While fans may want them to, footballers can't go on forever.
Whether it's a great of the game coming to the end or an injury forcing a player to finish up before their time, retirements are an inevitable part of footy.
Here's all the players who have called time on their careers in 2022:
Adelaide
Luke Brown
Age: 29
Games: 189
Goals: 13
Brisbane
Mitch Robinson
Age: 33
Games: 247 (100 - Carlton, 147 - Brisbane)
Goals: 129
Honours: 2015 Brisbane Best and Fairest, 2x Australian representative (International Rules)
Carlton
Collingwood
Jordan Roughead
Age: 31
Games: 201 (138 - Western Bulldogs, 63 - Collingwood)
Goals: 35
Honours: 2016 Premiership player (Bulldogs)
Essendon
Michael Hurley
Age: 32
Games: 193
Goals: 108
Honours: 2x All-Australian (2015, 2017)
Devon Smith
Age: 29
Games: 182 (109 - GWS, 73 - Essendon)
Goals: 146
Honours: 2018 Best and Fairest
Fremantle
David Mundy
Age: 37
Games: 371*
Goals: 159*
Honours: 2010 Best and Fairest, 2015 All Australian, Fremantle captain 2016, 2x Australian representative (International Rules)
Geelong
Joel Selwood
Age: 34
Games: 355
Goals: 175
Honours: Four-time premiership player (2007, 2009, 2011, 2022), Premiership captain (2022), Longest-serving V/AFL captain (245 games), six-time All-Australian (three times as captain) (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017), three-time Carji Greeves Medal (2010, 2013, 2014), 2007 Rising Star, 2013 AFLPA best captain, four-time AFLPA Robert Rose Award (2009, 2012-2014), 2014 Australian IRS captain.
Luke Dahlhaus
Age: 30
Games: 225 (154 - Western Bulldogs, 71 - Geelong)
Goals: 141 (110 - Western Bulldogs, 31 - Geelong)
Honours: 2016 Premiership player
Shaun Higgins
Age: 34
Games: 260 (129 - Western Bulldogs, 108 - North Melbourne 23 - Geelong)
Goals: 229 (128 - Western Bulldogs, 96 - North Melbourne, 5 - Geelong)
Honours: 2018 All Australian, 2x North Melbourne Best and Fairest (2017, 2018), Australian representative (International Rules)
Gold Coast
Rory Thompson
Age: 31
Games: 106
Goals: 7
Greater Western Sydney
Matt De Boer
Age: 32
Games: 223 (138 - Fremantle, 85 - GWS)
Goals: 83
Hawthorn
Ben McEvoy
Age: 33
Games: 250* (91 - St Kilda, 159 - Hawthorn)
Goals: 103*
Honours: 2x Premiership player (2014, 2015), Hawthorn captain 2021-2022
Melbourne
Mitch Brown
Age: 32
Games: 79 (15 - Geelong, 55 - Essendon, 9 - Melbourne)
Goals: 74 (9 - Geelong, 59 - Essendon, 6 - Melbourne)
Majak Daw
Age: 31
Games: 54 (54 - North Melbourne)
Goals: 43
North Melbourne
Tom Lynch
Age: 31
Games: 158 (6 - St Kilda, 152 - Adelaide)
Goals: 197
Josh Walker
Age: 30
Games: 139 (33 - Geelong, 52 - Brisbane - 54 - North Melbourne)
Goals: 75
Port Adelaide
Robbie Gray
Age: 34
Games: 270*
Goals: 365*
Honours: 4x All-Australian (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018), 3x Best and Fairest (2014, 2015, 2016), 2014 AFLCA Champion player of the year, 3x Australian representative (International Rules), 5x Showdown Medal (2010, 2015, 2018 x2, 2019)
Steven Motlop
Age: 31
Games: 217 (135 - Geelong, 82 - Port Adelaide)
Goals: 229
Honours: 2x Australian representative (International Rules)
Richmond
Josh Caddy
Age: 29
Games: 174 (29 - Gold Coast, 71 - Geelong, 79 - Richmond)
Goals: 164
Honours: 2x Premership player (2017, 2019)
Shane Edwards
Age: 33
Games: 301*
Goals: 186*
Honours: 3x Premiership player (2017, 2019, 2020), 2018 All-Australian
Kane Lambert
Age: 30
Games: 135
Goals: 78
Honours: 3x Premiership player (2017, 2019, 2020)
St Kilda
Dan Hannebery
Age: 31
Games: 225* (208 - Sydney, 17 - St Kilda)
Goals: 100*
Honours: 2012 Premiership player (Sydney), 3x All-Australian (2013, 2015, 2016), 2015 AFLCA Champion Player of the Year, 2010 Rising Star
Paddy Ryder
Age: 34
Games: 281 (170 - Essendon, 73 - Port Adelaide, 38 - St Kilda)
Goals: 197
Honours: 2017 Best and Fairest (Port Adelaide), 2017 All Australian
Jarryn Geary
Age: 34
Games: 207
Goals: 34
Honours: St Kilda captain 2017-2021
Dean Kent
Games: 28
Games: 100 (64 - Melbourne, 36 - St Kilda)
Goals: 91*
Sydney
Josh P. Kennedy
Age: 34
Games: 290 (13 - Hawthorn, 277 - Sydney)
Goals: 157
Honours: 2012 Premiership player, Sydney captain 2017-2021, 3x All-Australian (2012, 2014, 2016), 3x Best and Fairest (2012, 2015, 2016), Gary Ayres Award (2016)
Callum Sinclair
Age: 32
Games: 118 (29 - West Coast, 89 - Sydney)
Goals: 63 (18 - West Coast, 45 - Sydney)
Colin O'Riordan
Age: 26
Games: 34
Goals: 1
Lewis Taylor
Age: 27
Games: 124 (112 - Brisbane, 12- Sydney)
Goals: 94
Honours: 2014 Rising Star
West Coast
Josh J. Kennedy
Age: 34
Games: 293 (22 - Carlton, 271 - West Coast)
Goals: 723
Honours: 2x Coleman Medal (2015, 2016), 3x All Australian (2015-2017), 2018 Premiership player, West Coast all-time leading goalkicker
Jack Redden
Age: 31
Games: 263 (129 at Brisbane)
Goals: 80
Honours: 2018 Premiership player
Western Bulldogs
Stefan Martin
Age: 35
Games: 202 (57 - Melbourne, 133 - Brisbane, 12 - Western Bulldogs)
Goals: 47
Honours: 2015 Merrett-Murray Medalist
