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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: 2022 (S7) Premiership: 2021 All-Australian: 2019 Brisbane best and fairest: 2019, 2021 | [7] |
J'Noemi Anderson | ‹See Tfd› St Kilda | 2022 (S7)–present | 5 | 0 | [8] | |
Taylah Angel | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle | 2017 | 4 | 0 | [9] | |
Jaide Anthony | ‹See Tfd› Sydney | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [10] | |
Kaitlyn Ashmore | Brisbane (2017–2018: 16 games, 5 goals) | 2017–present | 58 | 23 | [11] | |
‹See Tfd› North Melbourne (2019–2022 (S6): 33 games, 17 goals) | ||||||
‹See Tfd› Hawthorn (2022 (S7)–present: 9 games, 1 goal) | ||||||
Janet Baird | ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast (2021–2022 (S6): 3 games, 0 goals) | 2021–present | 4 | 0 | [12] | |
‹See Tfd› Hawthorn (2022 (S7)–present: 1 game, 0 goals) | ||||||
Kirby Bentley | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2017: 7 games, 1 goal) | 2017–2019 | 10 | 1 | [13] | |
‹See Tfd› Carlton (2019: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster | ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [14] | |
Codie Briggs | ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney | 2017 | 3 | 0 | [15] | |
Ashanti Bush | ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast | 2022 (S6)–present | 7 | 2 | Goal of the Year: 2022 (S7) | [16] |
Imahra Cameron | ‹See Tfd› West Coast | 2020–2022 (S7) | 23 | 10 | [17] | |
Mia-Rae Clifford | ‹See Tfd› Melbourne (2017: 7 games, 0 goals) | 2017; 2019–2020 | 18 | 8 | [18] | |
‹See Tfd› Geelong (2019: 8 games, 6 goals) | ||||||
‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2020: 3 games, 2 goals) | ||||||
Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap | ‹See Tfd› Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7)–present | 1 | 0 | [19] | |
Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap | ‹See Tfd› Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7)–present | 4 | 0 | [20] | |
Cassie Davidson | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2017–2018: 14 games, 0 goals) | 2017–2020 | 17 | 0 | [21] | |
‹See Tfd› West Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Dakota Davidson | Brisbane | 2020–present | 39 | 32 | Premiership: 2021 | [22] |
Naomi Ferres | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 2018–present | 50 | 1 | Premiership: 2018 | [23] |
Delma Gisu | ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney | 2019 | 1 | 0 | [24] | |
Courtney Hodder | Brisbane | 2021–present | 36 | 27 | Premiership: 2021 Goal of the Year: 2021 | [25] |
Gemma Houghton | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2017–2022 (S6): 46 games, 40 goals) | 2017–present | 50 | 44 | All-Australian: 2019, 2020 | [26] |
‹See Tfd› Port Adelaide (2022 (S7)–present: 4 games, 4 goals) | ||||||
Kalinda Howarth | ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast [lower-alpha 1] | 2020–present | 34 | 20 | All-Australian: 2020 | [27] |
Alicia Janz | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2017–2019: 14 games, 0 goals) | 2017–2021 | 20 | 0 | [28] | |
‹See Tfd› West Coast (2021: 6 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Mia King | ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne | 2020–present | 37 | 5 | [29] | |
Sarah Last | ‹See Tfd› Carlton | 2017–2018 | 5 | 0 | [30] | |
Shaleise Law | Brisbane | 2017 | 3 | 0 | [31] | |
Emily McGuire | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2018: 3 games, 2 goals) | 2018; 2020 | 6 | 2 | [32] | |
‹See Tfd› West Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Mikayla Morrison | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle | 2022 (S6)–present | 4 | 3 | [33] | |
Aliesha Newman | ‹See Tfd› Melbourne (2017–2020: 25 games, 11 goals) | 2017–present | 48 | 17 | [34] | |
‹See Tfd› Collingwood (2021–2022 (S6): 14 games, 5 goals) | ||||||
‹See Tfd› Sydney (2022 (S7)–present: 9 games, 1 goal) | ||||||
Demi Okely | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle | 2017 | 7 | 0 | [35] | |
Paige Parker | Brisbane (2019: 4 games, 0 goals) | 2019–2021 | 17 | 2 | [36] | |
‹See Tfd› Gold Coast (2020–2021: 13 games, 2 goals) | ||||||
Krstel Petrevski | ‹See Tfd› Melbourne (2020–2022 (S6): 4 games, 2 goals) | 2020–present | 10 | 2 | [37] | |
‹See Tfd› West Coast (2022 (S7)–present: 6 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Kira Phillips | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle | 2017 | 5 | 2 | First Indigenous goalscorer in the AFL Women's | [38] |
Natalie Plane | ‹See Tfd› Carlton (2017–2022 (S7): 36 games, 5 goals) | 2017–present | 36 | 5 | [39] | |
‹See Tfd› St Kilda (2023–present: 0 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Danielle Ponter | ‹See Tfd› Adelaide | 2019–present | 45 | 46 | Most AFLW goals scored by an Indigenous player Premiership: 2019, 2022 (S6) | [40] |
Georgie Prespakis | ‹See Tfd› Geelong | 2022 (S6)–present | 19 | 2 | All-Australian: 2022 (S7) | [41] |
Madison Prespakis | ‹See Tfd› Carlton (2019–2022 (S6): 34 games, 15 goals) | 2019–present | 44 | 21 | AFLW best and fairest: 2020 All-Australian: 2019, 2020, 2022 (S7) Rising Star: 2019 Carlton best and fairest: 2019, 2020, 2022 Essendon best and fairest: 2022 (S7) | [42] |
‹See Tfd› Essendon (2022 (S7)–present: 10 games, 6 goals) | ||||||
Claire Ransom | ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | [43] | |
Jasmin Stewart | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle (2020–2022 (S6): 22 games, 6 goals) | 2020–2022 (S6); 2023–present | 22 | 6 | [44] | |
‹See Tfd› Port Adelaide (2023–present: 0 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Tarnee Tester | ‹See Tfd› West Coast [lower-alpha 2] | 2020 | 4 | 1 | [45] | |
Tayla Thorn | ‹See Tfd› Adelaide (2017: 5 games, 0 goals) | 2017; 2020 | 8 | 0 | [46] | |
‹See Tfd› Gold Coast (2020: 3 games, 0 goals) | ||||||
Tiah Toth | ‹See Tfd› Fremantle | 2017–2018; 2021–2022 (S6) | 24 | 1 | [47] | |
Ruth Wallace | ‹See Tfd› Adelaide | 2018 | 7 | 7 | [48] | |
Stephanie Williams | ‹See Tfd› Geelong (2021: 4 games, 0 goals) | 2021–present | 9 | 0 | [49] | |
‹See Tfd› 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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