2015 AFL draft

Not to be confused with 2015 AFL women's draft.

The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

2015 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	24, 27 November 2015
Time	5:30 pm ACDT (24 November) 11:00 am AEDT (27 November)
Location	Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
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The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:^[1][2]

• Academy players to be nominated by 15 September. With a bidding process held on 24 November along with father–son selections during the national draft.
• The free agency offer period; held between 9 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 31 October and 9 November, 11 November to 20 November, and 25 November to 26 November.
• The trade period; held between 12 October and 22 October.
• The 2015 national draft; held on 24 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre, which, for the first time, included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
• The 2016 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 27 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and
• The 2016 rookie draft; which was held on 27 November.

Additionally, following the guilty verdicts handed down to 34 past and present Essendon players in January 2016 for doping violations, Essendon was given the opportunity to recruit top-up players between January and March 2016.

Player movements

Free agency

After winning two premierships with Hawthorn, Matt Suckling (right) signed with the Western Bulldogs as an unrestricted free agent

See also: Free agent

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2015, consisted of 74 unrestricted and restricted free agents, however, 35 of those players re-signed and 15 retired during or after the home-and-away season.^[3]

2015 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Matt Suckling	12 October 2015	Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	End of 2nd round	[4]
Scott Selwood	12 October 2015	Restricted	West Coast	Geelong	2nd round	[5]
Matthew Leuenberger	15 October 2015	Restricted	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	End of 2nd round	[6]
Dawson Simpson	16 October 2015	Unrestricted	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	None	[7]
Andrew Moore	6 November 2015	Delisted	Port Adelaide	Richmond	None	[8]
Jarrad Grant	6 November 2015	Delisted	Western Bulldogs	Gold Coast	None	[9]
Daniel Gorringe	9 November 2015	Delisted	Gold Coast	Carlton	None	[10]
Matthew Wright	26 November 2015	Delisted	Adelaide	Carlton	None	[11]

Trades

Originally a restricted free agent, Patrick Dangerfield was traded to Geelong from Adelaide

Lachie Henderson became the first player in history to be traded for a future draft pick when he was traded to Geelong from Carlton

Highly rated youngster, Harley Bennell was traded to Fremantle from Gold Coast

Jeremy Howe, Ben Kennedy, Paul Seedsman, and Jimmy Toumpas were all involved in a major deal involving four clubs.

Charlie Dixon was traded to Port Adelaide from Gold Coast

For the first time, clubs were allowed to trade future selections from the next year's draft as well as the current draft.^[12] Geelong became the first AFL club to trade a future draft pick on 14 October 2015 when they traded their 2016 first round pick to Carlton for Lachie Henderson.^[13]

