Three-time premiership Hawk Luke Breust is set to join the 300 club on Friday night when his side faces Port Adelaide in a Semi Final at Adelaide Oval.
The AFL's Historian has compiled a list of Breust's career achievements.
Breust is set to become the 105th person to play 300 career games in the VFL/AFL and the ninth Hawthorn player to reach the milestone, joining Don Scott, Leigh Matthews, Kelvin Moore, Michael Tuck, Chris Langford, Shane Crawford, Sam Mitchell, and Luke Hodge. When he debuted in 2011, there were 63 players who had reached the milestone.
Players to 300 VFL/AFL games:
PLAYER # |
PLAYER |
YEAR |
1 |
Gordon Coventry |
1937 |
5 |
John Nicholls |
1973 |
15 |
Gary Dempsey |
1982 |
25 |
Garry Foulds |
1989 |
35 |
Craig Bradley |
1999 |
45 |
Chris Grant |
2005 |
55 |
Shane Crawford |
2008 |
65 |
Simon Black |
2012 |
75 |
Scott Thompson |
2016 |
85 |
Jordan Lewis |
2018 |
95 |
Shannon Hurn |
2021 |
105 |
Luke Breust |
2024 |
Career milestones and achievements:
- Three-time premiership player (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Two-time All-Australian (2014, 2018) and part of the All-Australian squad in 2023
- Five-time leading goal scorer at Hawthorn (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 548 career goals, ranking 53rd on the all-time VFL/AFL goal-kickers list
- Kicked 30 goals in every season except 2020 (COVID-shortened season) and 2024 where he was primarily used as a substitute
- Holds the record for most goals by any player (548) without ever kicking seven goals in a game
- Second quickest player in VFL/AFL history to reach both 100 games (4 years, 15 days) and 200 games (8 years, 51 days)
- Ninth quickest to 300 games, reaching the milestone in 13 years and 121 days
- Breust will be the ninth person to 300 games for Hawthorn. No other club has had more than seven people play 300 games.
- First rookie-listed player to play 300 AFL games, surpassing Matthew Boyd’s 292 games earlier this season.
- First player to debut as a substitute and go on to play 300 career games. Breust’s first five games were all as a substitute
- Is the only person to have been named sub in five consecutive games on multiple occasions. His first 5 games in 2011 and two separate streaks in 2024 (the most recent streak is still current)
- Shares the VFL/AFL record with Tony Lockett for the longest streak of consecutive goals without a behind (29 goals over 12 games in 2014)
- Has played the most games in the 18-team era (currently 282), two ahead of Tom Hawkins
- One of eight players to have kicked 500 goals in the 18-team era, alongside Tom Hawkins, Josh Kennedy (WCE), Lance Franklin, Jack Riewoldt, Jeremy Cameron, Taylor Walker, and Jack Darling
- The only person to have played 50 games in Tasmania (53 in total)
- Captained Hawthorn for the first time in Round 12, 2023, in his 271st game, setting a record for the latest career captaincy debut
- Set to become the 73rd player to reach 300 games as a one club player
- Career goal scoring profile
Q1: 127 goals
Q2: 108 goals
Q3: 156 goals
Q4: 157 goals
Most games played alongside Luke Breust:
Breust has played games alongside 130 teammates
Has played 100+ games with 19 of them, 200+ games with four
Games |
Teammate |
W-L-D |
219 |
Liam Shiels |
141-76-2 |
217 |
Shaun Burgoyne |
147-68-2 |
216 |
Jack Gunston |
138-77-1 |
201 |
Isaac Smith |
141-59-1 |
189 |
Paul Puopolo |
133-56 |
170 |
Ben Stratton |
118-52 |
154 |
Blake Hardwick |
72-81-1 |
Most games played against Luke Breust:
Games |
Opponent |
Breust W-L record |
24 |
Mitch Duncan |
7-17 |
24 |
Tom Hawkins |
9-15 |
23 |
Joel Selwood |
9-14 |
22 |
Mark Blicavs |
9-13 |
Win loss records in 50 game spans:
Best: 43-7 (2012-14)
Worst: 13-36-1 (2010-22)