tony lockett has kicked the most goals in afl.
tony lockett has kicked the most goals in afl.
who has kicked the most goals in afl?
tony lockett
in lockett's second year with the club, he kicked seven goals in the opening game against the essendon football club and then went on to kick 70 more goals to win st kilda's leading goal kicker award. in 1987 he won the brownlow medal. his best season at st kilda was in 1991, when he kicked 127 goals in 17 games, at an average of 7.47 goals per game, the second highest average ever achieved in vfl/afl history (after peter hudson's 1972 and 1973 averages of eight after playing only one game each year). he was also the spearhead for st kilda's first finals appearance since 1973. in 1992 he kicked the most goals that season with 132 goals. in a qualifying final against geelong he kicked nine goals and five behinds, although the saints were beaten by seven points. he was described by dual brownlow medallist robert harvey as the best player he had ever seen.
tony lockett
after featuring in each of richmond's two pre-season matches as a forward with limited minutes in the midfield, caddy began the 2018 season with three goals in round 1's season-opening win over . he repeated the total the following week, but was also issued a one-match suspension for striking adelaide's david mackay in the face with a stray fist in a marking contest during the fourth quarter of that round 2 loss. he made an immediate return to football in round 4, but was limited to just one game with hamstring soreness seeing him miss again in round 5. upon his return in round 6, caddy kicked a then-equal career best four goals in a win over and was named in "afl media's" team of the week. he equaled that output in round 8 and went past it again with six goals in round 10. along with his goal tally, caddy added 24 disposals and a game high seven tackles to earn the ian stewart medal as best on ground in that win over . at the half-way point of the season caddy was named in "fox footy's" mid-year all australian squad and was named in the "herald sun" and "afl media" teams of 22 players. to that point he ranked the number one most improved player in the league according to "champion data's" official player ratings. he was also placed fourth in the league's goalkicking race with a total of 27 kicked over his nine matches, despite playing an analysed 61 per cent to 39 per cent split of forward and midfield minutes. caddy was held goalless in round 12's loss to , the first such occasion since beginning a 17 game goalscoring streak in round 18 the previous season. after kicking a total of eight goals across the next seven matches, caddy returned to the major goalkickers list with four more in a win over in round 21. he repeated that tally in round 22, leading "1116 sen" commentator gary lyon to call for his inclusion in that year's all-australian team. caddy finished the home and away season having kicked a career-best 44 goals, earning him 10th place in the coleman medal race for the league's leading goalkicker. for that, he was named in the preliminary squad of 40 players though ultimately went unselected in the final 2018 all-australian team. he was however, named in the forwardline of the afl's player ratings seconds team for 2018. after finishing the season as minor premiers, caddy's side earned a home qualifying final against where he kicked two goals in the win. he did however, attract two separate fines from the afl's match review officer for physical altercations and additionally issued a public apology for verbally abusing two of his opponents with derogatory ablest comments which were picked up on umpires' microphones and included in the television broadcast coverage of that match. in the ensuing preliminary final, caddy was held goalless and with an equal season-low 11 disposals when richmond was eliminated with a shock loss to rivals . caddy finished 2018 having played 22 matches and kicked 46 goals, earning 10th place in the richmond club best and fairest award.
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