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2020 AFL draft

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Australian Football League draft

2020 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	9 December - National Draft; 10 December - Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium (virtual event)
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Western Bulldogs)
← 2019 2021 →

The2020 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in theAustralian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the2020 AFL season.

Due to the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic, the National, Pre-season and Rookie drafts were held as a "virtual event" on 9 and 10 December.^[1]

Key dates

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Table of key dates^[1]
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 of2021 AFL season

Previous trades

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Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during thetrade period. As a result, a total of 40 selections for the 2020 draft were traded during the2019 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the2019 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the2020 season.

Table of previously traded selections
Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	Pick swap	^[2]
	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Pick swap	^[3]
	Gold Coast (Priority Pick, #11)	Geelong	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[4]
	West Coast	Geelong	Tim Kelly trade	^[5]
	Port Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	^[6]
2	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick swap	^[7]
	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Sam Frost trade	^[8]
	Essendon	North Melbourne	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[9]
	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[10]
	Melbourne	Fremantle	Ed Langdon trade	^[11]
	Collingwood	Port Adelaide	viaBrisbane Lions (Pick swap) on-traded toPort Adelaide (pick swap)	^[12] ^[13]
	Western Bulldogs	Adelaide	Alex Keath trade	^[14]
	St Kilda	Richmond	viaFremantle (Bradley Hill andBlake Acres trade) on-traded toCollingwood (James Aish trade) on-traded toRichmond (Pick swap at the2019 National Draft)	^[15] ^[16]
	Richmond	Collingwood	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade	^[17]
3	Adelaide	Western Bulldogs	Alex Keath trade	^[14]
	North Melbourne	Collingwood	viaGreater Western Sydney (Aiden Bonar trade) on-traded toCollingwood (Pick swap at the2019 National Draft)	^[18] ^[19]
	Sydney	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Sydney	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft
	Gold Coast	Essendon	viaAdelaide (Hugh Greenwood trade) on-traded toGeelong (Josh Jenkins trade) on-traded toEssendon (Pick swap at the2019 National Draft)	^[20] ^[21] ^[22]
	Essendon	Hawthorn	viaBrisbane Lions (Tom Cutler trade) on-traded toCollingwood (pick swap) on-traded toHawthorn (Pick swap at the2019 National Draft)	^[23] ^[12] ^[24]
	Fremantle	Adelaide	viaSt Kilda (Bradley Hill andBlake Acres trade) on-traded toSydney (Zak Jones trade) on-traded toAdelaide (Pick swap at the2019 National Draft)	^[15] ^[25] ^[26]
	Collingwood	Adelaide	viaFremantle (James Aish trade) On-traded toAdelaide (pick swap)	^[16] ^[27]
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Paddy Ryder andDougal Howard trade	^[28]
	Geelong	West Coast	Tim Kelly trade	^[5]
4	Adelaide	Sydney	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[26]
	Sydney	St Kilda	Zak Jones trade	^[25]
	Gold Coast	Adelaide	Hugh Greenwood trade	^[20]
	Fremantle	Melbourne	Ed Langdon trade	^[11]
	Carlton	Melbourne	viaAdelaide (Eddie Betts trade) On-traded toFremantle (pick swap) On-traded toMelbourne (pick swap)	^[29] ^[27]
	Greater Western Sydney	Brisbane Lions	viaAdelaide (Sam Jacobs trade) on-traded toPort Adelaide (Billy Frampton trade) on-traded toBrisbane Lions (pick swap)	^[30] ^[31] ^[13]
	Melbourne	North Melbourne	viaHawthorn (Sam Frost trade) on-traded toGreater Western Sydney (Jonathon Patton trade) on-traded toNorth Melbourne (Aiden Bonar trade)	^[8] ^[32] ^[18]
	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[19]
	Western Bulldogs	Hawthorn	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft
	St Kilda	Collingwood	viaFremantle (Bradley Hill andBlake Acres trade) on-traded toCollingwood (James Aish trade)	^[15] ^[16]
	West Coast	Essendon	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft
	Geelong	Essendon	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft	^[22]
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade	^[17]
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Paddy Ryder andDougal Howard trade	^[33]
5	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the2019 National Draft

