the Carlton club games record, and at the time of his retirement, ranked fourth for most games played in the VFL/AFL behind Simon Madden (378), Kevin Bartlett (403) and Michael Tuck (426). As of the 2022 Grand Final, he is ranked ninth. Other matches Bradley also played nine pre-season/night series matches for Port Adelaide, 19 State of Origin matches for South Australia from 1983 to 1999 (the final season of State of Origin), and 27 pre-season/night series matches for Carlton (these are counted as senior by the SANFL but not by the VFL/AFL). If these are included, then Bradley played a total of 519 senior career games, which is the all-time record in elite Australian rules football. Bradley also played nine International Rules matches for Australia, which are counted as senior by the VFL/AFL, who record Bradley's total as 501 career senior games, excluding his pre-season/night series matches for Carlton: if these are considered here, this gives Bradley an overall total of 528 career senior games. Depending on the viewpoint taken: The AFL's total of 501 has Bradley's 500th senior game being the first International Rules test against Ireland at Croke Park in 2002. The total of 519 has Bradley's 500th senior game being against Richmond in Round 3 of the 2002 pre-season competition at the Docklands Stadium. The overall total of 528 has Bradley's 500th senior game being against St Kilda in Round 20 of 2001 at the Docklands Stadium. Statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1986 |style="text-align:center;"| | 21 || 25 || 30 || 12 || 386 || 215 || 601 || 145 || || 1.2 || 0.5 || 15.4 || 8.6 || 24.0 || 5.8 || || 9 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1987† |style="text-align:center;"| | 21 || 22 || 17 || 16 || 378 || 124 || 502 || 92 || 29 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 17.2 || 5.6 || 22.8 || 4.2 || 1.3 || 14 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 21 || 25 || 14 || 15 || 475 || 127 || 602 || 91 || 30 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 19.0 || 5.1 || 24.1 || 3.6 || 1.2 || 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 21 || 21 || 16 || 12 || 320 || 128 || 448 || 68 || 32 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 15.2 || 6.1 || 21.3 ||