Interesting Stat

[valkorum]

I stole this from another forum so I can't take credit

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There are only 4 players in the history of the game to have 5,000 disposals and 500 goals.

Leigh Matthews, Brad Johnson, Chris Grant and........ Matthew Pavlich

[ossie85]

Pretty cool stat :)

They didn't count possesions way back when, but still very impressive

[tbagrocks]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

[valkorum]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

[meow meow]

Possessions have been recorded since 1974. There would be others.

Kevin Bartlett would have made the list. He played 180 games before possessions were counted, and in his remaining 224 games he recorded 4694 stats. I dare say he would have gotten at least 306 possessions in 180 games of footy. He kicked 290 goals in those 180 games.

[valkorum]

Give KB the benefit of the doubt - so that makes 5

[meow meow]

A more interesting stat is that in a season where a player recorded a minumum of 30 scoring shots, the player who has the best accuracy percentage rate (90%) is... Matthew Richardson! 27.3 in 1995.

[valkorum]

That got me thinking about Chris Mayne this season.... so I had to check

39 goals
7 behinds

84.78%

[tbagrocks]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

So then all footy ever played? Or just the bias VFL ???

[valkorum]

Move on TBA - SANFL (or WAFL) obviously isnt counted

[AFEV]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

So then all footy ever played? Or just the bias VFL ???

Tbag you should know by now that I keep an open mind about the history of WAFL/SANFL but the VFL evolved into the AFL which is why those records withstand.

Has nothing to do with bias.

[tbagrocks]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

So then all footy ever played? Or just the bias VFL ???

Tbag you should know by now that I keep an open mind about the history of WAFL/SANFL but the VFL evolved into the AFL which is why those records withstand.

Has nothing to do with bias.

Sorry I'm not trying to argue :P

I don't really count VFL stats ;D yes the leauge grew from their but also the crows were formed from the 10 SANFL teams so therefore the SANFL records should count in AFL records :o

[AFEV]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

So then all footy ever played? Or just the bias VFL ???

Tbag you should know by now that I keep an open mind about the history of WAFL/SANFL but the VFL evolved into the AFL which is why those records withstand.

Has nothing to do with bias.

Sorry I'm not trying to argue :P

I don't really count VFL stats ;D yes the leauge grew from their but also the crows were formed from the 10 SANFL teams so therefore the SANFL records should count in AFL records :o

OK that's fine as long as the Premierships that Essendon won in the VFA count as well. ;)

[Ziplock]

That got me thinking about Chris Mayne this season.... so I had to check

39 goals
7 behinds

84.78%

haha, I looked him up to when I read that.

tbag, how detailed are the SANFL stats anyway from pre-afl?

obviously they're not counted post afl, same as the vfl wouldnt be. 

[meow meow]

Hold on did Matthews play in the AFL :o

The stat was history of the game, not AFL

So then all footy ever played? Or just the bias VFL ???

Tbag you should know by now that I keep an open mind about the history of WAFL/SANFL but the VFL evolved into the AFL which is why those records withstand.

Has nothing to do with bias.

Sorry I'm not trying to argue :P

I don't really count VFL stats ;D yes the leauge grew from their but also the crows were formed from the 10 SANFL teams so therefore the SANFL records should count in AFL records :o

OK that's fine as long as the Premierships that Essendon won in the VFA count as well. ;)

1924 - The VFA champions Footscray defeated the VFL champions Essendon in a "champion of Victoria" match. Surely we should have 2 premierships to our name!