2018 AFL draft

The 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season.

2018 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	22 November - First Round 23 November - Second Round to completion, Pre-season Draft (if held), Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Sam Walsh (Carlton)
← 2017 2019 →

For the first time, the AFL draft featured live trading of picks and was held over two days, with the first round held on the evening of Thursday, 22 November and the remainder of the draft being held on Friday, 23 November ^[1] The draft was held in Victoria for the first time since 2009.^[1]

Key dates

Table of key dates^[2]

Event	Date(s)
Free agency period	5–12 October (restricted and unrestricted) 1–8 November, 10–16 November, 23 November (delisted)
Trade period	8–17 October (players and selections) 18 October–16 November (selections only)
National draft	22 November (first round) 23 November (second and subsequent rounds)
Rookie draft	23 November
Pre-season supplemental selection period	1 December-15 March

Player movements

Previous trades

Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 29 selections for the 2018 draft were traded during the 2017 trade period, and the selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2018 season.^[3]

Table of previously traded selections

Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade	[4]
	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick swap	[5]
2	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade	[6]
	Adelaide	Carlton
	Gold Coast	West Coast	Pick swap	[5]
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Pick swap	[7]
	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	Nathan Wilson trade	[8]
	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick swap	[7]
	Essendon	Gold Coast	Adam Saad trade	[9]
	Geelong	Gold Coast	Gary Ablett trade	[10]
	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Devon Smith trade	[11]
Collingwood	Sydney	Sam Murray trade	[12]
3	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade	[6]
	St Kilda	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Logan Austin trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)	[7]
	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Brandon Matera trade	[13]
	Adelaide	Melbourne	Jake Lever trade	[4]
	Essendon	Greater Western Sydney	Devon Smith trade	[11]
	North Melbourne	Port Adelaide	Pick swap	[7]
	Sydney	Collingwood	Sam Murray trade	[12]
	Richmond	Geelong	Pick swap	[7]
	West Coast	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Brendon Ah Chee trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)	[7]
4	Carlton	Geelong	Darcy Lang trade	[14]
	Geelong	Carlton
	Gold Coast	Geelong	Gary Ablett trade	[10]
	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Hayden Crozier trade	[15]
	Adelaide	St Kilda	via Gold Coast (Harrison Wigg trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Aaron Young trade) on-traded to St Kilda (pick swap)	[7]
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Logan Austin trade	[16]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	via Port Adelaide (Jarman Impey trade) on-traded to West Coast (Brendon Ah Chee trade)	[17]
	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade	[4]

Free agency

2018 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Reece Conca	5 October	Unrestricted	Richmond	Fremantle	None [a]	[18]
Luke Dahlhaus		Unrestricted	Western Bulldogs	Geelong	2nd round	[19]
Tom Lynch	8 October	Restricted	Gold Coast	Richmond	1st round	[20]
Scott Lycett	9 October	Restricted	West Coast	Port Adelaide	End of 1st round	[21]
Alex Fasolo	10 October	Unrestricted	Collingwood	Carlton	3rd round	[22]
Jarryd Lyons	1 November	Delisted	Gold Coast	Brisbane Lions	None	[23]
Tom Sheridan		Delisted	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	None	[24]
Darren Minchington		Delisted	St Kilda	Hawthorn	None	[25]
Jordan Murdoch	7 November	Delisted	Geelong	Gold Coast	None	[26]
Daniel Menzel	14 November	Delisted	Geelong	Sydney	None	[27]

• ^a Richmond received an end of second round compensation pick for Reece Conca,^[28] however this pick was withdrawn due to Tom Lynch signing with them

