List of Australian Football League umpires
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This is a list of people who have umpired in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.
As of 2007,[needs update] 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.
| Field umpire statistics are correct to round 10, 2026[1] | |
| Goal and boundary umpire statistics are correct to the end of 2025[2] | |
Active AFL umpires
| Umpire | Position | Debut year | Games | Finals | Grand Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Rosebury | Field | 2000 | 570 | 57 | 9 |
| Simon Meredith | Field | 2004 | 539 | 57 | 9 |
| Matt Stevic | Field | 2004 | 525 | 63 | 12 |
| Mathew Nicholls | Field | 2003 | 457 | 29 | 2 |
| Ian Burrows | Boundary | 2003 | 439 | 50 | 10 |
| Adam Coote | Boundary | 2003 | 431 | 31 | 5 |
| Nathan Doig | Boundary | 2005 | 415 | 34 | 5 |
| Jacob Mollison | Field | 2008 | 397 | 15 | 2 |
| Michael Marantelli | Boundary | 2011 | 359 | 39 | 7 |
| Adam Wojcik | Goal | 2008 | 335 | 39 | 6 |
| Matthew Tomkins | Boundary | 2012 | 330 | 38 | 6 |
| Chelsea Roffey | Goal | 2004 | 326 | 16 | 1 |
| Matthew Konetschka | Boundary | 2012 | 314 | 37 | 7 |
| Matthew Jenkinson | Boundary | 2012 | 302 | 13 | 0 |
| Brendan Hosking | Field | 2012 | 300 | 11 | 1 |
| Chris Bull | Boundary | 2011 | 299 | 17 | 1 |
| Stephen Williams | Goal | 2009 | 286 | 2 | |
| Nick Foot | Field | 2012 | 274 | 12 | 1 |
| Leigh Fisher | Field | 2013 | 271 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Stephens | Field | 2014 | 269 | 17 | 1 |
| Craig Fleer | Field | 2012 | 263 | 12 | 2 |
| Chris Esler | Boundary | 2012 | 259 | 11 | 0 |
| Brett Rogers | Goal | 2009 | 240 | 5 | 0 |
| Robert O'Gorman | Field | 2014 | 239 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Field-Read | Boundary | 2015 | 229 | 13 | 2 |
| Nathan Williamson | Field | 2017 | 227 | 11 | 0 |
| Josh Mather | Boundary | 2014 | 226 | 9 | 0 |
| Jordan Andrews | Boundary | 2015 | 219 | 4 | 0 |
| Curtis Deboy | Field | 2014 | 217 | 12 | 0 |
| Hayden Meyer | Field | 2017 | 209 | 13 | 2 |
| Matthew Dervan | Goal | 2016 | 205 | 29 | 4 |
| Michael Craig | Goal | 2014 | 199 | 9 | 1 |
| Steven Piperno | Goal | 2015 | 198 | 17 | 3 |
| Ben Macdonald | Boundary | 2017 | 196 | 12 | 1 |
| Brody Kenny-Bell | Goal | 2015 | 192 | 9 | 0 |
| Damien Main | Boundary | 2017 | 192 | 16 | 1 |
| Peter Challen | Goal | 2007 | 182 | 3 | 0 |
| Josh Garrett | Boundary | 2016 | 182 | 2 | 0 |
| Lachlan Rayner | Boundary | 2016 | 176 | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Brown | Field | 2015 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| Angus McKenzie-Wills | Goal | 2016 | 174 | 12 | 1 |
| Brent Wallace | Field | 2015 | 174 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Barlow | Boundary | 2018 | 167 | 15 | 4 |
| Andre Gianfagna | Field | 2018 | 159 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Baker | Boundary | 2017 | 156 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Reardon | Boundary | 2018 | 153 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Walsh | Goal | 2018 | 150 | 13 | 2 |
| Alex Whetton | Field | 2018 | 149 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Delany | Boundary | 2018 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Benwell | Goal | 2017 | 147 | 4 | 0 |
| John Howorth | Field | 2019 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Power | Field | 2019 | 143 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Dineen | Boundary | 2018 | 140 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Dore | Field | 2019 | 136 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Broadbent | Field | 2019 | 135 | 4 | 0 |
| Josh Furman | Boundary | 2019 | 134 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Swanson | Boundary | 2019 | 131 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Moylan | Boundary | 2018 | 130 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Maclure | Goal | 2017 | 125 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Stagg | Boundary | 2020 | 122 | 1 | 0 |
| David Rodan | Goal | 2017 | 119 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Heffernan | Field | 2019 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Johanson | Field | 2019 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| Eleni Tee | Field | 2017 | 108 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Chisholm | Goal | 2018 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
| Sally Boud | Goal | 2016 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Toner | Field | 2021 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
| David Wood | Boundary | 2020 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieran Ferguson | Boundary | 2021 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Rebeschini | Field | 2020 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Bridges | Goal | 2020 | 91 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Hunter | Goal | 2020 | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| Jordan Russell | Boundary | 2022 | 89 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Phillips | Boundary | 2022 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| Simon Plumridge | Goal | 2020 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Blight | Boundary | 2022 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Rodger | Field | 2023 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Fely | Boundary | 2022 | 74 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | Goal | 2022 | 70 | 4 | 0 |
| Nicholas McGinness | Field | 2022 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Duncan | Boundary | 2022 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Negerman | Goal | 2022 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Adair | Field | 2023 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Callum Leonard | Goal | 2021 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Bailes | Field | 2023 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jones | Field | 2023 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Anderson | Boundary | 2023 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bryce | Field | 2021 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Young | Field | 2023 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Yazdani | Goal | 2022 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Morris | Boundary | 2023 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Birch | Field | 2023 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Graves | Boundary | 2024 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Mattioli | Goal | 2023 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Fry | Field | 2021 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Jankovskis | Field | 2021 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaco Jansen van Rensberg | Boundary | 2025 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Lachlan Menara | Boundary | 2025 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Williams | Boundary | 2025 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cooper | Boundary | 2025 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Pretorius | Boundary | 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Howard | Field | 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Monea | Goal | 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Ford | Goal | 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary Mousaco | Boundary | 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Clamp | Field | 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Bell | Boundary | 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Laughton | Boundary | 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph O'Brien | Field | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordyn Pearson | Field | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaitlin Barr | Boundary | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greta Miller | Boundary | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Melissa Sambrooks | Boundary | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Henderson | Goal | N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilie Hill | Goal | N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Morgan | Field | N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Rizio | Goal | N/a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VFL/AFL umpires to have umpired 250+ games
| Denotes current umpire |
| Umpire | Seasons | Games | Finals | Grand Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Rosebury | 2000– | 570 | 57 | 9 |
| Simon Meredith | 2004– | 539 | 55 | 10 |
| Matt Stevic | 2004– | 473 | 57 | 11 |
| Shane McInerney | 1994–2019 | 500 | 26 | 2 |
| Hayden Kennedy | 1988–2011 | 495 | 39 | 5 |
| Mathew Nicholls | 2003– | 457 | 29 | 2 |
| Rowan Sawers | 1977–1997 | 406 | 35 | 4 |
| Chris Donlon | 2005–2024 | 426 | 20 | 1 |
| Stephen McBurney | 1995–2013 | 401 | 30 | 4 |
| Jacob Mollison | 2008– | 397 | 15 | 2 |
| Ray Chamberlain | 2004–2024 | 389 | 31 | 3 |
| Rob Findlay | 2009–2025 | 381 | 17 | 1 |
| Dean Margetts | 2002–2021 | 377 | 12 | 0 |
| Darren Goldspink | 1989–2007 | 371 | 37 | 6 |
| Bryan Sheehan | 1986–2003 | 367 | 37 | 6 |
| Scott McLaren | 1994–2010 | 364 | 34 | 5 |
| Justin Schmitt | 1997–2018 | 364 | 15 | 0 |
| Shaun Ryan | 2003–2020 | 349 | 41 | 8 |
| Brett Allen | 1992–2007 | 347 | 37 | 7 |
| Ian Robinson | 1971–1987 | 344 | 35 | 9 |
| Chris Mitchell | 1981–2002 | 341 | 15 | 0 |
| Stuart Wenn | 1995–2014 | 340 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Jeffery | 2001–2018 | 325 | 13 | 1 |
| Peter Carey | 1985–1999 | 307 | 24 | 4 |
| Jack McMurray Sr. | 1917–1936 | 304 | 23 | 5 |
| Peter Cameron | 1977–1993 | 304 | 19 | 3 |
| Gavin Dore | 1986–2004 | 302 | 17 | 1 |
| Brendan Hosking | 2012– | 300 | 11 | 1 |
| David Howlett | 1981–2001 | 300 | 14 | 1 |
| Jack Elder | 1906–1922 | 296 | 39 | 10 |
| Kevin Smith | 1971–1985 | 294 | 23 | 4 |
| Andrew Coates | 1989–2004 | 283 | 20 | 2 |
| Michael Vozzo | 1999–2011 | 280 | 24 | 2 |
| Nick Foot | 2012– | 274 | 12 | 1 |
| Leigh Fisher | 2013– | 273 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Stephens | 2014– | 269 | 17 | 1 |
| Craig Fleer | 2012– | 263 | 12 | 2 |
| Denis Rich | 1982–1997 | 251 | 16 | 3 |
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.
