<p>What are some of the highest-scoring AFL games of all time?</p> <p>There have been some footy games that have been absolute goal-fests. These are games where the ball spends more time getting run back to the middle of the ground by the umpires than it is in general play because it keeps sailing over the goal umpire's heads.</p> <p>They’re games mostly from a bygone era where there were one-vs. One battles around the ground, and there was not a huge bother about team and zone defense. It saw some big, big scores getting kicked.</p> <p>So, what are the top five aggregate scoring VFL/ AFL games in history? Let’s find out.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Melbourne (141) vs St. Kilda (204) - 345 points</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Round Six meeting of the two clubs at the MCG started as just a regular home-and-away season clash but ended up being the highest-scoring game in VFL/AFL history.</p> <p>It shapes up to be a record that might stand till the end of time, too, with the way the game is being played.</p> <p>The Saints shot out of the blocks with eight first-quarter goals, but the Dees had six of their own to keep themselves in the contest early. By halftime, the Saints had opened up a 73-point lead and had put the game to bed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Dees clawed their way back slightly by three-quarter time, reducing the deficit to 53 points before the Saints hammered home eight final quarter goals to post their first double-century score ever and run out 63-point winners.</p> <p>George Young kicked seven goals for the Saints. Russell Greene also kicked a bag of five while superstar Trevor Barker starred with 29 disposals and three goals.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Geelong (228) vs St. Kilda (109) - 337 points</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>With names like AblettSrr, Brownless, Excel, Yeates, and Scott in the forward line as the Cats did in this era, it’s no surprise that they kept on posting cricket scores!</p> <p>Just as they did on this day against S.t Kilda at home in 1989, the game was actually tight and close until it wasn’t anymore.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Cats led by just 10 points at quarter-time and 36 at the main break, before putting the foot down in the third quarter. An 11-goal to two quarter blew the margin out to 90 points at the final change before running out 119-point winners.</p> <p>Excel kicked a bag of eight goals. Billy Brownless kicked a bag of five, and Robert Scott and Gary Ablett Sr. kicked a back of four each, as the Cats piled on 35 majors.</p> <p>The Saints, while beaten badly, were still able to post a decent score themselves. Aided significantly by Tony Lockett, who kicked six goals four behinds from his 10 kicks. Champion Nicky Winmar chimed in with three goals of his own.</p> <p><br /> &nbsp;</p> <h2>Hawthorn (149) vs Richmond (188) - 337 points</h2> <p>Hawthorn began 1985 looking to make amends from a Grand Final defeat to their biggest rivals, Essendon.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>After an even start, the Hawks returned from Sydney with a win to host Richmond at Princes Park - their home ground at the time- in Round 5.</p> <p>From the get-go, the goals were flowing, and the contest was close. Nine between the sides in the first quarter, with the Tigers holding just a three-point lead at the first change. The Tigers went up a gear in the second term, kicking eight goals, but the Hawks kept scoring themselves - kicking five of their own to stay well in the contest. Yet it was the Tigers with an 18-point lead at the main change.</p> <p>A ten-goal third-quarter to the Tigers saw them kick away and take control of the game, eventually running out 39-point winners on the day.</p> <p>Legendary Tiger Michael “Disco” Roach kicked 11 of Richmond’s 29 goals, with Stephen James and Michael Pickering kicking four each alongside him.</p> <p>Dermott kicked six goals for the Hawks. Gary Buckenara and Michael Byrne kicked three each, while Peter Knights had an uncharacteristically quiet day, only kicking the two goals.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>North Melbourne (229) vs Sydney (105) - 334 points</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The 1990s were North Melbourne’s pomp.</p> <p>It was the decade where they shone the brightest as a football club, and despite not winning the flag in 1993, it was the year home to some of their greatest performances with a stacked team.</p> <p>This particular game, a Round 6 win against the Sydney Swans, who were battling to stay alive at the time, ended up being the Roos’s highest score of all time.</p> <p>An 11 goal to one first quarter set up the day. After only kicking four goals in the second quarter and allowing Sydney to kick seven, they must have gotten a spray from Denis Pagan at half-time. From there, it was simply a procession.</p> <p>They scored 10 goals each in the third and fourth quarters as they romped away to a 124-point victory over the Swans.</p> <p>Adrian McAdam kicked 10. John Longmire kicked nine, and King Wayne Carey kicked three.</p> <p>The Swans only won one game that year, finishing at the bottom of the ladder with a percentage of 63.3%. But this game against the Roos, despite the walloping, was the first of a handful of times they managed to kick over 100 points that year. Which teams were doing for fun every week?</p> <p>And in a high-scoring season, this was the highest-scoring game, so that’s a nice feather in the cap, too, for a team that finished last!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Hawthorn (171) vs Geelong (163) - 334 points.</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hawthorn. Geelong. 1989. An epic game. Surely we’re talking about the Grand Final, right?</p> <p>Not this time, but would it surprise you to know that their meeting in the home-and-away season was the precursor to the best Grand Final of all time? It really shouldn’t.</p> <p>Still hosting games at Princes Park, the Cats travelled up the highway in Round 6. All the big names in the forward line made the trip. Then you look at Hawthorn’s attacking end, and you know it is going to be an absolute goal-fest</p> <p>Geelong got the jump in the first quarter, kicking eight goals to five, and took a 19-point lead into the first change. A nine-goal second quarter from the Cats saw them take the margin to 49 points at the main change.</p> <p>But the Hawks were only just getting going.&nbsp;</p> <p>While the Cats kept on scoring, the Hawks went twice as hard, kicking seven goals to two in the third quarter to cut the margin back to just 19 points at three - quarter-time. The Hawks then kicked 10 goals to six in the final quarter to record a come-from-behind eight-point victory in one of the most remarkable games of the season.&nbsp;</p> <p>26 goals place 25 goals. You just don’t see that anymore these days.</p> <p>Everyone got on the score sheet. Dermie and Gary Buckenara kicked five each, Jason Dunstall kicked four, Tony Hall kicked three, while James Morrisey and Dean Anderson kicked two each for the Hawks.</p> <p>Gary Exell kicked NINE goals for the Cats in a tremendous individual showing. Ablett, Brownless, Hocki, ng and Yeates kicked three goals each.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So there they are. The highest-scoring games in VFL/ AFL history. If you like this list and think it’s impressive, check out our article on who the oldest AFL players of all time are.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>