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
Dates	28 May 2025 – Mid-season Draft 19-20 November 2025 – National Draft 21 November 2025 – Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	Telstra
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

Free agency

2025 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	New club	Compensation	Notes	Ref
Jack Silvagni	Unrestricted	Carlton	St Kilda	End of First Round		[12]
Tom De Koning	Restricted			First Round
James Worpel	Restricted	Hawthorn	Geelong	End of Second Round		[13]
Sam Draper	Unrestricted	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	End of First Round		[14]
Jacob Wehr	Unrestricted	Greater Western Sydney	Port Adelaide	None		[15]
Charlie Spargo	Unrestricted	Melbourne	North Melbourne	End of Second Round		[16]
Oscar Allen	Restricted	West Coast	Brisbane Lions	First Round		[17]

Trades

Table of trades

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Carlton Fremantle	to Carlton (from Fremantle) Liam Reidy pick #53 pick #71	to Fremantle (from Carlton) pick #50 pick #68	[18]
Sydney Gold Coast	to Sydney (from Gold Coast) Malcolm Rosas Jr. pick #62	to Gold Coast (from Sydney) pick #51 pick #69	[19]
Brisbane Lions Fremantle West Coast	to Brisbane Lions pick #16 (from West Coast) pick #22 (from West Coast) pick #44 (from Fremantle) pick #50 (from Fremantle) to Fremantle pick #19 (from Brisbane Lions) pick #23 (from West Coast) pick #46 (from Brisbane Lions)	to West Coast Brandon Starcevich (from Brisbane Lions) pick #12 (from Fremantle) pick #33 (from Fremantle) pick #52 (from Brisbane Lions)	[20]
Fremantle Melbourne	to Fremantle (from Melbourne) Judd McVee	to Melbourne (from Fremantle) pick #23	[21]
Gold Coast St Kilda	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) Sam Flanders	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) pick #7	[22]
Melbourne St Kilda	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Max Heath	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2027 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	[23]
St Kilda West Coast	to St Kilda (from West Coast) Liam Ryan 2027 third round pick (West Coast)	to West Coast (from St Kilda) 2026 second round pick (St Kilda)	[24]
Melbourne Collingwood	to Melbourne (from Collingwood) Brody Mihocek pick #71	to Collingwood (from Melbourne) pick #61 2026 third round pick (Melbourne)	[25]
Carlton West Coast	to Carlton (from West Coast) Campbell Chesser	to West Coast (from Carlton) pick #41	[26]
Carlton Gold Coast Port Adelaide	to Carlton Ben Ainsworth (from Gold Coast) pick #67 (from Port Adelaide) to Gold Coast pick #29 (from Port Adelaide)	to Port Adelaide (from Carlton) Corey Durdin 2026 second round pick (Carlton)	[27]

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 [28] Jeremy McGovern West Coast [29] Dom Sheed [30] Michael Walters Fremantle [31] Sam Docherty Carlton [32] Rory Atkins Port Adelaide [33] Callan Ward Greater Western Sydney [34] Travis Boak Port Adelaide [35] Nat Fyfe Fremantle [36] Luke Breust Hawthorn [37] Quinton Narkle Fremantle [38] Taylor Duryea Western Bulldogs [39] Will Hoskin-Elliott Collingwood [40] Jimmy Webster St Kilda [41] Willie Rioli Port Adelaide [42] Jayden Hunt West Coast [43] Matt Crouch Adelaide [44] Mitch Duncan Geelong [45] David Swallow Gold Coast [46] Sean Lemmens Lachlan Keeffe Greater Western Sydney [47] James Aish Fremantle [48] Brodie Smith Adelaide [49] Sam Day Brisbane Lions [50] Oscar McInerney [51]

Delistings

Table of player delistings Name Club Ref Kamdyn McIntosh Richmond [52] Zaine Cordy St Kilda [53] Ryan Burton Port Adelaide [54] Jeremy Finlayson Dylan Williams Lachie Charleson Hugh Jackson Jed McEntee [55] Jack Petruccelle West Coast [56] Callum Jamieson Loch Rawlinson Eddie Ford North Melbourne [57] Brynn Teakle Kallan Dawson Miller Bergman Angus McLennan St Kilda [58] Harry Boyd Jacob Bauer Richmond [59] Mate Colina Orazio Fantasia Carlton [60] Harry Lemmey Alex Cincotta Dylan Shiel Essendon [61] Robbie Fox Sydney [62] Indhi Kirk Caleb Mitchell Ben Paton Jye Menzie Essendon [63] Alwyn Davey Jr. Jacob Koschitzke Richmond [64] Jacob Blight Aaron Francis Sydney [65] Blake Leidler Josh Fahey Greater Western Sydney [66] Jack Billings Melbourne [67] Kynan Brown Tom Fullarton Marty Hore Oliver Sestan Will Verrall Jack Delean Fremantle [68] Odin Jones Lachlan Murphy Adelaide [69] Karl Gallagher Kieran Strachan [70] Harry Schoenberg Alex Sexton Gold Coast [71] Tom Berry Lloyd Johnston Todd Goldstein Essendon [72] Jayden Laverde Oskar Smartt [73] Oleg Markov Collingwood [74] Ash Johnson Finlay Macrae Charlie Dean Liam Jones Western Bulldogs [75] Anthony Scott Sam Frost Hawthorn [76] Jasper Scaife Patrick Retschko Geelong [77] Xavier Ivisic Brandon Ryan Brisbane Lions [78] Darcy Craven