Free agency

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2020 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Rory Atkins	30 October	Unrestricted	Adelaide	Gold Coast	End of 2nd round (Pick 40)	^[34]
Isaac Smith		Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Geelong	3rd round (Pick 46)	^[35]
Joe Daniher		Restricted	Essendon	Brisbane Lions	1st round (Pick 7)	^[36]
Aidan Corr		Restricted	Greater Western Sydney	North Melbourne	2nd round (Pick 31)	^[37]
Zac Williams		Restricted	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	1st round (Pick 10)	^[38]
Brad Crouch	4 November	Restricted	Adelaide	St Kilda	2nd round (Pick 23)	^[39]
Shaun McKernan	6 November	Unrestricted	Essendon	St Kilda	None	^[40]
James Frawley	26 November	Delisted	Hawthorn	St Kilda	None	^[41]
Mitch Hinge	26 November	Delisted	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	None	^[42]

Trades

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2020 AFL trade period
Date	No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
4 November	1	Zac Langdon	Greater Western Sydney	West Coast	Pick 54	^[43]
	2	Oleg Markov	Richmond	Gold Coast	2021 third round pick (Gold Coast)	^[44]
	3	Jesse Hogan	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 54	^[45]
5 November	4	Kyle Hartigan	Adelaide	Hawthorn	2021 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	^[46]
6 November	5	Pick 43	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick 53	^[47]
6 November	5	2021 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)	^[47]
10 November	6	Peter Wright	Gold Coast	Essendon	2021 fourth round pick (Essendon)	^[48]
	7	Pick 33	Adelaide	Melbourne	2021 second round pick (Melbourne)	^[49]
	7	Pick 50	Adelaide	Melbourne	2021 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	^[49]
	8	Mitch Hannan	Melbourne	Western Bulldogs	2021 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)	^[50]
	9	Braydon Preuss	Melbourne	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 31	^[51]
	10	Stefan Martin	Brisbane Lions	Western Bulldogs	N/A	^[52]
		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	^[53]
	11	Pick 38	Geelong	Carlton	Pick 51	^[53]
	12	Nakia Cockatoo	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)	^[54]
	13	Adam Saad	Essendon	Carlton	Pick 8	^[55]
		Pick 48			Pick 8
		Pick 78			Pick 87
	14	Aliir Aliir	Sydney	Port Adelaide	2021 second round pick (Port Adelaide)	^[56]
	15	Shaun Higgins	North Melbourne	Geelong	Pick 30	^[57]
	16	Tom Hickey	West Coast	Sydney	Pick 58	^[57]
		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	^[58]
	17	Pick 25	Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 43	^[58]
	18	Ben Brown	North Melbourne	Melbourne	Pick 26	^[59]
		Pick 28			Pick 33
		2021 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)			2021 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)
	19	Jack Higgins	Richmond	St Kilda	Pick 17	^[60]
		Pick 21			Pick 17
		2021 fourth round pick (Richmond)			2021 second round pick (St Kilda)
	20	Alex Witherden	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	Pick 58	^[61]
	20	Pick 86	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	2021 third round pick (West Coast)	^[61]
	21	Jaidyn Stephenson	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 26	^[62]
		Atu Bosenavulagi			Pick 33
		Pick 39			Pick 70
	22	Pick 18	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick 25	^[63]
		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	^[64]
	23	Pick 73	Essendon	Port Adelaide	2021 third round pick (Port Adelaide)	^[64]
	24	Tom Phillips	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick 65	^[65]
	25	Adam Treloar	Collingwood	Western Bulldogs	Pick 14	^[66]
		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	^[67]
		Pick 44			Pick 29
		Pick 74			2021 second round pick (Essendon)
	27	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	Pick 13	^[68]
		Jeremy Cameron			Pick 15
		2021 second round pickGWS)			Pick 20
		2021 second round pick (Essendon)			2021 fourth round pick (Geelong)
	28	Nick Hind	St Kilda	Essendon	Pick 67	^[69]
	28	Pick 77	St Kilda	Essendon	Pick 74	^[69]
24 November	29	Pick 31	Sydney	Carlton	Pick 48	^[70]
	29	Pick 31	Sydney	Carlton	2021 third round pick (Carlton)	^[70]
	30	Pick 37	Gold Coast	Sydney	2021 third round pick (Carlton)	^[71]
25 November	31	Pick 63	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	Pick 66	^[72]
25 November	31	Pick 63	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide	2021 fourth round pick (Melbourne)	^[72]
26 November	32	Pick 56	Adelaide	Fremantle	2021 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	^[73]
26 November	32	Pick 63	Adelaide	Fremantle	2021 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	^[73]
1 December	33	Pick 29	Greater Western Sydney	Western Bulldogs	Pick 26	^[74]
1 December	33	Pick 52	Greater Western Sydney	Western Bulldogs	Pick 26	^[74]
2 December	34	Pick 27	Gold Coast	Geelong	2021 third round pick (Melbourne)	^[75]
	35	Pick 66	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 70	^[76]
	35	Pick 68	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	2021 fourth round pick (Collingwood)	^[76]
9 December	36	Pick 62	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick 41	^[77]
		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)

