Has Travis Varcoe enjoyed the greatest career of any footballer currently on an AFL list?
If winning games and playing in premierships are the reasons footballers around the country pull on the boots, Varcoe can lay claim to having experienced the most enjoyable career of any footballer on a list this season.
Why?
After 149 games, Varcoe has played in 122 victories and just 27 losses.
It equates to a winning strike rate of 81.88 per cent – the best of any player (with 50 games or more experience) in the league in 2015.
In fact, Varcoe is ranked sixth on the all time VFL/ AFL list for win-loss ratios (of those with 50 games or more).
Incredibly, Magpie Norm MacLeod owns the most successful win-loss record of any player, winning 51 of 58 senior games between 1927 and 1933 (a stretch that includes the 1928 premiership).
Click here to learn more about Norm MacLeod's career.
Of today’s players, four Hawks (Luke Breust, Taylor Duryea, Bradley Hill and Isaac Smith) also boast winning records of 80 per cent.
As a comparison, Varcoe's teammate Jarryd Blair held a winning record of 85.41 per cent after his first 48 games. It is currently 69.64 per cent.
Varcoe, as is well known, was a member of Geelong’s 2009 and 2011 premiership teams (and course, the latter was against Collingwood, when he kicked three goals in Geelong’s triumph).
He also featured in the Cats’ loss to the Hawks in 2008.
In total, he has played in 17 finals, winning 10 and losing seven.
Of his 11 games as a Magpie, eight have ended in victory.
At the halfway mark of 2015, Varcoe is averaging a career-high 17.64 disposals and 4.0 marks per game after arriving at the club during the October trade period of 2014.
If selected, Thursday night’s clash with Fremantle will be his 150th senior game.
All statistics are courtesy of the magnificent VFL/ AFL statistical website, AFL Tables.
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