List of A-League Men players

There are lists of A-League Men players who have made the most appearances in the A-League Men, the top level of the Australian soccer league system.

Since the A-League Men's formation at the start of the 2005–06, four players have accrued 300 appearances in the A-League Men. The first player to reach the milestone was defender Andrew Durante, in representation of Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix; his 300th match was Wellington's 3–2 win over Central Coast Mariners on 12 January 2019.^[1]

Leigh Broxham (Melbourne Victory) is the only player to have achieved to accoldate of 300+ A-League Men appearances exclusively for the club. Liam Reddy played for seven A-League Men clubs (the most for this achievement) on their way to 300+ A-League Men games. The only players from outside Oceania to play 200+ A-League Men games is Maltese defender Manny Muscat and Kosovan striker Besart Berisha.^[2]

List of players[]

Players are initially listed by number of appearances are equal, the players are then listed chronologically by the year of first appearance. If still tied, the players are listed alphabetically. Current A-League Men players and their current clubs are shown in bold.

Statistics are updated as of 28 May 2021.^[3]

A-League Men players with at least 200 appearances
#	Name	Pos	Apps	First	Last	Club(s)
1	Andrew Durante	DF	357	2006	2021	Newcastle Jets (40), Wellington Phoenix (273), Western United (44)
2	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	DF	341	2006	2021	Sydney FC (14), Perth Glory (37), Newcastle Jets (186), Western Sydney Wanderers (104)
3	Leigh Broxham	MF	335	2005	2021	Melbourne Victory (335)
4	Liam Reddy	GK	324	2005	2021	Newcastle Jets (23), Brisbane Roar (66), Wellington Phoenix (12), Sydney FC (37), Central Coast Mariners (52), Western Sydney Wanderers (6), Perth Glory (128)
5	Alex Wilkinson	DF	317	2005	2021	Central Coast Mariners (172), Melbourne City (10), Sydney FC (135)
6	Eugene Galekovic	GK	288	2005	2019	Melbourne Victory (15), Adelaide United (238), Melbourne City (35)
6	Tarek Elrich	DF	288	2005	2020	Newcastle Jets (171), Western Sydney Wanderers (43), Adelaide United (101), Perth Glory (10)
8	Matt Simon	FW	285	2007	2021	Central Coast Mariners (218), Sydney FC (67)
9	Danny Vukovic	GK	278	2005	2021	Central Coast Mariners (104), Wellington Phoenix (17), Perth Glory (106), Melbourne Victory (23), Sydney FC (28)
10	Nigel Boogaard	DF	272	2006	2021	Central Coast Mariners (55), Adelaide United (98), Newcastle Jets (119)
	Scott Jamieson	DF	272	2008	2021	Adelaide United (49), Sydney FC (48), Perth Glory (56), Western Sydney Wanderers (29), Melbourne City (90)
	Matt McKay	MF	272	2005	2021	Brisbane Roar (272)
13	Vince Lia	MF	259	2008	2021	Melbourne Victory (24), Wellington Phoenix (197), Adelaide United (34), Perth Glory (4)
14	Kosta Barbarouses	FW	257	2007	2021	Wellington Phoenix (46), Brisbane Roar (33), Melbourne Victory (127), Sydney FC (51)
15	Mark Bridge	FW	251	2005	2019	Newcastle Jets (50), Sydney FC (80), Western Sydney Wanderers (121)
16	Glen Moss	GK	250	2005	2020	New Zealand Knights (9), Wellington Phoenix (140), Melbourne Victory (14), Gold Coast United (41), Newcastle Jets (46)
17	Alex Brosque	FW	243	2005	2019	Queensland Roar (21), Sydney FC (222)
18	Jason Hoffman	DF	239	2007	2021	Newcastle Jets (159), Melbourne City (80)
19	Ivan Franjic	DF	238	2009	2021	Brisbane Roar (131), Melbourne City (39), Perth Glory (53), Macarthur FC (15)
20	Besart Berisha	FW	236	2011	2021	Brisbane Roar (76), Melbourne Victory (110), Western United (50)
21	Scott Neville	DF	234	2008	2021	Perth Glory (104), Newcastle Jets (43), Western Sydney Wanderers (51), Brisbane Roar (36)
22	Michael McGlinchey	MF	233	2009	2020	Central Coast Mariners (148), Wellington Phoenix (85)
23	Michael Theo	GK	230	2005	2017	Melbourne Victory (71), Brisbane Roar (159)
24	Manny Muscat	DF	229	2008	2018	Wellington Phoenix (192), Melbourne City (37)
25	John Hutchinson	MF	228	2005	2015	Central Coast Mariners (228)
26	Michael Marrone	MF	227	2005	2015	Adelaide United (157), Melbourne Heart (70)
27	Mitch Nichols	MF	226	2005	2015	Brisbane Roar (125), Melbourne Victory (14), Perth Glory (27), Western Sydney Wanderers (53), Wellington Phoenix (7)
28	Archie Thompson	FW	224	2005	2016	Melbourne Victory (224)
29	Matt Thompson	DF	221	2005	2014	Newcastle Jets (121), Melbourne Heart (82), Sydney FC (18)
30	Luke Brattan	MF	218	2009	2021	Brisbane Roar (91), Melbourne City (79), Sydney FC (48)
30	Josh Rose	DF	218	2005	2018	New Zealand Knights (12), Central Coast Mariners (183), Melbourne City (23)
31	Jack Hingert	DF	217	2009	2021	North Queensland Fury (27), Brisbane Roar (190)
32	Jade North	DF	214	2005	2018	Newcastle Jets (80), Wellington Phoenix (19), Brisbane Roar (115)
33	Rhyan Grant	DF	212	2008	2021	Sydney FC (212)
34	Massimo Murdocca	MF	206	2005	2015	Brisbane Roar (162), Melbourne City (44)
35	Michael Thwaite	DF	204	2008	2018	Melbourne Victory (16), Gold Coast United (82), Perth Glory (85), Western Sydney Wanderers (21)
36	Dimitri Petratos	FW	203	2010	2020	Sydney FC (30), Brisbane Roar (94), Newcastle Jets (79)
Minimum 200 appearances

