The AFL legends and hall of fame list is the most prestigious recognition in the sport.
Former players, coaches and staff can be inducted into the list to recognise their achievements in Australian Rules football.
To become an AFL legend, first you need to be inducted into the AFL hall of fame.
In 2024, Hawthorn great Jason Dunstall was elevated to legend status, while Dane Swan, Chris McDermott, Ralph Robertson, Kelvin Templeton, Ray Schofield and Michael Graham joined the AFL hall of fame.
The Sporting News lists every member of the AFL hall of fame and legends lists.
MORE: Legend status in Australian football: Who is in Hall of Fame category and what is the criteria?
"Legends" list in the Australian Football Hall of Fame
In order of elevation to Legend status (Year elevated)
- Ted Whitten (1996)
- Roy Cazaly (1996)
- Ron Barassi (1996)
- Leigh Matthews (1996)
- John Nicholls (1996)
- John Coleman (1996)
- Jack Dyer (1996)
- Haydn Bunton Sr. (1996)
- Graham 'Polly' Farmer (1996)
- Dick Reynolds (1996)
- Bob Skilton (1996)
- Bob Pratt (1996)
- Ian Stewart (1997)
- Gordon Coventry (1998)
- Peter Hudson (1999)
- Kevin Bartlett (2000)
- Barrie Robran (2001)
- Bill Hutchison (2003)
- Jock McHale (2005)
- Darrel Baldock (2006)
- Norm Smith (2007)
- Alex Jesaulenko (2008)
- Kevin Murray (2010)
- Royce Hart (2013)
- Tony Lockett (2015)
- Malcolm Blight (2017)
- Kevin Sheedy (2018)
- John Kennedy Sr. (2020)
- Jack Oatey (2021)
- Merv McIntosh (2021)
- Russell Ebert (2022)
- Jason Dunstall (2024)
Australian Football Hall of Fame list
In order of induction into hall of fame (not including legends)
- Graham Arthur (1996)
- Allen Aylett (1996)
- Percy Beames (1996)
- Vic Belcher (1996)
- Percy Bentley (1996)
- Francis Bourke (1996)
- Peter Burns (1996)
- Albert Chadwick (1996)
- David Christy (1996)
- Jack Clarke (1996)
- Ron Clegg (1996)
- Horrie Clover (1996)
- Albert Collier (1996)
- George Coulthard (1996)
- Syd Coventry (1996)
- Vic Cumberland (1996)
- John Daly (1996)
- Bob Davis (1996)
- Gary Dempsey (1996)
- Bruce Doull (1996)
- Wels Eicke (1996)
- Len Fitzgerald (1996)
- Tom Fitzmaurice (1996)
- Robert Flower (1996)
- Les Foote (1996)
- Carji Greeves (1996)
- Keith Gregg (1996)
- Lindsay Head (1996)
- Reg Hickey (1996)
- Allan Hopkins (1996)
- Peter Knights (1996)
- Phonse Kyne (1996)
- Allan La Fontaine (1996)
- Dick Lee (1996)
- Johnny Lewis (1996)
- Tom McKenzie (1996)
- Simon Madden (1996)
- Rod McGregor (1996)
- Dave McNamara (1996)
- Dan Minogue (1996)
- Bill Mohr (1996)
- George Maloney (1996)
- Dan Moriarty (1996)
- Graham Moss (1996)
- Jack Mueller (1996)
- Laurie Nash (1996)
- Charlie Pannam (1996)
- Bernie Quinlan (1996)
- Bob Quinn (1996)
- John Rantall (1996)
- Jack Reedman (1996)
- Jack Regan (1996)
- Lou Richards (1996)
- Bob Rose (1996)
- John Schultz (1996)
- Walter Scott (1996)
- Bernie Smith (1996)
- Charlie Sutton (1996)
- Mark Tandy (1996)
- Vic Thorp (1996)
- Albert Thurgood (1996)
- Jack Titus (1996)
- George Todd (1996)
- William Truscott (1996)
- Michael Tuck (1996)
- Harry Vallence (1996)
- Doug Wade (1996)
- Bill Walker (1996)
- Ivor Warne-Smith (1996)
- Colin Watson (1996)
- Jack Worrall (1996)
- Roy Wright (1996)
- Henry Young (1996)
- Barry Davis (1997)
- Neil Kerley (1997)
- Wayne Schimmelbusch (1997)
- Terry Daniher (1998)
- Ken Farmer (1998)
- Fred Flanagan (1998)
- Allan Ruthven (1998)
