List of VFL/AFL players to have scored a goal with their first kick
# List of VFL/AFL players to have scored a goal with their first kick

In Australian rules football, a player can score a goal by kicking the oval ball between the two central goal posts. 298 players are recognised to have scored a goal with their first kick in the sport's premier competition, the Australian Football League (AFL), known before 1990 as the Victorian Football League (VFL). These players are often said to have joined an "elite" and "exclusive" club.

Rarer still are players who have scored goals from their first two kicks – a mere 40 of these players have been recorded. Of these players, just ten have also scored a goal with their third kick. Clen Denning (debuted 1935), Richard Lounder (1989) and Daniel Metropolis (1992) are the only VFL/AFL players documented to have scored four goals from as many kicks. Denning followed up with goals from his fifth and sixth kicks, an effort that remains unmatched.

On occasion, players have mistakenly been omitted from – and included in – the AFL's official records of the accomplishment. For example, Melbourne's Dave McGlashan scored a goal with his first kick during the 1981 VFL season. However, his achievement was not recognised until 2010, when he was prompted to come forward after the club's website published an article examining Melbourne players who accomplished the feat. In a contrasting event in 2002, Essendon's Shane Harvey was briefly recognised to have scored goals with his first two kicks, before an Essendon fan pointed out Harvey had in fact kicked a clearing ball just a few seconds into his debut, prior to his first goal.

## Goal with first kick

Legend :

| Rd. | The round in which the player scored his first goal |
| - | - |
| (n) | Player scored goals with his first n kicks. |
| † | Player has not recorded another kick in his career. |
| # | Player did not record a kick in his first match. |
| ## | Player did not record a kick in his first two matches. |
| ☆ | Player is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. |
| ★ | Player is a Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. |

Players to have scored a goal with their first kick :

