Australian rules football in Queensland

In Queensland, Australian rules football (known mainly as "AFL") is a moderately popular spectator and participation sport governed by AFL Queensland. It dates back to the colonial era in 1866 and was the first and most popular football code until 1883 when it fell behind the Barassi line. There has been continuous organised competition since the 20th century.

The state is the sport's third largest audience with the Australian Football League (AFL) Premiership Season generating more than a million television viewers, though spectator numbers fluctuate with the success of its two fully professional AFL clubs: the Brisbane Lions (founded in 1996 through the merger of the Queensland based Brisbane Bears with a Victorian club) and Gold Coast Suns (founded 2009). Both clubs also field a side in the national women's competition (AFLW) and compete against each other in the QClash. Queensland was the second state in history to hold an AFL Grand Final and the first to hold an AFL Women's Grand Final.

The participation rate is 1.3%. Despite having the third largest population, it has the second lowest player base and participation rate of any state. There are 51,941 adult and 3,798 children (around a quarter are female) playing full contact across more than 10 competitions and 130 clubs. The most popular competitions are in South East Queensland and the Cairns Region, the semi-professional Queensland Australian Football League and AFL Cairns respectively. Despite being the fourth in football participation behind soccer, touch and rugby league, according to Ausplay it is one of the top 10 team sports in the state.

Queensland's first representative football team, known as the "Maroons", experienced limited success in its matches between 1884 and 1988. Brisbane hosted national carnivals in 1958 and 1961. Despite a poor record historically, Queensland won Section B national titles in 1974 and 1979. Zane Taylor holds the record for the number of representative caps. The Teal Cup competition (now AFL National Championships) began in Brisbane. Prior to its national expansion, Queensland's underage side dominated the competition with 12 titles. Since going national from 1976–2016, it won 4 Division 2 titles, the most recent in 2015.

More than 150 born and raised players have participated at AFL/AFLW level since Erwin Dornau's debut in 1948. Jason Dunstall, the first inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and granted Legend status, has the most goals, his tally of 1254 is the third highest in league history. Dayne Zorko has the most games. Ally Anderson won the competition best and fairest also has the most games while Katie Brennan has the most goals.