- Len Thompson (1998)
- Gary Ayres (1999)
- Peter Bedford (1999)
- Dermott Brereton (1999)
- Jack Clarke (1999)
- Peter Daicos (1999)
- Bob Hank (1999)
- Peter McKenna (1999)
- Stephen Michael (1999)
- Garry Wilson (1999)
- David Dench (2000)
- Des Fothergill (2000)
- Ross Glendinning (2000)
- Bill Goggin (2000)
- Gerard Healy (2000)
- Geoff Southby (2000)
- Tim Watson (2000)
- Ken Fraser (2001)
- Stephen Kernahan (2001)
- Barry Round (2001)
- Don Scott (2001)
- Jack Sheedy (2001)
- Norman Ware (2001)
- Dale Weightman (2001)
- Greg Williams (2001)
- George Doig (2002)
- Geoff Motley (2002)
- John Newman (2002)
- Herbie Matthews (2003)
- Arthur Oliver (2003)
- John Platten (2003)
- Wayne Richardson (2003)
- Jim Stynes (2003)
- Carl Ditterich (2004)
- Doug Hawkins (2004)
- Denis Marshall (2004)
- Jack Moriarty (2004)
- Gary Ablett Snr (2005)
- Kelvin Moore (2005)
- Peter Moore (2005)
- Ian Nankervis (2005)
- Paul Roos (2005)
- Stephen Silvagni (2005)
- Stuart Spencer (2005)
- Craig Bradley (2006)
- Steve Marsh (2006)
- Peter Matera (2006)
- John Murphy (2006)
- Wilfred Smallhorn (2006)
- Robert Walls (2006)
- Robert DiPierdomenico (2007)
- Darren Jarman (2007)
- Frank Johnston (2007)
- Paul Kelly (2007)
- Dean Kemp (2007)
- Michael Long (2007)
- Murray Weideman (2007)
- Gavin Brown (2008)
- Garry Hocking (2008)
- Glen Jakovich (2008)
- Noel Teasdale (2008)
- Des Tuddenham (2008)
- Mark Bickley (2009)
- Peter Carey (2009)
- Ken Hands (2009)
- Chris Langford (2009)
- Guy McKenna (2009)
- Bill Morris (2009)
- Wayne Carey (2010)
- Brian Dixon (2010)
- Stan Heal (2010)
- Tony Shaw (2010)
- Ross Smith (2010)
- Gavin Wanganeen (2010)
- Nathan Buckley (2011)
- Horrie Gorringe (2011)
- James Hird (2011)
- Mark Ricciuto (2011)
- Michael Voss (2011)
- Glenn Archer (2012)
- Graham Cornes (2012)
- Shane Crawford (2012)
- Chris Grant (2012)
- Robert Harvey (2012)
- Bob Johnson (2012)
- Rick Davies (2013)
- Matthew Lloyd (2013)
- Hassa Mann (2013)
- Brian Peake (2013)
- Scott West (2013)
- Ern Henfry (2014)
- Brad Johnson (2014)
- Anthony Koutoufides (2014)
- Andrew McLeod (2014)
- Matthew Richardson (2014)
- Warren Tredrea (2014)
- Jason Akermanis (2015)
- Peter Bell (2015)
- Michael O'Loughlin (2015)
- Neil Roberts (2015)
- Austin Robertson Jr (2015)
- Paul Bagshaw (2016)
- Ben Hart (2016)
- Verdun Howell (2016)
- Nigel Lappin (2016)
- Maurice Rioli (2016)
- Paul Salmon (2016)
- Ray Sorrell (2016)
- Simon Goodwin (2017)
- John Halbert (2017)
- Barry Hall (2017)
- Anthony Stevens (2017)
- Ron Todd (2017)
- Wayne Johnson (2018)
- Bernie Naylor (2018)
- David Neitz (2018)
- Matthew Scarlett (2018)
- Terry Wallace (2018)
- Mel Whinnen (2018)
- Trevor Barker (2019)
- Jim Deane (2019)
- Brad Hardie (2019)
- Ken Hunter (2019)
- John Abley (2020)
- Simon Black (2020)
- Jonathan Brown (2020)
- Dean Cox (2020)
- Lenny Hayes (2020)
- Greg Phillips (2020)
- Nathan Burke (2021)
- Chris Judd (2021)
- Robert Wiley (2021)
- Terry Cashion (2022)
- Bill Dempsey (2022)
- Mike Fitzpatrick (2022)
- Brent Harvey (2022)
- Matthew Pavlich (2022)
- Michael Taylor (2022)
- Ted Tyson (2022)
- Nicky Winmar (2022)
- Michael Aish (2023)
- Jimmy Bartel (2023)
- Corey Enright (2023)
- Tom Leahy (2023)
- Sam Mitchell (2023)
- Mark Williams (2023)
- Michael Graham (2024)
- Chris McDermott (2024)
- Ralph Robertson (2024)
- Ray Schofield (2024)
- Dane Swan (2024)
- Kelvin Templeton (2024)
