AFL Memberships 1984-2025
Year	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 (16/6)
Adelaide								25,087	38,673	40,100	40,611	41,645	42,283	41,395	41,985	42,120	42,896	42,014	46,620	47,097	45,642	43,256	50,138	50,976	48,720	46,472	45,515	46,520	46,005	46,405	54,249	52,920	54,307	56,865	64,379	64,437	54,891	60,232	63,009	68,536	75,477
Brisbane				3,449	7,607	7,716	5,630	5,696	5,401	5,750	6,158	6,158	10,267	16,769	16,108	16,931	20,295	18,330	22,288	24,365	30,221	28,913	26,459	21,976	22,737	24,873	26,779	22,338	20,762	24,130	24,012	25,408	23,286	21,362	24,867	28,023	29,277	40,289	43,139	54,676	63,268	64,000
Carlton	12,774	13,317	14,905	9,227	11,936	10,060	10,978	12,736	12,354	14,445	18,308	18,308	23,276	24,984	25,402	25,719	27,571	27,725	26,385	33,525	32,095	33,534	28,756	35,431	39,360	42,408	40,480	43,971	45,440	50,564	47,485	47,305	50,130	50,326	56,005	64,269	67,035	81,302	88,776	95,277	106,345	99,869
Collingwood	16,313	16,857	13,971	9,500	11,985	13,620	14,808	18,469	18,921	21,882	20,843	20,843	20,752	22,761	27,099	32,358	28,932	31,455	32,549	40,455	41,128	38,612	38,038	38,587	42,498	45,972	48,408	71,796	72,688	78,427	79,347	75,037	74,643	75,879	75,507	85,226	76,862	82,527	100,384	106,470	110,628	105,000
Essendon	10,231	11,376	12,607	8,129	8,432	7,958	11,046	11,593	10,034	11,546	19,720	19,720	24,324	28,063	27,099	29,858	34,278	36,227	35,219	31,970	32,998	32,734	32,511	32,759	41,947	40,412	40,589	50,275	47,708	56,173	60,626	60,818	57,494	67,768	79,319	84,237	66,686	81,662	86,001	86,274	83,664	76,490
Fremantle												18,456	19,622	19,949	22,186	24,896	24,925	23,898	23,775	25,368	32,780	34,178	35,666	43,343	43,366	39,206	39,854	43,975	42,918	43,880	48,777	51,433	51,889	51,254	55,639	51,431	51,577	50,342	56,105	62,064	62,237	59,567
Geelong	7,709	7,718	6,985	6,981	9,667	7,760	15,087	11,356	13,535	15,500	14,312	15,922	17,346	18,858	19,971	21,032	25,595	25,420	23,756	24,017	25,021	30,821	32,290	30,169	36,850	37,160	40,326	39,426	40,205	42,884	43,803	44,312	50,571	54,854	63,818	65,063	60,066	70,293	71,943	82,155	90,798	84,014
Gold Coast																												11,270	11,204	12,502	13,478	13,643	12,854	11,665	12,108	13,649	16,236	19,460	21,422	23,359	26,157
G.Western Sydney																													10,241	12,681	13,040	13,480	15,312	20,944	25,243	30,109	30,841	30,185	32,614	33,036	36,629	32,000
Hawthorn	8,051	7,713	7,335	6,516	7,099	8,520	9,882	10,006	12,368	11,388	11,245	12,728	12,484	27,005	27,649	32,120	26,879	30,140	33,319	31,500	31,255	29,261	28,003	31,064	41,436	52,496	53,978	59,142	60,841	63,353	68,650	72,924	75,351	75,663	80,302	81,211	76,343	77,079	81,494	80,698	83,823	83,901
Melbourne	6,297	5,801	4,511	3,122	10,078	8,184	10,111	10,153	8,681	10,097	10,648	9,544	12,964	15,336	17,870	19,713	18,227	21,409	20,152	20,555	20,647	24,805	24,698	27,777	29,619	31,506	33,358	36,937	35,459	33,177	35,911	35,953	39,146	42,233	44,275	52,421	40,571	53,188	66,484	70,785	65,479	54,878
North Melbourne	6,374	6,520	5,318	3,430	4,415	3,411	5,201	6,683	6,083	6,851	10,296	14,027	14,438	19,368	20,196	22,080	22,156	22,940	20,831	21,403	23,420	24,154	24,624	22,366	32,600	28,340	26,953	29,914	33,423	34,607	39,060	41,012	45,014	40,343	40,789	42,419	38,667	46,357	49,250	51,084	50,628	55,000
Port Adelaide														35,809	38,305	37,166	34,925	33,296	36,229	35,425	36,340	36,834	35,648	34,073	34,185	30,605	29,092	36,624	35,543	39,838	48,968	54,057	53,743	52,129	54,386	51,951	46,820	56,532	58,643	64,041	66,015	67,300
Richmond	6,822	7,137	5,772	2,825	3,154	3,607	4,974	8,377	8,158	9,918	8,229	14,647	20,308	24,975	27,092	29,047	26,869	26,501	27,251	25,101	27,133	28,029	29,406	30,044	30,820	36,981	32,960	47,655	53,027	60,321	66,122	70,809	72,278	72,669	100,726	103,358	100,420	105,084	100,792	101,349	98,489	90,005
St Kilda	4,930	5,708	4,321	3,924	5,799	8,360	11,361	9,785	11,650	12,956	12,009	8,870	14,375	16,610	23,204	20,793	17,855	22,248	17,696	23,626	30,534	32,043	32,327	30,394	30,063	31,906	39,021	39,276	35,440	32,707	30,739	32,746	38,009	42,052	46,301	43,038	48,588	55,802	60,172	60,239	60,467	56,878
Sydney	2,750	2,777	4,927	3,594	2,516	2,631	2,624	2,907	3,020	3,097	3,327	6,088	9,525	22,109	31,089	31,175	30,177	28,022	27,755	21,270	25,010	24,955	30,382	28,764	26,721	26,269	28,671	34,679	29,873	36,358	40,126	48,836	56,523	58,838	60,934	61,912	48,322	50,144	55,934	65,332	73,757	72,462
West Coast				2,800	8,480	9,223	10,450	17,636	29,302	25,779	24,265	26,821	26,663	33,286	37,496	36,212	38,868	38,649	34,880	36,234	40,792	42,406	44,138	45,949	44,863	43,927	44,160	54,040	57,377	58,501	58,529	60,221	65,188	65,064	80,290	90,445	100,776	106,422	102,897	103,275	103,498
Western Bulldogs	6,491	8,030	8,433	3,452	5,351	5,168	10,983	9,598	9,311	11,478	9,339	12,212	10,650	15,054	20,064	20,491	18,056	19,085	20,838	21,260	19,295	21,974	26,042	28,725	28,306	28,215	32,077	32,026	30,007	30,209	31,538	35,222	39,459	47,653	43,246	44,373	38,876	46,541	50,941	56,302	62,328	59,469
Total Members	88,742	92,954	89,085	66,949	96,519	96,218	123,135	160,082	187,491	200,787	209,310	245,989	279,277	382,331	422,815	441,711	438,504	447,359	449,543	463,171	494,311	506,509	519,126	532,397	574,091	586,748	602,221	699,864	708,161	756,717	804,460	836,136	875,197	907,561	1,008,134	1,057,572	992,854	1,113,441	1,190,000	1,264,952	1,319,687	1,031,251
Womens Club																																				9,406	20,849	25,782	48,712	66,362	68,743
* Note 1984-2024 are official AFL membership numbers as found in annual reports or from the 2021 AFL Season guide.																																									Record