Chris Yarran (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Yarran is an indigenous footballer who played his junior years in Western Australia. He is known predominately as a small forward who can move into the midfield. As a seventeen-year-old, Yarran gained selection into the Swan Districts senior team, where he played thirteen games and scored 39 goals, including seven on debut and eight in three finals matches.^[1][2] He played with Western Australia in the Under 18s championships and scored eight goals in four games.^[3] He was also a member of the AIS/AFL Academy Squad^[4] and captained a team from the Clontarf Football Academy in a game against a visiting South African Under 19's side in February 2007.^[5]

Yarran was a noted talent and was expected to be drafted high,^[6] with some considering him to be the one of most talented players available in the draft.^[7] He would ultimately be selected by the Carlton Football Club with its first round selection (#6 overall) in the 2008 AFL National Draft. Carlton coach Brett Ratten said that Yarran could assist fellow small forward Eddie Betts reduce the defensive pressure on full-forward Brendan Fevola.^[8] After several games with Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, Yarran was selected for his first senior game in Round 7 of 2009 against Fremantle. He played sporadically for Carlton during the season, but played most of his games with the Bullants, including a five-goal performance in their preliminary final.

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