ANYONE with a mild interest in the AFL is probably aware Brent Harvey is going to break Michael Tuck’s AFL games record in the second half of the season.

Those who follow the game week to week will have noted Heath Shaw set a new mark for the highest number of effective kicks in a game against the Western Bulldogs in round nine.

And real stats geeks will know Patrick Dangerfield, in his masterclass against North Melbourne last weekend. joined Joel Bowden and Shaw as the only players to gain more than 1000m of territory in a match.

But there’s a number of other players who have either broken a record this season, are on the cusp of setting one or are extending their own marks — we just didn’t know.

Some of them are statistics that have been kept for generations, others are more recent. Here are 13 AFL records that have gone under the radar this season.

Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) — Most 30 disposal games

The Hawks ball magnet has topped 30 disposals in four matches this season, against Geelong, West Coast, St Kilda and Adelaide. It’s taken his career total to 110 (from 295 games played) and left him within reach of St Kilda great Robert Harvey’s AFL record of 118. Dane Swan was ahead of Mitchell when the season started and Gary Ablett is also in the conversation.

Robert Harvey (St Kilda) — 118 games

Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) — 110 games

Dane Swan (Collingwood) — 108 games

Gary Ablett (Geelong/Gold Coast) — 105 games

Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) — Three Brownlow votes in a game

The Little Master needs to be judged best on ground by the umpires just once this season to move ahead of Chris Judd for the most three-vote games in AFL history.

Ablett may not have secured the votes yet (Aaron Hall will likely steal the three votes in Ablett’s two best games in wins this season) but it would be a brave man betting against him doing it in the next couple of months.

Chris Judd (West Coast/Carlton) — 46 games

Gary Ablett (Geelong/Gold Coast) — 46 games

Robert Harvey (St Kilda) — 45 games

Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) — 42 games

Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) — 41 games

Todd Goldstein — Consecutive games with 20 hit-outs

Max Gawn is challenging him for the title of the best ruckman in the game but Goldstein’s consistency over the past few seasons is highlighted by this statistic.

With 45 hit-outs against Fremantle in round four Goldstein broke Gary Dempsey’s record for most consecutive games with at least 20 hit-outs. Crows tapman Sam Jacobs also has a nice streak going.

Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne) — 83 games*

Gary Dempsey (Footscray/North Melbourne) — 75 games

Will Minson (Western Bulldogs) — 55 games

Sam Jacobs (Adelaide) — 46 games*

*Still active

Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) — 10 marks in a game; most games with at least four contested marks; and, most games with four marks inside 50

Riewoldt’s move up the ground hasn’t impacted his marking ability — he’s still taken at least 10 grabs in seven of the 11 matches he played this season. When he returns to the side there’s every chance he’ll pass Gary Dempsey’s record of 136 10-mark games, which has stood for more than 30 years.

Gary Dempsey (Footscray/North Melbourne) — 136 games

Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) — 132 games

Stewart Loewe (St Kilda) — 97 games

Matthew Richardson (Richmond) — 94 games

Riewoldt has also moved into second place all-time behind Matthew Richardson for most games with at least four contested marks.

Matthew Richardson (Richmond) — 57 games

Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) — 47 games

Jonathan Brown (Brisbane) — 45 games

Travis Cloke (Collingwood) — 45 games

The Saint spearhead’s move away from the goalfront may prevent him passing Barry Hall for most games with four marks inside 50.

Barry Hall (St Kilda/Sydney/Bulldogs) — 124 games

Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) — 114 games

Matthew Lloyd (Essendon) — 98 games

Matthew Richardson (Richmond) — 92 games

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 15 handballs in a game; five tackles in a game; and 10 clearances in a game

Priddis continues to fly under the radar somewhat over in Western Australia but this trio of marks he’s about to break is testament to his all-round ability.

After nine 15-handball games in 2016, Priddis needs another 10 to equal the record of recently-retired Demons defender Daniel Cross.

Given he’s currently riding a 43-game streak of games with 10 handballs (the most in history by anyone not named Daniel Cross), there’s a fair chance he gets there by season’s end.

Daniel Cross (Bulldogs/Melbourne) — 134

Greg Williams (Geelong/Sydney/Carlton) — 128

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 124

Scott West (Bulldogs) — 120

But first Priddis will pass Lenny Hayes’ mark of 164 games with at least five tackles. He needs just one more to match the former Saint, despite having played 89 fewer games.

Lenny Hayes (St Kilda) — 164

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 163

Jude Bolton (Sydney) — 150

Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne) — 149

Priddis also has the opportunity to break his current tie with Brett Ratten for the most 10-clearance games in AFL history when he travels to Brisbane this weekend.

Brett Ratten (Carlton) — 27

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 27

Simon Black (Brisbane) — 23

Josh Kennedy (Hawthorn/Sydney) — 22

Liam Shiels (Hawthorn) — consecutive games with four tackles

Shiels isn’t the most high profile of Hawthorn’s premiership stars but he’s been doing first-class grunt work for years.

From round five last season to last week’s thumping of Essendon, Shiels has recorded at least four tackles. That might not sound too hard when you consider he’s had games with 16, 15, 12 and 11 tackles this season, but the 31-game streak is the fourth best all-time and not far off the record Andrew Swallow set from 2009-11.

Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne) — 40 games

Jack Redden (Brisbane/West Coast) — 36 games

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 32 games

Liam Shiels (Hawthorn) — 31 games*

*Still active

Josh Kennedy (Sydney) — consecutive games with 10 contested possessions

This is one of the statistics which has only become a part of the game in recent years, so we can’t compare modern players to previous eras.

But there’s no doubt Kennedy is a bull at stoppages and could compete in any era, evidenced by his current 38-game streak of games with at least 10 contested possessions.

That’s good enough for third all-time and has the Swan poised to pass Matt Priddis’s record of 46 by the end of the year. Carlton youngster Patrick Cripps has the next best active streak with 20.

Matt Priddis (West Coast) — 46 games

Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide/Geelong) — 39 games

Josh Kennedy (Hawthorn/Sydney) — 38 games

Heath Shaw (GWS) — eight rebound 50s in a game

The rejuvenated Giant is arguably outshining the form which saw him win a best and fairest last season and he’s moving past some of the game’s best rebounding defenders on this list.

Shaw has tallied at least eight rebound 50s in eight of his 12 games this season to usurp David Wirrpanda and James Clement. He’ll need to maintain this pace if he’s to have any chance of breaking Dustin Fletcher’s all-time mark by the time his career is finished.

Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) — 83

Heath Shaw (Collingwood/GWS) — 42

James Clement (Fremantle/Collingwood) — 41

David Wirrpanda (West Coast) — 39

Scott Thompson (Adelaide) — five clangers in a game

The Crows veteran, partly because of the contested nature of the bulk of his possessions, established his reputation as the clanger king of the AFL years ago and he’s added a few more error-filled outings to maintain his lead in this category.

Thompson’s five-clanger haul against the Eagles last weekend was his fourth of the season and keeps him well in front of fellow ball butchers Lance Franklin and Steve Johnson.

Scott Thompson (Melbourne/Adelaide) — 84

Lance Franklin (Hawthorn/Sydney) — 73

Steve Johnson (Geelong/GWS) — 58

Simon Black (Brisbane) — 56

— All statistics taken from AFL Tables