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2020 AFL draft

Draft for the Australian Football League

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The 2020 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2020 AFL season.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National, Pre-season and Rookie drafts were held as a "virtual event" on 9 and 10 December.

01Key dates

Table of key dates
Event	Date(s)
Free agency period	30 October - 6 November
Trade period	4-12 November
National draft	9 December
Pre-season draft	10 December
Rookie draft	10 December
Pre-season supplemental selection period	6 January - start of 2021 AFL season

02Previous 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 40 selections for the 2020 draft were traded during the 2019 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the 2019 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2020 season.

Table of previously traded selections
Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via
1	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	Pick swap
	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Pick swap
	Gold Coast (Priority Pick, #11)	Geelong	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	West Coast	Geelong	Tim Kelly trade
	Port Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap
2	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick swap
	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Sam Frost trade
	Essendon	North Melbourne	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Melbourne	Fremantle	Ed Langdon trade
	Collingwood	Port Adelaide	via Brisbane Lions (Pick swap) on-traded to Port Adelaide (pick swap)
	Western Bulldogs	Adelaide	Alex Keath trade
	St Kilda	Richmond	via Fremantle (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Collingwood (James Aish trade) on-traded to Richmond (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)
	Richmond	Collingwood	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade
3	Adelaide	Western Bulldogs	Alex Keath trade
	North Melbourne	Collingwood	via Greater Western Sydney (Aiden Bonar trade) on-traded to Collingwood (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)
	Sydney	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Sydney	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Gold Coast	Essendon	via Adelaide (Hugh Greenwood trade) on-traded to Geelong (Josh Jenkins trade) on-traded to Essendon (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)
	Essendon	Hawthorn	via Brisbane Lions (Tom Cutler trade) on-traded to Collingwood (pick swap) on-traded to Hawthorn (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)
	Fremantle	Adelaide	via St Kilda (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Sydney (Zak Jones trade) on-traded to Adelaide (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)
	Collingwood	Adelaide	via Fremantle (James Aish trade) On-traded to Adelaide (pick swap)
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade
	Geelong	West Coast	Tim Kelly trade
4	Adelaide	Sydney	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Sydney	St Kilda	Zak Jones trade
	Gold Coast	Adelaide	Hugh Greenwood trade
	Fremantle	Melbourne	Ed Langdon trade
	Carlton	Melbourne	via Adelaide (Eddie Betts trade) On-traded to Fremantle (pick swap) On-traded to Melbourne (pick swap)
	Greater Western Sydney	Brisbane Lions	via Adelaide (Sam Jacobs trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Billy Frampton trade) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (pick swap)
	Melbourne	North Melbourne	via Hawthorn (Sam Frost trade) on-traded to Greater Western Sydney (Jonathon Patton trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (Aiden Bonar trade)
	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Western Bulldogs	Hawthorn	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	St Kilda	Collingwood	via Fremantle (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Collingwood (James Aish trade)
	West Coast	Essendon	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Geelong	Essendon	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade
5	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft

03Free agency

2020 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation
Rory Atkins	30 October	Unrestricted	Adelaide	Gold Coast	End of 2nd round (Pick 40)
Isaac Smith		Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Geelong	3rd round (Pick 46)
Joe Daniher		Restricted	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	1st round (Pick 7)
Aidan Corr		Restricted	Greater Western Sydney	North Melbourne	2nd round (Pick 31)
Zac Williams		Restricted	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	1st round (Pick 10)
Brad Crouch	4 November	Restricted	Adelaide	St Kilda	2nd round (Pick 23)
Shaun McKernan	6 November	Unrestricted	Essendon	St Kilda	None
James Frawley	26 November	Delisted	Hawthorn	St Kilda	None
Mitch Hinge	26 November	Delisted	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	None

