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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, and 11 known players of in the AFL Women's since the inaugural season in 2017. A senior VFL/AFL or AFL Women's match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or have been in the past, members of the VFL/AFL or of the AFL Women's. A senior VFL/AFL or AFL Women's 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 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 Shaun Burgoyne is the current record-holder of most games played by an Indigenous player with 407 games for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn from 2002 onwards. [1]
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. [2] This figure surpassed the previous record of 73 players set in the 2008 season. [2]
The Fremantle Football Club, initially under inaugural coach Gerard Neesham, have been strong supporters of Indigenous players. They have had 34 Indigenous players represent their club in AFL matches, [3] and hold the record for most players in one game, with eight in Indigenous Round (Round 10), 2017. [4]
Players named in the Indigenous Team of the Century are indicated by a # next to their name.
Currently listed players
Name | Club(s) | Seasons | Games | Goals | Notes | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ally Anderson | Brisbane | 2017–present | 66 | 8 | Most AFLW games by an Indigenous player AFLW best and fairest: S7 Premiership: 2021 All-Australian: 2019 Brisbane best and fairest: 2019, 2021 | [7] |
J'Noemi Anderson | St Kilda | 2022 (S7)–present | 5 | 0 | [8] | |
Taylah Angel | Fremantle | 2017 | 4 | 0 | [9] | |
Jaide Anthony | Sydney | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [10] | |
Kaitlyn Ashmore | Brisbane (2017–2018: 16 games, 5 goals) | 2017–present | 58 | 23 | [11] | |
North Melbourne (2019–2022 (S6): 33 games, 17 goals) | ||||||
Hawthorn (2022 (S7)–present: 9 games, 1 goal) | ||||||
Janet Baird | Gold Coast (2021–2022 (S6): 3 games, 0 goals) | 2021–present | 4 | 0 | [12] | |
Hawthorn (2022 (S7)–present: 1 game, 0 goals) | ||||||
Kirby Bentley | Fremantle (2017: 7 games, 1 goal) | 2017–2019 | 10 | 1 | [13] | |
Carlton (2019: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster | Gold Coast | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [14] | |
Codie Briggs | Greater Western Sydney | 2017 | 3 | 0 | [15] | |
Ashanti Bush | Gold Coast | 2022 (S6)–present | 7 | 2 | Goal of the Year: S7 | [16] |
Imahra Cameron | West Coast | 2020–2022 (S7) | 23 | 10 | [17] | |
Mia-Rae Clifford | Melbourne (2017: 7 games, 0 goals) | 2017; 2019–2020 | 18 | 8 | [18] | |
Geelong (2019: 8 games, 6 goals) | ||||||
Fremantle (2020: 3 games, 2 goals) | ||||||
Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap | Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [19] | |
Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap | Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7)–present | 4 | 0 | [20] | |
Cassie Davidson | Fremantle (2017–2018: 14 games, 0 goals) | 2017–2020 | 17 | 0 | [21] | |
West Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Dakota Davidson | Brisbane | 2020–present | 39 | 32 | Premiership: 2021 | [22] |
Naomi Ferres | Western Bulldogs | 2018–present | 50 | 1 | Premiership: 2018 | [23] |
Delma Gisu | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 | 1 | 0 | [24] | |
Courtney Hodder | Brisbane | 2021–present | 36 | 27 | Premiership: 2021 Goal of the Year: 2021 | [25] |
Gemma Houghton | Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6): 46 games, 40 goals) | 2017–present | 50 | 44 | All-Australian: 2019, 2020 | [26] |
Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present: 4 games, 4 goals) | ||||||
Kalinda Howarth | Gold Coast [lower-alpha 1] | 2020–present | 34 | 20 | All-Australian: 2020 | [27] |
Alicia Janz | Fremantle (2017–2019: 14 games, 0 goals) | 2017–2021 | 20 | 0 | [28] | |
West Coast (2021: 6 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Mia King | North Melbourne | 2020–present | 37 | 5 | [29] | |
Sarah Last | Carlton | 2017–2018 | 5 | 0 | [30] | |
Shaleise Law | Brisbane | 2017 | 3 | 0 | [31] | |
Emily McGuire | Fremantle (2018: 3 games, 2 goals) | 2018; 2020 | 6 | 2 | [32] | |
West Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Mikayla Morrison | Fremantle | 2022 (S6)–present | 4 | 3 | [33] | |
Aliesha Newman | Melbourne (2017–2020: 25 games, 11 goals) | 2017–present | 48 | 17 | [34] | |
Collingwood (2021–2022 (S6): 14 games, 5 goals) | ||||||
Sydney (2022 (S7)–present: 9 games, 1 goal) | ||||||
Demi Okely | Fremantle | 2017 | 7 | 0 | [35] | |
Paige Parker | Brisbane (2019: 4 games, 0 goals) | 2019–2021 | 17 | 2 | [36] | |
Gold Coast (2020–2021: 13 games, 2 goals) | ||||||
Krstel Petrevski | Melbourne (2020–2022 (S6): 4 games, 2 goals) | 2020–present | 10 | 2 | [37] | |
West Coast (2022 (S7)–present: 6 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Kira Phillips | Fremantle | 2017 | 5 | 2 | First Indigenous goalscorer in the AFL Women's | [38] |
Natalie Plane | Carlton (2017–2022 (S7): 36 games, 5 goals) | 2017–present | 36 | 5 | [39] | |
St Kilda (2023–present: 0 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 2019–present | 45 | 46 | Most AFLW goals scored by an Indigenous player Premiership: 2019, 2022 (S6) | [40] |
Georgie Prespakis | Geelong | 2022 (S6)–present | 19 | 2 | All-Australian: S7 | [41] |
Madison Prespakis | Carlton (2019–2022 (S6): 34 games, 15 goals) | 2019–present | 44 | 21 | AFLW best and fairest: 2020 All-Australian: 2019, 2020, S7 Rising Star: 2019 Carlton best and fairest: 2019, 2020, 2022 Essendon best and fairest: S7 | [42] |
Essendon (2022 (S7)–present: 10 games, 6 goals) | ||||||
Claire Ransom | Gold Coast | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | [43] | |
Jasmin Stewart | Fremantle (2020–2022 (S6): 22 games, 6 goals) | 2020–2022 (S6); 2023–present | 22 | 6 | [44] | |
Port Adelaide (2023–present: 0 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Tarnee Tester | West Coast [lower-alpha 2] | 2020 | 4 | 1 | [45] | |
Tayla Thorn | Adelaide (2017: 5 games, 0 goals) | 2017; 2020 | 8 | 0 | [46] | |
Gold Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Tiah Toth | Fremantle | 2017–2018; 2021–2022 (S6) | 24 | 1 | [47] | |
Ruth Wallace | Adelaide | 2018 | 7 | 7 | [48] | |
Stephanie Williams | Geelong (2021: 4 games, 0 goals) | 2021–present | 9 | 0 | [49] | |
Richmond (2022 (S7)–present: 5 games, 0 goals) |
Statistics updated to end of round 12 of the 2023 AFL season and end of AFLW season seven.
Family | Name | Years | Games | Combined games | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ah Chee | Brendon | 2012–2021 | 58 | 164 | Brendon is Callum's older brother. |
Callum | 2016–present | 106 | |||
Anderson | Joe | 2007–2010 | 17 | 121 | Joe, Jed and J'Noemi are siblings, in that order of age. |
Jed | 2013–present | 99 | |||
J'Noemi | 2022–present | 5 | |||
Bolton | Darren | 1999 | 2 | 104 | Darren is Shai's father. |
Shai | 2017–present | 102 | |||
Bond | Shane | 1994–2000 | 91 | 185 | Troy is Shane's older brother. |
Troy | 1994–1999 | 94 | |||
Burgoyne | Peter | 1997–2009 | 240 | 657 | Peter is Shaun's older brother and Jase's father. |
Shaun | 2002–2021 | 407 | |||
Jase | 2022–present | 10 | |||
Cable | Barry | 1970; 1974–1977 | 115 | 116 | Barry is Shane's father. |
