2016 AFL draft

Not to be confused with 2016 AFL Women's draft.

The 2016 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2016 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

2016 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	25 November 2016 28 November 2016
Time	7:00 pm AEDT (25 November) 4:00 pm AEDT (28 November)
Location	Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, New South Wales
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Andrew McGrath (Essendon)
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The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:^[1]

• The free agency offer period; held between 7 October and 19 October. Three further free agency periods were held for delisted players, between 1 November and 8 November, 10 November to 18 November, and 26 November to 27 November,
• The trade period; held between 10 October and 20 October,
• The 2016 national draft; held on 25 November, at the Hordern Pavilion, which included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
• The 2017 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 28 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and
• The 2017 rookie draft; which was held on 28 November.

Player movements

Previous trades

The 2015 AFL draft included a new initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, fourteen picks in the 2016 draft were traded prior to the commencement of the 2016 trade period:

Round	Original club	New club	How acquired	Ref
1	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Adam Treloar trade	[2]
1	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	via Carlton (Lachie Henderson trade) on-traded to Greater Western Sydney for Lamb, Phillips, Plowman, Sumner	[3]
1	Melbourne	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[4]
2	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	Curtly Hampton trade	[5]
2	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[6]
2	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	Charlie Dixon trade	[7]
2	Richmond	Gold Coast	Charlie Dixon trade	[7]
2	St Kilda	Brisbane Lions	via Collingwood (Nathan Freeman trade) on-traded to Brisbane Lions for James Aish	[8]
3	Brisbane Lions	Geelong	Jarrad Jansen and Josh Walker trade	[9]
3	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Ryan Bastinac trade	[8]
3	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick swap	[6]
4	Carlton	Western Bulldogs	Pick swap	[6]
4	Sydney	Western Bulldogs	Michael Talia trade	[10]
5	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	Steve Johnson trade	[11]

