This is a list of every player to have at least played one senior VFL/AFL game for Melbourne Football Club since the inception of the VFL, of which Melbourne was a foundation club, in 1897.
Players are listed in order of debut. The start of their Melbourne Football Club career is determined from when they were first listed at the club, and the end is determined by the final year they were listed at Melbourne. Players are numbered by their debut order for the club; when multiple players debuted during the same match, they are numbered according to the alphabetical order of their surnames.
Former captain and three-time Melbourne leading goalkicker, Vin Coutie played 152 matches for Melbourne from 1901 to 1911Joe Pearce played 152 matches for Melbourne and before being killed in service on Anzac Day in 1915Bobby Monk played 125 matches for Melbourne from 1907 to 1914Bill McKenzie played 112 matches for Melbourne from 1909 to 1919Jack Purse played 109 matches for Melbourne from 1900 to 1908, including the 1900 premiershipFormer captain, Frank Langley played 89 matches for Melbourne from 1900 to 1906, including the 1900 premiershipHarry Parkin played 85 matches for Melbourne from 1900 to 1906, including the 1900 premiershipFormer captain, Hugh Purse played 84 matches for Melbourne from 1904 to 1915Former captain, Bernie Nolan played 84 matches for Melbourne from 1904 to 1912Three-time Melbourne leading goalkicker and two-time VFL leading goalkicker, Harry BreretonJim Fitzpatrick played 81 matches for Melbourne from 1907 to 1913
Australian Football and Melbourne Hall of Fame member, and two-time Brownlow Medallist, Ivor Warne-SmithBill Allen played 142 matches for Melbourne from 1910 to 1915 and 1919 to 1923Charlie Lilley played 132 matches for Melbourne from 1913 to 1915 and 1919 to 1925George Heinz was a player-coach in his first season at Melbourne in 1919, playing 106 matches in total from 1919 to 1925Bill Hendrie played 87 matches for Melbourne from 1910 to 1915Jack Evans played 61 matches for Melbourne from 1912 to 1915 and 1919Jack House played 56 matches for Melbourne from 1919 to 1923Former captain, Alf George played 55 matches for Melbourne from 1911 to 1915Jack McKenzie was Melbourne's captain in 1915 before the club went into recess due to World War ITwo-time premiership player for Fitzroy, Wally Naismith played 36 matches for Melbourne from 1911 to 1912
Former captain, David Neitz is the only player to have played 300 matches for Melbourne and is their games and goals record holderAdem Yze played 271 matches for Melbourne from 1995 to 2008James McDonald was Melbourne's captain from 2008 to 2010 and played 251 matches for MelbourneJeff White played 236 games for Melbourne from 1998 to 2008Russell Robertson kicked 428 goals for Melbourne and played 228 matches from 1997 to 2009
Former captain, Brad Green played 254 matches for Melbourne from 2000 to 2012Former captain, Nathan Jones played 302 gamesCameron Bruce played 224 matches for Melbourne from 2000 to 2010Jack Watts played 153 matches for Melbourne from 2009 to 2017
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9thed.). Melbourne: Bas Publishing. ISBN978-1-921496-12-7.
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2013). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10thed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN978-1-921496-12-7.
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