2015 AFL trade period

#	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
1	Patrick Dangerfield	Adelaide	Geelong	Dean Gore	[14]
				Pick 9
	Pick 50			Pick 28
2	Jack Redden	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	Pick 17	[15]
3	Lachie Henderson	Carlton	Geelong	2016 first round pick (Geelong)	[16]
4	Harley Bennell	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 16	[17]
	Pick 22			Pick 35
5	Lewis Jetta	Sydney	West Coast	Callum Sinclair	[18]
6	Jake Melksham	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 25	[19]
7	Jed Anderson	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	Pick 15	[20]
	Pick 38
	Pick 40			Pick 55
8	Curtly Hampton	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	2016 second round pick (Adelaide)	[21]
9	Jacob Townsend	Greater Western Sydney	Richmond	Pick 70	[22]
	Pick 120
10	Tom Bell	Carlton	Brisbane Lions	Pick 21	[23]
	Pick 41			Pick 60
11	Josh Walker	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	2016 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[24]
	Jarrad Jansen
12	Zac Smith	Gold Coast	Geelong	Pick 49	[25]
				Pick 53
13	Daniel Currie	North Melbourne	Gold Coast	Pick 53	[25]
14	Steve Johnson	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	2016 fifth round pick (Greater Western Sydney)	[26]
15	Jonathan Giles	Essendon	West Coast	Pick 57	[27]
	Pick 62
16	Paul Seedsman	Collingwood	Adelaide	Pick 32	[28]
	Jeremy Howe	Melbourne	Collingwood	Ben Kennedy
	Pick 68	Port Adelaide		Paul Seedsman
	Pick 29	Port Adelaide	Melbourne	Jimmy Toumpas
	Pick 50
	Ben Kennedy	Collingwood		Jeremy Howe
	Jimmy Toumpas	Melbourne	Port Adelaide	Pick 29
				Pick 50
	Pick 32	Adelaide		Pick 68
17	Nathan Freeman	Collingwood	St Kilda	2016 second round pick (St Kilda)	[29]
	Pick 68			Pick 63
18	Charlie Dixon	Gold Coast	Port Adelaide	Pick 10	[30]
	Pick 49			2016 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
	Pick 19		Richmond	Pick 31
				2016 second round pick (Richmond)
19	Jake Carlisle	Essendon	St Kilda	Pick 5	[31]
	Pick 14	Sydney		Pick 24
	Craig Bird		Essendon	Pick 23
				Pick 44
	Pick 5	St Kilda		Jake Carlisle
	Pick 24
	Pick 23	Essendon	Sydney	Craig Bird
	Pick 44			Pick 14
20	Pick 3	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6	[32]
	Pick 10			Pick 29
	Pick 43			2016 first round pick (Melbourne)
21	Matt Rosa	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 31	[33]
22	Sam Kerridge	Adelaide	Carlton	Troy Menzel	[34]
	Pick 28
23	Jed Lamb	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 28	[34]
	Andrew Phillips			Pick 77
	Lachie Plowman			Pick 95
	Liam Sumner			2016 first round pick (Geelong)
	Pick 8
24	Adam Treloar	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 7	[35]
				Pick 65
	Pick 28			2016 first round pick (Collingwood)
25	Jack Fitzpatrick	Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick 94	[36]
26	Tomas Bugg	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 10	[37]
				Pick 43
	Pick 7			Pick 64
27	Pick 55	Hawthorn	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 48	[38]
	Pick 58
28	James Aish	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 26	[39]
				2016 second round pick (St Kilda)
	Pick 28	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 34
	Pick 47			Pick 53
	Ryan Bastinac	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Pick 17
	Pick 38
	Pick 40			Pick 26
	2016 third round pick
29	Pick 23	Sydney	West Coast	Pick 36	[38]
				Pick 37
30	Pick 11	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick 20	[40]
	2016 third round pick			Pick 21
31	Chris Yarran	Carlton	Richmond	Pick 19	[41]
32	Pick 27	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 34	[38]
	Pick 66
	Pick 77			Pick 53
	Pick 84			Pick 63
33	Michael Talia	Western Bulldogs	Sydney	2016 fourth round pick (Sydney)	[42]
	Pick 69
34	Pick 35	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 56	[40]
	Pick 61			2016 second round pick (Fremantle)

Note

• The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different from the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Retirements and delistings

