| # | Player | Team | Disposals | Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 54 | vs Collingwood | 2018 |
| 2 | Harry Sheezel | North Melbourne | 54 | vs Richmond | 2025 |
| 3 | Greg Williams | Sydney | 53 | vs St Kilda | 1989 |
| 4 | Gary Ablett | Gold Coast | 53 | vs Collingwood | 2012 |
| 5 | Barry Price | Collingwood | 52 | vs Fitzroy | 1971 |
| 6 | Scott Thompson | Adelaide | 51 | vs Gold Coast | 2011 |
| 7 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane Lions | 51 | vs Richmond | 2019 |
| 8 | John Greening | Collingwood | 50 | vs Geelong | 1971 |
| 9 | Tony Shaw | Collingwood | 50 | vs Brisbane Bears | 1991 |
| 10 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 50 | vs Collingwood | 2017 |
| 11 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 50 | vs Greater Western Sydney | 2018 |
| 12 | Dane Swan | Collingwood | 49 | vs Hawthorn | 2012 |
| 13 | Gary Ablett | Gold Coast | 49 | vs Collingwood | 2013 |
| 14 | Bailey Dale | Western Bulldogs | 49 | vs Essendon | 2025 |
| 15 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 48 | vs North Melbourne | 1971 |
| 16 | Greg Wells | Melbourne | 48 | vs Fitzroy | 1980 |
| 17 | Peter Featherby | Geelong | 48 | vs Melbourne | 1981 |
| 18 | Tony Shaw | Collingwood | 48 | vs Geelong | 1984 |
| 19 | Stephen Malaxos | West Coast | 48 | vs St Kilda | 1987 |
| 20 | Dane Swan | Collingwood | 48 | vs Port Adelaide | 2009 |
| 21 | Tom Rockliff | Brisbane Lions | 48 | vs Carlton | 2016 |
| 22 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 48 | vs North Melbourne | 2016 |
| 23 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 47 | vs South Melbourne | 1970 |
| 24 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 47 | vs Essendon | 1971 |
| 25 | Ryan Griffen | Western Bulldogs | 47 | vs Sydney | 2012 |
| 26 | Leigh Montagna | St Kilda | 47 | vs Fremantle | 2013 |
| 27 | Jack Steven | St Kilda | 47 | vs Fremantle | 2013 |
| 28 | Tom Rockliff | Brisbane Lions | 47 | vs Gold Coast | 2014 |
| 29 | Jack Macrae | Western Bulldogs | 47 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2018 |
| 30 | Matt Crouch | Adelaide | 47 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2019 |
| 31 | Bob Skilton | South Melbourne | 46 | vs St Kilda | 1967 |
| 32 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 46 | vs Footscray | 1971 |
| 33 | John Greening | Collingwood | 46 | vs Geelong | 1972 |
| 34 | Robert Wiley | Richmond | 46 | vs Carlton | 1980 |
| 35 | Mick McGuane | Collingwood | 46 | vs St Kilda | 1988 |
| 36 | Barry Mitchell | Sydney | 46 | vs Adelaide | 1991 |
| 37 | Simon Atkins | Footscray | 46 | vs Fitzroy | 1992 |
| 38 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 46 | vs Fremantle | 2001 |
| 39 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 46 | vs Adelaide | 2009 |
| 40 | Matthew Boyd | Western Bulldogs | 46 | vs Geelong | 2012 |
| 41 | Matt Crouch | Adelaide | 46 | vs North Melbourne | 2018 |
| 42 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 46 | vs Carlton | 2018 |
| 43 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 46 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2018 |
| 44 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane Lions | 46 | vs Melbourne | 2021 |
| 45 | Caleb Serong | Fremantle | 46 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2024 |
| 46 | Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera | St Kilda | 46 | vs Essendon | 2026 |
| 47 | Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera | St Kilda | 46 | vs North Melbourne | 2026 |
| 48 | Bill Goggin | Geelong | 45 | vs Fitzroy | 1968 |
| 49 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 45 | vs Carlton | 1971 |
| 50 | Wayne Richardson | Collingwood | 45 | vs Footscray | 1971 |
Era note: disposals only enter the AFL Tables box score in 1965 — games before that season can't appear here no matter what happened in them, because the stat wasn't recorded. That's a limit of the historical record, not of this list.
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