Alex Johnston (rugby league)

Alex "AJ" Johnston
Personal information
Full nameAlex Johnston
Born (1995-01-14) 14 January 1995
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– South Sydney 244 213 0 0 852
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–21 Indigenous All Stars 4 1 0 0 4
2015 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
2015 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2019–25 Papua New Guinea 12 4 0 0 16
Source:
As of 14 March 2026

Alex Johnston (born 14 January 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He has played for both Australia and Papua New Guinea at international level.

He played for the Indigenous All Stars and the Prime Minister's XIII at representative level, and won the 2014 NRL Grand Final with the South Sydney club. Johnston is the highest try scorer in Australian first-grade rugby league history. He played as a fullback earlier in his NRL career as well as at international level.