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2021 AFL draft

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Draft for the Australian Football League

2021 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	2 June - Mid-season Draft 24-25 November - National Draft 26 November - Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Jason Horne-Francis (North Melbourne)
← 2020 2022 →

The2021 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in theAustralian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the2021 AFL season.

The National Draft returned to being a two day event in 2021, after being held on a single night in 2020.^[1]

After coming 18th in the 2021 AFL season, theNorth Melbourne Football Club held the number one draft pick in the National draft for the first time, selectingSouth Adelaide midfielderJason Horne-Francis.^[2]

Key dates

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Table of key dates^[3]
Event	Date(s)
Mid-season rookie draft	2 June 2021
Free agency period	Restricted and Unrestricted: 1–8 October 2021 Delisted: 3–15 November 2021
Trade period	4–13 October 2021
National draft	First round: 24 November 2021 Second and subsequent rounds: 25 November 2021
Pre-Season and Rookie draft	26 November 2021
Pre-season supplemental selection period	10 January 2022 - 9 March 2022

2021 mid-season rookie draft

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The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the2021 AFL season on 2 June.^[4] The draft was only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long term injuries or retirements.

Mid-season draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Pick due to
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Pick due to
1	1	Jacob Edwards	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Flynn Perez long-term injury
	2	Jai Newcombe	Hawthorn	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Jonathon Patton retirement
	3	Ash Johnson	Collingwood	Sturt	SANFL	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft
	4	Patrick Parnell	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	Tyson Stengle delisting
	5	Ned Moyle	Gold Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Jarrod Witts long-term injury
	6	Alex Mirkov	Carlton	Carlton	VFL	Caleb Marchbank long-term injury
	7	Max Heath	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Dylan Roberton retirement
	8	James Peatling	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	VFL	Lachlan Keeffe long-term injury
	9	Sam Durham	Essendon	Richmond	VFL	Irving Mosquito long-term injury
	10	Matthew Parker	Richmond	South Fremantle	WAFL	Ivan Soldo long-term injury
	11	William Collins	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Daniel Venables long-term injury
	12	Lachlan McAndrew	Sydney	Sydney	VFL	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft
	13	Jed McEntee	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft
	14	Kalin Lane	Brisbane Lions	Claremont	WAFL	Cam Rayner long-term injury
	15	Kye Declase	Melbourne	Werribee	VFL	Aaron Nietschke long-term injury
2	16	Charlie Ham	North Melbourne	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft
	17	Jackson Callow	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL	James Sicily long-term injury
	18	Aiden Begg	Collingwood	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft
	19	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—	Rory Thompson long-term injury
	20	Jordan Boyd	Carlton	Footscray	VFL	David Cuningham long-term injury
	21	Cooper Sharman	St Kilda	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Jade Gresham long-term injury
	22	Passed	Essendon	—	—	Michael Hurley long-term injury
	23	Connor West	West Coast	West Perth	WAFL	Jarrod Cameron long-term injury
	24	Daniel Turner	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	Marty Hore long-term injury
3	25	Passed	Carlton	—	—	Sam Philp long-term injury
3	26	Passed	St Kilda	—	—	Ben Paton long-term injury
4	27	Passed	St Kilda	—	—	Passed selection at the2020 Rookie Draft

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 30 selections for the 2021 draft were traded during the2020 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the2020 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the2021 season.

