All eyes will be on Shannon Hurn next year as the 2018 premiership skipper edges towards two significant milestones.
Hurn, who has made 286 appearances in the club’s revered wings to date, only needs to play five games in 2021 to surpass club legend Dean Cox (290 games) and become the club’s most capped Eagle of all time.
And if he takes the field on 14 occasions, he will become the first player in West Coast history to register 300 games in blue and gold.
While Hurn’s pursuit of those two titles will headline the club’s potential 2021 milestone moments, there are plenty of other Eagles set to crash through significant career marks.
Josh Kennedy, who started his AFL journey at Carlton, is 12 games away from playing his 250th match for West Coast.
All-Australian duo Brad Sheppard (196 games) and Nic Naitanui (183 games) will have an opportunity to play their 200th games next season.
Sheppard needs just four outings to reach the milestone mark, while Naitanui has to muster 17 appearances to achieve the ‘double ton’.
Dual John Worsfold medallist Elliot Yeo (138 games) and four-time all-Australian Jeremy McGovern (138 games) are just 12 games shy of registering their 150th games in blue and gold, which would qualify them for life membership with the club.
Achieving that distinction would be an incredible feat for both athletes, who have taken very different paths in their AFL journeys.
Yeo crossed to the Eagles during the 2013 Trade Period following a two-year stint at Brisbane, while McGovern toiled away on West Coast’s list for three years before finally earning his debut at senior level in 2014.
Jack Redden – another former Lion – is five games shy of playing his 100th game as an Eagle, while Tom Barrass (83 games) needs to play 17 games to become a West Coast centurion.
And a pair of exciting young forwards are a chance to make their 50th appearance for the team they barracked for as children.
Father-son recruit Jake Waterman (39 games) is 11 appearances away from game 50, one match ahead of 2019 Emerging Talent Award winner Oscar Allen (38 games).
2021: Potential milestones:
300 games: Shannon Hurn (five games)
250 WCE games: Josh Kennedy (12 games)
200 games: Brad Sheppard (four games), Nic Naitanui (17 games)
150 games: Elliot Yeo (12 games), Jeremy McGovern (12 games)
100 career games: Tom Barrass (17 games)
100 WCE games: Jack Redden (five games)
50 games: Jake Waterman (11 games), Oscar Allen (12 games)