As Scott Pendlebury becomes the sixth person in V/AFL history to reach 400 games, take a look at the numbers behind the achievement.
20,342,920 – People have watched Pendlebury play across his 399 games, the most of anyone in V/AFL history.
100,024 – The biggest crowd Pendlebury has played in front of (in the 2023 Grand Final against the Brisbane Lions).
95,179 – The biggest home and away crowd Pendlebury has played in front of (in the 2023 ANZAC Day game against Essendon).
55,582 – Average crowd at Pendlebury’s 399 games so far, the most of anyone.
10,219 – The total number of disposals across Pendlebury’s career, the most of anyone in V/AFL history.
8,102 – The smallest crowd Pendlebury has played in front of (against GWS GIANTS in Round 18, 2012).
2008 – The year Pendlebury first represented both Victoria (State of Origin) and Australia (International Rules).
742 – The most amount of disposals Pendlebury has won in a single season (2011).
399 – Games Pendlebury has played (so far).
251 – Times Pendlebury has played at the MCG.
240 – Winning teams Pendlebury has been a part of.
221 – Brownlow votes Pendlebury received between 2006 and 2023, the most of any one Club player in V/AFL history and the most of any player not to have won the award.
201 – Goals Pendlebury has kicked across 199 games.
191cm – Pendlebury’s height.
167 – Teammates Pendlebury has had in his 399 games.
60 – Consecutive games in which Pendlebury won 20 or more disposals between Round 16, 2012, and Round Six, 2015.
47 – Pendlebury was the 47th V/AFL Captain of Collingwood for nine years between 2014 and 2022.
42 – The highest amount of disposals Pendlebury has won in a single game (against Adelaide in round 16, 2013).
64 – The total hit outs Pendlebury has registered across his career.
38 – The highest amount of disposals Pendlebury has won in a final (against West Coast in the 2011 Qualifying Final).
38 – The number of times Pendlebury has polled three Brownlow Votes, the sixth most in V/AFL history.
31 – Finals Pendlebury has been a part of, equal first with Gordon Coventry for most for Collingwood.
29 – Disposals Pendlebury won en route to his Norm Smith Medal in the 2010 Grand Final Replay (his 11 tackles, four inside 50s, six clearances and seven marks helped, too).
28 – The number of bounces Pendlebury had in the 2009 season, which remains his career-high.
24 – Goals kicked by Pendlebury in the 2011 season. It remains his career-high.
21 – The most Brownlow votes Pendlebury has received in a single season (2013).
16 – The number Pendlebury wore in his first season at Collingwood, following on from Tom Davidson.
14 – Podium finishes in the Copeland Trophy, only Gary Dempsey (Footscray and North Melbourne) has had more in a Club Best and Fairest.
13 – Games Pendlebury had played by the time he received an AFL Rising Star Nomination (in round four, 2007).
11 – Disposals won by Pendlebury on debut against Brisbane in round 10, 2006.
10 – The number Pendlebury has worn in 290 of his 399 games. He assumed the number worn by Blake Caracella who was forced into retirement by an injury sustained on the same night Pendlebury debuted in 2006.
10 – VFL games to Pendlebury’s name (all with Williamstown). He has not played in the VFL since 2006.
9 – Years that Pendlebury was Captain of Collingwood.
6 – Bounces Pendlebury took against Carlton in round 17, 2009. It remains his career high.
6 – Goals kicked by Nathan Buckley during Pendlebury’s debut against Brisbane in round 10, 2006. It was Buckley’s career-high.
6 – Players who featured in Pendlebury’s debut against Brisbane in round 10, 2006, who would go on to play in Collingwood’s premiership triumph over St Kilda four years later in 2010.
6 – Years Pendlebury served as vice-captain before stepping up to take the reins from Nick Maxwell in 2014.
6 – All-Australian selections bestowed upon Pendlebury since 2010.
6 – Pendlebury becomes the sixth player to play 400 V/AFL games (Kevin Bartlett, Michael Tuck, Dustin Fletcher, Brent Harvey and Shaun Burgoyne).
5 – Grand Finals Pendlebury has played in.
5 – Copeland Trophies won by Pendlebury.
5 – The selection used to recruit Pendlebury in the 2005 National Draft. The rest, as they say, is history.
4 – The most amount of goals Pendlebury has kicked in single game (against Geelong in Round Eight, 2012).
3 – ANZAC Day Medals won by Pendlebury in 2010, 2011 and 2019.
3 – International Rules games played by Pendlebury for Australia.
2 – State of Origin games to Pendlebury’s name (played for Victoria against the All Stars in 2008 and in 2020.
2 – AFL Premierships won by Pendlebury.
2 – State of Origin game to Pendlebury’s name (played for Victoria against the All Stars in 2008 and in 2020.
1 – Norm Smith Medal won by Pendlebury in the 2010 Grand Final Replay.
1 – Premiership won by Pendlebury in the TAC Cup (with the Gippsland Power in 2005).
1 – Pre-season premiership Pendlebury has been a part of (2011).
0 – Games played by Pendlebury for Collingwood’s VFL team since its rebirth in 2008.
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