The AFL today congratulates Jack Crisp as he is set to play his 245th consecutive match, passing Jim Stynes for the longest games streak in VFL/AFL history.

The record previously held by Jim Stynes ran from Round 16, 1987 to Round Four, 1998. Crisp’s streak began in Round 18, 2014 where the first six games were played at the Brisbane Lions.

Stynes' 244 game streak took 10 years and 268 days to accumulate, Crisp's 244 game streak took 10 years and 273 days.

Dustin Fletcher is the only person that played games in both streaks. Fletcher played for more than 20 years but never played more than 22 consecutive games himself.

AFL Chief Executive Andrew Dillon congratulated Crisp for his achievements both on and off the field as he celebrates this incredible AFL/VFL record.

"It is well known to everyone in football that Jack is a player of the highest quality, to reach such an achievement demonstrates tenacity, work ethic and character.

"For Jack to break the record set by Jim, who was an icon of our game, shows an outstanding dedication to the professionalism shown by Jack towards the game. We're thrilled to be congratulating Jack on this astounding milestone and look forward to celebrating him on Saturday as Collingwood takes on Geelong Cats."

The following stats were collated by the AFL Historian:

• The Stynes streak involved 1,163 other players in total, 123 as teammates
  The Crisp streak has involved 1,227 other players in total, 135 as teammates
• The Stynes streak included players spanning from those born in 1953 (Michael Tuck) to 1980 (Travis Johnstone)
• The Crisp streak has included players spanning from those born in 1975 (Dustin Fletcher) to 2006 (Levi Ashcroft)
• Crisp was born in October 1993, Stynes was 149 games into his 244 game streak
• Jack Crisp made his AFL debut in April 2012, 32 days after Jim Stynes passed away.
• The last two 100+ game streaks that came to an end both finished exactly 100 games behind Crisp. Christian Petracca (2018-24) and Charlie Cameron (2019-24)
• Crisp’s streak includes wins against all 18 teams in the competition, it took 93 games to complete the set (Port Adelaide the last side standing)
• Crisp’s streak started four months before construction had started on Optus Stadium
• Brayden Maynard is the only person to have gotten to 200 career games and had a teammate (Crisp) play in all 200
• When Crisp’s streak began, GWS had won a total of seven matches.  They have now played in seven finals campaigns
• There have been 914 people make their AFL debut since Crisp’s streak began in 2014.  339 of them are no longer on AFL lists