Collingwood was the first club in the VFL/AFL to produce a 100-game player, when Charlie Pannam reached the milestone late in the 1902 season, and the Magpies have been setting new benchmarks ever since.
While only four players - Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom, Tony Shaw and Gordon Coventry - have topped 300 games, we've also been blessed with some of the oldest and youngest players the game has known. And two of the most consistent, with Jock McHale's phenomenal run of 191 consecutive games one of the best on record only recently eclipsed by Jack Crisp.
The tables below highlight a range of different games-based records set by Collingwood players since 1892, up to the end of the 2024 season.
| Most Career Games | |
|---|---|
| 403* | Scott Pendlebury |
| 331* | Steele Sidebottom |
| 313 | Tony Shaw |
| 306 | Gordon Coventry |
| 277 | Wayne Richardson |
| 268 | Len Thompson |
| 264 | Scott Burns |
| 261 | Jock McHale |
| 260 | Nathan Buckley |
| 258 | Dane Swan |
| 254 | Gavin Brown |
| 253 | Harry Collier |
| 250 | Peter Daicos |
| 250 | Lou Richards |
| Most Career Finals | |
|---|---|
| 31 | Gordon Coventry |
| 31* | Scott Pendlebury |
| 27 | Harry Collier |
| 26 | Albert Collier |
| 26* | Steele Sidebottom |
| Most Career Wins | |
|---|---|
| 243* | Scott Pendlebury |
| 220 | Gordon Coventry |
| 193 | Harry Collier |
| Most Consecutive Games | |
|---|---|
| 231* | Jack Crisp (+ 6 with Brisbane) |
| 191 | Jock McHale |
| 136 | Tarkyn Lockyer |
| Most Games as Captain or acting Captain | |
|---|---|
| 206 | Scott Pendlebury |
| 161 | Nathan Buckley |
| 149 | Syd Coventry |
| 123 | Tony Shaw |
| 116 | Wayne Richardson |
| 105 | Phonse Kyne |
| 104 | Nick Maxwell |
| Most Games as Coach | |
|---|---|
| 714 | Jock McHale |
| 286 | Mick Malthouse |
| 272 | Phonse Kyne |
| 224 | Leigh Matthews |
| 218 | Nathan Buckley |
| 193 | Bob Rose |
| Most Games in VFA Years (1892-96) | |
|---|---|
| 87 | Archie Smith |
| 79 | Bill Proudfoot |
| 74 | Harry Dowdall |
| 72 | Eddie Murphy |
| 69 | Bill Strickland |
| Youngest Players | |
|---|---|
| 15y 287d | Keith Bromage |
| 15y 297d | Albert Collier |
| 15y 349d | Len Fitzgerald |
| Oldest Players | |
|---|---|
| 39y 95d | Ted Rowell |
| 38y 144d | Les Hughes |
| 38y 75d | Bill Proudfoot |
| Oldest to Make Collingwood Debut | |
|---|---|
| 34y 49d | Ben Hudson |
| 32y 286d | Richard Osborne |
| 32y 81d | Daniel Wells |
| Oldest to Make VFL/AFL Debut | |
|---|---|
| 32y 264d | Bill Strickland |
| 31y 98d | Jack Geddes |
| 30y 273d | Marsh Herbert |
| Games Record Holders - Progressive | |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 18 - Andy Allan, Archie Smith, George Watt |
| 1893 | 37 - George Anderson, Andy Allan |
| 1894 | 51 - George Anderson, Ernie Ashton |
| 1895 | 68 - Archie Smith (broke Ashton's tally of 55 in Rd 6 v Carlton) |
| 1896-1902 | Archie Smith (finished in 1902 with 176 games) |
| 1903 | 186 - Jack Monohan (broke Smith's record in Rd 10 v St Kilda) |
| 1903-07 | Jack Monohan (retired in 1907 with 236 games) |
| 1908-15 | 236 - Jack Monohan |
| 1915 | 237 - Jock McHale (broke Monohan's record in the 1915 Grand Final v Carlton) |
| 1916-20 | Jock McHale (retired in 1920 with 261 games) |
| 1921-35 | 261 - Jock McHale |
| 1935 | 262 - Gordon Coventry (broke McHale's record in Rd 9 v Carlton) |
| 1935-37 | Gordon Coventry (retired in 1937 with 306 games) |
| 1938-94 | 306 - Gordon Coventry |
| 1994 | 307 - Tony Shaw (broke Coventry's record v Bulldogs in Rd 18 1994) |
| 1995 | 313 - Tony Shaw |
| 2020 | 314 - Scott Pendlebury (broke Tony Shaw's record v Port Adelaide in Rd 18 2020) |
| 2020- | 403* - Scott Pendlebury |
