2025 AFL draft

The 2025 AFL draft consisted 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
First selection	Willem Duursma (West Coast)
← 2024 2026 →

This national draft is notable for being the first ever AFL National Draft where a club did not select a player. Port Adelaide passed on its only selection, trading its other selection to Gold Coast.^[1]

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.^[2]

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	[3]
	Melbourne	Essendon	pick swap	[4]
	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade	[5]
	Collingwood	Gold Coast	Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade	[5]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[6]
	North Melbourne	Richmond	pick swap	[7]
2	Brisbane Lions	Carlton	pick swap	[8]
	Carlton	Hawthorn	pick swap	[3]
	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	James Peatling trade	[9]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[6]
	Richmond	North Melbourne	pick swap
	St Kilda	Essendon	pick swap
3	Melbourne	Adelaide	pick swap	[10]
	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	via Melbourne (pick swap) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (Harry Sharp trade)	[4] [11]
	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Harry Sharp trade	[11]
	Richmond	Fremantle	Shai Bolton trade	[12]
	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	James Peatling trade	[9]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	Tom Barrass trade	[6]
	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	[9]
	West Coast	Hawthorn	Tom Barrass trade	[6]
	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	Swallowed up in a bid after being traded	[13]
Tom De Koning	Restricted			First Round
James Worpel	Restricted	Hawthorn	Geelong	End of Second Round		[14]
Sam Draper	Unrestricted	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	End of First Round	Swallowed up in a bid after being traded	[15]
Jacob Wehr	Unrestricted	Greater Western Sydney	Port Adelaide	None		[16]
Charlie Spargo	Unrestricted	Melbourne	North Melbourne	End of Second Round		[17]
Oscar Allen	Restricted	West Coast	Brisbane Lions	First Round		[18]