04Trades

2020 AFL trade period
Date	No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for
4 November	1	Zac Langdon	Greater Western Sydney	West Coast	Pick 54
	2	Oleg Markov	Richmond	Gold Coast	2021 third round pick (Gold Coast)
	3	Jesse Hogan	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 54
5 November	4	Kyle Hartigan	Adelaide	Hawthorn	2021 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)
6 November	5	Pick 43	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick 53
6 November	5	2021 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)
10 November	6	Peter Wright	Gold Coast	Essendon	2021 fourth round pick (Essendon)
	7	Pick 33	Adelaide	Melbourne	2021 second round pick (Melbourne)
	7	Pick 50	Adelaide	Melbourne	2021 fourth round pick (Melbourne)
	8	Mitch Hannan	Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	2021 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	9	Braydon Preuss	Melbourne	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 31
	10	Stefan Martin	Brisbane Lions	Western Bulldogs	N/A
		Pick 70	Brisbane Lions	North Melbourne	Pick 63
		Lachie Young	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	N/A
11 November	11	Lachie Fogarty	Geelong	Carlton	Pick 30
	11	Pick 38	Geelong	Carlton	Pick 51
	12	Nakia Cockatoo	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)
	13	Adam Saad	Essendon	Carlton	Pick 8
		Pick 48			Pick 8
		Pick 78			Pick 87
	14	Aliir Aliir	Sydney	Port Adelaide	2021 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
	15	Shaun Higgins	North Melbourne	Geelong	Pick 30
	16	Tom Hickey	West Coast	Sydney	Pick 58
		Tom Hickey			Pick 62
		Pick 34			2021 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
		Pick 60			2021 third round pick (Sydney)
12 November	17	Pick 25	Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 31
	17	Pick 25	Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 43
	18	Ben Brown	North Melbourne	Melbourne	Pick 26
		Pick 28			Pick 33
		2021 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)			2021 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)
	19	Jack Higgins	Richmond	St Kilda	Pick 17
		Pick 21			Pick 17
		2021 fourth round pick (Richmond)			2021 second round pick (St Kilda)
	20	Alex Witherden	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	Pick 58
	20	Pick 86	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	2021 third round pick (West Coast)
	21	Jaidyn Stephenson	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 26
		Atu Bosenavulagi			Pick 33
		Pick 39			Pick 70
	22	Pick 18	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick 25
		Pick 18			Pick 68
		Pick 19			Pick 69
		2021 second round pick (Brisbane Lions)			2021 first round pick (Melbourne)
	23	Orazio Fantasia	Essendon	Port Adelaide	Pick 29
	23	Pick 73	Essendon	Port Adelaide	2021 third round pick (Port Adelaide)
	24	Tom Phillips	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick 65
	25	Adam Treloar	Collingwood	Western Bulldogs	Pick 14
		Pick 26			Pick 14
		Pick 33			2021 second round pick (Western Bulldogs)
		Pick 42			2021 second round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	26	Jye Caldwell	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 29
		Pick 44			Pick 29
		Pick 74			2021 second round pick (Essendon)
	27	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	Pick 13
		Jeremy Cameron			Pick 15
		2021 second round pick GWS)			Pick 20
		2021 second round pick (Essendon)			2021 fourth round pick (Geelong)
	28	Nick Hind	St Kilda	Essendon	Pick 67
	28	Pick 77	St Kilda	Essendon	Pick 74
24 November	29	Pick 31	Sydney	Carlton	Pick 48
	29	Pick 31	Sydney	Carlton	2021 third round pick (Carlton)
	30	Pick 37	Gold Coast	Sydney	2021 third round pick (Carlton)
25 November	31	Pick 63	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	Pick 66
25 November	31	Pick 63	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	2021 fourth round pick (Melbourne)
26 November	32	Pick 56	Adelaide	Fremantle	2021 fourth round pick (Fremantle)
26 November	32	Pick 63	Adelaide	Fremantle	2021 fourth round pick (Fremantle)
1 December	33	Pick 29	Greater Western Sydney	Western Bulldogs	Pick 26
1 December	33	Pick 52	Greater Western Sydney	Western Bulldogs	Pick 26
2 December	34	Pick 27	Gold Coast	Geelong	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)
	35	Pick 66	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 70
	35	Pick 68	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	2021 fourth round pick (Collingwood)
9 December	36	Pick 62	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick 41
		Pick 69			Pick 41
		2021 second round pick (Collingwood)			Pick 42
	37	Pick 38	Adelaide	Port Adelaide	Pick 34
	37	2021 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	Adelaide	Port Adelaide	Pick 34
	38	Pick 20	Richmond	Geelong	2021 first round pick (Geelong)
	39	Pick 24	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	2021 first round pick (Collingwood)
		Pick 30
		2021 fourth round pick (Geelong)
	40	Pick 35	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick 29
	40	Pick 46	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick 29
	41	Pick 27	Adelaide	Collingwood	Pick 25
	41	2021 third round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide	Collingwood	Pick 25
	42	Pick 27	Collingwood	Fremantle	Pick 30
	42	Pick 59	Collingwood	Fremantle	2021 third round pick (Fremantle)
	43	Pick 53	Collingwood	Fremantle	Pick 46
	43	Pick 57	Collingwood	Fremantle	Pick 46
	44	Pick 54	St Kilda	Hawthorn	Pick 43
	44	2021 fourth round pick (Richmond)	St Kilda	Hawthorn	Pick 43
	45	Pick 49	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	Pick 42
	45	Pick 50	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	Pick 42
	46	Pick 49	Collingwood	Port Adelaide	Pick 44
	46	2021 fourth round pick (Geelong)	Collingwood	Port Adelaide	Pick 44
	47	Pick 46	Melbourne	Hawthorn	2021 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	47	2021 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)	Melbourne	Hawthorn	2021 third round pick (Hawthorn)