Trades

2018 AFL trade period

Date	No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
8 October	1	Lincoln McCarthy	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	Pick 43	[29]
		Pick 55			Pick 62
		Pick 59
	2	Anthony Miles	Richmond	Gold Coast	2019 third round pick (Gold Coast)	[30]
		Corey Ellis
		2019 third round pick (Richmond)
	3	Nathan Kreuger (South Adelaide)	Carlton	Geelong	Pick 43	[31]
10 October	4	Pick 24	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 32	[32]
					Pick 41
		Pick 59			Pick 44
		Pick 80			Pick 78
	5	Mitch McGovern	Adelaide	Carlton	Shane McAdam (Sturt)	[33]
		2019 third round pick (Adelaide)			2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)
		Pick 13	Sydney		Pick 26
					Pick 28
				Adelaide	Pick 40
	6	Jared Polec	Port Adelaide	North Melbourne	Pick 11	[34]
		Jasper Pittard
		Pick 48			2019 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)
	7	Gary Rohan	Sydney	Geelong	Pick 62	[35]
	8	Ryan Clarke	North Melbourne	Sydney	Pick 62	[36]
	9	Tom Hickey	St Kilda	West Coast	Pick 39	[37]
		Pick 61
		2019 fourth round pick (St Kilda)			2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)
11 October	10	Pick 6	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick 11	[38]
					Pick 23
		2019 third round pick (Fremantle)			Pick 30
					Pick 49
12 October	11	Dan Hannebery	Sydney	St Kilda	Pick 39	[39]
		Pick 28			2019 second round pick (St Kilda)
	12	Dean Kent	Melbourne	St Kilda	Pick 65	[40]
	13	Dom Tyson	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Braydon Preuss	[41]
					Pick 62
	14	Will Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 43	[42]
		Pick 71			2019 second round pick (Carlton)
15 October	15	Sam Lloyd	Richmond	Western Bulldogs	Pick 64	[43]
16 October	16	Aaron Hall	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	Pick 68	[44]
	17	Jack Scrimshaw	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)	[45]
		2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)
	18	Pick 68	Gold Coast	Adelaide	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[46]
	19	George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	Gold Coast	Pick 59	[47]
	20	Tyson Stengle	Richmond	Adelaide	Pick 68	[48]
	21	Tom Scully	Greater Western Sydney	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	[49]
	22	Taylor Duryea	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)	[50]
17 October	23	Chad Wingard	Port Adelaide	Hawthorn	Ryan Burton	[51]
					Pick 15
		2019 third round pick (Port Adelaide)			Pick 35
					2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	24	Sam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	Port Adelaide	Pick 6
					Pick 35
		Pick 5			2019 third round pick (Fremantle)
	25	2019 first round pick (Brisbane Lions)	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 19	[52]
					2019 second round pick (Gold Coast)
					2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	26	Lachie Neale	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick 6	[53]
					Pick 19
		Pick 30			Pick 55
	27	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 6	[54]
		Pick 65			Pick 23
	28	Rory Lobb	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	Pick 11	[55]
		Pick 14
		Pick 43			Pick 19
		Pick 47
	29	Pick 31	North Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 47	[56]
					Pick 49
					Pick 55
	30	Steven May	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6	[57]
		Kade Kolodjashnij
	31	Jack Hombsch	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	[58]
	32	Jackson Thurlow	Geelong	Sydney	Pick 70	[59]
	33	Pick 28	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick 36	[60]
					Pick 46
	34	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	Pick 32	[61]
					2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	35	Jordan Roughead	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	Pick 75	[62]
	36	Travis Colyer	Essendon	Fremantle	2019 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	[63]
	37	Dylan Shiel	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 9	[64]
		2019 second round pick (GWS)			2019 first round pick (Essendon)
	38	Nic Newman	Sydney	Carlton	2019 fourth round pick (Carlton)	[65]
	39	Dayne Beams	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 18	[66]
		Pick 41			Pick 56
		Pick 44			2019 first round pick (Collingwood)
26 October	40	Pick 59	Geelong	Collingwood	Pick 51	[67]
		Pick 60
22 November (1st Round)	41	Pick 26	Sydney	West Coast	2019 third round pick (West Coast)	[68]
	42	Pick 24	West Coast	Sydney	2019 second round pick (Sydney)	[69]
	43	Pick 19	Adelaide	Carlton	2019 first round pick (Carlton)	[70]
		2019 first round pick (Adelaide)
23 November (2nd Round onwards)	44	Pick 23	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 27	[71]
		2019 fifth round pick (West Coast)			Pick 32
	45	Pick 24	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 28	[72]
		2019 fifth round pick (Adelaide)			2019 second round pick (Carlton)
	46	Pick 34	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Pick 30	[73]
		Pick 41			Pick 57
	47	Pick 51	North Melbourne	St Kilda	2019 third round pick (St Kilda)	[74]
	48	Pick 46	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	2019 third round pick (North Melbourne)	[75]
	49	Pick 54	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	2019 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	[76]
	50	Pick 61	St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	[77]
					2019 fourth round pick (GWS)
	51	Pick 64	Carlton	Adelaide	Pick 67	[78]
					2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)
	52	Pick 63	Collingwood	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	[79]
		2019 fifth round pick (Collingwood)
	53	Pick 75	St Kilda	Carlton	Pick 67	[80]
		2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)
	54	Pick 68	Richmond	Geelong	2019 fourth round pick (Geelong)	[81]

