When it comes to Australian Rules Football, the number on the back of the jumper has always meant less, while simultaneously meaning more.

Unlike all forms of rugby and the world game, they don't denote any particular position, and unlike the NFL for the longest time, there has never been any restriction on which player could wear which number - except for seniority, of course.

Dissimilar to most American sports, we don't retire our numbers, either, meaning that new generations of stars and spuds alike have the opportunity to eclipse the legacies of champions that came before them.

From the legends in the low-numbered lockers to the also-rans with sixty-something stitched to the backs, here are the players that made the most AFL/VFL appearances in every jumper guernsey number ever seen.

Beware, things get a bit odd once we hit the late 40s.

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33-40 

33 - David Cloke - Richmond/Collingwood/ - 290 games
34 - Ben Hart - Adelaide - 311 games
35 - Robert Harvey - St Kilda - 379 games
36 - Simon Goodwin - Adelaide - 275 games
37 - Adam Goodes - Sydney - 372 games
38 - Dale Morris  - Western Bulldogs - 253 games
39 - Darren Milburn - Geelong - 292 games
40 - Ian Nankervis - Geelong - 325 games

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Adam Goodes of the Swans celebrates winning the Brownlow Medal during the Sydney Swans Brownlow Medal Dinner at the Hilton Hotel September 25 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images). (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)
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