List of 2015 AFL player changes

Name Club Date Notes Daniel Flynn Port Adelaide 30 January 2015 Quit, returned to Ireland[43] Beau Waters West Coast 19 February 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[44] Timmy Sumner Gold Coast 8 April 2015 Retired, effective immediately[45] Colin Sylvia Fremantle 28 April 2015 Retired, effective immediately[46] Brad Hartman Geelong 1 May 2015 Retired, effective immediately[47] Brent Reilly Adelaide 13 May 2015 Retired due to head injury, effective immediately[48] Kane Cornes Port Adelaide 14 May 2015 Retired, effective after round 8[49] James Toohey Geelong 14 May 2015 Retired, effective immediately[50] Chris Judd Carlton 9 June 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[51] Matt Maguire Brisbane Lions 23 June 2015 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately[52] Nathan Grima North Melbourne 8 July 2015 Retired due to back injury, effective immediately[53] Hamish McIntosh Geelong 29 July 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[54] Leigh Adams North Melbourne 1 August 2015 Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately[55] Lachlan Keeffe Collingwood 10 August 2015 Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance[56] Josh Thomas Collingwood 10 August 2015 Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance[56] Nathan Foley Richmond 13 August 2015 Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately[57] Chris Newman Richmond 18 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[58] Rhyce Shaw Sydney 20 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[59] Jed Adcock Brisbane Lions 20 August 2015 Delisted[60] Jared Rivers Geelong 24 August 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[61] Sam Siggins Adelaide 24 August 2015 Delisted, left club for personal reasons[62] Adam Schneider St Kilda 25 August 2015 Retired, effective after round 22[63] Paul Chapman Essendon 25 August 2015 Retired, effective after round 22[64] Brent Staker Brisbane Lions 26 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[65] Chris Knights Richmond 27 August 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[66] Andrew Raines Gold Coast 28 August 2015 Retired, effective immediately[67] Sam Blease Geelong 31 August 2015 Retired due to head injury, effective immediately[68] Andrew Carrazzo Carlton 1 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[69] Mathew Stokes Geelong 1 September 2015 Delisted[70] Daniel Cross Melbourne 2 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[71] Greg Broughton Gold Coast 2 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[72] James Kelly Geelong 2 September 2015 Delisted[73] Ricky Petterd Richmond 3 September 2015 Retired due to foot injury, effective immediately[74] Luke McGuane Brisbane Lions 3 September 2015 Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately[75] David Ellard Carlton 4 September 2015 Retired, effective at the end of the season[76] Dustin Fletcher Essendon 4 September 2015 Retired, effective immediately[77] Steve Johnson Geelong 4 September 2015 Delisted[78] Jason Winderlich Essendon 6 September 2015 Retired[79] Josh Hall Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Quit, signed to play rugby league[80] Tyrone Downie Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Jarred Ellis Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Louis Herbert Gold Coast 8 September 2015 Delisted[81] Mark Jamar Melbourne 11 September 2015 Delisted[82] Tony Armstrong Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Sam Dwyer Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Michael Manteit Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Clinton Young Collingwood 14 September 2015 Delisted[83] Jordon Bourke Brisbane Lions 14 September 2015 Delisted[84] Mitch Golby Brisbane Lions 14 September 2015 Delisted[84] Ayce Cordy Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Sam Darley Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Matt Fuller Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Brett Goodes Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Jordan Kelly Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Daniel Pearce Western Bulldogs 15 September 2015 Delisted[85] Matthew Arnot Richmond 15 September 2015 Delisted[86] Matthew McDonough Richmond 15 September 2015 Delisted[86] Tom Logan Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Retired[87] Mitch Harvey Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Jarrad Redden Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Sam Russell Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Mason Shaw Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Johann Wagner Port Adelaide 17 September 2015 Delisted[87] Rohan Bail Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Jack