Patrick Ryder (born 14 March 1988) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formerly playing for Essendon and Port Adelaide in the AFL, he was traded to St Kilda after the 2019 season. Ryder has speed, agility and leap for someone of his size and it is these attributes that had Kevin Sheedy compare him to Indigenous Australian rules football star Graham "Polly" Farmer.