Retirements and delistings

Ty Vickery retired prior to the start of the season after playing 125 games for Richmond and Hawthorn. Kurt Tippett retired prior to the start of the season after playing 178 games for Adelaide and Sydney. Cyril Rioli retired in July after playing 189 games for Hawthorn.[82] Brendon Goddard was delisted by Essendon at the end of the season, after playing 334 games for St Kilda and Essendon.[83] Jarrad Waite retired at the end of the season after playing 244 games for Carlton and North Melbourne. Bernie Vince retired at the end of the season after playing 229 for Adelaide and Melbourne. Table key † Retired, effective immediately ‡ Retired, effective at the end of the season R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player Table of player retirements and delistings Date Name Club Status Ref 15 November Ty Vickery Hawthorn Retired † [84] 11 January Ben Griffiths Richmond Retired † [85] 22 January Kurt Tippett Sydney Retired † [86] 9 February Cian Hanley Brisbane Lions Retired † B [87] 26 June Shaun Hampson Richmond Retired † [88] 4 July Cyril Rioli Hawthorn Retired † [82] 9 July Clay Smith Western Bulldogs Retired † [89] 18 July Curtly Hampton Adelaide Retired † [90] 23 July Koby Stevens St Kilda Retired † [91] 2 August Harley Balic Melbourne Retired † [92] 7 August Matt Rosa Gold Coast Retired † [93] Sam Gibson Adelaide Retired ‡ [94] 8 August Lee Spurr Fremantle Retired † [95] 21 August Brendon Goddard Essendon Delisted [83] Jarrad Waite North Melbourne Retired ‡ [96] Alex Silvagni Carlton Retired † R [97] 22 August Jackson Merrett Essendon Delisted [98] 23 August Shane Biggs Western Bulldogs Retired † [99] 24 August Danyle Pearce Fremantle Retired † [100] Michael Johnson Retired ‡ 25 August Lindsay Thomas Port Adelaide Retired R [101] 26 August Ray Connellan St Kilda Delisted B [102] 28 August Kieran Collins Western Bulldogs Delisted [103] Nathan Mullenger-McHugh Delisted R Jimmy Toumpas Port Adelaide Delisted [104] Emmanuel Irra Delisted B Billy Hartung North Melbourne Delisted [105] Daniel Nielson Delisted Josh Williams Delisted Oscar Junker Delisted R Gordon Narrier Delisted R Tom Jeffries Delisted B Michael Barlow Gold Coast Delisted [106] Josh Jaska Delisted R Max Spencer Delisted B Mackenzie Willis Delisted R Harry Dear Adelaide Delisted [107] Jackson Edwards Delisted R Ben Jarman Delisted R Nathan Freeman St Kilda Delisted [108] 29 August Hugh Goddard Delisted [109] Nathan Wright Delisted 30 August Bernie Vince Melbourne Retired ‡ [110] Cam O'Shea Carlton Delisted [111] Aaron Mullett Delisted Matt Shaw Delisted R Jesse Glass-McCasker Delisted R Michael Rischitelli Gold Coast Delisted [112] 4 September Mitchell Hibberd North Melbourne Delisted [113] 5 September Sam Gilbert St Kilda Delisted [114] 6 September Darren Minchington Delisted [115] Rohan Bewick Brisbane Lions Delisted [116] Tom Bell Delisted Marco Paparone Delisted Claye Beams Delisted R Jake Barrett Delisted R 10 