50 Worst Misses in AFL History

Get excited, because THESE are the top 50 worst misses in AFL history. Enjoy the video! Shout-out to Cardman 22 for the list of misses.

Have you ever wondered how an afo player can miss a goal from literally 1 meter out these 50 afo misses won’t just make you laugh they’ll seriously make you question how any of these players are skilled enough to play in Australia’s greatest sporting League starting with gws Rockman Shane Mumford against

Adelaide in 2016 Mumford marked Josh Kelly’s perfect inside 50 kick and the big man found himself in a paddock of space Mumford thought why take the set shot when I can run straight in and kick the easiest goal of my life probably because you’re a 6’6 Rockman mumford’s

Drop hunt smacked into the post in all fairness he has an excuse Rockman aren’t exactly renowned for their straight kicking but forwards like Eric hipwood have no excuses during a clash with jalong in 2021 Zack Bailey blasted the ball along inside 50 it spilled out the

Back to none other than Eric hipwood and hipwood had tons of space on his Defender Loy Henderson but he didn’t know that he rushed an on the- full dribble but mistakingly tried to kick the cover off it and hipwood sprayed it to the right but he’s not the only

Player to do that in brisbane’s 2012 encounter against Gold Coast Todd bfield intercepted Aaron Hall’s kick out of defense and socked it to a dangerous position the goal Square because Jack crisp was looming there but when he tried to s it his left foot hit the

Wrong part of the ball causing it to curve to the right straight through for a minor score soering the ball is definitely a poor choice of kick but dribble kicks are even worse while playing adelade in 2013 job Watson won the center clearance and delivered a powerful low floater forward that evaded

An Adelaide Defender before bouncing up to Michael Hurley he was driven into the ground but managed a brilliant behind the back no look pass straight to Tom Bell Chambers who was 10 m out but he didn’t realize how much time he truly had his Rush dribble kick skidded to the

Left this won’t be Bell Chambers last time featuring in this video freem manal versus essendon in 2013 Clancy Pierce’s touched inside 50 ball was spoiled by Travis Collier but went straight to Steven Hill he was nearly run down by Al and Davey but saw Chris M up ahead all

By himself self and passed it to him Maine quickly turned around and Unleashed a left foot snap that hooked a little too much hitting the post and Main’s kick isn’t the only horrendous shot to hit the post because in Caron’s 2023 elimination final against Sydney Harry McKai ran onto Tom ding’s deep

Inside 50 entry and proved too fast for his Defender Lewis melin maai tapped the ball up to himself and took a shot but melin’s late contact on maai must have affected his dribble kick because it tumbled into the post this is not the only shot that a player has missed

Because of unwanted late contact facing off against Brisbane in 2012 Luke Tapscott centered the ball to melin’s goal Square where Stefan Martin looked set to take a mark But the ball was spoiled straight into the hands of James Magna but as Magna kicked his checky he

Was hit with a huge bump that affected his kick enough to the point where the ball ended up striking the right goalpost at least Magna can blame the brutal Collision for his Miss Liam Ryan can’t blame anything because he had a clear path to go against Hawthorne in

2019 Jake Waterman’s poor entry inside 50 went straight over the head of Josh Kennedy but Liam Ryan ran onto it with blistering Pace cleanly picked it up and smacked the ball straight into the woodwork if only he’d sented it to Jack darling who was all by himself now we

Move on to another indigenous Premiership player who missed an easy goal Michael Olan during a clash with Adelaide in 2009 Jude Bolton crumbed Barry Hall’s drop Mark and gave it to Ryan O’Keefe he weaved around an Adelaide player swung onto his left and spotted up Michael Olan who was in a

World of his own why would he take the set shot when he could play on but the minimal pressure from a nearby Adela Defender proved too much as his low Drop hunt drifted into the right hand post you might think that Olin was pretty close to goal when he missed but Tom

Lynch was even closer in Richmond’s 2020 encounter against chalong Jack rewal knocked the forward entry out in front of a running Tom Lynch Lynch’s pickup was clean but his kick not so much Harry Taylor nearly caught up to Lynch which put so much pressure on the forward that

It didn’t even look like he was aiming for the goals but Jesse White didn’t rush his kick he had all the time in the world and still missed while playing port adade in 2016 Mason Cox led up to Jack crisp’s kick but the ball spilled through his hands luckily Travis vco was

There to collect the ground ball and he handed it off to Jesse White who was clearly under no pressure with olle wies a fair distance away from him his kick was straight but it went straight into the goal post however it was predictable that if white was going to hit any of

The post it was going to be the right one unlike Ben Long’s kick which hit the post you’d least expect St kilder versus West Coast in 2021 and Zach Jones launched the ball forward to Ben long in the goal Square Brad Shepard got over to intercept it but he collided with Liam

