The 2022 AFL season is about to kick off and with that comes a whole list of potential milestones.
There are a few significant milestones set to fall, namely Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury's 350th games as well as 300 to Patrick Dangerfield, Shane Edwards, and both Sydney and West Coast's Josh Kennedys.
Lance Franklin is also due to tick off a huge milestone with 1000 goals in sight.
(Note: The below lists only include 100 games or more. Games played prior to the 2022 season in brackets).
Captain Rory Sloane is 21 games away from 250 where he will become just the ninth Crow to join that list. Two-time best and fairest Rory Laird and unheralded defender Luke Brown are approaching 200 and former skipper Taylor Walker will become the first Adelaide player to 500 goals.
250 games
Rory Sloane (229)
200 games
Rory Laird (182)
Luke Brown (178)
150 games
Paul Seedsman (132)
Matt Crouch (125)
500 goals
Taylor Walker (489)
Daniel Rich will become just the fourth Brisbane Lion to 250 games while Mitch Robinson, who played 100 for Carlton, is set for 250 AFL games. Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale, after 135 games with Fremantle, is closing in on 200. There is also a key quartet nearing 150 including Harris Andrews, Joe Daniher, Dan McStay and Darcy Gardiner.
250 games
Daniel Rich (246)
Mitch Robinson (232)
200 games
Lachie Neale (195)
150 games
Daniel McStay (139)
Harris Andrews (136)
Darcy Gardiner (133)
Joe Daniher (132)
100 games
Lincoln McCarthy (94)
Jarrod Berry (85)
Callum Ah Chee (84)
Oscar McInerney (79)
Jack Newnes is nearing 200 games after 155 for St Kilda while captain Patrick Cripps is close to 150, along with former Bomber Adam Saad, ex-Giant Zac Williams and defender Lachie Plowman.
200 games
Jack Newnes (191)
150 games
Patrick Cripps (138)
Adam Saad (131)
Lachie Plowman (129)
Zac Williams (127)
100 games
Oscar McDonald (84)
Mitch McGovern (81)
Jack Silvagni (78)
Adam Cerra (76)
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Captain Scott Pendlebury will become the first Collingwood player to 350 games later in the year. He will also tick over 200 games as skipper in 2022. Jeremy Howe and Jack Crisp are nearing 200 games after starting their careers at other clubs while Brayden Maynard and Jamie Elliott are close to 150 and Taylor Adams (134 in black and white) is nearing 150 for the Pies. Steele Sidebottom is set for life membership midway through the campaign.
350 games
Scott Pendlebury (334)
200 games
Jeremy Howe (195)
Jack Crisp (175)
150 games
Brayden Maynard (138)
Jamie Elliott (136)
100 games
Brody Mihocek (79)
Mason Cox (76)
Michael Hurley will hope to make it to 200 games if he successfuly recovers from a nasty hip injury and could be joined in the double ton club by captain Dyson Heppell and former Giants pair Dylan Shiel and Devon Smith. Much-loved small forward Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti has 150 in his sights.
200 games
Michael Hurley (193)
Dyson Heppell (191)
Dylan Shiel (180)
Devon Smith (174)
150 games
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (126)
100 games
Kyle Langford (98)
Andrew McGrath (93)
Tom Cutler (87)
Peter Wright (87)
Michael Walters should become the 12th Docker to 200 games and promises to become just the second player to 300 goals behind Matthew Pavlich. Ex-Giant Nathan Wilson and former Bomber Travis Colyer are edging towards 150.
200 games
Michael Walters (181)
150 games
Nathan Wilson (149)
Travis Colyer (128)
100 games
Darcy Tucker (94)
Joel Hamling (86)
Luke Ryan (85)
Connor Blakely (78)
Andrew Brayshaw (76)
Ethan Hughes (75)
Joel Selwood will be the first Cat to 350 games and will also break Carlton great Stephen Kernahan's VFL/AFL record of most games as captain (226) early on. Patrick Dangerfield is not far from 300 AFL games and is expected to bring up a rare double of 150 games for two clubs after 154 for the Crows. Mitch Duncan will join 18 other Cats on 250 games while ex-Hawk Isaac Smith and former Blue Zach Tuohy are eyeing the same milestone. Former Giants star Jeremy Cameron is nearing 200 and ex-Roo and Bulldog Shaun Higgins is set for life membership later in the season
350 games
Joel Selwood (334)
300 games
Patrick Dangerfield (285)
250 games
Mitch Duncan (236)
Isaac Smith (234)
Zach Tuohy (226)
200 games
Jeremy Cameron (186)
150 games
Jake Kolodjashnij (132)
Jed Bews (128)
100 games
Brandan Parfitt (95)
Jack Henry (90)
700 goals
Tom Hawkins (665)
Former skipper David Swallow is honing in on 200 games and is also chasing the club record at the Suns, held by Jarrod Harbrow (192), but he does need 25 so may have to wait until next year. Sam Day is slowly creeping towards 150 games and new co-skipper Touk Miller will get there this year.
200 games
David Swallow (175)
150 games
Sam Day (143)
Touk Miller (138)
100 games
Jack Bowes (78)
Ben Ainsworth (74)
Callan Ward, after 60 games with the Bulldogs, is close to 250 games overall and nearing 200 games in Giants colours (188). Fellow former captain Phil Davis has 200 in his sights (after 18 with the Crows), as does Toby Greene.
250 games
Callan Ward (248)
200 games
Phil Davis (187)
Toby Greene (176)
150 games
Adam Kennedy (130)
100 games
Jesse Hogan (99)
Tim Taranto (98)
Lachlan Keeffe (79)
Captain Ben McEvoy (who played 91 for the Saints) is nearing 250 while Liam Shiels will be player no.16 to reach 250 for the Hawks with Luke Breust not far behind him. After 14 games with the Crows, Jack Gunston (195) will notch 200 in the brown and gold early on. Chad Wingard, following 147 games with the Power, is nearing 200 overall and 50 for the Hawks.
