2022 AFL draft

The 2022 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 2022 AFL season.

2022 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	1 June: Mid-season Draft 28–29 November: National Draft 30 November: Pre-Season and Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Aaron Cadman, Greater Western Sydney
← 2021 2023 →

2022 Covid top-up players

Due to the League wanting to ensure that matches are not cancelled or postponed during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, each club named twenty players to their Covid top-up player list. For Victorian based teams, all of these players played for their affiliated reserves team or junior development academy, or for clubs outside of Victoria, the majority were sourced from the local second level leagues.^[1]

In round 2, West Coast became the first club to utilise the top-up player pool, when they had twelve players unable to play due to the AFL's health and safety protocols. Five players, Angus Dewar, Aaron Black, Stefan Giro, Declan Mountford and Brayden Ainsworth were chosen to play against North Melbourne.^[2]

Key dates

Table of key dates^[3]

Event	Date(s)
Mid-season rookie draft	1 June 2022
Free agency period	Restricted and Unrestricted: 30 September – 7 October 2022 Delisted: 3 – 15 November
Trade period	3 – 12 October 2022
National draft	First round: 28 November 2022 Second and subsequent rounds: 29 November 2022
Pre-Season and Rookie draft	30 November 2022
Pre-season supplemental selection period	1 December 2022 – 15 February 2023

2022 mid-season rookie draft

The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2022 AFL season on 1 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	Jai Culley	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	Oscar Allen long-term injury
	2	Kallan Dawson	North Melbourne	Williamstown	VFL	Miller Bergman long-term injury
	3	Massimo D'Ambrosio	Essendon	Richmond	VFL	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti retirement
	4	Brett Turner	Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL	Rory Sloane long-term injury
	5	Wade Derksen	Greater Western Sydney	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Josh Fahey long-term injury
	6	Max Ramsden	Hawthorn	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft
	7	Oskar Faulkhead	Gold Coast	Geelong	VFL	Ben King long-term injury
	8	Brynn Teakle	Port Adelaide	East Fremantle	WAFL	Jake Pasini long-term injury
	9	Josh Carmichael	Collingwood	West Adelaide	SANFL	Nathan Kreuger long-term injury
	10	Jacob Bauer	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL	Josh Caddy retirement
	11	Hugo Hall-Kahan	Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft
	12	Zane Williams	Geelong	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft
	13	Sam Durdin	Carlton	Glenelg	SANFL	Liam Jones inactive
	14	Passed	St Kilda	—	—	Nick Coffield long-term injury
	15	Sebit Kuek	Fremantle	East Perth	WAFL	Luke Valente retirement
2	16	Passed	West Coast	—	—	Luke Edwards long-term injury
	17	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—	Tom Lynch retirement
	18	Jye Menzie	Essendon	South Adelaide	SANFL	Nik Cox long-term injury
	19	Passed	Adelaide	—	—	Paul Seedsman long-term injury
	20	James Blanck	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Tyler Brockman long-term injury
	21	Passed	Collingwood	—	—	Jordan Roughead retirement
	22	Will Hayes	Carlton	Carlton	VFL	Oscar McDonald long-term injury
23	Passed	Fremantle	—	—	Jye Amiss long-term injury

