List of VFL / AFL players to have played 300 games - Wikipedia List of VFL / AFL players to have played 300 games This is a list of players who have played 300 or more games in the Australian Football League ( AFL ), previously known as the Victorian Football League ( VFL ). This list includes only senior 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. The AFL is the successor to the VFL, explaining the overwhelming representation of Victorian clubs. This list of players is often colloquially referred to as the 300 club. Contents 1 AFL Life Membership 2 List of players 3 Games record holder 4 Most time teammates 5 See also 6 References AFL life membership Individuals who have participated as a player, coach and / or umpire in 300 senior games in league - sanctioned games -- including home - and - away, pre-season, state representative, and International rules games -- are awarded life membership of the AFL. List of players Current to the end of the 2017 AFL Season Player Games Club ( s ) Career span Brent Harvey 432 North Melbourne 1996 -- 2016 Michael Tuck 426 Hawthorn 1972 -- 1991 Kevin Bartlett 403 Richmond 1965 -- 1983 Dustin Fletcher 400 Essendon 1993 -- 2015 Robert Harvey 383 St Kilda 1988 -- 2008 Simon Madden 378 Essendon 1974 -- 1992 Craig Bradley 375 Carlton 1986 -- 2002 Adam Goodes 372 Sydney 1999 -- 2015 Bernie Quinlan 366 Footscray ( 177 ) Fitzroy ( 189 ) 1969 -- 1977 1978 -- 1986 Brad Johnson 364 Western Bulldogs 1994 -- 2010 John Blakey 359 Fitzroy ( 135 ) North Melbourne ( 224 ) 1985 -- 1992 1993 -- 2002 Bruce Doull 356 Carlton 1969 -- 1986 Paul Roos 356 Fitzroy ( 269 ) Sydney ( 87 ) 1982 -- 1994 1995 -- 1998 Matthew Pavlich 353 Fremantle 2000 -- 2016 Doug Hawkins 350 Footscray ( 329 ) Fitzroy ( 21 ) 1978 -- 1994 1995 Chris Grant 341 Western Bulldogs 1990 -- 2007 Shaun Burgoyne 341 Port Adelaide ( 157 ) Hawthorn ( 184 ) 2002 -- 2009 2010 -- present Andrew McLeod 340 Adelaide 1995 -- 2010 John Rantall 336 South Melbourne ( 260 ) North Melbourne ( 70 ) Fitzroy ( 6 ) 1963 -- 72, 1976 - 79 1973 -- 1975 1980 Nick Riewoldt 336 St Kilda 2001 -- 2017 Kevin Murray 333 Fitzroy 1955 -- 1974 David Cloke 333 Richmond ( 219 ) Collingwood ( 114 ) 1974 -- 1982, 1990 -- 1991 1983 -- 1989 Leigh Matthews 332 Hawthorn 1969 -- 1985 Justin Madden 332 Essendon ( 45 ) Carlton ( 287 ) 1980 -- 1982 1983 -- 1996 Corey Enright 332 Geelong 2001 -- 2016 Drew Petrie 332 North Melbourne ( 316 ) West Coast ( 16 ) 2001 - 2016 2017 Gary Dempsey 329 Footscray ( 207 ) North Melbourne ( 122 ) 1967 -- 1978 1979 -- 1984 Sam Mitchell 329 Hawthorn ( 307 ) West Coast ( 22 ) 2002 -- 2016 2017 John Nicholls 328 Carlton 1957 -- 1974 Barry Round 328 Footscray ( 135 ) South Melbourne ( 193 ) 1968 -- 1975 1976 -- 1985 Ian Nankervis 325 Geelong 1967 -- 1983 Jason Akermanis 325 Brisbane Bears ( 38 ) Brisbane Lions ( 210 ) Western Bulldogs ( 77 ) 1995 -- 1996 1997 -- 2006 2007 -- 2010 Jude Bolton 325 Sydney 1999 -- 2013 Paul Salmon 324 Essendon ( 224 ) Hawthorn ( 100 ) 1983 -- 1995, 2002 1996 -- 2000 Scott West 324 Western Bulldogs 1993 -- 2008 Nathan Burke 323 St Kilda 1987 -- 2003 Simon Black 322 Brisbane Lions 1998 -- 2013 Nick Dal Santo 322 St Kilda ( 260 ) North Melbourne ( 62 ) 2002 -- 2013 2014 -- 2016 E.J. `` Ted '' Whitten 321 Footscray 1951 -- 1970 Stewart Loewe 321 St Kilda 1986 -- 2002 Tyson Edwards 321 Adelaide 1995 -- 2010 Dick Reynolds 320 Essendon 1933 - 1951 Marcus Ashcroft 318 Brisbane Bears ( 152 ) Brisbane Lions ( 166 ) 1989 -- 1996 1997 -- 2003 Terry Daniher 313 South Melbourne ( 19 ) Essendon ( 294 ) 1976 -- 1977 1978 -- 1992 Tony Shaw 313 Collingwood 1977 -- 1994 Roger Merrett 313 Essendon ( 149 ) Brisbane Bears ( 164 ) 1978 -- 1987 1988 -- 1996 James Kelly 313 Geelong ( 273 ) Essendon ( 40 ) 2002 - 2015 2016 - 2017 Jack Dyer 312 Richmond 1931 -- 1949 Stephen Silvagni 312 Carlton 1985 -- 2001 Mark Ricciuto 312 Adelaide 1993 -- 2007 Brendon Goddard 312 St Kilda ( 205 ) Essendon ( 107 ) 2003 -- 2012 2013 -- present Robert Murphy 312 Western Bulldogs 2000 - 2017 Ben Hart 311 Adelaide 1992 -- 2006 Glenn Archer 311 North Melbourne 1992 -- 2007 Scott Thompson 308 Melbourne ( 39 ) Adelaide ( 269 ) 2001 -- 2004 2005 -- 2017 Tim Watson 307 Essendon 1977 -- 1994 Gordon Coventry 306 Collingwood 1920 -- 1937 Wayne Schimmelbusch 306 North Melbourne 1973 -- 1987 Alastair Lynch 306 Fitzroy ( 120 ) Brisbane Bears ( 32 ) Brisbane Lions ( 154 ) 1988 -- 1993 1994 -- 1996 1997 -- 2004 Paul Williams 306 Collingwood ( 189 ) Sydney ( 117 ) 1991 -- 2000 2001 -- 2006 David Neitz 306 Melbourne 1993 -- 2008 Adam Simpson 306 North Melbourne 1995 -- 2009 Shane Crawford 305 Hawthorn 1993 -- 2008 Jimmy Bartel 305 Geelong 2002 -- 2016 Luke Hodge 305 Hawthorn 2002 - 2017 Russell Greene 304 St Kilda ( 120 ) Hawthorn ( 184 ) 1974 -- 1980 1980 -- 1988 Chris Langford 303 Hawthorn 1983 -- 1997 Michael O'Loughlin 303 Sydney 1995 -- 2009 Don Scott 302 Hawthorn 1967 -- 1981 Luke Power 302 Brisbane Lions ( 282 ) Greater Western Sydney ( 20 ) 1998 -- 2011 2012 Gary Ablett Jr. 302 Geelong ( 192 ) Gold Coast ( 110 ) 2002 - 2010 2011 - present Len Thompson 301 Collingwood ( 268 ) South Melbourne ( 20 ) Fitzroy ( 13 ) 1965 -- 1978 1979 1980 Shannon Grant 301 Sydney ( 58 ) North Melbourne ( 243 ) 1995 -- 1997 1998 -- 2008 John `` Sam '' Newman 300 Geelong 1964 -- 1980 Francis Bourke 300 Richmond 1967 -- 1981 Barry Breen 300 St Kilda 1965 -- 1982 Kelvin Moore 300 Hawthorn 1970 -- 1984 Garry Foulds 300 Essendon 1974 -- 1989 Mick Martyn 300 North Melbourne ( 287 ) Carlton ( 13 ) 1988 -- 2002 2003 Rohan Smith 300 Western Bulldogs 1992 -- 2006 Gavin Wanganeen 300 Essendon ( 127 ) Port Adelaide ( 173 ) 1991 -- 1996 1997 -- 2006 Kane Cornes 300 Port Adelaide 2001 -- 2015 Jarrad McVeigh 300 Sydney 2004 - present Games record holder This is a list of players who have held the record for total number of games played in the VFL / AFL at senior level, from 1897 starting with the first player to reach 100 games. Player Games Club ( s ) Career span Record surpassed Charlie Pannam 193 Collingwood ( 179 ) Richmond ( 14 ) 1897 - 1907 1908 ( First VFL / AFL Player to reach 100 games ) Fred Elliott 209 Melbourne ( 12 ) Carlton ( 197 ) 1899 1900 - 1901 ; 1903 - 1911 1910 : Grand Final Jock McHale 261 Collingwood 1903 - 1920 1914 : Round 10 Vic Thorp 263 Richmond 1910 - 1925 1925 : Round 15 Gordon Coventry 306 Collingwood 1920 - 1937 1935 : Round 11 Jack Dyer 312 Richmond 1931 - 1949 1949 : Round 9 Dick Reynolds 320 Essendon 1933 - 1951 1950 : Round 14 Ted Whitten 321 Footscray 1951 - 1970 1970 : Round 5 John Nicholls 328 Carlton 1957 - 1974 1974 : Round 9 Kevin Murray 333 Fitzroy 1955 - 1964 ; 1967 - 1974 1974 : Round 18 John Rantall 336 South Melbourne ( 260 ) North Melbourne ( 70 ) Fitzroy ( 6 ) 1963 - 1972 ; 1976 - 1979 1973 - 1975 1980 1980 : Round 7 Kevin Bartlett 403 Richmond 1965 - 1983 1980 : Qualifying Final Michael Tuck 426 Hawthorn 1972 - 1991 1990 : Round 22 Brent Harvey 432 North Melbourne 1996 -- 2016 2016 : Round 19 Current to Finals Week 1, 2016 Most time teammates List of player pairs playing 300 or more games together Player Games Club ( s ) Career span Tyson Edwards & Andrew McLeod 307 Adelaide 1995 -- 2010 Jude Bolton & Adam Goodes 301 Sydney 1999 -- 2013 See also Australian rules footballers with 200 games for one club References Jump up ^ `` All Time Records -- 200 Games ''. AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 September 2012. Jump up ^ Witham, Jennifer ( 29 January 2009 ). `` AFL announces 10 life membership inductees ''. AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2014. Jump up ^ SEN Inside Football ( Vol. 46 No. 26 / Issue 1529 / July 28 - August 3, 2016 / Page 3 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_VFL/AFL_players_to_have_played_300_games&oldid=803184497 '' Categories : Lists of players of Australian rules football Australian rules football records and statistics VFL / AFL players Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2012 Use Australian English from January 2012 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Talk Article Talk More Contents About Wikipedia This page was last edited on 1 October 2017, at 00 : 48. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who has played the most afl games ever
Answer: Brent Harvey