This is a list of records from the Port Adelaide Football Club for the club's first team since its inception in 1870 with the first team competing in intra-club matches until 1876, the South Australian National Football League from 1877–1996 and the Australian Football League since 1997.
Individual records [ ]
Games [ ]
Goalkicking [ ]
Games coached [ ]
Rank
Coach
Career
Games
League
1
John Cahill
SANFL : 1974–1982, 1988–1996, 2005; AFL : 1997–1998
488
AFL/SANFL
2
Fos Williams
1950–1958, 1962–1973
447
SANFL
3
Jack McGargill
1886–1908
336
SANFL
4
Mark Williams
1999–2010
274
AFL
[10]
5
Ken Hinkley
2013–present
179
AFL
[11]
Premierships [ ]
As Player
SANFL – 9 – Geof Motley (1954–1959, 1962–1963, 1965)
AFL – 1 – 2004 premiership team
As coach
SANFL – 10 – John Cahill (1977, 1979–81, 1988–90, 1994–96)
AFL – 1 – Mark Williams (2004)
Most Goals in a Match [ ]
AFL – 8 – Warren Tredrea and Jay Schulz (1998, round 7, vs Carlton, Princes Park; 2014, round 14, vs Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval)
SANFL – 16 – Tim Evans (1980, round 5, vs West Adelaide)
Most Goals in a season [ ]
Game records [ ]
Biggest wins [ ]
Rank
Margin
Opponent
Year
Round
Venue
League
1
169
Woodville
1970
17
Woodville Oval
SANFL
2
161
Woodville
1980
3
Football Park
SANFL
161
Central District
1976
11
Football Park
SANFL
4
160
West Adelaide
1903
14
Alberton Oval
SAFA
5
159
South Adelaide
1988
16
Alberton Oval
SANFL
AFL – 117 points vs Hawthorn, round 13, 2005, Football Park
Biggest losses [ ]
Rank
Margin
Opponent
Year
Round
Venue
League
1
165
Hawthorn
2011
21
Melbourne Cricket Ground
AFL
2
138
Collingwood
2011
20
Football Park
AFL
3
119
Geelong
2007
Grand Final
Melbourne Cricket Ground
AFL
4
117
West Coast
2005
10
Subiaco Oval
AFL
5
122
Norwood
1997
5
Football Park
SANFL
Highest score [ ]
Rank
Margin
Opponent
Year
Round
Venue
League
1
243
Central District
1976
11
Football Park
SANFL
2
226
Central District
1976
11
Football Park
SANFL
3
222
Sturt
1990
18
Adelaide Oval
SANFL
South Adelaide
1988
16
Alberton Oval
SANFL
5
217
Glenelg
1934
3
Alberton Oval
SANFL
Woodville
1981
16
Alberton Oval
SANFL
AFL – 29.14 (188) vs Hawthorn, round 13, 2005, Football Park
Lowest score [ ]
Rank
Margin
Opponent
Year
Round
Venue
League
1
7
North Adelaide
1900
1
Alberton Oval
SAFA
2
8
Norwood
1900
9
Adelaide Oval
SAFA
3
10
Norwood
1909
3
Alberton Oval
SAFL
4
10
South Adelaide
1899
17
Adelaide Oval
SAFA
5
11
West Torrens
1900
2
Alberton Oval
SAFA
AFL – 3.3 (21) vs Collingwood, round 20, 2011, Football Park
Season Records [ ]
Most season wins [ ]
Fewest season losses [ ]
AFL – 4 losses (2020 )
SAFL – 0 losses (1914 )
Streaks [ ]
Longest undefeated streaks [ ]
Rank
Commenced
Concluded
Matches
League
1
1913, Round 8
1915, Round 9
33
SAFL
2
1951, Round 10
1952, Round 4
15
SANFL
1955, Preliminary Final
1956, Round 13
1956, Round 15
1957, Round 9
5
1962, Round 3
1962, Round 16
14
SANFL
AFL – 8 wins (round 8 → 15, 2002 , round 15 → 22, 2003 , round 4 → 12, 2014 )
