At the end of June, the following membership figures have been published
AFL
All figures from club websites unless specified.
- Adelaide – 72,930 (afc.com.au, June 14) – new record!
- Hawthorn – 72,552
- Richmond – 70,263
- Essendon – 66,664 – new record!
- West Coast – 64,742
- Port Adelaide – 58,564
- Sydney – 58,130 – new record!
- Geelong – 55,111 – new record!
- Carlton – 49,301
- Western Bulldogs – 46,567 – new record
- Fremantle – 46,028 (afl.com.au, December 27th)
- Melbourne – 41,431 – new record!
- St Kilda – 40,928 – new record!
- North Melbourne – 39,819
- Brisbane – 21,203
- Greater Western Sydney – 20,404- new record
- Gold Coast – 11,324
- Collingwood – No figures at this time. (74,643 in 2016)
Tasmania & the ACT
- Hawthorn (Tasmania) – 9,370 (Sunday Tasmanian, May 13)
- Greater Western Sydney (ACT) – 4,268 (The Telegraph May 29)
- North Melbourne (Tasmania) – No figures at this time (7,000 in 2016).
Total Reported AFL Members – 774,594
(Note: given lack of Collingwood, Fremantle data, figures are likely to be in the area of 850,000)
NRL
All figures from club websites unless indicated.
- Brisbane – 36,220
- South Sydney – 30,411
- Parramatta – 24,344 – new record!
- Melbourne – 19,927 – new record!
- Penrith – 19,139
- Canberra – 19,073 – new record!
- St George Illawarra – 18,643
- North Queensland – 18,474
- Canterbury-Bankstown – 18,386
- Wests Tigers – 17,686 – new record!
- New Zealand – 17,091
- Sydney – 15,403
- Cronulla-Sutherland – 15,170 – new record!
- Newcastle – 13,050
- Manly-Warringah – 12,646
- Gold Coast – 10,865
Western Australia
- South Sydney (WA) – ~1,000 (Press release, may 1)
Total NRL Members – 306,528