05List changes

Retirements

Table key
R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player retirements
Date	Name	Club
19 December	Alex Rance	Richmond
29 July	Nathan Brown	St Kilda
2 September	Pearce Hanley	Gold Coast
8 September	Conor McKenna	Essendon
10 September	Bryce Gibbs	Adelaide
10 September	Matthew Kreuzer	Carlton
14 September	Ben Stratton	Hawthorn
14 September	Paul Puopolo	Hawthorn
15 September	Kade Simpson	Carlton
15 September	Tom Bellchambers	Essendon
17 September	Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide
17 September	Tom Sheridan (R)	Greater Western Sydney
19 September	Sam Jacobs	Greater Western Sydney
23 September	Conor Glass	Hawthorn
23 September	Ricky Henderson	Hawthorn
24 September	Anthony Miles	Gold Coast
	George Horlin-Smith	Gold Coast
	Jack Watts	Port Adelaide
25 September	Will Schofield	West Coast
25 September	Ben Reid	Collingwood
27 September	Tory Dickson	Western Bulldogs
28 September	Harley Bennell	Melbourne
11 October	Travis Varcoe	Collingwood
13 October	Lynden Dunn (R)	Collingwood
17 October	Brad Ebert	Port Adelaide
21 October	Allen Christensen	Brisbane Lions
21 October	Dayne Beams	Collingwood
24 October	Gary Ablett Jr.	Geelong
31 October	Harry Taylor
19 November	Jack Steven
25 November	Kade Kolodjashnij	Melbourne
30 November	Tom Langdon	Collingwood

