2021 AFL draft

The 2021 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2021 AFL season.

2021 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	2 June - Mid-season Draft 24-25 November - National Draft 26 November - Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jason Horne-Francis (North Melbourne)
← 2020 2022 →

The National Draft returned to being a two day event in 2021, after being held on a single night in 2020.^[1]

After coming 18th in the 2021 AFL season, the North Melbourne Football Club held the number one draft pick in the National draft for the first time, selecting South Adelaide midfielder Jason Horne-Francis.^[2]

Key Dates

Table of key dates^[3]

Event	Date(s)
Mid-season rookie draft	2 June 2021
Free agency period	Restricted and Unrestricted: 1–8 October 2021 Delisted: 3–15 November 2021
Trade period	4–13 October 2021
National draft	First round: 24 November 2021 Second and subsequent rounds: 25 November 2021
Pre-Season and Rookie draft	26 November 2021
Pre-season supplemental selection period	10 January 2022 - 9 March 2022

2021 mid-season rookie draft

The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2021 AFL season on 2 June.^[4] The draft was only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long term injuries or retirements.

Mid-season draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Pick due to
				Club	League
1	1	Jacob Edwards	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Flynn Perez long-term injury
	2	Jai Newcombe	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Jonathon Patton retirement
	3	Ash Johnson	Collingwood	Sturt	SANFL	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft
	4	Patrick Parnell	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	Tyson Stengle delisting
	5	Ned Moyle	Gold Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Jarrod Witts long-term injury
	6	Alex Mirkov	Carlton	Carlton	VFL	Caleb Marchbank long-term injury
	7	Max Heath	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Dylan Roberton retirement
	8	James Peatling	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	VFL	Lachlan Keeffe long-term injury
	9	Sam Durham	Essendon	Richmond	VFL	Irving Mosquito long-term injury
	10	Matthew Parker	Richmond	South Fremantle	WAFL	Ivan Soldo long-term injury
	11	William Collins	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Daniel Venables long-term injury
	12	Lachlan McAndrew	Sydney	Sydney	VFL	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft
	13	Jed McEntee	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft
	14	Kalin Lane	Brisbane Lions	Claremont	WAFL	Cam Rayner long-term injury
	15	Kye Declase	Melbourne	Werribee	VFL	Aaron Nietschke long-term injury
2	16	Charlie Ham	North Melbourne	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft
	17	Jackson Callow	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL	James Sicily long-term injury
	18	Aiden Begg	Collingwood	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft
	19	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—	Rory Thompson long-term injury
	20	Jordan Boyd	Carlton	Footscray	VFL	David Cuningham long-term injury
	21	Cooper Sharman	St Kilda	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Jade Gresham long-term injury
	22	Passed	Essendon	—	—	Michael Hurley long-term injury
	23	Connor West	West Coast	West Perth	WAFL	Jarrod Cameron long-term injury
	24	Daniel Turner	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	Marty Hore long-term injury
3	25	Passed	Carlton	—	—	Sam Philp long-term injury
	26	Passed	St Kilda	—	—	Ben Paton long-term injury
4	27	Passed	St Kilda	—	—	Passed selection at the 2020 Rookie Draft

Previous trades

Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 30 selections for the 2021 draft were traded during the 2020 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the 2020 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2021 season.

