All being well, the 23/24 campaign will see Trent Alexander-Arnold sail comfortably past the 300-game mark for Liverpool.
With 273 matches already behind him at the age of 24 - including three Champions League finals - Alexander-Arnold will clock up that three-tonne achievement at some stage next year, should he avoid a lengthy injury this coming campaign.
It will be another checkpoint passed on his continued ascent to the upper echelon of seniority in this Liverpool squad. In the seven years the defender has been around the first-team picture under Jurgen Klopp, he has gone from fledgling hopeful to a player now on the cusp reinventing himself as a hybrid midfielder after becoming one of the most influential and decorated full-backs of the modern era. It's been quite the journey already.
Now back at pre-season training for the Reds after post-season England internationals, Alexander-Arnold is starting to speak and act like a real leader within the ranks at the AXA Training Centre.
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With vice captain James Milner now at Brighton and Virgil van Dijk set to step into the role vacated by the 37-year-old, the opportunity to move further up the rank has opened up for Alexander-Arnold after he became part of the unofficial 'leadership group' that exists within the squad following a vote two years ago.
The departure of Gini Wijnaldum led to the promotion of Alisson Becker, Andy Robertson and Alexander-Arnold as Klopp expanded the group after consultation with his assistants. It's a role the 24-year-old insists he enjoys and one that is designed to help him on the pathway towards the eventual goal of one day being club captain.
His current trajectory leaves him well placed to realise that dream in a number of years. "If the manager picks it it means he sees that in you but it's always good coming from your team-mates and lads you share the dressing room with, who you see in and around the building," Alexander-Arnold to the ECHO in March. "They know who the leaders are and who they look for in motivation and to lead them. So it is an honour and I enjoy the responsibility.
"It was voted for by the lads as well, which means a lot. I enjoy the responsibility. It's something I like, I always have and I think I always will. I think I have always been one of the most competitive players on the team and I think that rubs off on the lads as well.
"People go about it in different ways but I have always thought I am someone who can motivate others by what I do on the pitch and the people around me. So I think in that way I have enjoyed the responsibility. And that is something I enjoy going out there and being a leader and leading by example."
If Alexander-Arnold does not seem like the most obviously vocal of leaders, his decision to cut short his end-of-season holiday in favour of additional training should at least resonate with his colleagues. In an effort to hit the ground running on day one of pre-season, the England international spent a portion of his down-time in the United States keeping himself in peak condition.
As the poster boy for Under Armour on this side of the Atlantic, Alexander-Arnold was free to use the facilities at their Portland, Oregon headquarters. At their 'Innovation Hub' the Reds star worked on one-to-one sessions with Paul Winsper, who is the director of athletic performance for the brand.
Winsper, who is a former fitness coach at Newcastle United, helped Alexander-Arnold work on his conditioning, speed and endurance during their time together through intense gym sessions designed to push the No.66. Bike rides at high altitude and hiking up mountains also formed part of the itinerary alongside more football-based training drills on the pitches.
But if Alexander-Arnold is letting his actions speak louder than his words when it comes to sending out the right messages for the coming season, his insistence that Liverpool are looking to once more challenge Manchester City at the top of the Premier League this term is a booming statement of intent too.
Having come off their lowest finish of any full season under Klopp, the Reds are aiming to wrestle back their Champions League status once more, but that is not the extent of their aspirations, according to Alexander-Arnold.
"I think as a club it's necessary to be honest," he said during a pre-season chat with Sky Sports. "You know, we do respect every competition we play in but if you'd asked us this time last year, would you want to finish fifth, we'd have all said no and same again now," he continued.
"Would we want to finish fifth next season? No. We want to be winning the league, we want to be challenging and be in title races and in Champions League football so to not be in that next season is disappointing.
"We know how to win the league, we know how to challenge City and go toe to toe with them and you need to be near perfect throughout the season so for us that's where our heads are at."
One of the biggest elements of intrigue where Alexander-Arnold is concerned this season is just where he will feature. Having shone at right-back across much of his career to date, the defender was tasked with using his sublime passing range from more central midfield areas in the closing months of last season; a role which rejuvenated both the player and the team. It will be fascinating to see where Klopp deploys Alexander-Arnold going forward.
Off the field, however, there is the prospect of Alexander-Arnold's contract status that will begin to drift on to the horizon the closer he gets to that 300-game milestone. If he is to one day become the skipper of his boyhood club for the long haul, new terms will need to be penned at some stage.
Speaking to the ECHO on the cusp of his 100th Liverpool appearance four years ago, the then 21-year-old spoke of matching the sorts of career numbers posted by Steven Gerrard (710) and Jamie Carragher (737) at Anfield.
"Hopefully there are a lot more games to come. It is obviously important for me to think that I am there around the same numbers as Gerrard and Carragher were, because I grew up wanting to be them, so for me to hear stuff like that is a proud thing," he said.
With two years remaining on his current deal, a strong campaign will position him perfectly to take the next step to become one of the club's top earners and as evidenced by Mason Mount's recent move from boyhood club Chelsea to Manchester United, Liverpool cannot grow complacent because of the player's natural loyalty.
But if Alexander-Arnold's orbit continues as expected, the long-term contract and captaincy decisions will surely become easier ones to make with surety from the club's perspective.
