Today's official AFL Record is published in a sports magazine style format.

[4] To reduce costs, the format for the record changed in the 1990s with the advent of the national league to include an outer magazine which covers regular columns and stories about the entire league and an insert with specifics on the current game such as teamsheets and scoresheets.

In addition, players who reach a milestone of 250, 300 or 350 AFL games are typically honoured with a front cover and a feature story.

[5] In late March 2020, following the COVID-19 lockdowns and as crowds were no longer permitted to attend AFL matches, Crocmedia began publishing a digital version of the Record.

Links to these digital editions are made available via the Record's social media pages such as Instagram,[6] Facebook[7] and Twitter,[8] and the SEN website.

[9] During 2021 and 2022, a single standard version of the AFL Record is published weekly, containing information on all nine games.