Previous trades

Table of previously traded selections

Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Melbourne	Sydney	via Adelaide (pick swap) on-traded to Sydney (Jordan Dawson trade)	[5] [6]
2	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[7]
	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Will Brodie trade	[8]
	North Melbourne	Richmond	Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade	[9]
	Port Adelaide	West Coast	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
3	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[7]
	Port Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	via Greater Western Sydney (Jeremy Finlayson trade) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (pick swap)	[10] [11]
	Fremantle	Hawthorn	via Collingwood (pick swap) on-traded to Hawthorn (Max Lynch trade)	[12] [13]
	Carlton	Geelong	via Fremantle (Adam Cerra trade) on-traded to Geelong (Jordan Clark trade)	[14] [15]
	Brisbane Lions	Geelong	via Geelong (Darcy Fort trade) on-traded to Hawthorn (Jonathon Ceglar trade) on-traded to Collingwood (Max Lynch trade) on-traded to Geelong (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft)	[16] [17] [13]
	Sydney	Port Adelaide	Peter Ladhams trade	[18]
	Hawthorn	Collingwood	Max Lynch trade	[13]
	North Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
	Richmond	Collingwood	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	via North Melbourne (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft) on-traded to Collingwood (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft)
	Adelaide	Melbourne	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
4	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[7]
	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	via Collingwood (pick swap) on-traded to Hawthorn (Max Lynch trade)	[7] [13]
	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	via St Kilda (pick swap) on-traded to Collingwood (pick swap) on-traded to Greater Western Sydney (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft)	[5] [19]
	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Will Brodie trade	[8]
	Richmond	North Melbourne	Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade	[9]
	Hawthorn	Geelong	Jonathon Ceglar trade	[17]
	Geelong	Fremantle	Jordan Clark trade	[15]
	Port Adelaide	Carlton	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
	West Coast	Port Adelaide	Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft

Player movements

Free agency

2022 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	New club	Compensation	Ref
Karl Amon	Unrestricted	Port Adelaide	Hawthorn	Second round	[20]
Jayden Hunt	Unrestricted	Melbourne	West Coast	Third round	[21]
Daniel McStay	Unrestricted	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Second round	[22]
Liam Jones	Unrestricted	Carlton	Western Bulldogs	Third round	[23]
Zaine Cordy	Unrestricted	Western Bulldogs	St Kilda	None [a]	[24]
Francis Evans	Delisted	Geelong	Port Adelaide	—	[25]
Fergus Greene [b]	Delisted	Box Hill Hawks (VFL)	Hawthorn	—	[26]

• ^a Western Bulldogs received no compensation pick for Zaine Cordy due to signing Liam Jones
• ^b Fergus Greene was delisted by Western Bulldogs in 2020