| Player | Club | Rd. | Year |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jack Kirby | Essendon | 11 | 1911 |
| Gordon Coventry ★ | Collingwood | 15 | 1920 |
| Ray Brew | Carlton | 3 | 1923 |
| Col Deane | Melbourne | 4 | 1925 |
| Mickey Crisp | Carlton | 1 | 1931 |
| Clen Denning (6) | Carlton | 4 | 1935 |
| Jack McMillan | Footscray | 7 | 1936 |
| Brendon O'Donnell | St Kilda | 4 | 1939 |
| Kevin O'Halloran | St Kilda | 9 | 1939 |
| Ian Chinn (2) | South Melbourne | 6 | 1940 |
| Alby Oatway | St Kilda | 11 | 1941 |
| Alec Mathieson | Geelong | 5 | 1944 |
| Jeff Brisbane | Geelong | 12 | 1944 |
| Clive Yewers | Footscray | 11 | 1947 |
| Bob Reid | Footscray | 1 | 1948 |
| Jack Marr | Hawthorn | 7 | 1948 |
| John Coleman ★ | Essendon | 1 | 1949 |
| Bob Trainer (2) | South Melbourne | 13 | 1950 |
| Len Kent | Footscray | 1 | 1951 |
| Bill Smeaton | Melbourne | 1 | 1951 |
| Ted Whitten ★ | Footscray | 1 | 1951 |
| Fred Anderson | Fitzroy | 10 | 1951 |
| Kevin Webb | Melbourne | 12 | 1951 |
| Harry Herbert | Geelong | 13 | 1952 |
| Tom Hafey ☆ | Richmond | 6 | 1953 |
| Keith Bromage | Collingwood | 17 | 1953 |
| Owen Abrahams | Fitzroy | 7 | 1954 |
| Glen Bow | Geelong | 11 | 1954 |
| Bob Crowe | Carlton | 17 | 1954 |
| Robert Fox | Essendon | 1 | 1955 |
| Stuart Lennie (2) | St Kilda | 1 | 1955 |
| Alan Anton | Fitzroy | 2 | 1955 |
| Bob Pratt Jr. | South Melbourne | 4 | 1955 |
| Ray Allsopp | Richmond | 7 | 1955 |
| Max Oaten | South Melbourne | 9 | 1956 |
| Bernie Jeffrey | South Melbourne | 13 | 1956 |
| Ken Timms | Essendon | 1 | 1957 |
| Keith Burns | Collingwood | 9 | 1957 |
| Ted Fordham | Essendon | 1 | 1961 |
| Doug Wade ☆ | Geelong | 1 | 1961 |
| Edo Benetti (2) | Richmond | 8 | 1961 |
| Bill Ryan | Geelong | 9 | 1963 |
| Frank Davis | Melbourne | 13 | 1964 |
| Ian Randle † | South Melbourne | 16 | 1964 |
| Gareth Andrews | Geelong | 1 | 1965 |
| Don Gross | Essendon | 1 | 1965 |
| Denis Hughson † | Fitzroy | 7 | 1965 |
| Vin Waite (2) | Carlton | 5 | 1966 |
| Graham Croft | St Kilda | 14 | 1966 |
| Gary Farrant | North Melbourne | 1 | 1967 |
| Robert Walls ☆ | Carlton | 2 | 1967 |
| Jeff McGee | South Melbourne | 7 | 1967 |
| Gerald O'Loughlin † | Geelong | 16 | 1968 |
| Barry Round ☆ | Footscray | 1 | 1969 |
| Peter Weightman | Fitzroy | 10 | 1969 |
| Leigh Matthews ★ | Hawthorn | 16 | 1969 |
| Ray Carr | Melbourne | 1 | 1970 |
| David Clarke | Geelong | 1 | 1971 |
| Michael Tuck (3) ☆ | Hawthorn | 8 | 1972 |
| Tony Dullard | Melbourne | 19 | 1973 |
| Billy Picken (2) | Collingwood | 5 | 1974 |
| David Armour (2) | Geelong | 8 | 1974 |
| Michael Cooke | Hawthorn | SF | 1975 |
| David Miller | Richmond | 4 | 1977 |
| Laurie Serafini | Fitzroy | 15 | 1977 |
| Dale Weightman ☆ | Richmond | 1 | 1978 |
| Malcolm Reed | Geelong | 2 | 1978 |
| Chris Stone | St Kilda | 10 | 1978 |
| Leigh Carlson | Collingwood | 16 | 1978 |
| Des O'Dwyer | Melbourne | 17 | 1978 |
| Rino Pretto † | Fitzroy | 19 | 1978 |
| John Mossop | Geelong | 1 | 1979 |
| Matthew Wall | Richmond | 1 | 1980 |
| Dave McGlashan | Melbourne | 4 | 1981 |
| Wally Lovett | Collingwood | 2 | 1982 |
| Peter Tossol (2) | Melbourne | 6 | 1982 |
| Rod Owen | St Kilda | 1 | 1983 |
| Daryl Gilmore | Carlton | 4 | 1983 |