List changes

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Retirements

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

Table of player retirements
Date	Name	Club	Ref
19 December	Alex Rance	Richmond	^[78]
29 July	Nathan Brown	St Kilda	^[79]
2 September	Pearce Hanley	Gold Coast	^[80]
8 September	Conor McKenna	Essendon	^[81]
10 September	Bryce Gibbs	Adelaide	^[82]
10 September	Matthew Kreuzer	Carlton	^[83]
14 September	Ben Stratton	Hawthorn	^[84]
14 September	Paul Puopolo	Hawthorn	^[84]
15 September	Kade Simpson	Carlton	^[85]
15 September	Tom Bellchambers	Essendon	^[86]
17 September	Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	^[87]
17 September	Tom Sheridan(R)	Greater Western Sydney	^[88]
19 September	Sam Jacobs	Greater Western Sydney	^[89]
23 September	Conor Glass	Hawthorn	^[90]
23 September	Ricky Henderson	Hawthorn	^[91]
24 September	Anthony Miles	Gold Coast	^[92]
	George Horlin-Smith	Gold Coast	^[92]
	Jack Watts	Port Adelaide	^[93]
25 September	Will Schofield	West Coast	^[94]
25 September	Ben Reid	Collingwood	^[95]
27 September	Tory Dickson	Western Bulldogs	^[96]
28 September	Harley Bennell	Melbourne	^[97]
11 October	Travis Varcoe	Collingwood	^[98]
13 October	Lynden Dunn(R)	Collingwood	^[99]
17 October	Brad Ebert	Port Adelaide	^[100]
21 October	Allen Christensen	Brisbane Lions	^[101]
21 October	Dayne Beams	Collingwood	^[102]
24 October	Gary Ablett Jr.	Geelong	^[103]
31 October	Harry Taylor		^[104]
19 November	Jack Steven		^[105]
25 November	Kade Kolodjashnij	Melbourne	^[106]
30 November	Tom Langdon	Collingwood	^[107]

