Ahead of his upcoming 250^th game milestone on Sunday afternoon, Collingwood Media provides a snapshot of Scott Pendlebury’s illustrious career to date, by the numbers.

6587 – Total disposals recorded by Pendlebury in his career. He sits third behind the club’s all-time disposal getters, Tony Shaw (7632) and Dane Swan (6928).

2014 – The year Pendlebury was elected Collingwood’s captain, succeeding the 2010 premiership captain, Nick Maxwell.

2013 - The year Pendlebury was awarded the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year, an award given to the best player as voted by the AFL coaches. Nathan Buckley won the first award in 2003, before Swan picked up the 2010 honour.

2010 – Pendlebury’s premiership season with Collingwood. The club broke a 20-year premiership drought with a victory over St Kilda in the Grand Final replay, marking Collingwood’s 15^th VFL/AFL premiership.

2007 – Following his 20 disposal, two-goal performance against Port Adelaide in round four, Pendlebury was nominated for the Rising Star Award.

2007 – The year Pendlebury was named runner-up in the league’s Rising Star Award and in Collingwood’s Copeland Trophy (best-and-fairest).

2006 –The season Pendlebury made his AFL debut (round 10 v Brisbane). He joined an elite club of players who kicked their first goal with their first kick during his first game.

2005 – With pick five in the national draft, this was the year Collingwood drafted Pendlebury.

1077 – Total marks taken in his career,

1216 – The number of tackles in his career.

249 – The number of games played by Pendlebury. He will play his 250^th game against Hawthorn on Sunday afternoon.

187 – Total goal assists.

191cm – As one of the taller midfielders around the league, Pendlebury stands at 6 ft 3 inches.

157 – Number of goals kicked in his 249 matches.

150 – Brownlow votes polled by Pendlebury. Only Swan (186) and Buckley (164) have polled more votes for Collingwood.

149 – Number of wins Pendlebury has featured in.

78 – Games he has played as Collingwood captain.

69 – The number of games played by Scott’s older brother, Kris Pendlebury, for Collingwood’s VFL team between 2008-12. Kris won the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy (club’s VFL best-and-fairest) in his final season. The youngest of the three brothers, Ryan Pendlebury, has been on Collingwood’s VFL list since 2014.

46^th– Captain of the Collingwood Football Club.



Pendlebury, Buckley and Maxwell address the media after Pendlebury was appointed the new Collingwood captain. Image: AFL Photos.

42 – Most disposals in one game that Pendlebury has collected. This performance came in round 16, 2013 against Adelaide at the MCG. Collingwood won the game by 27 points.

26 – Average disposals across his AFL career.

24 – Most Brownlow votes polled in one season.

24 – Most goals kicked in one season.

21 – Average games played per season.

19 – Number of games played for his TAC side, Gippsland Power, during 2005.

18 – The age of Pendlebury when he was drafted to Collingwood.

17 – Number of finals Pendlebury has played in.

16 – The number Pendlebury donned on the back of his jumper in his first season with Collingwood in 2006. He has since played 240 games in the #10 guernsey.

13 – Highest number of tackles recorded in one game.

11 – Number of possessions in his first game (round 10, 2006 v Brisbane)

10 – Number of games played he played for Collingwood’s former VFL-affiliate Williamstown, in 2006.

9 – Number of games played in his debut season for the Pies.



An 18-year-old Scott Pendlebury during his debut season with the Magpies. Image: AFL Photos.

9th – On the all-time games list played at Collingwood. Tony Shaw heads the list with 313 games. Pendlebury will equal Peter Daicos’ 250 games on Sunday.

6 – Pendlebury was one of six Gippsland Power players to be drafted to Collingwood between 2005 2008. The other players from the Eastern Victorian region were Dale Thomas, Tyson Goldsack, Brent Macaffer, Jarryd Blair and Tristan Francis.

5 – The number of times Pendlebury has won the Copeland Trophy (club’s best-and-fairest). If he wins it in 2017, he will tie Nathan Buckley’s record of six awards.

5 – All-Australians honours (2010, ’11, ‘12’, ’13, ’14)

4 – Most goals kicked in one game. Not only that, but Pendlebury recorded 30 disposals and was awarded the three Brownlow votes in the same game.

3 – Number of weeks Pendlebury spent at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) on a basketball scholarship. He later decided to quit and pursue football, with his spot in the AIS going to no other than NBA Championship player with the San Antonio Spurs, Patty Mills.

2 – Number of ANZAC Day Medals won by Pendlebury during Collingwood and Essendon’s annual ANZAC Day clash.

2 – Games that Pendlebury has represented Australia at the International Series (against Ireland in 2008).

2 – Number of draws Pendlebury has played in across his 249-game career. Both draws came in 2010, including the infamous drawn Grand Final replay between Collingwood and St Kilda.

1 – Lou Richards Medal (awarded to the Most Valuable Player by the Sunday Footy Show panel).

1 – TAC premiership with the Gippsland Power in 2005.

1 – AFL premiership won, in 2010 against St Kilda.

1 – Norm Smith Medal, awarded to Pendlebury for his 29 disposals, 11 tackles and seven marks in the Grand Final Replay in 2010.

 
Pendlebury with his 2010 Norm Smith and premiership medallions. Image: AFL Photos.