| Tony Lockett ★ | St Kilda | 4 | 1983 |
| Ian Fairley (3) | North Melbourne | 7 | 1983 |
| Mark Harvey | Essendon | 4 | 1984 |
| Jason Dunstall ☆ | Hawthorn | 2 | 1985 |
| Scott Morphett | Geelong | 22 | 1985 |
| Stephen Kernahan | Carlton | 1 | 1986 |
| David Cameron | Geelong | 5 | 1986 |
| Barry Stoneham | Geelong | 6 | 1986 |
| Stewart Loewe | St Kilda | 9 | 1986 |
| Dean Bailey | Essendon | 13 | 1986 |
| Simon Atkins (2) | Footscray | 2 | 1987 |
| Garry Hocking | Geelong | 3 | 1987 |
| John Barnes (2) | Essendon | 6 | 1987 |
| Gary Cameron | Geelong | 11 | 1987 |
| Mark Hepburn | North Melbourne | 18 | 1987 |
| Jamie Shaw | Fitzroy | 18 | 1987 |
| Sean Denham | Geelong | 21 | 1987 |
| John Brinkkotter | Sydney | 1 | 1988 |
| Andy Lovell | Melbourne | 3 | 1988 |
| Justin Stubbs (2) | Essendon | 12 | 1988 |
| Stephen Tingay | Melbourne | 1 | 1989 |
| Richard Lounder (4) | Richmond | 5 | 1989 |
| Chris O'Sullivan | Brisbane Bears | 9 | 1989 |
| David Welsby | Geelong | 2 | 1990 |
| Tim Rieniets | Carlton | 6 | 1990 |
| Brent Heaver | Melbourne | 11 | 1990 |
| Dale Lewis | Sydney | 15 | 1990 |
| Brett Ratten | Carlton | 22 | 1990 |
| Nathan Bower | Richmond | 24 | 1991 |
| Andrew Lamprill | Melbourne | 2 | 1992 |
| Randall Bone (2) | Adelaide | 3 | 1992 |
| Daniel Metropolis (4) | West Coast | 3 | 1992 |
| Michael Dunstan (2) | Fitzroy | 1 | 1993 |
| Peter Everitt | St Kilda | 1 | 1993 |
| Ilija Grgic (2) | Footscray | 2 | 1993 |
| Ricky Olarenshaw | Essendon | 3 | 1993 |
| Paul Hopgood | Melbourne | 4 | 1993 |
| Tim Hargreaves (3) | Hawthorn | 5 | 1994 |
| Warren Campbell | North Melbourne | 7 | 1994 |
| Damian Houlihan (3) | Collingwood | 7 | 1994 |
| Daniel Hargraves | Footscray | 10 | 1994 |
| Sam Jones | St Kilda | 10 | 1994 |
| Scott Cummings (2) | Essendon | 14 | 1994 |
| Lachlan Ross | Essendon | 14 | 1994 |
| Matthew Allan | Carlton | 15 | 1994 |
| Peter Bell ☆ | Fremantle | 1 | 1995 |
| Shannon Grant | Sydney | 1 | 1995 |
| Chad Liddell | Collingwood | 1 | 1995 |
| Leigh Wardell-Johnson | Fremantle | 2 | 1995 |
| Jeff White | Fremantle | 3 | 1995 |
| Jason Heatley | West Coast | 4 | 1995 |
| Michael O'Loughlin ☆ | Sydney | 5 | 1995 |
| Jeff Farmer | Melbourne | 6 | 1995 |
| Jeff Bruce (2) | Fitzroy | 9 | 1995 |
| Simon Beaumont | Carlton | 10 | 1995 |
| Mark Stevens (2) | North Melbourne | 10 | 1995 |
| Matthew Lloyd ☆ | Essendon | 14 | 1995 |
| Ben Moore (2) | Richmond | 11 | 1996 |
| Peter Vardy | Adelaide | 14 | 1996 |
| Blake Caracella | Essendon | 3 | 1997 |
| Leigh Newton | Melbourne | 3 | 1997 |
| Brent Harvey | North Melbourne | 5 | 1997 |
| Jacob Anstey | Carlton | 7 | 1997 |
| Jarrod Cotton | Port Adelaide | 10 | 1997 |
| Paul Dooley | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 1998 |
| Andrew Pugsley (2) | Collingwood | 4 | 1998 |
| Brett O'Farrell | Sydney | 13 | 1998 |
| Leigh Brockman | Geelong | 14 | 1998 |
| Tom Harley | Port Adelaide | 14 | 1998 |
| Michael Gardiner | Collingwood | 21 | 1998 |
| Lucas Herbert | Adelaide | 1 | 1999 |
| Des Headland | Brisbane Lions | 13 | 1999 |
| Damien Adkins | Collingwood | 1 | 2000 |
| Cameron Bruce | Melbourne | 1 | 2000 |
| Ryan Fitzgerald (2) | Sydney | 1 | 2000 |
| Luke McPharlin | Hawthorn | 5 | 2000 |
| Matthew Pavlich (2) | Fremantle | 5 | 2000 |