250 games
Ben McEvoy (244)
Liam Shiels (242)
Luke Breust (239)
200 games
Chad Wingard (194)
150 games
Jarman Impey (134)
Kyle Hartigan (132)
Sam Frost (129)
100 games
James Sicily (93)
Daniel Howe (87)
Tom McDonald is not too far from 200 games, as is Jake Melksham who played 114 games for the Bombers. A trio of key Demons - Christian Salem, Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver (more unlikely) - could all reach 150 games this year, while former Roo Ben Brown is also nearing that mark.
200 games
Jake Melksham (197)
Tom McDonald (193)
150 games
Ben Brown (143)
Christian Salem (130)
Christian Petracca (127)
Clayton Oliver (124)
100 games
Jayden Hunt (94)
Bayley Fritsch (85)
Mitch Brown (76)
Captain Jack Ziebell will become the 12th Kangaroo to 250 games and could be joined by star midfielder Ben Cunnington, although the latter is more likely next year. Veteran ruckman Todd Goldstein is set for life membership in Round 7, and there are a trio of players honing in on 150 games.
250 games
Jack Ziebell (239)
Ben Cunnington (227)
150 games
Jared Polec (146)
Aaron Hall (144)
Luke McDonald (137)
100 games
Jy Simpkin (95)
Jed Anderson (85)
Hugh Greenwood (83)
Skipper Tom Jonas and Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines are both vying for 200 games to become the 10th and 11th Power players to get there. Former Sun Charlie Dixon is not far away either. Trent McKenzie, Darcy Byrne-Jones and Scott Lycett have 150 in their sights.
200 games
Tom Jonas (182)
Ollie Wines (182)
Charlie Dixon (177)
150 games
Trent McKenzie (139)
Darcy Byrne-Jones (129)
Scott Lycett (128)
100 games
Ryan Burton (95)
Orazio Fantasia (95)
Sam Powell-Pepper (92)
Aliir Aliir (88)
Shane Edwards should become just the fifth Tiger to 300 games late in the season, while 200 is almost up for ex-Sun Tom Lynch and new co-captain Dylan Grimes. Both Josh Caddy and former Roo Robbie Tarrant may have to wait until next year. Kane Lambert and Kamdyn McIntosh could have 150 on the cards later this season. Triple premiership stars and close mates Trent Cotchin and Dustin Martin will both be awarded with life membership in the back end of the season.
300 games
Shane Edwards (281)
200 games
Tom Lynch (193)
Dylan Grimes (192)
Josh Caddy (174)
Robbie Tarrant (174)
150 games
Kane Lambert (128)
Kamdyn McIntosh (125)
100 games
Toby Nankervis (98)
Nathan Broad (84)
Jack Graham (77)
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Premiership Hawk and former Docker Bradley Hill is edging towards 200 games while Jack Billings and ex-Swan Tim Membrey both have 150 to look forward to. Former Bomber and Port ruckman Paddy Ryder will gain life membership early in the season.
200 games
Bradley Hill (190)
150 games
Jack Billings (144)
Tim Membrey (131)
100 games
Dean Kent (98)
Jade Gresham (95)
Dan Butler (86)
Dougal Howard (85)
Mason Wood (74)
Former skipper Josh Kennedy, after 13 with the Hawks, has 300 games in sight and should also slip into the top five for games played at the Swans. Current co-captain Luke Parker will be the 11th Swan to 250 games while fellow skipper Dane Rampe is nearing 200, as is Jake Lloyd. Star forward Lance Franklin (136) is closing in on 150 games in Swans colours after 182 for the Hawks in what will be a rare double of 150 at two clubs. He will also become just the sixth player in VFL/AFL history to reach 1000 goals.
300 games
Josh Kennedy (279)
250 games
Luke Parker (235)
200 games
Dane Rampe (190)
Jake Lloyd (176)
150 games
Isaac Heeney (129)
100 games
Oliver Florent (93)
Will Hayward (89)
1000 goals
Lance Franklin (995)
Josh Kennedy is close to 300 AFL games after 22 with the Blues and could enter the top three or four of games played by an Eagle by season's end. He is also honing in on 700 career goals, and will join just 24 other players to do so. Kennedy is also set for life membership early in the season. Jack Redden, Jack Darling and Andrew Gaff are close to 250 games each. It could be a season of two different double centuries from both club and overall perspectives for Jamie Cripps who is one short of 200 overall and 17 short for the Eagles after 16 with the Saints.
300 games
Josh Kennedy (278)
250 games
Jack Redden (242)
Jack Darling (236)
Andrew Gaff (236)
200 games
Jamie Cripps (199)
Elliot Yeo (177)
150 games
Dom Sheed (141)
100 games
Tom Barrass (99)
Sam Petrevski-Seton (94)
Jackson Nelson (89)
Tim Kelly (85)
Tom Cole (78)
700 goals
Josh Kennedy (686)
Former Demon and Lion Stefan Martin plays game 200 in Round 1 while fellow three-club player Adam Treloar is also nearing that milestone after 79 with the Giants and 94 with the Magpies. Gun midfielder Jack Macrae also has 200 games on his radar. Caleb Daniel and ex-Docker Hayden Crozier are nearing 150 each.
200 games
Stefan Martin (199)
Adam Treloar (190)
Jack Macrae (185)
150 games
Caleb Daniel (134)
Hayden Crozier (133)
100 games
Tim O'Brien (97)
Toby McLean (94)
Josh Dunkley (93)
Bailey Dale (85)
Bailey Williams (82)
Aaron Naughton (78)