Delistings

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

Table of player delistings
Date	Name	Club	Ref
20 August	Cam McCarthy	Fremantle	^[108]
21 August	Jason Carter(B)		^[109]
30 August	Dillon O'Reilly(R)		^[110]
30 August	Isaiah Butters(B)		^[110]
17 September	Joe Atley	Port Adelaide	^[111]
	Wylie Buzza
	Tobin Cox(R)
	Riley Grundy(R)
18 September	Paul Ahern	North Melbourne	^[112]
	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	^[113]
	Mitchell Hibberd(R)
	Kobe Mutch
	Josh Begley
	Noah Gown
21 September	Darcy Lang	Carlton	^[114]
	Hugh Goddard(R)
	Ben Silvagni
	Finbar O'Dwyer
23 September	Kyle Dunkley(R)	Melbourne	^[115]
	Corey Wagner(R)
	Josh Wagner
	Riley Knight	Adelaide	^[116]
	Ayce Taylor(R)
	Patrick Wilson(R)
24 September	Corey Ellis	Gold Coast	^[117]
	Josh Schoenfeld(R)
	Mitch Riordan(R)
	Sam Fletcher(R)
	Jesse Joyce
	Jacob Dawson(B)
	Jacob Heron(B)
25 September	Brandon Matera	Fremantle	^[118]
	Hugh Dixon(R)
	Tom North(R)
	Jarvis Pina(R)
29 September	Heath Shaw	Greater Western Sydney	^[119]
7 October	Darren Minchington(R)	Hawthorn	^[120]
	Will Golds(R)
	Jackson Ross
	James Frawley		^[121]
11 October	Logan Austin	St Kilda	^[122]
	Doulton Langlands(R)
	Ryan Abbott
	Jack Mayo(R)
	Jack Bell(R)
14 October	Tim Broomhead(R)	Collingwood	^[99]
14 October	Matthew Scharenberg	Collingwood	^[99]
16 October	Ryley Stoddart	Sydney	^[123]
	Michael Knoll(R)
	Jack Maibaum(R)
	Harry Reynolds(R)
	Brady Rowles(R)
20 October	Cam Sutcliffe(R)	Port Adelaide	^[124]
21 October	Hamish Brayshaw(R)	West Coast	^[125]
	Francis Watson
	Nic Reid(R)
	Anthony Treacy(R)
	Mitch O'Neill(R)
23 October	Matt Eagles(B)	Brisbane Lions	^[126]
	Corey Lyons(R)
	Sam Skinner(R)
	Jacob Allison(R)
	Toby Wooller
26 October	James Parsons	Geelong	^[127]
	Jacob Kennerley
	Blake Schlensog(B)
28 October	Fraser Turner	Richmond	^[128]
28 October	Luke English	Richmond	^[128]
6 November	Billy Gowers	Western Bulldogs	^[129]
	Fergus Greene
	Brad Lynch
7 November	Matthew Parker	St Kilda	^[130]
13 November	Jordan Gallucci	Adelaide	^[131]
	Myles Poholke
	Ben Crocker(R)
14 November	Jake Patmore	Port Adelaide	^[132]
17 November	Ed Phillips	St Kilda	^[133]
	Matt Suckling	Western Bulldogs	^[134]
	Jackson Trengove
	Callum Porter
	Oscar McDonald	Melbourne	^[135]
	Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne	^[135]
18 November	Harrison Macreadie	Carlton	^[136]
	Callum Moore(R)
	Fraser Phillips(R)
	Cameron Polson
19 November	Jacob Townsend(R)	Essendon	^[137]
	Henry Crauford(R)	Essendon	^[137]
	Lewis Jetta	West Coast	^[138]
21 November	Jonathon Marsh(R)	St Kilda	^[139]
22 November	Shane Savage	St Kilda	^[140]
24 November	Zac Foot	Sydney	^[141]
	Jackson Thurlow	Sydney	^[141]
	Jake Tarca	Geelong	^[142]
25 November	Ed Vickers-Willis	North Melbourne	^[143]
	Harry Jones(R)	Hawthorn	^[144]
	Mathew Walker	Hawthorn	^[144]
	Rupert Wills	Collingwood	^[145]
	Flynn Appleby(R)	Collingwood	^[145]
	Mitch Hinge	Brisbane Lions	^[146]
	Cedric Cox
	Grant Birchall
	Jackson Hately	Greater Western Sydney	^[147]
	Sam Reid(R)
	Zach Sproule(R)
	Derek Eggmolesse-Smith(B)	Richmond	^[148]
	Bailey Banfield	Fremantle	^[149]
	Jack Hombsch	Gold Coast	^[150]
	Jordan Murdoch	Gold Coast	^[150]
30 November	Elijah Taylor	Sydney	^[151]
30 November	Daniel Venables	West Coast	^[152]

Moved to Rookie List

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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.^[153]

Table of players moved from the senior list to the rookie list^[154]
Name	Club	Ref
David McKay	Adelaide	^[153]
Ben Davis	Adelaide	^[153]
Connor Ballenden	Brisbane Lions	^[146]
Rhys Mathieson	Brisbane Lions	^[146]
Eddie Betts	Carlton	^[153]
Matthew Kennedy	Carlton	^[153]
Brett Bewley	Fremantle	^[149]
Lachie Schultz	Fremantle	^[149]
Jarrod Harbrow	Gold Coast	^[150]
Zac Smith	Gold Coast	^[150]
Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	^[147]
Matthew Buntine	Greater Western Sydney	^[147]
Dylan Moore	Hawthorn	^[144]
James Jordon	Melbourne	^[155]
Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne	^[155]
Will Walker	North Melbourne	^[153]
Ben Miller	Richmond	^[153]
Oscar Clavarino	St Kilda	^[153]
Darragh Joyce	St Kilda	^[153]
Sam Gray	Sydney	^[141]
Robbie Fox	Sydney	^[156]
Mark Hutchings	West Coast	^[153]
Ben Cavarra	Western Bulldogs	^[157]
Will Hayes	Western Bulldogs	^[157]

Pre-draft selections

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As part of their2019 draft concessions,Gold Coast were able to prelist players from theirAcademy zone.

