diff --git a/Mathlib.lean b/Mathlib.lean
index 51561e14b0c337..5e5275ffbfc154 100644
--- a/Mathlib.lean
+++ b/Mathlib.lean
@@ -3539,6 +3539,7 @@ public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Regularity.Equitabilise
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Regularity.Increment
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Regularity.Lemma
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Regularity.Uniform
+public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.StarGraph
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.StronglyRegular
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
 public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Sum
diff --git a/Mathlib/Combinatorics/SimpleGraph/StarGraph.lean b/Mathlib/Combinatorics/SimpleGraph/StarGraph.lean
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@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Justin Lai. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Justin Lai
+-/
+module
+
+public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Acyclic
+public import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Metric
+
+/-!
+
+# Star Graphs
+
+## Main definitions
+
+* `SimpleGraph.starGraph r` is the star graph on V centered at r. Every non-center vertex is
+  adjacent to r.
+
+## Main statements
+
+* `SimpleGraph.isTree_starGraph` proves the star graph is a tree.
+
+
+## Tags
+
+star graph
+-/
+
+@[expose] public section
+
+namespace SimpleGraph
+
+variable {V V' : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (G' : SimpleGraph V')
+
+/-- The star graph on `V` centered at `r`: every non-center vertex is adjacent to `r`. -/
+def starGraph (r : V) : SimpleGraph V :=
+ .fromRel fun v _ ↦ v = r
+
+instance [DecidableEq V] (r : V) : DecidableRel (starGraph r).Adj :=
+  inferInstanceAs (DecidableRel fun x y ↦ x ≠ y ∧ (x = r ∨ y = r))
+
+@[simp]
+lemma starGraph_adj {r x y : V} : (starGraph r).Adj x y ↔ x ≠ y ∧ (x = r ∨ y = r) := by
+  simp [starGraph, fromRel]
+
+/-- If r ≠ v, then v is adjacent to r. -/
+lemma starGraph_center_adj {r v : V} (h : r ≠ v) : (starGraph r).Adj r v :=
+  starGraph_adj.mpr ⟨h, Or.inl rfl⟩
+
+lemma starGraph_center_adj' {r v : V} (h : r ≠ v) : (starGraph r).Adj v r :=
+  (starGraph_center_adj h).symm
+
+lemma connected_starGraph (r : V) : (starGraph r).Connected := by
+  have (v : V) : (starGraph r).Reachable r v := by
+    by_cases! h : r = v
+    · exact h ▸ Reachable.rfl
+    · exact (starGraph_center_adj h).reachable
+  exact connected_iff _ |>.mpr ⟨fun u v ↦ (this u).symm.trans (this v), ⟨r⟩⟩
+
+lemma isAcyclic_starGraph (r : V) : (starGraph r).IsAcyclic := by
+  refine isAcyclic_iff_forall_adj_isBridge.mpr fun v w hadj ↦ isBridge_iff.mpr ⟨hadj, ?_⟩
+  rw [starGraph_adj] at hadj
+  wlog! h : v = r
+  · have hw : w = r := hadj.2.resolve_left h
+    replace hadj : w ≠ v ∧ (w = r ∨ v = r) := ⟨hadj.1.symm, hadj.2.symm⟩
+    rw [reachable_comm, Sym2.eq_swap]
+    exact this r w v hadj hw
+  · subst h
+    apply not_reachable_of_neighborSet_right_eq_empty hadj.1
+    ext x; aesop
+
+/-- A star graph is a tree. -/
+lemma isTree_starGraph (r : V) : (starGraph r).IsTree := by
+  refine ⟨connected_starGraph r, isAcyclic_starGraph r⟩
+
+/-- Every non-center vertex of a starGraph has degree one. -/
+lemma degree_starGraph_of_ne_center [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V] {r v : V} (h : v ≠ r) :
+    (starGraph r).degree v = 1 :=
+  degree_eq_one_iff_existsUnique_adj.mpr ⟨r, by simp [h], by grind [starGraph_adj]⟩
+
+/-- The center vertex of a starGraph has degree (card V) - 1. -/
+lemma degree_starGraph_center [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V] {r : V} :
+    (starGraph r).degree r = Fintype.card V - 1 := by
+  rw [degree, neighborFinset_eq_filter (starGraph r)]
+  simp only [starGraph_adj, ne_eq, true_or, and_true]
+  have : ({w | ¬r = w} : Finset V) = Finset.univ.erase r := by
+    ext v; simp [eq_comm]
+  rw [this, Finset.card_erase_of_mem (Finset.mem_univ r), Finset.card_univ]
+
+end SimpleGraph