Table of previously traded selections

Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	[5]
	Geelong	Richmond	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
2	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
	St Kilda	Richmond	Jack Higgins trade	[6]
	Essendon	Geelong	via Greater Western Sydney (Jye Caldwell trade) on-traded to Geelong (Jeremy Cameron trade)	[7] [8]
	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	Jeremy Cameron trade	[8]
	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	Adam Treloar trade	[9]
	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick swap	[5]
	Port Adelaide	West Coast	via Sydney (Aliir Aliir trade) on-traded to West Coast (Tom Hickey trade)	[10] [11]
	Melbourne	Adelaide	Pick swap	[12]
3	Gold Coast	Richmond	Oleg Markov trade	[13]
	Adelaide	Collingwood	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
	Carlton	Gold Coast	via Sydney (pick swap) on-traded to Gold Coast (pick swap)	[14] [15]
	Fremantle	Collingwood	Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft
	West Coast	Brisbane Lions	Alex Witherden trade	[16]
	Sydney	West Coast	Tom Hickey trade	[11]
	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne	Mitch Hannan trade	[17]
	Port Adelaide	Essendon	Orazio Fantasia trade	[18]
	Melbourne	Gold Coast	via Brisbane Lions (pick swap) on-traded to Geelong (Nakia Cockatoo trade) on-traded to Gold Coast (pick swap)	[19] [20] [21]
4	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	via Melbourne (Ben Brown trade) on-traded to Hawthorn (Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft)	[22]
	Collingwood	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	[23]
	Hawthorn	Port Adelaide	via Adelaide (Kyle Hartigan trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft)	[24]
	Richmond	Hawthorn	via St Kilda (Jack Higgins trade) on-traded to Hawthorn (Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft)	[6]
	Fremantle	Adelaide	Pick swap	[25]
	Essendon	Gold Coast	Peter Wright trade	[26]
	Brisbane Lions	North Melbourne	via Melbourne (pick swap) on-traded to North Melbourne (Ben Brown trade)	[19] [22]
	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	via Adelaide (pick swap) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (pick swap)	[12] [27]
	Geelong	Port Adelaide	via Greater Western Sydney (Jeremy Cameron trade) on-traded to Collingwood (Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Pick swap at the 2020 National Draft)	[8]

Player movements

Free agency

2021 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	New club	Compensation	Ref
Jake Kelly	Unrestricted	Adelaide	Essendon	3rd round	[28]
Mabior Chol	Unrestricted	Richmond	Gold Coast	End of 2nd round	[29]
George Hewett	Restricted	Sydney	Carlton	End of 2nd round	[30]
Luke Dunstan	Unrestricted	St Kilda	Melbourne	None	[31]
Tim O'Brien	Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	None	[32]
Jarrod Brander	Delisted	West Coast	Greater Western Sydney	—	[33]
Sam Skinner [a]	Delisted	South Adelaide (SANFL)	Port Adelaide	—	[34]
Tom Campbell	Delisted	North Melbourne	St Kilda	—	[35]
Tyson Stengle* [b]	Delisted	Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)	Geelong	—	[36]
Hugh Greenwood	Delisted	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	—	[37]

• ^a Sam Skinner was delisted by Brisbane Lions in 2020
• ^b Tyson Stengle was delisted by Adelaide during the 2021 pre-season