West Coast concessions

Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2022, the AFL announced draft concessions for West Coast^[79] which included:

• One end-of-first round selection in the 2025 AFL Draft (placed after end-of-first round compensation picks for free agency moves)
• Four extra Category A Rookie list spots.

2025 national draft

Table of national draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1		West Coast
	2		West Coast			Free agency compensation pick (Allen)
	3		Richmond
	4		Richmond			←North Melbourne (2024)
	5		Essendon
	6		Essendon			←Melbourne (2024)
	7		Gold Coast			←Port Adelaide (2024)
	8		Gold Coast			←St Kilda
	9		Hawthorn			←Carlton (2024)
	10		Carlton			Free agency compensation pick (de Koning)
	11		Sydney
	12		Western Bulldogs
	13		West Coast			←Fremantle
	14		Greater Western Sydney
	15		Gold Coast
	16		Adelaide
	17		Brisbane Lions			←West Coast←Hawthorn (2024)
	18		Gold Coast			←Collingwood (2024)
	19		Geelong
	20		Fremantle			←Brisbane Lions
	21		Essendon			Free agency compensation pick (Draper)
	22		Carlton			Free agency compensation pick (Silvagni)
Priority	23		Brisbane Lions			←West Coast
2	24		Melbourne			←Fremantle←West Coast
	25		North Melbourne			←Richmond (2024)
	26		North Melbourne
	27		Essendon
	28		Melbourne
	29		Gold Coast			←Port Adelaide
	30		Essendon			←St Kilda (2024)
	31		Hawthorn			←Carlton (2024)
	32		Sydney
	33		Western Bulldogs
	34		West Coast			←Fremantle
	35		Greater Western Sydney
	36		Gold Coast
	37		Greater Western Sydney			←Adelaide (2024)
	38		West Coast			←Hawthorn (2024)
	39		Collingwood
	40		Geelong
	41		West Coast			←Carlton←Brisbane Lions (2024)
	42		Melbourne			Free agency compensation pick (Spargo)
	43		Hawthorn			Free agency compensation pick (Worpel)
3	44		Brisbane Lions			←West Coast (2024)
	45		Brisbane Lions			←Fremantle←Richmond (2024)
	46		North Melbourne
	47		Fremantle			←Brisbane Lions←Melbourne (2024)←Essendon (2024)
	48		Adelaide			←Melbourne (2024)
	49		Port Adelaide
	50		St Kilda
	51		Brisbane Lions			←Fremantle←Carlton
	52		Gold Coast			←Sydney
	53		West Coast			←Brisbane Lions←Western Bulldogs (2024)
	54		Carlton			←Fremantle
	55		Adelaide			←Greater Western Sydney (2024)
	56		Brisbane Lions			←Gold Coast (2024)
	57		Adelaide
	58		West Coast			←Hawthorn (2024)
	59		Collingwood
	60		Geelong
	61		Collingwood			←Melbourne ←Brisbane Lions (2024)
4	62		Hawthorn			←West Coast (2024)
	63		Sydney			←Gold Coast ←Richmond (2024)
	64		North Melbourne
	65		St Kilda			←Essendon (2024)
	66		Melbourne
	67		Carlton			←Port Adelaide
	68		Brisbane Lions			←St Kilda (2024)
	69		Fremantle			←Carlton
	70		Gold Coast			←Sydney
	71		Melbourne			←Collingwood ←Western Bulldogs (2024)
	72		Carlton			←Fremantle
	73		Adelaide			←Greater Western Sydney (2024)
	74		Gold Coast
	75		Adelaide
	76		Hawthorn
	77		Collingwood
	78		Geelong
	79		Brisbane Lions

2025 rookie draft

Category B Rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie selections

Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Indy Cotton	Adelaide	BA Centre of Excellence (NBL1 East)	Three-year non-registered player (basketball)	[80]
Oscar Berry	Melbourne	North Florida Ospreys (NCAA)	Three-year non-registered player (basketball)	[81]