Trades

Table of trades

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Carlton Fremantle	to Carlton (from Fremantle) Liam Reidy pick No. 53 pick No. 71	to Fremantle (from Carlton) pick No. 50 pick No. 68	[19]
Sydney Gold Coast	to Sydney (from Gold Coast) Malcolm Rosas Jr. pick No. 62	to Gold Coast (from Sydney) pick No. 51 pick No. 69	[20]
Brisbane Lions Fremantle West Coast	to Brisbane Lions pick No. 16 (from West Coast) pick No. 22 (from West Coast) pick No. 44 (from Fremantle) pick No. 50 (from Fremantle) to Fremantle pick No. 19 (from Brisbane Lions) pick No. 23 (from West Coast) pick No. 46 (from Brisbane Lions)	to West Coast Brandon Starcevich (from Brisbane Lions) pick No. 12 (from Fremantle) pick No. 33 (from Fremantle) pick No. 52 (from Brisbane Lions)	[21]
Fremantle Melbourne	to Fremantle (from Melbourne) Judd McVee	to Melbourne (from Fremantle) pick No. 23	[22]
Gold Coast St Kilda	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) Sam Flanders	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) pick No. 7	[23]
Melbourne St Kilda	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Max Heath	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2027 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	[24]
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)	[25]
Melbourne Collingwood	to Melbourne (from Collingwood) Brody Mihocek pick No. 71	to Collingwood (from Melbourne) pick No. 61 2026 third round pick (Melbourne)	[26]
Carlton West Coast	to Carlton (from West Coast) Campbell Chesser	to West Coast (from Carlton) pick No. 41	[27]
Carlton Gold Coast Port Adelaide	to Carlton Ben Ainsworth (from Gold Coast) pick No. 67 (from Port Adelaide) to Gold Coast pick No. 29 (from Port Adelaide)	to Port Adelaide (from Carlton) Corey Durdin 2026 second round pick (Carlton)	[28]
Greater Western Sydney Western Bulldogs	to Greater Western Sydney (from Western Bulldogs) pick No. 12	to Western Bulldogs (from Greater Western Sydney) pick No. 14 pick No. 37	[29]
Richmond West Coast	to West Coast (from Richmond) Tylar Young	to Richmond (from West Coast) pick No. 38	[30]
Port Adelaide Fremantle	to Port Adelaide (from Fremantle) Will Brodie	to Fremantle (from Port Adelaide) pick No. 103	[31]
Brisbane Lions Collingwood	to Brisbane Lions (from Collingwood) pick No. 59 2026 third round pick (Melbourne)	to Collingwood (from Brisbane Lions) pick No. 45 pick No. 56	[32]
Essendon Gold Coast	to Essendon (from Gold Coast) Brayden Fiorini	to Gold Coast (from Essendon) 2026 third round pick (Essendon)	[33]
Western Bulldogs Gold Coast	to Western Bulldogs (from Gold Coast) Connor Budarick pick No. 70	to Gold Coast (from Western Bulldogs) pick No. 37	[34]
Carlton Sydney	to Carlton (from Sydney) Oliver Florent	to Sydney (from Carlton) 2026 third round pick (Carlton)	[35]
Melbourne Hawthorn	to Melbourne (from Hawthorn) Changkuoth Jiath	to Hawthorn (from Melbourne) pick No. 42 2026 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	[36]
Sydney Hawthorn	to Sydney (from Hawthorn) Jai Serong 2026 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	to Hawthorn (from Sydney) 2026 third round pick (Sydney)	[37]
Carlton Hawthorn	to Carlton (from Hawthorn) pick No. 9 pick No. 31 pick No. 42 pick No. 43	to Hawthorn (from Carlton) pick No. 10 pick No. 22	[38]
Adelaide North Melbourne	to Adelaide (from North Melbourne) Finnbar Maley pick No. 64	to North Melbourne (from Adelaide) pick No. 57 2026 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[39]
Gold Coast Western Bulldogs	to Gold Coast (from Western Bulldogs) Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	to Western Bulldogs (from Gold Coast) pick No. 74	[40]
Collingwood Sydney	to Collingwood (from Sydney) Jack Buller 2026 fourth round pick (Sydney)	to Sydney (from Collingwood) 2026 third round pick (Collingwood)	[41]
Richmond Geelong	to Richmond (from Geelong) Patrick Retschko [a]	to Geelong (from Richmond) pick No. 99	[42]
Gold Coast Melbourne	to Gold Coast (from Melbourne) Christian Petracca pick No. 24 pick No. 28 2026 second round pick (Melbourne)	to Melbourne (from Gold Coast) pick No. 7 pick No. 8 pick No. 37 2026 first round pick (Gold Coast) 2027 third round pick (Gold Coast)	[43]
Melbourne St Kilda	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Jack Steele	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2027 third round pick (Melbourne)	[44]
Greater Western Sydney Melbourne	to Greater Western Sydney (from Melbourne) Clayton Oliver	to Melbourne (from Greater Western Sydney) 2026 third round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[45]
Sydney Carlton	to Sydney (from Carlton) Charlie Curnow pick No. 31 pick No. 42 2027 second round pick (Carlton)	to Carlton (from Sydney) Will Hayward pick No. 11 2026 first round pick (Sydney) 2027 first round pick (Sydney)	[46]
Western Bulldogs West Coast	to Western Bulldogs from West Coast pick No. 53	to West Coast (from Western Bulldogs) 2026 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)	[47]
Picks swapped at the 2025 National Draft [48]
Essendon Carlton	Essendon Trade Picks 21, 27, 30 to Carlton for Picks 9 and 43
Carlton North Melbourne	Carlton Trade Picks 11, 54 to North Melbourne for Picks 25, 46, and 2026 second round pick (North Melbourne)
Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney	Gold Coast Trade Pick 35 to Greater Western Sydney for a 2026 second round pick (Melbourne)
Adelaide Gold Coast	Adelaide Trade Pick 48 to Gold Coast for a 2026 third round pick (Essendon)
Port Adelaide Gold Coast	Port Adelaide Trade Pick 49 to Gold Coast for a 2026 third round pick (Gold Coast)
Gold Coast Western Bulldogs	Gold Coast Trade Picks 15, 29 to Western Bulldogs for picks 14, 33 and 53
Hawthorn Greater Western Sydney	Hawthorn Trade Pick 14 to Greater Western Sydney for pick 16 and a 2026 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)
Hawthorn West Coast	Hawthorn Trade Pick 17 to West Coast for pick 18 and a 2026 second round pick (St Kilda)
Brisbane Lions Hawthorn	Brisbane Lions Trade Pick 17 to Hawthorn for pick 22 and a 2026 second round pick (Hawthorn)
Carlton Gold Coast	Carlton Trade Pick 28 to Gold Coast for a 2026 second round pick (Gold Coast)
West Coast Hawthorn	West Coast Trade Pick 34 to Hawthorn for a 2026 third round pick (Hawthorn) and a 2027 third round pick (Hawthorn)
Carlton Brisbane Lions	Carlton Trade Pick 38 to Brisbane Lions for a 2026 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)
Collingwood Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood Trade Pick 51 to Greater Western Sydney for a 2026 fourth round pick (Greater Western Sydney)
Gold Coast Richmond	Gold Coast Trade Pick 52 to Richmond for a 2026 fifth round pick (Richmond)