Table of previously traded selections
Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	^[5]
	Geelong	Richmond	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
2	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
	St Kilda	Richmond	Jack Higgins trade	^[6]
	Essendon	Geelong	viaGreater Western Sydney (Jye Caldwell trade) on-traded toGeelong (Jeremy Cameron trade)	^[7] ^[8]
	Greater Western Sydney	Geelong	Jeremy Cameron trade	^[8]
	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	Adam Treloar trade	^[9]
	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne	Pick swap	^[5]
	Port Adelaide	West Coast	viaSydney (Aliir Aliir trade) on-traded toWest Coast (Tom Hickey trade)	^[10] ^[11]
	Melbourne	Adelaide	Pick swap	^[12]
3	Gold Coast	Richmond	Oleg Markov trade	^[13]
	Adelaide	Collingwood	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
	Carlton	Gold Coast	viaSydney (pick swap) on-traded toGold Coast (pick swap)	^[14] ^[15]
	Fremantle	Collingwood	Pick swap at the2020 National Draft
	West Coast	Brisbane Lions	Alex Witherden trade	^[16]
	Sydney	West Coast	Tom Hickey trade	^[11]
	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne	Mitch Hannan trade	^[17]
	Port Adelaide	Essendon	Orazio Fantasia trade	^[18]
	Melbourne	Gold Coast	viaBrisbane Lions (pick swap) on-traded toGeelong (Nakia Cockatoo trade) on-traded toGold Coast (pick swap)	^[19] ^[20] ^[21]
4	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	viaMelbourne (Ben Brown trade) on-traded toHawthorn (Pick swap at the2020 National Draft)	^[22]
	Collingwood	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	^[23]
	Hawthorn	Port Adelaide	viaAdelaide (Kyle Hartigan trade) on-traded toPort Adelaide (Pick swap at the2020 National Draft)	^[24]
	Richmond	Hawthorn	viaSt Kilda (Jack Higgins trade) on-traded toHawthorn (Pick swap at the2020 National Draft)	^[6]
	Fremantle	Adelaide	Pick swap	^[25]
	Essendon	Gold Coast	Peter Wright trade	^[26]
	Brisbane Lions	North Melbourne	viaMelbourne (pick swap) on-traded toNorth Melbourne (Ben Brown trade)	^[19] ^[22]
	Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	viaAdelaide (pick swap) on-traded toBrisbane Lions (pick swap)	^[12] ^[27]
	Geelong	Port Adelaide	viaGreater Western Sydney (Jeremy Cameron trade) on-traded toCollingwood (Pick swap at the2020 National Draft) on-traded toPort Adelaide (Pick swap at the2020 National Draft)	^[8]

Player movements

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Free agency

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2021 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	New club	Compensation	Ref
Jake Kelly	Unrestricted	Adelaide	Essendon	3rd round	^[28]
Mabior Chol	Unrestricted	Richmond	Gold Coast	End of 2nd round	^[29]
George Hewett	Restricted	Sydney	Carlton	End of 2nd round	^[30]
Luke Dunstan	Unrestricted	St Kilda	Melbourne	None	^[31]
Tim O'Brien	Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	None	^[32]
Jarrod Brander	Delisted	West Coast	Greater Western Sydney	—	^[33]
Sam Skinner^[a]	Delisted	South Adelaide (SANFL)	Port Adelaide	—	^[34]
Tom Campbell	Delisted	North Melbourne	St Kilda	—	^[35]
Tyson Stengle^*^[b]	Delisted	Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)	Geelong	—	^[36]
Hugh Greenwood	Delisted	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	—	^[37]

^a Sam Skinner was delisted byBrisbane Lions in 2020
^b Tyson Stengle was delisted byAdelaide during the 2021 pre-season