| Aaron Fiora | Richmond | 7 | 2000 |
| John Spaull | North Melbourne | 13 | 2000 |
| Daniel Schell | Fremantle | 15 | 2000 |
| Marcus Baldwin (3) | Geelong | 21 | 2000 |
| Alan Didak | Collingwood | 7 | 2001 |
| Troy Broadbridge | Melbourne | 8 | 2001 |
| Dean Brogan | Port Adelaide | 9 | 2001 |
| Daniel Giansiracusa | Western Bulldogs | 11 | 2001 |
| Tim Hazell | Hawthorn | 14 | 2001 |
| Leigh Harding | North Melbourne | 17 | 2001 |
| Michael Osborne | Hawthorn | 21 | 2001 |
| Paul Medhurst | Fremantle | 1 | 2002 |
| Mark Williams # | Hawthorn | 3 | 2002 |
| Quinten Lynch | West Coast | 12 | 2002 |
| Ashley Sampi | West Coast | 14 | 2002 |
| Sam Hunt | Essendon | 20 | 2002 |
| Jonathon McCormick | Carlton | 1 | 2003 |
| Steven Salopek | Port Adelaide | 1 | 2003 |
| Allan Murray # | St Kilda | 10 | 2003 |
| Laurence Angwin | Carlton | 14 | 2003 |
| Ben Rutten (3) | Adelaide | 16 | 2003 |
| Brent Staker (2) | West Coast | 17 | 2003 |
| Kane Tenace | Geelong | 2 | 2004 |
| Nathan Bock (2) | Adelaide | 5 | 2004 |
| Cameron Faulkner | Western Bulldogs | 6 | 2004 |
| Brock McLean | Melbourne | 11 | 2004 |
| Colin Sylvia # | Melbourne | 21 | 2004 |
| Jaymie Graham (2) | West Coast | 3 | 2005 |
| Ryan Griffen | Western Bulldogs | 4 | 2005 |
| Setanta O'hAilpin | Carlton | 7 | 2005 |
| Tim Walsh | Western Bulldogs | 8 | 2005 |
| Nick Malceski | Sydney | 11 | 2005 |
| Henry Slattery | Essendon | 13 | 2005 |
| Nathan Ablett | Geelong | 20 | 2005 |
| Mitch Clark | Brisbane Lions | 1 | 2006 |
| Matthew Bate | Melbourne | 5 | 2006 |
| Shannon Hurn | West Coast | 5 | 2006 |
| Fabian Deluca ## | Port Adelaide | 8 | 2006 |
| Joel Patfull | Brisbane Lions | 8 | 2006 |
| Scott Pendlebury | Collingwood | 10 | 2006 |
| Michael Rix | St Kilda | 11 | 2006 |
| Matt Thomas | Port Adelaide | 14 | 2006 |
| Greg Bentley | Port Adelaide | 19 | 2006 |
| Bryce Gibbs | Carlton | 1 | 2007 |
| Travis Varcoe | Geelong | 2 | 2007 |
| Bachar Houli | Essendon | 7 | 2007 |
| Justin Westhoff | Port Adelaide | 10 | 2007 |
| Jay Neagle | Essendon | 22 | 2007 |
| Jack Anthony (2) | Collingwood | 3 | 2008 |
| Matthew Kreuzer | Carlton | 3 | 2008 |
| Clayton Hinkley | Fremantle | 5 | 2008 |
| Trent Cotchin | Richmond | 8 | 2008 |
| Ryan Davis | West Coast | 8 | 2008 |
| Chris Dawes | Collingwood | 19 | 2008 |
| Patrick Dangerfield | Adelaide | 20 | 2008 |
| Jeff Garlett | Carlton | 1 | 2009 |
| Stephen Hill | Fremantle | 1 | 2009 |
| Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 1 | 2009 |
| Brent Macaffer | Collingwood | 5 | 2009 |
| Matt de Boer | Fremantle | 6 | 2009 |
| Brodie Martin | Adelaide | 16 | 2009 |
| Callum Wilson | West Coast | 18 | 2009 |
| Cameron Hitchcock | Port Adelaide | 1 | 2010 |
| Luke Shuey | West Coast | 1 | 2010 |
| Jordan Roughead | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 2010 |
| Andrew Strijk | West Coast | 13 | 2010 |
| Kyle Hardingham | Essendon | 17 | 2010 |
| Ben Speight | North Melbourne | 17 | 2010 |
| Jake Carlisle | Essendon | 20 | 2010 |
| Daniel Menzel | Geelong | 20 | 2010 |
| Marcus Marigliani | Essendon | 21 | 2010 |
| Claye Beams | Brisbane Lions | 1 | 2011 |
| Charlie Dixon (2) | Gold Coast | 2 | 2011 |
| Jamie Cripps (2) | St Kilda | 6 | 2011 |
| Joseph Daye | Gold Coast | 7 | 2011 |