Trades

Table of trades

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Collingwood Greater Western Sydney	to Collingwood (from Greater Western Sydney) Bobby Hill pick #40	to Greater Western Sydney (from Collingwood) pick #43 2023 second round pick (Collingwood)	[27]
Richmond Greater Western Sydney	to Richmond (from Greater Western Sydney) Tim Taranto	to Greater Western Sydney (from Richmond) pick #12 pick #19	[28]
Carlton Fremantle	to Carlton (from Fremantle) Blake Acres	to Fremantle (from Carlton) 2023 third round pick (Carlton)	[29]
Melbourne Port Adelaide	to Melbourne (from Port Adelaide) pick #27	to Port Adelaide (from Melbourne) pick #33 pick #43 pick #54	[30]
North Melbourne Fremantle	to North Melbourne (from Fremantle) Griffin Logue Darcy Tucker 2023 third round pick (Fremantle)	to Fremantle (from North Melbourne) 2023 second round priority pick (North Melbourne) 2023 third round priority pick (North Melbourne) 2023 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)	[31]
Greater Western Sydney Brisbane Lions	to Greater Western Sydney (from Brisbane Lions) pick #15	to Brisbane Lions (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #21 2023 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[32]
Gold Coast St Kilda	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) Ben Long 2023 fourth round pick (St Kilda)	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #32	[33]
Gold Coast Brisbane Lions	to Gold Coast (from Brisbane Lions) Tom Berry pick #46 2023 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	to Brisbane Lions (from Gold Coast) pick #25 pick #36 pick #56	[34]
Fremantle Gold Coast	to Fremantle (from Gold Coast) Josh Corbett	to Gold Coast (from Fremantle) 2023 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	[35]
Geelong Greater Western Sydney	to Geelong (from Greater Western Sydney) Tanner Bruhn	to Greater Western Sydney (from Geelong) pick #18	[36]
Geelong Brisbane Lions	to Geelong (from Brisbane Lions) pick #25	to Brisbane Lions (from Geelong) pick #38 pick #48 pick #55 2023 second round pick (Geelong) 2023 fourth round pick (Geelong)	[37]
Greater Western Sydney Melbourne	to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne) Toby Bedford	to Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #44	[38]
Fremantle Melbourne	to Fremantle (from Melbourne) Luke Jackson pick #44 pick #67	to Melbourne (from Fremantle) pick #13 2023 first round pick (Fremantle) 2023 second round pick (Fremantle)	[39]
Essendon Carlton	to Essendon (from Carlton) Will Setterfield pick #68	to Carlton (from Essendon) 2023 fourth round pick (Essendon)	[40]
Adelaide Gold Coast	to Adelaide (from Gold Coast) Izak Rankine pick #46 2023 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	to Gold Coast (from Adelaide) pick #5 2023 third round pick (Adelaide) 2023 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[41]
Port Adelaide North Melbourne West Coast Greater Western Sydney	to Port Adelaide Jason Horne-Francis (from North Melbourne) Junior Rioli (from West Coast) 2023 second round pick (Collingwood, from Greater Western Sydney) 2023 third round pick (Fremantle, from North Melbourne) to North Melbourne pick #2 (from West Coast) pick #3 (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #40 (from West Coast) pick #43 (from Port Adelaide) 2023 first round pick (from Port Adelaide)	to West Coast pick #8 (from Port Adelaide) pick #12 (from Greater Western Sydney) 2023 second round pick (from Port Adelaide) 2023 third round pick (from Port Adelaide) to Greater Western Sydney pick #1 (from North Melbourne) pick #53 (from Port Adelaide) pick #57 (from Port Adelaide)	[42]
Brisbane Lions Hawthorn	to Brisbane Lions (from Hawthorn) Jack Gunston	to Hawthorn (from Brisbane Lions) pick #48 2023 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[43]
Melbourne Collingwood	to Melbourne (from Collingwood) Brodie Grundy	to Collingwood (from Melbourne) pick #27	[44]
Geelong Gold Coast	to Geelong (from Gold Coast) Jack Bowes pick #7	to Gold Coast (from Geelong) 2023 third round pick (Geelong)	[45]
Collingwood Adelaide	to Collingwood (from Adelaide) Billy Frampton	to Adelaide (from Collingwood) 2023 third round pick (Collingwood)	[46]
Richmond Greater Western Sydney	to Richmond (from Greater Western Sydney) Jacob Hopper pick #53 pick #63	to Greater Western Sydney (from Richmond) pick #31 2023 first round pick (Richmond)	[47]
Sydney Essendon	to Sydney (from Essendon) Aaron Francis pick #42	to Essendon (from Sydney) pick #37 2023 fourth round pick (Sydney)	[48]
Essendon Melbourne	to Essendon (from Melbourne) Sam Weideman pick #54 pick #72	to Melbourne (from Essendon) pick #37	[49]
Melbourne Western Bulldogs	to Melbourne (from Western Bulldogs) Josh Schache	to Western Bulldogs (from Melbourne) 2023 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	[50]
Melbourne Western Bulldogs	to Melbourne (from Western Bulldogs) Lachie Hunter	to Western Bulldogs (from Melbourne) 2023 third round pick (Melbourne)	[51]
Brisbane Lions Western Bulldogs	to Brisbane Lions (from Western Bulldogs) Josh Dunkley 2023 third round pick (Melbourne) 2023 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)	to Western Bulldogs (from Brisbane Lions) pick #21 2023 first round pick (Brisbane Lions) 2023 second round pick (Brisbane Lions) 2023 fourth round pick (Geelong)	[52]
Collingwood Hawthorn Geelong	to Collingwood Tom Mitchell (from Hawthorn) pick #25 (from Geelong) to Geelong Oliver Henry (from Collingwood)	to Hawthorn Cooper Stephens (from Geelong) pick #41 (from Collingwood) pick #50 (from Collingwood)	[53]
Western Bulldogs Fremantle	to Western Bulldogs (from Fremantle) Rory Lobb	to Fremantle (from Western Bulldogs) pick #30 2023 second round pick (Western Bulldogs)	[54]
Fremantle Hawthorn	to Fremantle (from Hawthorn) Jaeger O'Meara 2023 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	to Hawthorn (from Fremantle) Lloyd Meek 2023 second round pick (Western Bulldogs)	[55]
Adelaide Brisbane Lions	to Adelaide (from Brisbane Lions) pick #56	to Brisbane Lions (from Adelaide) 2023 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	[56]
Adelaide North Melbourne	to Adelaide (from North Melbourne) pick #59 2023 second round pick (North Melbourne)	to North Melbourne (from Adelaide) pick 23	[57]
Fremantle North Melbourne	to Fremantle (from North Melbourne) pick #43	to North Melbourne (from Fremantle) 2023 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	[58]
Picks swapped at the 2022 National Draft
Brisbane Lions Hawthorn	to Brisbane Lions (from Hawthorn) pick #41 pick #50 pick #52 pick #63	to Hawthorn (from Brisbane Lions) pick #36 2023 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)	[59]
Brisbane Lions North Melbourne	to Brisbane Lions (from North Melbourne) pick #40	to North Melbourne (from Brisbane Lions) pick #63 2023 third round pick (Melbourne)	[60]
Hawthorn Sydney	to Hawthorn (from Sydney) pick #18	to Sydney (from Hawthorn) pick #27 2023 second round pick (Hawthorn) 2023 third round pick (Hawthorn)	[61]
Carlton Collingwood	to Carlton (from Collingwood) pick #30	to Collingwood (from Carlton) 2023 second round pick (Carlton)	[62]
Adelaide Gold Coast	to Adelaide (from Gold Coast) pick #43 2023 second round pick (Gold Coast) 2023 third round pick (Geelong)	to Gold Coast (from Adelaide) pick #79 2023 second round pick (Adelaide) 2023 third round pick (Collingwood)	[63]
Adelaide Brisbane Lions	to Adelaide (from Brisbane Lions) pick #50	to Brisbane Lions (from Adelaide) 2023 third round pick (Geelong)	[64]
Hawthorn Greater Western Sydney	to Hawthorn (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #51	to Greater Western Sydney (from Hawthorn) 2023 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[65]

