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North Melbourne

North Melbourne's greatest players, ranked by an era-fair rating built from real career stats, Brownlow votes and honours — plus the club's complete premiership history.

Premierships 4Grand Final losses 6Players rated 1079

all-time VFL/AFL record · 19252026

Played 2,135Record 912-1204-19Win rate 43.2%Scoring % 92.7

Biggest win: 141 pts v Richmond (1990).

premiership years

1999 · 1996 · 1977 · 1975

North Melbourne — club history & record

North Melbourne have won 4 VFL/AFL premierships between 1975 and 1999, the most recent in 1999. The club has also finished runner-up 6 times, losing the Grand Final in 1998, 1978, 1977 and 1976 and others.

Across 1925–2026, North Melbourne have played 2,135 senior matches in the data here for a record of 912–1204–19 — a 43.2% win rate, with a scoring percentage of 92.7. Their biggest recorded victory is a 141-point win over Richmond in 1990.

By our era-fair rating, the greatest North Melbourne players are led by Gary Dempsey (100), Keith Greig (100), Ross Glendinning (100), Wayne Carey (98) and Barry Cable (93). In all, 1,079 players who pulled on the North Melbourne jumper are rated here, ranked below by how they measured against their own contemporaries.

Greatest North Melbourne players

1
Gary Dempsey
1960s–1980s · 122 games · rucks
100
2
Keith Greig
1970s–1980s · 294 games · midfielders
100
3
Ross Glendinning
1970s–1980s · 190 games · defenders
100
4
Wayne Carey
1980s–2000s · 244 games · forwards
98
5
Barry Cable
1970s · 115 games · midfielders
93
6
Malcolm Blight
1970s–1980s · 178 games · forwards
93
7
Todd Goldstein
2000s–2020s · 315 games · rucks
93
8
Doug Wade
1960s–1970s · 59 games · forwards
92
9
Barry Davis
1960s–1970s · 71 games · defenders
91
10
Nick Larkey
2010s–2020s · 153 games · forwards
91
11
Jock Spencer
1940s–1950s · 153 games · forwards
90
12
Tristan Xerri
2020s · 91 games · rucks
90
13
Corey McKernan
1990s–2000s · 196 games · forwards
90
14
Ben Brown
2010s–2020s · 130 games · forwards
90
15
Stan Alves
1960s–1970s · 40 games · defenders
90
16
John Longmire
1980s–1990s · 200 games · forwards
89
17
Drew Petrie
2000s–2010s · 316 games · forwards
89
18
John Murphy
1960s–1980s · 9 games · midfielders
89
19
Brent Harvey
1990s–2010s · 432 games · forwards
88
20
Sel Murray
1930s–1940s · 108 games · forwards
88
21
Adrian Gallagher
1960s–1970s · 1 games · midfielders
88
22
Barry Goodingham
1960s–1970s · 158 games · rucks
88
23
Peter Keenan
1970s–1980s · 51 games · rucks
88
24
John Lewis
1920s–1930s · 150 games · midfielders
88
25
Noel Teasdale
1950s–1960s · 178 games · rucks
87
26
Alex Ishchenko
1980s–1990s · 70 games · rucks
87
27
Wayne Schwass
1980s–2000s · 184 games · midfielders
87
28
Hamish McIntosh
2000s–2010s · 107 games · rucks
87
29
Keith Forbes
1920s–1940s · 31 games · forwards
87
30
Barry Pascoe
1960s–1970s · 15 games · defenders
87

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