Trades

2016 AFL trade period

No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
1	Cam McCarthy	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	Pick 3	[12]
	Pick 7
	Pick 34
	Pick 72
2	Bradley Hill	Hawthorn	Fremantle	Pick 23	[13]
3	Pick 2	Brisbane Lions	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 3	[14]
	Pick 31
	Pick 51			Pick 16
	Pick 60
4	Jack Steele	Greater Western Sydney	St Kilda	2017 second round pick (St Kilda)	[15]
5	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn	West Coast	Pick 52	[16]
	Pick 54			Pick 70
	Pick 72			Pick 88
6	Tom Mitchell	Sydney	Hawthorn	Pick 14	[17]
	Pick 57			Pick 52
7	Pick 10	St Kilda	Hawthorn	2017 first round pick (Hawthorn)	[18]
				Pick 23
	Pick 68			Pick 36
8	Paul Ahern	Greater Western Sydney	North Melbourne	Pick 69	[19]
9	Pearce Hanley	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 22	[20]
	Pick 19		Port Adelaide	2017 first round pick (Port Adelaide)
	Pick 30	Gold Coast		Pick 67
10	Jordan Lewis	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Pick 48	[21]
	Pick 57
	Pick 68			Pick 66
11	Joel Hamling	Western Bulldogs	Fremantle	Pick 35	[22]
	Pick 40			Pick 43
	Pick 63			Pick 61
12	Michael Hibberd	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 29	[23]
	Pick 59			Pick 68
13	Dion Prestia	Gold Coast	Richmond	Pick 6	[24]
	Pick 24			2017 second round pick (Richmond)
14	Toby Nankervis	Sydney	Richmond	Pick 46	[25]
15	Jarrod Witts	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Pick 44	[26]
				Pick 62
16	Pick 26	Gold Coast	Western Bulldogs	Pick 35	[26]
	Pick 80			Pick 43
17	Nathan Hrovat	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	2017 third round pick (North Melbourne)	[27]
	2017 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	2017 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)			2017 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)
18	Shane Kersten	Geelong	Fremantle	Pick 63	[28]
19	Billie Smedts	Geelong	Carlton	Zach Tuohy	[29]
	Pick 63
	2017 first round pick (Geelong)			2017 second round pick (Carlton)
20	Josh Caddy	Geelong	Richmond	Pick 24	[30]
	Pick 56			Pick 64
21	Pick 31	Greater Western Sydney	Sydney	Pick 39	[31]
				Pick 52
22	Jarryd Lyons	Adelaide	Gold Coast	Pick 43	[32]
	Pick 71			Pick 67
23	Pat McKenna	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 57	[33]
	Pick 51
	Pick 69			Pick 59
24	Nathan Vardy	Geelong	West Coast	Pick 72	[34]
25	Travis Cloke	Collingwood	Western Bulldogs	Pick 76	[35]
26	James Stewart	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 77	[36]
27	Aaron Black	North Melbourne	Geelong	Pick 92	[37]
28	Will Hoskin-Elliott	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	2017 second round pick (Collingwood)	[38]
29	Jack Frost	Collingwood	Brisbane Lions	2017 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[39]
	Pick 76
	2017 third round pick (Collingwood)			2017 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)
30	Lynden Dunn	Melbourne	Collingwood	Pick 47	[40]
	Pick 51
31	Marley Williams	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 105	[41]
32	Koby Stevens	Western Bulldogs	St Kilda	Pick 50	[42]
	Pick 61
	2017 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)			2017 fifth round pick (St Kilda)
33	Brett Deledio	Richmond	Greater Western Sydney	2017 first round pick (Geelong)	[43]
				2017 third round pick (Greater Western Sydney)
34	Caleb Marchbank	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 45	[44]
	Jarrod Pickett			Pick 58
	2017 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)			2017 first round pick (Geelong)
35	Rhys Palmer	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 135	[44]
36	Pick 35	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 73	[45]
	Pick 71
	2017 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)			2017 second round pick (Fremantle)
37	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	Pick 10	[46]
				2017 second round pick (Hawthorn)
38	Pick 9	Port Adelaide	Sydney	Pick 14	[47]
	Pick 19			Pick 17
	Pick 49			Pick 31
39	Pick 48	Hawthorn	Carlton	2017 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[46]
	Pick 66
	Pick 70

Note

• The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Free agency

See also: Free agent

2016 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Ty Vickery	10 October 2016	Restricted	Richmond	Hawthorn	2nd round	[48]
Daniel Wells	11 October 2016	Unrestricted	North Melbourne	Collingwood	2nd round	[49]
Chris Mayne	12 October 2016	Unrestricted	Fremantle	Collingwood	2nd round	[50]
Nathan Brown	16 October 2016	Restricted	Collingwood	St Kilda	None	[51]
James Kelly	4 November 2016	Delisted	Essendon	Essendon	—	[52]
Matt Dea	4 November 2016	Delisted	Essendon	Essendon	—	[52]
Michael Barlow	8 November 2016	Delisted	Fremantle	Gold Coast	—	[53]
Ricky Henderson	8 November 2016	Delisted	Adelaide	Hawthorn	—	[54]
Josh Green	15 November 2016	Delisted	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	—	[55]

Note

• Due to James Kelly and Matt Dea being signed as top up players because of the 2012 Essendon supplements saga, they had to be delisted and then re-signed in order to stay on Essendon's list.^[56]