List changes

Retirements

Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player Table of player retirements Name Club Ref Brad Sheppard West Coast [66] Mark Keane (R) Collingwood [67] Luke Valente Fremantle [68] Josh Caddy Richmond [69] Jordan Roughead Collingwood [70] Tom Lynch North Melbourne [71] Josiah Kyle (B) St Kilda [72] Majak Daw (R) Melbourne [73] Jarryn Geary St Kilda [74] Kane Lambert Richmond [75] Matthew Parker [76] David Mundy Fremantle [77] Steven Motlop Port Adelaide [78] Josh J. Kennedy West Coast [79] Josh P. Kennedy Sydney [80] Ben McEvoy Hawthorn [81] Matt de Boer Greater Western Sydney [82] Devon Smith Essendon [83] Robbie Gray Port Adelaide [84] Shane Edwards Richmond [85] Michael Hurley Essendon [86] Dan Hannebery St Kilda [87] Dean Kent [88] Paddy Ryder [89] Callum Sinclair Sydney [90] Colin O'Riordan Liam Shiels Hawthorn [91] Luke Brown Adelaide [92] Mitch Robinson Brisbane Lions [93] Shaun Higgins Geelong [94] Mitch Brown (R) Melbourne [95] Joel Selwood Geelong [96] Luke Dahlhaus [97] Jack Redden West Coast [98] Stefan Martin Western Bulldogs [99] Rory Thompson Gold Coast [100]

