<P> In the sport of Australian rules football , a goal is scored by kicking the football between the two middle goalposts at either end of the field and is worth six points . In the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the premier Australian rules football league , a total of 59 players have scored 500 goals or more in senior matches ( not including pre-season , Night Series , interstate and exhibition matches ) . The overall leading goalscorer is Tony Lockett , who kicked a total of 1,360 goals in 281 games for the St Kilda Football Club and the Sydney Swans between 1983 and 2002 . The first 1000 - goal player was Gordon Coventry , also of Collingwood , whose record of 1299 career goals stood for 61 years until it was broken by Lockett in 1999 . </P>
<P> In the sport of Australian rules football , a goal is scored by kicking the football between the two middle goalposts at either end of the field and is worth six points . In the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the premier Australian rules football league , a total of 59 players have scored 500 goals or more in senior matches ( not including pre-season , Night Series , interstate and exhibition matches ) . The overall leading goalscorer is Tony Lockett , who kicked a total of 1,360 goals in 281 games for the St Kilda Football Club and the Sydney Swans between 1983 and 2002 . The first 1000 - goal player was Gordon Coventry , also of Collingwood , whose record of 1299 career goals stood for 61 years until it was broken by Lockett in 1999 . </P>
who has kicked the most goals in afl
who has kicked the most goals in afl
Tony Lockett
Tony Lockett