List of men's soccer players in Australia by number of league appearances
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The following is a list of soccer players who have made at least 300 domestic league appearances in Australian league soccer. This includes the appearances and goals of players in the A-League Men and National Soccer League.
Alex Tobin has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over 500 games. John Markovski made appearances for 10 different clubs, while five players have made their appearances for only one team. Liam Reddy made his appearances during a career spanning 23 seasons.
List of players
- As of 25 May 2024
- Key
- † Football Australia Hall of Fame inductee.
- Players in bold are still active players.
| Player | Nationality | Games[a] | Goals[b] | Position | Career Span[c] | Seasons[d] | Clubs[e] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tobin † | 522 | 31 | DF | 1984–2004 | 21 | 3 | [1] | |
| Clint Bolton | 479 | 0 | GK | 1993–2013 | 19 | 5 | [2] | |
| Paul Trimboli | 452 | 120 | FW | 1987–2004 | 18 | 2 | [3] | |
| Damian Mori † | 446 | 240 | FW | 1989–2008 | 20 | 6 | [4] | |
| Sergio Melta † | 446 | 65 | MF | 1977–1995 | 19 | 1 | [5] | |
| Andrew Durante | 416 | 7 | DF | 2001–2021 | 17 | 5 | [6] | |
| Liam Reddy | 413 | 1 | GK | 2000–2023 | 23 | 7 | [7] | |
| Alex Wilkinson | 409 | 4 | DF | 2002–2023 | 17 | 3 | [8] | |
| Mike O'Shea | 407 | 14 | DF | 1977–1996 | 19 | 3 | [9] | |
| John Hutchinson | 394 | 37 | MF | 1996–2015 | 18 | 4 | [10] | |
| Andrew Marth | 391 | 69 | MF | 1986–2004 | 20 | 4 | [11] | |
| Theo Selemidis | 390 | 24 | MF | 1977–1994 | 18 | 3 | [12] | |
| Robbie Hooker | 389 | 20 | DF | 1986–2002 | 17 | 7 | [13] | |
| David Barrett | 385 | 14 | DF | 1986–2003 | 17 | 4 | [14] | |
| Leigh Broxham | 385 | 5 | MF | 2006– | 17 | 1 | [15] | |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 380 | 13 | DF | 2006–2023 | 16 | 4 | [16] | |
| Tom Pondeljak | 379 | 72 | MF | 1996–2012 | 16 | 6 | [17] | |
| John Markovski | 372 | 112 | FW | 1986–2002 | 18 | 10 | [18] | |
| Gary Phillips | 372 | 19 | MF | 1982–1997 | 16 | 2 | [19] | |
| Vaughan Coveny | 364 | 112 | FW | 1992–2009 | 16 | 6 | [20] | |
| Mehmet Durakovic | 361 | 9 | DF | 1985–2004 | 17 | 5 | [21] | |
| Matthew Bingley | 357 | 45 | MF | 1988–2007 | 21 | 8 | [22] | |
| Matthew Horsley | 356 | 41 | MF | 1990–2006 | 15 | 2 | [23] | |
| Danny Wright | 351 | 49 | FW | 1980–1997 | 18 | 3 | [24] | |
| Carl Veart | 350 | 89 | FW | 1989–2007 | 13 | 2 | [25] | |
| Matt McKay | 350 | 28 | MF | 2001–2019 | 15 | 2 | [26] | |
| Graham Jennings † | 350 | 15 | DF | 1979–1994 | 14 | 4 | [27] | |
| Rod Brown | 347 | 136 | FW | 1983–1998 | 16 | 4 | [28] | |
| Alan Hunter | 345 | 53 | DF | 1983–1998 | 16 | 7 | [29] | |
| Jade North | 344 | 12 | DF | 1998–2018 | 17 | 6 | [30] | |
| David Lowe | 340 | 81 | MF | 1982–1997 | 15 | 4 | [31] | |
| Steve Blair † | 336 | 14 | DF | 1980–1993 | 13 | 1 | [32] | |
| Eugene Galekovic | 336 | 0 | GK | 2000–2019 | 18 | 5 | [33] | |
| Archie Thompson | 333 | 129 | FW | 1996–2016 | 17 | 4 | [34] | |
| Joe Mullen | 331 | 75 | FW | 1983–1996 | 14 | 1 | [35] | |
| Jason Petkovic | 331 | 0 | GK | 1993–2009 | 16 | 2 | [36] | |
| Brad Maloney | 330 | 88 | MF | 1990–2004 | 14 | 6 | [37] | |
| Ian Gray † | 329 | 50 | MF | 1980–1995 | 16 | 2 | [38] | |
| Peter Katholos | 329 | 49 | MF | 1979–1993 | 16 | 5 | [39] | |
| Robert Stanton | 329 | 10 | DF | 1990–2003 | 13 | 3 | [40] | |
| Paul Wade † | 327 | 54 | MF | 1984–1997 | 15 | 5 | [41] | |
| Alan Davidson † | 324 | 15 | DF | 1979–1998 | 17 | 4 | [42] | |
| Andy Harper | 321 | 100 | FW | 1986–2001 | 15 | 7 | [43] | |
| Francis Awaritefe | 320 | 121 | FW | 1989–2001 | 13 | 4 | [44] | |
| Marshall Soper | 319 | 121 | FW | 1981–1995 | 14 | 5 | [45] | |
| David Ratcliffe † | 316 | 18 | DF | 1978–1991 | 14 | 4 | [46] | |
| Jean-Paul de Marigny | 315 | 19 | DF | 1983–1998 | 16 | 4 | [47] | |
| Matt Thompson | 314 | 35 | MF | 1999–2014 | 14 | 4 | [48] | |
| Angelo Costanzo | 312 | 3 | DF | 1995–2010 | 14 | 4 | [49] | |
| Kris Trajanovski | 311 | 79 | FW | 1990–2004 | 13 | 6 | [50] | |
| Charlie Yankos † | 306 | 20 | DF | 1979–1994 | 15 | 5 | [51] | |
| Pablo Cardozo | 302 | 128 | FW | 1990–2004 | 14 | 5 | [52] | |
| Gerry Gomez | 301 | 56 | DF | 1979–1994 | 16 | 4 | [53] | |
| Bogdan Nyskohus | 301 | 4 | DF | 1977–1989 | 13 | 1 | [54] |
See also
Notes
- Number of League games only.
- Number of League goals only.
- Displays first and last seasons where appearances made. For example - 1984–2004 displayed where first appearance was in the 1984 season and last appearance was in the 2003–04 season
- Number of League seasons only
- Number of different clubs where League appearances made; two or more spells with the same club are counted only once