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Gary Ablett Jr. was Gold Coast's inaugural captain from 2011 to 2016.[1]

The Gold Coast Suns are a professional Australian rules football club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The club was granted a licence to join the Australian Football League (AFL) as an expansion club in March 2009,[2] and played its first match during the second round of the 2011 AFL season.[3][nb 1]

In preparation for the club's entry into the league, Gold Coast was provided with a range of recruitment concessions by the AFL, including additional selections in the 2010 AFL draft, early access to recruit underaged players,[nb 2] and access to existing clubs' out-of-contract players in the preceding offseason.[5] The club was also allowed to operate with an increased playing list size and salary cap in its first four seasons, before these allowances were reduced to be in line with the existing AFL clubs from 2015 as planned.[5]

The maximum playing list size of each AFL club is 47 players, consisting of 38–40 senior-listed players and the remainder as rookie-listed players.[7][nb 3] Rookie players receive a reduced salary in comparison to senior-listed players, and are not necessarily automatically eligible for selection in games.[9] As every club is required to make a minimum of three changes to its list at the end of each season,[10] not every player necessarily makes a senior appearance for the club before being removed from the playing list.

Since its first competitive appearance, 112 players have represented the club in an AFL premiership match.[11] The premiership competition is inclusive of home-and-away and finals series matches only, and does not include pre-season matches or representative games (such as State of Origin or International rules football).[12] As of the conclusion of the 2018 season, the player with the highest individual games tally for Gold Coast is Jarrod Harbrow, who has played 220 matches for the club since 2011.[11] Tom Lynch has scored the most goals for the club, attaining 254 goals in his 131 matches.[13]