Trades

Table of trades

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Gold Coast Collingwood	to Gold Coast (from Collingwood) 2022 second round pick (Collingwood) 2022 third round pick (Collingwood) 2022 fourth round pick (Collingwood)	to Collingwood (from Gold Coast) pick #22 pick #46 pick #58 pick #79 2022 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	[38]
Collingwood Geelong	to Collingwood (from Geelong) Nathan Kreuger pick #55	to Geelong (from Collingwood) pick #41	[39]
Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney	to Port Adelaide (from Greater Western Sydney) Jeremy Finlayson	to Greater Western Sydney (from Port Adelaide) 2022 third round pick (Port Adelaide)	[40]
Melbourne Western Bulldogs Adelaide St Kilda	to Melbourne pick #17 (from Western Bulldogs) pick #37 (from Adelaide) pick #49 (from St Kilda) to Western Bulldogs pick #23 (from Adelaide) pick #44 (from Adelaide) pick #45 (from Melbourne)	to Adelaide pick #33 (from Melbourne) pick #75 (from Western Bulldogs) 2022 first round pick (Melbourne) to St Kilda pick #62 (from Adelaide) pick #66 (from Adelaide) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[41]
Collingwood Fremantle	to Collingwood (from Fremantle) pick #22	to Fremantle (from Collingwood) pick #27 2022 third round pick (Fremantle)	[42]
Fremantle Gold Coast	to Fremantle (from Gold Coast) Will Brodie pick #19 pick #61 pick #69	to Gold Coast (from Fremantle) 2022 second round pick (Fremantle) 2022 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	[43]
Carlton Fremantle	to Carlton (from Fremantle) Adam Cerra	to Fremantle (from Carlton) pick #6 2022 third round pick (Carlton)	[44]
West Coast Carlton Western Bulldogs	to West Coast (from Carlton) Sam Petrevski-Seton to Carlton (from Western Bulldogs) Lewis Young	to Western Bulldogs (from West Coast) pick #52	[45]
North Melbourne Richmond	to North Melbourne (from Richmond) Callum Coleman-Jones pick #42 pick #47 2022 fourth round pick (Richmond)	to Richmond (from North Melbourne) Robbie Tarrant pick #40 2022 second round pick (North Melbourne)	[46]
Collingwood Western Bulldogs	to Collingwood (from Western Bulldogs) Patrick Lipinski	to Western Bulldogs (from Collingwood) pick #43	[47]
Adelaide Sydney	to Adelaide (from Sydney) Jordan Dawson	to Sydney (from Adelaide) 2022 first round pick (Melbourne)	[48]
Brisbane Lions Geelong	to Brisbane Lions (from Geelong) Darcy Fort pick #41	to Geelong (from Brisbane Lions) pick #50 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[49]
Geelong Hawthorn	to Geelong (from Hawthorn) Jonathon Ceglar 2022 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	to Hawthorn (from Geelong) 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[50]
Fremantle Geelong	to Fremantle (from Geelong) Jordan Clark 2022 fourth round pick (Geelong)	to Geelong (from Fremantle) pick #22 2022 third round pick (Carlton)	[51]
Sydney Port Adelaide	to Sydney (from Port Adelaide) Peter Ladhams pick #16	to Port Adelaide (from Sydney) pick #12 2022 third round pick (Sydney)	[52]
Hawthorn Collingwood	to Hawthorn (from Collingwood) Max Lynch 2022 third round pick (Fremantle) 2022 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	to Collingwood (from Hawthorn) 2022 third round pick (Hawthorn) 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[53]
Richmond Collingwood	to Richmond (from Collingwood) pick #27	to Collingwood (from Richmond) pick #38 pick #40 2022 third round pick (Richmond)	[54]
Greater Western Sydney Brisbane Lions	to Greater Western Sydney (from Brisbane Lions) pick #54	to Brisbane Lions (from Greater Western Sydney) 2022 third round pick (Port Adelaide)	[55]
St Kilda Collingwood	to St Kilda (from Collingwood) pick #55	to Collingwood (from St Kilda) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[56]
Picks swapped at the 2021 National Draft
Geelong Western Bulldogs	to Geelong (from Western Bulldogs) pick #23	to Western Bulldogs (from Geelong) pick #32 pick #34
North Melbourne Western Bulldogs	to North Melbourne (from Western Bulldogs) pick #32 pick #52 2022 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)	to Western Bulldogs (from North Melbourne) pick #42 pick #47 2022 third round pick (North Melbourne)
North Melbourne Collingwood	to North Melbourne (from Collingwood) pick #36	to Collingwood (from North Melbourne) pick #48 2022 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)
Port Adelaide West Coast	to Port Adelaide (from West Coast) pick #12	to West Coast (from Port Adelaide) pick #14 2022 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
Collingwood Greater Western Sydney	to Collingwood (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #48	to Greater Western Sydney (from Collingwood) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)
Adelaide Melbourne	to Adelaide (from Melbourne) pick #43	to Melbourne (from Adelaide) 2022 third round pick (Adelaide)
Port Adelaide Carlton	to Port Adelaide (from Carlton) pick #55	to Carlton (from Port Adelaide) 2022 fourth round pick (Port Adelaide)
Collingwood Geelong	to Collingwood (from Geelong) pick #45	to Geelong (from Collingwood) pick #47 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)
St Kilda Melbourne	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) pick #51	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) 2022 fourth round pick (St Kilda)
West Coast Port Adelaide	to West Coast (from Port Adelaide) pick #62	to Port Adelaide (from West Coast) 2022 fourth round pick (West Coast)

