Crazy AFL stats

[Schulzenfest]

I'm sure I'm not the first person to start a thread like this, but I can't easily find another one through the search function. If there's a recent one I've missed, mods feel free to merge.

Francis Evans has played 8 AFL games. [PLAYERCARD]Ben McKay[/PLAYERCARD] has played 54 AFL games. Evans has played in more wins than McKay.

 

[HugeJohnson]

St Kilda have won one flag in 150 years.

 

[Scythe]

Melbourne has now spent 47 consecutive rounds in the top-four. From memory, it's comfortably the longest streak in the 18-team competition (broke that record last year). Anyone know what the longest streak in the AFL era is?

 

[bomberclifford]

Jason Horne-Francis wears #18 at Port, Kane Cornes' old number.
Kane's brother, Chad wore #35.

Jason Horne-Francis played in 17 games, for two wins, in 2022.
The accumulative winning margin was 19pts.

Jason Horne-Francis played in 1 game, for one win, in 2023*.
The winning margin was 54pts, 35 points more than the total of 2022.

Coincidence?
I think not.




*still active

 

[iBeng]

Im sure a Port fan will have a fun stat about the frees count from last weekends game!

 

[Yoda_]

Heard a stat from [PLAYERCARD]Leigh Montagna[/PLAYERCARD] on "first Crack" that only one team in the past 3 decades has NOT played finals after finishing round 1 on top of the ladder.

Essendon probably going to make it number 2



fwiw, Brisbane in 2007 was that team

 

[maskmcgee]

Nick Daicos kicked 3 goals yesterday. AFL site, media, people at the ground, Nick Daicos himself, nobody picked it up, but Bet365 did, they know the real stats

 

[The_Todd07]

Richmond had to go and end this streak by becoming good but

From 1983 to 2016 Fitzroy won more finals than Richmond despite Fitzroy not existing for the final 20 years

 

[Schulzenfest]

Damien Hardwick won the minor premiership in each of his last 6 seasons as an AFL player, but only won two flags in that period.

From 2017 to 2020, Damien Hardwick coached his side to the minor premiership in 2018. This was the only one of those years where he didn't win a flag.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

When was the last time that both the premiers and runners up from the previous year missed the finals?

Both Cats and Sydney will be pushing up hill to make it and I can’t remember a time when both failed to make it the following year.

 

[Taper]

Tom Lynch has played in two premierships but only played in one win against Adelaide in his career, which was in round 2 this year.

Tom Liberatore has played in two grand finals and one premiership, but he's never played in a win against Geelong.

 

[Breretonisahood]

When was the last time that both the premiers and runners up from the previous year missed the finals?

Both Cats and Sydney will be pushing up hill to make it and I can’t remember a time when both failed to make it the following year.

1962 both Hawthorn and Footscray missed finals after playing in 1961 GF. 1963 Ess and Carlton missed finals after 1962 GF. I can’t think of another instance since then.

 

[My Tilly]

Melbourne has now spent 47 consecutive rounds in the top-four. From memory, it's comfortably the longest streak in the 18-team competition (broke that record last year). Anyone know what the longest streak in the AFL era is?

That's pretty impressive.
You would instantly think of a couple of sides who have been up and about for a very long time.

 

[Breretonisahood]

1962 both Hawthorn and Footscray missed finals after playing in 1961 GF. 1963 Ess and Carlton missed finals after 1962 GF. I can’t think of another instance since then.

This stat mentioned on First Crack last night. Removes any doubt that Fox commentators read BF.

 

[CURVE]

Round 13 1944 North Melbourne defeated Richmond 11.21.87 - 14.2.86. It's the only time in VFL/AFL history that a team has won scoring three less goals than their opponent.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Carlton have more individual medal winners and more number one draft picks than any team in history and have achieved bugger all.