From 2011 to 2015 each side named one substitute who could be introduced to the game only if permanently replacing another player.
In 2013 a "concussion substitute" was introduced, who could temporarily replace a player being assessed for possible concussion for 20 minutes. Temporary substitutes are not counted in the overall tally below, they are listed at the end of the page.
From 2021 a 'medical sub' was allowed to replace an injured player during a game. If the player was not used they were still credited with a game. In 2023 the rule was altered to allow a tactical substitute at any time during the game.
1930
Not including Rounds 1, 3-10, 16, 18
Unclear if Crapper used in R11/13, Collins in R12, McDonald in R14/R17
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Bill McDonald | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Harry Crapper | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Moodie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Usher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1976
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Ted Carroll | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Peter Keays | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Shane Grambeau | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter Johnston | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Stan Alves | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Guy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gary Hardeman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Hutchison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Marty Lyons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Craig McKellar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Baker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ross Brewer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Des Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Allan Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Adrian Dullard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Giampaolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter O'Keefe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Steven Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Barry Tippett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Flower | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Laurie Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Goss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colin Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Hurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graham Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glenn Walley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry Wilkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maurice Wingate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Woodman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1977
Not including Round 10, 13, 15 or 21
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Chris Aitken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Alves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Baker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Biffin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Brewer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Des Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daryl Cumming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Barry Denny | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Dullard | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shane Fitzsimmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Flower | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Laurie Fowler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Colin Graham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Peter Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Hurst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Hutchison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Johnston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Keays | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Marty Lyons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig McKellar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Moir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter O'Keefe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graham Osborne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Smith | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| John Sparks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Tippett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Wells | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Woodman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Substitutes
2011
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Jamie Bennell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Matthew Bate | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Addam Maric | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Daniel Nicholson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luke Tapscott | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Blease | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Howe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neville Jetta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Liam Jurrah | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cale Morton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Watts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rohan Bail | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lynden Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colin Garland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Grimes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Gysberts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Howe | 0 | 1 | 01 | |
| Joel Macdonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Moloney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ricky Petterd 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Scully | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Strauss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colin Sylvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matthew Warnock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Wonaeamirri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2012
2012
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Lynden Dunn | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam Blease | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| James Magner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Matthew Bate | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| James Strauss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamie Bennell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mitch Clark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Jamar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neville Jetta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Stefan Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Moloney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cale Morton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Couch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Fitzpatrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Rivers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colin Sylvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Tapscott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Tynan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2013
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Aaron Davey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sam Blease | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Dean Kent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Toumpas | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Luke Tapscott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rohan Bail | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shannon Byrnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Dawes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Gawn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Nicholson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| David Rodan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitch Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Fitzpatrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Frawley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Grimes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neville Jetta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Watts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Aidan Riley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Jay Kennedy Harris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Christian Salem | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Max Gawn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dean Terlich | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dom Barry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Fitzpatrick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Neville Jetta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rohan Bail | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shannon Byrnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colin Garland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Georgiou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Grimes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Jamar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Kent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Tapscott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Terlich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Toumpas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dom Tyson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Alex Neal-Bullen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Angus Brayshaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| James Harmes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Viv Michie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Grimes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neville Jetta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jay Kennedy Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aidan Riley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Toumpas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron vandenBerg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Frost | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Kent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Heritier Lumumba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordie McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Pedersen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Salem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernie Vince | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Viney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitch White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary concussion substitutes (later returned to game)
| Player | Round | Replaced by | ||
| Rohan Bail | Round 3, 2013 | Jimmy Toumpas | ||
| Alex Georgiou | Round 7, 2014 | Christian Salem | ||
| Dean Kent | Round 1, 2015 | Jimmy Toumpas | ||
| Ben Newton | Round 3, 2015 | Angus Brayshaw | ||
2021
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Tom Sparrow | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| James Jordon | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Kade Chandler | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Aaron vandenBerg | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Oskar Baker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nathan Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven May | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Melksham | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jayden Hunt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Langdon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Tomlinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022
| ON | OFF | UNUSED | TOTAL | |
| Toby Bedford | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| Kade Chandler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Joel Smith | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Luke Dunstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| James Harmes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jayden Hunt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Langdon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Harmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Jordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven May | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Salem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Tomlinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023
| ON | OFF | TOTAL | ||
| James Jordon | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| James Harmes | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jake Melksham | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jake Bowey | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Hibberd | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bailey Laurie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Charlie Spargo | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ben Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kade Chandler | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Max Gawn | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harrison Petty | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trent Rivers | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Daniel Turner | 0 | 1 | 1 | |