2025 AFL draft

The 2025 AFL draft will consist of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2025 AFL season.

2025 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	28 May 2025 – Mid-season Draft 19-20 November 2025 – National Draft 21 November 2025 – Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
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Key dates

Table of key dates

Event	Date(s)
Mid-season rookie draft	28 May 2025
Free agency period	Restricted and Unrestricted: 3–10 October 2025 Delisted: October–November 2025
Trade period	6–15 October 2025
National draft	19–20 November 2025
Pre-Season and Rookie draft	21 November 2025
Pre-season supplemental selection period	December 2025 – March 2026

2025 mid-season rookie draft

The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of round 11 of the 2025 AFL season on 28 May. The draft is only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long-term injuries or retirements. As Gold Coast Suns and Essendon had played one fewer game than all other clubs, the draft order was determined using winning percentage.^[1]

Mid-season draft selections

Rd	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Pick due to
				Club	League
1	1	Tom McCarthy	West Coast	Richmond	VFL	Dom Sheed long-term injury
	2	Zac Banch	North Melbourne	Werribee	VFL	Miller Bergman long-term injury
	3	Harrison Ramm	Port Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL	Xavier Walsh long-term injury
	4	Flynn Young	Carlton	Werribee	VFL	Brodie Kemp long-term injury
	5	Michael Sellwood	Western Bulldogs	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Passed selection at the 2024 Rookie Draft
	6	Archer May	Essendon	Subiaco	WAFL	Sam Draper long-term injury
	7	Oscar Adams	Gold Coast	Glenelg	SANFL	Charlie Ballard long-term injury
	8	Roan Steele	Collingwood	West Perth	WAFL	Reef McInnes long-term injury
2	9	Jacob Newton	West Coast	Norwood	SANFL	Jake Waterman long-term injury
	10	Cooper Trembath	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	VFL	Darcy Tucker long-term injury
	11	Ewan Mackinlay	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Todd Marshall long-term injury
	12	Zac Walker	Western Bulldogs	Gippsland Power	Talent League	Cody Weightman long-term injury
	13	Lachlan Blakiston	Essendon	East Fremantle	WAFL	Tom Edwards long-term injury
	14	Caleb Lewis	Gold Coast	Casey Demons	VFL	Elliott Himmelberg long-term injury
	15	Noah Howes	Collingwood	South Adelaide	SANFL	Harvey Harrison long-term injury
3	16	Mani Liddy	Port Adelaide	Central District	SANFL	Tom Cochrane long-term injury
	17	Oskar Smartt	Essendon	Essendon	VFL	Nick Bryan long-term injury
4	18	Liam McMahon	Essendon	Carlton	VFL	Lewis Hayes long-term injury

Player movements

Previous trades

Table of previously traded selections

Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Carlton	Hawthorn	pick swap	[2]
	Melbourne	Essendon	pick swap	[3]
	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade	[4]
	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade	[4]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[5]
	North Melbourne	Richmond	pick swap	[6]
2	Brisbane Lions	Carlton	pick swap	[7]
	Carlton	Hawthorn	pick swap	[2]
	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	James Peatling trade	[8]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[5]
	Richmond	North Melbourne	pick swap
	St Kilda	Essendon	pick swap
3	Melbourne	Adelaide	pick swap	[9]
	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	via Melbourne (pick swap) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (Harry Sharp trade)	[3] [10]
	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Harry Sharp trade	[10]
	Richmond	Fremantle	Shai Bolton trade	[11]
	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	James Peatling trade	[8]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[5]
	West Coast	Brisbane Lions	pick swap
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Lions	pick swap
	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	pick swap
4	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	James Peatling trade	[8]
	West Coast	Hawthorn	Tom Barrass trade	[5]
	Essendon	St Kilda	pick swap
	Richmond	Gold Coast	pick swap
	St Kilda	Brisbane Lions	pick swap

List changes

Retirements

Table key

R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player retirements

Name	Club	Ref
Brad Crouch R	St Kilda	[12]
Jeremy McGovern	West Coast	[13]
Dom Sheed		[14]
Michael Walters	Fremantle	[15]
Sam Docherty	Carlton	[16]
Rory Atkins	Port Adelaide	[17]