The list belows the Top 10 as well as the Top 30 V/AFL players who originally came from country Victorian football clubs.
Totals are correct as of July 30th 2022. Players in bold are still active in the current AFL season. The league that is listed for each player, is the league the club was playing in at the time of that player being recruited or drafted.
All care has been taken to ensure the details are correct, however please let us know if there are any errors.
| # | Recruited / Drafted | Lastname | First name | VFL/AFL club recruited/drafted to | Recruited from | League | Games |
| 1 | 1972 | Tuck | Michael | Hawthorn | Berwick | South West Gippsland | 426 |
| 2 | 1988 | Harvey | Robert | St Kilda | Seaford | MPNFNL | 383 |
| 3 | 1997 | Goodes | Adam | Sydney | Horsham | Wimmera | 372 |
| 4 | 2003 | Mundy | David | Fremantle | Seymour | Goulburn Valley | 371 |
| 5 | 1969 | Quinlan | Bernie | Western Bulldogs | Traralgon | Latrobe Valley | 366 |
| 6 | 2001 | Ablett | Gary Jnr | Geelong | Modewarre | Bellarine | 357 |
| 7 | 2005 | Pendlebury | Scott | Collingwood | Sale | West Gippsland Latrobe | 352 |
| 8 | 2006 | Selwood | Joel | Geelong | Sandhurst | Bendigo | 350 |
| 9 | 2001 | Hodge | Luke | Hawthorn | Colac | Geelong | 346 |
| 10 | 2002 | Simpson | Kade | Carlton | Emerald | Yarra Valley Mountain District | 342 |
| 11 | 1988 | Grant | Chris | Western Bulldogs | Daylesford | Ballarat | 341 |
| 12 | 1953 | Rantall | John | Sydney | Cobden | Hampden | 336 |
| 13 | 2002 | Goddard | Brendan | St Kilda | Traralgon | West Gippsland Latrobe | 334 |
| 14 | 2000 | Petrie | Drew | North Melbourne | Ballarat | Ballarat | 332 |
| 15 | 1969 | Matthews | Leigh | Hawthorn | Chelsea | Mornington Peninsula | 332 |
| 16 | 1957 | Nicholls | John | Carlton | Maryborough | Bendigo | 328 |
| 17 | 1968 | Round | Barry | Western Bulldogs | Warragul | Latrobe Valley | 328 |
| 18 | 1967 | Nankervis | Ian | Geelong | Barwon | Geelong | 325 |
| 19 | 2006 | Boak | Travis | Port Adelaide | Torquay | Bellarine | 324 |
| 20 | 1987 | Burke | Nathan | St Kilda | Pines | MPNFNL | 323 |
| 21 | 2001 | Dal Santo | Nick | St Kilda | Sandhurst | Bendigo | 322 |
| 22 | 2006 | Hawkins | Tom | Geelong | Finley | Murray | 322 |
| 23 | 1986 | Loewe | Stewart | St Kilda | Mount Eliza | MPNFNL | 321 |
| 24 | 2004 | Lewis | Jordan | Hawthorn | Warrnambool | Hampden | 319 |
| 25 | 1978 | Merrett | Rodger | Essendon | Kaniva | Tatiara | 313 |
| 26 | 1999 | Murphy | Robert | Western Bulldogs | Warragul | Gippsland Latrobe | 312 |
| 27 | 1931 | Dyer | Jack | Richmond | Yarra Junction | Yarra Valley | 312 |
| 28 | 1977 | Watson | Tim | Essendon | Dimboola | Wimmera | 307 |
| 29 | 2001 | Bartel | Jimmy | Geelong | Bell Park | Geelong | 305 |
| 30 | 1991 | Crawford | Shane | Hawthorn | Finley | Murray | 305 |