All-time records · 1897–present

The biggest winning margins in VFL/AFL history

Every truly historic blowout, ranked by final margin.

#WinnerLoserMarginVenueYear
1Fitzroy 36.22 (238)Melbourne 6.12 (48)190Waverley Park1979
2Geelong 37.11 (233)Melbourne 7.5 (47)186Kardinia Park2011
3Collingwood 31.21 (207)St Kilda 3.11 (29)178Victoria Park1979
4South Melbourne 29.15 (189)St Kilda 2.6 (18)171Lake Oval1919
5Sydney 31.19 (205)West Coast 5.4 (34)171S.C.G.2023
6Richmond 30.19 (199)North Melbourne 4.7 (31)168Punt Rd1931
7Essendon 28.16 (184)South Melbourne 2.7 (19)165Windy Hill1964
8Hawthorn 31.11 (197)Port Adelaide 5.2 (32)165M.C.G.2011
9Geelong 37.17 (239)Brisbane Bears 11.9 (75)164Carrara1992
10Sydney 36.20 (236)Essendon 11.7 (73)163S.C.G.1987
11Brisbane Bears 33.21 (219)Sydney 8.9 (57)162Gabba1993
12Hawthorn 28.25 (193)Greater Western Sydney 4.7 (31)162M.C.G.2012
13Geelong 23.24 (162)St Kilda 0.1 (1)161Corio Oval1899
14Hawthorn 32.24 (216)Essendon 8.8 (56)160M.C.G.1992
15Hawthorn 36.15 (231)Fitzroy 11.8 (74)157North Hobart1991
16Geelong 35.12 (222)Richmond 9.11 (65)157Docklands2007
17Richmond 34.18 (222)St Kilda 11.4 (70)152S.C.G.1980
18Richmond 28.19 (187)Fitzroy 5.6 (36)151M.C.G.1996
19Fitzroy 34.16 (220)North Melbourne 10.10 (70)150Junction Oval1983
20Geelong 29.14 (188)Gold Coast 6.2 (38)150Kardinia Park2011
21Essendon 28.16 (184)Melbourne 5.6 (36)148M.C.G.2013
22Collingwood 30.20 (200)Essendon 7.11 (53)147Victoria Park1971
23Essendon 32.16 (208)Footscray 9.8 (62)146Western Oval1982
24Hawthorn 27.13 (175)St Kilda 4.6 (30)145M.C.G.2014
25Hawthorn 28.26 (194)Footscray 7.9 (51)143Waverley Park1982
26Essendon 25.10 (160)West Coast 1.12 (18)142Windy Hill1989
27Melbourne 21.28 (154)Hawthorn 1.7 (13)141M.C.G.1926
28North Melbourne 32.17 (209)Richmond 9.14 (68)141M.C.G.1990
29Brisbane Lions 29.15 (189)Adelaide 6.12 (48)141Gabba2004
30North Melbourne 27.23 (185)Sydney 5.15 (45)140S.C.G.1983
31Carlton 25.19 (169)St Kilda 2.17 (29)140Moorabbin Oval1985
32Essendon 29.20 (194)Brisbane Bears 8.6 (54)140M.C.G.1988
33Adelaide 26.15 (171)Richmond 4.8 (32)139Football Park1993
34St Kilda 28.18 (186)Brisbane Lions 7.5 (47)139Docklands2005
35Essendon 31.11 (197)Gold Coast 8.10 (58)139Docklands2011
36Richmond 25.25 (175)Collingwood 5.7 (37)138Punt Rd1942
37Adelaide 30.8 (188)Essendon 6.14 (50)138Football Park2006
38Collingwood 23.21 (159)Port Adelaide 3.3 (21)138Football Park2011
39Hawthorn 27.11 (173)Carlton 4.11 (35)138Docklands2015
40Adelaide 27.15 (177)Brisbane Lions 6.3 (39)138Adelaide Oval2016
41Carlton 31.13 (199)North Melbourne 9.8 (62)137Waverley Park1984
42Adelaide 29.11 (185)Richmond 7.6 (48)137Football Park1997
43Hawthorn 35.15 (225)Geelong 13.12 (90)135Princes Park1986
44West Coast 26.21 (177)Adelaide 5.12 (42)135Subiaco1995
45Geelong 28.14 (182)West Coast 5.17 (47)135Subiaco2008
46Adelaide 29.13 (187)Greater Western Sydney 7.10 (52)135Sydney Showground2013
47South Melbourne 25.16 (166)St Kilda 4.8 (32)134Lake Oval1955
48Geelong 32.19 (211)Richmond 10.17 (77)134M.C.G.1989
49Essendon 28.6 (174)Collingwood 5.11 (41)133Waverley Park1984
50Geelong 24.14 (158)Fremantle 3.7 (25)133Kardinia Park2018

Method note: scores and margins are taken from the final quarter-by-quarter totals in each match record, 1897–present.

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Every list on these pages is computed directly from the box scores of all 17,018 VFL/AFL matches in our database — see the data and our methodology.