14 Facts About Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey won the Syd Barker Medal in 2003 as well as the Jim Stynes Medal in the International rules series, captaining the Australian team in the 2008 International Rules Series.

Brent Harvey was the only North Melbourne player to have played every game at Manuka Oval during North Melbourne's nine-year stint at the venue.

In 2007, Brent Harvey polled 22 votes in the Brownlow Medal, finishing equal second, and in 2008 Brent Harvey polled 17 votes to finish in eighth place despite being one of the favourites to win the award in both years.

In 2010, the week after a career-low five-possession game against St Kilda, Brent Harvey led North Melbourne to a 25-point win over West Coast Eagles with a career-best 44 disposals, along with 11 marks, six goal-scoring assists, and one goal.

Brent Harvey almost kicked a candidate for goal of the year, taking seven bounces of the ball in a run from defence before hitting the post with his shot at goal.

Incidentally, Brent Harvey holds the record for most career bounces, with 1,055.

Brent Harvey is the only player to have crossed the thousand-bounce threshold.

In Round 17 of the 2015 AFL season, Brent Harvey played his 400th career game, becoming the first North Melbourne player to do so and fourth overall.

Brent Harvey kicked two goals in a performance that suggested his career was far from over.

In honour of Tuck's record, the Kangaroos wore the number 427 applied to the vertical royal-blue bars of their guernseys, and the number 50 on the 50-metre arc was replaced by 29, the number Brent Harvey had worn for his entire AFL career.

On Friday 7 October 2016 at the 2016 Syd Barker Medal night, Brent Harvey announced his retirement from AFL football.

In elite Australian rules football, Brent Harvey is one of seven players to have played 400 career premiership matches, and is ranked third for most career premiership matches played behind Bradley and Burgoyne as of 2022.

However, if these are included, Brent Harvey played a total of 480 career senior matches.

In 2023, Brent Harvey broke his leg playing for North Heidelberg.