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Sydney

Sydney'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 5Grand Final losses 14Players rated 1464

all-time VFL/AFL record · 18972026

Played 2,609Record 1263-1321-25Win rate 48.9%Scoring % 99.5

Biggest win: 171 pts v St Kilda (1919).

premiership years

2012 · 2005 · 1933 · 1918 · 1909

Sydney — club history & record

Sydney have won 5 VFL/AFL premierships between 1909 and 2012, the most recent in 2012. The club has also finished runner-up 14 times, losing the Grand Final in 2024, 2022, 2016 and 2014 and others.

Across 1897–2026, Sydney have played 2,609 senior matches in the data here for a record of 1263–1321–25 — a 48.9% win rate, with a scoring percentage of 99.5. Their biggest recorded victory is a 171-point win over St Kilda in 1919.

By our era-fair rating, the greatest Sydney players are led by Bob Pratt (100), Paul Roos (100), Tony Lockett (100), Lance Franklin (100) and Charlie Curnow (98). In all, 1,464 players who pulled on the Sydney jumper are rated here, ranked below by how they measured against their own contemporaries.

Greatest Sydney players

1
Bob Pratt
1930s–1940s · 158 games · forwards
100
2
Paul Roos
1980s–1990s · 87 games · defenders
100
3
Tony Lockett
1980s–2000s · 98 games · forwards
100
4
Lance Franklin
2000s–2020s · 172 games · forwards
100
5
Charlie Curnow
2010s–2020s · 18 games · forwards
98
6
Bob Skilton
1950s–1970s · 237 games · forwards
97
7
Len Thompson
1960s–1980s · 20 games · rucks
97
8
Greg Williams
1980s–1990s · 107 games · midfielders
97
9
Barry Hall
1990s–2010s · 162 games · forwards
96
10
Charlie Colgan
1890s–1900s · 37 games · forwards
95
11
Lindsay White
1940s–1950s · 25 games · forwards
95
12
Ron Clegg
1940s–1960s · 231 games · midfielders
95
13
Barry Round
1960s–1980s · 193 games · rucks
95
14
Brodie Grundy
2010s–2020s · 66 games · rucks
95
15
Len Mortimer
1900s–1910s · 153 games · forwards
93
16
Harry Brereton
1900s–1920s · 17 games · forwards
93
17
Graham Teasdale
1970s–1980s · 121 games · rucks
93
18
Herbie Matthews
1930s–1940s · 191 games · defenders
92
19
Brian Roberts
1970s · 15 games · rucks
92
20
Nick Blakey
2010s–2020s · 170 games · defenders
92
21
Peter Bedford
1960s–1970s · 178 games · midfielders
90
22
Gerard Healy
1970s–1990s · 81 games · midfielders
90
23
Tom Mitchell
2010s–2020s · 65 games · midfielders
90
24
Craig Bolton
2000s–2010s · 170 games · defenders
90
25
Paul Kelly
1990s–2000s · 234 games · midfielders
90
26
Shane Mumford
2000s–2020s · 79 games · rucks
90
27
Charles Clements
1900s · 32 games · forwards
89
28
John Murphy
1960s–1980s · 23 games · midfielders
89
29
Peter Everitt
1990s–2000s · 39 games · rucks
89
30
Harvey Kelly
1900s–1910s · 49 games · forwards
88

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