List of first kick/first goal kickers in the VFL/AFL

The following is a list of Australian rules footballers who kicked a goal with their first kick in the Australian Football League.

Multiple goal scorers

Six goals from first six kicks

• Clen Denning, Carlton, Round 4, 1935^[1]

Four goals from first four kicks

• Richard Lounder, Richmond, Round 5, 1989^[2]
• Daniel Metropolis, West Coast, Round 3, 1992^[2]

Three goals from first three kicks

• Marcus Baldwin, Geelong, Round 21, 2000^[2]
• Ian Fairley, North Melbourne, Round 7, 1983^[2]
• Tim Hargreaves, Hawthorn, Round 5, 1994^[2]
• Damian Houlihan, Collingwood, Round 7, 1994^[2]
• Ben Rutten, Adelaide, Round 16, 2003^[2] (Also kicked goal with last kick, 2014 AFL season R23)^[3]
• Michael Tuck, Hawthorn, Round 8, 1972^[2]
• Jason Tutt, Western Bulldogs, Round 22, 2011^[4]

Two goals from first two kicks

• David Armour, Geelong, Round 8, 1974^[2]
• Simon Atkins, Footscray, Round 2, 1987^[2]
• Edo Benetti, Richmond, Round 8, 1961^[2]
• Nathan Bock, Adelaide, Round 5, 2004^[2]
• Randall Bone, Adelaide, Round 3, 1992^[2]
• Jeff Bruce, Fitzroy, Round 9, 1995^[2]
• Scott Cummings, Essendon, Round 14, 1994^[2]
• Michael Dunstan, Fitzroy, Round 1, 1993^[2]
• Ryan Fitzgerald, Sydney, Round 1, 2000^[2]
• Ilija Grgic, Footscray, Round 2, 1993^[2]
• Patrick Karnezis, Brisbane Lions, Round 13, 2011
• James Magner, Melbourne, Round 1, 2012^[2]
• Ben Moore, Richmond, Round 11, 1996^[2]
• Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle, Round 5, 2000^[2]
• Andrew Pugsley, Collingwood, Round 4, 1998^[2]
• Brent Staker, West Coast, Round 17, 2003^[2]
• Mark Stevens, North Melbourne, Round 10, 1995^[2]
• Justin Stubbs, Essendon, Round 12, 1988^[2]
• Peter Tossol, Melbourne, Round 6, 1982^[2]
• Vin Waite, Carlton, Round 5, 1966^[2]
• Sam Weideman, Melbourne, Round 20, 2016^[5]

