List of AFL debuts in 2021

This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2021 AFL season.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 2021

Club	AFL debuts	Change of club
Adelaide	9	2
Brisbane Lions	3	2
Carlton	3	4
Collingwood	9	0
Essendon	7	3
Fremantle	5	0
Geelong	4	3
Gold Coast	3	3
Greater Western Sydney	6	1
Hawthorn	8	2
Melbourne	2	1
North Melbourne	6	5
Port Adelaide	5	2
Richmond	7	1
St Kilda	5	5
Sydney	3	1
West Coast	3	2
Western Bulldogs	6	3
Total	94	40

AFL debuts

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games (in 2021)	Goals (in 2021)	Notes
Oliver Henry	Collingwood	18 years, 233 days	1[1]	10	7	Pick 17, 2020 national draft
Lachlan McNeil	Western Bulldogs	20 years, 38 days	1[2]	13	7	Pick 11, 2021 rookie draft
Anthony Scott	Western Bulldogs	26 years, 19 days	1[3]	21	10	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
James Jordon	Melbourne	20 years, 90 days	1[4]	25	6	Pick 33, 2018 national draft
Lloyd Meek	Fremantle	22 years, 332 days	1[5]	9	1	Pick 69, 2017 national draft
Sam Berry	Adelaide	19 years, 36 days	1[6]	17	5	Pick 28, 2020 national draft
James Rowe	Adelaide	21 years, 184 days	1[7]	19	15	Pick 38, 2020 national draft
Harrison Jones	Essendon	20 years, 23 days	1[8]	16	20	Pick 30, 2019 national draft
Nikolas Cox	Essendon	19 years, 64 days	1[9]	22	9	Pick 8, 2020 national draft
Jacob Koschitzke	Hawthorn	20 years, 252 days	1[10]	20	27	Pick 52, 2018 national draft
Tyler Brockman	Hawthorn	18 years, 118 days	1[11]	11	10	Pick 46, 2020 national draft
Connor Downie	Hawthorn	18 years, 293 days	1 (unused substitute)[12]	2	0	Pick 35, 2020 national draft
Harry Sharp	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 93 days	1[13]	2	0	Pick 43, 2020 national draft
Logan McDonald	Sydney	18 years, 350 days	1[14]	7	9	Pick 4, 2020 national draft
Braeden Campbell	Sydney	19 years, 44 days	1[15]	8	1	Pick 5, 2020 national draft
Errol Gulden	Sydney	18 years, 245 days	1[16]	18	14	Pick 32, 2020 national draft
Tom Powell	North Melbourne	19 years, 19 days	1[17]	13	4	Pick 13, 2020 national draft
Charlie Lazzaro	North Melbourne	18 years, 361 days	1[18]	12	3	Pick 36, 2020 national draft
Miles Bergman	Port Adelaide	19 years, 154 days	1[19]	23	7	Pick 14, 2019 national draft
Matt Flynn	Greater Western Sydney	23 years, 189 days	1[20]	12	5	Pick 41, 2015 national draft
Tanner Bruhn	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 298 days	1[21]	13	4	Pick 12, 2020 national draft
Paul Hunter	St Kilda	28 years, 40 days	1[22]	7	2	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Tom Highmore	St Kilda	23 years, 25 days	1[23]	13	0	Pick 45, 2020 national draft
Francis Evans	Geelong	19 years, 215 days	2[24]	2	2	Pick 41, 2019 national draft
Jaxon Prior	Brisbane Lions	19 years, 295 days	2[25]	18	6	Pick 59, 2019 national draft
Nick Murray	Adelaide	20 years, 99 days	2[26]	13	1	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Heath Chapman	Fremantle	19 years, 56 days	2[27]	6	1	Pick 14, 2020 national draft
Beau McCreery	Collingwood	19 years, 347 days	3 (unused substitute)[28]	13	11	Pick 44, 2020 national draft