Fitzpatrick Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Jordie McKenzie Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Aidan Riley Melbourne 18 September 2015 Delisted[88] Cameron Giles Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Blaine Johnson Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Fraser Russell Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Matthew Watson Carlton 18 September 2015 Delisted[89] Adam Goodes Sydney 19 September 2015 Retired[90] Daniel Markworth St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Tom Simpkin St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Arryn Siposs St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Spencer White St Kilda 22 September 2015 Delisted[91] Patrick Karnezis Collingwood 22 September 2015 Retired[92] Kurt Aylett Essendon 22 September 2015 Delisted[93] Lauchlan Dalgleish Essendon 22 September 2015 Delisted[93] James Podsiadly Adelaide 25 September 2015 Retired[94] Scott McMahon North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] Eric Wallace North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] Max Warren North Melbourne 29 September 2015 Delisted[95] Luke McPharlin Fremantle 30 September 2015 Retired[96] Brodie Martin Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Jack Osborn Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Anthony Wilson Adelaide 30 September 2015 Delisted[97] Brian Lake Hawthorn 6 October 2015 Retired[98] David Hale Hawthorn 6 October 2015 Retired[98] Will Maginness West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Dylan Main West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Rowen Powell West Coast 6 October 2015 Delisted[99] Paul Duffield Fremantle 8 October 2015 Retired[100] Jacob Ballard Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Ryan Crowley Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Josh Deluca Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Max Duffy Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Craig Moller Fremantle 8 October 2015 Delisted[100] Sam Grimley Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Jared Hardisty Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Alex Woodward Hawthorn 8 October 2015 Delisted[101] Tom Vandeleur Fremantle 9 October 2015 Delisted[102] Mike Pyke Sydney 16 October 2015 Retired[103] Jarrad Grant Western Bulldogs 23 October 2015 Delisted[104] Andrew Moore Port Adelaide 23 October 2015 Delisted[105] Zac O'Brien Brisbane Lions 26 October 2015 Delisted[106] Jackson Paine Brisbane Lions 26 October 2015 Delisted[106] Alex Browne Essendon 27 October 2015 Delisted[107] Elliott Kavanagh Essendon 27 October 2015 Delisted[107] Matthew Wright Adelaide 28 October 2015 Delisted[108] Matt Thomas Richmond 28 October 2015 Retired[109] Matt Dea Richmond 28 October 2015 Delisted[109] Nathan Gordon Richmond 28 October 2015 Delisted[109] Tom Fields Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Nick Holman Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Brad Walsh Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Robert Warnock Carlton 28 October 2015 Delisted[110] Kane Mitchell Port Adelaide 28 October 2015 Delisted[111] Majak Daw North Melbourne 29 October 2015 Delisted[112] Kieran Harper North Melbourne 29 October 2015 Delisted[112] Josh Glenn Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Daniel Gorringe Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Danny Stanley Gold Coast 29 October 2015 Delisted[113] Farren Ray St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Ahmed Saad St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Josh Saunders St Kilda 30 October 2015 Delisted[114] Ariel Steinberg Essendon 30 October 2015 Delisted[115] Harrison Marsh Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] Sean McLaren Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] Lloyd Perris Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[116] Jonathan Simpkin Hawthorn 30 October 2015 Delisted[117] Dylan Addison Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Retired[118] Tim Golds Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[118] Sam Schulz Greater Western Sydney 30 October 2015 Delisted[118] Anthony Morabito Fremantle 30 October 2015 Delisted[119] Brant Colledge West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Murray Newman West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Simon Tunbridge West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Alec Waterman West Coast 30 October 2015 Delisted[120] Brenden Abbott Collingwood 30 October 2015 Delisted[121] Andrew Boston Gold Coast 2 November 2015 Retired[122] Nick O'Brien Essendon 5 November 2015 Delisted[123] Will Hams Essendon 5 November 2015 Delisted[123] Viv Michie Melbourne 10 November 2015 Delisted[124]