Table of pre-draft selections
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref.
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref.
Alex Davies	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL		^[158]
Joel Jeffrey	Gold Coast	Darwin Buffaloes	NTFL		^[158]

2020 national draft

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^	Denotesplayer 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	Denotesplayer 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 asRising 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 byAdelaide
	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 byHawthorn
	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 fromCarlton
	11	Luke Pedlar	Adelaide	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded fromGreater 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 fromMelbourne in 2019
	14	Heath Chapman	Fremantle^[a]	West Perth	WAFL
Priority	15	Conor Stone	Greater Western Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Traded fromGeelong; received fromGold Coast at the2019 National Draft
1	16	Lachie Jones	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid byCollingwood
	17	Oliver Henry	Collingwood	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Traded fromWestern Bulldogs
	18	Ryan Angwin	Greater Western Sydney	Gippsland Power	NAB League	Traded fromGeelong; received fromWest Coast in 2019
	19	Finlay Macrae	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	20	Max Holmes	Geelong	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded fromRichmond at the draft; received fromSt Kilda
	21	Jake Bowey⁺	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded fromBrisbane Lions
	22	Bailey Laurie	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Traded fromBrisbane Lions; received fromPort Adelaide in 2019
	23	Reef McInnes	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Filipino descent), matched bid byGreater Western Sydney
	24	Blake Coleman	Brisbane Lions	Morningside	QAFL	Academy selection, matched bid byCollingwood
	25	Brayden Cook	Adelaide	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded fromCollingwood at the draft; received fromGreater Western Sydney at the draft; received fromGeelong
	26	Matthew McLeod-Allison	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Traded fromRichmond
2	27	Nathan O'Driscoll	Fremantle	Perth	WAFL	Traded fromCollingwood at the draft; received fromAdelaide 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 fromNorth Melbourne in 2019
	30	Caleb Poulter	Collingwood	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded fromMelbourne; received fromSydney
	31	Liam McMahon	Collingwood	Northern Knights	NAB League	Traded fromWestern Bulldogs, received fromCollingwood; received fromNorth Melbourne; received fromMelbourne; received fromHawthorn in 2019
	32	Errol Gulden	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs	Sydney AFL	Academy selection, matched bid byGeelong
	33	Shannon Neale	Geelong	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded fromGold Coast
	34	Fraser Rosman	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Traded fromNorth Melbourne; received fromEssendon in 2019
	35	Connor Downie	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Chinese descent), matched bid byNorth Melbourne
	36	Charlie Lazzaro	North Melbourne	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Traded fromGeelong; received fromCarlton
	37	Corey Durdin	Carlton	Central District	SANFL	Traded fromSydney; received fromMelbourne; received fromGreater Western Sydney; Free Agency compensation pick (Corr)
	38	James Rowe	Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded fromFremantle; received fromMelbourne in 2019
	39	Josh Eyre	Essendon	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid byRichmond
	40	Samson Ryan	Richmond	Western Magpies	QAFL	Traded fromSt Kilda (viaCollingwood andFremantle) in 2019. Academy eligible forBrisbane, who did not match the bid^[159]
	41	Jack Carroll	Carlton	East Fremantle	WAFL	Traded fromGeelong
	42	Phoenix Spicer	North Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded fromCollingwood; received fromRichmond in 2019
3	43	Harry Sharp	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	NAB League	Traded fromAdelaide in 2019
	44	Beau McCreery	Collingwood	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded fromPort Adelaide^[c] at the draft
	45	Tom Highmore	St Kilda	South Adelaide	SANFL
	46	Tyler Brockman	Hawthorn	Subiaco	WAFL	Traded fromEssendon (viaCollingwood andBrisbane Lions) in 2019
	47	Nick Stevens	Geelong	GWV Rebels	NAB League	Traded fromCarlton
	48	Henry Smith	Brisbane Lions	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Traded fromMelbourne
	49	Ollie Lord	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	50	Brandon Walker	Fremantle	East Fremantle	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (born inGhana), matched bid byEssendon
	51	Maurice Rioli Jr.	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son ofMaurice Rioli), matched bid byEssendon
4	52	Luke Edwards	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded fromSydney; received fromAdelaide in 2019
	53	Cody Brand	Essendon	Calder Cannons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid byWestern Bulldogs
	54	Joel Western	Fremantle	Claremont	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Singaporean descent), matched bid byWestern 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

^aFremantle are carrying over a 264.9 point deficit from2019 (Liam Henry,Next Generation Academy selection #9), moving their default first round pick^[160]^[161]
^bGreater Western Sydney are carrying over a 254.2 point deficit from2019 (Tom Green,Academy selection #10), moving their default second round pick
^cPort Adelaide are carrying over a 115.9 point deficit from2019 (Jackson Mead,Father–son rule selection #25), moving their default second round pick

