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Bryce Gibbs, pictured here in 2017, holds the record for the longest-ever kick in the competition, kicking 72.3 metres (237.2 ft) to win 2016's edition. Each year, ten or more players (usually a combination of past and current AFL players, although sometimes AFLW players and potential draftees are among the line-up as a wildcard) compete to see who can kick the longest distance over the Yarra ...
Former Collingwood captain Dick Lee was the first VFL/AFL player to kick 500 goals. This page is a collection of VFL/AFL goalkicking records.The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football.
This is a list of records from the Australian Football League (AFL) since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Best goal difference in a season: +43, Sydney FC ; Worst goal difference in a season: –39, Central Coast Mariners ; Most goals scored at home in a season: 35, Melbourne City ; Most goals scored away in a season: 30, Sydney FC ; Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 8, New Zealand Knights
Games (Goals) 2005–2015: Australia: 8 (0) ... According to The Sunday Age, it was the fifth-longest kick in the history of the VFL/AFL. International rules series
Vander Haar was also a fine exponent of the torpedo punt, once kicking a goal from such a kick at an estimated 72.5 metres (238 feet), one of the longest goals in VFL/AFL history. [ 5 ] In 1985 , Vander Haar kicked a career-best 46 goals, 9 of them in a single game in round 21.
Goals Player Opponent Round Year Venue 13.4 Tony Modra: Richmond: 16 1993 Football Park: 13.3 Tony Modra: Carlton: 1 1994 Football Park: 11.4 Scott Hodges: Geelong: 23 1992 Football Park: 10.3 Tony Modra: Richmond: 1 1993 MCG: 10.2 Taylor Walker ^ West Coast Eagles: 13 2023: Adelaide Oval: 10.2 Tom Lynch: Greater Western Sydney: 7 2013 Sydney ...
Also, during that same match, another of McNamara's place kicks for goal missed; this extraordinary kick was later (accurately) measured from its placement to the spot upon which it landed, and was found to be 93 yards (85 metres). [44] This is one of the longest recorded kick of a football in VFL history. [45] [46]