| Alex Fasolo | Collingwood | 12 | 2011 |
| Patrick Karnezis (2) | Brisbane Lions | 13 | 2011 |
| Mitch Brown | Geelong | 14 | 2011 |
| Scott Lycett | West Coast | 19 | 2011 |
| Jason Tutt (3) | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 2011 |
| Casey Sibosado | Fremantle | 24 | 2011 |
| James Magner (2) | Melbourne | 1 | 2012 |
| George Horlin-Smith | Geelong | 3 | 2012 |
| Josh Bruce | Greater Western Sydney | 5 | 2012 |
| Ahmed Saad | St Kilda | 6 | 2012 |
| Josh Jenkins | Adelaide | 7 | 2012 |
| Tim McIntyre | Adelaide | 15 | 2012 |
| Rhys Cooyou | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 2012 |
| Nick O'Brien | Essendon | 22 | 2012 |
| Luke Mitchell | Carlton | 23 | 2012 |
| Dylan Buckley | Carlton | 3 | 2013 |
| Majak Daw | North Melbourne | 4 | 2013 |
| Sam Grimley | Hawthorn | 9 | 2013 |
| Kristian Jaksch | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 2013 |
| Sam Lloyd | Richmond | 4 | 2014 |
| Ben Lennon | Richmond | 9 | 2014 |
| Rory Lobb | Greater Western Sydney | 12 | 2014 |
| Luke Lowden | Hawthorn | 12 | 2014 |
| Shane Kersten | Geelong | 14 | 2014 |
| Mitch Honeychurch | Western Bulldogs | 15 | 2014 |
| Max Duffy | Fremantle | 20 | 2014 |
| Cam McCarthy | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 2014 |
| Josh Glenn | Gold Coast | 5 | 2015 |
| Billy Stretch | Melbourne | 6 | 2015 |
| Bailey Dale | Western Bulldogs | 7 | 2015 |
| Liam Dawson | Brisbane Lions | 8 | 2015 |
| Keegan Brooksby | Gold Coast | 9 | 2015 |
| Conor McKenna | Essendon | 22 | 2015 |
| Jade Gresham | St Kilda | 1 | 2016 |
| Jayden Short | Richmond | 2 | 2016 |
| Mason Cox | Collingwood | 5 | 2016 |
| Lewis Pierce | St Kilda | 12 | 2016 |
| Sam Weideman (2) | Melbourne | 20 | 2016 |
| Ryan Burton | Hawthorn | 21 | 2016 |
| Sam Powell-Pepper | Port Adelaide | 1 | 2017 |
| Aidyn Johnson | Port Adelaide | 5 | 2017 |
| Ryan Nyhuis | Fremantle | 16 | 2017 |
| Josh Williams | North Melbourne | 18 | 2017 |
| Josh Begley | Essendon | 22 | 2017 |
| Tom Doedee | Adelaide | 1 | 2018 |
| Darcy Fogarty | Adelaide | 1 | 2018 |
| Lachie Fogarty | Geelong | 1 | 2018 |
| Esava Ratugolea | Geelong | 1 | 2018 |
| Jack Higgins | Richmond | 3 | 2018 |
| Jacob Heron | Gold Coast | 9 | 2018 |
| Jamaine Jones | Geelong | 10 | 2018 |
| Wil Powell | Gold Coast | 15 | 2018 |
| Ryan Abbott | Geelong | 20 | 2018 |
| Noah Balta | Richmond | 1 | 2019 |
| Chayce Jones | Adelaide | 1 | 2019 |
| Nick Hind | St Kilda | 13 | 2019 |
| Ben Cavarra | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 2020 |
| Will Kelly | Collingwood | 6 | 2020 |
| Izak Rankine | Gold Coast | 6 | 2020 |
| Cody Weightman | Western Bulldogs | 7 | 2020 |
| Brad Close | Geelong | 8 | 2020 |
| Irving Mosquito | Essendon | 13 | 2020 |
| Jy Farrar | Gold Coast | 18 | 2020 |
| Tom Powell | North Melbourne | 1 | 2021 |
| Francis Evans | Geelong | 2 | 2021 |
| Beau McCreery | Collingwood | 4 | 2021 |
| Isiah Winder | West Coast | 4 | 2021 |
| Jack Carroll | Carlton | 7 | 2022 |
| Jye Amiss | Fremantle | 8 | 2022 |
| Judson Clarke (2) | Richmond | 13 | 2022 |
| Hewago Oea | Gold Coast | 16 | 2022 |
| Elijah Hollands | Gold Coast | 19 | 2022 |
| Samson Ryan # (3) | Richmond | 2 | 2023 |
| Corey Warner | Sydney | 5 | 2023 |

