 while Jim Stynes’ long-standing consecutive games record is under threat. See all the prospective milestones for next season.
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Collingwood legend Scott Pendlebury could make more history in 2025, and so could fellow Magpies star Jack Crisp.
Pendlebury is currently sitting on 403 games and should move up to third on the all-time list, needing just five games to pass Shaun Burgoyne’s tally of 407.
His next target will be Michael Tuck’s 426 games, but the two-time premiership winner and former Collingwood captain would need to go into 2026 to move past Brent Harvey’s all-time record 432 games.
Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom should definitely break the record for most games together as teammates, needing just three to pass Adelaide duo Andrew McLeod and Tyson Edwards (307 games) who are the current record holders.
Crisp is just eight games away from breaking Melbourne great Jim Stynes’ record of 244 consecutive games.
Crisp’s projected 245th game would come in round 8 on a Saturday night against Geelong.
GAMES
Barring injury, Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield will enter the 350-game club in 2025.
The former Adelaide and now Cats superstar is 13 games away from the milestone, which could come in round 13 against Gold Coast at GMHBA Stadium.
Collingwood’s two-time premiership veteran Steele Sidebottom and Essendon ruckman Todd Goldstein are also in line to play their 350th games in 2025.
Two of North Melbourne’s off-season recruits will bring up big milestones in blue and white.
Former West Coast forward Jack Darling is just two appearances off 300 games, while Luke Parker played 293 games for Sydney before his move to Arden Street.
Another new Kangaroo, Caleb Daniel, is closing on 200 games after playing 192 as a Bulldog while another ex-Dog, Jack Macrae, could play his 250th AFL game and first as a Saint in round 1.
Fresh off a sensational year in Brisbane’s flag triumph, Dayne Zorko could become just the second Lions player to reach 300 games.
Only star Simon Black (322) has reached the mark for the Lions and if Zorko can play 23 times in 2025, he will join the three-time premiership player and Brownlow and Norm Smith Medal winner in that club.
Down the highway, former Gold Coast captain David Swallow is set to make history for the Suns.
The former No.1 draft pick is 10 games off 250, which would make him the first Gold Coast player to reach that mark.
GWS captain Toby Greene and gun defender Lachie Whitfield could become the second and third Giants players to play 250 games in 2025.
Adelaide talisman Taylor Walker could become the fifth Crow to play 300 games, while Fremantle stars Nat Fyfe and Michael Walters are a chance to be the fourth and fifth Dockers to reach the 250-game milestone.
Mitch Duncan is four games away from 300 for Geelong, while Brisbane star Lachie Neale could play his 300th for the Lions in 2025 but would need to play deep into finals.
A host of other players are set to reach either 250 or 200 games in 2025.
CLOSING ON 350 GAMES
337 – Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong/Adelaide)
331 – Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)
329 – Todd Goldstein (Essendon/North Melbourne)
CLOSING ON 300
298 – Jack Darling (West Coast/North Melbourne)
296 – Mitch Duncan (Geelong)
293 – Luke Parker (Sydney/North Melbourne)
278 – Taylor Walker (Adelaide)
277 – Dayne Zorko (Brisbane)
272 – Lachie Neale (Brisbane/Fremantle)*
CLOSING ON 250
249 – Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs/St Kilda)
249 – Jake Lloyd (Sydney)
249 – Jack Crisp (Collingwood/Brisbane)
247 – Rory Laird (Adelaide)
240 – Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
240 – Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
240 – Cam Guthrie (Geelong)
240 – David Swallow (Gold Coast)
239 – Toby Greene (GWS)
239 – Michael Walters (Fremantle)