Longest winless streak [ ]
Rank
Commenced
Concluded
Matches
League
1
Round 1, 1870
Round 2, 1873
28
pre SAFA
2
Round 4, 1881
Round 2, 1882
12
SAFA
3
Round 8, 1896
Round 18, 1896
11
SAFA
Round 11, 2011
Round 22, 2011
AFL
Attendances [ ]
Largest attendances [ ]
Rank
Round
Opponent
Venue
Crowd
League
1
2007 AFL Grand Final
Geelong
Melbourne Cricket Ground
97,302
AFL
2
2004 AFL Grand Final
Brisbane
Melbourne Cricket Ground
77,671
AFL
3
2003 Preliminary Final
Collingwood
Melbourne Cricket Ground
77,405
AFL
4
2014 Preliminary Final
Hawthorn
Melbourne Cricket Ground
74,856
AFL
5
1976 SANFL Grand Final
Sturt
Football Park
66,897
SANFL
Largest home attendances (minor round) [ ]
AFL – 53,698 at Adelaide Oval (round 3, 2017 vs Adelaide )
AFL (excluding Showdown) – 52,505 at Adelaide Oval (round 22, 2014 vs Carlton )
SANFL – 38,213 at Football Park (round 19, 1988 vs Sturt )
SANFL (suburban) – 22,738 at Alberton Oval (round 11, 1977 vs Norwood )
Largest away attendances (minor round) [ ]
AFL – 51,883 at MCG (round 1, 1997 vs Collingwood)
SANFL – 30,618 at Adelaide Oval (round 11, 1977 vs South Adelaide)
SANFL (suburban) – 22,015 at Unley Oval (round 9, 1968 vs Sturt)
Win-loss record [ ]
Overall win/loss record
– 548 matches / 286 wins / 257 losses / 5 draws (52.65%)
SANFL – 2675 matches / 1744 wins / 882 losses / 65 draws (66.02%)
Best league record against another club
Minimum 20 league matches against a current club:
AFL – St Kilda – 20 wins / 11 losses / 0 draws (64.52%)
SANFL – Glenelg – 180 wins / 69 losses / 3 draws (72.02%)
Worst league record against another club
Minimum 20 league matches against a current club:
AFL – Geelong – 11 wins / 23 losses / 1 draw (32.86%)
SANFL – Norwood – 198 wins / 196 losses / 17 draws (50.24%)
AFL [ ]
Port Adelaide win-loss record (AFL)[12]
Win %
Opponent
Games
Wins
Losses
Draws
91.67
Gold Coast
12
11
1
0
64.52
St Kilda
31
20
11
0
62.86
Melbourne
35
22
13
0
59.09
Carlton
33
19
13
1
57.35
Richmond
34
19
14
1
57.14
West Coast
35
20
15
0
56.25
Essendon
32
18
14
0
55.56
Hawthorn
36
20
16
0
55.26
Fremantle
38
21
17
0
54.84
Western Bulldogs
31
17
14
0
50.00
Brisbane
38
18
18
2
50.00
Adelaide
48
24
24
0
50.00
Collingwood
32
16
16
0
45.45
Greater Western Sydney
11
5
6
0
38.89
North Melbourne
36
15
22
0
35.48
Sydney
31
11
20
0
32.86
Geelong
35
11
23
1
Last updated: 22 March 2021
Notes [ ]
^ This record is unbreakable under the current SANFL fixturing rules (current maximum is 20 wins: 18 home-and-away plus two finals).
References [ ]
AFL nickname: Power
SANFL nickname: Magpies
AFL home grounds
Football Park (1997–2013)
Adelaide Oval (2014–)
SAFA/SAFL/SANFL home grounds
Glanville Estate (1870–1879)
Alberton Oval (1880–1974, 1977–)
Adelaide Oval (1975–1976)
AFL premierships (1) SAFA/SAFL/SANFL premierships (37) Seasons Related articles The club participated in the SAPFL while the SAFL was in recess from 1916–1918; The club merged with
West Torrens from 1942–1944.