September Liam Dawson Delisted [117] Josh Green Essendon Delisted [118] Aaron Black Geelong Delisted [119] 11 September Cory Gregson Delisted [120] Ryan Gardner Delisted Timm House Delisted Stewart Crameri Delisted R Matthew Hayball Delisted R 12 September Eric Mackenzie West Coast Retired [121] 14 September Alex Johnson Sydney Delisted R [122] 16 September Ryan Griffen Greater Western Sydney Retired [123] 17 September Jack Redpath Western Bulldogs Retired [124] 25 September Matthew Wright Carlton Retired [125] Cameron Pedersen Melbourne Delisted [126] Tomas Bugg Delisted Mitch King Delisted Pat McKenna Delisted Lachlan Filipovic Delisted R 26 September Jonathan O'Rourke Hawthorn Delisted [127] Kurt Heatherley Delisted Dallas Willsmore Delisted R 2 October Dean Towers Sydney Delisted [128] Jordan Foote Delisted Angus Styles Delisted R Jake Brown Delisted B 4 October Dion Johnstone Melbourne Delisted [129] Declan Mountford North Melbourne Delisted [130] 15 October Ciarán Byrne Carlton Retired [131] Cillian McDaid Retired B 17 October Maverick Weller St Kilda Delisted [132] 18 October Mark LeCras West Coast Retired [133] Sam Rowe Carlton Delisted [134] Jed Lamb Delisted Sam Kerridge Delisted Nick Graham Delisted 22 October Tom Sheridan Fremantle Delisted [135] Cam Sutcliffe Delisted Brady Grey Delisted Luke Strnadica Delisted R Malcolm Karpany West Coast Delisted [136] Luke Partington Delisted Ryan Burrows Delisted R Callan England Delisted R Tony Olango Delisted R Tarir Bayok Delisted B Matthew Signorello Adelaide Delisted [137] Jake Neade Port Adelaide Delisted [138] Dom Barry Delisted Will Snelling Delisted R 24 October Dan Robinson Sydney Delisted [139] Harrison Marsh Delisted Matthew Leuenberger Essendon Retired [140] Daniel Menzel Geelong Delisted [141] Jordan Murdoch Delisted 25 October Alex Morgan North Melbourne Delisted [142] Tom Campbell Western Bulldogs Delisted [143] Mitch Honeychurch Delisted 26 October Tim Mohr Greater Western Sydney Delisted [144] Lachlan Tiziani Delisted 29 October Brendan Whitecross Hawthorn Delisted [145] Kieran Lovell Delisted 30 October Kyle Cheney Adelaide Delisted [146] Paul Hunter Delisted R Jesse Lonergan Gold Coast Delisted [147] Harrison Wigg Delisted Brad Scheer Delisted Cameron Hewett Port Adelaide Delisted R [148] Jarryd Blair Collingwood Delisted [149] Tim Broomhead Delisted Kayle Kirby Retired Sam McLarty Delisted Sam Murray Delisted Adam Oxley Delisted R Josh Smith Delisted Will Langford Hawthorn Retired [150] 31 October Jacob Townsend Richmond Delisted [151] Nathan Drummond Delisted Mabior Chol Delisted R Jack Leslie Gold Coast Delisted [152] Jarryd Lyons Delisted Matt Dea Essendon Delisted [153] Jack Frost Brisbane Lions Retired [154] Ethan Hughes Fremantle Delisted [155] Ryan Nyhuis Delisted R 9 November Jacob Allison Brisbane Lions Delisted [156] Ryan Bastinac Delisted 12 November Kyron Hayden North Melbourne Delisted [157] 21 November Michael Apeness Fremantle Retired [158]

