This is a list of players who made their Australian Football League (AFL) debut in a senior AFL match to date during the 2011 AFL season. In addition to those players making their AFL-level debuts, some players have made their debuts for a new club following a trade or re-drafting are also listed below in a separate table.

A senior AFL match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or have been in the past, members of the AFL. A senior AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each player made his debut for a club in a senior AFL match. Where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

AFL debuts A total of 132 players made their début in the Australian Football League in 2011. The new played 34 new players and helped make 2011 the highest number of début players since and both joined the league in 1987. Each of the top 10 draft picks and 29 of the first 33 selections in the 2010 AFL draft made their début.

Players are listed in order of debut, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Players marked "(rookie)" are players who were elevated from their clubs' rookie-list to the senior list, and therefore were eligible to represent the club in a senior AFL match.

Order Name Club Age at debut Debut Games in 2011 Goals in 2011RookieRecruited fromLeagueNotes 1 12 3Rookie Box Hill VFL 2 20 1 Norwood SANFL 3 16 0 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup Round 16 Rising Star nomination 4 17 0 Perth WAFL Round 9 Rising Star nomination 5 10 4 West Adelaide SANFL 6 2 0 Calder Cannons TAC Cup 7 3 3 Rookie Perth WAFL 8 13 2 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup Round 4 Rising Star nomination 9 18 4 Eastern Ranges TAC Cup 10 15 2 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 11 5 5 Labrador QAFL brother of Dayne Beams, Round 1 nomination for 2012 AFL Rising Star 12 12 5 West Perth WAFL son of Corey Bewick 13 3 2 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup 14 8 2 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 15 22 3 Gippsland Power TAC Cup Round 1 Rising Star nomination & overall winner 16 16 0 Box Hill VFL 17 16 4 Calder Cannons TAC Cup Son of Tony Liberatore 18 15 2 North Adelaide SANFL 19 1 0 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL 20 21 20 West Perth WAFL Round 6 Rising Star nomination 21 15 7 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup Round 19 Rising Star nomination 22 16 3 Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup 23 14 18 Rookie Box Hill VFL 24 8 1 North Ballarat VFL 25 1 0 Rookie Clarence TFL26 14 14 Peel Thunder WAFLcousin of Jamie Bennell ()27 10 6 Redland QAFL28 16 1 former Brisbane Broncos (NRL) player29 1 0 Southport QAFL30 3 1 Rookie Pomona AFLQ State Associationbrother of Rhys Magin ()31 12 15 South Fremantle WAFL Round 5 Rising Star nomination, son of Wally Matera (/)32 21 13 Western Jets TAC Cup Round 17 Rising Star nomination33 17 1 Calder Cannons TAC Cup34 20 14 Glenmore Bulls AFL Capricornia Round 7 Rising Star nomination35 21 11 East Fremantle WAFL Round 14 Rising Star nomination, brother of Andrew Swallow () 36 13 0 Glenelg SANFL37 8 1 Calder Cannons TAC Cup38 3 0 Calder Cannons TAC Cup 39 17 16 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup Round 18 Rising Star nomination, nephew of Marty and Damien Christensen40 3 0 Rookie Southport QAFL41 2 0 Sturt SANFL42 7 2 Norwood SANFL43 15 2 Burnie Dockers TFL 44 19 1 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup45 3 1 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL46 3 0 Perth WAFL47 11 2 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup48 19 18 Rookie North Adelaide SANFL49 11 5 Burnie Dockers TFL50 15 7 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 51 6 0 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup 52 6 0 Calder Cannons TAC Cup son of Stephen Wallis, Round 4 nomination for 2012 AFL Rising Star 53 14 12 Eastern Ranges TAC Cup54 4 7 East Fremantle WAFL55 1 0 Sandringham VFL56 9 1 Frankston VFL57 9 0 Southern Districts NTFL58 3 2 Wanderers NTFL cousin of Liam Jurrah59 18 4 Norwood SANFL 60 14 20 North Ballarat VFL 61 1 0 Nightcliff NTFL 62 2 1 Rookie East Coast Eagles SFL 63 7 2 Sturt SANFL 64 4 1 Zillmere Eagles QAFL65 13 15 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup66 11 6 Labrador QAFL67 1 0 Claremont WAFL68 5 5 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup69 1 0 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup70 12 2 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup71 12 8 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup72 17 30 Rookie NSW/ACT Rams AFL NSW/ACT Round 15 Rising Star nomination73 9 6 Gippsland Power TAC Cup74 4 0 Rookie Claremont WAFL75 14 11 Perth WAFL76 2 0 Claremont WAFL77 5 0 Clarence TFL78 8 0 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup79 Round 10 9 2 Rookie University Blues VAFA80 Round 10 2 1 North Adelaide SANFL81 Round 10 3 1 North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup82 Round 10 6 1 Glenelg SANFL83 Round 11 2 0 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup84 Round 11 4 1 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup85 Round 11 13 18 Hobart TFL86 Round 11 1 0 Calder Cannons TAC Cup87 Round 11 3 0 Southport QAFL88 Round 11 2 1 Claremont WAFL89 Round 11 2 0 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup90 Round 11 5 1 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup91 Round 11 10 2 Rookie Laois GAA 9218 years, 293 daysRound 12 11 11 RookieGeelong FalconsTAC CupRound 21 Rising Star nomination 9319 years, 160 daysRound 12 4 0 KenmoreAFL Queensland 9419 years, 252 daysRound 12 8 0 RookieGippsland PowerTAC Cup 95Round 12 11 15 East FremantleWAFLRound 22 Rising Star nomination 96Round 13 7 0 East FremantleWAFL 97Round 13 11 17 Oakleigh ChargersTAC Cup 9820 years, 229 daysRound 13 2 0RookieGeelong FalconsTAC Cup 99 Round 14 6 0 GlenelgSANFL 10019 years, 208 daysRound 14 7 1 BroadbeachQAFL 10122 years, 129 daysRound 14 10 1 Rookie County AntrimGAA 10218 years, 178 daysRound 14 2 1 RookieMurray BushrangersTAC Cup 10320 years, 322 daysRound 14 2 3 Sandringham DragonsTAC Cup 10428 years, 188 days Round 14 3 2 Rookie Central DistrictSANFL 10520 years, 322 daysRound 141 0 North AdelaideSANFL 10620 years, 132 daysRound 15 5 0 Eastern RangesTAC CupRound 23 Rising Star nomination 107 19 years, 273 daysRound 159 0 Calder CannonsTAC Cup 10820 years, 143 daysRound 15 5 1 Geelong FalconsTAC Cup 10920 years, 119 daysRound 16 8 2 SouthportQAFL 110Round 16 5 4 GympieAFL Queensland 11125 years, 176 daysRound 17 2 1 RookieSwan DistrictsWAFL 11218 years, 307 daysRound 19 1 2 Port Adelaide MagpiesSANFL 113Round 19 2 0 Geelong FalconsTAC Cup 11419 years, 318 daysRound 19 2 0 Gippsland PowerTAC Cup 11519 years, 303 daysRound 19 4 2 Oakleigh ChargersTAC Cup 11619 years, 230 daysRound 19 5 1 Rookie Wollongong LionsSydney AFL 11719 years, 360 daysRound 20 1 0 RookieEastern RangesTAC Cup 11823 years, 111 daysRound 21 2 0 WilliamstownVFL 119Round 21 4 11 Gippsland PowerTAC Cup 12020 years, 216 daysRound 21 4 0 RookieNorwoodSANFL 12120 years, 167 daysRound 22 2 1 MorningsideQAFL 12222 years, 298 daysRound 22 2 0 Rookie SouthportQAFLbrother of Kurt Tippett 12319 years, 178 daysRound 22 3 0 RookieEastern RangesTAC CupRound 2 2013 Rising Star nomination 12419 years, 116 daysRound 22 2 2 Sydney UniversitySydney AFL 125Round 22 2 0 Geelong FalconsTAC Cupson of Brian Cordy 126Round 22 3 5 NSW/ACT RamsAFL NSW/ACT 12718 years, 334 daysRound 2322Northern KnightsTAC Cup 12818 years, 344 daysRound 2320North Ballarat RebelsTAC Cup 12918 years, 355 daysRound 2411LauderdaleTFL 13020 years, 325 daysRound 2411Oakleigh ChargersTAC Cup 131Round 2411Western JetsTAC Cup 13220 years, 279 daysRound 2411Peel ThunderWAFL

