AFL congratulates Todd Goldstein on 300 games
The AFL wishes to congratulate North Melbourne's Todd Goldstein ahead of his 300th AFL game this round.
Goldstein was drafted with pick 37 in the 2006 National Draft. He made his debut in Round 15 of the 2008 season against Port Adelaide.
In 2015, Goldstein was named All-Australian and won the Syd Barker medal (North Melbourne's Best and Fairest).
He has accumulated 9,375 hit-outs across his career – the most in VFL/AFL history. Aaron Sandilands has the second-most with 8,503 hit outs, followed by Sam Jacobs (6786 hit outs) and Dean Cox (6628)
Goldstein will become the sixth player to reach 300 games for North Melbourne, joining Brent Harvey (432), Drew Petrie (316), Glenn Archer (311), Wayne Schimmelbusch (306) and Adam Simpson (306).
The AFL's Historian has compiled a list of Todd Goldstein's career achievements:
Goldstein is set to become the 100th player to reach 300 VFL/AFL games and the 69th to do it for one club.
| 300 | Player | Year |
| 10 | Sam Newman | 1980 |
| 20 | Kelvin Moore | 1984 |
| 30 | Tony Shaw | 1994 |
| 40 | Stephen Silvagni | 2001 |
| 50 | Rohan Smith* | 2006 |
| 60 | Tyson Edwards | 2009 |
| 70 | Corey Enright | 2015 |
| 80 | Brendon Goddard | 2017 |
| 90 | Scott Pendlebury | 2019 |
| 100 | Todd Goldstein | 2023 |
*Scott West played his 300th in the same match as Rohan Smith.
It took Goldstein 14 years and 285 days to reach 300 games, which is the 58th quickest to reach the milestone.
Only Hawthorn (8) and the Western Bulldogs (7) have had more players reach the 300-game milestone for their club.
He will become the 10th player to play their 300th in a North Melbourne guernsey. Gary Dempsey, John Blakey, Shannon Grant and Nick Dal Santo all played their 300th game while they were at North Melbourne.
At 201cm, Goldstein will become the third tallest player to reach 300 VFL/AFL games behind Justin Madden and Paul Salmon.
There are only two players that have had more disposals than Todd Goldstein has had hitouts
• 9,656 disposals – Robert Harvey
• 9,436 disposals – Scott Pendlebury
• 9,375 hit outs – Todd Goldstein
Goldstein set the league record for hit outs in a match, registering 80 in 2015 against GWS GIANTS. No other player has recorded more than 74 in a match.
He has only missed 26 games since making his debut, 15 of those were in his first two seasons.
Goldstein played 109 consecutive games from Round 20 in 2017 to Round 23 in 2022. He became the third player taller than two metres to play 100 consecutive games, joining Darren Jolly and Dean Cox.
Most games played alongside Todd Goldstein
Goldstein has played games alongside 136 teammates
| Games | Teammate | W-L-D |
| 248 | Jack Ziebell | 105-142-1 |
| 225 | Shaun Atley | 103-121-1 |
| 224 | Ben Cunnington | 103-121-1 |
| 217 | Scott Thompson | 111-105-1 |
| 167 | Robbie Tarrant | 74-92-1 |
| 166 | Andrew Swallow | 84-81-1 |
| 161 | Jamie Macmillan | 80-81-0 |
| 160 | Lindsay Thomas | 80-79-1 |
| 159 | Michael Firrito | 83-75-1 |
| 159 | Brent Harvey | 86-72-1 |
Most games played against Todd Goldstein
| Games | Opponent | Goldstein W-L-D record |
| 18 | Joel Selwood | 5-13 |
| 18 | Daniel Rich | 9-9 |
| 18 | Tom Hawkins | 5-13 |
| 17 | Josh Kennedy (Syd/Haw) | 3-14 |
| 17 | Travis Boak | 7-10 |
| 17 | Mitch Duncan | 4-13 |
| 17 | Isaac Smith | 3-14 |
| 16 | 11 players |
Win-loss records in 50-game spans
Best: 35 wins, 15 losses (2014-16)
Worst: 6 wins, 43 losses (2020-22)