Will Phillips	North Melbourne	18 years, 315 days	3[29]	16	3	Pick 3, 2020 national draft
Alec Waterman	Essendon	24 years, 227 days	3[30]	14	17	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Archie Perkins	Essendon	19 years, 8 days	3[31]	21	9	Pick 9, 2020 national draft
Luke Parks	Carlton	19 years, 351 days	3[32]	6	0	Pick 8, 2021 rookie draft
Max Holmes	Geelong	18 years, 219 days	3[33]	12	1	Pick 20, 2020 national draft
Lachie Jones	Port Adelaide	19 years	4[34]	6	1	Pick 16, 2020 national draft
Rhyan Mansell	Richmond	20 years, 309 days	4[35]	13	1	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Will Martyn	Richmond	20 years, 11 days	4[36]	3	0	Pick 44, 2019 national draft
Isiah Winder	West Coast	18 years, 329 days	4[37]	1	1	Pick 57, 2020 national draft
Conor Stone	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 353 days	4[38]	5	3	Pick 15, 2020 national draft
Josh Treacy	Fremantle	18 years, 250 days	4[39]	15	13	Pick 7, 2021 rookie draft
Finlay Macrae	Collingwood	19 years, 34 days	5[40]	9	1	Pick 19, 2020 national draft
Jordon Sweet	Western Bulldogs	23 years, 74 days	5[41]	5	1	Pick 23, 2018 national draft
Zach Reid	Essendon	19 years, 46 days	5[42]	1	0	Pick 10, 2020 national draft
Sam De Koning	Geelong	20 years, 51 days	5[43]	1	0	Pick 19, 2019 national draft
Riley Thilthorpe	Adelaide	18 years, 292 days	6[44]	14	18	Pick 2, 2020 national draft
Jay Rantall	Collingwood	19 years, 319 days	6[45]	5	0	Pick 40, 2019 national draft
Martin Frederick	Port Adelaide	20 years, 343 days	6[46]	8	1	2018 Category B rookie selection, Next Generation Academy selection (South Sudanese)
Riley Collier-Dawkins	Richmond	21 years, 86 days	7[47]	9	3	Pick 20, 2018 national draft
Caleb Poulter	Collingwood	18 years, 201 days	7[48]	11	2	Pick 30, 2020 national draft
Emerson Jeka	Hawthorn	19 years, 225 days	7[49]	4	2	Pick 9, 2020 rookie draft
James Madden	Brisbane Lions	21 years, 167 days	7[50]	9	1	2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland)
Nick Bryan	Essendon	19 years, 192 days	7[51]	1	0	Pick 38, 2019 national draft
Buku Khamis	Western Bulldogs	21 years, 46 days	8[52]	1	0	2018 Category B rookie selection, Next Generation Academy selection (South Sudanese)
Tom Wilson	Collingwood	23 years, 335 days	9[53]	4	0	2019 Category B rookie selection (basketball)
Malcolm Rosas	Gold Coast	19 years, 322 days	9[54]	4	0	Pick 37, 2019 rookie draft
Hugo Ralphsmith	Richmond	19 years, 187 days	9[55]	6	3	Pick 46, 2019 national draft
Kieren Briggs	Greater Western Sydney	21 years, 221 days	9[56]	5	2	Pick 34, 2018 national draft
Ronin O'Connor	Adelaide	20 years, 104 days	9[57]	3	0	Pick 42, 2019 national draft
Ned Reeves	Hawthorn	22 years, 203 days	10[58]	5	1	2018 Pre-season supplemental selection
Riley Garcia	Western Bulldogs	20 years, 118 days	11[59]	9	4	Pick 62, 2019 national draft
Trent Bianco	Collingwood	20 years, 129 days	11[60]	12	7	Pick 45, 2019 national draft
Callum Brown	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 287 days	11 (unused substitute)[61]	2	2	2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland)
