Aaron Sandilands and Todd Goldstein are locked in a battle for the VFL/AFL hit-outs record after both ruckmen passed Gary Dempsey's 33-year-old mark last weekend.

Former Kangaroo Dempsey set the previous League hit-outs record in 1982, when he had 952 in 24 games at an average of 39.7.

Sandilands, who entered the finals on 915 hit-outs, broke Dempsey's mark in Fremantle's qualifying final win over the Sydney Swans when he had 43 hit-outs.

But Sandilands' new record of 958 stood for just one day, with Goldstein breaking it in North Melbourne's elimination final win over Richmond.

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Goldstein entered Sunday's game on 937 hit-outs and added 46 against the Tigers to set a new record of 983.

Goldstein and Sandilands have both played 22 games this season, with the Roo averaging 44.6 hit-outs a game to the Docker's 43.6.

Both ruckmen are set to play at least one more game for the season, with Goldstein set to shoulder North's ruck division in a semi-final against the Sydney Swans on Saturday night and Sandilands set to play in a preliminary final on Friday week.

Goldstein's lead of 25 hit-outs probably means Sandilands will have to play an extra game to overtake him.

For that to happen, Sandilands will have to hope that North bows out against the Swans and Fremantle advances to the Grand Final.

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Sam Jacobs has also joined the hit-outs party this season, with the Adelaide ruckman climbing into eighth place on the League's hit-outs list with the 39 taps he had in the Crows' elimination final win over the Western Bulldogs.

Jacobs has had 816 hit-outs in 2015 from 22 games at an average of 37.1.

The Crow will climb to sixth on the League list if he has at least 23 hit-outs against Hawthorn in Friday night's second semi-final.

Statistics for hit-outs in the VFL/AFL date back to 1966.

MOST HIT-OUTS IN A VFL/AFL SEASON