The Essendon spearhead is currently sitting on 778 goals, equal with Kevin Bartlett, and only needs to kick one more major to move past the Richmond legend and ensure his name stands in the top ten goal scorers in the history of the game.
The top ten goal scorers which currently stands is:
- Tony Lockett (1360 goals for St Kilda and Sydney)
- Gordon Coventry (1299 goals for Collingwood)
- Jason Dunstall (1254 goals for Hawthorn)
- Doug Wade (1057 goals for Geelong and North Melbourne)
- Gary Ablett (1030 goals for Hawthorn and Geelong)
- Jack Titus (970 goals for Richmond)
- Leigh Matthews (915 goals for Hawthorn)
- Peter McKenna (874 goals for Collingwood and Carlton)
- Bernie Quinlan (817 goals for Footscray and Fitzroy)
- Kevin Barlett (778 goals for Richmond), Matthew Lloyd (778 goals for Essendon)