235 – Steven May (Melbourne/Gold Coast)
234 – Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
234 – Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
233 – Nick Vlastuin (Richmond)
232 – Tom McDonald (Melbourne)
229 – Zach Merrett (Essendon)
229 – Jake Melksham (Melbourne/Essendon)
229 – Charlie Cameron (Brisbane/Adelaide)
225 – Dion Prestia (Richmond/Gold Coast)
225 – Taylor Adams (Sydney/Collingwood/GWS)
224 – Max Gawn (Melbourne)
224 – Will Hoskin-Elliott (Collingwood/GWS)
CLOSING ON 200
199 – Darcy Byrne-Jones (Port Adelaide)
198 – Jake Kolodjashnij (Geelong)
198 – Levi Casboult (Gold Coast/Carlton)
197 – Jarman Impey (Hawthorn/Port Adelaide)
196 – Jason Johannisen (Western Bulldogs)
195 – Adam Saad (Carlton/Essendon/Gold Coast)
194 – Jamie Elliott (Collingwood)
192 – Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs/North Melbourne)
191 – Touk Miller (Gold Coast)
191 – Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)
190 – Kamdyn McIntosh (Richmond)
189 – Christian Petracca (Melbourne)
187 – Jack Sinclair (St Kilda)
186 – Jaeger O’Meara (Fremantle/Hawthorn/Gold Coast)
185 – Adam Tomlinson (Melbourne/GWS)
185 – Tom Papley (Sydney)
183 – Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)
183 – James Aish (Fremantle/Collingwood/Brisbane)
183 – Daniel Rioli (Richmond/Gold Coast)
183 – Sam Frost (Hawthorn/Melbourne/GWS)
182 – Hugh McCluggage (Brisbane)
181 – Jack Steele (St Kilda/GWS)
181 – Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
181 – Jarrod Witts (Gold Coast/Collingwood)
181 – Alex Sexton (Gold Coast)
180 – Daniel McStay (Collingwood/Brisbane)
179 – Ed Langdon (Melbourne/Fremantle)
179 – George Hewett (Carlton/Sydney)
179 – Liam Duggan (West Coast)
179 – Tim Membrey (St Kilda/Sydney/Collingwood)
178 – Jake Lever (Melbourne/Adelaide)
177 – Harry Himmelberg (GWS)
177 – Eric Hipwood (Brisbane)
176 – Christian Salem (Melbourne)
176 – Alex Neal-Bullen (Melbourne)
176 – Rory Lobb (Western Bulldogs/Fremantle/GWS)
175 – Jayden Short (Richmond)
173 – Darcy Moore (Collingwood)*
*Would need to play finals
OTHER GAMES RECORDS
Travis Boak (371) needs to play five more games to move into the top 10 on the all-time list. He could move up to as high as No.7 in 2025.
GOALKICKING
As well as potentially entering the 300-game club, Taylor Walker could also become the first Crow to kick 650 goals.
Walker is on 641, so that record could come early in the season.
Cats star Jeremy Cameron is just two off 650-goals, while Darling (532) could kick his 550th in 2025.
Carlton star duo Charlie Curnow (281) and Harry McKay (252) could kick their 300th goals in 2025, as could Collingwood star Jamie Elliott (287) and Sydney duo Tom Papley (294) and Isaac Heeney (261).
COACHES
Two of the best coaches of the modern era will coach their 350th game in 2025.
Geelong’s Chris Scott (334) and Gold Coast’s Damien Hardwick (330) will bring up the marks in 2025, with the two boasting five premierships as a coach between them.
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley (274) could bring up the 300-game milestone if the Power can make finals again.
Luke Beveridge (230) is set to coach the Western Bulldogs for the 250th time in 2025, while Brisbane and Melbourne premiership coaches Chris Fagan (189) and Simon Goodwin (183) are closing in on 200 games, as is Carlton coach Michael Voss (180).
Collingwood premiership coach Craig McRae (74) could pass 100 games as Pies supremo if he can return them to the finals.
CLUB ANNIVERSARIES
Hawthorn, North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs are all celebrating 100 years of entering the elite league in 2025.
To mark the centenary the Bulldogs and the Hawks have revealed commemorative logos for 2025 while the Roos have launched a centenary guernsey in recognition of the club’s first ever jumper. They’ll use their round 20 game against Geelong at home to mark the occasion.
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