Gary Ablett, Junior (born 14 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.82 metres (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighing 85 kilograms (187 lb), Ablett is the eldest son of AFL Hall of Fame member Gary Ablett, Sr. Ablett was selected by Geelong with the 40th overall pick in the 2001 AFL Draft under the father-son rule.

Beginning his career as a small forward, Ablett enjoyed early success as part of the club's 2002 VFL Premiership and 2006 NAB Cup-winning sides. However, Ablett has since played predominantly as a midfielder and garnered a long list of individual accolades. He is a dual premiership player from Geelong's premiership-winning teams of 2007 and 2009, has won the Brownlow Medal, the Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL Players Association's Most Valuable Player a record three times, and been selected to three All-Australian sides.

He has also won two Carji Greeves Medals, three AFL Coaches' Association 'Champion Player of the Year' awards, and an Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year award. Gary Ablett, Junior was born to Gary and Sue Ablett in the country town of Modewarre, Victoria. As the eldest boy among three other siblings, Ablett's childhood coincided with the peak of his father's footballing career.

Along with his brother Nathan, Ablett would regularly attend his father's training sessions and weekly games. Geelong players regarded them as "barefooted pests in the rooms", and would often engage in kick-to-kick sessions with both of the boys.

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