Players

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David Swallow has played 220 games since being selected with the number-one overall selection in the 2010 national draft.[14][15]
Michael Rischitelli
Michael Rischitelli has played 125 games for Gold Coast since 2011.[16]
Josh Caddy
Josh Caddy played 24 games for Gold Coast from 2011 to 2012.[17]
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt switched football codes from rugby union to play for Gold Coast from 2011 to 2014.[18][19]
Charlie Dixon
Charlie Dixon played 65 games for Gold Coast from 2011 to 2015.[20]
Dion Prestia
Dion Prestia played 95 games for Gold Coast from 2011 to 2016.[21]
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Steven May captained Gold Coast from 2017 to 2018.[22]
A male athlete with blonde hair wearing a sleeveless jersey and shorts holds football, turning whilst he walks on the grass surface of the playing arena.
Tom Lynch scored 254 goals in 131 games for Gold Coast between 2011 and 2018.[13]
Jaeger O'Meara
Jaeger O'Meara played 44 games for Gold Coast from 2013 to 2016.[23]
Kade Kolodjashnij
Kade Kolodjashnij played 78 games for Gold Coast from 2014 to 2018.[24]
Table headers and key
Order Players are listed according to the date of their debut for the club.
Seasons The yearspan of the player's appearances for Gold Coast.
Debut Players' first premiership match for Gold Coast.
Games The number of games played.
Goals The number of goals scored.
^ Player is currently on Gold Coast's playing list.[25][26]
Statistics are updated as of January 2024.
Table of Gold Coast Football Club players, with appearance details[11]
Order Name Season(s) Debut Games Goals
1 Gary Ablett Jr. 2011–2017 round 2, 2011 110 124
2 Harley Bennell 2011–2015 round 2, 2011 81 92
3 Nathan Bock 2011–2014 round 2, 2011 27 6
4 Jared Brennan 2011–2013 round 2, 2011 54 26
5 Campbell Brown 2011–2013 round 2, 2011 46 45
6 Charlie Dixon 2011–2015 round 2, 2011 65 94
7 Josh Fraser 2011–2012 round 2, 2011 18 12
8 Jarrod Harbrow 2011–2021 round 2, 2011 192 33
9 Daniel Harris 2011 round 2, 2011 11 2
10 Karmichael Hunt 2011–2014 round 2, 2011 44 6
11 Nathan Krakouer 2011 round 2, 2011 13 8
12 Marc Lock 2011 round 2, 2011 1 0
13 Alik Magin 2011–2012 round 2, 2011 8 3
14 Brandon Matera 2011–2017 round 2, 2011 101 124
15 Trent McKenzie 2011–2017 round 2, 2011 106 22
16 Dion Prestia 2011–2016 round 2, 2011 95 30
17 Michael Rischitelli 2011–2018 round 2, 2011 125 42
18 Zac Smith 2011–2015 round 2, 2011 65 31
19 Danny Stanley 2011–2016 round 2, 2011 83 39
20 David Swallow^ 2011–present round 2, 2011 220 100
21 Seb Tape 2011–2016 round 2, 2011 40 1
22 Josh Toy 2011–2012 round 2, 2011 13 1
23 Michael Coad 2011–2012 round 3, 2011 6 0
24 Daniel Gorringe 2011–2015 round 3, 2011 22 7
25 Maverick Weller 2011–2013 round 3, 2011 32 3
26 Luke Russell 2011–2016 round 4, 2011 73 29
27 Matt Shaw 2011–2017 round 4, 2011 102 33
28 Jack Hutchins 2011–2014 round 5, 2011 19 3
29 Sam Iles 2011–2012 round 5, 2011 26 11
30 Steven May 2011–2018 round 6, 2011 123 21
31 Liam Patrick 2011–2013 round 6, 2011 13 6
32 Sam Day^ 2011–present round 7, 2011 150 107
33 Joseph Daye 2011 round 7, 2011 4 1
34 Tom Lynch 2011–2018 round 7, 2011 131 254
35 Tom Nicholls 2011–2016 round 8, 2011 45 7
36 Taylor Hine 2011–2012 round 11, 2011 9 1
37 Rex Liddy 2011 round 12, 2011 4 0
38 Hayden Jolly 2011–2012 round 14, 2011 6 0
39 Joel Wilkinson 2011–2013 round 14, 2011 26 1
40 Rory Thompson 2011–2018 round 16, 2011 103 7
41 Jeremy Taylor 2011–2014 round 19, 2011 10 1
42 Nathan Ablett 2011 round 22, 2011 2 1
43 Tom Hickey 2011–2012 round 22, 2011 12 5
44 Joel Tippett 2011 round 22, 2011 2 0
45 Josh Caddy 2011–2012 round 23, 2011 24 17
46 Jacob Gillbee 2011–2013 round 24, 2011 6 3
47 Aaron Hall 2012–2018 round 1, 2012 103 76
48 Matthew Warnock 2012–2014 round 1, 2012 32 0
49 Kyal Horsley 2012–2013 round 5, 2012 14 3
50 Andrew McQualter 2012 round 8, 2012 5 2
51 Alex Sexton^ 2012–present round 8, 2012 166 162
52 Josh Hall 2012–2015 round 16, 2012 7 3
53 Jackson Allen 2012–2014 round 20, 2012 4 0
54 Piers Flanagan 2012 round 21, 2012 3 0
55 Greg Broughton 2013–2015 round 1, 2013 42 4
56 Tom Murphy 2013–2014 round 1, 2013 18 0
57 Jaeger O'Meara 2013–2016 round 1, 2013 44 27
58 Jesse Lonergan 2013–2018 round 6, 2013 60 7
59 Tim Sumner 2013–2015 round 10, 2013 17 6
60 Andrew Boston 2013–2015 round 14, 2013 16 10
61 Leigh Osborne 2013 round 22, 2013 1 0
62 Clay Cameron 2014–2016 round 1, 2014 23 5
63 Sean Lemmens^ 2014–present round 1, 2014 145 25
64 Jack Martin 2014–2019 round 1, 2014 85 75
65 Kade Kolodjashnij 2014–2018 round 2, 2014 78 13
66 Louis Herbert 2014–2015 round 18, 2014 3 0
67 Jack Leslie 2014–2018 round 22, 2014 28 1
68 Jarrod Garlett 2015–2016 round 1, 2015 17 10
69 Mitch Hallahan 2015–2017 round 1, 2015 20 5
70 Nick Malceski 2015–2016 round 1, 2015 34 8
71 Touk Miller^ 2015–present round 1, 2015 173 51
72 Adam Saad 2015–2017 round 1, 2015 48 3
73 Josh Glenn 2015 round 5, 2015 5 1
74 Henry Schade 2015–2016 round 6, 2015 20 0
75 Andrew Raines 2015 round 6, 2015 6 2
76 Keegan Brooksby 2015–2017 round 9, 2015 14 3
77 Peter Wright 2015–2019 round 10, 2015 63 85
78 Callum Ah Chee 2016–2019 round 1, 2016 45 24
79 Ryan Davis 2016–2017 round 1, 2016 21 15
80 Matt Rosa 2016–2018 round 1, 2016 39 6
81 Daniel Currie 2016–2017 round 5, 2016 6 3
82 Jarrad Grant 2016–2017 round 5, 2016 14 11
83 Mackenzie Willis 2016–2017 round 6, 2016 5 0
84 Darcy Macpherson^ 2016–present round 7, 2016 95 29
85 Jesse Joyce 2016–2020 round 11, 2016 64 2
86 Josh Schoenfeld 2016–2019 round 18, 2016 14 5
87 Brayden Fiorini^ 2016–present round 22, 2016 93 27
88 Ben Ainsworth^ 2017–present round 1, 2017 117 98
89 Michael Barlow 2017–2018 round 1, 2017 15 11
90 Jack Bowes 2017–2022 round 1, 2017 83 14
91 Pearce Hanley 2017–2020 round 1, 2017 40 2
92 Jarryd Lyons 2017–2018 round 1, 2017 37 17
93 Jarrod Witts^ 2017–present round 1, 2017 125 15
94 Brad Scheer 2017–2018 round 7, 2017 13 2
95 Will Brodie 2017–2021 round 10, 2017 25 3
96 Jack Scrimshaw 2017–2017 round 18, 2017 4 0
97 Max Spencer 2017–2018 round 19, 2017 8 0
98 Nick Holman^ 2018–present round 1, 2018 101 64
99 Lachie Weller^ 2018–present round 1, 2018 89 28
100 Aaron Young 2018–2019 round 1, 2018 24 21
101 Charlie Ballard^ 2018–present round 7, 2018 110 2
102 Brayden Crossley 2018–2019 round 7, 2018 10 5
103 Jacob Heron 2018–2019 round 9, 2018 13 2
104 Jacob Dawson 2018–2019 round 14, 2018 9 1
105 Wil Powell^ 2018–present round 15, 2018 87 13
106 Chris Burgess 2019–2023 round 1, 2019 36 14
107 Sam Collins^ 2019–present round 1, 2019 90 0
108 Jack Hombsch 2019 round 1, 2019 18 0
109 George Horlin-Smith 2019 round 1, 2019 7 2
110 Jack Lukosius^ 2019–present round 1, 2019 95 56
111 Anthony Miles 2019 round 1, 2019 17 6
112 Jordan Murdoch 2019 round 1, 2019 14 1
113 Josh Corbett 2019 round 6, 2019 9 3
114 Ben King^ 2019–present round 9, 2019 73 129
115 Corey Ellis 2019 round 13, 2020 4 0
116 Caleb Graham 2019–2022 round 21, 2019 37 1
117 Noah Anderson^ 2020–present round 1, 2020 81 29
118 Connor Budarick^ 2020–present round 1, 2020 28 1
119 Brandon Ellis^ 2020–present round 1, 2020 71 26
120 Hugh Greenwood 2020–2021 round 1, 2020 32 9
121 Matt Rowell^ 2020–present round 1, 2020 62 17
122 Izak Rankine 2020–2022 round 6, 2020 48 57
123 Jeremy Sharp 2020–2022 round 10, 2020 23 7
124 Sam Flanders^ 2020—present round 11, 2020 44 14
125 Jy Farrar^ 2020—present round 18, 2020 34 3
126 Oleg Markov 2021–2022 round 1, 2021 28 2
127 Rory Atkins^ 2021—present round 9, 2021 34 5
128 Malcolm Rosas^ 2021—present round 9, 2021 38 33
129 Joel Jeffrey^ 2021—present round 20, 2021 16 15
130 Jacob Townsend 2021 round 21, 2021 2 3
131 Alex Davies^ 2021—present round 23, 2021 25 9
132 Levi Casboult^ 2022—present round 1, 2022 41 59
133 Mabior Chol 2022—2023 round 1, 2022 30 54
134 Charlie Constable 2022—2023 round 11, 2022 4 0
135 Hewago Oea^ 2022—present round 16, 2022 13 5
136 James Tsitas^ 2022—present round 16, 2022 5 3
137 Elijah Hollands 2022—2023 round 19, 2022 14 8
138 Mac Andrew^ 2022—present round 20, 2022 21 0
139 Ben Long^ 2023—present round 1, 2023 15 0
140 Bodhi Uwland^ 2023—present round 1, 2023 3 0
141 Bailey Humphrey^ 2023—present round 4, 2023 19 11
142 Ned Moyle^ 2023—present round 4, 2023 2 0
143 Tom Berry^ 2023—present round 8, 2023 6 0
143 Lloyd Johnston^ 2023—present round 23, 2023 2 0

