THE CATS' inspirational skipper, Joel Selwood, will notch his 200th AFL game when he lines up against the Sydney Swans at Simonds Stadium on Saturday night.

The 27-year-old has enjoyed a remarkable career since being selected by Geelong with pick seven in the 2006 national draft.

Here are some statistical highlights of his career to date:

* Games played: 199 (155 wins, 44 losses)

* Winning percentage: 78

* Premierships: 3 (2007, 2009, 2011)

* 'Carji' Greeves Medals for Geelong's best and fairest: 3 (2010, 2013, 2014)

* Brownlow Medal votes: 137

* Brownlow Medal votes per game: 0.77

* Most Brownlow votes in a season: 27 (2013, when he finished second behind former teammate Gary Ablett)

* Most disposals in a game: 43 (versus Melbourne in round 19, 2011)

* Most goals in a game: 4 (versus West Coast in round 21, 2013 and Port Adelaide in round 20, 2013)

* Most tackles in a game: 11 (he has done this nine times)

* Years in the All Australian team: 4 (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)

* Years as All Australian captain: 2 (2013, 2014)

And here are a couple of extra facts about 'Selsy':

* He will become the fourth-fastest player to reach 200 games. Saturday night's game against the Swans will take place eight years and 129 days since he made his debut in round one, 2007. The fastest men to 200 games are North Melbourne's Wayne Schimmelbusch (eight years, 11 days), Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes (eight years, 102 days) and Adelaide's Ben Hart (eight years, 123 days)

* He has only been on the losing side in seven of his 89 games when Geelong has been the home side

* The Selwood brothers - Adam (West Coast), Troy (Brisbane Lions), Joel (Geelong) and Scott (West Coast) - have now played 594 games between them. The Daniher brothers lead the way when it comes to most games played by siblings. Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris Daniher played a combined 752 VFL/AFL games.