Top Goalkickers in the AFL
The leading goal kicker in the Australia Rules VFL/AFL home-and-away season is currently awarded the Coleman Medal, named after John Coleman, a former Essendon full forward (he scored 537 goals in just 98 games). Prior to 1955, the VFL awarded the Leading Goalkicker Medal. Below is a list of the winners of either award since 1897.
The most goals scored in a single home-and-away season was 146 by Peter Hudson in 1970. Including the finals, he scored a record 150 goals in the following year. Collingwood player Dick Lee won the award a record eight times - in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1917 and 1919.
| Year | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jesse Hogan | GWS Giants | 69 |
| 2023 | Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 78 |
| 2022 | Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 64 |
| 2021 | Harry McKay | Carlton | 58 |
| 2020 | Tom Hawkins | Geelong | 42 |
| 2019 | Jeremy Cameron | GWS Giants | 67 |
| 2018 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 65 |
| 2017 | Lance Franklin | Sydney | 69 |
| 2016 | Joshua Kennedy | West Coast | 80 |
| 2015 | Joshua Kennedy | West Coast | 75 |
| 2014 | Lance Franklin | Sydney | 67 |
| 2013 | Jarryd Roughead | Hawthorn | 68 |
| 2012 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 65 |
| 2011 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 71 |
| 2010 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 78 |
| 2009 | Brendan Fevola | Carlton | 86 |
| 2008 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 102 |
| 2007 | Jonathan Brown | Brisbane Lions | 77 |
| 2006 | Brendan Fevola | Carlton | 84 |
| 2005 | Fraser Gehrig | St Kilda | 74 |
| 2004 | Fraser Gehrig | St Kilda | 90 |
| 2003 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 87 |
| 2002 | David Neitz | Melbourne | 75 |
| 2001 | Matthew J. Lloyd | Essendon | 96 |
| 2000 | Matthew J. Lloyd | Essendon | 94 |
| 1999 | Scott Cummings | West Coast Eagles | 88 |
| 1998 | Tony Lockett | Sydney | 107 |
| 1997 | Tony Modra | Adelaide | 81 |
| 1996 | Tony Lockett | Sydney | 114 |
| 1995 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 118 |
| 1994 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 113 |
| 1993 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 124 |
| 1992 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 139 |
| 1991 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 118 |
| 1990 | John Longmire | North Melbourne | 98 |
| 1989 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 128 |
| 1988 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 124 |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 117 |
| 1986 | Brian Taylor | Collingwood | 100 |
| 1985 | Simon Beasley | Footscray | 93 |
| 1984 | Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 102 |
| 1983 | Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 106 |
| 1982 | Malcolm Blight | North Melbourne | 94 |
| 1981 | Michael Roach | Richmond | 86 |
| 1980 | Michael Roach | Richmond | 107 |
| 1979 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 91 |
| 1978 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 118 |
| 1977 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 105 |
| 1976 | Larry Donohue | Geelong | 99 |
| 1975 | Leigh Matthews | Hawthorn | 67 |
| 1974 | Doug Wade | North Melbourne | 91 |
| 1973 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 84 |
| 1972 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 130 |
| 1971 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 140 |
| 1970 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 146 |
| 1969 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 122 |
| 1968 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 125 |
| 1967 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 79 |
| 1966 | Ted Fordham | Essendon | 73 |
| 1965 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 56 |
| 1964 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 68 |
| 1963 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 69 |
| 1962 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 62 |
| 1961 | Tom Carroll | Carlton | 54 |
| 1960 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 67 |
| 1959 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 69 |
| 1958 | Ian Brewer | Collingwood | 67 |
| 1957 | Jack Charles Collins | Footscray | 74 |
| 1956 | Bill Young | St Kilda | 56 |
| 1955 | Noel Rayson | Geelong | 77 |
| 1954 | Jack Charles Collins | Footscray | 73 |
| 1953 | John Coleman | Essendon | 96 |
| 1952 | John Coleman | Essendon | 103 |
| 1951 | John Coleman | Essendon | 75 |
| 1950 | John Coleman | Essendon | 112 |
| 1949 | John Coleman | Essendon | 85 |
| 1948 | Lindsay White | Geelong | 86 |
| 1947 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 97 |
| 1946 | Des Fothergill | Collingwood | 63 |
| 1945 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 67 |
| 1944 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 87 |
| 1943 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 62 |
| 1942 | Lindsay White | South Melbourne | 67 |
| 1941 | Sel Murray | North Melbourne | 88 |
| 1940 | Jack Titus | Richmond | 92 |
| 1939 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 98 |
| 1938 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 102 |
| 1937 | Dick D. Harris | Richmond | 64 |
| 1936 | Bill Mohr | St Kilda | 101 |
| 1935 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 97 |
| 1934 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 138 |
| 1933 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 108 |
| 1932 | George Moloney | Geelong | 109 |
| 1931 | Harry Vallence | Carlton | 72 |
| 1930 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 105 |
| 1929 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 118 |
| 1928 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 78 |
| 1927 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 88 |
| 1926 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 78 |
| 1925 | Lloyd Hagger | Geelong | 70 |
| 1924 | Jack Moriarty | Fitzroy | 75 |
| 1923 | Greg Stockdale | Essendon | 64 |
| 1922 | Horrie Clover | Carlton | 54 |
| 1921 | Cliff Rankin | Geelong | 61 |
| 1920 | George Bayliss | Richmond | 62 |
| 1919 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 47 |
| 1918 | Ern Cowley | Carlton | 35 |
| 1917 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 50 |
| 1916 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 46 |
| 1915 | Jimmy Freake | Fitzroy | 65 |
| 1914 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 57 |
| 1913 | Roy Park | University | 53 |
| 1912 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 56 |
| 1911 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 46 |
| 1910 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 51 |
| 1910 | Percy Martini | Geelong | 51 |
| 1909 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 55 |
| 1908 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 50 |
| 1907 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 45 |
| 1906 | Mick Grace | Carlton | 45 |
| 1905 | Charlie H. Pannam | Collingwood | 38 |
| 1904 | Vince Coutie | Melbourne | 39 |
| 1903 | Teddy Lockwood | Collingwood | 33 |
| 1902 | Charlie Baker | St Kilda | 30 |
| 1901 | Fred Hiskins | Essendon | 34 |
| 1900 | Albert Thurgood | Essendon | 24 |
| 1900 | Teddy Lockwood | Geelong | 24 |
| 1899 | Eddy James | Geelong | 31 |
| 1898 | Archie Smith | Collingwood | 31 |
| 1897 | Eddy James | Geelong | 22 |
| 1897 | Jack Leith | Melbourne | 22 |
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