Other listed players

Table of listed players with no senior appearances for Gold Coast
Player Date of birth Acquired via Listed Ref.
Rookie Senior
Roland Ah Chee 21 November 1990 No. 4, 2010 rookie draft 2011 — [27]
Jake Crawford 5 March 1992 No. 82, 2011 rookie draft 2011 — [27]
Tyrone Downie 13 September 1988 No. 59, 2015 rookie draft 2015 — [28]
Jarred Ellis 18 April 1995 No. 63, 2015 rookie draft 2015 — [28]
Sam Fletcher 27 January 2000 2019 pre-season supplemental selection 2019 — [26]
Josh Jaska 26 February 1998 No. 2, 2018 rookie draft 2018 — [29][30]
Tom Keough 10 October 1991 No. 3, 2016 rookie draft 2016 — [31]
Cameron Loersch 20 October 1995 No. 53, 2016 rookie draft 2016–2017 — [32]
Jez McLennan 7 September 2000 No. 23, 2018 national draft — 2019 [33]
Lewis Moss 4 February 1992 2010 Queensland zone selection 2011–2012 — [34]
Connor Nutting 9 October 1999 No. 55, 2017 national draft — 2018–present [35]
Jack Stanlake 28 February 1991 Local talent access selection, 2010 national draft — 2011 [27]
Jack Stanley 3 January 1990 Local talent access selection, 2011 rookie draft 2011 — [27]
Harrison Wigg 16 October 1996 2017 trade from Adelaide 2019 2018 [36]

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the uneven number of teams in the league in 2011, Gold Coast had a bye in the first round of the season.[4]
  2. ^ Gold Coast was granted special dispensation to recruit up to twelve players, born between 1 January and 30 April 1992, at the end of 2009.[5] Since these players were aged 17 at the time, they were younger than the minimum draft age of 18 years old.[6]
  3. ^ The main ways AFL clubs can recruit players each off-season are: the free agency and trade period, the father–son rule, the academy system, and the various drafts (national, rookie, pre-season).[8]

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