2015 national draft

The 2015 AFL national draft was held on 24 November 2015 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.^[1] For the first time, live bidding occurred during the draft for selections made under the father–son rule and from the northern state's development academies, whereby each draft selection is allocated a points value. Clubs nominating a player were forced to use their existing draft selections to match the points value of the pick used by the club bidding for the player.^[125][126]

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team
+	Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once
x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team
#	Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game
~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star

Final draft order^[127]

Draft-eve selection order, club by club, and points value of each pick

Round Pick Points Club Notes 1 1 3000 Carlton 1 2 2517 Brisbane Lions 1 3 2234 Melbourne Traded from Gold Coast 1 4 2034 Essendon 1 5 1878 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 1 6 1751 Gold Coast Traded from Melbourne 1 7 1644 Melbourne Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood 1 8 1551 Carlton Traded from Greater Western Sydney 1 9 1469 Adelaide Traded from Geelong 1 10 1395 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 1 11 1329 Carlton Traded from Western Bulldogs 1 12 1268 Richmond 1 13 1212 Adelaide 1 14 1161 St Kilda Traded by Sydney 1 15 1112 Hawthorn Traded from North Melbourne 1 16 1067 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 1 17 1025 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast 1 18 985 Hawthorn 1 19 948 Carlton Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; traded to the Giants by Fremantle in 2011; originally received by Fremantle as compensation for Rhys Palmer. 2 20 912 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton 2 21 878 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions 2 22 845 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 2 23 815 West Coast Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon 2 24 785 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 2 25 756 Essendon Traded from Melbourne 2 26 729 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood 2 27 703 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 2 28 677 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong 2 29 653 Gold Coast Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 2 30 629 Western Bulldogs 2 31 606 West Coast Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond 2 32 584 Port Adelaide Traded from Adelaide 2 33 563 Sydney 2 34 542 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne 2 35 522 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle 2 36 502 Sydney Traded from West Coast 2 37 483 Sydney Traded from West Coast; free agency compensation pick (Selwood) 2 38 465 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn 2 39 446 Brisbane Lions Free agency compensation pick (Leuenberger) 2 40 429 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) 3 41 412 Brisbane Lions Traded from Carlton 3 42 395 Brisbane Lions 3 43 378 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast 3 44 362 Sydney Traded by Essendon 3 45 347 St Kilda 3 46 331 Melbourne 3 47 316 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood 3 48 302 Hawthorn Traded from Greater Western Sydney 3 49 287 Port Adelaide Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong 3 50 273 Melbourne Traded from Port Adelaide 3 51 259 Western Bulldogs 3 52 246 Richmond 3 53 233 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne; received from Gold Coast; received from Geelong; received from Adelaide 3 54 220 Sydney 3 55 207 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn; received from North Melbourne 3 56 194 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 3 57 182 Essendon Traded from West Coast 3 58 170 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn 4 59 158 Carlton 4 60 146 Carlton Traded from Brisbane Lions 4 61 135 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 4 62 123 West Coast Traded from Essendon 4 63 112 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from St Kilda 4 64 101 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne 4 65 90 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood 4 66 80 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 4 67 69 Geelong 4 68 59 St Kilda Traded from Collingwood; received from Port Adelaide 4 69 49 Sydney Traded from Western Bulldogs 4 70 39 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Richmond 4 71 29 Adelaide 4 72 19 Sydney 4 73 9 North Melbourne 4 74 0 Fremantle 4 75 0 West Coast 4 76 0 Hawthorn 5 77 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton 5 78 0 Brisbane Lions 5 79 0 Gold Coast 5 80 0 Essendon 5 81 0 St Kilda 5 82 0 Melbourne 5 83 0 Collingwood 5 84 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 5 85 0 Geelong 5 86 0 Port Adelaide 5 87 0 Western Bulldogs 5 88 0 Richmond 5 89 0 Adelaide 5 90 0 Sydney 5 91 0 North Melbourne 5 92 0 Fremantle 5 93 0 West Coast 5 94 0 Melbourne Traded from Hawthorn 6 95 0 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Carlton 6 96 0 Brisbane Lions 6 97 0 Gold Coast 6 98 0 Essendon 6 99 0 St Kilda 6 100 0 Melbourne 6 101 0 Collingwood 6 102 0 Greater Western Sydney 6 103 0 Geelong 6 104 0 Port Adelaide 6 105 0 Western Bulldogs 6 106 0 Richmond 6 107 0 Adelaide 6 108 0 Sydney 6 109 0 North Melbourne 6 110 0 Fremantle 6 111 0 West Coast 6 112 0 Hawthorn 7 113 0 Carlton 7 114 0 Brisbane Lions 7 115 0 Gold Coast 7 116 0 Essendon 7 117 0 St Kilda 7 118 0 Melbourne 7 119 0 Collingwood 7 120 0 Richmond Traded from Greater Western Sydney 7 121 0 Geelong 7 122 0 Port Adelaide 7 123 0 Western Bulldogs 7 124 0 Richmond 7 125 0 Adelaide 7 126 0 Sydney 7 127 0 North Melbourne 7 128 0 Fremantle 7 129 0 West Coast 7 130 0 Hawthorn