Trades

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Table of trades
Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Gold Coast Collingwood	toGold Coast (fromCollingwood) 2022 second round pick (Collingwood) 2022 third round pick (Collingwood) 2022 fourth round pick (Collingwood)	toCollingwood (fromGold Coast) pick #22 pick #46 pick #58 pick #79 2022 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	^[38]
Collingwood Geelong	toCollingwood (fromGeelong) Nathan Kreuger pick #55	toGeelong (fromCollingwood) pick #41	^[39]
Port Adelaide Greater Western Sydney	toPort Adelaide (fromGreater Western Sydney) Jeremy Finlayson	toGreater Western Sydney (fromPort Adelaide) 2022 third round pick (Port Adelaide)	^[40]
Melbourne Western Bulldogs Adelaide St Kilda	toMelbourne pick #17 (fromWestern Bulldogs) pick #37 (fromAdelaide) pick #49 (fromSt Kilda) toWestern Bulldogs pick #23 (fromAdelaide) pick #44 (fromAdelaide) pick #45 (fromMelbourne)	toAdelaide pick #33 (fromMelbourne) pick #75 (fromWestern Bulldogs) 2022 first round pick (Melbourne) toSt Kilda pick #62 (fromAdelaide) pick #66 (fromAdelaide) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	^[41]
Collingwood Fremantle	toCollingwood (fromFremantle) pick #22	toFremantle (fromCollingwood) pick #27 2022 third round pick (Fremantle)	^[42]
Fremantle Gold Coast	toFremantle (fromGold Coast) Will Brodie pick #19 pick #61 pick #69	toGold Coast (fromFremantle) 2022 second round pick (Fremantle) 2022 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	^[43]
Carlton Fremantle	toCarlton (fromFremantle) Adam Cerra	toFremantle (fromCarlton) pick #6 2022 third round pick (Carlton)	^[44]
West Coast Carlton Western Bulldogs	toWest Coast (fromCarlton) Sam Petrevski-Seton toCarlton (fromWestern Bulldogs) Lewis Young	toWestern Bulldogs (fromWest Coast) pick #52	^[45]
North Melbourne Richmond	toNorth Melbourne (fromRichmond) Callum Coleman-Jones pick #42 pick #47 2022 fourth round pick (Richmond)	toRichmond (fromNorth Melbourne) Robbie Tarrant pick #40 2022 second round pick (North Melbourne)	^[46]
Collingwood Western Bulldogs	toCollingwood (fromWestern Bulldogs) Patrick Lipinski	toWestern Bulldogs (fromCollingwood) pick #43	^[47]
Adelaide Sydney	toAdelaide (fromSydney) Jordan Dawson	toSydney (fromAdelaide) 2022 first round pick (Melbourne)	^[48]
Brisbane Lions Geelong	toBrisbane Lions (fromGeelong) Darcy Fort pick #41	toGeelong (fromBrisbane Lions) pick #50 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	^[49]
Geelong Hawthorn	toGeelong (fromHawthorn) Jonathon Ceglar 2022 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	toHawthorn (fromGeelong) 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	^[50]
Fremantle Geelong	toFremantle (fromGeelong) Jordan Clark 2022 fourth round pick (Geelong)	toGeelong (fromFremantle) pick #22 2022 third round pick (Carlton)	^[51]
Sydney Port Adelaide	toSydney (fromPort Adelaide) Peter Ladhams pick #16	toPort Adelaide (fromSydney) pick #12 2022 third round pick (Sydney)	^[52]
Hawthorn Collingwood	toHawthorn (fromCollingwood) Max Lynch 2022 third round pick (Fremantle) 2022 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	toCollingwood (fromHawthorn) 2022 third round pick (Hawthorn) 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)	^[53]
Richmond Collingwood	toRichmond (fromCollingwood) pick #27	toCollingwood (fromRichmond) pick #38 pick #40 2022 third round pick (Richmond)	^[54]
Greater Western Sydney Brisbane Lions	toGreater Western Sydney (fromBrisbane Lions) pick #54	toBrisbane Lions (fromGreater Western Sydney) 2022 third round pick (Port Adelaide)	^[55]
St Kilda Collingwood	toSt Kilda (fromCollingwood) pick #55	toCollingwood (fromSt Kilda) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	^[56]
Picks swapped at the 2021 National Draft
Geelong Western Bulldogs	toGeelong (fromWestern Bulldogs) pick #23	toWestern Bulldogs (fromGeelong) pick #32 pick #34
North Melbourne Western Bulldogs	toNorth Melbourne (fromWestern Bulldogs) pick #32 pick #52 2022 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)	toWestern Bulldogs (fromNorth Melbourne) pick #42 pick #47 2022 third round pick (North Melbourne)
North Melbourne Collingwood	toNorth Melbourne (fromCollingwood) pick #36	toCollingwood (fromNorth Melbourne) pick #48 2022 third round pick (Western Bulldogs)
Port Adelaide West Coast	toPort Adelaide (fromWest Coast) pick #12	toWest Coast (fromPort Adelaide) pick #14 2022 second round pick (Port Adelaide)
Collingwood Greater Western Sydney	toCollingwood (fromGreater Western Sydney) pick #48	toGreater Western Sydney (fromCollingwood) 2022 fourth round pick (Adelaide)
Adelaide Melbourne	toAdelaide (fromMelbourne) pick #43	toMelbourne (fromAdelaide) 2022 third round pick (Adelaide)
Port Adelaide Carlton	toPort Adelaide (fromCarlton) pick #55	toCarlton (fromPort Adelaide) 2022 fourth round pick (Port Adelaide)
Collingwood Geelong	toCollingwood (fromGeelong) pick #45	toGeelong (fromCollingwood) pick #47 2022 third round pick (Brisbane Lions)
St Kilda Melbourne	toSt Kilda (fromMelbourne) pick #51	toMelbourne (fromSt Kilda) 2022 fourth round pick (St Kilda)
West Coast Port Adelaide	toWest Coast (fromPort Adelaide) pick #62	toPort Adelaide (fromWest Coast) 2022 fourth round pick (West Coast)

