The 2021 season was curated by highs and lows, ebbs and flows and an astonishing amount of stats, figures and numbers that are sure to arouse the game's die-hard footy fans.
Following the rollercoaster ride that was this season, we've collected 50 figures that best represent the astonishing year that was.
From 1-50, here are the stats and numbers that built the 2021 AFL season.
1 - Margin of the Bulldogs' nail-biting semi-final win over Brisbane
2 - Number of minutes Spud’s Game was delayed for in honour of late Saints legend Danny Frawley to start a conversation around mental health
3 - Weeks originally handed to Toby Greene after making contact with umpire Matt Stevic
4 - Number of games (21 played) Touk Miller didn’t get over 30 touches
5 - Times Dayne Zorko has won the Brisbane best and fairest award after his 2021 gong
6 - Bayley Fritsch Grand Final goals
7 - Collingwood’s half-time score against the Cats in Round 11 (0.7)
8 - Consecutive Grand Finals umpired by Matt Stevic
9 - Rounds before Melbourne lost a game
10 - Goals for Josh Bruce in Round 3 against the Kangaroos
11 - First time All-Australian selections
12 - Years and nine months between Sam Reid’s debut and 100th game
13 - Players reached the 200 game milestone
14 - Tackles laid by Jack Steele against Carlton in Round 20
15 - Goals kicked by Adelaide before registering a behind in a Round 6 loss to the Hawks
16 - North Melbourne’s losing streak before a seven-point win over the Hawks in Round 9
18 - Intercepts by Darcy Moore against Carlton in Round 2
19 - Consecutive goals kicked by Port Adelaide against Carlton in Round 22
20 - Margin the Saints won by against West Coast after being 33 points down
21 - Melbourne Grand Final goals
22 - Total points Richmond scored against the Saints in Round 15
23 - Rounds spent on the bottom of the ladder for North Melbourne
24 - Games decided by six points or less
26 - Thousand kilometres covered by Melbourne in one day after their Round 20 game against Gold Coast was postponed and moved to Melbourne
27 - Goals kicked by Hawk Jacob Koschitzke in his debut season
28 - Minute of the second quarter - Essendon kick their final goal of the elimination final against the Western Bulldogs
29 - Number of minutes the Round 21 West Coast and Melbourne game was suspended for after nearby lightning.
30 - Total points scored by Riley Thilthorpe in his AFL debut (5.0)
31 - Age of Daniel Rich when selected in the All-Australian team for the first time
32 - Games moved from their original stadiums following Round 11
33 - Kicks by Jack Ziebell against Geelong in Round 5
34 - Years since the minor premiership wasn’t confirmed until after the siren in the final round
36 - Ollie Wines’ Brownlow votes tally for 2021
37 - Days between Toby Greene’s tribunal hearing and AFL appeal
38 - Age of Hawks veteran Shaun Burgoyne when joining the 400 games club
39 - Essendon’s game-high margin against the Hawks in Round 1, before losing by one point
40 - Players who played their first game at a new club
41 - Number of Bulldogs players given a game this year
42 - Number of games played at the MCG
43 - Minutes into Round 1 before Jack Silvagni injured his shoulder, eventually becoming the first player subbed off under the new medical substitute rule
44 - Premiership points won by Essendon to secure eighth spot on the ladder
45 - Free kicks paid against Lion Zac Bailey
46 - Disposals collected by Lachie Neale against Melbourne in the Qualifying Final, the highest of the season.
47 - Seconds left on the clock when Taylor Walker kicked the match-winning goal against a previously undefeated Melbourne
48 - Goals kicked by Lance Franklin to bring him five goals away from the 1000 milestone
49 - Thousand and 218 fans at the MCG for the opening game of the season between Richmond and Carlton
50 - Free kicks awarded to Joel Selwood in the home and away season
