The2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. TheAFL draft is the annual draft of players byAustralian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, theAustralian Football League (AFL).
In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. TheFremantle Dockers originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the2001 AFL season but they traded it toHawthorn forTrent Croad. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side.
The draft was known widely as the "superdraft"[1] due to the recruitment of modern star players such asLuke Hodge,Luke Ball,Chris Judd,Jimmy Bartel,Nick Dal Santo,Steve Johnson,Sam Mitchell,Leigh Montagna,Gary Ablett,Brian Lake,Matthew Boyd,James Kelly,Dane Swan,Lewis Roberts-Thomson,Campbell Brown, andDavid Hale.[2] All of the aforementioned players played in at least oneGrand Final; all but Dal Santo and Montagna played in a premiership team; and Judd, Mitchell, and Hodge (three times) captained their respective teams to victories in the2006,2008,2013,2014 and2015 grand finals. Furthermore, Judd (2004,2010), Bartel (2007), Ablett (2009,2013), Swan (2011) and Mitchell (2012) also won theBrownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (2005), Johnson (2007), Hodge (2008 and2014), Bartel (2011) and Lake (2013) all won aNorm Smith Medal, which is awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final.
In alphabetical order of new clubs
| * | 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 been selected asRising Star |
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