List of AFL debuts in 2022

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 2022 AFL season.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 2022

Club	AFL debuts	Change of club
Adelaide	3	1
Brisbane Lions	4	1
Carlton	3	5
Collingwood	6	2
Essendon	7	1
Fremantle	3	2
Geelong	4	2
Gold Coast	4	3
Greater Western Sydney	5	2
Hawthorn	8	1
Melbourne	1	1
North Melbourne	6	2
Port Adelaide	5	3
Richmond	5	1
St Kilda	4	2
Sydney	2	2
West Coast	10	6
Western Bulldogs	4	1
Total	84	38

AFL debuts

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Notes
Josh Gibcus	Richmond	18 years, 347 days	1[1]	Pick 9, 2021 national draft
Nick Daicos	Collingwood	19 years, 74 days	1[2]	Pick 4, 2021 national draft, son of Peter Daicos
Mitch Owens	St Kilda	18 years, 175 days	1[3]	Pick 33, 2021 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection
Jack Hayes	St Kilda	26 years, 12 days	1[4]	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	St Kilda	19 years, 24 days	1[5]	Pick 11, 2021 national draft
Kaine Baldwin	Essendon	19 years, 293 days	1[6]	2021 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nic Martin	Essendon	21 years, 15 days	1[7]	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Angus Sheldrick	Sydney	18 years, 132 days	1[8]	Pick 18, 2021 national draft
Jackson Mead	Port Adelaide	20 years, 170 days	1[9]	Pick 25, 2019 national draft, son of Darren Mead
Connor MacDonald	Hawthorn	19 years, 66 days	1[10]	Pick 26, 2021 national draft
Josh Ward	Hawthorn	18 years, 215 days	1[11]	Pick 7, 2021 national draft
Jason Horne-Francis	North Melbourne	18 years, 272 days	1[12]	Pick 1, 2021 national draft
Jake Soligo	Adelaide	19 years, 54 days	1[13]	Pick 36, 2021 national draft
Josh Rachele	Adelaide	18 years, 343 days	1[14]	Pick 6, 2021 national draft
Brady Hough	West Coast	19 years, 15 days	1[15]	Pick 31, 2021 national draft
Tex Wanganeen	Essendon	18 years, 167 days	2[16]	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Josh Sinn	Port Adelaide	19 years, 78 days	2[17]	Pick 12, 2021 national draft
Callum Jamieson	West Coast	21 years, 239 days	2[18]	Pick 49, 2019 national draft
Jack Williams	West Coast	18 years, 116 days	2[19]	Pick 57, 2021 national draft
Aaron Black	West Coast	29 years, 92 days	2[20]	2022 Covid top-up player
Nathan O'Driscoll	Fremantle	19 years, 314 days	2[21]	Pick 27, 2020 national draft
Reef McInnes	Collingwood	19 years, 111 days	3[22]	Pick 23, 2020 national draft
Jordan Boyd	Carlton	23 years, 193 days	3[23]	Pick 20, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Neil Erasmus	Fremantle	18 years, 122 days	3[24]	Pick 10, 2021 national draft
Marcus Windhager	St Kilda	18 years, 329 days	4[25]	Pick 47, 2021 national draft
Kai Lohmann	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 343 days	5[26]	Pick 20, 2021 national draft
Finn Callaghan	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 355 days	5[27]	Pick 3, 2021 national draft
Sam Hayes	Port Adelaide	22 years, 312 days	5[28]	Pick 47, 2017 national draft
Ben Hobbs	Essendon	18 years, 213 days	5[29]	Pick 13, 2021 national draft
Robbie McComb	Western Bulldogs	26 years, 125 days	6[30]	Pick 23, 2022 rookie draft
Luke Strnadica	West Coast	24 years, 112 days	6[31]	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Oliver Dempsey	Geelong	19 years, 107 days	6[32]	Pick 15, 2022 rookie draft
Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	19 years, 51 days	6[33]	Pick 35, 2021 national draft
Greg Clark	West Coast	24 years, 340 days	7[34]	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Cooper Hamilton	Greater Western Sydney	18 years, 218 days	7[35]	Pick 13, 2022 rookie draft
Jackson Callow	Hawthorn	19 years, 323 days	7[36]	Pick 17, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Jack Carroll	Carlton	19 years, 131 days	7[37]	Pick 41, 2020 national draft
Miller Bergman	North Melbourne	19 years, 95 days	7[38]	Pick 38, 2021 national draft
Aiden Begg	Collingwood	19 years, 205 days	7[39]	Pick 18, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Jye Amiss	Fremantle	18 years, 279 days	8[40]	Pick 8, 2021 national draft
Cooper Stephens	Geelong	21 years, 110 days	8[41]	Pick 16, 2019 national draft
Mitch Knevitt	Geelong	19 years, 119 days	8[42]	Pick 25, 2021 national draft
Alastair Lord	Essendon	18 years, 162 days	8[43]	Pick 46, 2021 national draft
Jake Florenca	West Coast	24 years, 357 days	8[44]	2022 Covid top-up player
Luke Cleary	Western Bulldogs	20 years, 69 days	9[45]	Pick 61, 2021 national draft
Sam Butler	Hawthorn	19 years, 93 days	9[46]	Pick 23, 2021 national draft
Bigoa Nyuon	Richmond	20 years, 361 days	9[47]	Pick 54, 2019 national draft
Jesse Motlop	Carlton	18 years, 173 days	9[48]	Pick 27, 2021 national draft
Jacob Wehr	Greater Western Sydney	23 years, 321 days	10[49]	Pick 59, 2020 national draft
Noah Cumberland	Richmond	21 years, 73 days	11 (unused substitute)[50]	Pick 43, 2019 national draft
Matt Roberts	Sydney	18 years, 300 days	11[51]	Pick 34, 2021 national draft
Shannon Neale	Geelong	19 years, 307 days	11[52]	Pick 33, 2020 national draft
Patrick Parnell	Adelaide	20 years, 92 days	12[53]	Pick 4, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Judson Clarke	Richmond	18 years, 235 days	13[54]	Pick 30, 2021 national draft
Daniel Turner	Melbourne	20 years, 136 days	13[55]	Pick 24, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Massimo D'Ambrosio	Essendon	19 years, 12 days	14[56]	Pick 3, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Brynn Teakle	Port Adelaide	22 years, 245 days	14[57]	Pick 8, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Rhett Bazzo	West Coast	18 years, 244 days	14[58]	Pick 37, 2021 national draft
Ryan Angwin	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 188 days	14[59]	Pick 18, 2020 national draft
James Tsitas	Gold Coast	27 years, 121 days	16[60]	Rookie, 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Zane Trew	West Coast	20 years, 68 days	18[61]	Pick 12, 2021 rookie draft
Jai Culley	West Coast	19 years, 143 days	18[62]	Pick 1, 2022 rookie draft
Elijah Hollands	Gold Coast	20 years, 89 days	19[63]
Leek Aleer	Greater Western Sydney	20 years, 343 days	20[64]
Mac Andrew	Gold Coast	18 years, 239 days	20[65]
Jye Menzie	Essendon	19 years, 276 days	20[66]
Kallan Dawson	North Melbourne	24 years, 9 days	20[67]
Jai Serong	Hawthorn	19 years, 171 days	21[68]
Sam Darcy	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 18 days	21[69]
Josh Goater	North Melbourne	19 years, 79 days	23[70]
Ned Long	Hawthorn	19 years, 197 days	23[71]
Jack Saunders	Hawthorn	20 years, 191 days	23[72]
Darcy Wilmot	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 244 days	EF[73]

