Champion Pie to join rare club, big Cat to go No.1: Every potential major milestone for the 2024 AFL season

See who’s nearing major milestones at your club.

Published by
Mitch Keating

A number of career and club records are likely to be broken during the 2024 AFL season as a host of players look to reach major milestones this year.

Two-time Collingwood premiership player Scott Pendlebury is set to extend his reign as the Magpies' all-time games record holder while potentially becoming the first player to play 400 games in the black and white.

The former Magpies skipper needs just 17 more games to reach the milestone and join a club home to just five other players.

Should Pendlebury manage to play every match this year, his 400th game will come against Geelong at the MCG in Round 18.

Geelong veteran Tom Hawkins is in line to become the Cats' all-time games record holder, needing just eight games to level close friend and ex-teammate Joel Selwood on 355 games in the hoops.

Becoming the Cats' most-capped player would also see Hawkins surpass the 350-game milestone, with Port Adelaide's Travis Boak another who could also reach that mark, needing just two games.

A goals milestone might also be in Hawkins' sights, with a further 19 goals needed for the Geelong key forward to become the 13th player to boot 800 V/AFL goals ever. A 54-goal campaign for Hawkins would see him pass the great Doug Wade for second on Geelong's all-time goals leaderboard, trailing only Gary Ablett Snr's record of 1021 majors.

GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JULY 28: Tom Hawkins of the Cats lines up for goal during the 2018 AFL round 19 match between the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions at GMHBA Stadium on July 28, 2018 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

West Coast's Jack Darling has similar milestones in his reach, needing just five goals to move into second all-time for the Eagles. Currently on 510 goals from 13 seasons with West Coast, Darling can surpass Peter Sumich's tally of 514 goals early into the new season.

Darling is also just 14 games from passing Dean Cox to only sit behind former captain Shannon Hurn on the club's all-time games list, while a full season for the Eagles spearhead could see him bring up the 300-game milestone, needing 23 more.

Teammate Andrew Gaff needs 25 games to bring up his 300, requiring a pair of finals appearances after a full season to do so.

Others looking at potential 300-game milestones include Geelong's Mitch Duncan, Giant Callan Ward, Hawks forward Luke Breust, Tigers champion Dustin Martin and Sydney co-captain Luke Parker.

Here are all the major career milestones that could occur during the 2024 AFL season.

Adelaide

250 Games: Brodie Smith (247), Rory Laird (224)

Brisbane

250 Games: Lachie Neale (246)
200 Games: Jarryd Lyons (191), Harris Andrews (186), Ryan Lester (180), Joe Daniher (177)

400 Goals: Charlie Cameron (360)

Carlton

200 Games: Patrick Cripps (183), Adam Saad (177)

Collingwood

400 Games: Scott Pendlebury (383)
250 Games: Jeremy Howe (233), Jack Crisp (226)
200 Games: Tom Mitchell (197), Brayden Maynard (186), Jamie Elliott (179), Dan McStay (175)

Essendon

250 Games: Dyson Heppell (235)
200 Games: Jake Stringer (189)

Fremantle

N/A

Geelong

350 Games: Tom Hawkins (347)
300 Games: Mitch Duncan (274)
250 Games: Mark Blicavs (246), Cameron Guthrie (236), Jeremy Cameron (230)
200 Games: Rhys Stanley (196), Gary Rohan (192), Jake Kolodjashnij (174)

800 Goals: Tom Hawkins (781)
600 Goals: Jeremy Cameron (584)

Gold Coast

250 Games: Brandon Ellis (247)
200 Games: Levi Casboult (195), Touk Miller (173)

GWS

300 Games: Callan Ward (295)
200 Games: Josh Kelly (198)

Hawthorn

300 Games: Luke Breust (281)
250 Games: Jack Gunston (242)

500 Goals: Jack Gunston (452)

Melbourne

200 Games: Lachie Hunter (197), Jack Viney (196), Adam Tomlinson (177), Christian Petracca (176)

North Melbourne

200 Games: Luke McDonald (181)

Port Adelaide

350 Games: Travis Boak (348)
250 Games: Ollie Wines (228)
200 Games: Darcy Byrne-Jones (173)

Richmond

300 Games: Dustin Martin (289)
250 Games: Dylan Grimes (229)

500 Goals: Tom Lynch (456)

St Kilda

250 Games: Bradley Hill (233)
200 Games: Sebastian Ross (198)

Sydney

300 Games: Luke Parker (283)
250 Games: Dane Rampe (230), Jake Lloyd (223)
200 Games: Brodie Grundy (194), Harry Cunningham (185), Sam Reid (181), Isaac Heeney (177)

West Coast

300 Games: Jack Darling (277), Andrew Gaff (275)
250 Games: Jamie Cripps (228)
200 Games: Elliot Yeo (192)

Western Bulldogs

250 Games: Adam Treloar (231), Jack Macrae (230)
200 Games: Taylor Duryea (192), Jason Johannisen (187), Liam Jones (179), Caleb Daniel (176)

Published by
Mitch Keating