Change of clubs Players are listed in order of debut, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Players are only included if they had previously played a senior AFL match with another club. "Previous club(s)" years are from the season of the player's debut for their respective club to the year in which they played their final game for that club.

Order Name Club Debut Games in 2011 Goals in 2011 Rookie Previous club(s) 1 17 2 (2009–2010) 2 21 6 (2007–2010) 3 22 5 (2007–2010) 4 11 11 (2006–2010) 5 13 5 (2007–2009) 6 22 32 (2001–2007) 7 10 0 (2005–2010) 8 9 1 (2000–2010) 9 17 17 (2003–2010) 10 19 8 Rookie (2006–2009) 11 8 4 (2009–2010) 12 14 17 (2005–2010) 13 11 8 (2007–2010) 14 2 0 (2007–2010)15 20 18 (2002–2010)16 21 2 (2004–2010)17 22 11 (2003–2010)18 14 0 (2002–2010)19 16 12 (2000–2010)20 22 2 (2007–2010)21 11 2 (2001–2009)22 13 8 (2007–2010)23 21 10 (2004–2010)24 22 20 (2007–2009)25 2 0 (2009–2010)26 14 17 (2002–2010)27 16 8 (2006–2007)28 19 3 (2009–2010)29 8 7 (2006–2007)30 14 6 (2006–2010)31 4 0 (2008–2010)32 Round 10 7 4 (2007–2010)33 Round 11 8 1 (2009–2010)34 Round 12 8 4 Rookie (2007–2010)35 Round 16 5 7 (2008–2010)36 Round 22 2 1 (2005–2007)37 Round 22 3 4 (2008–2010)38 Round 24 1 1 Rookie (2003), (2005–2010)

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