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Jacob Weitering	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	2	Josh Schache	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	3	Callum Mills	Sydney	North Shore	Sydney AFL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with picks 33, 36, 37 and 43[128]
1	4	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
1	5	Darcy Parish	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	6	Aaron Francis	Essendon	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from St Kilda
1	7	Jacob Hopper	Greater Western Sydney	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Academy player; Gold Coast's bid matched with pick 11[128]
1	8	Callum Ah Chee	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne
1	9	Sam Weideman	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood
1	10	Harry McKay	Carlton	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
1	11	Wayne Milera	Adelaide	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Geelong
1	12	Charlie Curnow	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs
1	13	Matthew Kennedy	Greater Western Sydney	Collingullie-Glenfield Park	RFNL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 34 and 40[128]
1	14	Eric Hipwood	Brisbane Lions	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 36 and 37[128]
1	15	Daniel Rioli	Richmond	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
1	16	Harrison Himmelberg	Greater Western Sydney	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL	Academy player; Adelaide's bid matched with picks 48, 50, 55 and 59[128]
1	17	Tom Doedee	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	18	Jade Gresham	St Kilda	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
1	19	Ryan Burton	Hawthorn	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from North Melbourne
1	20	Brayden Fiorini	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle
1	21	Ben McKay	North Melbourne	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast
1	22	Kieran Lovell	Hawthorn	Kingborough	TSL
1	23	David Cuningham	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; received from Fremantle in 2011; compensation pick from 2011 (Palmer)
2	24	Ben Keays	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	NEAFL	Academy player; Western Bulldogs' bid matched with Brisbane's next pick[128]
2	25	Josh Dunkley	Western Bulldogs	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; father-son eligible (son of Andrew Dunkley), but Sydney did not match bid[128]
2	26	Kieran Collins	Western Bulldogs	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions
2	27	Darcy Tucker	Fremantle	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
2	28	Luke Partington	West Coast	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon
2	29	Alex Morgan	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda
2	30	Mason Redman	Essendon	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne
2	31	Ryan Clarke	North Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood
2	32	Brayden Sier	Collingwood	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
2	33	Mitchell Hibberd	North Melbourne	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong
2	34	Josh Schoenfeld	Gold Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide
2	35	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	West Perth	WAFL
2	36	Tom Cole	West Coast	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond
2	37	Riley Bonner	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Adelaide
2	38	Harley Balic	Fremantle	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle
3	39	Rhys Mathieson	Brisbane Lions	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling)
3	40	Brandon White	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	41	Matt Flynn	Greater Western Sydney	Narrandera	RFNL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with GWS' next pick[128]
3	42	Mitch King	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	43	Corey Wagner	North Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL	Traded from Collingwood; academy eligible, but Brisbane Lions did not match bid[128]
3	44	Blake Hardwick	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
3	45	Aidyn Johnson	Port Adelaide	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong
3	46	Liam Hulett	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Port Adelaide
3	47	Sam Skinner	Brisbane Lions	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton
3	48	Bailey Williams	Western Bulldogs	Glenelg	SANFL
3	49	Bailey Rice	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Rice); Richmond's bid matched with St Kilda's next pick[128]
3	50	Oleg Markov	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL
3	51	Tyrone Leonardis	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
3	52	Mackenzie Willis	Gold Coast	Kingborough	TSL	Traded from Fremantle
3	53	Jack Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Stephen Silvagni); Essendon's bid matched with Carlton's next pick[128]
3	54	Mitch Brown	Essendon	Sandringham	VFL	Traded from West Coast
4	55	Sam Collins	Fremantle	Box Hill	VFL	Traded from Gold Coast
4	56	Jordan Dawson	Sydney	Sturt	SANFL
4	57	Kurt Mutimer	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
4	58	Tom Phillips	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
4	59	Ryan Gardner	Geelong	Burnie	TSL
4	60	Declan Mountford	North Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL
4	61	Shane Yarran	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL
4	62	Matthew Allen	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL
5	63	Rupert Wills	Collingwood	Collingwood	VFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton
5	64	Yestin Eades	Essendon	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
5	65	Ben Crocker	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
5	66	Sam Menegola	Geelong	Subiaco	WAFL
5	67	Nathan Broad	Richmond	Swan Districts	WAFL
6	68	Michael Hartley	Essendon	Coburg	VFL
6	69	Wylie Buzza	Geelong	Mount Gravatt	QAFL
7	70	Matthew Hayball	Geelong	West Adelaide	SANFL