Retirements and delistings

List of 2016 AFL player changes

Name Club Date Notes Ref. Damien Cavka West Coast 25 January 2016 Retired due to ongoing foot injury, effective immediately [57] Matthew Jaensch Adelaide 26 February 2016 Retired due to no longer having a passion for playing professionally [58] Shem-Kelvin Tatupu Hawthorn 15 March 2016 Retired due to losing passion for the game [59] Justin Clarke Brisbane Lions 31 March 2016 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately [60] Reece McKenzie Richmond 30 June 2016 Retired due to mental illness, effective immediately [61] Troy Chaplin Richmond 19 July 2016 Retired, effective immediately [62] Luke Goetz Western Bulldogs 20 July 2016 Delisted [63] Matthew Pavlich Fremantle 26 July 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [64] Andrew Walker Carlton 2 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 20 [65] Ted Richards Sydney 5 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [66] Michael Jamison Carlton 8 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [67] Xavier Ellis West Coast 9 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [68] Trent West Brisbane Lions 15 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [69] Adam Cooney Essendon 16 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 22 [70][71] Daniel Merrett Brisbane Lions 16 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [72] Mathew Stokes Essendon 18 August 2016 Retired, effective after round 22 [73] Brent Macaffer Collingwood 22 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [74] Alan Toovey Collingwood 22 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [74] Dane Swan Collingwood 23 August 2016 Retired, effective immediately [75] Nick Dal Santo North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][77] Michael Firrito North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][78] Brent Harvey North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Retired [76][79] Drew Petrie North Melbourne 24 August 2016 Delisted [76] Jed Adcock Western Bulldogs 24 August 2016 Retired, effective at the end of the season [80] Jay Schulz Port Adelaide 25 August 2016 Delisted [81] Ryan Crowley Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Matt Dea Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Nathan Grima Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Sam Grimley Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Mark Jamar Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] James Kelly Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Sam Michael Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] James Polkinghorne Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Jonathan Simpkin Essendon 27 August 2016 Delisted [82] Cameron Wood Carlton 30 August 2016 Retired [83] Matthew Dick Carlton 30 August 2016 Delisted [83] Jayden Foster Carlton 30 August 2016 Delisted [83] John Butcher Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Sam Colquhoun Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Kane Mitchell Port Adelaide 30 August 2016 Delisted [84] Sean Hurley Fremantle 30 August 2016 Delisted [85] Alipate Carlile Port Adelaide 31 August 2016 Retired [86] Adam Marcon Richmond 31 August 2016 Delisted [87] Liam McBean Richmond 31 August 2016 Delisted [87] Tom Curren St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Luke Delaney St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Brenton Payne St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Josh Saunders St Kilda 31 August 2016 Delisted [88] Tom Keough Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Luke Russell Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Danny Stanley Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Seb Tape Gold Coast 1 September 2016 Delisted [89] Tanner Smith Fremantle 2 September 2016 Delisted [90] James Gwilt Essendon 2 September 2016 Delisted [91] Nathan van Berlo Adelaide 5 September 2016 Retired, effective immediately [92] Hugh Beasley Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Billy Evans Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Josh McGuinness Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Jackson Paine Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Josh Watts Brisbane Lions 5 September 2016 Delisted [93] Anthony Morabito Fremantle 6 September 2016 Delisted [94] Tayte Pears Essendon 9 September 2016 Retired [95] Clem Smith Carlton 9 September 2016 Delisted [96] Patrick McGinnity West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Jamie Bennell West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Kane Lucas West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Brant Colledge West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Alec Waterman West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Corey Adamson West Coast 12 September 2016 Delisted [97] Farren Ray North Melbourne 14 September 2016 Retired [98] Robin Nahas North Melbourne 14 September 2016 Delisted [99] Jason Ashby Essendon 16 September 2016 Delisted [100] Shaun Edwards Essendon 19 September 2016 