Pre-draft selections

Prior to the draft, the two bottom teams Carlton and Gold Coast applied for Priority Picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied.^[159] However, Gold Coast were granted pre-draft access to up to three and Carlton up to two mature-aged State League players each, these selections could be traded to other clubs.^[160]

Table of pre-draft selections

Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref.
		Club	League
Nathan Kreuger	Carlton	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded to Geelong for Pick 43	[31]
Shane McAdam		Sturt	SANFL	Traded to Adelaide as part of Mitch McGovern trade	[33]
Josh Corbett	Gold Coast	Werribee	VFL		[161]
Chris Burgess		West Adelaide	SANFL
Sam Collins		Werribee	VFL		[162]

2018 national draft

Indicative draft order as of 21 November 2018^[163]

^	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

Table of national draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Sam Walsh	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	2	Jack Lukosius	Gold Coast	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	3	Izak Rankine	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL	Free Agency compensation pick (Lynch)
	4	Max King	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	5	Connor Rozee	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	6	Ben King	Gold Coast	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melb; received from Freo, Bris, Port, Freo
	7	Bailey Smith	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	8	Tarryn Thomas	North Melbourne	North Launceston	TSL	Next Gen. Academy (Indigenous) - North matched Crows bid.
	9	Chayce Jones	Adelaide	Launceston	TSL
	10	Nick Blakey	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Sub.	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	11	Jye Caldwell	GWS Giants	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
	12	Zak Butters	Port Adelaide	Western Jets	TAC Cup
	13	Isaac Quaynor	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent)
	14	Jackson Hately	GWS Giants	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, N.M.
	15	Jordan Clark	Geelong	Claremont	WAFL
	16	Ned McHenry	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
	17	Sam Sturt	Fremantle	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	18	Xavier Duursma	Port Adelaide	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn
	19	Liam Stocker	Carlton	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Melbourne
	20	Riley Collier-Dawkins	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
	21	Ely Smith	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
	22	Xavier O'Halloran	GWS Giants	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo; received from Bris, Suns, WCE
	23	Jez McLennan	Gold Coast	Central District	SANFL	Traded from West Coast at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Lycett)
2	24	Bobby Hill	GWS Giants	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Carlton
	25	James Rowbottom	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from West Coast at the draft; received from Gold Coast
	26	Rhylee West	Western Bulldogs	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father–son selection (son of Scott West)
	27	Tom Sparrow	Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, St k
	28	Xavier O'Neill	West Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Brisbane Lions
	29	Will Kelly	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son selection (son of Craig Kelly)
	30	Will Hamill	Adelaide	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle
	31	Luke Foley	West Coast	Subiaco	WAFL	Traded from Sydney at the draft; received from Carl, W.B.
	32	Luke Valente	Fremantle	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from W.Bulldogs at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Dahlhaus)
	33	James Jordon	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St K; received from Syd, Carl, Adel