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
Name	Club	Ref
Sam Lloyd	Western Bulldogs	^[57]
Ross McQuillan(B)	Essendon	^[58]
Tom Scully	Hawthorn	^[59]
Dylan Roberton	St Kilda	^[60]
Jonathon Patton	Hawthorn	^[61]
Levi Greenwood	Collingwood	^[62]
Chris Mayne	Collingwood	^[63]
Lin Jong	Western Bulldogs	^[64]
Daniel Venables(R)	West Coast	^[65]
Marc Murphy	Carlton	^[66]
Stephen Hill	Fremantle	^[67]
Tom Rockliff	Port Adelaide	^[68]
Patrick Ambrose	Essendon	^[69]
Jack Hombsch(R)	Gold Coast	^[70]
Jordan Murdoch(R)		^[70]
Zac Smith(R)		^[71]
Eddie Betts(R)	Carlton	^[72]
David Astbury	Richmond	^[73]
Cale Hooker	Essendon	^[74]
Jarrod Harbrow(R)	Gold Coast	^[75]
Shaun McKernan	St Kilda	^[76]
David Mackay(R)	Adelaide	^[77]
Bachar Houli	Richmond	^[78]
Shaun Burgoyne	Hawthorn	^[79]
Jake Carlisle	St Kilda	^[80]
James Frawley	St Kilda	^[81]
Anton Tohill(B)	Collingwood	^[82]
Nathan Vardy	West Coast	^[83]
Grant Birchall(R)	Brisbane Lions	^[84]
Nathan Jones	Melbourne	^[85]
Josh Jenkins	Geelong	^[86]
Archie Smith	Brisbane Lions	^[87]
Neville Jetta	Melbourne	^[88]
Lachie Henderson	Geelong	^[89]
Stefan Okunbor(B)	Geelong	^[89]
Josh Thomas	Collingwood	^[90]
Daniel Talia	Adelaide	^[91]
Easton Wood	Western Bulldogs	^[92]
Shane Mumford	Greater Western Sydney	^[93]
Liam Jones	Carlton	^[94]
Aaron vandenBerg	Melbourne	^[95]