Dugen leaving Ben long all by himself in front of go would long hit the Left Post no he somehow sprayed his kick so badly that he ended up hitting the right one now at least Ben Long’s Miss was in an open play so you can argue that he was

Under some pressure but what about when a player misses their set shot from just outside the goal Square because in collingwood’s 2007 game against Melbourne Travis cloak lined up for a set shot meaning he had plenty of time to compose himself and prepare to kick a

Straight drop HT but his kick was an absolute mongre that completely sprayed to the right side so much so that it nearly went out on the fool his Miss isn’t the only one of its nature because Tom Lynch did the exact same thing back in 2020 Richmond found themselves down

By 38 to 13th Place Hawthorne Tom Lynch lined up for an easy set shot only 15 M out hoping to spark some hope for the Tigers but he just shanked his kick under no pressure at all what is it with Tom Lynch and missing easy set shots

Well what have I told you that Lynch doesn’t only miss set shots because against melin in 2020 Daniel rioli sended a higher ball towards the goal square but Max Gorn got there to spoil it straight to Tom Lynch that is but Lynch hooked it way too far to the left

And thumped it into the post to be fair Jack Higgins was in the way so that possibly explains the Miss but with Lynch’s history you can’t help but think that he simply just shanked it now would you believe me if I said I had another

Tom Lynch mess to show you well I do but this time it’s Tom Lynch from Adelaide during a clash with essendon in 2017 Tech spotted Tom Lynch at the back all by himself in the Ford 50 and Ted it to him Lynch marked it played on and

Steadied for the drop hunt and he shanked it to the right in Melbourne’s 2013 encounter against gws Jeremy Hal pinpointed a pass out the back to an unmanned Jack Fitzpatrick in the pocket but Fitzpatrick found himself on a really tight angle and so he sprinted directly into goal to close it

Eventually he was only 1 Meer out but Adam Tomlinson affected Fitzpatrick’s kick with a last second push resulting in his shot hitting the left goal posts the same post that Adam Schneider shot also hit while playing essin in 2015 St kilder desperately needed a goal with only 2 minutes remaining Adam Schneider

Received a hand ball from Jack Looney whilst on the run and ran into the open goal but he got a little too close to Michael hibbit forcing him to quickly slam the ball onto his left boot to avoid it being touched unfortunately he aimed way too to the left and the ball

Skimm the post that same year ESS and found themselves on the other end of a bad Miss with Joe danaher to blame as versus North mobin in 2015 when K hooker outmaneuvered Robbie town to secure an easy chess Mark out the back we all know

Hook is not the best kick and he knows it too so he handles it over the top to Joe danaher who’s freeing the goal square but incoming pressure from Robbie Taren scared danah her into rushing his kick he thought if I just make contact with the ball it’ll go through he

Couldn’t have been more wrong as his high dribbler clipped the post danur may have missed from the goal square but so have Elite goal kickers like Robbie gray because in port’s 2009 game against hathorne Robbie gray found himself running into an open goal when he shanked his dribble kick under no

Pressure whatsoever maybe he was already thinking about postgame celebrations but you’ll soon see how Robbie gray made up for his Miss 11 years later later facing off against Carlton in 2020 Kane Farrell shook off Mitch mcguin and was running into the open goal when he got quite an unlucky bounce Farrell was quickly

Rushed by two Carlton Defenders and did well to squeeze out a handle to Robbie gray and he passed it to Todd Marshall who’s usually an amazing kick but this time he completely Mis kicked the ball and missed the match winner but luckily for Marshall Robbie gray would save him

From any embarrassment by slotting after the siren goal to win the game well at least Todd Marshall made contact with the ball I can’t say the same for Scot L set against essendon in 2018 Andrew gaff’s snap forward whilst being hunted down was punched towards goal by Kale hooker before bouncing up perfectly

Setting scotl set up for an easy goal he just needed to get boot to ball and he had a fresh AA lyset pleaded that he made contact with it but Tombo Chambers and the score of you weren’t buying it at least scotlet didn’t do this in a final unlike Max Holmes during jong’s

2021 semi-final against gws Jeremy Cameron dropped Brad cl’s centering Ball but Max Holmes was there for the crumb however Jake settin lunged forward and slightly shoved Holmes in a last Stitch effort to stop him scoring that completely messed him up it then rolled through for a point but it wasn’t the

Easiest shot in the world it’s not like Ms could have calmed himself down taken 30 seconds and lined up for the kick under no pressure well Matthew pavit had that option but he chose not to take it in Freeman’s 2013 encounter with the Western Bulldogs Hayden crosier launched

A super high kick forward that looked like it was heading through the big six but it dropped short straight into the hands of Matthew pavich who played on for the easy snap bad decision Jordan ruad was more than ready diving forward and mothering Pav’s kick the ball rebounded off his hands and rolled

