List of Australian Football League umpires

This is a list of people who have umpired in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.

As of 2007 there have been a total of 1,249 umpires to have umpired at VFL/AFL Level (408 field umpires, 523 boundary umpires and 318 goal umpires). The first field umpire to be appointed to a match was Henry "Ivo" Crapp, the first boundary umpire was Chris Carriss and the first goal umpire was F. J. Burton.

There have been three female umpires to have officiated at VFL/AFL level – Katrina Pressley and Chelsea Roffey, both Queensland-based goal umpires and Eleni Glouftsis (field umpire)

Current umpires

Field

Statistics correct as of the end of Round 17 2023

Name # Games (AFL career)
Chris Donlon 1 395
Nick Foot 2 203
Leigh Fisher 3 210
Justin Power 4 84
Leigh Haussen 5 37
Daniel Johanson 6 57
Jeff Dalgleish 7 193
Brett Rosebury 8 402
Matt Stevic 9 359
Robert O'Gorman 10 90
Curtis Deboy 11 75
Andrew Stephens 12 90
Nick Brown 13 39
Hayden Gavine 14 33
Mathew Nicholls 15 335
Brendan Hosking 16 135
John Howorth 17 0
Ray Chamberlain 18 291
Alex Whetton 19 12
Sam Hay 20 183
Simon Meredith 21 345
Nathan Williamson 22 49
Robert Findlay 23 216
David Harris 24 91
Shaun Ryan 25 281
Craig Fleer 26 77
Troy Pannell 28 205
Andrew Heffernan 29 4
Shane McInerney 30 464
Andrew Mitchell 31 104
Jacob Mollison 32 191
Brent Wallace 33 36
Eleni Glouftsis 34 5
Andre Gianfagna 35 0
Daniel Butcher (rookie) 36 0
Cameron Barr (rookie) 37 0
Kayne Nund (rookie) 38 0
Alex Whetton (rookie) 39 0
Rowan Hundertmark (rookie) 40 1
Lewis Giles (rookie) 41 0
Matt Adams (rookie) 42 1
Justin Power (rookie) 43 0
Liam Rowe (rookie) 44 1
45 0
Patrick Burns (rookie) 46 0
John Howorth (rookie) 47 0
Nick Brown — 17

Note: Umpires only receive an AFLUA Heritage Number if they start a match, rather than come on as an emergency umpire. Thus, some umpires have made their AFL debut, but not received a Heritage Number.

Boundary

John Gambetta

VFL/AFL players and umpires

This list is of VFL/AFL footballers who umpired at least one match in the league, either as a boundary, field or goal umpire. There have been a total of 85 players to achieve this distinction.

Name Games umpired Years umpired
Bert Allen 2 1915
Roy Allen 1 1931
Jordan Bannister 1+ 2012–
Jimmy Bates 15 1939–1943
Tammy Beauchamp 7 1909
Wally Beckwith 22 1928–1929
Vic Belcher 17 1921–30
Albert Bickford 1 1921
Billy Blair 41 1940–1945
Max Blumfield 37 1951–1954
Jack Boyd 41 1934–1936
Bob Boyle 59 1907–1915
Billy Bremner 21 1910–1912
Billy Briscoe 51 1926–1929
Charlie Canet 7 1931
Vernon Carkeek 1 1922
Sam Chapman 160 1902–1913
Bill Coffey 33 1926–1929
Ted Collins 1 1930
Bob Corbett 40 1931–1933
Harold Craven 2 1931
Andrew Curtis1071996–2006
Charlie Curtis 3 1910
Jack Davidson 1 1906
Bill L. Davies 2 1914
Lawrie Delaney 9 1915–1918
Eddie Drohan 14 1909
Charlie Dummett 264 1927–1945
Percy Ellingsen 53 1931–1933
Leigh Fisher 1+ 2013-
Charlie Foletta 31 1913–15
Mark Fraser 5 2005
Dick Gibson 100 1899–1909
George Green 13 1917–1920
Bill Griffiths 20 1911–1913
Ted Hall 1 1900
Charlie Hammond 11 1921
Harry Hardiman 69 1944–1948
George Hastings 8 1905–10
Clarrie Hearn 12 1937
Neville Heffernan 67 1931–1935
Hugh Heron 120 1914–1926
Arthur Hiskins 52 1930–1933
Ern Jenkins 132 1920–1927
Harold Johnston 3 1930
Percy Jory 3 1925
Pat Kennedy 76 1925–1931
Harry Lampe 1 1909
Phil Lane 26 1943–1946
Billy Leeds 2 1904
Teddy Lockwood 1 1917
Mick Madden 93 1923–1929
Vin Maguire 7 1923–1924
Dick McCabe 1 1918
Bill McNamara 3 1906–1908
Mick Madden 93 1923–1929
Keith Millar 3 1936
Roy Millen 1 1929
Jack Monohan 181 1913–1926
Billy Moxham 25 1913–1919
Alec Mutch 47 1923–1927
Wally Naismith 11 1915–1919
Michael O'Gorman 172 1902–1919
Howard Okey 9 1936
Jack O'Loughlin 91 1904–1910
Billy Orchard 14 1923–1926
Albert Pannam 12 1914–1921
Mick Pleass 2 1902
Les Reynolds 3 1929
Harry Rowe 16 1951–1955
George Sandford 83 1904–1913
Ed Sanneman 43 1936–1941
Ernie Schunke 11 1904
Bob Sellers 131 1944–1952
Jimmy Shand 4 1930
Teddy Shorten 156 1930–1949
Fred Sigmont 108 1908–15
Jimmy Smith 33 1907–10
Bert Streckfuss 109 1921–1930
George Threlfall 22 1929–1931
George Topping 3 1913
Lardie Tulloch 65 1905–11
Fred Turnbull 1 1923
Bill Twomey 3 1933
Dick Vernon 4 1912
Bert Wregg 39 1905–1908
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