Delistings

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

Table of player delistings
Name	Club	Ref
Tyson Stengle	Adelaide	^[96]
Leno Thomas(B)	Fremantle	^[97]
Tom Lynch	Adelaide	^[98]
Levi Casboult	Carlton	^[99]
Reece Conca	Fremantle	^[100]
Patrick Naish	Richmond	^[101]
Brett Bewley(R)	Fremantle	^[102]
Taylin Duman
Stefan Giro
Tobe Watson(R)
David Zaharakis	Essendon	^[103]
Taylor Garner	North Melbourne	^[104]
Dom Tyson
Will Walker
Connor Menadue(R)
James Cousins	Hawthorn	^[105]
Damon Greaves(R)
Michael Hartley
Keegan Brooksby(R)
Harry Pepper(B)
Mark Hutchings(R)	West Coast	^[83]
Brendon Ah Chee(R)	West Coast	^[83]
Irving Mosquito	Essendon	^[106]
Ned Cahill
Lachlan Johnson
Oscar Clavarino(R)	St Kilda	^[107]
Sam Alabakis(B)	St Kilda	^[107]
Hamish Hartlett	Port Adelaide	^[108]
Joel Garner
Tyson Goldsack(R)
Sam Reid	Greater Western Sydney	^[109]
Matthew Buntine		^[109]
Nick Shipley		^[110]
Tom Hutchesson		^[110]
Brayden Ainsworth	West Coast	^[111]
Ben Johnson
Will Collins(R)
Ben Jarvis	Geelong	^[86]
Cameron Taheny	Geelong	^[86]
Kaiden Brand	Sydney	^[112]
Sam Gray(R)
Matthew Ling
Malachy Carruthers(R)
Aiden Fyfe(R)	Gold Coast	^[113]
Jay Lockhart	Melbourne	^[88]
Aaron Nietschke(R)
Austin Bradtke(B)
Jarrod Cameron	West Coast	^[114]
Michael Gibbons	Carlton	^[115]
Sam Ramsay	Carlton	^[115]
Oscar Brownless(R)	Geelong	^[116]
Lochie O'Brien	Carlton	^[117]
Matt Cottrell(R)	Carlton	^[117]
Martin Gleeson(R)	Essendon	^[118]
Brayden Sier	Collingwood	^[90]
Jay Rantall	Collingwood	^[90]
Charlie Constable	Geelong	^[119]
Oliver Hanrahan	Hawthorn	^[120]
Will Hayes(R)	Western Bulldogs	^[121]
Ben Cavarra(R)	Western Bulldogs	^[121]
Jarrod Lienert	Port Adelaide	^[122]
Boyd Woodcock(R)
Sam Mayes
Trent Burgoyne(R)
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith(R)	Richmond	^[123]
Ryan Garthwaite
Noah Cumberland
Bigoa Nyuon
Jack Lonie	St Kilda	^[124]
Marty Hore	Melbourne	^[125]
Kye Declase(R)	Melbourne	^[125]
Shaun Atley	North Melbourne	^[126]
Trent Dumont
Tom Campbell(R)
Charlie Ham(R)
Cam Ellis-Yolmen	Brisbane Lions	^[127]
Tom Joyce
Brock Smith
Connor Ballenden(R)
Jarrod Brander	West Coast	^[128]
Ben Davis	Adelaide	^[129]
Ronin O'Connor	Adelaide	^[129]
Paul Hunter	St Kilda	^[130]
Connor Blakely	Fremantle	^[131]
Mitch Crowden	Fremantle	^[131]
Jacob Townsend(R)	Gold Coast	^[132]
Luke Towey(B)	Gold Coast	^[132]
Jared Polec	North Melbourne	^[133]
Lewis Taylor	Sydney	^[134]
Dylan Clarke	Essendon	^[135]
Hugh Greenwood	Gold Coast	^[136]
Rory Thompson
Jez McLenan
Jacob Wehr	Greater Western Sydney	^[137]