Through for a point at least pavit can argue that his team was up by 20 points they didn’t desperately need that goal but what about when your teams only up by seven in the last quarter and you missed the easiest set shot in the world while playing Adelaide in 2008 Ryan Cook

Had the chance to extend collingwood’s lead out to 13 points in the last quarter with a simple set shot I think the fact that his set shot was so easy easy made cook feel more pressure than he should have his kick was straight but not accurate it smashed into the

Post that same year featured an even worse Miss from literally a meter out from a player whose team would end that year on top of the ladder jalong vers St ker in 2008 and Steve Johnson outworked Shawn Dempster before taking the sliding Mark he saw Stokes running into the open

Goal and passed it to him expecting him to score a goal Sam Gilbert die forward and appeared to trip Stokes but he hadn’t Stokes had just missed the ball completely Stokes can blame Gilbert for his terrible Miss but Jackson Merritt can’t blame anyone because in essen’s 2013 match against Richmond Jackson

Meritt marked the ball in space about 20 M away from the nearest Richmond Defender and when he spun around and ran into goal he was still all alone so even he was surprised when his drop hunt missed so badly that it didn’t even hit the post it was a clean miss that could

Have been essen’s first goal of the game and Seb Ross’s shot could have been his first of the game facing off against Sydney in 2021 Ben King dropped Jack Billings forward entry after possibly being held by Dane rampy but it didn’t matter because Seb Ross ended up with

The ball right in front of goal but his ball drop was terrible and so he missed and you may think that it’s cuzz he kicked it with his opposite foot it’s not because Ross is actually left footed maybe the huge scg crowd intimidated him a little bit Lindsey Thomas can’t use

That excuse about Metrion against Gold Coast in 2015 Danny Stanley attempted a risky switch to the other side of the ground but it went straight to lindsy Thomas Thomas was too fast for everyone and he took two bounces before straightening up but his kick towards goal was a mongr that floated straight

Into the leftand post probably the fold of the wet ball so how did Jeff garet do the exact same thing with a dry ball during a clash with Richmond in 2014 Jeff garet perfectly crumbed the ball off the pack before steadying himself for the easy running goal but his horrendous dribble skidded

Into the right post Jason dunster would not be happy with garlet and he definitely wouldn’t be happy with Buddy Franklin either in Hawthorne’s 2013 rivalry against Sydney Franklin freed himself by shoving Richards away and had the goal Square all to himself but danne ramp’s terrifying presence made buddy

Rush’s kick and he sprayed it off his left boot threw for a behind buddy shot at least somewhat resembled the type of kick he was going for Jesse Hogan certainly didn’t while playing St kilder in 2018 Hogan won himself a set shot just a few meters out from goal after

Playing for the free kick but for some reason reason he chose to kick a snap the one kick that had any chance of missing from that close and he kicked the completely wrong end of the ball his kick turned out to be more of a torp

Than a snap at least tomell Chambers was able to kick a perfect drop hunt he just aimed it in the wrong direction essam vers Carlton in 2015 and Tom Bell Chambers had a set shot from right on the edge of the goal Square only 10 m out his kick was powerful and straight

But he a it way too far to the right and rattled the post Matt taber’s Miss was almost identical except he kicked it on the other foot in freem man’s 2016 game against St kilder Matt Taber had a chance to cut the docker’s deficit down to just 10 taba easily outmaneuvered Sam

Fiser and plucked the easy chest Mark but he didn’t take his full 30 instead quickly rushing his kick and it showed because his shot rattled the right goal post how many times have these players hit the post I mean heish McIntosh couldn’t avoid it either jalong faced Hawthorne in 2014 and Jordan Murdoch

Popped up a kick to the goal Square to a 2V1 contest in favor of jalong Hamish McIntosh took the high reaching Mark thanks to Josh Gibson being held out of the contest McIntosh had a straight in front of a kick as you’ll ever see he’d

Taken his 30 seconds to cool down but as he walked forward to take his kick the quarter time siren sounded putting him off and making his powerful kick bash To the Left Post now we’re into the top 15 worst misses these ones are really going to make you question how these players

Made it to the AFL beginning with Shannon Grant against adelade in 2007 Shannon Grant marked a short chip from Loy Hansen 45 M out from goal with North mobin down by five but Heath Shaw continued to move up the field and hold on to Grant this prompted a 50 m penalty

That should have seen Grant line up for a set shot on the goal line but the controversy began when Grant Mis kicked the ball and it clanged into the post now Travis cloak features again this time with another set shot during collingwood’s 2013 encounter with Sydney Travis cloak got away from Ted Richards

And took a mark on the edge of the goal square but his kick didn’t sell through for a goal it so directly into the right goalpost now everyone knows that the Q Clash is a big deal for fans of the two Queensland based teams so Jack Martin