## Multiple goals with first kicks

Players to have scored multiple goals with their first kicks :

| Player | Goals | Club | Rd. | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Clen Denning | 6 | Carlton | 4 | 1935 |
| Richard Lounder | 4 | Richmond | 5 | 1989 |
| Daniel Metropolis | 4 | West Coast | 3 | 1992 |
| Michael Tuck ☆ | 3 | Hawthorn | 8 | 1972 |
| Ian Fairley | 3 | North Melbourne | 7 | 1983 |
| Tim Hargreaves | 3 | Hawthorn | 5 | 1994 |
| Damian Houlihan | 3 | Collingwood | 7 | 1994 |
| Marcus Baldwin | 3 | Geelong | 21 | 2000 |
| Ben Rutten | 3 | Adelaide | 16 | 2003 |
| Jason Tutt | 3 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 2011 |
| Samson Ryan # | 3 | Richmond | 2 | 2023 |
| Ian Chinn | 2 | South Melbourne | 6 | 1940 |
| Bob Trainer | 2 | South Melbourne | 13 | 1950 |
| Stuart Lennie | 2 | St Kilda | 1 | 1955 |
| Edo Benetti | 2 | Richmond | 8 | 1961 |
| Vin Waite | 2 | Carlton | 5 | 1966 |
| Billy Picken | 2 | Collingwood | 5 | 1974 |
| David Armour | 2 | Geelong | 8 | 1974 |
| Peter Tossol | 2 | Melbourne | 6 | 1982 |
| Simon Atkins | 2 | Footscray | 2 | 1987 |
| John Barnes | 2 | Essendon | 6 | 1987 |
| Justin Stubbs | 2 | Essendon | 12 | 1988 |
| Randall Bone | 2 | Adelaide | 3 | 1992 |
| Michael Dunstan | 2 | Fitzroy | 1 | 1993 |
| Ilija Grgic | 2 | Western Bulldogs | 2 | 1993 |
| Scott Cummings | 2 | Essendon | 14 | 1994 |
| Jeff Bruce | 2 | Fitzroy | 9 | 1995 |
| Mark Stevens | 2 | North Melbourne | 10 | 1995 |
| Ben Moore | 2 | Richmond | 11 | 1996 |
| Andrew Pugsley | 2 | Collingwood | 4 | 1998 |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | 2 | Sydney | 1 | 2000 |
| Matthew Pavlich | 2 | Fremantle | 5 | 2000 |
| Brent Staker | 2 | West Coast | 17 | 2003 |
| Nathan Bock | 2 | Adelaide | 5 | 2004 |
| Jaymie Graham | 2 | West Coast | 3 | 2005 |
| Jack Anthony | 2 | Collingwood | 3 | 2008 |
| Charlie Dixon | 2 | Gold Coast | 2 | 2011 |
| Jamie Cripps | 2 | St Kilda | 6 | 2011 |
| Patrick Karnezis | 2 | Brisbane Lions | 13 | 2011 |
| James Magner | 2 | Melbourne | 1 | 2012 |
| Sam Weideman | 2 | Melbourne | 20 | 2016 |
| Judson Clarke | 2 | Richmond | 13 | 2022 |
