List of VFL/AFL players of Indigenous Australian descent

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Andrew McLeod is the current record-holder of most games played by an Indigenous player with 340 games for Adelaide from 1995 to 2010.

Since the Victorian Football League (VFL), which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL), was formed in 1897, there have been 178 known players of Indigenous Australian heritage that have played in a senior VFL/AFL match. A senior VFL/AFL match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or have been in the past, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

The first recognised Indigenous Australian player to play in a senior VFL/AFL match was Joe Johnson who played 55 games for Fitzroy from 1904 to 1906, and was a member of Fitzroy's dual premiership-winning sides of 1904 and 1905. Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon and Port Adelaide) was the first Indigenous Australian player to play 300 games, and Andrew McLeod is the current record-holder of most games played by an Indigenous player with 340 games for Adelaide from 1995 to 2010.

There were a record number of Indigenous players on AFL lists during the 2009 AFL season with 82 senior and rookie-listed players listed with AFL clubs. This figure surpassed the previous record of 73 players set in the 2008 season.

Players

Players are listed in alphabetical order, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches only. "Career span" years are from the season of the player's debut in the AFL to the year in which they played their final game in the AFL and have since been removed from the playing list. Currently listed players are shaded in green and their career span is listed as "(year of debut)–present". Statistics are correct to the end of the 2011 AFL season.

Legend

Players named in the Indigenous Team of the Century are indicated by a # next to their name.
       Currently listed players