Oscar Clavarino	St Kilda	22 years, 7 days	11[62]	5	0	Pick 35, 2017 national draft
Luke Edwards	West Coast	19 years, 114 days	12[63]	8	0	Pick 52, 2020 national draft
Jai Newcombe	Hawthorn	19 years, 313 days	13[64]	7	1	Pick 2, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Brandon Walker	Fremantle	18 years, 238 days	13[65]	10	0	Pick 50, 2020 national draft
Joel Western	Fremantle	18 years, 243 days	13[66]	4	0	Pick 54, 2020 national draft
Josh Worrell	Adelaide	20 years, 62 days	13[67]	1	0	Pick 28, 2019 national draft
Lachlan Bramble	Hawthorn	23 years, 62 days	14[68]	10	1	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Samson Ryan	Richmond	20 years, 198 days	15[69]	1	0	Pick 40, 2020 national draft
Leo Connolly	St Kilda	19 years, 322 days	15[70]	7	1	Pick 64, 2019 national draft
Dylan Williams	Port Adelaide	19 years, 360 days	15[71]	1	0	Pick 23, 2019 national draft
Denver Grainger-Barras	Hawthorn	19 years, 71 days	15[72]	5	0	Pick 6, 2020 national draft
Luke Pedlar	Adelaide	19 years, 47 days	16[73]	2	0	Pick 11, 2020 national draft
Eddie Ford	North Melbourne	19 years, 13 days	16 (unused substitute)[74]	5	3	Pick 56, 2020 national draft
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 98 days	17[75]	5	7	Pick 1, 2020 national draft
Jed McEntee	Port Adelaide	20 years, 152 days	18[76]	1	0	Pick 13, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Sam Durham	Essendon	20 years, 9 days	18[77]	7	1	Pick 9, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Connor West	West Coast	20 years, 72 days	18[78]	5	1	Pick 21, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Jack Ginnivan	Collingwood	18 years, 216 days	19[79]	5	6	Pick 13, 2020 national draft
Anton Tohill	Collingwood	21 years, 221 days	19[80]	1	0	2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland)
Cooper Sharman	St Kilda	20 years, 346 days	19 (unused substitute)[81]	5	10	Pick 21, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Nathan Kreuger	Geelong	22 years, 36 days	20[82]	2	0	Trade, 2018 AFL draft
Jake Bowey	Melbourne	18 years, 323 days	20[83]	7	0	Pick 21, 2020 national draft
Joel Jeffrey	Gold Coast	19 years, 142 days	20[84]	4	2	2020 Pre-draft selection
James Peatling	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 345 days	20[85]	4	0	Pick 8, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Maurice Rioli Jr	Richmond	18 years, 340 days	21[86]	2	2	Pick 51, 2020 national draft
Brayden Cook	Adelaide	19 years, 20 days	21[87]	3	0	Pick 25, 2020 national draft
Corey Durdin	Carlton	19 years, 122 days	22[88]	2	1	Pick 37, 2020 national draft
Brodie Kemp	Carlton	20 years, 105 days	22[89]	2	0	Pick 17, 2019 national draft
Charlie Comben	North Melbourne	20 years, 25 days	22[90]	1	1	Pick 31, 2019 national draft
Ben Miller	Richmond	21 years, 355 days	23[91]	1	0	Pick 63, 2017 national draft
Alex Davies	Gold Coast	19 years, 156 days	23[92]	1	0	2020 Pre-draft selection
Lachlan Gollant	Adelaide	19 years, 344 days	23[93]	1	1	Pick 48, 2019 national draft
Phoenix Spicer	North Melbourne	19 years, 204 days	23[94]	1	0	Pick 42, 2020 national draft

