Collingwood Media breaks down the facts and figures that help make up the story of Collingwood's 161 meetings with Hawthorn since 1925.

4,980,938 – The total number of fans who have attended a game between Collingwood and Hawthorn since 1925.

639,950 – The number of people that have attended a Collingwood-Hawthorn game since the 2011 Preliminary Final. That’s over 600,000 people that have been deprived of a Magpies win!

72,706 – The average attendance of a Collingwood v Hawthorn game in the past ten meetings between the two sides.

30,938 – The average crowd at a match between Collingwood and Hawthorn.

1925 – The year Collingwood met Hawthorn for the first time. The Magpies won by 17 points, handing Hawthorn their third straight loss.

1988 – The year Hawthorn drafted Alex McDonald with the first selection in the National Draft. McDonald later finished his career at Collingwood.

2,066 – Days since Collingwood has beaten Hawthorn. The streak dates back to the 2011 Preliminary Final.

224 – The number of games legendary Hawthorn player Leigh Matthews coached at Collingwood. Matthews coached the Magpies to the 1990 Premiership before moving to Brisbane and defeating Collingwood in two more Grand Finals.

201 – Games played by 1990 premiership wingman Graham Wright, who is currently Hawthorn’s recruiting manager.

169 – Collingwood’s highest score against Hawthorn. After missing the previous 12 rounds of football, Graeme Anderson kicked six goals as the Magpies won by 105 points.

96 – The number of times Collingwood has defeated Hawthorn in 161 encounters since the two sides first met in 1925.

96 – Collingwood’s average total score per game against Hawthorn. The Hawks average 87.

67 – The number of times Collingwood has scored over 100 points in a game against Hawthorn.

65 – The margin separating the two sides when Collingwood and Hawthorn met in round 22, 2014. The Hawks got the result, despite the Magpies leading by five points at quarter time.

62 – Collingwood’s largest first quarter against Hawthorn. The Magpies kicked 10.2 to Hawthorn’s 1.3 in round 13, 1929.

49 – The number of disposals collected by Dane Swan against Hawthorn in round 17, 2012. The total went down as a career-high for the 2011 Brownlow Medallist.

44 – Collingwood’s winning margin when the Magpies defeated the Hawks in the opening round of the 2015 NAB Challenge in Launceston.

40 – The number worn by an 18-year-old Leon Davis in his debut against Hawthorn in round one, 2000. Davis had five possessions as the Magpies won by 54 points.

36 – Collingwood’s lowest score against Hawthorn. The Magpies lost by 54 points in Round 11, 1961. Hawthorn went on to win the premiership that year.

36 – The number of disposals collected by Steele Sidebottom the last time the two sides met in round 22, 2014 last year. 

32 – Dane Swan and Scott Pendlebury both amassed 32 disposals each in the 2011 Preliminary Final against Hawthorn.

21 – Games played for Collingwood by former Hawthorn premiership player Clinton Young. Young joined the Magpies as a free agent after playing 116 games with the Hawks between 2005 and 2012.

17 – Years and 21 days before Hawthorn beat Collingwood for the first time. From 16 May 1925 to 6 June 1942, the Magpies defeated the Hawks every time the two sides met.

16 – The best individual goal kicking performance by a Collingwood player in a game against Hawthorn. Gordon Coventry kicked 16.5 as the Magpies won by 86 points.

10 – The number of games Collingwood lost at Hawthorn’s first home ground, Glenferrie Oval, in 48 years of the two sides meeting there.

4 – Players made their league debut for Collingwood against Hawthorn in round one, 2000. For the record, the players were Josh Fraser, Ben Johnson, Leon Davis and Damien Adkins.

4 – Games played by Jason Taylor during his time at Collingwood. Taylor had earlier played 80 games for Hawthorn.

3 – The number of time Collingwood and Hawthorn have met at Etihad Stadium. Two of these (round 16, 2000 and round 13, 2007) were hosted by the Magpies while the third (round two, 2006) was Hawthorn’s home game.

2 – The number of goals kicked by Corey Gault in his AFL debut under lights at the MCG against Hawthorn in 2014.

2 – Two players won their last ever game against Hawthorn in the 2011 Preliminary Final. Leigh Brown and Leon Davis both retired after the 2011 Grand Final, just one game after beating the Hawks.

1 – The number of players on Collingwood’s list who have a winning record against Hawthorn. Travis Varcoe has beaten the Hawks nine times, albeit in his days as a Cat.

1 – Year (1995) spent at Collingwood by Hawthorn champion Dermott Brereton.

0 – The number of games ex-Collingwood player Paul Sharkey played for Hawthorn after being traded to the Hawks in 1997. The player he was traded for, Shannon Gibson, played just the three games in one season in the Black and White.