Delisted [101] Tom Wallis Essendon 20 September 2016 Delisted [102] Tim Golds Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Matthew Goodyear Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Darrean Wyatt Collingwood 21 September 2016 Delisted [103] Luke Lowden Adelaide 23 September 2016 Delisted [104] Keenan Ramsey Adelaide 23 September 2016 Delisted [104] Zac Bates Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Jock Cornell Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Cameron Delaney Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Padraig Lucey Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Tom Read Geelong 27 September 2016 Delisted [105] Jack Grimes Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] Matt Jones Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] Dean Terlich Melbourne 27 September 2016 Delisted [106] Matt de Boer Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [107] Josh Deluca Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Brady Grey Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Jack Hannath Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Tendai Mzungu Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Clancee Pearce Fremantle 4 October 2016 Delisted [108] Corey Enright Geelong 5 October 2016 Retired [109] Ben McGlynn Sydney 6 October 2016 Retired [110] Tom Derickx Sydney 6 October 2016 Retired [111] Kyle Galloway Sydney 6 October 2016 Delisted [111] Joel Patfull Greater Western Sydney 12 October 2016 Retired [112] Jimmy Bartel Geelong 19 October 2016 Retired [113] Chris Dawes Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Max King Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Viv Michie Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Ben Newton Melbourne 21 October 2016 Delisted [114] Michael Barlow Fremantle 24 October 2016 Delisted [115] Mitch Clark Geelong 24 October 2016 Delisted [116] Paul Stewart Port Adelaide 24 October 2016 Delisted [117] Josh Green Brisbane Lions 25 October 2016 Delisted [118] Andrejs Everitt Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Andrew Gallucci Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Billy Gowers Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Jason Tutt Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [120] Dillon Viojo-Rainbow Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Mark Whiley Carlton 25 October 2016 Delisted [119] Michael Luxford Geelong 26 October 2016 Delisted [121] Brad McKenzie North Melbourne 26 October 2016 Delisted [122] Joel Tippett North Melbourne 26 October 2016 Delisted [122] Yestin Eades Essendon 26 October 2016 Delisted [123] Nick Kommer Essendon 26 October 2016 Delisted [123] Alex Silvagni Fremantle 26 October 2016 Delisted [124] Xavier Richards Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Jack Hiscox Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Abe Davis Sydney 27 October 2016 Delisted [125] Nick Malceski Gold Coast 27 October 2016 Retired [126] Corey Gault Collingwood 28 October 2016 Retired [127] Jack Fitzpatrick Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Lachlan Langford Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Angus Litherland Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Jermaine Miller-Lewis Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Matt Spangher Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Zac Webster Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Alex Woodward Hawthorn 28 October 2016 Delisted [128] Keegan Brooksby Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Clay Cameron Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Cameron Loersch Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Henry Schade Gold Coast 28 October 2016 Delisted [129] Courtenay Dempsey Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Will Hams Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Gach Nyuon Essendon 28 October 2016 Delisted [130] Will Minson Western Bulldogs 28 October 2016 Delisted [131] Josh Prudden Western Bulldogs 28 October 2016 Delisted [131] Tom Lee St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Brodie Murdoch St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Cameron Shenton St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Eli Templeton St Kilda 28 October 2016 Delisted [132] Andrew Moore Richmond 28 October 2016 Delisted [133] Cam O'Shea Port Adelaide 30 October 2016 Delisted [134] Mitch Grigg Adelaide 31 October 2016 Delisted [135] Ricky Henderson Adelaide 31 October 2016 Delisted [135] Sam Fisher St Kilda 31 October 2016 Retired [136] Mitch Brown West Coast 31 October 2016 Delisted [137] Fraser McInnes West Coast 31 October 2016 Delisted [137] Jake Barrett Greater Western Sydney 2 November 2016 Delisted [138] Jarrod Garlett Gold Coast 8 November 2016 Delisted [139] Shaun McKernan Essendon 9 November 2016 Delisted [140] Sam Shaw Adelaide 9 November 2016 Retired due to ongoing concussion [141] Jaden McGrath Brisbane Lions 9 November 2016 Retired due to losing passion for the game [142] Jonathon Marsh Collingwood 9 November 2016 Retired [143]