Rookie elevations

[edit]

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

Table of rookie elevations^[162]
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

2021 pre-season draft

[edit]

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

2021 rookie draft

[edit]

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 ofJarrad 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

[edit]

Table of Category B rookie signings
Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Tariek Newchurch	Adelaide	North Adelaide (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	^[163]
James Borlase	Adelaide	Sturt (SANFL)	Next Generation Academy selection (born inEgypt)	^[164]
Deividas Uosis	Brisbane Lions	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[165]
Carter Michael	Brisbane Lions	Maroochydore (QAFL)	Academy selection	^[166]
Paul Tsapatolis	Geelong	Keilor Thunder (Big V)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[167]
Hewago Oea	Gold Coast	Gold Coast (NEAFL)	International selection (Papua New Guinea)	^[168]
Will Shaw	Greater Western Sydney	Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League)	Academy selection	^[169]
Mate Colina	Richmond	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[170]
Marc Sheather	Sydney	Pennant Hills (Sydney AFL)	Academy selection	^[171]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

[edit]

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		^[172]
Oscar McDonald	Carlton	Melbourne	AFL		^[173]
Alec Waterman	Essendon	Claremont	WAFL	Previously listed withWest Coast	^[174]
Kaine Baldwin	Essendon	Glenelg	SANFL		^[175]
Lachlan Bramble	Hawthorn	Williamstown	VFL		^[176]
Majak Daw	Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL		^[177]
Deakyn Smith	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League		^[177]
Rhyan Mansell	Richmond	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL		^[178]
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith	Richmond	Richmond	AFL	Re-signed player	^[179]
Mason Wood	St Kilda	North Melbourne	AFL		^[180]
Paul Hunter	St Kilda	South Adelaide	SANFL	Previously listed withAdelaide	^[181]
Anthony Scott	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL		^[182]

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v t e 2020 AFL national draft
First round	1.Jamarra Ugle-Hagan(academy selection) 2.Riley Thilthorpe 3.Will Phillips 4.Logan McDonald 5.Braeden Campbell(academy selection) 6.Denver Grainger-Barras 7.Elijah Hollands 8.Nik Cox 9.Archie Perkins 10.Zach Reid 11.Luke Pedlar 12.Tanner Bruhn 13.Tom Powell 14.Heath Chapman 15.Conor Stone 16.Lachie Jones(academy selection) 17.Oliver Henry 18.Ryan Angwin 19.Finlay Macrae 20.Max Holmes 21.Jake Bowey 22.Bailey Laurie 23.Reef McInnes(academy selection) 24.Blake Coleman(academy selection) 25.Brayden Cook 26.Matthew McLeod-Allison
Second round	27.Nathan O'Driscoll 28.Sam Berry 29.Seamus Mitchell 30.Caleb Poulter 31.Liam McMahon 32.Errol Gulden(academy selection) 33.Shannon Neale 34.Fraser Rosman 35.Connor Downie(academy selection) 36.Charlie Lazzaro 37.Corey Durdin 38.James Rowe 39.Joshua Eyre(academy selection) 40.Samson Ryan 41.Jack Carroll 42.Phoenix Spicer
Third round	43.Harry Sharp 44.Beau McCreery 45.Tom Highmore 46.Tyler Brockman 47.Nick Stevens 48.Henry Smith 49.Ollie Lord 50.Brandon Walker(academy selection) 51.Maurice Rioli Jr.(F/S)
Fourth round	52.Luke Edwards 53.Cody Brand(academy selection) 54.Joel Western(academy selection) 55.Dominic Bedendo 56.Eddie Ford 57.Isiah Winder 58.Cameron Fleeton 59.Jacob Wehr

v t e 2021 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Bryce Gibbs 2. Patrick Walker 3.Malachy Carruthers 4. Jack Saunders 5.Jacob Townsend 6. Martin Gleeson 7.Josh Treacy 8.Luke Parks 9. Sam Reid 11.Lachlan McNeil 12.Zane Trew 13.Jack Ginnivan 15.Grant Birchall 16.Tyson Goldsack 18.Connor Menadue
Second round	20.Jack Hombsch 21.Dylan Carke 22.Bailey Banfield 24.Zach Sproule 26.Roarke Smith 27.Daniel Venables 28.Isaac Chugg 33.Jordan Murdoch
Third round	37.Taj Schofield 38.Aiden Fyfe 40.Rhys Nicholls

v t e 2020 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
See also	2020 AFL Women's season State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports

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