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
^Denotes current player
Name Country of birth Club(s) Career span Games Goals 1963–1964 11 4^ 2022– 25 0^ , 2016– 178 6^ 2022– 65 12 1897 6 1 , 1927–1937 138 140 2018–2021 3 1 1924–1926 13 11 (now Germany) 1962–1963 10 3 , 1995–2008 286 250 , 1976–1981 80 27 1953 1 0 (now Germany) 1927 2 0^ 2023– 16 1 , 2019–2022 20 1 1978–1981 34 11 , 1899–1902 18 12 2006–2009 13 13 2006–2016 167 5 (now Indonesia) 1965 6 0^ (now South Sudan) , , 2016– 107 156 , , , 1937–1946 83 39 2014–2015 3 0 1900 1 0 1998 7 2^ , 2016– 139 127 1898 5 0 , 1998–2008 222 189 , 2000–2005 53 66 2000–2005 33 22 , 2013–2020 54 43 1997–2000 55 19 1914 1 1 , 2005–2011 73 107^ 2022– 39 4 (now Germany) 1973 6 0 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 (now Germany) 1973–1975 67 3 , 1898–1904 113 49 , 1967–1981 279 444^ , 2019– 75 5^ 2024– 1 0 2012–2025 212 77 (now South Sudan) 2019 1 0 , 1978–1988 123 36^ (now South Sudan) 2019– 41 20 , 1979–1984 93 20 ^ 2026– 1 0 1988–1998 146 30^ 2024– 11 14 , 2005–2016 178 25 1898 3 0 , 1914–1924 12 17 1911 7 2 , , 2016–2025 94 8^ 2017– 156 78 , 1998–2008 131 23 1997–2002 6 0 1904 5 0 1939–1950 92 2 1898–1902 59 28^ 2017– 180 21 , 1906–1907 4 0 1910 3 1 1964 7 2 , , 1997–2008 238 33 1897–1899 30 34 , 1984–1991 27 2^ 2018– 119 21 , 2020–2024 4 0 2022–2024 13 5 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– 23 7 , , 2002–2013 166 127 1961–1968 88 1 /, 1988–2001 211 169 (now Germany) , 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 (now Germany) 1947 6 2 1967 2 0 1959 2 0 1964 8 3 1959–1966 132 45^ 2021– 66 2 1900 2 0 1929 2 0 , 1902–1904 15 0 1989–1994 43 7 (now South Sudan) 2016–2017 3 0 2016–2020 23 1 1928 5 0
Players born in the British and Irish Isles
^Denotes current player
Name Country of birth Club(s) Career span Games Goals 1897 1 0 , 1910–1912 31 0 1928–1935 25 6 1897–1899 29 0 1901–1907 80 5 1964–1973 75 78 1989 4 6 , 2006–2009 30 7 1939–1941 2 0 1940–1945 6 0 , 1989–1993 25 0 1984–990 110 80 1908–1909 32 45 1928–1938 154 33 1925–1928 60 12 1941 3 1^ 2021– 64 67 , 1980–1988 117 35 2014–2018 22 0 (now Northern Ireland) 1909 1 0 2007–2013 72 19 1941–1946 52 0^ , 2013– 172 3 , 1989–1991 11 1 , 1924–1928 58 186 1949–1950 16 1 1930–1931 3 0 1903 2 3 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 1 0 1897 4 0 2017–2020 21 2 1938 6 5 , 1987–1993 73 9 1908–1913 85 3 1897 1 0 , 2008–2020 169 60 , , 1987–1994 116 14 1899–1901 9 1^ 2026– 1 0^ 2019– 117 0 All guts, no glory: Brandon Jack exposes the ugly side of football By Martin McKenzie-Murray For The Saturday Paper 2 October 2021 2013–2017 28 16 1941 2 0^ , 2018– 24 0^ , 2019–2021,2023– 56 0 1941–1944 8 0 2001–2011 197 30 1899 2 0 , , 1897–1899 41 6 1902 7 0 1932–1933 16 11 1908 1 0 1932 12 17^ 2023– 46 12 Brisbane Lions 2021–2024 11 1 , 1962–1975 216 149 1901–1903 27 1 1926 2 1 1907–1908 4 0 , 1905–1908 12 0 1942–1943 5 0 , 1986–1996 163 178 , 1938–1941 9 4 1943 6 0 2011–2012 17 1^ , Brisbane Lions 2015–2020,2023– 128 29 , 1929–1937 129 0 1951–1952 8 0 1990 3 0 1897 5 2 1929–1931 15 0 1928 2 1 2012–2014 6 2 , 2006–2011 21 8 1909–1911 18 3^ 2023– 41 1 1971–1972 24 25 1964–1975 210 75 1933 1 0 1938 1 0 1938 1 0^ 2025– 7 0^ 2017– 145 10` 1901 4 3 1897 9 0 , 2005–2013 88 82 1940–1949 148 0 2010–2011 4 0 2015–2022 34 1 2009–2011 8 2 1938 4 5 1909 4 0 1898–1900 14 1 1929–1930 4 0 1898 3 0 , South Melbourne 1967-1978 212 44 (now Northern Ireland) , 1899–1904 50 36 2014–2017 6 0 1897–1906 117 13 1897 5 3 1909 2 0 , 1913–1920 11 1 1901–1912 78 29 1992 2 0 1987–1998 264 130 1900–1901 16 14 1923–1926 37 1 1947–1951 85 13 1997 4 1 2019–2021 1 0 2005–2011 77 0 , 2011–2024 288 101 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^ 2021– 55 0 1941 2 0
See also List of AFL Women's players born outside Australia VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds Australian rules football around the world
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