When Brent Harvey runs out onto Blundstone Arena on Saturday, he’ll join another of the games greats on the VFL/AFL’s all-time honour board.
Harvey is due to play his 403rd game when he takes on St Kilda in Hobart and will draw level with Richmond legend Kevin Bartlett in second spot for most games in the competition’s history.
If Harvey manages to play all the remaining games this season, he’ll end the year on 406 games but could add to that tally depending on North’s finals campaign.
AFL/VFL most games played
Michael Tuck (Hawthorn, 426 games)
Kevin Bartlett (Richmond, 403 games)
Brent Harvey (North Melbourne, 402 games)
Dustin Fletcher (Essendon, 400 games)
Robert Harvey (St Kilda, 383 games)
Simon Madden (Essendon, 378 games)
Craig Bradley (Carlton, 375 games)
Bernie Quinlan (Footscray/Fitzroy, 366 games)
Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans, 366 games)
Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs, 364 games)
The champion small forward isn’t the only Roo re-writing history with Drew Petrie also climbing the ranks.
If available to play this weekend, the key forward is due to play his 287th game this week, drawing level with Mick Martyn in seventh spot on the club’s games played list.
NMFC most games played
Brent Harvey (402 games, 1996–current)
Glenn Archer (311 games)
Wayne Schimmelbusch (306 games)
Adam Simpson (306 games)
Keith Greig (294 games)
Anthony Stevens (292 games)
Mick Martyn (287 games)
Drew Petrie (286 games)
David Dench (275 games)
John Dugdale (248 games)
