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.
The list is arranged in the order in which each player made his debut for a club in a senior AFL match.
A total of 132 players made their début in the Australian Football League in 2011.
The new Gold Coast played 34 new players and helped make 2011 the highest number of début players since West Coast and Brisbane Bears both joined the league in 1987.