List changes

Retirements

Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player Table of player retirements Name Club Ref Sam Lloyd Western Bulldogs [57] Ross McQuillan (B) Essendon [58] Tom Scully Hawthorn [59] Dylan Roberton St Kilda [60] Jonathon Patton Hawthorn [61] Levi Greenwood Collingwood [62] Chris Mayne [63] Lin Jong Western Bulldogs [64] Daniel Venables (R) West Coast [65] Marc Murphy Carlton [66] Stephen Hill Fremantle [67] Tom Rockliff Port Adelaide [68] Patrick Ambrose Essendon [69] Jack Hombsch (R) Gold Coast [70] Jordan Murdoch (R) Zac Smith (R) [71] Eddie Betts (R) Carlton [72] David Astbury Richmond [73] Cale Hooker Essendon [74] Jarrod Harbrow (R) Gold Coast [75] Shaun McKernan St Kilda [76] David Mackay (R) Adelaide [77] Bachar Houli Richmond [78] Shaun Burgoyne Hawthorn [79] Jake Carlisle St Kilda [80] James Frawley [81] Anton Tohill (B) Collingwood [82] Nathan Vardy West Coast [83] Grant Birchall (R) Brisbane Lions [84] Nathan Jones Melbourne [85] Josh Jenkins Geelong [86] Archie Smith Brisbane Lions [87] Neville Jetta Melbourne [88] Lachie Henderson Geelong [89] Stefan Okunbor (B) Josh Thomas Collingwood [90] Daniel Talia Adelaide [91] Easton Wood Western Bulldogs [92] Shane Mumford Greater Western Sydney [93] Liam Jones Carlton [94] Aaron vandenBerg Melbourne [95]

Delistings

Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player Table of player delistings Name Club Ref Tyson Stengle Adelaide [96] Leno Thomas (B) Fremantle [97] Tom Lynch Adelaide [98] Levi Casboult Carlton [99] Reece Conca Fremantle [100] Patrick Naish Richmond [101] Brett Bewley (R) Fremantle [102] Taylin Duman Stefan Giro Tobe Watson (R) David Zaharakis Essendon [103] Taylor Garner North Melbourne [104] Dom Tyson Will Walker Connor Menadue (R) James Cousins Hawthorn [105] Damon Greaves (R) Michael Hartley Keegan Brooksby (R) Harry Pepper (B) Mark Hutchings (R) West Coast [83] Brendon Ah Chee (R) Irving Mosquito Essendon [106] Ned Cahill Lachlan Johnson Oscar Clavarino (R) St Kilda [107] Sam Alabakis (B) Hamish Hartlett Port Adelaide [108] Joel Garner Tyson Goldsack (R) Sam Reid Greater Western Sydney [109] Matthew Buntine Nick Shipley [110] Tom Hutchesson Brayden Ainsworth West Coast [111] Ben Johnson Will Collins (R) Ben Jarvis Geelong [86] Cameron Taheny Kaiden Brand Sydney [112] Sam Gray (R) Matthew Ling Malachy Carruthers (R) Aiden Fyfe (R) Gold Coast [113] Jay Lockhart Melbourne [88] Aaron Nietschke (R) Austin Bradtke (B) Jarrod Cameron West Coast [114] Michael Gibbons Carlton [115] Sam Ramsay Oscar Brownless (R) Geelong [116] Lochie O'Brien Carlton [117] Matt Cottrell (R) Martin Gleeson (R) Essendon [118] Brayden Sier Collingwood [90] Jay Rantall Charlie Constable Geelong [119] Oliver Hanrahan Hawthorn [120] Will Hayes (R) Western Bulldogs [121] Ben Cavarra (R) Jarrod Lienert Port Adelaide [122] Boyd Woodcock (R) Sam Mayes Trent Burgoyne (R) Derek Eggmolesse-Smith (R) Richmond [123] Ryan Garthwaite Noah Cumberland Bigoa Nyuon Jack Lonie St Kilda [124] Marty Hore Melbourne [125] Kye Declase (R) Shaun Atley North Melbourne [126] Trent Dumont Tom Campbell (R) Charlie Ham (R) Cam Ellis-Yolmen Brisbane Lions [127] Tom Joyce Brock Smith Connor Ballenden (R) Jarrod Brander West Coast [128] Ben Davis Adelaide [129] Ronin O'Connor Paul Hunter St Kilda [130] Connor Blakely Fremantle [131] Mitch Crowden Jacob Townsend (R) Gold Coast [132] Luke Towey (B) Jared Polec North Melbourne [133] Lewis Taylor Sydney [134] Dylan Clarke Essendon [135] Hugh Greenwood Gold Coast [136] Rory Thompson Jez McLenan Jacob Wehr Greater Western Sydney [137]