Notes

• Compensation picks are selections in addition to the normal order of selection, allocated to clubs by the AFL as compensation for losing uncontracted players to the new expansion clubs, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The picks can be held for up to five years and clubs declare at the beginning of the season of their intent to utilise the pick at the end of the season. Picks could be traded to other clubs in return for players or other draft selections.
• Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
• Academy players are local zone selections available to the four NSW and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2015 to their 2016 primary playing list prior to the draft. In total, 14 players were promoted.^[129]

Player	Club
Jake Kelly	Adelaide
Jack Frost	Collingwood
Shaun McKernan	Essendon
Ethan Hughes	Fremantle
Michael Luxford	Geelong
Adam Saad	Gold Coast
Keegan Brooksby	Gold Coast
Kurt Heatherley	Hawthorn
Aaron vandenBerg	Melbourne
James Harmes	Melbourne
Sam Gray	Port Adelaide
Kane Lambert	Richmond
Jack Sinclair	St Kilda
Sam Naismith	Sydney

2016 rookie draft

The 2016 AFL rookie draft was held on 27 November 2015.^[2] The official rookie draft order was released on 26 November and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between four and six players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.^[130]

The pre-season draft was not held as all eligible clubs informed the AFL they would not be participating.^[130]

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Jesse Glass-McCasker	Carlton	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	2	Jackson Paine	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
1	3	Tom Keough	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	4	Gach Nyuon	Essendon	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	5	Nick O'Kearney	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	6	Josh Wagner	Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL
1	7	Lachlan Keeffe	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
1	8	Sam Reid	Greater Western Sydney	UWS Giants	NEAFL
1	9	Jock Cornell	Geelong	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL
1	10	Will Snelling	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	11	Brad Lynch	Western Bulldogs	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	12	Callum Moore	Richmond	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	13	Paul Hunter	Adelaide	Redland	NEAFL
1	14	Tom Papley	Sydney	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
1	15	Farren Ray	North Melbourne	St Kilda	AFL
1	16	Matt Uebergang	Fremantle	Redland	NEAFL
1	17	Jordan Snadden	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	18	Luke Surman	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL
2	19	Andrew Gallucci	Carlton	Williamstown	VFL
2	20	Reuben William	Brisbane Lions	Zillmere	QAFL
2	21	Darcy Macpherson	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
2	22	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Essendon	Essendon	VFL
2	23	Nick Coughlan	St Kilda	Albury	O&MFL
2	24	Viv Michie	Melbourne	Melbourne	AFL
2	25	Josh Smith	Collingwood	Redland	NEAFL
2	26	Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	Killarney Vale	BDAFL
2	27	James Parsons	Geelong	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	28	Cameron Hewett	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
2	29	Luke Goetz	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	30	Mabior Chol	Richmond	Aspley	NEAFL
2	31	Jonathon Beech	Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
2	32	Harrison Marsh	Sydney	Sydney	AFL
2	33	Majak Daw	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
2	34	Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Nightcliff	NTFL
2	35	Brant Colledge	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
2	36	Kade Stewart	Hawthorn	South Fremantle	WAFL
3	37	Matthew Korcheck	Carlton	Arizona	Pac-12	International player (basketball)
3	38	Ryan Davis	Gold Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
3	39	Will Hams	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
3	40	Josh Saunders	St Kilda	St Kilda	AFL
3	41	Joel Smith	Melbourne	Geelong Supercats	SEABL	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball (also the son of Shaun Smith)
3	42	Josh Thomas	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
3	43	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
3	44	Tom Ruggles	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
3	45	Dan Houston	Port Adelaide	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	46	Jed Adcock	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	AFL
3	47	Adam Marcon	Richmond	Williamstown	VFL
3	48	Hugh Greenwood	Adelaide	Perth Wildcats	NBL	3-year non-registered player, via basketball.
3	49	Passed	Sydney	—	—
3	50	Anthony Morabito	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
3	51	Alec Waterman	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
3	52	Alex Woodward	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
4	53	Cameron Loersch	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL
4	54	Tom Wallis	Essendon	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Wallis)
4	55	Tim Golds	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
4	56	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
4	57	Kane Mitchell	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
4	58	Alex Keath	Adelaide	Victoria	Cricket Australia	Three-year non-registered player, via cricket
4	59	Kyle Galloway	Sydney	Shepparton	GVFL
4	60	Josh Deluca	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
4	61	Simon Tunbridge	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
4	62	Conor Glass	Hawthorn	Derry GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
5	63	Danny Stanley	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
5	64	Darrean Wyatt	Collingwood	Coastal Georgia	SSAC	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball
5	65	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
5	66	Sam Murray	Sydney	Wodonga	O&MFL
6	67	Jesse Joyce		Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL
6	68	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
6	69	Colin O'Riordan	Sydney	Tipperary GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
7	70	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
8	71	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
9	72	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
Source[131]