VFL/AFL players of Indigenous Australian descent

Name	Club(s)	Seasons	Games	Goals	Notes
Winston Abraham	Fremantle North Melbourne	1995–2001	110	150
Matthew Ahmat	Brisbane Lions Sydney	1991–1994	8	1
Robert Ah Mat	Collingwood Sydney	1995–2001	67	68
Joe Anderson	Carlton	2007–2010	17	0
Tony Armstrong	Adelaide Sydney Collingwood	2010–2015	35	2
Jarrod Atkinson	Essendon	2008–2011	17	5
Les Bamblett	Melbourne Footscray	1983–1988	48	71
Chance Bateman	Hawthorn	2000–2012	174	67
Laurie Bellotti	West Coast	1999–2000	24	2
Harley Bennell	Gold Coast Fremantle	2011–present	81	92
Jamie Bennell	Melbourne West Coast	2009–present	86	26
Eddie Betts	Carlton Adelaide	2005–present	240	443
Peter Bird	Fitzroy	1995–1996	15	7
Alan Bloomfield	North Melbourne	1970–1971	13	7
Ashley Blurton	West Coast Richmond	1995–1999	24	9
Shane Bond	West Coast Port Adelaide	1994–2000	91	31
Troy Bond	Carlton Adelaide	1994–1999	94	77
Peter Burgoyne #	Port Adelaide	1997–2009	225	189
Shaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide Hawthorn	2002–present	303	245
Ronnie Burns	Geelong Adelaide	1996–2004	154	262
Norm Byron	Fitzroy	1918	2	1
Barry Cable #	North Melbourne	1970, 1974–1977	115	133
Shane Cable	West Coast	1987	1	0
Fred Campbell	Sydney St Kilda	1999–2000	12	7
Matt Campbell	North Melbourne	2007–2012	67	70
Warren Campbell	North Melbourne	1994–1995	19	17
Kevin Caton	West Coast Fitzroy Brisbane Bears	1988–1990	18	18
Sean Charles	Melbourne Carlton St Kilda	1992–1998, 2000	56	66
Scott Chisholm	Fremantle Melbourne	1995–2000	81	33
Allen Christensen^	Geelong Brisbane Lions	2011–present	95	82
Raphael Clarke^	St Kilda	2004–2012	82	8
Xavier Clarke	St Kilda Brisbane Lions	2002–2008, 2010	106	49
Eric Clarke	St Kilda	1980	6	6
Che Cockatoo-Collins	Essendon, Port Adelaide	1994–2003	160	215	Brother of David and Donald Cockatoo-Collins.
David Cockatoo-Collins	Melbourne	1996–1997	2	0	Twin brother of Donald and brother of Che Cockatoo-Collins.
Donald Cockatoo-Collins	Melbourne	1996–1998	9	3	Twin brother of David and brother of Che Cockatoo-Collins.
Adam Cockie	West Coast	2009	7	3
Richard Cole	Collingwood, Essendon	2002–2007	63	6
Clayton Collard	Fremantle	2007	1	1
Cyril Collard	Hawthorn	1957–1958	13	3
Troy Cook	Sydney, Fremantle	1997–2007	193	77
Reuben Cooper	South Melbourne	1969	2	0
Anthony Corrie	Brisbane Lions, Collingwood	2004–2009	56	50
Shannon Cox	Collingwood	2007–2009	25	6
Percy Cummings	Hawthorn	1964–1965	5	1
Robert Cummings	Fitzroy	1990	1	0	Brother of Trent Cummings.
Trent Cummings	Fitzroy, West Coast	1994–1997	29	19	Brother of Robert Cummings.
Aaron Davey	Melbourne	2004–2013	150	152
Alwyn Davey	Essendon	2007–2013	100	120
Leon Davis	Collingwood	2000–2011	225	270
Courtenay Dempsey	Essendon	2006–present	122	31
Gary Dhurrkay	Fremantle, North Melbourne	1995–2000	72	66
Brad Dick	Collingwood	2009–2011	27	32
Willie Dick	Essendon	1992	7	6
Nathan Djerrkura	Geelong, Western Bulldogs	2009–2012	12	4
Shane Edwards	Richmond	2007–present	36	24
Alf Egan	Carlton, North Melbourne	1931–1935	51	27
Chris Egan	Collingwood	2005–2009	27	22	Nephew of Phil Egan.
Phil Egan	Richmond, Melbourne	1982–1989 & 1991	126	17	Uncle of Chris Egan.
Graham Farmer	Geelong	1962–1967	101	65
Jeff Farmer	Melbourne, Fremantle	1995–2008	249	483
Cameron Faulkner	Western Bulldogs	2004–2007	18	9
Fabian Francis	Melbourne, Brisbane Bears, Port Adelaide	1991, 1993–1995 & 1997–2001	109	61
Lance Franklin	Hawthorn, Sydney	2005–present	142	451
Jeff Garlett	Carlton	2009–present	54	99
Cruize Garlett	North Melbourne	2009–present	25	5
Adam Goodes #	Sydney	1999–2015	372	464
Colin Graham	Melbourne	1975–1978	35	32
Jonathon Griffin	Adelaide, Fremantle	2007–present	48	11
Antoni Grover	Fremantle	1999–2012	202	27
Curtly Hampton	Greater Western Sydney	2012–present
Jarrod Harbrow	Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast	2007–present	92	23
Roger Hayden	Fremantle	2002–2004 & 2006–2011	128	14
Des Headland	Brisbane Lions, Fremantle	1999–2010	166	177
Bradley Hill	Hawthorn	2012–present
Josh Hill	Western Bulldogs, West Coast	2007–2012	66	75
