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With the home and away season done and dusted, we can now definitively end all the arguments about who’s had a good year and who hasn’t.
With that in mind, we’ve collated the records that matter for 2018.
MOST POINTS SCORED
1. Melbourne (2299)
2. Richmond (2143)
3. Collingwood (2046)
FEWEST POINTS SCORED
1. Gold Coast (1308)
2. Carlton (1353)
3. Fremantle (1556)
FEWEST POINTS CONCEDED
1. Geelong (1554)
2. Richmond (1574)
3. Hawthorn (1642)
MOST POINTS CONCEDED
1. Carlton (2282)
2. Gold Coast (2182)
3. St Kilda (2125)
MOST DISPOSALS
1. Tom Mitchell (786)
2. Lachie Neale (667)
3. Clayton Oliver (655)
MOST CONTESTED POSSESSIONS
1. Patrick Cripps (387)
2. Clayton Oliver (360)
1. Tom Mitchell (352)
MOST UNCONTESTED POSSESSIONS
1. Jake Lloyd (447)
2. Lachie Whitfield (443)
3. Tom Mitchell (440)
MOST KICKS
1. Jake Lloyd (405)
2. Shannon Hurn (378)
3. Kade Simpson (369)
MOST HANDBALLS
1. Tom Mitchell (426)
2. Lachie Neale (416)
3. Clayton Oliver (415)
MOST HANDBALL RECEIVES
1. Steele Sidebottom (305)
2. Tom Mitchell (299)
3. Seb Ross (291)
MOST CLANGERS
1. Patrick Cripps (99)
2. Dustin Martin (98)
3. Elliot Yeo (97)
MOST MARKS
1. Shannon Hurn (173)
2. Michael Hurley (156)
3. Cale Hooker (155)
MOST CONTESTED MARKS
1. Jeremy McGovern (59)
2. Max Gawn (50)
3. Mason Cox (49)
MOST UNCONTESTED MARKS
1. Shannon Hurn (158)
2. Alex Witherden (150)
3. Lachie Whitfield (143)
MOST MARKS ON THE LEAD
1. Tom Hawkins (63)
2. Jack Riewoldt (59)
3. Tim Membrey (56)
MOST MARKS INSIDE 50
1. Jack Riewoldt (86)
2. Tom Hawkins (74)
3. Tim Membrey (61)
MOST GOALS
1. Jack Riewoldt (65)
2. Ben Brown (61)
3. Tom Hawkins (58)
MOST BEHINDS
1. Buddy Franklin (42)
2. Jack Riewoldt (33)
3. Jack Ziebell (29)
MOST TACKLES
1. Devon Smith (186)
2. Dayne Zorko (159)
3. Clayton Oliver (151)
MOST INSIDE 50S
1. Dustin Martin (127)
2. Shaun Higgins (118)
3. Elliot Yeo (115)
MOST CLEARANCES
1. Tom Mitchell (173)
2. Patrick Cripps (168)
3. Lachie Neale (157)
MOST BOUNCES
1. Adam Saad (95)
2. Conor McKenna (46)
3. Heath Shaw (40)
MOST HIT OUTS
1. Max Gawn (1000)
2. Jarrod Witts (854)
3. Brodie Grundy (847)
MOST HIT OUTS TO ADVANTAGE
1. Max Gawn (348)
2. Brodie Grundy (267)
3. Todd Goldstein (240)
MOST FREES FOR
1. Patrick Cripps (68)
2. Patrick Dangerfield (55)
3. Stefan Martin (54)
MOST FREES AGAINST
1. Toby Nankervis (56)
2. Patrick Cripps (45)
3. Elliot Yeo (41)
MOST GOAL ASSISTS
1. Jake Melksham (31)
2. Shane Edwards (29)
3. Tom Hawkins (24)
MOST DISPOSALS IN A GAME
1. Tom Mitchell (54 v Collingwood)
2. Tom Mitchell (50 v GWS)
3. Jack Macrae (47 v Brisbane)
MOST KICKS IN A GAME
1. Kade Simpson (30 v West Coast)
=2. Heath Shaw (29 v Essendon)
=2. Josh Kelly (29 v Carlton)
=2. Rory Laird (29 v Richmond)
MOST HANDBALLS IN A GAME
1. Matt Crouch (35 v North)
2. Tom Mitchell (34 v Collingwood)
3. Tom Mitchell (32 v GWS)
MOST MARKS IN A GAME
=1. Robbie Tarrant (16 v Hawthorn)
=1. Jack Riewoldt (16 v Sydney)
=3. Seven players
MOST TACKLES IN A GAME
1. Sam Powell-Pepper (17 v Melbourne)
=2. Josh Kelly (15 v Collingwood)
=2. Devon Smith (15 v Carlton)
MOST HIT OUTS IN A GAME
=1. Max Gawn (66 v Adelaide)
=1. Max Gawn (66 v Hawthorn)
3. Jarrod Witts (64 v GWS)
MOST GOALS IN A GAME
1. Jack Riewoldt (10 v Gold Coast)
=2. Buddy Franklin (8 v West Coast)
=2. Tom Lynch (8 v Carlton)
MOST INSIDE 50S IN A GAME
1. Josh Kelly (16 v Carlton)
=2. Jarrad Waite (13 v St Kilda)
=2. Elliot Yeo (13 v Sydney)
MOST CLEARANCES IN A GAME
1. (Patrick Cripps 18 v Adelaide)
=2. Six players (14)
MOST CONTESTED POSSESSIONS IN A GAME
1. Ben Cunnington (32 v Richmond)
2. Tom Mitchell (27 v Collingwood)
=3 Five players (26)
MOST BOUNCES IN A GAME
1. Adam Saad (12 v Gold Coast)
2. Adam Saad (10 v North)
3. Adam Saad (9 v Richmond)
So there you have it, all the stats that matter(ed) in 2018.
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