Andrew Durante has the most A-League Men appearances.

Leigh Broxham is the only A-League Men player with over 300 appearances for one club.

David Williams is the only player to have the most appearances for two clubs.

Most appearances by club[]

Current A-League Men clubs and players are shown in bold, defunct clubs are in italics.

As of 28 May 2021

#	Club	Name	Apps	First	Last
1	Melbourne Victory	Leigh Broxham	333	2005	2021
2	Wellington Phoenix	Andrew Durante	273	2008	2019
3	Brisbane Roar	Matt McKay	272	2005	2019
4	Adelaide United	Eugene Galekovic	238	2008	2017
5	Central Coast Mariners	John Hutchinson	228	2005	2015
6	Sydney FC	Alex Brosque	222	2006	2019
7	Newcastle Jets	Ben Kantarovski	196	2008	2020
8	Perth Glory	Chris Harold	143	2012	2019
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mark Bridge	121	2012	2019
10	Melbourne City	David Williams	101	2011	2016
11	Gold Coast United	Michael Thwaite	82	2009	2012
12	Western United	Connor Pain	51	2019	2021
13	North Queensland Fury	David Williams	49	2009	2011
14	New Zealand Knights	Darren Bazeley	41	2005	2007
15	Macarthur FC	Matt Derbyshire	22	2020	2021
15	Macarthur FC	Adam Federici	22	2020	2021

References[]

^ Rollo, Philipp (11 January 2019). "300 not out as Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante notches another milestone". stuff.co.nz.
^ Comito, Matthew (24 January 2020). "'I wanted to break up the contract': How 200-game Berisha almost gave up on adventure down under". My Football. Football Federation Australia.
^ "A-League Player Appearances". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links[]

A-League Men official website

[1] Rollo, Philipp (11 January 2019). "300 not out as Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante notches another milestone". stuff.co.nz.

[2] Comito, Matthew (24 January 2020). "'I wanted to break up the contract': How 200-game Berisha almost gave up on adventure down under". My Football. Football Federation Australia.

[3] "A-League Player Appearances". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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