Lists of American football players include:
Professional
- List of NFL players
- List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
- List of American Football League players
- List of All-America Football Conference players
- Current team rosters:
- List of current American Football Conference players
- List of current National Football Conference players
- List of foreign NFL players
- List of NFL players in the Olympics
- List of NFL players by games played
- List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- List of players selected to the Pro Bowl
College
- List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K)
- List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z)
- List of Heisman Trophy winners
- List of NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders
- List of NCAA football records
- List of NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks with at least 90 career passing touchdowns
- List of NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks with at least 12,000 career passing yards
- :Category:Lists of NFL draftees by college football team
- :Category:Lists of college football statistical leaders by team
Other
- List of female American football players
- List of players who have converted from one football code to another
- List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers