Team Records
The Victoria Park scoreboard after what was then the club's record score v St Kilda in 1979.
From the time its players first set foot on the field in 1892, the Collingwood Football Club has been setting records of one kind or another.
Sometimes these are grand things to be celebrated – such as high scores, big wins and memorable comebacks – but at other times they’re embarrassing: massive losses, low scores and the like. All end up being part of our overall story, for better or worse.
The tables below highlight just some of these statistical landmarks. All records are accurate (at least to the best of our knowledge!) up until the end of the 2022 season. Special thanks to Col Hutchinson at the AFL for his assistance with some of the lesser-known records.
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Summary of Achievements |
| Premierships |
15 VFL/AFL, 1 VFA |
| Grand Finals |
44 VFL/AFL (#1) |
| Finals |
188 (VFL/AFL only) |
| Finals years |
84/126 in VFL/AFL |
| Night flags |
2 (includes pre-season competition) |
| Total games |
2715 (2623 VFL/AFL + 92 VFA) |
| Results |
W1624 (1579 VFL/AFL), L1056 (1016 VFL/AFL), D35 (28 VFL/AFL) |
| Total players |
1259 (to end 2021, including 82 VFA players) |
| Reserves flags |
7 |
| U-19 flags |
4 |
|
Highest Scores |
| 32.19. 211 |
v St Kilda, R17 1980 at Waverley |
| 31.21. 207 |
v St Kilda, R4 1979 at Victoria Park |
| 30.20. 200 |
v Essendon, R14 1971 at Victoria Park |
| 29.11. 185 |
v Sydney, R16 1985 at SCG |
| 28.16. 184 |
v Geelong, R9 1972 at Victoria Park |
| 28.16. 184 |
v Footscray, R8 1926 at Victoria Park |
| 28.14. 182 |
v Sydney, R20 1983 at Victoria Park |
| 26.22. 178 |
v Footscray, R2 1981 at Victoria Park |
| 26.20. 176 |
v Nth Melb, R9 1990 at Victoria Park |
| 26.18. 174 |
v GWS, R18 2012 at Sydney Showgrounds |
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Lowest Scores – VFL/AFL |
| 0.8. 8 |
v Sth Melb, R11 1897 at Victoria Park |
| 0.9. 9 |
v Carlton, R6 1900 at Princes Park |
| 1.4.10 |
v Geelong, R10 1897 at Corio Oval |
|
Lowest Scores – VFA |
| 0.4 |
v Essendon, R3 1893 at Victoria Park |
| 0.6 |
v Melbourne, R10 1893 at Victoria Park |
| 0.6 |
v Melbourne, R11 1894 at MCG |
|
Biggest Wins |
| 178 |
v St Kilda, R4 1979 at Victoria Park |
| 147 |
v Essendon, R14 1971 at Victoria Park |
| 138 |
v Port Adelaide, R20 2011 at Football Park |
|
Biggest Losses |
| 138 |
v Richmond, R3 1942 at Punt Road |
| 133 |
v Essendon, preliminary final 1984 at Waverley |
| 125 |
v Hawthorn, R16 1987 at Victoria Park |
|
Longest Winning Streaks (v all clubs) |
| 20 |
1928-29 |
| 17 |
1903-04 |
| 14 |
1953-54, 2011 |
|
Longest Winning Streaks (v individual clubs) |
| 29 |
v Hawthorn 1925-41 |
| 19 |
v Hawthorn 1944-54 |
| 18 |
v St Kilda 1897-1903 |
|
Longest Losing streaks |
| 13 |
1998-99 |
| 9 |
2005-06, 2000, 1982 |
| 8 |
1976, 1996, 1982 |
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Most Accurate Scoring |
| 15.2. 92 |
v Richmond, Rd 1 1929 at Victoria Park |
| 14.3. 87 |
v Essendon, Rd 8 1981 at Waverley |
| 12.3. 75 |
v Hawthorn, Rd 4 1955 at Glenferrie |
|
Most Inaccurate Scoring |
| 2.19. 31 |
v St Kilda, Rd 3 1968 at Victoria Park |
| 2.16. 28 |
v Richmond, Rd 5 1946 at Victoria Park |
| 2.15. 27 |
v Geelong, Rd 6 1912 at Corio Oval |
|
Highest Scoring Quarters |
| 1st quarter |
11.2 (68) v Footscray, Rd 1 1971 at Victoria Park |
| 2nd quarter |
12.3 (75) v Essendon, Rd 3 1977 at Victoria Park |
| 3rd quarter |
12.5 (77) v Carlton, Rd 4 1969 at Princes Park |
| 4th quarter |
11.5 (71) v North Melbourne, Rd 9 1990 at Victoria Park |
|
Greatest Comebacks |
| Quarter-time |
42 points, v Geelong, Rd 15 1973 at Kardinia Park |
| Half-time |
52 points, v St Kilda, Rd 10 1970 at Victoria Park |
| 3/4 time |
39 points, v Richmond, Rd 4 1987 at Waverley |
| Overall |
60 points, 27-minute mark, second quarter, v St Kilda, Rd 1970 at Victoria Park |
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Milestone Wins |
| First win(VFA) |
v Williamstown, Rd 5 1892 |
| First win(VFL) |
v St Kilda, Rd 1 1897 |
| 500th win |
v Footscray, Rd 8 1936 |
| 1000th win |
v Geelong, Rd 5 1977 |
| 1500th win |
v Fremantle, Rd 14 2016 |