Stephen Hill	Fremantle	2009–present	67	43
Eddie Hocking	Adelaide	1991	11	4
Rhan Hooper	Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn	2006–2010	54	56
Eddie Jackson	Melbourne	1947–1952	84	10
Syd Jackson	Carlton	1969–1976	136	165
Jarrhan Jacky	Adelaide	2008	3	1
Shadrach James	Fitzroy	1940–1941	18	20
Russell Jeffrey	St Kilda, Brisbane Bears	1987–1992	50	4
Leroy Jetta	Essendon	2007–present	62	51
Neville Jetta	Melbourne	2009–present	30	18
Graham Johncock	Adelaide	2002–2013	206	99
Bert Johnson	North Melbourne	1965–1968	31	5
Chris Johnson #	Fitzroy, Brisbane Lions	1994–2007	264	172
Joe Johnson	Fitzroy	1904–1906	55	15
Michael Johnson	Fremantle	2005–present	125	51
Percy Johnson	North Melbourne	1951–1955	52	4
Bob Jones	St Kilda	1988–1989	20	2	Father of Liam Jones.
Liam Jones	Western Bulldogs	2010–present	25	25	Son of Bob Jones.
Liam Jurrah	Melbourne	2009–2012	35	81	Cousin of Liam Patrick.
Adam Kerinaiua	Brisbane Bears	1992	3	1
Dale Kickett	Fitzroy, West Coast, St Kilda, Essendon & Fremantle	1990–1992 & 1994–2002	181	64
Derek Kickett	North Melbourne, Essendon, Sydney	1989–1996	152	179
Steven Koops	Fremantle, Western Bulldogs	1996–2004	89	49
Andrew J. Krakouer	Richmond, Collingwood	2001–2007 & 2011–2013	125	137	Son of Jim Krakouer, nephew of Andrew L. and Phil Krakouer and cousin of Nathan Krakouer.
Andrew L. Krakouer	North Melbourne	1988–1989	8	8	Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew J. and Nathan Krakouer.
Jim Krakouer	North Melbourne, St Kilda	1982–1991	147	236	Brother of Andrew L. and Phil Krakouer, father of Andrew J. Krakouer and uncle of Nathan Krakouer.
Nathan Krakouer	Port Adelaide, Gold Coast	2007–2011	53	15	Nephew of Andrew L. Krakouer, Jim and Phil Krakouer and cousin of Andrew J. Krakouer.
Phil Krakouer	North Melbourne, Footscray	1982–1989 & 1991	148	231	Nephew of Andrew L. Krakouer, Jim and Phil Krakouer and cousin of Andrew J. Krakouer.
Jamie Lawson	Sydney	1991–1994	61	29
Shawn Lewfatt	Essendon	1995	3	2
Chris Lewis #	West Coast	1987–1998 & 2000	215	259
Rex Liddy	Gold Coast	2011	4	0
Michael Long #	Essendon	1989–1993 & 1995–2001	190	143
Andy Lovell	Melbourne, West Coast	1988–1998	164	166
Andrew Lovett	Essendon	2005–2009	88	93	Cousin of Nathan Lovett-Murray.
Ted Lovett	Fitzroy	1963–1964	9	2
Wally Lovett	Collingwood, Richmond	1982–1984	28	17
Nathan Lovett-Murray	Essendon	2004–2013	125	64	Cousin of Andrew Lovett.
Malcolm Lynch	Western Bulldogs	2007	2	0
Neil Marshall	West Coast	1997–1998	4	0
Brandon Matera	Gold Coast	2011–present	12	15	Son of Wally Matera and nephew of Peter and Phillip Matera.
Peter Matera	West Coast	1990–2002	253	217	Brother of Phillip and Wally Matera and uncle of Brandon Matera.
Phillip Matera	West Coast	1996–2005	179	389	Brother of Peter and Wally Matera and uncle of Brandon Matera.
Wally Matera	West Coast, Fitzroy	1987–1990	56	65	Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera.
Steven May	Gold Coast	2011–present	9	0
Adrian McAdam	North Melbourne	1993–1995	36	92	Brother of Gilbert and Greg McAdam.
Gilbert McAdam	St Kilda, Brisbane Bears	1991–1996	111	89	Brother of Adrian and Greg McAdam.
Greg McAdam	St Kilda	1985	10	13	Brother of Adrian and Gilbert McAdam.
Norm McDonald #	Essendon	1947–1953	128	3
Ashley McGrath	Brisbane Lions	2001–present	176	135	Brother of Cory and Toby McGrath.
Cory McGrath	Essendon	2001–2006	78	18	Brother of Ashley and Toby McGrath.
Marty McGrath	Richmond	2004–present	4	6	Cousin of Ashley, Cory and Toby McGrath.
Michael McLean	Footscray, Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions	1983–1989 & 1991–1997	183	40
Andrew McLeod #	Adelaide	1995–2010	340	275	Norm Smith Medallist 1997 & 1998.
Clem Michael	Fremantle	1998–2000	43	11	Son of Stephen Michael.
Terry Milera	St Kilda	2012–2014	30	31
Harry Miller	Hawthorn	2005–2006	18	13
Michael Mitchell	Richmond	1987–1991	81	103
Gavin Mitchell	Fremantle, St Kilda	1996–2000	88	82
Daniel Motlop	Kangaroos, Port Adelaide	2001–2011	130	208	Brother of Shannon and Steven Motlop and cousin of Marlon Motlop.