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 [49] Jeremy McGovern West Coast [50] Dom Sheed [51] Michael Walters Fremantle [52] Sam Docherty Carlton [53] Rory Atkins Port Adelaide [54] Callan Ward Greater Western Sydney [55] Travis Boak Port Adelaide [56] Nat Fyfe Fremantle [57] Luke Breust Hawthorn [58] Quinton Narkle Fremantle [59] Taylor Duryea Western Bulldogs [60] Will Hoskin-Elliott Collingwood [61] Jimmy Webster St Kilda [62] Willie Rioli Port Adelaide [63] Jayden Hunt West Coast [64] Matt Crouch Adelaide [65] Mitch Duncan Geelong [66] David Swallow Gold Coast [67] Sean Lemmens Lachlan Keeffe Greater Western Sydney [68] James Aish Fremantle [69] Brodie Smith Adelaide [70] Sam Day Brisbane Lions [71] Oscar McInerney [72] Todd Goldstein Essendon [73] Dylan Shiel [74]

Delistings

Table of player delistings Name Club Ref Kamdyn McIntosh Richmond [75] Zaine Cordy St Kilda [76] Ryan Burton Port Adelaide [77] Jeremy Finlayson Dylan Williams Lachie Charleson Hugh Jackson Jed McEntee [78] Jack Petruccelle West Coast [79] Callum Jamieson Loch Rawlinson Eddie Ford North Melbourne [80] Brynn Teakle Kallan Dawson Miller Bergman Angus McLennan St Kilda [81] Harry Boyd Jacob Bauer Richmond [82] Mate Colina Orazio Fantasia Carlton [83] Harry Lemmey Alex Cincotta Robbie Fox Sydney [84] Indhi Kirk Caleb Mitchell Ben Paton Jye Menzie Essendon [85] Alwyn Davey Jr. Jacob Koschitzke Richmond [86] Jacob Blight Aaron Francis Sydney [87] Blake Leidler Josh Fahey Greater Western Sydney [88] Jack Billings Melbourne [89] Kynan Brown Tom Fullarton Marty Hore Oliver Sestan Will Verrall Jack Delean Fremantle [90] Odin Jones Lachlan Murphy Adelaide [91] Karl Gallagher Kieran Strachan [92] Harry Schoenberg Alex Sexton Gold Coast [93] Tom Berry Lloyd Johnston Jayden Laverde Essendon [94] Oskar Smartt [95] Oleg Markov Collingwood [96] Ash Johnson Finlay Macrae Charlie Dean Liam Jones Western Bulldogs [97] Anthony Scott Sam Frost Hawthorn [98] Jasper Scaife Patrick Retschko [a] Geelong [99] Xavier Ivisic Brandon Ryan Brisbane Lions [100] Darcy Craven Zak Jones St Kilda [101] Arie Schoenmaker Taj Woewodin Melbourne [102] Deven Robertson Brisbane Lions [103] Chris Burgess Adelaide [104] Mason Cox Collingwood [105] Tom Mitchell [106] Wade Derksen Greater Western Sydney [107] Cameron Guthrie Geelong [108] Ben Hobbs Essendon [109] Luamon Lual Jason Johannisen Western Bulldogs [110] Seamus Mitchell Hawthorn [111] Caleb Poulter Western Bulldogs [112] Ted Clohesy Geelong [113] Keighton Matofai-Forbes George Stevens Will Phillips North Melbourne [114] Darcy Tucker Geordie Payne Jaxon Binns Carlton [115] Elijah Hollands Will White Lincoln McCarthy Brisbane Lions [116] Jake Lloyd Sydney [117] Dane Rampe Tyler Welsh Adelaide [118] Ben Jepson Gold Coast [119] Thomson Dow Richmond [120] Will Setterfield Essendon [121] Connor Stone Greater Western Sydney [122] Jake Stringer Coen Livingstone West Coast [123] Callum Ah Chee Brisbane Lions [124] [b] Ryan Byrnes St Kilda Patrick Said