Delistings

Table key
R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player delistings
Date	Name	Club
20 August	Cam McCarthy	Fremantle
21 August	Jason Carter (B)
30 August	Dillon O'Reilly (R)
30 August	Isaiah Butters (B)
17 September	Joe Atley	Port Adelaide
	Wylie Buzza
	Tobin Cox (R)
	Riley Grundy (R)
18 September	Paul Ahern	North Melbourne
	Joel Crocker
	Majak Daw
	Sam Durdin
	Lachlan Hosie (R)
	Ben Jacobs
	Jamie Macmillan
	Tom Murphy (R)
	Jasper Pittard
	Marley Williams
	Mason Wood
20 September	Shaun McKernan	Essendon
	Mitchell Hibberd (R)
	Kobe Mutch
	Josh Begley
	Noah Gown
21 September	Darcy Lang	Carlton
	Hugh Goddard (R)
	Ben Silvagni
	Finbar O'Dwyer
23 September	Kyle Dunkley (R)	Melbourne
	Corey Wagner (R)
	Josh Wagner
	Riley Knight	Adelaide
	Ayce Taylor (R)
	Patrick Wilson (R)
24 September	Corey Ellis	Gold Coast
	Josh Schoenfeld (R)
	Mitch Riordan (R)
	Sam Fletcher (R)
	Jesse Joyce
	Jacob Dawson(B)
	Jacob Heron (B)
25 September	Brandon Matera	Fremantle
	Hugh Dixon (R)
	Tom North (R)
	Jarvis Pina (R)
29 September	Heath Shaw	Greater Western Sydney
7 October	Darren Minchington (R)	Hawthorn
	Will Golds (R)
	Jackson Ross
	James Frawley
11 October	Logan Austin	St Kilda
	Doulton Langlands (R)
	Ryan Abbott
	Jack Mayo (R)
	Jack Bell (R)
14 October	Tim Broomhead (R)	Collingwood
14 October	Matthew Scharenberg	Collingwood
16 October	Ryley Stoddart	Sydney
	Michael Knoll (R)
	Jack Maibaum (R)
	Harry Reynolds (R)
	Brady Rowles (R)
20 October	Cam Sutcliffe (R)	Port Adelaide
21 October	Hamish Brayshaw (R)	West Coast
	Francis Watson
	Nic Reid (R)
	Anthony Treacy (R)
	Mitch O'Neill (R)
23 October	Matt Eagles (B)	Brisbane Lions
	Corey Lyons (R)
	Sam Skinner (R)
	Jacob Allison (R)
	Toby Wooller
26 October	James Parsons	Geelong
	Jacob Kennerley
	Blake Schlensog (B)
28 October	Fraser Turner	Richmond
28 October	Luke English	Richmond
6 November	Billy Gowers	Western Bulldogs
	Fergus Greene
	Brad Lynch
7 November	Matthew Parker	St Kilda
13 November	Jordan Gallucci	Adelaide
	Myles Poholke
	Ben Crocker (R)
14 November	Jake Patmore	Port Adelaide
17 November	Ed Phillips	St Kilda
	Matt Suckling	Western Bulldogs
	Jackson Trengove
	Callum Porter
	Oscar McDonald	Melbourne
	Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne
18 November	Harrison Macreadie	Carlton
	Callum Moore (R)
	Fraser Phillips (R)
	Cameron Polson
19 November	Jacob Townsend (R)	Essendon
	Henry Crauford (R)	Essendon
	Lewis Jetta	West Coast
21 November	Jonathon Marsh (R)	St Kilda
22 November	Shane Savage	St Kilda
24 November	Zac Foot	Sydney
	Jackson Thurlow	Sydney
	Jake Tarca	Geelong
25 November	Ed Vickers-Willis	North Melbourne
	Harry Jones (R)	Hawthorn
	Mathew Walker	Hawthorn
	Rupert Wills	Collingwood
	Flynn Appleby (R)	Collingwood
	Mitch Hinge	Brisbane Lions
	Cedric Cox
	Grant Birchall
	Jackson Hately	Greater Western Sydney
	Sam Reid (R)
	Zach Sproule (R)
	Derek Eggmolesse-Smith (B)	Richmond
	Bailey Banfield	Fremantle
	Jack Hombsch	Gold Coast
	Jordan Murdoch	Gold Coast
30 November	Elijah Taylor	Sydney
30 November	Daniel Venables	West Coast

Moved to Rookie List

As part of the revised AFL Collective Bargaining agreement, clubs could now move up to two players from their Senior List on to their Rookie List without having to redraft them through the rookie draft.

Table of players moved from the senior list to the rookie list
Name	Club	Ref
David McKay	Adelaide
Ben Davis	Adelaide
Connor Ballenden	Brisbane Lions
Rhys Mathieson	Brisbane Lions
Eddie Betts	Carlton
Matthew Kennedy	Carlton
Brett Bewley	Fremantle
Lachie Schultz	Fremantle
Jarrod Harbrow	Gold Coast
Zac Smith	Gold Coast
Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney
Matthew Buntine	Greater Western Sydney
Dylan Moore	Hawthorn
James Jordon	Melbourne
Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne
Will Walker	North Melbourne
Ben Miller	Richmond
Oscar Clavarino	St Kilda
Darragh Joyce	St Kilda
Sam Gray	Sydney
Robbie Fox	Sydney
Mark Hutchings	West Coast
Ben Cavarra	Western Bulldogs
Will Hayes	Western Bulldogs

06Pre-draft selections

As part of their 2019 draft concessions, Gold Coast were able to prelist players from their Academy zone.

