| # | Player | Team | Marks | Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Parke | Melbourne | 24 | vs Essendon | 1970 |
| 2 | Brian Lake | Western Bulldogs | 24 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2007 |
| 3 | Joel Bowden | Richmond | 23 | vs Port Adelaide | 2008 |
| 4 | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 22 | vs Hawthorn | 1968 |
| 5 | Gary Dempsey | North Melbourne | 22 | vs Essendon | 1980 |
| 6 | Nathan Bassett | Adelaide | 22 | vs Collingwood | 2006 |
| 7 | Brian Lake | Western Bulldogs | 22 | vs North Melbourne | 2010 |
| 8 | Rex Hunt | St Kilda | 21 | vs Collingwood | 1976 |
| 9 | Matthew Richardson | Richmond | 21 | vs Fitzroy | 1996 |
| 10 | Joel Bowden | Richmond | 21 | vs Hawthorn | 2008 |
| 11 | Matthew Richardson | Richmond | 21 | vs Hawthorn | 2008 |
| 12 | Nick Riewoldt | St Kilda | 21 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2016 |
| 13 | Joel Bowden | Richmond | 20 | vs Adelaide | 2006 |
| 14 | Luke McPharlin | Fremantle | 20 | vs St Kilda | 2006 |
| 15 | Luke McPharlin | Fremantle | 20 | vs St Kilda | 2007 |
| 16 | Danny Jacobs | Hawthorn | 20 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2007 |
| 17 | Sam Gilbert | St Kilda | 20 | vs Collingwood | 2010 |
| 18 | Angus Brayshaw | Melbourne | 20 | vs Essendon | 2022 |
| 19 | Brennan Cox | Fremantle | 20 | vs St Kilda | 2023 |
| 20 | Gary Dempsey | Footscray | 19 | vs Collingwood | 1971 |
| 21 | Rex Hunt | Geelong | 19 | vs North Melbourne | 1974 |
| 22 | Mark Maclure | Carlton | 19 | vs Hawthorn | 1979 |
| 23 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 19 | vs St Kilda | 1980 |
| 24 | Barry Round | South Melbourne | 19 | vs North Melbourne | 1981 |
| 25 | Stewart Loewe | St Kilda | 19 | vs Western Bulldogs | 1998 |
| 26 | John Stevens | Sydney | 19 | vs Melbourne | 1999 |
| 27 | Matthew Richardson | Richmond | 19 | vs Essendon | 2006 |
| 28 | Tarkyn Lockyer | Collingwood | 19 | vs Brisbane Lions | 2007 |
| 29 | Ryan Hargrave | Western Bulldogs | 19 | vs Collingwood | 2009 |
| 30 | Jake Carlisle | Essendon | 19 | vs Collingwood | 2014 |
| 31 | Harry Taylor | Geelong | 19 | vs Fremantle | 2014 |
| 32 | Darcy Moore | Collingwood | 19 | vs North Melbourne | 2021 |
| 33 | James Sicily | Hawthorn | 19 | vs Collingwood | 2023 |
| 34 | Aliir Aliir | Port Adelaide | 19 | vs Essendon | 2026 |
| 35 | Brian Dixon | Melbourne | 18 | vs Hawthorn | 1965 |
| 36 | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 18 | vs Collingwood | 1969 |
| 37 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 18 | vs Essendon | 1970 |
| 38 | Graeme Jenkin | Collingwood | 18 | vs Fitzroy | 1970 |
| 39 | Gary Dempsey | Footscray | 18 | vs St Kilda | 1970 |
| 40 | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 18 | vs Footscray | 1971 |
| 41 | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 18 | vs North Melbourne | 1971 |
| 42 | John Greening | Collingwood | 18 | vs South Melbourne | 1972 |
| 43 | Mike Green | Richmond | 18 | vs North Melbourne | 1973 |
| 44 | Terry Bright | Geelong | 18 | vs Footscray | 1979 |
| 45 | Michael Richardson | Collingwood | 18 | vs Richmond | 1985 |
| 46 | John Longmire | North Melbourne | 18 | vs Richmond | 1990 |
| 47 | Stewart Loewe | St Kilda | 18 | vs West Coast | 1990 |
| 48 | Russell Morris | St Kilda | 18 | vs Adelaide | 1991 |
| 49 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 18 | vs Richmond | 1992 |
| 50 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 18 | vs Sydney | 1992 |
Era note: marks 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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