West Coast concessions

Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2022, the AFL announced draft concessions for West Coast^[125] 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	Willem Duursma	West Coast	Gippsland Power	Talent League
	2	Zeke Uwland	Gold Coast	Burleigh	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by West Coast
	3	Harry Dean	Carlton	Murray Bushrangers	Talent League	Father–son selection (son of Peter Dean), matched bid by West Coast
	4	Cooper Duff-Tytler	West Coast	Calder Cannons	Talent League	Free agency compensation pick (Allen)
	5	Dylan Patterson	Gold Coast	Palm Beach-Currumbin	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Richmond
	6	Daniel Annable	Brisbane Lions	Redland-Victoria Point	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Richmond
	7	Sam Cumming	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL
	8	Sam Grlj	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	←North Melbourne (2024)
	9	Sullivan Robey	Essendon	Eastern Ranges	Talent League
	10	Jacob Farrow	Essendon	West Perth	WAFL	←Melbourne (2024)
	11	Xavier Taylor	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League	←Gold Coast←Port Adelaide (2024)
	12	Latrelle Pickett	Melbourne	Glenelg	SANFL	←Gold Coast←St Kilda
	13	Dyson Sharp	Essendon	Central District	SANFL	←Carlton (draft)←Hawthorn←Carlton (2024)
	14	Harry Kyle	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs	Sydney AFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Greater Western Sydney
	15	Oskar Taylor	Greater Western Sydney	Eastern Ranges	Talent League	←Hawthorn (draft)←Carlton Free agency compensation pick (de Koning)
	16	Lachy Dovaston	North Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	Talent League	←Carlton (draft)←Sydney
	17	Jai Murray	Gold Coast	Burleigh	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by West Coast
	18	Beau Adinsall	Gold Coast	Burleigh	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by West Coast
	19	Josh Lindsay	West Coast	Geelong Falcons	Talent League	←Hawthorn (draft)←Greater Western Sydney (draft)←Western Bulldogs
	20	Cameron Nairn	Hawthorn	Central District	SANFL	←West Coast (draft)←Fremantle
	21	Lachlan Carmichael	Western Bulldogs	North Shore Bombers	Sydney AFL	←Greater Western Sydney Academy eligible for Sydney, but they did not match Western Bulldogs bid
	22	Mitch Marsh	Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
	23	Aidan Schubert	Hawthorn	Central District	SANFL	←Brisbane Lions (draft)←West Coast←Hawthorn (2024)
	24	Harley Barker	Geelong	Sturt	SANFL
	25	Adam Sweid	Fremantle	Calder Cannons	Talent League	←Brisbane Lions Academy eligible for Essendon, but they did not match Fremantle bid
2	26	Blake Thredgold	North Melbourne	Sturt	SANFL	←Essendon (draft) Free agency compensation pick (Draper)
	27	Louis Emmett	Western Bulldogs	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	←Hawthorn (draft)←CarltonFree agency compensation pick (Silvagni)
	28	Avery Thomas	Gold Coast	Tasmania Devils	Talent League	←North Melbourne (draft)←Richmond (2024)
	29	Sam Allen	West Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	←North Melbourne (draft)
	30	Thomas Matthews	Melbourne	Gippsland Power	Talent League
	31	Zane Peucker	Richmond	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	32	Tyan Prindable	Collingwood	Coorparoo	QAFL	Academy eligible for Brisbane Lions, but they did not match Collingwood bid
	33	Hunter Holmes	Geelong	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League
	34	Jack Dalton	Hawthorn	Sandringham Dragons	Talent League	←West Coast (draft)
	35	Jevan Phillipou	Sydney	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	36	Max Kondogiannis	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League
3	37	Samuel Swadling	Collingwood	West Perth	WAFL
	38	Koby Evans	Brisbane Lions	Perth	WAFL	←Carlton (draft) Next Generation Academy eligible for West Coast, but they did not match Brisbane Lions bid
	39	Tylah Williams	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by Fremantle
	40	Tobyn Murray	Fremantle	Geelong	VFL
	41	Charlie Banfield	St Kilda	Claremont	WAFL	Father-Son eligible for West Coast (son of Drew Banfield), but they did not match St Kilda bid
	42	Billy Cootee	Sydney	Norwood	SANFL
	43	Cody Curtin	Brisbane Lions	Claremont	WAFL
	44	Tai Hayes	Brisbane Lions	Southport	VFL
	45	Talor Byrne	Carlton	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	Talent League
	46	Koby Coulson	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by North Melbourne
	47	Jack Ison	Carlton	Calder Cannons	Talent League	Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by North Melbourne
	48	Hugo Mikunda	North Melbourne	Geelong Falcons	Talent League
	49	Max King	Sydney	Cardiff Hawks	AFL Hunter Central Coast	Academy selection, matched bid by Adelaide
	50	Archie Ludowyke	Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	Talent League
	51	Finnegan Davis	Greater Western Sydney	Western Jets	Talent League	←Collingwood (draft)
	52	Kye Fincher	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	Talent League	Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by Richmond
	53	Hussein El Achkar	Essendon	Calder Cannons	Talent League	Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by Richmond
	54	Noah Roberts-Thomson	Richmond	Sturt	SANFL
	55	Zac McCarthy	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	Next Generation Academy selection
4	56	Matthew LeRay	Hawthorn	Central District	SANFL
	57	Angus Anderson	Collingwood	Sturt	SANFL
5	58	Ryan Byrnes	St Kilda	St Kilda	AFL	Redrafted player
	59	Jake Stringer	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Redrafted player
6	60	Will Darcy	Western Bulldogs	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	Father–son selection (son of Luke Darcy)

