Week 4 finals, 2021
Statistics notes
- Steven Axon equals the record of most years between VFL/AFL grand finals – 13, 2008-2021 (David Flegg 1993-2006). He moves to equal 10th place on the most finals goal umpired list – 19 (David Flegg)
- Jacob Mollison is the second most experienced field umpire appointed to their first VFL/AFL grand final – 281 matches. He is the 65th field umpire to officiate a VFL/AFL grand final
- Matt Stevic is the fourth umpire to officiate in 8 consecutive grand finals – Jack Fitt 8, Lindsay Lancaster 11, Darren Wilson 12
- Chris Gordon moves to 4th place on the most finals boundary umpired list – 32 (Adam Coote 31)
- Michael Marantelli moves to equal 8th place on the most finals boundary umpired list – 28 (Nathan Doig)
- Stephen Williams moves to equal 8th place on the most finals goal umpired list – 20 (Mark Canning)
- There were no changes to the published appointments
| Umpire | 2021 | Career |
| Jamie Broadbent | 12 | 23 |
| Nicholas Brown | 20 | 83 |
| Tom Bryce | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Chamberlain | 23 | 354 |
| Jeffrey Dalgleish | 23 | 237 |
| Curtis Deboy | 21 | 130 |
| Christopher Donlon | 26 | 354 |
| Cameron Dore | 17 | 40 |
| Robert Findlay | 25 | 279 |
| Leigh Fisher | 22 | 174 |
| Craig Fleer | 22 | 162 |
| Nicholas Foot | 17 | 171 |
| Jordan Fry | 1 | 1 |
| Hayden Gavine | 22 | 91 |
| Andre Gianfagna | 13 | 64 |
| Eleni Glouftsis | 11 | 51 |
| David Harris | 7 | 153 |
| Leigh Haussen | 19 | 83 |
| Andrew Heffernan | 7 | 18 |
| Brendan Hosking | 17 | 186 |
| John Howorth | 22 | 42 |
| Nicholas Jankovskis | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Johanson | 17 | 22 |
| Giles Lewis | 1 | 2 |
| Dean Margetts | 15 | 377 |
| Simon Meredith | 26 | 414 |
| Jacob Mollison | 25 | 282 |
| Mathew Nicholls | 20 | 380 |
| Robert O'Gorman | 22 | 148 |
| Michael Pell | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Power | 16 | 44 |
| Paul Rebeschini | 10 | 21 |
| Brett Rosebury | 25 | 458 |
| Andrew Stephens | 24 | 152 |
| Matt Stevic | 26 | 427 |
| Nathan Toner | 5 | 5 |
| Brent Wallace | 8 | 85 |
| Alex Whetton | 13 | 53 |
| Nathan Williamson | 24 | 110 |
| Umpire | 2021 | Career |
| Jordan Andrews | 24 | 136 |
| Michael Baker | 10 | 80 |
| Michael Barlow | 23 | 66 |
| Adam Bastick | 17 | 148 |
| Peter Bock | 15 | 92 |
| Christopher Bull | 20 | 215 |
| Ian Burrows | 20 | 339 |
| Sean Burton | 19 | 105 |
| Adam Coote | 23 | 362 |
| Patrick Cran | 19 | 108 |
| Damien Cusack | 4 | 147 |
| Brett Dalgleish | 21 | 234 |
| Chris Delany | 18 | 63 |
| Patrick Dineen | 20 | 74 |
| Nathan Doig | 21 | 328 |
| Christopher Esler | 25 | 206 |
| Kieran Ferguson | 18 | 18 |
| Daniel Field-Read | 21 | 140 |
| Josh Furman | 22 | 61 |
| Josh Garrett | 17 | 99 |
| Chris Gordon | 26 | 302 |
| Patrick Jackson | 21 | 72 |
| Matthew Jenkinson | 21 | 212 |
| Matthew Konetschka | 25 | 213 |
| Drew Kowalski | 15 | 192 |
| Mitch Le Fevre | 16 | 297 |
| Tim Lougoon | 20 | 155 |
| Benjamin Macdonald | 24 | 99 |
| Damien Main | 24 | 90 |
| Michael Marantelli | 26 | 262 |
| Joshua Mather | 20 | 152 |
| Jason Moore | 16 | 149 |
| Sean Moylan | 17 | 53 |
| Lachlan Rayner | 21 | 124 |
| Adam Reardon | 18 | 70 |
| Michael Saunders | 10 | 251 |
| James Scully | 19 | 118 |
