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2026 AFL draft
General information
Dates26 May 2026 – Mid-season Draft
19–20 November 2026 – National Draft
23 November 2026 – Rookie Draft
LocationMarvel Stadium
NetworkFox Footy
Sponsored byNational Australia Bank
Overview
LeagueAFL
← 2025
2027 →

The 2026 AFL draft will consist of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2026 AFL season.

Key dates

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Table of key dates
Event Date(s)
Mid-season rookie draft 26 May 2026
Free agency period Restricted and Unrestricted: 2–9 October 2026
Delisted: 2-6 November 2026
Trade period 5–14 October 2026
National draft 19–20 November 2026
Pre-Season and Rookie draft 23 November 2026
Pre-season supplemental selection period December 2026 – March 2027

2026 mid-season rookie draft

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The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of round 11 of the 2026 AFL season on 26 May.[1]

Mid-season draft selections
Rd Pick Player Club Recruited from Pick due to
Club League
1 1 Jaxon Artemis Essendon Tasmania VFL Brayden Fiorini long-term injury
2 Kye Annand Richmond Geelong VFL Josh Gibcus long-term injury
3 Oliver Francou West Coast North Adelaide SANFL Deven Robertson long-term injury
4 Flynn Riley Carlton Carlton VFL Matt Carroll long-term injury
5 Xavier Bamert Port Adelaide North Melbourne VFL Ivan Soldo retirement
6 Oliver Griffin North Melbourne Sandringham Dragons Talent League Blake Thredgold long-term injury
7 Campbell Lake St Kilda Southport VFL Passed selection at the 2025 Rookie Draft
8 Harrison Coe Collingwood Frankston VFL Reef McInnes long-term injury
9 Caleb May Western Bulldogs West Adelaide SANFL Sam Darcy long-term injury
10 Hugo Hall-Kahan Adelaide Williamstown VFL Passed selection at the 2025 Rookie Draft
11 Lukas Cooke Melbourne Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Tom Campbell retirement
12 Max Beattie Hawthorn Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Passed selection at the 2025 Rookie Draft
2 13 Marcus Herbert West Coast Geelong VFL Jacob Newton long-term injury
14 Alex van Wyk Port Adelaide North Adelaide SANFL Ollie Lord long-term injury
15 Liam Puncher Collingwood Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Oscar Steene long-term injury
16 Joel Fitzgerald Melbourne Williamstown VFL Jai Culley long-term injury
3 17 Passed Port Adelaide — — Josh Sinn long-term injury
18 Mitch Podhajski Collingwood Coburg VFL Jamie Elliott long-term injury
19 Max Mapley Melbourne Tasmania VFL Shane McAdam retirement

Player movements

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Previous trades

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Table of previously traded selections
Rd Orig. Club New Club Acquired via Ref
1 Gold Coast Melbourne Christian Petracca trade [2]
Sydney Carlton Charlie Curnow and Will Hayward trade [3]
2 North Melbourne Carlton pick swap
Gold Coast Carlton pick swap
Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn pick swap
St Kilda Hawthorn via West Coast (Liam Ryan trade)
on-traded to Hawthorn (pick swap)		 [4]
Carlton Port Adelaide Corey Durdin and Ben Ainsworth trade [5]
Melbourne Greater Western Sydney via Gold Coast (Christian Petracca trade)
on-traded to Greater Western Sydney (pick swap)		 [2]
3 Essendon Adelaide via Gold Coast Brayden Fiorini trade
on-traded to Adelaide (pick swap)		 [6]
Gold Coast Port Adelaide pick swap
Greater Western Sydney Melbourne Clayton Oliver trade [7]
Carlton Sydney Oliver Florent trade [8]
Collingwood Sydney Jack Buller trade [9]
Melbourne Brisbane Lions via Collingwood Brodie Mihocek trade
on-traded to Brisbane Lions (pick swap)		 [10]
Hawthorn Brisbane Lions pick swap
Brisbane Lions Carlton pick swap
Sydney West Coast via Hawthorn (Jai Serong trade)
on-traded to West Coast (pick swap)		 [11]
4 Greater Western Sydney Collingwood pick swap
Western Bulldogs West Coast pick swap
Melbourne Hawthorn Changkuoth Jiath trade [12]
Adelaide North Melbourne Finnbar Maley trade [13]
Hawthorn Sydney Jai Serong trade [11]
Sydney Collingwood Jack Buller trade [9]
5 Richmond Gold Coast pick swap