Delistings

Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player Table of player delistings Name Club Ref Tom Williamson Carlton [101] Sam Mayes Port Adelaide [102] Sam Skinner Taj Schofield (R) Tom Cutler Essendon [103] Garrett McDonagh Tom Hird (B) Jack Newnes Carlton [104] Oscar McDonald (R) Luke Parks (R) Darragh Joyce (R) St Kilda [105] Kyron Hayden North Melbourne [106] Matthew McGuinness (B) Patrick Walker (R) Daniel Howe Hawthorn [107] Tom Phillips Connor Downie Jackson Callow (R) Liam Stocker Carlton [108] Will Hayes (R) Kyle Hartigan Hawthorn [109] Rhys Nicholls (R) Gold Coast [110] Jez McLennan (R) Matt Conroy (R) Patrick Murtagh (R) Fraser Rosman Melbourne [95] Callum Brown Collingwood [111] Tyler Brown Isaac Chugg (R) Liam McMahon Connor Blakely (R) Fremantle [112] Joel Western Jackson Nelson West Coast [113] Hugh Dixon (R) Tom Joyce (R) Zach Sproule (R) Greater Western Sydney [114] Jake Stein (R) Jarrod Brander Ely Smith Brisbane Lions [115] Mitchell Cox (R) Deividas Uosis (B) Quinton Narkle Geelong [116] Francis Evans Nick Stevens Paul Tsapatolis (B) Zane Williams (R) Lewis Taylor (R) Sydney [117] Barry O'Connor (B) Oskar Baker Melbourne [118] Jake Aarts (R) Richmond [119] Sydney Stack (R) Riley Collier-Dawkins Will Martyn Martin Frederick Port Adelaide [120] Dylan Williams Mitch Crowden (R) Fremantle [121] James Rowe Adelaide [122] Ben Davis (R) Brett Turner (R) Louis Butler Western Bulldogs [123] Charlie Parker (R) Mitch Wallis [124] Jed Anderson North Melbourne [125] Atu Bosenavulagi Kayne Turner Josh Walker Jack Saunders (R) Hawthorn [126] Jack Madgen (B) Collingwood [127] Caleb Poulter Cooper Murley Alec Waterman (R) Essendon [128] Cody Brand Brayden Ham Jarrod Lienert (R) St Kilda [129] Connor McFadyen Brisbane Lions [130] Nakia Cockatoo Ryan Lester Zac Langdon West Coast [131] Oleg Markov Gold Coast [132] Sam Naismith Sydney [133] James Bell Ben Ronke Zane Trew West Coast [134] Isiah Winder Jared Polec North Melbourne [135] Paul Seedsman Adelaide [136] Andrew McPherson Seamus Mitchell Hawthorn [137] Josh Eyre Essendon [138]

North Melbourne concessions

Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2020, the AFL announced draft concessions for North Melbourne^[139] which included:

• A second-round pick and third-round pick in the 2023 AFL Draft: at least one of these picks must be traded for a player during the 2022 trade period.
  • North Melbourne will not carry the picks into 2023, but they will be tied to their finishing position.
• Two extra Category A Rookie list spots.

