List of Essendon Football Club leading goalkickers

The following list details all of the major goalkicking records relating specifically to Essendon Football Club, including season highs, career highs, and game highs for both the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) and AFL Women's, as well as the club's pre-VFL/AFL records. The AFL's annual leading goalkicker award, the Coleman Medal, is named after Essendon's John Coleman. At the 2009 Essendon Best & Fairest awards night, outgoing CEO Peter Jackson announced that the Essendon leading goalkicker medal would be named the Matthew Lloyd Medal in honour of the recently retired Matthew Lloyd. This is sometimes referred to as the Matthew Lloyd Leading Goalkicker Award.

Leading goalkickers by season

The following is a list of Essendon leading goalkickers in each season.

Pre-VFA era SeasonPlayer(s)Goals 1873 18744187518765

VFA era SeasonPlayer(s)Goals18773187871879718807188141882131883141884131885181886 (2)111887 (3)1118889Finlay1889 (2)151890Fergusson141891201892561893 (2)631894 (3)62189591896 (2)29

VFL/AFL era ✪Player won Coleman Medal (or equivalent)†Team played finals (which count for the tally)Bold text indicates player currently plays in AFL or AFLW SeasonPlayer(s)Goals 1897 (3) 23† 1898 20† 1899 15 1900 ✪ (4) 25† 1901 ✪ 34† 1902 (5) 32† 1903 15 1904 (2) 25† 1905 29† 1906 31† 1907 16 1908 26† 1909 40†1910 30† 1911 35† 1912 43† 1913 (2) 29 1914 28 1915 141916Did not compete due to WWI—1917Did not compete due to WWI— 1918 151919 15 1920 33 1921 (2) 17 1922 36† 1923 ✪ 68† 1924 50† 1925 (2) 37† 1926 (2) 36† 1927 35 1928 (3) 39 1929 40 1930 (2) 54 1931 50 1932 (2) 52 1933 (3) 51 1934 (4) 61 1935 (3) 52 1936 (5) 50 1937 (4) 44 1938 68 1939 (2) 71 1940 48† 1941 (3) 65† 1942 (4) 61† 1943 31† 1944 42† 1945 48 1946 (2) 66† 1947 50† 1948 52† 1949 ✪ 100† 1950 ✪ (2) 120† 1951 ✪ (3) 75† 1952 ✪ (4) 103 1953 ✪ (5) 97† 1954 (6) 42 1955 51† 1956 33 1957 34† 1958 31 1959 ✪ 78† 1960 ✪ (2) 67† 1961 (2) 33 1962 39† 1963 (2) 36 1964 (3) 32† 1965 54† 1966 ✪ (2) 76† 1967 40 1968 (2) 51† 1969 (3) 43 1970 33 1971 (4) 31 1972 (2) 107† 1973 (5) 63† 1974 (6) 77 1975 (7) 48 1976 (2) 39 1977 38 1978 47 1979 57† 1980 45 1981 42† 1982 (2) 49† 1983 (2) 64† 1984 63† 1985 48† 1986 47† 1987 (2) 43 1988 (3) 37 1989 (4) 39† 1990 (5) 43† 1991 (3) 42† 1992 (6) 59 1993 (7) 65† 1994 32 1995 47† 1996 (2) 39† 1997 63 1998 (2) 70† 1999 (3) 87† 2000 ✪ (4) 109† 2001 ✪ (5) 105† 2002 (6) 47† 2003 ✪ (7) 93† 2004 (8) 96† 2005 (9) 59 2006 67 2007 (10) 62 2008 (11) 62 2009 (12) 35† 2010 24 2011 34† 2012 (2) 32 2013 (3) 30 2014 28† 2015 (2) 34 2016 (3) 43 2017 (4) 65† 2018 30 2019 (2) 33† 2020 19 2021 (3) 41† 2022 53 2023 51 2024 (2) 43 2025 (2) 28 2026 46

Multiple leading goalkickers Multiple leading goalkickers (5 minimum)12Matthew Lloyd7Alan Noonan7Paul Salmon6John Coleman5Ted Freyer

Leading career goalkickers for Essendon

PlayerGamesGoalsAverageSeasons12709263.431995–200923785751.521974–19923985375.481949–195442245202.321983–200252904961.711942–195762704711.741996–200972944471.521978–199283204421.381933–195191824202.311966–1976101524152.731928–19371112437231929–1937121093613.311937–1944132533431.361992–2007143073351.091977–1994152383321.391988–2000161933031.571957–1967172243011.341953–1967182012781.381977–1990191312561.951940–1949202072421.171992–2004

Most goals in a game GoalsPlayerOpponentRoundYearVenue14FitzroyR71954Windy Hill13SydneyR31999M.C.G.13GeelongR8 1952Brisbane Exhibition Ground13HawthornR18 1952Windy Hill12GeelongR81957Windy Hill12HawthornR11949Windy Hill12MelbourneR11935M.C.G.11Western BulldogsR192003Docklands11West CoastR151987W.A.C.A.11RichmondR191986VFL Park11FootscrayR121972Windy Hill11South MelbourneR21953Lake Oval11South MelbourneR21950Windy Hill

AFL Women's

Leading goalkickers by season SeasonPlayer(s)Goals 2022 (S7) 8 2023 16† 2024 10† 2025 8

List of Essendon Football Club leading goalkickers

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