19.04.23 – AFL and NRL Membership updates
AFL and NRL Memberships as of 6pm on April 19 as sourced from club websites and media reports.
AFL Clubs
Over three quarters of clubs are up on their 2022 member number, compared to the same time last year, with Richmond and West Coast leading the way on the membership tally.
The all-time industry membership record is 1,190,671 which was set in 2022.
Three clubs – Richmond, West Coast, Collingwood – achieved 100k members in 2022 and Carlton last week announced a membership target of 100,000 members in 2023.
| Club | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Adelaide | 64,437 | 54,891 | 60,232 | 63,009 | |
| Brisbane | 28,023 | 29,277 | 40,289 | 43,139 | 40,000 |
| Carlton | 64,269 | 67,035 | 81,302 | 88,776 | 86,485 |
| Collingwood | 85,226 | 76,862 | 82,527 | 100,384 | 90,000 |
| Essendon | 84,237 | 66,686 | 81,662 | 86,001 | 71,149 |
| Fremantle | 51,431 | 51,577 | 50,342 | 56,105 | 55,758 |
| Geelong | 65,063 | 60,066 | 70,293 | 71,943 | 71,254 |
| Gold Coast | 13,649 | 16,236 | 19,460 | 21,422 | |
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G.Western Sydney
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30,109 | 30,841 | 30,185 | 32,614 | 23,000 |
| Hawthorn | 81,211 | 76,343 | 77,079 | 81,494 | 55,000 |
| Melbourne | 52,421 | 40,571 | 53,188 | 66,484 | 58,934 |
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North Melbourne
|
42,419 | 38,667 | 46,357 | 49,250 | 44,309 |
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Port Adelaide
|
51,951 | 46,820 | 56,532 | 58,643 | 54,731 |
| Richmond | 103,358 | 100,420 | 105,084 | 100,792 | 94,870 |
| St Kilda | 43,038 | 48,588 | 55,802 | 60,172 | 54,484 |
| Sydney | 61,912 | 48,322 | 50,144 | 55,934 | 55,957 |
| West Coast | 90,445 | 100,776 | 106,422 | 102,897 | |
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Western Bulldogs
|
44,373 | 38,876 | 46,541 | 50,941 | 46,142 |
| Club Total | 1,057,572 | 992,854 | 1,113,441 | 1,190,000 | 902,073 |
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Womens Total
|
9,406 | 20,849 | 25,782 | 48,712 |
More information here.
NRL
| Club | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Brisbane (club news 5/2) | 34,793 | 27,463 | 28,533 | 36,516 | 30,000 |
| Canberra | 20,121 | 19,039 | 23,112 | 23,491 | 21,144 |
| Canterbury | 18,343 | 15,170 | 16,732 | 17,337 | |
| Cronulla (nrl.com) | 15,826 | 13,680 | N/R | 13,000 | 14,025 |
| Dolphins | 27,000 | ||||
| Gold Coast (club news 18/2) | 6,517 | 7,836 | N/R | N/R | 8,025 |
| Manly | 12,440 | 12,887 | 12,332 | 13,295 | 15,368 |
| Melbourne (nrl.com) | 25,211 | 25,411 | 27,504 | 40,122 | 20,592 |
| Newcastle | 20,665 | 18,860 | 21,430 | 19,232 | 15,816 |
| New Zealand | 10,768 | 18,366 | 6,491 | N/R | |
| North Queensland | 21,029 | 16,709 | 17,390 | 16,911 | 18,287 |
| Parramatta | 25,258 | 28,156 | 32,251 | 34,026 | |
| Penrith | 20,627 | 18,906 | 19,085 | N/R | |
| South Sydney | 29,626 | 29,670 | 30,756 | 31,067 | 31,147 |
| St George | 21,028 | 15,272 | 18,090 | 20,225 | 13,125 |
| Sydney | 16,384 | 16,530 | 17,207 | 19,029 | 19,080 |
| Wests Tigers (NRL.com) | 20,739 | 17,912 | 19,577 | 20,906 | 18,685 |
| Total | 319,375 | 301,867 | 290,490 | 305,157 | 240,294 |