2021 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	Jason Horne-Francis	North Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL
	2	Sam Darcy	Western Bulldogs	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son ofLuke Darcy), matched bid byGreater Western Sydney, used picks 34, 42, 43, 44, 45^[138]
	3	Finn Callaghan	Greater Western Sydney	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Collingwood (2020)
	4	Nick Daicos *	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League	Father–son selection (son ofPeter Daicos), matched bid byGold Coast, used picks 38, 40, 42, 44^[139]
	5	Mac Andrew	Gold Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
	6	Josh Rachele	Adelaide	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League
	7	Josh Ward	Hawthorn	Northern Knights	NAB League
	8	Jye Amiss	Fremantle	East Perth	WAFL	←Carlton
	9	Josh Gibcus	Richmond	GWV Rebels	NAB League
	10	Neil Erasmus	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL
	11	Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	St Kilda	Glenelg	SANFL
	12	Josh Sinn	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←West Coast (draft)
	13	Ben Hobbs	Essendon	GWV Rebels	NAB League
	14	Campbell Chesser	West Coast	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Port Adelaide (draft)←Sydney
	15	Leek Aleer	Greater Western Sydney	Central District	SANFL
	16	Darcy Wilmot	Brisbane Lions	Northern Knights	NAB League
	17	Tom Brown	Richmond	Murray Bushrangers	NAB League	←Geelong (2020)
	18	Angus Sheldrick	Sydney	Claremont	WAFL	←Port Adelaide
	19	Jacob van Rooyen	Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL	←Western Bulldogs
	20	Kai Lohmann	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	NAB League	←Melbourne (2020)
2	21	Matthew Johnson	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL	←Gold Coast (priority pick)
	22	Josh Goater	North Melbourne	Calder Cannons	NAB League
	23	Sam Butler	Hawthorn	GWV Rebels	NAB League	←Collingwood (2020)
	24	Toby Conway	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	←Fremantle←Collingwood←Gold Coast
	25	Mitch Knevitt	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League	←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Adelaide
	26	Connor MacDonald	Hawthorn	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League
	27	Jesse Motlop	Carlton	South Fremantle	WAFL
	28	Tyler Sonsie	Richmond	Eastern Ranges	NAB League
	29	Sam Banks	Richmond	Tasmania Devils	NAB League	←Collingwood←Fremantle
	30	Judson Clarke	Richmond	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	←St Kilda (2020)
	31	Brady Hough	West Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL
	32	James Willis	Geelong	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Greater Western Sydney (2020)←Essendon (2020)
	33	Mitchito Owens	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Japanese descent), matched bid bySydney, used picks 48 and 54^[140]
	34	Matthew Roberts	Sydney	South Adelaide	SANFL
	35	Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	Western Jets	NAB League	←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Geelong (draft)←Greater Western Sydney (2020)
	36	Jake Soligo	Adelaide	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	←Melbourne←Brisbane Lions (2020)
	37	Rhett Bazzo	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	←Sydney (2020)←Port Adelaide (2020)
	38	Miller Bergman	North Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	NAB League	←Collingwood (draft)←Western Bulldogs (2020)
	39	Blake Howes	Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Adelaide←Melbourne (2020)
3	40	Corey Warner	Sydney	East Fremantle	WAFL	Free agency compensation pick (Hewett)
	41	James Tunstill	Brisbane Lions	East Perth	WAFL	←Geelong←Collingwood
	42	Josh Fahey	Greater Western Sydney	Queanbeyan Tigers	AFL Canberra	Academy selection, matched bid byWestern Bulldogs, used picks 47 and 89^[141]
	43	Arthur Jones	Western Bulldogs	Claremont	WAFL	←North Melbourne (draft)←Richmond←Gold Coast (2020)
	44	Zac Taylor	Adelaide	Calder Cannons	NAB League	←Melbourne (draft)←St Kilda
	45	Arlo Draper	Collingwood	South Adelaide	SANFL
	46	Alastair Lord	Essendon	Norwood	SANFL
	47	Marcus Windhager	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid byGeelong, used pick 57^[142]
	48	Flynn Kroeger	Geelong	Eastern Ranges	NAB League	←Brisbane Lions←West Coast (2020)
	49	Cooper Murley	Collingwood	Norwood	SANFL	←North Melbourne (draft)←Western Bulldogs (draft)←Carlton←West Coast←Sydney (2020)
	50	Garrett McDonagh	Essendon	Richmond	VFL	←Port Adelaide (2020)
	51	Oscar Adams	St Kilda	Glenelg	SANFL	←Melbourne (draft)←Western Bulldogs (2020)
	52	Harvey Harrison	Collingwood	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Gold Coast←Geelong (2020)←Brisbane Lions (2020)←Melbourne (2020)
4	53	Jai Serong	Hawthorn	Gippsland Power	NAB League	←Melbourne (2020)←North Melbourne (2020)
	54	Eric 'Roy' Benning	Fremantle	Claremont	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) ←Gold Coast
	55	Hugh Jackson	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	←Adelaide (2020)←Hawthorn (2020)
	56	Dante Visentini	Port Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Carlton (draft)
	57	Jack Williams	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL
	58	Lachlan Rankin	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	59	Jackson Archer	North Melbourne	Northern Knights	NAB League	Father–son selection (son ofGlenn Archer) ←Melbourne (2020)←Brisbane Lions (2020)
	60	Jase Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	Father–son selection (son ofPeter Burgoyne) ←Collingwood (2020)←Greater Western Sydney (2020)←Geelong (2020)
	61	Luke Cleary	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	62	Greg Clark	West Coast	Subiaco	WAFL	←Port Adelaide (draft)
	63	Charlie Constable	Gold Coast	Geelong	AFL
	64	Cooper Whyte	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	NAB League
	65	Taj Woewodin	Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL	Father–son selection (son ofShane Woewodin)

