When Noel Judkins read out Dane Swan’s name with the 58th selection in the 2001 National Draft, the Collingwood recruiter would not have expected that the 17-year-old would go on to win 30 or more disposals in a game 100 times.

In fact, in the known statistical realm, only one other man has.

In 383 VFL/ AFL games for St Kilda, Robert Harvey won 30 or more disposals 118 times.

Harvey, whose career spanned the years between 1988 and 2008, is now Collingwood’s senior assistant coach.

He won a career-high 45 disposals on a muddy day at Princes Park against the Western Bulldogs in round 19, 1999, and still managed to collect 30 disposals in his final season at the age of 36.

AFL Tables, the Internet’s most comprehensive statistical database, features individual player statistics that date back to the opening round of the 1965 season.

In that time, only Harvey has won 30 or more disposals more often than Swan.

It took Swan four years and 31 senior games to crack the 30 disposal barrier, but since he reached it against Adelaide in the opening round of 2006, there has been no stopping him.

SWAN'S UNIQUE MCG RECORD.

It’s remarkable to think that Swan has won 30 or more disposals in 100 of his past 213 games.

Sure, we live in a time in which players are returning higher disposal numbers than ever, but the fact that the 2011 Brownlow Medallist has reached this mark remains worth noting.

It’s indicative of his remarkable consistency and durability – he has missed just 12 of the 225 games the Magpies have played since that season opener against the Crows in 2006.

Against Richmond, Swan chalked up 32 disposals (14 kicks, 18 handballs), took five marks and laid three tackles.

It’s a far cry from his first meeting with the men from Tigerland.

In only his second senior game, a 19-year-old Swan (the youngest man on the ground) won 13 disposals in a hefty 69-point win.

On Sunday, Swan was Collingwood’s oldest player on the ground.

But it didn’t stop him from performing as he has week in, week out, since that night in 2006.