Shane | 1989 | 1 | |||
Cameron | Charlie | 2014–present | 187 | 199 | Charlie is Jarrod's older brother. |
Jarrod | 2019–2020 | 12 | |||
Clarke | Xavier | 2002–2010 | 106 | 191 | Xavier is Raphael's older brother. |
Raphael | 2004–2012 | 85 | |||
Cockatoo-Collins | Che | 1994–2003 | 160 | 171 | Che is older brother of David and Don, who are twins. |
David | 1996–1997 | 2 | |||
Don | 1996–1998 | 9 | |||
Cockatoo-Motlap | Laquoiya | 2022–present | 1 | 5 | Laquoiya and Litonya are twins. |
Litonya | 2022–present | 4 | |||
Cummings | See Johnson/Cummings | ||||
Davey | Aaron | 2004–2013 | 178 | 286 | Aaron is older brother of Alwyn Sr., who is father of Alwyn Jr. |
Alwyn Sr. | 2007–2013 | 100 | |||
Alwyn Jr. | 2023–present | 8 | |||
Egan/Lovett | Alf Egan | 1931–1935 | 51 | 60 | Alf was Ted's father. |
Ted Lovett | 1963–1964 | 9 | |||
Francis | Fabian | 1991–1994; 1997–2001 | 109 | 138 | Fabian is Jason's stepfather. |
Jason Horne-Francis | 2022–present | 29 | |||
Goodes | Adam | 1999–2015 | 272 | 294 | Adam is Brett's older brother. |
Brett | 2013–2015 | 22 | |||
Hill | Stephen | 2009–2020 | 218 | 440 | Stephen is Bradley's older brother. |
Bradley | 2012–present | 222 | |||
Horne-Francis | See Francis | ||||
Johnson/Cummings | Joe Johnson | 1904–1906 | 55 | 142 | Joe was father of Percy Johnson and grandfather of Percy Cummings. Percy Cummings is father of Robert and Trent, the former of whom is older. |
Percy Johnson | 1951–1955 | 52 | |||
Percy Cummings | 1964–1965 | 5 | |||
Robert Cummings | 1990 | 1 | |||
Trent Cummings | 1994–1997 | 29 | |||
Jones | Bob | 1988–1989 | 20 | 193 | Bob is Liam's father. |
Liam | 2009–2021; 2023–present | 173 | |||
Krakouer | Jim | 1982–1991 | 147 | 440 | Jim, Phil and Andrew L. are brothers, in that order of age. Andrew J. is Jim's son. |
Phil | 1982–1991 | 148 | |||
Andrew L. | 1989–1990 | 8 | |||
Andrew J. | 2001–2007; 2010–2013 | 137 | |||
Long | Michael | 1989–2001 | 190 | 195 | Michael is Jake's father. |
Jake | 2016–2018 | 5 | |||
Lovett | See Egan/Lovett | ||||
Matera | Wally | 1987–1990 | 56 | 632 | Wally, Peter and Phillip are brothers, in that order of age. Brandon is Wally's son. |
Peter | 1990–2002 | 253 | |||
Phillip | 1996–2005 | 179 | |||
Brandon | 2011–2020 | 144 | |||
McAdam | Greg | 1985 | 10 | 157 | Greg, Gilbert and Adrian are brothers, in that order of age. |
Gilbert | 1991–1996 | 111 | |||
Adrian | 1993–1995 | 36 | |||
McGrath | Cory | 2001–2006 | 78 | 292 | Cory is Ashley's older brother. |
Ashley | 2001–2014 | 214 | |||
Milera/Sansbury | Eddie Sansbury | 2004–2008 | 40 | 98 | Eddie is Nasiah's biological father. Terry is Nasiah's stepfather. |
Terry Milera | 2012–2014 | 30 | |||
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera | 2022–present | 28 | |||
Motlop | Shannon | 1999–2006 | 64 | 434 | Shannon, Daniel and Steven are brothers, in that order of age. Jesse is Daniel's son. |
Daniel | 2001–2011 | 130 | |||
Steven | 2010–2022 | 217 | |||
Jesse | 2022–present | 23 | |||
Murray | Derek | 1999–2002 | 23 | 39 | Derek is Allan's older brother. |
Allan | 2002–2006 | 16 | |||
O'Loughlin | Michael | 1995–2009 | 303 | 312 | Michael is Ricky's older brother. |
Ricky | 2000–2001 | 9 | |||
Prespakis | Madison | 2019–present | 44 | 63 | Madison is Georgie's older sister. |
Georgie | 2022–present | 19 | |||
Rioli | Maurice Sr. | 1982–1987 | 118 | 140 | Maurice Sr. was Maurice Jr.'s father. |
Maurice Jr. | 2021–present | 22 | |||
Sansbury | See Milera/Sansbury | ||||
Wanganeen | Gavin | 1991–2006 | 300 | 305 | Gavin is Tex's father. |
Tex | 2022–present | 5 | |||
Wanganeen-Milera | See Milera/Sansbury |
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