Rookie elevations

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Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on theirrookie list in 2021 to their 2022 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations^[143]
Player	Club
Ben Keays	Adelaide
Josh Honey	Carlton
Matthew Kennedy	Carlton
Will Snelling	Essendon
Ethan Hughes	Fremantle
Emerson Jeka	Hawthorn
Dylan Moore
Ned Reeves
James Jordon	Melbourne
Martin Frederick	Port Adelaide
Rhyan Mansell	Richmond
Callum Wilkie	St Kilda
Ryan Gardner	Western Bulldogs

2022 pre-season draft

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Table of pre-season draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—
	2	Passed	Collingwood	—	—
	3	Rory Thompson	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	4	Luke Nankervis	Adelaide	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League
	5	Passed	Essendon	—	—

2022 rookie draft

[edit]

Table of rookie draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Jared Polec	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
	2	Charlie Dean	Collingwood	Williamstown	VFL
	3	Levi Casboult	Gold Coast	Carlton	AFL
	4	Ben Davis	Adelaide	Adelaide	AFL
	5	Ned Long	Hawthorn	Northern Knights	NAB League
	6	Lochie O'Brien	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
	7	Bigoa Nyuon	Richmond	Richmond	AFL
	8	Karl Worner	Fremantle	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	9	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	10	Passed	West Coast	—	—
	11	Patrick Voss	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	NAB League
	12	Lewis Taylor	Sydney	Sydney	AFL
	13	Cooper Hamilton	Greater Western Sydney	Bendigo Pioneers	NAB League
	14	Cam Ellis-Yolmen	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
	15	Oliver Dempsey	Geelong	Old Carey Grammarians	VAFA
	16	Trent Dumont	Port Adelaide	North Melbourne	AFL
	17	Charlie Parker	Western Bulldogs	Sturt	SANFL
	18	Judd McVee	Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL
2	19	Passed	North Melbourne	—	—
	20	Isaac Chugg	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL
	21	Jez McLennan	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
	22	Passed	Adelaide	—	—
	23	Passed	Hawthorn	—	—
	24	Matt Cottrell	Carlton	Carlton	AFL
	25	Mitch Crowden	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	26	Passed	St Kilda	—	—
	27	Passed	Essendon	—	—
	28	Passed	Sydney	—	—
	29	Jacob Wehr	Greater Western Sydney	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
	30	Passed	Geelong	—	—
	31	Sam Mayes	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
	32	Robbie McComb	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL
3	33	Passed	Gold Coast	—	—
	34	Connor Blakely	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
	35	Passed	Essendon	—	—
4	36	Sandy Brock	Gold Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Academy selection
5	37	Bodhi Uwland	Gold Coast	Broadbeach	QAFL	Academy selection

Category B rookie selections

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Table of Category B rookie selections
Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Domanic Akuei	Carlton	Northern Knights (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (Sudanese descent)	^[144]
Fionn O'Hara	Hawthorn	Westmeath GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[145]
Andy Moniz-Wakefield	Melbourne	NT Thunder (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	^[146]
Jack Peris	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	^[147]
Josiah Kyle	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	^[147]
Cody Raak	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets (NAB League)	Next Generation Academy selection (indigenous)	^[148]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