Seriously let go Coast Fans down with his big miss it was the 2015 Q Clash Martin was far too fast for everyone but his kick couldn’t beat the left goal post running into goal by yourself may look easy but Brandon Jack couldn’t score from it either maybe it’s harder

Than it looks while versing gws in 2013 Brandon Jack ran onto the forward entry just ahead of him and the ball bounced straight up to him he ran in and all he had to do was kick a low Drop hunt through the Big Sticks something he couldn’t do his shot swung into the

Bottom of the right post all of these horrendous misses so far have happened fairly recently but there are some that occurred more than 20 years ago in m 1999 contests against Collingwood the demons were only up by one point that’s when every player in the Ford 50 contest

Fell to ground everyone except Ben beams he picked up the ball next to the behind post opened up the angle and got ready to boot it through and he would have scored had it not been for tar and loia who made late contact with beams causing

Him to miss the ball entirely now for another melbour player Simon isold towards the end of Melbourne’s 1987 preliminary final against Hawthorne midfielder Simon iold lined up his set shot from only a couple meters out on a slight angle if he kicks the goal Melbourne likely go through to the 1987

Grand Final but what did he do he sprayed his kick entirely to the left Hawthorne went through to the 1987 Grand Final instead now there was heaps riding on Ice hold’s kick which put a lot of pressure on him but luk maguan didn’t have anything Riding on His kick and he

Still missed while playing freem Manel in 2012 Richmond forward Defender Luke maguan managed to gather the inside 50 ball off of Clancy Pierce’s spoil and he was headed straight towards goal but he stumbled and lost complete control of the ball as he tried to kick the ball it

Missed his Boot and rolled straight into the thick padding of the left goalpost Richard Douglas had a similar Miss adelade were facing west coast in 2013 when scottt Thompson’s kick inside 50 bounced up to Ian kinan who passed it to Richard Douglas close to goal Douglas ran straight towards goal at a slight

Angle but hooked his kick left and the ball slammed straight into the post for a behind that’s a bad Miss but it’s worse when it happens in a Grand Final in the 2008 Grand Final against Hawthorne Cam Mooney had a set shot from a couple meters out on a slide angle to

Put the cats up by two going in half time the 100,000 strong crowd could not believe it when Mooney horrendously shanked his set shot completely to the left after trying to kick the leather off the ball but cam Mooney’s Miss is nothing compared to Tim membes during a

2018 clash with Hawthorne St kilder were off to a bad one go to four start but Tim mry looked set to give the Saints their second goal he somehow found himself all alone in the Ford 50 the the dribbling ball got ahead of memory but he had more than enough time to cleanly

Gather it but as he straightened up James folley was getting closer and applying pressure mem’s big mistake was choosing to kick a dribble kick the ball tumbled straight into the post now you’re about to see how bad AFL misses can really get when the weather conditions aren’t that great in North

Melbourne’s 1977 match against Hawthorne the weather was terrible and the pitch was extremely muddy so much so that Malcolm blights after the S kick went so far out on the fool it looked like he was trying to kick it to someone in the crowd Peter Jones on the other hand well

He looked like he was trying to kick it into the goal poost while playing for Caron in the 1970s Peter Jones got extremely lucky when his Hawthorne Defender tripped and fell on his face in the goal Square the ball looked destined to go through for a point but it stopped

Just short and bounced into the hands of Jones who had had no awareness of where the post was he got way too close to it and tried his best to angle his kick to go through the goals but he clipped the post after winning four premierships and

A club best and Ferris Jones still admits that he’s most remembered for being the idiot who kicked the goal post he’s not the only player who’s strongly remembered for his Miss just ask Cameron l in jong’s contest against essendon in the year 2000 Barry stonum smart tapped

The ball in front of an incoming Cameron Ling and shephered out his Defender and I can’t even comprehend how but Ling snap ended up out on the fo now at first I thought it was cuz he kicked it on his opposite foot no Cameron Ling’s left

Footed but you have to forgive Ling this was only his second AFL game but Josh Bruce had an even worse Miss in his 74th game during a 2016 match against Hawthorne Jack Billings delivered a handball over the top to an open Josh Bruce in the goal Square even Ben

Stratton had given up on chasing him but Bruce did The Impossible slamming the ball into the post from only 2 m out later on Bruce admitted that he tried to kick the ball back to melan and that the golm P was kind of in the way as well

Still doesn’t fully explain his Miss and surprisingly that isn’t even the worst kick on this list so you’ve made it to the worst Miss in AFL history congratulations and that award has to go to Malcolm blight because in North Melbourne’s 1981 game against Richmond Steven mccan handed over the top of a

Richmond Defender straight to Malcolm blight who was in a world of his own but he ran the completely wrong way and blight kicked it straight through the middle for a point the fact that a man can hold afo records for both the greatest goal and worst Miss is truly

Astonishing but you know what’s worse than blight’s Miss you’re not subscribing subscribe