This is a List of Australian rules football families, that is families who have had more than one member play or coach in the Australian Football League (previously the VFL) as well as families who have had one or more member compete or coach in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) or South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and at least one in the VFL/AFL. Each family will have at least a father and son combination or a set of brothers. Many families have had two or more cousins play league football but they are not included unless one also had a father, son or brother play.
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