Which VFL/AFL team recorded the highest score in a match?

Geelong recorded the highest VFL/AFL team score, making 37.17 (239 points) against Brisbane in 1992.

The record came at Kardinia Park during the 1992 season. Geelong’s total consisted of 37 goals, worth 222 points, and 17 behinds, worth 17 points, for an overall score of 239.

The match demonstrated the attacking style associated with Geelong’s powerful forward line in that era. The Cats won by a substantial margin, and the performance remains the competition’s benchmark for a team’s total score in a senior VFL/AFL match.

Australian rules score notation can make the figure look smaller than it is. The number before the decimal is goals, the number after it is behinds, and the total in parentheses is the points tally. Geelong’s 37.17 (239) therefore means 54 scoring shots, not 37 points.