| # | Player | Team | Goals | Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 18.0 | vs St Kilda | 1947 |
| 2 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 17.0 | vs Fitzroy | 1930 |
| 3 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 17.5 | vs Richmond | 1992 |
| 4 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 16.0 | vs Hawthorn | 1929 |
| 5 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 16.4 | vs South Melbourne | 1969 |
| 6 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 16.1 | vs Melbourne | 1969 |
| 7 | Tony Lockett | Sydney | 16.0 | vs Fitzroy | 1995 |
| 8 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 15.0 | vs Essendon | 1933 |
| 9 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 15.0 | vs Essendon | 1934 |
| 10 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 15.9 | vs St Kilda | 1978 |
| 11 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 15.4 | vs Sydney | 1992 |
| 12 | Harold Robertson | South Melbourne | 14.0 | vs St Kilda | 1919 |
| 13 | Doug Strang | Richmond | 14.0 | vs North Melbourne | 1931 |
| 14 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 14.0 | vs Hawthorn | 1934 |
| 15 | John Coleman | Essendon | 14.0 | vs Fitzroy | 1954 |
| 16 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 14.2 | vs Richmond | 1989 |
| 17 | John Longmire | North Melbourne | 14.2 | vs Melbourne | 1990 |
| 18 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 14.7 | vs Essendon | 1993 |
| 19 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 14.5 | vs Sydney | 1994 |
| 20 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 14.2 | vs Footscray | 1996 |
| 21 | Scott Cummings | West Coast | 14.1 | vs Adelaide | 2000 |
| 22 | Horrie Clover | Carlton | 13.0 | vs St Kilda | 1921 |
| 23 | Harry Davie | Melbourne | 13.0 | vs Carlton | 1925 |
| 24 | John Coleman | Essendon | 13.0 | vs Geelong | 1952 |
| 25 | John Coleman | Essendon | 13.0 | vs Hawthorn | 1952 |
| 26 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 13.7 | vs South Melbourne | 1967 |
| 27 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 13.2 | vs South Melbourne | 1969 |
| 28 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 13.2 | vs South Melbourne | 1970 |
| 29 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 13.2 | vs North Melbourne | 1971 |
| 30 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 13.2 | vs Essendon | 1972 |
| 31 | Peter Daicos | Collingwood | 13.1 | vs Brisbane Bears | 1991 |
| 32 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 13.3 | vs Carlton | 1991 |
| 33 | Peter Sumich | West Coast | 13.3 | vs Footscray | 1991 |
| 34 | Tony Modra | Adelaide | 13.4 | vs Richmond | 1993 |
| 35 | Tony Modra | Adelaide | 13.3 | vs Carlton | 1994 |
| 36 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 13.4 | vs Sydney | 1999 |
| 37 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 13.4 | vs North Melbourne | 2012 |
| 38 | Bob Merrick | Fitzroy | 12.0 | vs Melbourne | 1919 |
| 39 | Jack Moriarty | Fitzroy | 12.0 | vs North Melbourne | 1928 |
| 40 | Jack Baggott | Richmond | 12.0 | vs South Melbourne | 1928 |
| 41 | George Moloney | Geelong | 12.0 | vs St Kilda | 1931 |
| 42 | George Margitich | Melbourne | 12.0 | vs North Melbourne | 1931 |
| 43 | Bob Johnson | Melbourne | 12.0 | vs Hawthorn | 1933 |
| 44 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 12.0 | vs Footscray | 1934 |
| 45 | Ted Freyer | Essendon | 12.0 | vs Melbourne | 1935 |
| 46 | Norm Smith | Melbourne | 12.0 | vs Footscray | 1941 |
| 47 | Lindsay White | South Melbourne | 12.0 | vs Melbourne | 1942 |
| 48 | John Coleman | Essendon | 12.0 | vs Hawthorn | 1949 |
| 49 | Fred Gallagher | Essendon | 12.0 | vs Geelong | 1957 |
| 50 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 12.2 | vs Hawthorn | 1966 |
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