Free agency

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2026 AFL free agency period signings
Player Free agent type New club Recruited from Compensation Notes Ref
Joel Amartey Unrestricted Carlton Sydney Second round [14]
Toby Greene Unrestricted Geelong Greater Western Sydney Second round [15]
Kieren Briggs Unrestricted Richmond Greater Western Sydney Third round [16]
Lachie Neale Unrestricted Collingwood Brisbane Lions Second round [17]
Jordon Butts Unrestricted Western Bulldogs Adelaide Second round [18]
Dominic Bedendo Delisted Fremantle Port Melbourne (VFL) N/a Delisted by Western Bulldogs in 2024 [19]
Ben King Restricted Hawthorn Gold Coast First round [20]
Zak Butters Restricted Western Bulldogs Port Adelaide First round [21]
Jake Stringer Delisted St Kilda Greater Western Sydney N/a [22]

Trades

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Table of trades
Clubs involved Trade Ref
Collingwood
Greater Western Sydney		 to Collingwood (from Greater Western Sydney)
to Greater Western Sydney (from Collingwood)
  • pick No. 75
 [23]
Gold Coast
Collingwood		 to Gold Coast (from Collingwood)
to Collingwood (from Gold Coast)
  • pick No. 65
 [24]
Hawthorn
Essendon		 to Hawthorn (from Essendon)
to Essendon (from Hawthorn)
  • pick No. 15
  • pick No. 25
  • 2028 second round pick (Hawthorn)
 [25]
Richmond
Fremantle		 to Richmond (from Fremantle)
to Fremantle (from Richmond)
  • pick No. 61
 [26]
Geelong
Essendon		 to Geelong (from Essendon)
to Essendon (from Geelong)
[27]
Geelong
St Kilda		 to Geelong (from St Kilda)
to St Kilda (from Geelong)
  • pick No. 14
 [28]
Western Bulldogs
Port Adelaide
Melbourne
Hawthorn
Carlton		 to Western Bulldogs

to Hawthorn

 to Port Adelaide

to Melbourne

to Carlton

 [29]
St Kilda
Brisbane Lions		 to St Kilda (from Brisbane Lions)
to Brisbane Lions (from St Kilda)
[30]
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn		 to Western Bulldogs (from Hawthorn)
to Hawthorn (from Western Bulldogs)
[31]
Gold Coast
Hawthorn		 to Gold Coast (from Hawthorn)
to Hawthorn (from Gold Coast)
[32]
North Melbourne
Sydney		 to North Melbourne (from Sydney)
to Sydney (from North Melbourne)
[33]
Collingwood
Carlton		 to Collingwood (from Carlton)
to Carlton (from Collingwood)
[34]
Melbourne
North Melbourne		 to Melbourne (from North Melbourne)
to North Melbourne (from Melbourne)
  • pick 33
  • pick 49
 [35]
Carlton
Greater Western Sydney		 to Carlton (from Greater Western Sydney)
to Greater Western Sydney (from Carlton)
  • pick 25
  • pick 26
  • 2028 third round pick (Carlton)
 [36]
Richmond
Port Adelaide		 to Richmond (from Port Adelaide)
  • pick 5
 to Port Adelaide (from Richmond)
[37]
Greater Western Sydney
Brisbane Lions		 to Greater Western Sydney (from Brisbane Lions)
  • pick 20
  • pick 58
 to Brisbane Lions (from Greater Western Sydney)
  • pick 25
  • pick 28
 [38]
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions		 to Western Bulldogs (from Brisbane Lions)
to Brisbane Lions (from Western Bulldogs)
  • pick 42
  • pick 53
 [39]
West Coast
Melbourne		 to West Coast (from Melbourne)
to Melbourne (from West Coast)
[40]
Melbourne
Brisbane Lions		 to Melbourne (from Brisbane Lions)
to Brisbane Lions (from Melbourne)
[41]
Hawthorn
North Melbourne		 to Hawthorn (from North Melbourne)
to North Melbourne (from Hawthorn)
[42]
Essendon
Brisbane Lions		 to Essendon (from Brisbane Lions)
to Brisbane Lions (from Essendon)
  • pick 21
  • pick 27
 [43]
Port Adelaide
Adelaide		 to Port Adelaide (from Adelaide)
to Adelaide (from Port Adelaide)
  • pick 32
  • 2027 fourth round pick (Richmond)
 [44]
Melbourne
Hawthorn		 to Melbourne (from Hawthorn)
  • Bodie Ryan [a]
 to Hawthorn (from Melbourne)
  • pick 107
 [45]
Picks swapped at the 2026 National Draft