2016 national draft

The Brisbane Lions received a priority pick at the end of the first round (pick 19) after a request by the club to the AFL commission was accepted. It was the first time a priority pick was given to a club since the rules regarding priority selections were changed in 2012.^[144] This pick was later on-traded to Port Adelaide as part of the Pearce Hanley trade to Gold Coast,^[20] before the Sydney Swans ended up with it by the trade deadline.^[145]

A change was made to the rules concerning academy and father-son selections which allowed clubs to begin the draft with only as many draft picks as it had empty positions on its playing list. This was intended to end the practice which had taken place the previous year in which clubs with academies had traded down the draft order to accumulate a large number of mid- and low-range draft picks specifically to use on academy bids.^[146]

Final draft order^[147]

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team
+	Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once
x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team
#	Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game
~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Andrew McGrath	Essendon	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
1	2	Tim Taranto	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions
1	3	Hugh McCluggage	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle
1	4	Ben Ainsworth	Gold Coast	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
1	5	Will Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Academy player, Carlton's bid matched with picks 15 and 37.
1	6	Sam Petrevski-Seton	Carlton	Claremont	WAFL
1	7	Jack Scrimshaw	Gold Coast	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond
1	8	Griffin Logue	Fremantle	Swan Districts	WAFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood
1	9	Will Brodie	Gold Coast	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
1	10	Jack Bowes	Gold Coast	Cairns	AFL Cairns	Academy player, Sydney's bid matched with pick 11.
1	11	Oliver Florent	Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Port Adelaide
1	12	Jy Simpkin	North Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	13	Daniel Venables	West Coast	Western Jets	TAC Cup
1	14	Harry Perryman	Greater Western Sydney	Collingullie-Glenfield Park	RFNL	Academy player, Adelaide's bid matched with picks 38, 44 and 51.
1	15	Jordan Gallucci	Adelaide	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
1	16	Todd Marshall	Port Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney; received from Hawthorn
1	17	Jarrod Berry	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Geelong
1	18	Sam Powell-Pepper	Port Adelaide	East Perth	WAFL	Traded from Sydney
1	19	Tim English	Western Bulldogs	South Fremantle	WAFL
1	20	Isaac Cumming	Greater Western Sydney	North Broken Hill	BHFL	Academy player, Sydney's bid matched with picks 52, 54, 55 and 56.
Priority	21	Will Hayward	Sydney	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Brisbane Lions
2	22	Jordan Ridley	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	23	Alex Witherden	Brisbane Lions	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
2	24	Cedric Cox	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle
2	25	Ben Long	St Kilda	NT Thunder	NEAFL	Traded from Hawthorn; received from Fremantle; free agency compensation pick (Mayne)
2	26	Brandan Parfitt	Geelong	NT Thunder	NEAFL	Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast
2	27	Zac Fisher	Carlton	Perth	WAFL
2	28	Patrick Lipinski	Western Bulldogs	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond
2	29	Shai Bolton	Richmond	South Fremantle	WAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Vickery)
2	30	Sam McLarty	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	31	Josh Begley	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
2	32	Joe Atley	Port Adelaide	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Port Adelaide
2	33	Willem Drew	Port Adelaide	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood; received from St Kilda
2	34	Declan Watson	North Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy eligible, but the Brisbane Lions did not match the bid
