# List of WAFL records

This is a list of records from the West Australian Football League (WAFL) since its inception in 1885 (formerly known as the West Australian Football Association, West Australian National Football League, Western Australia State Football League and Westar Rules).

## Team Records
### Highest Score

| Rank | Score | Team | Opponent | Year | Round | Ground |
| 1 | 41.30 (276) | East Perth | South Fremantle | 1944 | Round 1 | Perth Oval |
| 2 | 40.18 (258) | South Fremantle | West Perth | 1981 | Round 21 | Fremantle Oval |
| 3 | 39.20 (254) | Claremont | Perth | 1981 | Round 17 | Claremont Oval |
| 4 | 40.11 (251) | Swan Districts | Subiaco | 1979 | Round 19 | Bassendean Oval |
| 5 | 38.21 (249) | Swan Districts | Subiaco | 1982 | Round 2 | Bassendean Oval |
Note: The score of 41.30 (276) by East Perth against South Fremantle in 1944 was in an under-19 competition due to the loss of players to serve in World War II, and is excluded in some sources. The score of 40.18 (258) by South Fremantle against West Perth in 1981 is the record in WAFL senior competition.

### Lowest Score

| Rank | Score | Team | Opponent | Year | Round | Ground |
| 1 | 0.0 (0) | Subiaco | South Fremantle | 1906 | Round 14 | North Fremantle Oval |
| 1 | 0.0 (0) † | Peel Thunder | Claremont | 2004 | Round 1 | Rushton Park |
| 3 | 0.1 (1) | Perth | West Perth | 1899 | Round 17 | WACA |
| 4 | 0.2 (2) | East Fremantle | Rovers | 1898 | Round 1 | WACA |
| 4 | 0.2 (2) | Subiaco | East Perth | 1920 | Round 13 | Perth Oval |
| † Peel Thunder scored 10.10 (70) for the match, but their score was deleted as a penalty for playing former Fitzroy and Subiaco rover Peter Bird without a clearance. |||||||

### Most Consecutive Wins

| Rank | Streak | Team | Start | End |
| 1 | 35 | East Fremantle | 1945, Round 13 | 1947, Round 3 |
| 2 | 25 | Subiaco | 2017, Grand Final | 2019, Round 6 |
| 3 | 21 | East Perth | 1944, Round 1 | 1944 Grand Final |
| 4 | 19 | East Perth | 1958, Preliminary Final | 1959, Round 17 |
| 4 | 19 | Subiaco | 2006, Round 12 | 2007, Round 7 |
| 4 | 19 | Subiaco | 2017, Round 2 | 2017, Semi Final |
| 5 | 18 | Swan Districts | 1979, Round 17 | 1980, Round 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Claremont | 1991, Round 7 | 1992, Round 1 |

## Player Records
### Most games

Note: These figures refer to premiership matches (i.e. home-and-away and finals) matches only.
| Rank | Games | Player | Clubs | Years |
| 1 | 367 | Mel Whinnen | West Perth | 1960-1977 |
| 2 | 341 | Bill Dempsey | West Perth | 1960-1976 |
| 3 | 332$^1$ | Jack Sheedy | East Fremantle, East Perth | 1942-1944, 1946-1962 |
| 4 | 306 | Brian Peake | East Fremantle, Perth | 1972-1981, 1986-1990 |
| 5 | 304 | Bill Walker | Swan Districts | 1961-1976 |
$^1$ Sheedy played 37 games in 1942-1944, which was in an under-19 competition due to the loss of players to serve in World War II; these games are excluded in some sources, which list Sheedy as playing 295 WAFL games.
The only other player to play 300 WAFL games was Kris Miller (East Fremantle, South Fremantle), who played 303 games between 1999 and 2014.

### Most career goals

| Rank | Goals | Games | Player | Clubs | Years |
| 1 | 1211 | 251 | Austin Robertson, Jr. | Subiaco | 1962-1965, 1967-1974 |
| 2 | 1196 | 228 | Ted Tyson | West Perth | 1930-1941, 1945 |
| 3 | 1095 | 202 | George Doig | East Fremantle | 1933-1945 |
| 4 | 1034 | 192 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | 1941, 1946-1954 |
| 5 | 910 | 190 | Raymond Scott | West Perth | 1944, 1947-1955, 1959 |

### Most goals in a season

| Rank | Goals | Player | Club | Year |
| 1 | 167 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | 1953 |
| 2 | 160 | Austin Robertson, Jr. | Subiaco | 1968 |
| 3 | 152 | George Doig | East Fremantle | 1934 |
| 4 | 147 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | 1952 |
| 5 | 144 | George Doig | East Fremantle | 1937 |

### Most goals in a game

| Rank | Goals | Player | Club | Opponent | Year | Round | Ground |
| 1 | 23 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | Subiaco | 1953 | Round 16 | Fremantle Oval |
| 2 | 19 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | East Fremantle | 1952 | Round 18 | Fremantle Oval |
| 2 | 19 | George Doig | East Fremantle | Claremont | 1934 | Round 19 | Fremantle Oval |
| 2 | 19 | George Moloney | Claremont | Swan Districts | 1940 | Round 16 | Claremont Oval |
| 5 | 18 | Bernie Naylor | South Fremantle | Subiaco | 1953 | Round 2 | Fremantle Oval |

### Most Sandover Medals

| Medals | Player | Team | Seasons |
| 4 | Bill Walker | Swan Districts | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970 |
| 3 | Haydn Bunton, Sr. | Subiaco | 1938, 1939, 1941 |
| 3 | Merv McIntosh | Perth | 1948, 1953, 1954 |
| 3 | Graham Farmer | East Perth | 1956, 1957, 1960 |
| 3 | Barry Cable | Perth | 1964, 1968, 1973 |

## Kicks after the siren
### Goal to win

| Player | Team | Opponent | Year | Score |
| Doug Oliphant | Perth | South Fremantle | 1932 | 66–60 |
| McGarry | West Perth | Victoria Park | 1934 | 80–79 |
| Bill Holmes | Swan Districts | East Fremantle | 1968 | 102–101 |
| Peter Melesso | Claremont | South Fremantle | 1987 | 136–134 |
| Chris Gerreyn | Claremont | East Fremantle | 1995 | 71–67 |
| Adam Prior | East Perth | Claremont | 2012 | 91–90 |
| Kyle Anderson | East Perth | Perth | 2018 | 83–80 |
| Mitch Dobson | West Perth | Perth | 2022 | 54–48 |
| Tom Edwards | Swan Districts | West Coast reserves | 2023 | 83-80 |

### Behind to win

| Player | Team | Opponent | Year | Score | Details |
| Rainoldi | West Perth | South Fremantle | 1934 | 121–120 | |
| Noel Carter | South Fremantle | East Fremantle | 1983 | 128–127 | |

### Behind to draw

| Player | Team | Opponent | Year | Score |
| Peter Melesso | Claremont | Subiaco | 1987 | 89–89 |
| Peter Melesso | Claremont | Swan Districts | 1988 | 76–76 |
| Kristian Cary | Perth | West Coast reserves | 2023 | 98–98 |

### Missed opportunities

| Player | Team | Opponent | Year | Score | Outcome | Details |
| Jared Hardisty | Claremont | South Fremantle | 2021 | 64–65 | Claremont would have made the 2021 grand final. | |