The AFL has a new running king. 

Adelaide wingman Lachie Sholl is eyeing Tom Scully's record as the most dominant runner in a single season after a blistering start to 2021. 

Player tracking data shows Sholl has clocked the most kilometres on the ground in all six of his games this year and holds the top three efforts across the competition. 

It has the 21-year-old on-track to eclipse Scully's 2017 record (the first year data started) where he covered the most distance on the ground in 19 of his 24 matches for Greater Western Sydney. 

Most No.1 ranked games - each season

Scully holds the all-time single-game record with a whopping 18.9km in the Giants' 2017 preliminary final against Richmond at the MCG. 

Sholl's 17.3km in the round four match against North Melbourne – which also saw him join an exclusive group as a two-time AFL Rising Star nominee – is the furthest covered in a single match this season. 

Taken at pick No.64 in the 2018 AFL Draft, the Calder Cannons product is enjoying a breakout season, averaging 22 disposals and five inside 50s per game. 

Sholl's streak will be threatened most in upcoming games against Carlton (round 15) and Brisbane (round 16) with Blue Sam Walsh and Lion Hugh McCluggage breathing down his neck. 

Most metres covered – 2021