Player breakdown

A total of 134 players were drafted across the national and rookie drafts. The following is a breakdown of players drafted by position and the league they were drafted from:^[132][133]

• Defender – 16
• Half-back – 14
• Midfielder – 49
• Half-forward – 22
• Forward – 19
• Ruckman – 10
• Utility – 3

The TAC Cup was the league with the highest number of players drafted, with forty-five in total. The Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup had the most players drafted out of any team with seven players.

League	National draft	Rookie draft	Total	State/territory
	Players selected
AFL	0	19	19	Australia-wide
NEAFL	3	6	9	ACT, NSW, NT, QLD
SANFL	11	5	16	South Australia
TAC Cup	36	9	45	Victoria
TSL	4	0	4	Tasmania
VFL	4	4	8	Victoria
WAFL	7	6	13	Western Australia
Other leagues	5	8	13	Australia-wide
Three-year non-registered players	0	4	4	Australia-wide
International recruits	0	3	3	International
Total	70	64	134

Essendon top-up signings

Main article: Essendon Football Club supplements saga

On 12 January 2016, thirty-four past and present Essendon Football Club players – twelve of whom were still on the Essendon list – were suspended until November 2016 after being found guilty of being injected with the banned substance thymosin beta-4 during the 2012 season, significantly compromising Essendon's playing list for 2016. The club received permission to augment its list by recruiting up to ten top-up players from lower levels on contracts which would last until 31 October 2016. The club was limited to players who had been on an AFL list in either 2014 or 2015, with no more than one player to be taken from any state-level club; or, it could recruit any VFL-listed player from its own reserves team without restriction.^[134]

Essendon top-up signings

Player	Date	Recruited from	League	Former AFL club	Ref
Ryan Crowley	19 January 2016	Swan Districts	WAFL	Fremantle (2015)	[135]
James Kelly	20 January 2016	Southern Districts	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[136]
Jonathan Simpkin	27 January 2016	Balwyn	Eastern FL	Hawthorn (2015)	[137]
Matt Dea	28 January 2016	Williamstown	VFL	Richmond (2015)	[138]
James Polkinghorne	29 January 2016	Essendon reserves	VFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[139]
Mathew Stokes	29 January 2016	Palmerston	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[139]
Mark Jamar	2 February 2016	St Kevin's Old Boys	VAFA	Melbourne (2015)	[140]
Sam Grimley	6 February 2016	Subiaco	WAFL	Hawthorn (2015)	[141]
Nathan Grima	18 February 2016	Strathmore	EDFL	North Melbourne (2015)	[142]
Sam Michael	25 February 2016	Redland	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[143]

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