2022 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	Aaron Cadman	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	NAB League	←North Melbourne
	2	Will Ashcroft	Brisbane Lions	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Marcus Ashcroft), matched bid by North Melbourne
	3	Harry Sheezel	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←West Coast
	4	George Wardlaw	North Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Greater Western Sydney
	5	Elijah Tsatas	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	6	Bailey Humphrey	Gold Coast	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Adelaide
	7	Cameron Mackenzie	Hawthorn	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	8	Jhye Clark	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	←Gold Coast
	9	Reuben Ginbey	West Coast	East Perth	WAFL	←Port Adelaide
	10	Mattaes Phillipou	St Kilda	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	11	Oliver Hollands	Carlton	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League
	12	Jaspa Fletcher	Brisbane Lions	Sherwood Magpies	QAFL	Father–son selection (son of Adrian Fletcher), matched bid by Western Bulldogs
	13	Jedd Busslinger	Western Bulldogs	East Perth	WAFL
	14	Elijah Hewett	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	←Greater Western Sydney←Richmond
	15	Matthew Jefferson	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Fremantle
	16	Harry Rowston	Greater Western Sydney	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Academy selection, matched bid by Sydney
	17	Max Michalanney	Adelaide	Norwood	SANFL	Father–son selection (son of Jim Michalanney), matched bid by Sydney
	18	Josh Weddle	Hawthorn	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Sydney (draft)←Adelaide (2021)←Melbourne (2021)
	19	Ed Allan	Collingwood	Claremont	WAFL
	20	Jacob Konstanty	Sydney	Gippsland Power	NAB League
	21	Darcy Jones	Greater Western Sydney	Swan Districts	WAFL	←Geelong
2	22	Max Gruzewski	Greater Western Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Richmond←North Melbourne (2021)
	23	Harry Barnett	West Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL
	24	Charlie Clarke	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions←Greater Western Sydney
	25	Lewis Hayes	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	NAB League
	26	Brayden George	North Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	←Adelaide
	27	Cooper Vickery	Sydney	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Hawthorn (draft)
	28	Jakob Ryan	Collingwood	Glenelg	SANFL	←Geelong←Brisbane Lions←Gold Coast
	29	Coby Burgiel	West Coast	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Port Adelaide (2021)
	30	Lachie Cowan	Carlton	Tasmania Devils	NAB League	←Collingwood (draft)←Melbourne←Port Adelaide free agency compensation pick (Amon)
	31	James van Es	St Kilda	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	NAB League
	32	Jaxon Binns	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
	33	Hugh Davies	Fremantle	Claremont	WAFL	←Western Bulldogs
	34	Toby McMullin	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Richmond
	35	Olli Hotton	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Gold Coast←Fremantle (2021)
	36	Tom McCallum	Port Adelaide	Tasmania Devils	NAB League	←Melbourne
	37	Henry Hustwaite	Hawthorn	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions←Gold Coast←Collingwood (2021)
	38	Jed Adams	Melbourne	Peel Thunder	WAFL	←Essendon←Sydney
3	39	Harvey Gallagher	Western Bulldogs	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League	←North Melbourne (2021)
	40	Caleb Mitchell	Sydney	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	←Essendon
	41	Tom Emmett	Fremantle	Sturt	SANFL	←North Melbourne←Port Adelaide←Melbourne←Adelaide (2021)
	42	Max Knobel	Fremantle	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Melbourne←Greater Western Sydney←Collingwood←Hawthorn (2021)
	43	Billy Dowling	Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Gold Coast (draft)
	44	Isaac Keeler	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL
	45	Alwyn Davey Jr.	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Alwyn Davey), matched bid by Hawthorn
	46	Jack O'Sullivan	Hawthorn	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions←Geelong←Fremantle (2021)←Carlton (2021)
	47	Harry Lemmey	Carlton	West Adelaide	SANFL	Free agency compensation pick (Jones)
	48	Joe Richards	Collingwood	Wangaratta	O&MFNL	←Richmond (2021)
	49	Kaleb Smith	Richmond	East Fremantle	WAFL	←Greater Western Sydney←Port Adelaide←Melbourne
	50	Hugh Bond	Adelaide	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions (draft)←Geelong←Collingwood (2021)←Hawthorn (2021)←Geelong (2021)←Brisbane Lions (2021)
	51	Bailey Macdonald	Hawthorn	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	←Greater Western Sydney (draft)←Port Adelaide←Sydney (2021)
	52	Phoenix Foster	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL
4	53	Thomas Scully	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL	←West Coast (2021)
	54	Jayden Davey	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Alwyn Davey)
	55	Steely Green	Richmond	South Fremantle	WAFL	←Greater Western Sydney←Collingwood (2021)←St Kilda (2021)←Adelaide (2021)
	56	Cooper Harvey	North Melbourne	Northern Knights	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Brent Harvey)
	57	Corey Wagner	Fremantle	Port Melbourne	VFL	←Melbourne←St Kilda (2021)
	58	Noah Long	West Coast	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League
	59	Kyle Marshall	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL

Rookie elevations

Table of rookie elevations^[140]

Player	Club
Jordon Butts	Adelaide
Kieran Strachan
James Madden	Brisbane Lions
Matthew Owies	Carlton
Jack Ginnivan	Collingwood
John Noble
Sam Durham	Essendon
Nic Martin
Lachie Schultz	Fremantle
Tom Atkins	Geelong
Brad Close
Levi Casboult	Gold Coast
Ned Moyle
Callum Brown	Greater Western Sydney
Lachlan Bramble	Hawthorn
Kade Chandler	Melbourne
Jake Pasini	Port Adelaide
Marlion Pickett	Richmond
Hayden McLean	Sydney
Sam Wicks
Jamaine Jones	West Coast
Buku Khamis	Western Bulldogs
Jordon Sweet

