all parties concerned that he was some way past his best. As a result, he left Carlton and spent the next three years giving good service to VFA clubs Geelong West (67 goals) and Port Melbourne (52 goals), where he was captain/coach, and Northcote (98 goals). Altogether, McKenna's VFL record of 874 goals from 191 games was enough to place him as the league's fourth-highest goalkicker at the time of his retirement, behind only Gordon Coventry, Doug Wade and Jack Titus. As of the end of the 2021 AFL season, he sat tenth on the all-time league leaderboard; additionally, he has scored the most goals of any player to finish their career with fewer than 200 VFL/AFL games. His full senior and representative career yielded 1,213 goals. VFL statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1965 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 12 || 21 || 12 || 110 || 15 || 125 || 47 || || 1.8 || 1.0 || 9.2 || 1.3 || 10.4 || 3.9 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1966 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 6 || 20 || 11 || 64 || 19 || 83 || 40 || || 3.3 || 1.8 || 10.7 || 3.2 || 13.8 || 6.7 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1967 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 16 || 47 || 33 || 186 || 21 || 207 || 96 || || 2.9 || 2.1 || 11.6 || 1.3 || 12.9 || 6.0 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1968 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 15 || 64 || 34 || 145 || 14 || 159 || 81 || || 4.3 || 2.3 || 9.7 || 0.9 || 10.6 || 5.4 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1969 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 19 || 98 || 55 || 241 || 24 || 265 || 125 || || 5.2 || 2.9 || 12.7 || 1.3 || 13.9 || 6.6 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1970 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 22 || 143 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 80 || 294 || 32 || 326 || 164 || || 6.5 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 3.6 || 13.4 || 1.5 || 14.8 || 7.5 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1971 |style="text-align:center;"| | 6 || 22 || 134 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 79 || 282 || 32 || 314 || 159 || || 6.1 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 3.6 || 12.8 || 1.5 || 14.3 || 7.2