	34	Kieren Briggs	GWS Giants	Pennant Hills	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	35	Bailey Williams	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast at the draft; received from Essendon
	36	Tom Berry	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle; received from Port Adelaide
	37	Laitham Vandermeer	Western Bulldogs	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from North
	38	Irving Mosquito	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from GWS; N.G. Academy eligible for Hawthorn, but they passed.
	39	Jarrod Cameron	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
	40	Tom Joyce	Brisbane Lions	East Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Hawthorn
	41	Jack Bytel	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
	42	Connor McFadyen	Brisbane Lions	Wilston Grange	QAFL	Academy selection
	43	Jack Ross	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	44	Justin McInerney	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide; received from Carlton
	45	Ben Cavarra	Western Bulldogs	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from GWS, Carl, Geel, Bris
	46	Curtis Taylor	North Melbourne	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft
	47	Matthew Parker	St Kilda	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne; received from Adelaide
	48	Ben Jarvis	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL
	49	Bailey Scott	North Melbourne	Broadbeach	QAFL	Father–son selection (son of Robert Scott)
	50	Jacob Kennerley	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Sydney
	51	Zac Foot	Sydney	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
	52	Jacob Koschitzke	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
	53	Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne	Central District	SANFL
	54	Nick Hind	St Kilda	Essendon	VFL	Traded from N.M. at the draft; received from Freo, Bris, Geel, Rich
55	Noah Answerth	Brisbane Lions	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
4	56	Marty Hore	Melbourne	Collingwood	VFL	Traded from N.M.; received from Syd, Geel, Bris
	57	Lachie Schultz	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft; received from Fremantle
	58	Fraser Turner	Richmond	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Western Bulldogs
	59	Brett Bewley	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Melb; received from St K, Adel, Suns, Port
	60	Noah Gown	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
	61	Connor Idun	GWS Giants	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda at the draft; received from Port Adelaide
	62	Luke English	Richmond	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide; received from Suns, N.M.
	63	Mathew Walker	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Coll at the draft; Academy eligible for GWS, but they passed.
	64	Lachlan Sholl	Adelaide	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Geelong
	65	Darcy Fort	Geelong	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Sydney
	66	Finbar O'Dwyer	Carlton	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	67	Robbie Young	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Adel, Melb
	68	Jake Tarca	Geelong	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Richmond at the draft
	69	Joel Crocker	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Darren Crocker)
5	70	Ben Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Stephen Silvagni)
	71	Caleb Graham	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	72	Brayden Ham	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	73	Riley Grundy	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL
	74	Oscar Brownless	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Billy Brownless)
	75	Toby Bedford	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (Indigenous)
	76	Boyd Woodcock	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
	77	Atu Bosenavulagi	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (born in Fiji)
	78	Will Hayes	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2018 to their 2019 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations

Player	Club	Ref.
Josh Thomas	Collingwood	[164]
Bailey Banfield	Fremantle	[155]
Taylin Duman
Jack Henry	Geelong	[164]
Mark O'Connor
Darcy MacPherson	Gold Coast	[165]
Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	[164]
Conor Glass	Hawthorn	[150]
James Cousins
David Mirra
Corey Maynard	Melbourne	[166]
Dan Houston	Port Adelaide	[138]
Callum Moore	Richmond	[164]
Rowan Marshall	St Kilda	[167]
Robbie Fox	Sydney	[164]
Billy Gowers	Western Bulldogs	[168]
Brad Lynch		[169]

2019 rookie draft

Table of rookie draft selections

Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
				Club	League
1	1	Hugh Goddard	Carlton	St Kilda	AFL
	2	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	3	Callum Wilkie	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL
	4	Ryan Bastinac	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	5	Ethan Hughes	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	6	Lachie Young	Western Bulldogs	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
	7	Kieran Strachan	Adelaide	Port Melbourne	VFL
	8	Tom Jok	Essendon	Collingwood	VFL
	9	Tobin Cox	Port Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL
	10	Tom McKenzie	North Melbourne	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
	11	Tom Atkins	Geelong	Geelong	VFL
	12	Durak Tucker	Sydney	Peel Thunder	WAFL
	13	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
	14	Damon Greaves	Hawthorn	East Perth	WAFL
	15	Kade Chandler	Melbourne	Norwood	SANFL
	16	Jake Aarts	Richmond	Richmond	VFL
	17	Tim Broomhead	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	18	Harry Edwards	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
2	19	Tomas Bugg	Carlton	Melbourne	AFL
	20	Jack Leslie	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	21	Jacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	22	Tobe Watson	Fremantle	Swan Districts	WAFL
	23	Jordon Sweet	Western Bulldogs	North Adelaide	SANFL
	24	Paul Hunter	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	25	Matt Dea	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
	26	Cam Hewett	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
	27	Kyron Hayden	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
	28	Harry Reynolds	Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	29	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
	30	Will Golds	Hawthorn	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
	31	Passed	Melbourne	—	—
	32	Jacob Townsend	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	33	Sam Murray	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	34	Josh Smith	West Coast	Collingwood	AFL
3	35	Passed	Carlton	—	—
	36	Brad Scheer	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	37	Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	38	Passed	Western Bulldogs	—	—
	39	Jordon Butts	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
	40	Passed	Essendon	—	—
	41	Tom Wilkinson	North Melbourne	Southport	NEAFL
	42	Kurt Tippett	Sydney	Sydney	AFL	Tippett retired on 22 January 2018, but was retained on Sydney's 2019 list due to a contractual settlement.[170]
	43	Tim Mohr	Hawthorn	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	44	Passed	Melbourne	—	—
	45	Mabior Chol	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	46	Passed	West Coast	—	—
3	47	Harrison Wigg	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	48	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—
	49	Will Langford	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL	Langford retired on 30 October 2018, but was retained on Hawthorn's 2019 list due to a contractual settlement.[171]
	50	Passed	Richmond	—	—
4	51	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—
	52	Passed	Richmond	—	—

Category B rookie selections

Clubs were able to nominate category B rookies to join their club in 2019.

Table of Category B rookie selections

Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Tom Fullarton	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Bullets (NBL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[172]
James Madden		Dublin GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[173]
Matthew Owies	Carlton	Seattle Redhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[174]
Anton Tohill	Collingwood	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[175]
Mark Keane		Cork GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Jason Carter	Fremantle	Peel Thunder	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[176]
Stefan Okunbor	Geelong	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[177]
Blake Schlensog		Geelong Falcons	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	[178]
Callum Brown	Greater Western Sydney	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[179]
Austin Bradtke	Melbourne	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[180]
Guy Walker		Melbourne Renegades (BBL)	3-year non-registered player (cricket)	[181]
Red Óg Murphy	North Melbourne	Sligo GAA	International selection (Ireland)	[182]
Kai Pudney	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Japanese descent)	[183]
Martin Frederick		Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Sudanese descent)
Sam Alabakis	St Kilda	Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[184]
Sam Wicks	Sydney	Sydney (NEAFL)	NSW zone selection	[185]
Patrick Bines	West Coast	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	[186]
Brodie Riach		Altona Gators (Big V)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Buku Khamis	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Sudan)	[187]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Shortly before the National draft, the AFL introduced a new mechanism to allow clubs to sign certain eligible players direct to their Rookie List, rather than through the draft, provided the club had vacancies on their rookie list. Eligible players could be listed between December and March.^[188]

Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
		Club	League
Matt Cottrell	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup		[189]
Michael Gibbons		Williamstown	VFL
Zac Clarke	Essendon	Subiaco	WAFL	Previously listed with Fremantle	[188]
Sam Fletcher	Gold Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup		[190]
Shane Mumford	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL	Retired in 2017	[188]
Ned Reeves	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL		[191]
Corey Wagner	Melbourne	Casey Demons	VFL	Previously listed with North Melbourne	[192]
Jay Lockhart		Casey Demons	VFL		[190]
Tom Campbell	North Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	AFL		[193]
Mav Weller	Richmond	St Kilda	AFL		[194]
Sydney Stack		Perth	WAFL		[195]
Jonathon Marsh	St Kilda	East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed with Collingwood	[196]
Sam Rowe		Carlton	AFL		[190]
Hayden McLean	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL		[197]
Keegan Brooksby	West Coast	South Adelaide	SANFL	Previously listed with Gold Coast	[198]

See also

• 2018 AFL Women's draft