2023 rookie draft

Rookie draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Blake Drury	North Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	2	Isiah Winder	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
	3	Phil Davis	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	4	Rhett Montgomerie	Essendon	Central District	SANFL
	5	Andrew McPherson	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	6	Seamus Mitchell	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
	7	Connor Blakely	Gold Coast	Fremantle	AFL
	8	Dylan Williams	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
	9	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	10	Ed Curnow	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
	11	Passed	Western Bulldogs	—	—
	12	Seth Campbell	Richmond	Tasmania Devils	NAB League
	13	Liam Reidy	Fremantle	Frankston	VFL
	14	Will Verrall	Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL
	15	Ryan Lester	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	16	Cooper Murley	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	17	Cameron Owen	Sydney	Tasmania Devils	NAB League
	18	Oscar Murdoch	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League
2	19	Hamish Free	North Melbourne	South Fremantle	WAFL
	20	Zane Trew	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
	21	Paul Seedsman	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	22	Passed	Hawthorn	—	—
	23	Jake Stein	Gold Coast	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	24	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	25	Passed	Western Bulldogs	—	—
	26	Tylar Young	Richmond	Richmond	VFL
	27	Passed	Fremantle	—	—
	28	Oliver Sestan	Melbourne	Mansfield	GVFNL
	29	Nakia Cockatoo	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	30	Passed	Collingwood	—	—
	31	Jaiden Magor	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL
	32	Osca Riccardi	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Father–son selection (son of Peter Riccardi)
3	33	Daniel Howe	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	AFL
	34	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—
	35	Passed	Richmond	—	—
	36	Passed	Melbourne	—	—
	37	Passed	Brisbane Lions	—	—
	38	Passed	Geelong	—	—
4	39	Kayne Turner	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
	40	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—
5	41	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—

Category B rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie selections

Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Darryl McDowell-White Jr.	Brisbane Lions	Red City Roar (NBL1 North)	3-year non-registered player (basketball) (Also the son of Darryl White)	[141]
Shadeau Brain		Noosa (QAFL)	Academy selection	[142]
Anthony Munkara	Essendon	West Adelaide (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[143]
Josh Draper	Fremantle	Peel Thunder (WAFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[144]
Conrad Williams		Claremont (WAFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
Oisín Mullin	Geelong	Mayo (GAA)	International selection (Ireland)	[145]
Ted Clohesy		Geelong Falcons (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (born in South Africa)
Lloyd Johnston	Gold Coast	NT Thunder (NAB League)	NT zone selection	[146]
Nicholas Madden	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney (VFL)	Academy selection	[147]
Jason Gillbee		Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League)	NSW zone selection
Joshua Bennetts	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[148]
Kyah Farris-White	Melbourne	Willetton Tigers (NBL1 West)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[149]
Nathan Barkla	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Filipino descent)	[150]
Angus McLennan	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Egypt)	[151]
Will Edwards	Sydney	Sydney (VFL)	Academy selection
Tyrell Dewar	West Coast	Subiaco (WAFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[152]
Jordyn Baker		East Perth (WAFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
James O'Donnell	Western Bulldogs	Essendon Cricket Club	3-year non-registered player (cricket)	[153]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Table of Pre-season supplemental selection period signings

Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
		Club	League
Tyler Brown	Adelaide	Collingwood	AFL		[154]
Mark Keane		Cork	GAA	Previously listed with Collingwood	[155]
Darragh Joyce	Brisbane Lions	St Kilda	AFL		[156]
Conor McKenna		Tyrone	GAA	Previously listed with Essendon	[157]
Hudson O'Keeffe	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League		[158]
Alex Cincotta		Carlton	VFL		[159]
Oscar Steene	Collingwood	West Adelaide	SANFL		[160]
Oleg Markov		Gold Coast	AFL		[161]
Jed Anderson	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	AFL		[162]
Brodie McLaughlin		Frankston	VFL		[163]
Kye Turner	Melbourne	Frankston	VFL		[164]
Liam Shiels	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	AFL		[165]
Kaelan Bradtke	Richmond	Sydney	VFL		[166]
Liam Stocker	St Kilda	Carlton	AFL		[167]
Anthony Caminiti		Northern Knights	NAB League		[168]
Oskar Baker	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne	AFL		[169]

See also

• 2022 AFL Women's draft