Change of AFL club

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Former clubs	Recruiting method
Robbie Tarrant	Richmond	32 years, 326 days	1[74]	North Melbourne	2021 trade
George Hewett	Carlton	26 years, 78 days	1[75]	Sydney	2021 free agent
Adam Cerra	Carlton	22 years, 161 days	1[76]	Fremantle	2021 trade
Patrick Lipinski	Collingwood	23 years, 244 days	1[77]	Western Bulldogs	2021 trade
Jake Kelly	Essendon	27 years, 57 days	1[78]	Adelaide	2021 free agent
Tyson Stengle	Geelong	23 years, 151 days	1[79]	Richmond & Adelaide	2021 free agent
Paddy McCartin	Sydney	25 years, 334 days	1[80]	St Kilda	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Jarrod Brander	Greater Western Sydney	23 years, 36 days	1[81]	West Coast	2021 free agent
Jeremy Finlayson	Port Adelaide	26 years, 38 days	1[82]	Greater Western Sydney	2021 trade
Darcy Fort	Brisbane Lions	28 years, 225 days	1[83]	Geelong	2021 trade
Hugh Greenwood	North Melbourne	30 years, 14 days	1[84]	Adelaide & Gold Coast	2021 free agent
Callum Coleman-Jones	North Melbourne	22 years, 280 days	1[85]	Richmond	2021 trade
Max Lynch	Hawthorn	23 years, 189 days	1[86]	Collingwood	2021 trade
Jordan Dawson	Adelaide	24 years, 345 days	1[87]	Sydney	2021 trade
Will Brodie	Fremantle	23 years, 209 days	1[88]	Gold Coast	2021 trade
Jordan Clark	Fremantle	21 years, 155 days	1[89]	Geelong	2021 trade
Levi Casboult	Gold Coast	32 years, 5 days	1[90]	Carlton	Pick 3, 2022 rookie draft
Mabior Chol	Gold Coast	25 years, 50 days	1[91]	Richmond	2021 free agent
Sam Petrevski-Seton	West Coast	24 years, 29 days	1[92]	Carlton	2021 trade
Patrick Naish	West Coast	23 years, 64 days	1[93]	Richmond	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Hugh Dixon	West Coast	23 years, 22 days	1[94]	Fremantle	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nathan Kreuger	Collingwood	22 years, 274 days	2[95]	Geelong	2021 trade
Sam Skinner	Port Adelaide	24 years, 270 days	2[96]	Brisbane Lions	2021 free agent
Angus Dewar	West Coast	29 years, 166 days	2[97]	Hawthorn	2022 Covid top-up player
Declan Mountford	West Coast	25 years, 42 days	2[98]	North Melbourne	2022 Covid top-up player
Stefan Giro	West Coast	23 years, 17 days	2[99]	Fremantle	2022 Covid top-up player
Jarrod Lienert	St Kilda	27 years, 234 days	2[100]	Port Adelaide	2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Braydon Preuss	Greater Western Sydney	26 years, 290 days	3[101]	North Melbourne & Melbourne	2020 trade
Lewis Young	Carlton	23 years, 104 days	3[102]	Western Bulldogs	2021 trade
Trent Dumont	Port Adelaide	26 years, 281 days	4[103]	North Melbourne	Pick 16, 2022 rookie draft
Peter Ladhams	Sydney	24 years, 85 days	4[104]	Port Adelaide	2021 trade
Tim O'Brien	Western Bulldogs	28 years, 12 days	4[105]	Hawthorn	2021 free agent
Luke Dunstan	Melbourne	27 years, 85 days	6[106]	St Kilda	2021 free agent
Tom Campbell	St Kilda	30 years, 179 days	7[107]	Western Bulldogs & North Melbourne	2021 free agent
Charlie Constable	Gold Coast	23 years, 10 days	11 (unused substitute)[108]	Geelong	Pick 63, 2021 national draft
Sam Durdin	Carlton	26 years, 10 days	14	North Melbourne	Pick 13, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Will Hayes	Carlton	27y 35d	17	Western Bulldogs	Pick 22, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Jonathon Ceglar	Geelong	31y 166d	20	Hawthorn	2021 trade

See also

• List of AFL Women's debuts in 2022 season 6
• List of AFL Women's debuts in 2022 season 7