Izak Rankine (born 23 April 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously been drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 3 in the 2018 AFL draft.

Rankine was born in Adelaide into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Kokatha and Ngarrindjeri).^[5] He shares a relation to Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee and 1993 Brownlow Medalist Gavin Wanganeen^[6] as well as being the first cousin of former AFL player Danyle Pearce.^[7] As a child, Rankine played an array of sports which included basketball, rugby and tennis but eventually chose to focus on Australian rules football.^[8] He grew up playing junior football for Edwardstown and Flinders Park before being given the opportunity to rise through the junior ranks at SANFL club West Adelaide.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, he played his first senior SANFL game for West Adelaide at the age of 16 and kicked two goals on debut.^[9][10] He was later selected to represent South Australia in the 2017 and 2018 AFL Under 18 Championships where he was named in the All-Australian team both years and played a crucial role in South Australia's 2018 national championship.^[11] Rankine attended Henley High School throughout his teenage years, where he played school football^[12] alongside future Gold Coast teammate Jack Lukosius^[13] and the pair were very influential in winning the 2018 SA Schools Championship.^[14]

Rankine was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the third pick in the 2018 AFL draft.^[15] Persistent hamstring and hip injuries prevented him from making his AFL debut in 2019^[16] but the Suns showed faith in Rankine by agreeing to a two-year contract extension which tied him to the club until the end of 2022.^[17]

Rankine made his AFL debut against the Melbourne Demons in round 6 of the 2020 AFL season and impressed with a three-goal performance,^[18] which earned him the round 6 AFL Rising Star nomination.^[19]

At the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season Rankine requested a trade to Adelaide,^[20] and was traded on 10 October.^[21] In April 2023 he was subjected to racial abuse on social media,^[22][23] which was being investigated by AFL's integrity unit.^[24]

In his spare time, Rankine enjoys making music.^[25][26] His cousin is in a relationship with Gold Coast player Sean Lemmens^[27] and the couple's daughter is Rankine's first cousin, once removed.^[28]

Statistics are correct to the end of round 1, 2024^[29]