This list deals with Australian rules football rivalries in Australia and around the world. This includes club teams, which compete in local derbies as well as matches between club teams further afield. Also lists international rivalries and rivalries between individual players.

Individuals

Rivalries between players^{[examples needed]}

Rivalries between coaches

International

• Canada–United States (49th Parallel Cup)^[4]

Australia

Interstate

• South Australia–Victoria^[5]
• South Australia–Western Australia
• Victoria–Western Australia

Australian Football League

Local AFL derbies

• West Coast v Fremantle (Western Derby)
• Adelaide v Port Adelaide (Showdown)
• Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast (QClash)
• Sydney v Greater Western Sydney (Sydney Derby, also known as The Battle of the Bridge)

Victorian Football League rivalries

• Carlton v Collingwood
• Essendon v Carlton
• Melbourne v Collingwood
• Richmond v Collingwood
• Hawthorn v Essendon
• Richmond v Carlton
• Essendon v Collingwood
• Essendon v Richmond
• North Melbourne v Hawthorn
• Hawthorn v Geelong
• Essendon v North Melbourne
• Collingwood v Geelong
• Geelong v Richmond
• Fitzroy v Collingwood
• South Melbourne v St Kilda

Interstate rivalries

• Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney

Recent rivalries

• Collingwood v West Coast
• West Coast v Sydney
• Brisbane Lions v Collingwood
• Collingwood v Port Adelaide
• Fremantle v Carlton
• Hawthorn v Sydney

South Australian National Football League

• Norwood–Port Adelaide (main article: Port Adelaide–Norwood)^[6][7]
• Port Adelaide–Sturt
• North Adelaide–Glenelg

West Australian Football League

• East Fremantle–South Fremantle (Fremantle Derby)^[8]

Northern Territory Football League

• St Mary's–Darwin^[9]

Victorian Football League/Association

• Coburg–Northern Bullants (main article: Battle of Bell Street)
• Williamstown–Port Melbourne

Tallangatta Football League

• Beechworth–Chiltern
• Kiewa-Sandy Creek–Mitta United

United States

• New York–Boston^[10]