James O'Donnell (born 31 August 2002) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was signed as a Category B rookie in the 2022 AFL draft after playing cricket for Essendon Cricket Club. O'Donnell is son of Simon O'Donnell, a former cricketer and VFL footballer.
O'Donnell played Australian Rules Football for Kew Football Club as well as School football for Xavier College in which he attended his schooling education. After completing high school he originally decided to play cricket like his father Simon playing his cricket for Essendon Cricket Club.
O'Donnell debuted for the Western Bulldogs in Round 9, 2023 AFL Season against Carlton at Marvel Stadium in which the Bulldogs defeated Carlton by 20 points. He was awarded the Bulldogs' Best First Year player.
Updated to the end of round 2, 2026.
|- | 2023 || || 18 | 12 || 1 || 2 || 60 || 39 || 99 || 34 || 9 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 5.0 || 3.3 || 8.3 || 2.8 || 0.8 || 0 |- | 2024 || || 18 | 14 || 2 || 1 || 115 || 42 || 157 || 62 || 14 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.2 || 3.0 || 11.2 || 4.4 || 1.0 || 0 |- | 2025 || || 18 | 22 || 4 || 2 || 154 || 75 || 229 || 90 || 30 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 7.0 || 3.4 || 10.4 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 0 |- | 2026 || || 18 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 9 || 23 || 6 || 7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.7 || 3.0 || 7.7 || 2.0 || 2.3 || |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 51 !! 7 !! 5 !! 343 !! 165 !! 508 !! 192 !! 60 !! 0.1 !! 0.1 !! 6.7 !! 3.2 !! 10.0 !! 3.8 !! 1.2 !! 0