Goal from first kick

Player	Team	Round	Year	Notes
Sam Jones	St Kilda	Round 10	1994
Nathan Ablett	Geelong	Round 20	2005
Matthew Bate	Melbourne	Round 5	2006
Claye Beams	Brisbane Lions	Round 1[2]	2011
Peter Bell	Fremantle	Round 1[2]	1995
Simon Beaumont	Carlton	Round 10[2]	1995
Greg Bentley	Port Adelaide	Round 19	2006
Dean Brogan	Port Adelaide	Round 9[2]	2001
Mitchell Brown	Geelong	Round 14	2011
Cameron Bruce	Melbourne	Round 1	2000
Dylan Buckley	Carlton	Round 3[6]	2013
Ryan Burton	Hawthorn	Round 21[7]	2016
Jake Carlisle	Essendon	Round 20	2010
Mitch Clark	Brisbane Lions	Round 1	2006
John Coleman	Essendon	Round 1[2]	1949
Rhys Cooyou	Greater Western Sydney	Round 22	2012
Trent Cotchin	Richmond	Round 8	2008
Mason Cox	Collingwood	Round 5[8]	2016
Bob Crowe	Carlton	Round 17[9]	1954
Bailey Dale	Western Bulldogs	Round 7	2015
Patrick Dangerfield	Adelaide	Round 20	2008
Majak Daw	North Melbourne	Round 4	2013
Chris Dawes	Collingwood	Round 19	2008
Fabian Deluca	Melbourne	Round 8	2006	Third game, kickless in first two
Alan Didak	Collingwood	Round 7[2]	2011
Paul Dooley	Western Bulldogs	Round 1	1998
Max Duffy	Fremantle	Round 20[10]	2014
Peter Everitt	St Kilda	Round 1[2]	1993
Jeff Farmer	Melbourne	Round 6[2]	1995
Alex Fasolo	Collingwood	Round 12[11]	2011
Aaron Fiora	Richmond	Round 7[2]	2000
Jeff Garlett	Carlton	Round 1	2009
Brent Macaffer	Collingwood	Round 5	2009
Daniel Giansiracusa	Western Bulldogs	Round 11[2]	2001
Bryce Gibbs	Carlton	Round 1	2007
Shannon Grant	Sydney	Round 1[2]	1995
Jade Gresham	St Kilda	Round 1	2016
Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs	Round 4	2005
Daryl Griffiths	St Kilda	Round 9	1963
Sam Grimley	Hawthorn	Round 9	2013
Leigh Harding	North Melbourne	Round 17[2]	2001
Kyle Hardingham	Essendon	Round 17	2010
Tom Hafey	Richmond	Round 6[2]	1953
Tom Harley	Port Adelaide	Round 14[2]	1998
Tim Hazell	Hawthorn	Round 14	2001
Mark Harvey	Essendon	Round 4[2]	1984
Des Headland	Brisbane Lions	Round 13[2]	1999
Mark Hepburn	North Melbourne	Round 18	1987
Cameron Hitchcock	Port Adelaide	Round 1	2010
Mitch Honeychurch	Western Bulldogs	Round 15	2014
Bachar Houli	Essendon	Round 7	2007
Sam Hunt	Essendon	Round 20[2]	2002
Shannon Hurn	West Coast	Round 5	2006
Kristian Jaksch	Greater Western Sydney	Round 22	2013
Shane Kersten	Geelong	Round 14	2014
Jack Kirby	Essendon	Round 11[2]	1911
Matthew Kreuzer	Carlton	Round 3	2008
Matthew Lloyd	Essendon	Round 14[2]	1995
Scott Lycett	West Coast	Round 19	2011
Ben Lennon	Richmond	Round 9	2014
Rory Lobb	Greater Western Sydney	Round 12	2014
Luke Lowden	Hawthorn	Round 12[12]	2014
Quinten Lynch	West Coast	Round 12[2]	2002
Nick Malceski	Sydney	Round 11	2005
Marcus Marigliani	Essendon	Round 21	2010
Brodie Martin	Adelaide	Round 16	2009
Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn	Round 16	1969
Cam McCarthy	Greater Western Sydney	Round 23[13]	2014
Jeff 'Torch' McGee	South Melbourne	Round 7	1967
Tim McIntyre	Adelaide	Round 15	2012
Conor McKenna	Essendon	Round 22	2015
Brock McLean	Melbourne	Round 11	2004
Luke McPharlin	Hawthorn	Round 5[2]	2000
Paul Medhurst	Fremantle	Round 1[2]	2002
Luke Mitchell	Carlton	Round 23	2012
Jay Neagle	Essendon	Round 22	2007
Setanta Ó hAilpín	Carlton	Round 7	2005
Nick O'Brien	Essendon	Round 22	2012
Tim O'Brien	Hawthorn	Round 1	2014
Brett O'Farrell	Sydney	Round 13	1998
Michael O'Loughlin	Sydney	Round 5[2]	1995
Michael Osborne	Hawthorn	Round 21	2001
Joel Patfull	Brisbane	Round 8	2006
Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	Round 10	2006
Rino Pretto	Fitzroy	Round 19[14]	1979	His only kick in his VFL career Later kicked 1,070 goals in the V.F.A.
Tim Rieniets	Carlton	Round 6[2]	1990
Michael Rix	St Kilda	Round 11	2006
Jordan Roughead	Western Bulldogs	Round 5	2010
Steven Salopek	Port Adelaide	Round 1[2]	2003
Jayden Short	Richmond	Round 2[15]	2016
Luke Shuey	West Coast	Round 1	2010
Casey Sibosado	Fremantle	Round 24	2011
Henry Slattery	Essendon	Round 13	2005
Billy Stretch	Melbourne	Round 6	2015
Andrew Strijk	West Coast	Round 13	2010
Kane Tenace	Geelong	Round 2[2]	2004
Matt Thomas	Port Adelaide	Round 14	2006
Kayne Turner	North Melbourne	Round 20	2014
Travis Varcoe	Geelong	Round 2	2007
Taylor Walker	Adelaide	Round 1	2009
Robert Walls	Carlton	Round 2[2]	1967
Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	Round 10	2007
Jeff White	Fremantle	Round 3[2]	1995
Ted Whitten	Western Bulldogs	Round 1[2]	1951
Mark Williams	Hawthorn	Round 3[2]	2002	Second match, kickless in first
Callum Wilson	West Coast	Round 18	2009
Wayde Twomey	Carlton	Round 17	2011

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