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Table of Pre-season supplemental selection period signings
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref
Mitch Cox	Brisbane Lions	Williamstown	VFL		^[149]
Tex Wanganeen	Essendon	Sturt	SANFL	Son ofGavin Wanganeen	^[150]
Nic Martin	Essendon	Subiaco	WAFL		^[150]
James Tsitas	Gold Coast	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL		^[151]
Tom Lynch	North Melbourne	Adelaide	AFL		^[152]
Jack Hayes	St Kilda	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL		^[153]
Jarrod Lienert	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	AFL		^[154]
Paddy McCartin	Sydney	Sydney	VFL	Previously listed withSt Kilda	^[155]
Hugh Dixon	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed withFremantle	^[156]
Luke Strnadica		East Fremantle	WAFL	Previously listed withFremantle	^[157]
Patrick Naish		Richmond	AFL
Tom Joyce		Brisbane Lions	AFL

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v t e 2021 AFL national draft
First round	1.Jason Horne-Francis 2.Sam Darcy(F/S) 3.Finn Callaghan 4.Nick Daicos(F/S) 5.Mac Andrew 6.Josh Rachele 7.Josh Ward 8.Jye Amiss 9.Josh Gibcus 10.Neil Erasmus 11.Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 12.Josh Sinn 13.Ben Hobbs 14.Campbell Chesser 15.Leek Aleer 16.Darcy Wilmot 17.Tom Brown 18.Angus Sheldrick 19.Jacob van Rooyen 20.Kai Lohmann
Second round	21.Matthew Johnson 22.Josh Goater 23.Sam Butler 24.Toby Conway 25.Mitch Knevitt 26.Connor MacDonald 27.Jesse Motlop 28.Tyler Sonsie 29.Sam Banks 30.Judson Clarke 31.Brady Hough 32.James Willis 33.Mitch Owens(academy selection) 34.Matthew Roberts 35.Paul Curtis 36.Jake Soligo 37.Rhett Bazzo 38.Miller Bergman 39.Blake Howes
Third round	40.Corey Warner 41.James Tunstill 42.Josh Fahey(academy selection) 43.Arthur Jones 44.Zac Taylor 45.Arlo Draper 46.Alastair Lord 47.Marcus Windhager(academy selection) 48.Flynn Kroeger 49.Cooper Murley 50.Garret McDonagh 51.Oscar Adams 52.Harvey Harrison
Fourth round	53.Jai Serong 54.Eric Benning(academy selection) 55.Hugh Jackson 56.Dante Visentini 57.Jack Williams 58.Lachlan Rankin 59.Jackson Archer(F/S) 60.Jase Burgoyne(F/S) 61.Luke Cleary 62.Greg Clark 63.Charlie Constable 64.Cooper Whyte 65.Taj Woewodin(F/S)

v t e 2021 AFL mid-season rookie draft
First round	1.Jacob Edwards 2.Jai Newcombe 3.Ash Johnson 4.Patrick Parnell 5.Ned Moyle 6.Alex Mirkov 7.Max Heath 8.James Peatling 9.Sam Durham 10.Matthew Parker 11.William Collins 12.Lachlan McAndrew 13.Jed McEntee 14.Kalin Lane 15.Kye Declase
Second round	16.Charlie Ham 17.Jackson Callow 18.Aiden Begg 19.Jordan Boyd 20.Cooper Sharman 21.Connor West 22.Daniel Turner

v t e 2022 AFL rookie draft
First round	1.Jared Polec 2.Charlie Dean 3.Levi Casboult 4.Ben Davis 5.Ned Long 6.Lochie O'Brien 7.Bigoa Nyuon 8.Karl Worner 11.Patrick Voss 12.Lewis Taylor 13.Cooper Hamilton 14.Cam Ellis-Yolmen 15.Oliver Dempsey 16.Trent Dumont 17.Charlie Parker 18.Judd McVee
Second round	20.Isaac Chugg 21.Jez McLennan 23.Matt Cottrell 24.Mitch Crowden 28.Jacob Wehr 30.Sam Mayes 31.Robbie McComb
Third round	33.Connor Blakely 35.Sandy Brock 36.Bodhi Uwland

v t e 2021 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 Mid-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
See also	2021 AFL Women's season

v t e VFL/AFL drafts
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