| Sam Stagg | 19 | 37 |
| Nick Swanson | 18 | 55 |
| Shane Thiele | 20 | 252 |
| Mark Thomson | 20 | 438 |
| Matthew Tomkins | 23 | 233 |
| David Wood | 19 | 25 |
| Umpire | 2021 | Career |
| Steven Axon | 17 | 270 |
| Jesse Baird | 15 | 32 |
| Dylan Benwell | 20 | 72 |
| Sally Boud | 11 | 67 |
| Matthew Bridges | 14 | 26 |
| Peter Challen | 14 | 122 |
| Alex Chisholm | 10 | 36 |
| Michael Craig | 19 | 128 |
| Matthew Dervan | 20 | 118 |
| Luke Edwards | 18 | 118 |
| Mark Ensbey | 15 | 99 |
| Daniel Hoskin | 12 | 162 |
| Sam Hunter | 15 | 20 |
| Brodie Kenny-Bell | 19 | 122 |
| Callum Leonard | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Maclure | 15 | 53 |
| Angus McKenzie-Wills | 20 | 99 |
| Alistair Meldrum | 11 | 75 |
| Steven Piperno | 17 | 125 |
| Simon Plumridge | 12 | 23 |
| David Rodan | 17 | 57 |
| Chelsea Roffey | 16 | 280 |
| Brett Rogers | 17 | 180 |
| Sam Walsh | 22 | 71 |
| Stephen Williams | 23 | 226 |
| Daniel Wilson | 18 | 276 |
| Adam Wojcik | 7 | 256 |
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Records
| Umpire | Games |
| Current streak leaders | |
| Chris Donlon | 48 |
| Simon Meredith | 31 |
| Andrew Stephens | 26 |
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| All Time leaders | |
| Shane McInerney | 502 |
| Hayden Kennedy | 495 |
| Brett Rosebury | 458 |
| Matt Stevic | 427 |
| Simon Meredith | 414 |
| Rowan Sawers | 410 |
| Stephen McBurney | 401 |
| Mathew Nicholls | 380 |
| Dean Margetts | 377 |
| Darren Goldspink | 371 |
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| Finals leaders | |
| Matt Stevic | 49 |
| Brett Rosebury | 47 |
| Shaun Ryan | 41 |
| Jack Elder | 39 |
| Hayden Kennedy | 39 |
| Simon Meredith | 39 |
| Darren Goldspink | 37 |
| Bryan Sheehan | 37 |
| Brett Allen | 37 |
| Ian Robinson | 35 |
| Rowan Sawers | 35 |
| Umpire | Games |
| Current Streak leaders | |
| Dan Field-Read | 12 |
| Various (4) | 11 |
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| All Time leaders | |
| Mark Thomson | 438 |
| Darren Wilson | 404 |
| Adam Coote | 362 |
| Ian Burrows | 339 |
| Herbert Kent | 330 |
| Nathan Doig | 328 |
| Aaron Deckys | 327 |
| John Morris | 325 |
| Murray Williams | 320 |
| Des Fitzgerald | 312 |
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| Finals leaders | |
| Darren Wilson | 48 |
| Ian Burrows | 38 |
| Mark Thomson | 36 |
| Chris Gordon | 32 |
| Adam Coote | 31 |
| Lindsay Lancaster | 29 |
| Jonathan Creasey | 29 |
| Nathan Doig | 28 |
| Michael Marantelli | 28 |
| Walter Naismith | 27 |
| Rob Haala | 27 |
| Umpire | Games |
| Current streak leaders | |
| Sam Walsh | 9 |
| Stepehn Williams | 9 |
| Various (2) | 6 |
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| All Time leaders | |
| David Dixon | 356 |
| David Flegg | 337 |
| Craig Clark | 334 |
| Mark Canning | 319 |
| Colin Hood | 311 |
| Charles Bell | 310 |
| Steve Stirling | 304 |
| Jim Mahoney | 289 |
| Tom Nicholson | 288 |
| Chris Appleton | 283 |
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| Finals leaders | |
| Luke Walker | 37 |
| David Dixon | 34 |
| Adam Wojcik | 32 |
| Craig Clark | 28 |
| Anthony Black | 25 |
| Reg Treloar | 24 |
| Chris Appleton | 24 |
| Mark Canning | 20 |
| Stephen Williams | 20 |
| David Flegg | 19 |
| Steven Axon | 19 |
