Useless AFL Stats

Dive into the weird, bizarre and totally irrelevant stats of the AFL!

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Has your team scored 140+ in a game over the last 5 years?

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Cox equals the AFL record for tallest player without a mark in a game where everyone else but him took a mark, tied with Aaron Sandlilands and Peter Street.

Cox will need a few more matches to catch Nic Naitanui, who did this 5 times.

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Mason Cox was the only player in the Round 12 match Brisbane v Fremantle to not take a grab at the Gabba.

Whilst this may surprise people that the biggest player on the ground couldn't manage a mark whilst even pipsqueaks like Dudley did it, this is actually not that uncommon.

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Legends such as Will (Get Minson off) Minson are amongst a host of rucks to be the only on field players not to complete a mark.

Lachlan McAndrew, Jarrod Witts, Rowan Marshall, Reilly O'Brien, Lloyd Meek, and Oscar McInerney all appear on the list.

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This stat seems made up but isn’t: In Dean Solomon’s last four quarters as an AFL senior coach, his teams have scored a combined eight points.

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Cracking stat, Emlyn.

I for one welcome our new giant coach overlords.

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In the 2026 AFL season, coaches 196 cm or taller have a 27-5 record and a percentage of 130.91 when facing coaches 195cm or shorter.

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Since the start of the @AFL 18-team competition in 2012:
@GeelongCats winning percentage from Night Matches of 64.20% is the highest in the League.

The 2nd highest is @sydneyswans with 61.04%.

The lowest is @GoldCoastSUNS with 35.12%.
(That’s because they are the Suns! 😜)

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Simpkin's slow half century

North Melbourne's stunning after the siren win yesterday gave former skipper Jy Simpkin his 50th career win.

The 184 games it took Simpkin to achieve this feat is the fifth highest in V/AFL history.

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Brent Harvey's age works against him here as TOG data is only available from 2003 onwards, with Boomer dropping to 25th on the all-time list with 266.50 games played.

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One more record for Pendles

Scott Pendlebury will run out for game 433 this afternoon, but if you consider the total time on ground percentage across his career he has only played 342.75 games (still a record).

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For all the fanfare surrounding Scott Pendlebury ahead this weekend, there's still one record that he doesn't have.

The man who bounced a Sherrin off a pigeon only appears on the "most wins by an individual against a specific team" once, well short of eight-timer Michael Tuck.

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Scott Pendlebury has played in 90.7% of Collingwood's MCG games since being drafted, making it his 6th favorite ground. He prefers the SCG, Subiaco, GIANTs Stadium, Metricon and ANZ.

Admin 3 feels compelled to highlight that he is 0/0 at Kardinia Park.

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Thanks to David for sliding into the DMs with this question!

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On request - Geelong and Essendon equal once again

UAS were recently made aware of the fact that two of the oldest teams in the league, Essendon and Geelong, have both won 1439 games in their respective histories.

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The Cats and Bombers also had 11, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49, 61, 62, 375, 378, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, and 395 wins at the same time between 1897 and 1940.

Essendon's biggest lead was 172 in 2004, while Geelong only got 3 ahead back in 1939.

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@MikelsonsWest @Schods25 Brisbane, Gold Coast, North, and Western Bulldogs
Brisbane, Fremantle, Gold Coast, North
Brisbane, Gold Coast, North, Richmond
Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, St Kilda
Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, West Coast
Carlton, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, North

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On request: Quad wins.

Had a few people tell us that Round 10 2026 was the first time Carlton, Geelong, Gold Coast and West Coast have all won in the same round, which yes, we can confirm.

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Who willkeep kicking at goal badly to win their first Jetta, joinining legends like Joe Daniher, Matt Taberner, Jarrad Waite, Harry McKay, Tom Hawkins, and three time winner Lance Franklin?

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UAS Award Update - The Jetta

Named after Lewis Jetta, who kicked 19 behinds before his first goal, this award is given to the player who can kick a behind in each game the longest into a season.

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Jake WATERMAN has kicked 3,3,4,2,3,4,1,1,5,1 for a total of 27 behinds

Mitch GEORGIADES really firing lately with 1,2,2,1,2,1,6,3,4,3 for 25 behinds

Mitch LEWIS remarkably consistent with 1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1 just 12 behinds