Table of pre-draft selections
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref.
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref.
Alex Davies	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL
Joel Jeffrey	Gold Coast	Darwin Buffaloes	NTFL

072020 national draft

^	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
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	Western Bulldogs	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by Adelaide
	2	Riley Thilthorpe	Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
	3	Will Phillips	North Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	4	Logan McDonald	Sydney	Perth	WAFL
	5	Braeden Campbell	Sydney	Pennant Hills	Sydney AFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Hawthorn
	6	Denver Grainger-Barras	Hawthorn	Swan Districts	WAFL
	7	Elijah Hollands	Gold Coast	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League
	8	Nik Cox	Essendon	Northern Knights	NAB League
	9	Archie Perkins	Essendon	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Free Agency compensation pick (Daniher)
	10	Zach Reid	Essendon	Gippsland Power	NAB League	Traded from Carlton
	11	Luke Pedlar	Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney in 2019
	12	Tanner Bruhn	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Free Agency compensation pick (Williams)
	13	Tom Powell	North Melbourne	Sturt	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne in 2019
	14	Heath Chapman	Fremantle ^[a]	West Perth	WAFL
Priority	15	Conor Stone	Greater Western Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Traded from Geelong; received from Gold Coast at the 2019 National Draft
1	16	Lachie Jones	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by Collingwood
	17	Oliver Henry	Collingwood	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Traded from Western Bulldogs
	18	Ryan Angwin	Greater Western Sydney	Gippsland Power	NAB League	Traded from Geelong; received from West Coast in 2019
	19	Finlay Macrae	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	20	Max Holmes	Geelong	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded from Richmond at the draft; received from St Kilda
	21	Jake Bowey⁺	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	22	Bailey Laurie	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Port Adelaide in 2019
	23	Reef McInnes	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Filipino descent), matched bid by Greater Western Sydney
	24	Blake Coleman	Brisbane Lions	Morningside	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Collingwood
	25	Brayden Cook	Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Collingwood at the draft; received from Greater Western Sydney at the draft; received from Geelong
	26	Matthew McLeod-Allison	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Traded from Richmond
2	27	Nathan O'Driscoll	Fremantle	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Collingwood at the draft; received from Adelaide at the draft
	28	Sam Berry	Adelaide	Gippsland Power	NAB League	Free Agency compensation pick (Crouch)
	29	Seamus Mitchell	Hawthorn	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League	Traded from North Melbourne in 2019
	30	Caleb Poulter	Collingwood	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne; received from Sydney
	31	Liam McMahon	Collingwood	Northern Knights	NAB League	Traded from Western Bulldogs, received from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne; received from Melbourne; received from Hawthorn in 2019
	32	Errol Gulden	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	Sydney AFL	Academy selection, matched bid by Geelong
	33	Shannon Neale	Geelong	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Gold Coast
	34	Fraser Rosman	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded from North Melbourne; received from Essendon in 2019
	35	Connor Downie	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Chinese descent), matched bid by North Melbourne
	36	Charlie Lazzaro	North Melbourne	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Traded from Geelong; received from Carlton
	37	Corey Durdin	Carlton	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Sydney; received from Melbourne; received from Greater Western Sydney; Free Agency compensation pick (Corr)
	38	James Rowe	Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded from Fremantle; received from Melbourne in 2019
	39	Josh Eyre	Essendon	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by Richmond
	40	Samson Ryan	Richmond	Western Magpies	QAFL	Traded from St Kilda (via Collingwood and Fremantle) in 2019. Academy eligible for Brisbane, who did not match the bid
	41	Jack Carroll	Carlton	East Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Geelong
	42	Phoenix Spicer	North Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Richmond in 2019
3	43	Harry Sharp	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	NAB League	Traded from Adelaide in 2019
	44	Beau McCreery	Collingwood	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Port Adelaide^[c] at the draft
	45	Tom Highmore	St Kilda	South Adelaide	SANFL
	46	Tyler Brockman	Hawthorn	Subiaco	WAFL	Traded from Essendon (via Collingwood and Brisbane Lions) in 2019
	47	Nick Stevens	Geelong	GWV Rebels	NAB League	Traded from Carlton
	48	Henry Smith	Brisbane Lions	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne
	49	Ollie Lord	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	50	Brandon Walker	Fremantle	East Fremantle	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Ghana), matched bid by Essendon
	51	Maurice Rioli Jr.	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father-son selection (son of Maurice Rioli), matched bid by Essendon
4	52	Luke Edwards	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Sydney; received from Adelaide in 2019
	53	Cody Brand	Essendon	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by Western Bulldogs
	54	Joel Western	Fremantle	Claremont	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Singaporean descent), matched bid by Western Bulldogs
	55	Dominic Bedendo	Western Bulldogs	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League
	56	Eddie Ford	North Melbourne	Western Jets	NAB League
	57	Isiah Winder	West Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL
	58	Cameron Fleeton	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong Falcons	NAB League
	59	Jacob Wehr	Greater Western Sydney	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2020 to their 2021 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations
Player	Club
Tom Fullarton	Brisbane Lions
Michael Gibbons	Carlton
Jack Madgen	Collingwood
Brody Mihocek	Collingwood
Connor Budarick	Gold Coast
Nick Holman
Malcolm Rosas
Jack Buckley	Greater Western Sydney
Changkuoth Jiath	Hawthorn
Jay Lockhart	Melbourne
Liam Baker	Richmond
Mabior Chol	Richmond
Joel Amartey	Sydney
Harry Edwards	West Coast

