List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia explained

This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.

Players born outside Australia

Current AFL-listed players in bold.^{[1] [2]}

Name	Country of birth	Club(s)	First	Last	Games	Goals
			1963	1964	11	4
			2022		7	1
		,	2016		135	5
			2022		28	0
			1897	1897	6	1
		,	1927	1937	138	140
			1924	1926	13	11
			1962	1963	10	3
		,	1995	2008	286	250^[3]
		,	1976	1981	80	27
			1953	1953	1	0^[4]
			1927	1927	2	0
			2023		9	0
		,	2019	2022	20	1
			1978	1981	34	11
		,	1899	1902	18	12
			2006	2009	13	13
			2006	2016	167	5
		,,	2016		65	83
		,,,	1937	1946	83	39
			2014	2015	3	0
			1900	1900	1	0
			1998	1998	7	2
			2016		118	117
			1898	1898	5	0
		,	1998	2008	222	189
		,	2000	2005	53	66
			2000	2005	33	22
		,	2013	2020	54	43
			1997	2000	55	19
			1914	1914	1	1
		,	2005	2011	73	107
			1973	1973	6	0
			1931	1931	6	0
		,	1902	1905	32	15
			1986	1997	190	83
			1912	1919	113	49
			2015	2017	5	0
			2011	2014	44	6
		,,	1987	1995	142	37
			1973	1975	67	3
		,	1898	1904	113	49
		,	1967	1981	279	444
			2019		45	2
			2012		191	75
		,	1978	1988	123	36
			2019		13	7
		,	1979	1984	93	20
			1988	1998	146	30
		,	2005	2016	178	25
			1898	1898	3	0
		,	1914	1924	12	17
			1911	1911	7	2
		,,	2016		77	6
			2017	118	54
		,	1998	2008	131	23
			1997	2002	6	0
			1904	1904	5	0
			1939	1950	92	2
			1898	1902	59	28
			2017		139	20
		,	1906	1907	4	0
			1910	1910	3	1
			1964	1964	7	2
		,,	1997	2008	238	33
			1897	1899	30	34
		,	1984	1991	27	2
		,	2020		4	0
			2022		5	2
			1925	1934	142	120
			2012	2015	5	0
		,	1973	1985	174	13
			1998	2007	115	133
			2017	2020	19	4
			1923	1924	22	7
			1989	1996	132	97
			2009	2015	110	48
			1927	1932	86	0
		,	2008	2011	52	9
			2024		4	1
		,,	2002	2013	166	127
			1961	1968	88	1
		/,	1988	2001	211	169
		,	1966	1974	117	209
		,	2009	2020	165	63
		,	1988	2002	282	154
			1930	1945	180	97
		,	1986	1990	25	10
		,	1991	1996	43	33
			1990	2000	200	23
			1897	1899	31	3
			1969	1971	8	7
			1965	1967	17	0
			1947	1947	6	2
			1967	1967	2	0
			1959	1959	2	0
			1964	1964	8	3
			1959	1966	132	45
			2021		54	2
			1900	1900	2	0
			1929	1929	2	0
		,	1902	1904	15	0
			1989	1994	43	7
			2016	2017	3	0
			2016	2020	23	1
			1928	1928	5	0

Players born in the British Isles

Name	Country of birth	Club(s)	First	Last	Games	Goals
			1897	1897	1	0
		,	1989	1993	29	30
		,	1910	1912	31	0
			1928	1935	25	6
			1897	1899	29	0
			1901	1907	80	5
			1964	1973	75	78
			1989	1989	4	6
		,	2006	2009	30	7
			1939	1941	2	0
			1940	1945	6	0
		,	1989	1993	25	0
			1984	1990	110	80
			1908	1909	32	45
			1928	1938	154	33
			1925	1928	60	12
			1941	1941	3	1
			2021		37	40
		,	1980	1988	117	35
			2014	2018	22	0
			1909	1909	1	0
			2007	2013	72	19
			1941	1946	52	0
		,	2013		143	3
		,	1989	1991	11	1
		,	1924	1928	58	186
			1949	1950	16	1
			1930	1931	3	0
			1903	1903	2	3
			1984	1984	1	1
			1902	1915	220	187
			1907	1908	8	1
			1967	1968	10	0
		,,	1977	1988	188	287
			1929	1931	19	0
			1944	1946	54	14
			1908	1908	1	0
			1897	1897	4	0
			2017	2020	21	2
			1938	1938	6	5
		,	1987	1993	73	9
			1908	1913	85	3
			1897	1897	1	0
		,	2008	2020	169	60
		,,	1987	1994	116	14
			1899	1901	9	1
	^[5]		2019		72	0
			1941	1941	2	0
		,,	1897	1899	41	6
		,	2018		18	0
		,	2019		10	0
			1941	1944	8	0
			2001	2011	197	30
			1899	1899	2	0
			1902	1902	7	0
			1932	1933	16	11
			1908	1908	1	0
			1932	1932	12	17
			2021		11	1
		,	1962	1975	216	149
			1901	1903	27	1
			1926	1926	2	1
			1907	1908	4	0
		,	1905	1908	12	0
			1942	1943	5	0
		,	1986	1996	163	178
		,	1938	1941	9	4
			1943	1943	6	0
			2011	2012	17	1
		, Brisbane Lions	2015		105	27
		,	1929	1937	129	0
			1951	1952	8	0
			1990	1990	3	0
			1897	1897	5	2
			1929	1931	15	0
			1928	1928	2	1
			2012	2014	6	2
		,	2006	2011	21	8
			1909	1911	18	3
			1971	1972	24	25
			1964	1975	210	75
			2018		77	16
			1933	1933	1	0
			1987	1990	37	3
			1938	1938	1	0
			1938	1938	1	0
			2017		87	4
			1901	1901	4	3
			1897	1897	9	0
		,	2005	2013	88	82
			1940	1949	148	0
			2010	2011	4	0
			2015	2022	34	1
			2009	2011	8	2
			1938	1938	4	5
			1909	1909	4	0
			1898	1900	14	1
			1929	1930	4	0
			1898	1898	3	0
		,	1967	1979	212	44
		,	1899	1904	50	36
			2014	2017	6	0
			1897	1906	117	13
			1897	1897	5	3
			1909	1909	2	0
		,	1913	1920	11	1
			1901	1912	78	29
			1992	1992	2	0
			1987	1998	264	130
			1900	1901	16	14
			1923	1926	37	1
			1947	1951	85	13
			1997	1997	4	1
			2019	2021	1	0
			2005	2011	77	0
		,	2011		286	100
			2012	2014	5	3
			1996	2004	106	178
		,	2004	2007	6	3
			1928	1929	12	3
			1985	1995	150	63
		,	1912	1913	13	8
			1909	1910	2	0
			1941	1941	2	0

See also

• VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
• Australian rules football around the world

Notes and References

1. News: Rohan Connolly . International rules OK . . 15 May 2010. Melbourne. 15 May 2010.
2. Web site: Multicultural players putting AFL on the map. 7 August 2015 . AFL Players Association.
3. News: Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond. Caroline . Wilson. 30 March 2003. The Sunday Age. 14.
4. News: From "Media City" to premiership glory. 3 August 2015. Carlton FC.
5. Web site: Zell . Alison . Idun to Debut . gwsgiants.com.au . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019.