2021 national draft

^	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

Table of national draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Jason Horne-Francis	North Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL
	2	Sam Darcy	Western Bulldogs	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Luke Darcy), matched bid by Greater Western Sydney, used picks 34, 42, 43, 44, 45[138]
	3	Finn Callaghan	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Collingwood (2020)
	4	Nick Daicos *	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Peter Daicos), matched bid by Gold Coast, used picks 38, 40, 42, 44 [139]
	5	Mac Andrew	Gold Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
	6	Josh Rachele	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League
	7	Josh Ward	Hawthorn	Northern Knights	NAB League
	8	Jye Amiss	Fremantle	East Perth	WAFL	←Carlton
	9	Josh Gibcus	Richmond	GWV Rebels	NAB League
	10	Neil Erasmus	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL
	11	Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	St Kilda	Glenelg	SANFL
	12	Josh Sinn	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←West Coast (draft)
	13	Ben Hobbs	Essendon	GWV Rebels	NAB League
	14	Campbell Chesser	West Coast	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Port Adelaide (draft)←Sydney
	15	Leek Aleer	Greater Western Sydney	Central District	SANFL
	16	Darcy Wilmot	Brisbane Lions	Northern Knights	NAB League
	17	Tom Brown	Richmond	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	←Geelong (2020)
	18	Angus Sheldrick	Sydney	Claremont	WAFL	←Port Adelaide
	19	Jacob van Rooyen	Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL	←Western Bulldogs
	20	Kai Lohmann	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	NAB League	←Melbourne (2020)
2	21	Matthew Johnson	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL	←Gold Coast (priority pick)
	22	Josh Goater	North Melbourne	Calder Cannons	NAB League
	23	Sam Butler	Hawthorn	GWV Rebels	NAB League	←Collingwood (2020)
	24	Toby Conway	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	←Fremantle←Collingwood←Gold Coast
	25	Mitch Knevitt	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Adelaide
	26	Connor MacDonald	Hawthorn	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
	27	Jesse Motlop	Carlton	South Fremantle	WAFL
	28	Tyler Sonsie	Richmond	Eastern Ranges	NAB League
	29	Sam Banks	Richmond	Tasmania Devils	NAB League	←Collingwood←Fremantle
	30	Judson Clarke	Richmond	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	←St Kilda (2020)
	31	Brady Hough	West Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL
	32	James Willis	Geelong	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Greater Western Sydney (2020)←Essendon (2020)
	33	Mitchito Owens	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Japanese descent), matched bid by Sydney, used picks 48 and 54 [140]
	34	Matthew Roberts	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL
	35	Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	Western Jets	NAB League	←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Geelong (draft)←Greater Western Sydney (2020)
	36	Jake Soligo	Adelaide	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	←Melbourne←Brisbane Lions (2020)
	37	Rhett Bazzo	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	←Sydney (2020)←Port Adelaide (2020)
	38	Miller Bergman	North Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	←Collingwood (draft)←Western Bulldogs (2020)
	39	Blake Howes	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Adelaide←Melbourne (2020)
3	40	Corey Warner	Sydney	East Fremantle	WAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Hewett)
	41	James Tunstill	Brisbane Lions	East Perth	WAFL	←Geelong←Collingwood
	42	Josh Fahey	Greater Western Sydney	Queanbeyan Tigers	AFL Canberra	Academy selection, matched bid by Western Bulldogs, used picks 47 and 89 [141]
	43	Arthur Jones	Western Bulldogs	Claremont	WAFL	←North Melbourne (draft)←Richmond←Gold Coast (2020)
	44	Zac Taylor	Adelaide	Calder Cannons	NAB League	←Melbourne (draft)←St Kilda
	45	Arlo Draper	Collingwood	South Adelaide	SANFL
	46	Alastair Lord	Essendon	Norwood	SANFL
	47	Marcus Windhager	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by Geelong, used pick 57 [142]
	48	Flynn Kroeger	Geelong	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions←West Coast (2020)
	49	Cooper Murley	Collingwood	Norwood	SANFL	←North Melbourne (draft)←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Carlton←West Coast←Sydney (2020)
	50	Garrett McDonagh	Essendon	Richmond	VFL	←Port Adelaide (2020)
	51	Oscar Adams	St Kilda	Glenelg	SANFL	←Melbourne (draft)←Western Bulldogs (2020)
	52	Harvey Harrison	Collingwood	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Gold Coast←Geelong (2020)←Brisbane Lions (2020)←Melbourne (2020)
4	53	Jai Serong	Hawthorn	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Melbourne (2020)←North Melbourne (2020)
	54	Eric 'Roy' Benning	Fremantle	Claremont	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) ←Gold Coast
	55	Hugh Jackson	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Adelaide (2020)←Hawthorn (2020)
	56	Dante Visentini	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Carlton (draft)
	57	Jack Williams	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL
	58	Lachlan Rankin	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	59	Jackson Archer	North Melbourne	Northern Knights	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Glenn Archer) ←Melbourne (2020)←Brisbane Lions (2020)
	60	Jase Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Father–son selection (son of Peter Burgoyne) ←Collingwood (2020)←Greater Western Sydney (2020)←Geelong (2020)
	61	Luke Cleary	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	62	Greg Clark	West Coast	Subiaco	WAFL	←Port Adelaide (draft)
	63	Charlie Constable	Gold Coast	Geelong	AFL
	64	Cooper Whyte	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League
	65	Taj Woewodin	Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL	Father–son selection (son of Shane Woewodin)