2	35	Callum Brown	Collingwood	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Gavin Brown); North Melbourne's bid matched with pick 44.
2	36	Josh Williams	North Melbourne	Surfers Paradise	QAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Wells)
2	37	Josh Rotham	West Coast	West Perth	WAFL
2	38	Sean Darcy	Fremantle	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Western Bulldogs; received from Fremantle; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Adelaide
2	39	Josh Battle	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn
2	40	Tom Stewart	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
2	41	Brennan Cox	Fremantle	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded from Western Bulldogs
3	42	Kobe Mutch	Essendon	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid
3	43	Esava Ratugolea	Geelong	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions
3	44	Myles Poholke	Adelaide	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Western Bulldogs; received from Fremantle
3	45	Jack Maibaum	Sydney	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond
3	46	Mitch Hannan	Melbourne	Footscray	VFL	Traded from Collingwood
3	47	Harrison Macreadie	Carlton	Henty	HFL	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid; traded from Hawthorn; received from Melbourne
3	48	Darcy Cameron	Sydney	Claremont	WAFL	Traded from Port Adelaide
3	49	Lewis Young	Western Bulldogs	Sturt	SANFL	Traded from St Kilda
3	50	Kayle Kirby	Collingwood	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Brisbane Lions; received from North Melbourne
3	51	Elliott Himmelberg	Adelaide	Redland	NEAFL
3	52	Willie Rioli	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Hawthorn
3	53	Jack Graham	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Geelong
4	54	Lachlan Tiziani	Greater Western Sydney	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Academy player, traded from Melbourne; received from Essendon
4	55	Jacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy player
4	56	Ed Phillips	St Kilda	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs, received from Fremantle
4	57	Josh Daicos	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Peter Daicos); traded from Gold Coast
4	58	Matt de Boer	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	AFL
4	59	Cameron Polson	Carlton	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Geelong; received from Fremantle; received from Western Bulldogs; received from Carlton
4	60	Quinton Narkle	Geelong	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Richmond
4	61	Tom Williamson	Carlton	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn; received from Melbourne
4	62	Matthew Signorello	Adelaide	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Port Adelaide
4	63	Dylan Clarke	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne; received Hawthorn; received from St Kilda
4	64	Dion Johnstone	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from North Melbourne
4	65	Pat Kerr	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn; received from West Coast
4	66	Luke Ryan	Fremantle	Coburg	VFL	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Adelaide
4	67	Brad Scheer	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Academy player
4	68	Timm House	Geelong	Geelong	VFL	Traded from West Coast; received from Hawthorn
4	69	Ryan Abbott	Geelong	Grovedale	GFL
4	70	Fergus Greene	Western Bulldogs	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
5	71	Corey Lyons	Brisbane Lions	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood, received from Western Bulldogs
5	72	Ryan Garthwaite	Richmond	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Academy eligible, but Greater Western Sydney did not match the bid
5	73	Nick Larkey	North Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
5	74	Harry Morrison	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from West Coast
5	75	Ben Davis	Adelaide	UNSW	Sydney AFL	Academy eligible, but Sydney did not match the bid [148]
5	76	Mitchell Lewis	Hawthorn	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
6	77	Jake Waterman	West Coast	Claremont	WAFL	Father–son rule selection (son of Chris Waterman)