Marlon Motlop	Port Adelaide	2008–2009	5	2	Cousin of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop.
Shannon Motlop	Kangaroos, Melbourne	1999–2006	64	36	Brother of Daniel and Steven Motlop and cousin of Marlon Motlop.
Steven Motlop	Geelong	2010–present	5	2	Brother of Daniel and Shannon Motlop and cousin of Marlon Motlop.
Robert Muir	St Kilda	1974–1978, 1980 & 1984	68	23
Justin Murphy	Richmond, Carlton, Geelong, Essendon	1994–2005	185	151
Allan Murray	Port Adelaide, St Kilda	2002–2006	16	13	Brother of Derek Murray.
Derek Murray	Port Adelaide	1999–2002	23	7	Brother of Allan Murray.
Mark Naley	Carlton	1987–1990	65	74	1991 Magarey Medallist
Phil Narkle	St Kilda, West Coast	1984–1987 & 1990	66	55
Murray Newman	West Coast	2012–present	4	3
Doug Nicholls	Fitzroy	1932–1937	54	2
Jarrad Oakley-Nichols	Richmond	2006–2009	13	1
Michael O'Loughlin #	Sydney	1995–2009	303	521	Brother of Ricky O'Loughlin.
Ricky O'Loughlin	Adelaide	2000–2001	9	2	Brother of Michael O'Loughlin.
Liam Patrick	Gold Coast	2011–2013	13	6
Danyle Pearce	Port Adelaide, Fremantle	2005–present	134	72
Derek Peardon	Richmond	1968–1971	20	1
Carl Peterson	Hawthorn	2010	17	13
Jared Petrenko	Adelaide	2009–present	36	17
Byron Pickett #	North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Melbourne	1997–2007	204	177
Lionel Proctor	Richmond	1998–2001	20	4
Albert Proud	Brisbane Lions	2007–2010	29	10
Elkin Reilly	South Melbourne	1962–1966	51	2
Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn	2008–present	83	101	Nephew of Maurice Rioli and cousin of Dean Rioli.
Dean Rioli	Essendon	1999–2006	100	91	Nephew of Maurice Rioli and cousin of Cyril Rioli.
Maurice Rioli #	Richmond	1982–1987	118	80	Uncle of Cyril and Dean Rioli.
Relton Roberts	Richmond	2010	2	0
Jason Roe	Collingwood, Brisbane Lions	2006–2009	50	7
Lachlan Ross	Essendon	1994	2	1
Shannon Rusca	Brisbane Lions	2000	2	0
Patrick Ryder	Essendon	2006–present	117	70
Ashley Sampi	West Coast	2002–2006	78	97
Eddie Sansbury	North Melbourne	2004–2008	40	21
Sam Sheldon	Brisbane Lions	2009–present	40	10	Son of Ken Sheldon.
Casey Sibosado	Fremantle	2011	1	1
George Simmonds	Melbourne	1924	4	4
Dwayne Simpson	Fremantle	2001	2	1
Zephaniah Skinner	Western Bulldogs	2011–2012	8	5
Brennan Stack	Western Bulldogs	2009–2011	21	17
Brian Stanislaus	Sydney	1991	1	0
Charlie Stewart	Footscray	1961	20	4
Cameron Stokes	Hawthorn	2008–2010	20	10
Mathew Stokes	Geelong	2006–present	111	165
Byron Sumner	Sydney	2011	1	0
Richard Tambling	Richmond, Adelaide	2005–2013	124	62
Garth Taylor	Fremantle	1999–2000	15	13
Kevin Taylor	South Melbourne, Fitzroy	1981 & 1984	15	25
Troy Taylor	Richmond	2010	4	0
Lindsay Thomas	North Melbourne	2007–present	91	113
Wade Thompson	Port Adelaide	2009	2	0
Alan Thorpe	Sydney, Western Bulldogs	1992–1994	15	28
Shane Tongerie	Adelaide	1994	4	3
Troy Ugle	West Coast	1988–1993	43	43
Keren Ugle	Fremantle	2001	4	2
Travis Varcoe	Geelong	2007–present	100	113
Rod Waddell	Carlton, Geelong	1981–1984	25	12
Andrew Walker	Carlton	2004–present	127	93
Michael Walters	Fremantle	2009–present	11	14
Jim Wandin	St Kilda	1952–1953	17	3
Gavin Wanganeen #	Essendon, Port Adelaide	1991–2006	300	202
Elijah Ware	Port Adelaide	2005	2	1
Gerrick Weedon	West Coast	2011	1	0
Isaac Weetra	Melbourne	2008	2	0
Sharrod Wellingham	Collingwood, West Coast	2008–present	72	42
Daniel Wells	North Melbourne	2003–present	170	102
Mark West	Western Bulldogs	1996–1998	16	3
Matthew Whelan	Melbourne	2000–2009	150	15
Darryl White #	Brisbane Lions	1992–2005	268	165
Djaran Whyman	North Melbourne	2007	3	4
Mark Williams	Hawthorn, Essendon	2002–2010	115	247
Russell Williams	Essendon	1994	3	1
Chad Wingard	Port Adelaide	2012–present	10	10
Nicholas Winmar	St Kilda	5	2	Nephew of Nicky Winmar.
Nicky Winmar	St Kilda, Western Bulldogs	1987–1999	251	317	Uncle of Nicholas Winmar.
David Wirrpanda	West Coast	1996–2009	227	131
Clinton Wolf	Fremantle	1995	4	0
Austin Wonaeamirri	Melbourne	2008 & 2010–2011	31	37
Dion Woods	Fremantle	2001–2005	59	7
Peter Yagmoor	Collingwood	2012–2012	2	0
Chris Yarran	Carlton	2009–present	45	31

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