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2021 to their 2022 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations^[143]

Player	Club
Ben Keays	Adelaide
Josh Honey	Carlton
Matthew Kennedy
Will Snelling	Essendon
Ethan Hughes	Fremantle
Emerson Jeka	Hawthorn
Dylan Moore
Ned Reeves
James Jordon	Melbourne
Martin Frederick	Port Adelaide
Rhyan Mansell	Richmond
Callum Wilkie	St Kilda
Ryan Gardner	Western Bulldogs

2022 pre-season draft

Table of pre-season draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—
	2	Passed	Collingwood	—	—
	3	Rory Thompson	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	4	Luke Nankervis	Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	5	Passed	Essendon	—	—

2022 rookie draft

Table of rookie draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Jared Polec	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
	2	Charlie Dean	Collingwood	Williamstown	VFL
	3	Levi Casboult	Gold Coast	Carlton	AFL
	4	Ben Davis	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	5	Ned Long	Hawthorn	Northern Knights	NAB League
	6	Lochie O'Brien	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
	7	Bigoa Nyuon	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	8	Karl Worner	Fremantle	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	9	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	10	Passed	West Coast	—	—
	11	Patrick Voss	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	12	Lewis Taylor	Sydney	Sydney	AFL
	13	Cooper Hamilton	Greater Western Sydney	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League
	14	Cam Ellis-Yolmen	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	15	Oliver Dempsey	Geelong	Old Carey Grammarians	VAFA
	16	Trent Dumont	Port Adelaide	North Melbourne	AFL
	17	Charlie Parker	Western Bulldogs	Sturt	SANFL
	18	Judd McVee	Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL
2	19	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—
	20	Isaac Chugg	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	21	Jez McLennan	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	22	Passed	Adelaide	—	—
	23	Passed	Hawthorn	—	—
	24	Matt Cottrell	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
	25	Mitch Crowden	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	26	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	27	Passed	Essendon	—	—
	28	Passed	Sydney	—	—
	29	Jacob Wehr	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	30	Passed	Geelong	—	—
	31	Sam Mayes	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
	32	Robbie McComb	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL
3	33	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—
	34	Connor Blakely	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	35	Passed	Essendon	—	—
4	36	Sandy Brock	Gold Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Academy selection
5	37	Bodhi Uwland	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL	Academy selection

Category B rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie selections

Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Domanic Akuei	Carlton	Northern Knights (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (Sudanese descent)	[144]
Fionn O'Hara	Hawthorn	Westmeath GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[145]
Andy Moniz-Wakefield	Melbourne	NT Thunder (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	[146]
Jack Peris	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	[147]
Josiah Kyle		Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)
Cody Raak	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	[148]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Table of Pre-season supplemental selection period signings

Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
		Club	League
Mitch Cox	Brisbane Lions	Williamstown	VFL		[149]
Tex Wanganeen	Essendon	Sturt	SANFL	Son of Gavin Wanganeen	[150]
Nic Martin		Subiaco	WAFL
James Tsitas	Gold Coast	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL		[151]
Tom Lynch	North Melbourne	Adelaide	AFL		[152]
Jack Hayes	St Kilda	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL		[153]
Jarrod Lienert		Port Adelaide	AFL		[154]
Paddy McCartin	Sydney	Sydney	VFL	Previously listed with St Kilda	[155]
Hugh Dixon	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed with Fremantle	[156]
Luke Strnadica		East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed with Fremantle	[157]
Patrick Naish		Richmond	AFL
Tom Joyce		Brisbane Lions	AFL

See also

• 2021 AFL Women's draft