Change of AFL club

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Former clubs	Recruiting method
Lachie Fogarty	Carlton	21 years, 351 days	1[95]	Geelong	2020 trade
Adam Saad	Carlton	28 years, 238 days	1[96]	Gold Coast, Essendon	2020 trade
Oscar McDonald	Carlton	25 years	1[97]	Melbourne	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Adam Treloar	Western Bulldogs	28 years, 10 days	1[98]	Greater Western Sydney, Collingwood	2020 trade
Stefan Martin	Western Bulldogs	34 years, 122 days	1[99]	Melbourne, Brisbane Lions	2020 trade
Mitch Hinge	Adelaide	22 years, 267 days	1[100]	Brisbane Lions	2020 free agent
Shaun Higgins	Geelong	33 years, 16 days	1[101]	Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne	2020 trade
Isaac Smith	Geelong	32 years, 80 days	1[102]	Hawthorn	2020 free agent
Nick Hind	Essendon	26 years, 213 days	1[103]	St Kilda	2020 trade
Peter Wright	Essendon	24 years, 193 days	1[104]	Gold Coast	2020 trade
Jye Caldwell	Essendon	20 years, 173 days	1[105]	Greater Western Sydney	2020 trade
Tom Phillips	Hawthorn	24 years, 317 days	1[106]	Collingwood	2020 trade
Kyle Hartigan	Hawthorn	29 years, 133 days	1[107]	Adelaide	2020 trade
Joe Daniher	Brisbane Lions	27 years, 16 days	1[108]	Essendon	2020 free agent
Tom Hickey	Sydney	30 years, 14 days	1[109]	Gold Coast, St Kilda, West Coast	2020 trade
Connor Menadue	North Melbourne	24 years, 183 days	1[110]	Richmond	Pick 18, 2021 rookie draft
Lachie Young	North Melbourne	21 years, 349 days	1[111]	Western Bulldogs	2020 trade
Aidan Corr	North Melbourne	26 years, 308 days	1[112]	Greater Western Sydney	2020 free agent
Jaidyn Stephenson	North Melbourne	22 years, 65 days	1[113]	Collingwood	2020 trade
Aliir Aliir	Port Adelaide	26 years, 197 days	1[114]	Sydney	2020 trade
Orazio Fantasia	Port Adelaide	25 years, 188 days	1[115]	Essendon	2020 trade
Shaun McKernan	St Kilda	30 years, 201 days	1[116]	Adelaide, Essendon	2020 free agent
Mason Wood	St Kilda	27 years, 189 days	1[117]	North Melbourne	2020 Pre-season supplemental selection
Jack Higgins	St Kilda	22 years, 2 days	1[118]	Richmond	2020 trade
Zac Langdon	West Coast	25 years, 128 days	1[119]	Greater Western Sydney	2020 trade
Oleg Markov	Gold Coast	24 years, 317 days	1[120]	Richmond	2020 trade
Zac Williams	Carlton	26 years, 186 days	2[121]	Greater Western Sydney	2020 free agent
Brad Crouch	St Kilda	27 years, 79 days	3[122]	Adelaide	2020 free agent
Alex Witherden	West Coast	22 years, 218 days	5[123]	Brisbane Lions	2020 trade
Atu Bosenavulagi	North Melbourne	20 years, 213 days	5[124]	Collingwood	2020 trade
Jeremy Cameron	Geelong	28 years, 23 days	6[125]	Greater Western Sydney	2020 trade
Jackson Hately	Adelaide	20 years, 186 days	6[126]	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 1, 2021 pre-season draft
Mitch Hannan	Western Bulldogs	27 years, 52 days	7[127]	Melbourne	2020 trade
Jesse Hogan	Greater Western Sydney	26 years, 78 days	7[128]	Melbourne & Fremantle	2020 trade
Ben Brown	Melbourne	28 years, 163 days	7[129]	North Melbourne	2020 trade
James Frawley	St Kilda	32 years, 236 days	9[130]	Melbourne & Hawthorn	2020 free agent
Rory Atkins	Gold Coast	26 years, 307 days	9[131]	Adelaide	2020 free agent
Matthew Parker	Richmond	25 years, 172 days	18[132]	St Kilda	Pick 10, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Nakia Cockatoo	Brisbane Lions	24 years, 274 days	19[133]	Geelong	2020 trade
Jacob Townsend	Gold Coast	28 years, 48 days	21[134]	Greater Western Sydney, Richmond & Essendon	Pick 5, 2021 rookie draft

See also

• List of AFL Women's debuts in 2021