082021 pre-season draft

The 2021 pre-season draft was held on the afternoon of Thursday, 10 December 2020 prior to the commencement of the rookie draft.

Table of pre-season draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Jackson Hately	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	AFL

092021 rookie draft

Table of rookie draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Bryce Gibbs	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL	Gibbs retired on 10 September 2020. However, Gibbs was retained as an inactive player on Adelaide's Rookie List due to a contractual settlement
	2	Patrick Walker	North Melbourne	North Hobart	TSL
	3	Malachy Carruthers	Sydney	Sturt	SANFL
	4	Jack Saunders	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL
	5	Jacob Townsend	Gold Coast	Essendon	AFL
	6	Martin Gleeson	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
	7	Josh Treacy	Fremantle	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League
	8	Luke Parks	Carlton	Glenelg	SANFL
	9	Sam Reid	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	10	Passed	Melbourne	,	,
	11	Lachlan McNeil	Western Bulldogs	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	12	Zane Trew	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
	13	Jack Ginnivan⁺	Collingwood	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League
	14	Passed	St Kilda	,	,
	15	Grant Birchall	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	16	Tyson Goldsack	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	SANFL
	17	Passed	Richmond	,	,
2	18	Connor Menadue	North Melbourne	Werribee	VFL
	19	Passed	Sydney	,	,
	20	Jack Hombsch	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	21	Dylan Clarke	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
	22	Bailey Banfield	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	23	Passed	Carlton	,	,
	24	Zach Sproule	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	25	Passed	Melbourne	,	,
	26	Roarke Smith	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs	AFL
	27	Daniel Venables	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
	28	Isaac Chugg	Collingwood	Launceston	TSL
	29	Passed	St Kilda	,	,
	30	Passed	Port Adelaide	,	,
	31	Passed	Richmond	,	,
3	32	Passed	North Melbourne	,	,
	33	Jordan Murdoch	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	34	Passed	Essendon	,	,
	35	Passed	Collingwood	,	,
	36	Passed	St Kilda	,	,
	37	Taj Schofield	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Father-son selection (son of Jarrad Schofield)
	38	Aiden Fyfe	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL	Academy selection
	39	Passed	Collingwood	,	,
4	40	Rhys Nicholls	Gold Coast	Labrador	QAFL	Academy selection

Category B rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie signings
Name	Club	Origin	Note
Tariek Newchurch	Adelaide	North Adelaide (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
James Borlase	Adelaide	Sturt (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Egypt)
Deividas Uosis	Brisbane Lions	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)
Carter Michael	Brisbane Lions	Maroochydore (QAFL)	Academy selection
Paul Tsapatolis	Geelong	Keilor Thunder (Big V)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Hewago Oea	Gold Coast	Gold Coast (NEAFL)	International selection (Papua New Guinea)
Will Shaw	Greater Western Sydney	Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League)	Academy selection
Mate Colina	Richmond	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)
Marc Sheather	Sydney	Pennant Hills (Sydney AFL)	Academy selection

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Table of Pre-season supplemental selection period signings
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref
Nick Murray	Adelaide	Williamstown	VFL
Oscar McDonald	Carlton	Melbourne	AFL
Alec Waterman	Essendon	Claremont	WAFL	Previously listed with West Coast
Kaine Baldwin	Essendon	Glenelg	SANFL
Lachlan Bramble	Hawthorn	Williamstown	VFL
Majak Daw	Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
Deakyn Smith	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
Rhyan Mansell	Richmond	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith	Richmond	Richmond	AFL	Re-signed player
Mason Wood	St Kilda	North Melbourne	AFL
Paul Hunter	St Kilda	South Adelaide	SANFL	Previously listed with Adelaide
Anthony Scott	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL

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