Rookie elevations

Reference List: ^[126]

Table of rookie elevations

Player	Club
Conor McKenna	Brisbane Lions
Ryan Lester
Hudson O'Keeffe	Carlton
Jaxon Prior	Essendon
Vigo Visentini
Josh Draper	Fremantle
Jeremy Sharp
Oisín Mullin	Geelong
Sam Clohesy	Gold Coast
James Blanck	Hawthorn
Tom Cochrane	Port Adelaide
Josh Lai
Harrison Ramm
Logan Evans
Seth Campbell	Richmond
Anthony Caminiti	St Kilda
Tyrell Dewar	West Coast
James O'Donnell	Western Bulldogs
Oskar Baker

2026 pre-season draft

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Ref
				Club	League
1	1	Callum Ah Chee	Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	AFL	[127]

2026 rookie draft

Rookie draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Fred Rodriguez	West Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL
	2	Passed	Richmond	—	—
	3	Riley Onley	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	Talent League
	4	Jack Watkins	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	SANFL
	5	Patrick Said	St Kilda	St Kilda	AFL	Redrafted player
	6	Passed	Carlton	—	—
	7	Jake Lloyd	Sydney	Sydney	AFL	Redrafted player
	8	Leon Kickett	Fremantle	Swan Districts	WAFL
	9	Conor Stone	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Redrafted player
	10	Ben Jepson	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL	Redrafted player
	11	Tyler Welsh	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL	Redrafted player
	12	Ollie Greeves	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	Talent League
	13	George Stevens	Geelong	Geelong	AFL	Redrafted player
	14	Lincoln McCarthy	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL	Redrafted player
2	15	Passed	West Coast	—	—
	16	Passed	Port Adelaide	—	—
	17	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	18	Dane Rampe	Sydney	Sydney	AFL	Redrafted player
	19	Passed	Fremantle	—	—
	20	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
	21	Passed	Adelaide	—	—
	22	Passed	Hawthorn	—	—
	23	Keighton Matofai-Forbes	Geelong	Geelong	AFL	Redrafted player
3	24	Passed	West Coast	—	—
	25	Passed	Port Adelaide	—	—
	26	Passed	Fremantle	—	—
	27	Passed	Hawthorn	—	—
	28	Nick Driscoll	Geelong	Northern Knights	Talent League
4	29	Passed	West Coast	—	—

Pre-listed Category A Rookies

Pre-listed category A rookies

Name	Club	Recruited from		Notes
		Club	League
Jai Saxena	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	Talent League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indian descent)
Kalani White	Melbourne	Casey	VFL	Father-son selection (son of Jeff White)

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)	[128]
Ben Murphy	Brisbane Lions	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[129]
Toby Whan	Fremantle	South Fremantle	Next Generation Academy selection (South African descent)	[130]
Ryda Luke			Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[131]
Jesse Mellor	Geelong	Geelong Falcons (Talent League)	Academy selection	[132]
Riley Hamilton	Greater Western Sydney	Ainslie (AFL Canberra)	Academy selection	[133]
Oscar Berry	Melbourne	North Florida Ospreys (NCAA)	Three-year non-registered player (basketball)	[134]
Kobe McDonald	St Kilda	Mayo GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[135]
Noah Chamberlain	Sydney	St Ives Saints (AFL Sydney)	Academy selection	[136]
Liam Hetherton		Murray Bushrangers (Talent League)	Formerly with Greater Western Sydney's academy

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
		Club	League
Mason Cox	Fremantle	Collingwood	AFL		[137]
Jayden Laverde	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	AFL		[138]
Finlay Macrae	West Coast	Collingwood	AFL		[139]
Deven Robertson		Brisbane Lions	AFL
Harry Schoenberg		Adelaide	AFL

Footnotes

• a^{1 2} Patrick Retschko was originally delisted by Geelong on October 2. However he was still traded to Richmond as the list lodgement date had not come yet so his contract had not officially expired.
• b¹ The article cited here has the information at the bottom of the article in the separate club sections for Adelaide, Brisbane Lions and St Kilda