Notes

• Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
• Academy players are local zone selections available to the four New South Wales and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2016 to their 2017 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Player	Club	Ref.
Reilly O'Brien	Adelaide	[149]
Archie Smith	Brisbane Lions	[150]
Ciaran Byrne	Carlton	[151]
Lachlan Keeffe	Collingwood	[152]
Josh Smith	Collingwood	[153]
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Essendon	[154]
Conor McKenna	Essendon	[155]
Tom Ruggles	Geelong	[156]
Jesse Joyce	Gold Coast	[157]
Kade Stewart	Hawthorn	[158]
Josh Wagner	Melbourne	[159]
Majak Daw	North Melbourne	[160]
Braydon Preuss	North Melbourne	[161]
Nathan Krakouer	Port Adelaide	[162]
Jayden Short	Richmond	[163]
Jason Holmes	St Kilda	[164]
Tom Papley	Sydney	[165]
Nic Newman	Sydney	[166]
Harrison Marsh	Sydney	[167]
Jordan Foote	Sydney	[167]

2017 rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Sam Draper	Essendon	South Adelaide	SANFL
1	2	Jake Barrett	Brisbane Lions	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
1	3	Taylin Duman	Fremantle	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
1	4	Keegan Brooksby	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
1	5	Kym LeBois	Carlton	North Adelaide	SANFL
1	6	Tyson Stengle	Richmond	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
1	7	Mitch McCarthy	Collingwood	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	8	Lachlan Filipovic	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
1	9	Peter Ladhams	Port Adelaide	Norwood	SANFL
1	10	Rowan Marshall	St Kilda	North Ballarat	VFL
1	11	Cameron Zurhaar	North Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	12	Thomas Gorter	West Coast	East Perth	WAFL
1	13	Sam Shaw	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL	Shaw retired on 9 November 2016, but was retained on the club's 2017 list to help with medical costs for concussion treatment.[168]
1	14	Oliver Hanrahan	Hawthorn	St Kevin's College	APS
1	15	Tendai Mzungu	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	AFL
1	16	Jack Henry	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	17	Ben Ronke	Sydney	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	18	Nathan Mullenger-McHugh	Western Bulldogs	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	19	Shaun McKernan	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
2	20	Mitch Hinge	Brisbane Lions	Glenelg	SANFL
2	21	Luke Strnadica	Fremantle	East Fremantle	WAFL
2	22	Cameron Loersch	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
2	23	Alex Silvagni	Carlton	Fremantle	AFL
2	24	Henry Schade	Collingwood	Gold Coast	AFL
2	25	Tim Smith	Melbourne	Casey	VFL
2	26	Brett Eddy	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL
2	27	Passed	St Kilda
2	28	Oscar Junker	North Melbourne	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	29	Drew Petrie	West Coast	North Melbourne	AFL
2	30	Passed	Adelaide
2	31	Jack Fitzpatrick	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
2	32	Joel Patfull	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Patfull retired on 12 October 2016, but was retained on GWS's 2017 list due to Total Player Payment obligations.[169]
2	33	Zach Guthrie	Geelong	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
2	34	Robbie Fox	Sydney	Coburg	VFL
2	35	Josh Prudden	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs	AFL
3	36	Yestin Eades	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
3	37	Oscar McInerney	Brisbane Lions	Casey	VFL
3	38	Brady Grey	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
3	39	Andrew Gallucci	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
3	40	Liam Mackie	Collingwood	Glenelg	SANFL
3	41	Declan Keilty	Melbourne	Casey	VFL
3	42	Jarrod Lienert	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL
3	43	Matthew Taylor	North Melbourne	Perth	WAFL
3	44	Fraser McInnes	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
3	45	Ben Jarman	Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Father–son rule selection (son of Darren Jarman)
3	46	James Cousins	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	47	Passed	Greater Western Sydney
3	48	Jamaine Jones	Geelong	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
3	49	Shaun Edwards	Sydney	Essendon	AFL
4	50	Josh Deluca	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
4	51	Max Lynch	Collingwood	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
4	52	Passed	Greater Western Sydney
4	53	Sam Simpson	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Sean Simpson)
4	54	Toby Pink	Sydney	Glenelg	SANFL
5	55	Passed	Sydney

Category B rookie selections

During the trade period, clubs could nominate category B rookies to join their club.

Player	Club	Origin	Note	Ref.
Matt Eagles	Brisbane Lions	North Ballarat	Winner of The Recruit	[170]
Blake Grewar	Brisbane Lions	Redland	Queensland zone selection	[171]
Ciarán Sheehan	Carlton	Cork GAA, Carlton	International selection (Ireland)	[172]
Ben McNiece	Essendon	Essendon (VFL)	Next Generation Academy zone selection (mother born in India)	[173]
Mark O'Connor	Geelong	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[174]
Max Spencer	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	Queensland zone selection	[175]
Jake Stein	Greater Western Sydney	Athletics	3-year non-registered player (athletics)	[176]
Zach Sproule	Greater Western Sydney	Murray Bushrangers	NSW zone selection	[177]
Conor Nash	Hawthorn	Meath GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[178]
Corey Maynard	Melbourne	Townsville Crocodiles (NBL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[179]
Emmanuel Irra	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	Next Generation Academy zone selection (born in Uganda)	[180]
Ray Connellan	St Kilda	Westmeath GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[181]
Darragh Joyce	St Kilda	Kilkenny GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[181]
Sam Fisher	Sydney	Canberra	NSW zone selection	[182]
Tarir Bayok	West Coast	East Perth	Next Generation Academy zone selection (born in Sudan)	[180]
Francis Watson	West Coast	Claremont	Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous)	[183]
Tristan Tweedie	Western Bulldogs	Eastern Ranges	Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous)	[184]

See also

• 2016 AFL Women's draft