Players who left Melbourne and won a premiership elsewhere during the rest of their playing career.
VFL/AFL
| Player | Clubs | Years |
| Vin Gardiner | Carlton | 1908, 1915 |
| Horrie Drane | South Melbourne | 1909 |
| Ted Wade | South Melbourne | 1909 |
| Vernon Hazel | Essendon | 1911 |
| Bill Daly | South Melbourne | 1918 |
| Lou Riley | Collingwood | 1935-1936 |
| Peter McLean | Carlton | 1968 |
| Peter Keenan | North Melbourne | 1977 |
| Stan Alves | North Melbourne | 1977 |
| Greg Wells | Carlton | 1981 |
| Michael Byrne | Hawthorn | 1983 |
| Tony Elshaug | Essendon | 1985 |
| Earl Spalding | Carlton | 1995 |
| Clay Sampson | Adelaide | 1997 |
| Martin Pike | North Melbourne Brisbane Lions | 1999 2001-2003 |
| Matthew Bishop | Port Adelaide | 2004 |
| Darren Jolly | Sydney Collingwood | 2005%%%2010 |
| Steven Armstrong | West Coast | 2006 |
| James Frawley | Hawthorn | 2015 |
| Jeremy Howe | Collingwood | 2023 |
AFLW
| Player | Clubs | Years |
| Deanna Berry | Western Bulldogs | 2018 |
| Ashleigh Woodland | Adelaide | 2022 |
| Libby Birch | North Melbourne | 2024 |