# List of VFL/AFL Grand Final records

This is a list of VFL/AFL Grand Final records, as they apply to the history of the VFL/AFL grand final between 1897 and the present day.

## Individual records

Individual Records :
| Most matches played (player) | 11: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) 10: Gordon Coventry (Collingwood), Albert Collier (Collingwood), Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Bill Hutchison (Essendon) |
| Most matches (captain) | 9: Dick Reynolds (Essendon) 5: John Nicholls (Carlton), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) |
| Most matches (coach) | 17: Jock McHale (Collingwood) 12: Dick Reynolds (Essendon) 11: Frank 'Checker' Hughes (Richmond/Melbourne) 10: Tom Hafey (Richmond/Collingwood) |
| Most matches (umpire) | 11: Matt Stevic 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 10: Jack Elder (1908–22) 9: Ian Robinson(1973–87) 9: Brett Rosebury 2009, 2010 + replay, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021 |
| Most matches (player/coach) | 20: Jock McHale (Collingwood) 17: Ron Barassi (Melbourne/Carlton/N Melbourne) 14: Frank 'Checker' Hughes (Richmond/Melbourne), Norm Smith (Melbourne) 14 |
| Most wins (player) | 7: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) 6: Albert Collier (Collingwood), Harry Collier (Collingwood), Frank 'Bluey' Adams (Melbourne), Ron Barassi (Melbourne) |
| Most wins (captain) | 4: Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Syd Coventry (Collingwood), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn) |
| Most wins (coach) | 8: Jock McHale (Collingwood) 6: Norm Smith (Melbourne) 5: Jack Worrall (Carlton/Essendon), F 'Checker' Hughes (Richmond/Melbourne) |
| Most losses (player) | 6: Jack Titus (Richmond) 5: Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Bill Hutchison (Essendon), Rene Kink (Collingwood/Essendon), Thomas O'Halloran (Richmond), Jack Dyer (Richmond), Jack Bissett (Richmond/South Melbourne) |
| Most losses (captain) | 4: Dick Reynolds (Essendon) 3: Jack Bissett (South Melbourne), Jack Dyer (Richmond) |
| Most losses (coach) | 9: Jock McHale (Collingwood) 7: Dick Reynolds (Essendon) 5: Allan Jeans (St Kilda/Hawthorn), Tom Hafey (Richmond/Collingwood) |
| First VFL/AFL game in GF | Harry Prout (Essendon) 1908, Bill James (Richmond) 1920, George Rawle (Essendon) 1923, F 'Pop' Vine (Melbourne) 1926, Ken Batchelor (Collingwood) 1952, Marlion Pickett (Richmond) 2019 |
| Most games before first GF | 313: Paul Roos (Fitzroy/Sydney) 1996 304: Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) 2008 293: Paul Williams (Collingwood/Sydney) 2005 290: Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) 2013 281: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs) 2016 |
| Most Norm Smith Medals | 3: Dustin Martin (Richmond) 2: Gary Ayres (Hawthorn), Andrew McLeod (Adelaide), Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) |
| Most possessions in a match | 39: Simon Black (Brisbane) 2003, Christian Petracca (Melbourne) 2021 37: Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) 2007, Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) 2014, Matt Crouch (Adelaide) 2017, Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs) 2021 36: Geoff Raines (Richmond) 1980, Robert Harvey (St Kilda) 1997, Peter Burgoyne (Port Adelaide) 2007 35: Daryn Cresswell (Sydney) 1996, Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) 2014 |
| Most goals (career) | 35: Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) 25: Dermott Brereton (Hawthorn) 23: Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn), Jack Mueller (Melbourne) |
| Most goals in a match | 9: Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) 1928, Gary Ablett Sr. (Geelong) 1989 8: Dermott Brereton (Hawthorn) 1985 |
| Most goals in a quarter | 5: Darren Jarman (Adelaide) 1997, Q4 |
| Most behinds in a match | 10: Ron Todd (Collingwood) 1936 8: Bob Pratt (South Melbourne) 1933, John Hendrie (Hawthorn) 1976 |

## Team records

Game records :
| Highest score | 28.9 (177) | by Carlton vs Richmond 1972 |
| Lowest score | 1.7 (13) | by Richmond vs Collingwood 1927 |
| Highest aggregate | 327 points | Carlton vs Richmond 1972 |
| Lowest aggregate | 38 points | Collingwood vs Richmond 1927 |
| Highest winning margin | 119 points | by Geelong vs Port Adelaide 2007 |
| Lowest winning margin | 1 point | by Fitzroy vs South Melbourne 1899, by Carlton vs Essendon 1947, by St Kilda vs Collingwood 1966, by West Coast vs Sydney 2006 |
| Drawn games | 1948 1977 2010 | Essendon vs Melbourne (Melbourne won replay) Collingwood vs North Melbourne (North Melbourne won replay) Collingwood vs St Kilda (Collingwood won replay) |
| Highest losing score | 22.18 (150) | by Richmond vs Carlton 1972 |
| Lowest winning score | 2.13 (25) | by Collingwood vs Richmond 1927 |
| Highest attendance | 121,696 | Collingwood vs Carlton 1970 |
| Lowest attendance | 4,823 | Fitzroy vs South Melbourne 1899 |
| Highest score – 1st Qtr | 8.4 (52) | by Hawthorn vs Geelong 1989, by Carlton vs Richmond 1972 |
| Highest score – 2nd Qtr | 10.2 (62) | by Carlton vs Richmond 1972 |
| Highest score – 3rd Qtr | 11.8 (74) | by Essendon vs Melbourne 1946 |
| Highest score – 4th Qtr | 11.3 (69) | by Essendon vs Hawthorn 1985 |
| Biggest comeback – Quarter time | 29 | by Carlton vs Collingwood 1970 |
| Biggest comeback – Half time | 44 | by Carlton vs Collingwood 1970 |
| Biggest comeback to win – Three Quarter time | 23 | by Essendon vs Hawthorn 1984 |
| Biggest comeback to draw – Three Quarter time | 27 | by North Melbourne vs Collingwood 1977 |
| Premiership from lowest ladder position | 7th | by Western Bulldogs vs Sydney 2016 |
| Consecutive premierships | 2 | by Adelaide 1997, 1998, Carlton 1914, 1915 & 1981, 1982, Collingwood 1902, 1903 & 1935, 1936, Essendon 1911, 1912 & 1923, 1924 & 1949, 1950 & 1984, 1985, Fitzroy 1898, 1899 & 1904, 1905, Geelong 1951 1952, Hawthorn 1988 1989, Melbourne 1959 1960, Richmond 1920, 1921 & 1973, 1974 & 2019, 2020 |
| Consecutive premierships | 3 | by Brisbane 2001, 2002, 2003, Carlton 1906, 1907, 1908, Hawthorn 2013, 2014, 2015, Melbourne 1939, 1940, 1941, & 1955, 1956, 1957 |
| Consecutive premierships | 4 | by Collingwood 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 |