| # | Player | Team | Hit-outs | Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 80 | vs Greater Western Sydney | 2015 |
| 2 | Sam Jacobs | Adelaide | 74 | vs Melbourne | 2017 |
| 3 | Brodie Grundy | Collingwood | 73 | vs Greater Western Sydney | 2019 |
| 4 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle | 70 | vs Gold Coast | 2015 |
| 5 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle | 69 | vs Adelaide | 2015 |
| 6 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 69 | vs Greater Western Sydney | 2019 |
| 7 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 68 | vs West Coast | 2025 |
| 8 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 66 | vs Adelaide | 2018 |
| 9 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 66 | vs Hawthorn | 2018 |
| 10 | Todd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 65 | vs West Coast | 2016 |
| 11 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 64 | vs Greater Western Sydney | 2018 |
| 12 | Brodie Grundy | Collingwood | 64 | vs Sydney | 2019 |
| 13 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 64 | vs Geelong | 2025 |
| 14 | Gary Dempsey | North Melbourne | 63 | vs Hawthorn | 1982 |
| 15 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 63 | vs North Melbourne | 2016 |
| 16 | Stefan Martin | Brisbane Lions | 63 | vs Hawthorn | 2017 |
| 17 | Reilly OBrien | Adelaide | 63 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2023 |
| 18 | Todd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 62 | vs Gold Coast | 2015 |
| 19 | Shane Mumford | Greater Western Sydney | 62 | vs Sydney | 2017 |
| 20 | Brodie Grundy | Sydney | 62 | vs North Melbourne | 2025 |
| 21 | Sam Jacobs | Adelaide | 61 | vs Port Adelaide | 2012 |
| 22 | Todd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 61 | vs Melbourne | 2017 |
| 23 | Shane Mumford | Greater Western Sydney | 60 | vs Melbourne | 2014 |
| 24 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 60 | vs Gold Coast | 2016 |
| 25 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 60 | vs Carlton | 2018 |
| 26 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 60 | vs Essendon | 2019 |
| 27 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 60 | vs West Coast | 2019 |
| 28 | Tim English | Western Bulldogs | 60 | vs Sydney | 2023 |
| 29 | Brodie Grundy | Sydney | 60 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2026 |
| 30 | Matthew Lobbe | Port Adelaide | 59 | vs Geelong | 2013 |
| 31 | Todd Goldstein | North Melbourne | 59 | vs Gold Coast | 2013 |
| 32 | Mike Pyke | Sydney | 59 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2015 |
| 33 | Lloyd Meek | Hawthorn | 59 | vs St Kilda | 2025 |
| 34 | Gary Dempsey | North Melbourne | 58 | vs Fitzroy | 1982 |
| 35 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle | 58 | vs Gold Coast | 2014 |
| 36 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 58 | vs Essendon | 2015 |
| 37 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 58 | vs Sydney | 2016 |
| 38 | Jarrod Witts | Gold Coast | 58 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2018 |
| 39 | Stefan Martin | Brisbane Lions | 58 | vs Sydney | 2018 |
| 40 | Brodie Grundy | Collingwood | 58 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2019 |
| 41 | Sean Darcy | Fremantle | 58 | vs Carlton | 2023 |
| 42 | Reilly OBrien | Adelaide | 58 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2024 |
| 43 | Darcy Cameron | Collingwood | 58 | vs Geelong | 2024 |
| 44 | Lloyd Meek | Hawthorn | 58 | vs West Coast | 2025 |
| 45 | Ned Moyle | Gold Coast | 58 | vs Adelaide | 2026 |
| 46 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 58 | vs Carlton | 2026 |
| 47 | Will Minson | Western Bulldogs | 57 | vs Port Adelaide | 2013 |
| 48 | Robert Warnock | Carlton | 57 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2014 |
| 49 | Brodie Grundy | Collingwood | 57 | vs Sydney | 2018 |
| 50 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 57 | vs Western Bulldogs | 2018 |
Era note: hit-outs only enter the AFL Tables box score in 1966 — 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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