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, and played its first match during the second round of the 2011 AFL season.

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, and access to existing clubs' out-of-contract players in the preceding offseason. 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.

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. Rookie players receive a reduced salary in comparison to senior-listed players, and are not necessarily automatically eligible for selection in games. As every club is required to make a minimum of three changes to its list at the end of each season, 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. 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). 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. Tom Lynch has scored the most goals for the club, attaining 254 goals in his 131 matches.

Players

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.
Statistics are updated as of January 2024.

Table of Gold Coast Football Club players, with appearance details

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, 2019	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	2
144	Lloyd Johnston^	2023—present	round 23, 2023	2	0
145	Jed Walter^	2024—present	round 2, 2024	0	0
146	Sam Clohesy^	2024—present	round 4, 2024	0	0
147	Will Graham^	2024—present	round 4, 2024	0	0
148	Ethan Read^	2024—present	round 4, 2024	0	0
149	Jake Rogers^	2024—present	round 7, 2024	0	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	—
Jake Crawford	5 March 1992	No. 82, 2011 rookie draft	2011	—
Lewis Moss	4 February 1992	2010 Queensland zone selection	2011–2012	—
Tyrone Downie	13 September 1988	No. 59, 2015 rookie draft	2015	—
Jarred Ellis	18 April 1995	No. 63, 2015 rookie draft	2015	—
Sam Fletcher	27 January 2000	2019 pre-season supplemental selection	2019–2020	—
Josh Jaska	26 February 1998	No. 2, 2018 rookie draft	2018	—
Tom Keough	10 October 1991	No. 3, 2016 rookie draft	2016	—
Cameron Loersch	20 October 1995	No. 53, 2016 rookie draft	2016–2017	—
Connor Nutting	9 October 1999	No. 55, 2017 national draft	—	2018–2019
Jack Stanlake	28 February 1991	Local talent access selection, 2010 national draft	—	2011
Jack Stanley	3 January 1990	Local talent access selection, 2011 rookie draft	2011	—
Harrison Wigg	16 October 1996	2017 trade from Adelaide	2019	2018
Jez McLennan	7 September 2000	No. 23, 2018 national draft	2022	2019–2021
Mitch Riordan	25 January 2000	No. 23, 2019 mid-season draft	2019–2020	—
Patrick Murtagh	11 February 2000	2020 Queensland Academy zone selection	2020–2022	—
Matt Conroy	7 November 2000	No. 29, 2020 rookie draft	2021–2022	—
Rhys Nicholls	30 September 2002	No. 40, 2021 rookie draft	—	2021–2022
Sandy Brock	14 December 2002	No. 36, 2022 rookie draft	2022–present	—
Oskar Faulkhead	11 February 2003	No. 7, 2022 mid-season rookie draft	2022–present	—
Jake Stein	17 January 1994	No. 23, 2022 rookie draft	2023	—
Jed Anderson	2 February 1994	2023 pre-season supplemental selection	—	2023
Brodie McLaughlin	20 November 1997	2023 pre-season supplemental selection	—	2023
William Rowlands	19 June 2005	No. 18, 2024 rookie draft	2024–present	—
Jack Mahony	12 November 2001	No. 24, 2024 rookie draft	2024–present	—