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 Notes Ref
James Harmes Western Bulldogs [46]
Steven May Melbourne [47]
Ivan Soldo Port Adelaide [48]
Tom Campbell Melbourne [49]
Shane McAdam [50]
Taylor Adams Sydney [51]
Jamie Cripps West Coast [52]
Nathan Broad Richmond [53]
Tom McDonald Melbourne [54]
Taylor Walker Adelaide [55]
Dion Prestia Richmond [56]
Steele Sidebottom Collingwood [57]
Nick Holman Gold Coast [58]
Dougal Howard St Kilda [59]
Jake Melksham Melbourne [60]
Sam Switkowski Fremantle [61]
Tom Liberatore Western Bulldogs [62]
Adam Treloar Not offered a contract and retired. [63]
Rhys Stanley Geelong [64]
Jake Kolodjashnij Medically retired over concussion issues [65]
Will Brodie Port Adelaide [66]
Dane Rampe Sydney [67]

Delistings

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Table of player delistings
Table key
R Rookie listed player
B Category B Rookie listed player
Name Club Notes Ref
Bobby Hill Collingwood Club and player mutually agreed to part ways. [68]
Tyson Stengle Geelong [69]
Matt Duffy B Carlton Returned to Ireland [70]
Jackson Mead Port Adelaide [71]
Will Lorenz
Mani Liddy
Xavier Walsh
Benny Barrett
Jacob Moss
Harry Barnett West Coast [72]
Harvey Johnston
Caleb Graham Gold Coast [73]
Asher Eastham
Cooper Bell
Liam Fawcett Richmond [74]
Kaleb Smith
Paddy Dow St Kilda [75]
Isaac Keeler
Patrick Said
Tyler Brockman West Coast [76]
Bailey Scott North Melbourne [77]
Callum Coleman-Jones
Robert Hansen Jr.
Brayden George
Wil Parker Collingwood [78]
Lachie Sullivan
Mitch Podhajski
Joel Cochran
Iliro Smit
Jakob Ryan
Kalani White Melbourne [79]
Jack Henderson
Aidan Johnson
Andy Moniz-Wakefield
Riley Onley
Oskar Baker Western Bulldogs [80]
Harvey Gallagher
Lachlan Smith
Zac Walker
Zac Williams Carlton [81]
Elijah Hollands
Lewis Young
Flynn Young
Lachie Fogarty
Jordan Boyd
Harry Charleson
Lucas Camporeale [82]
Ben Camporeale
Jade Gresham Essendon [83]
Matt Guelfi
Elijah Tsatas
Saad El-Hawli
Liam McMahon
Chayce Jones Adelaide [84]
Lachlan Sholl
Tyler Welsh
Jed Bews Geelong [85]
George Stevens
Keighton Matofai-Forbes
Henry Hustwaite Hawthorn [86]
Bodie Ryan [a] Traded to Melbourne after delisting.
James Blanck
Cody Anderson
Jaime Uhr-Henry
Sam Sturt Fremantle [87]
Bailey Banfield
Ollie Murphy
Ryda Luke
Harry Cunningham Sydney Will be drafted by Adelaide in the rookie draft. [88]
Tyler Sonsie Richmond [89]
Samson Ryan
James Trezise
Jake Stringer Greater Western Sydney Joined St Kilda as a Delisted Free Agent [90]
Max Ramsden Hawthorn Offered chance to train on for a spot during the Supplemental Selection Period [91]
Flynn Perez Offered chance to train on for a spot during the Supplemental Selection Period
Ryan Gardner Western Bulldogs [92]
Nick Coffield
Lachlan McNeil
Tom Anastasopoulos Port Adelaide [66]
Ollie Lord
Oliver Hayes-Brown Richmond [93]
Steely Green
Jack Williams West Coast [94]
Harry Schoenberg
Clay Hall
Nik Cox Essendon [95]
Tom Edwards
Kayle Gerreyn
Mitch Knevitt Geelong Club open to redrafting in National or Rookie Draft [96]
Cooper Harvey North Melbourne [97]
Zac Fisher
Luke Urquhart
Conor Stone Greater Western Sydney [98]
Harrison Coe Collingwood [99]
Noah Howes
Harry DeMattia Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft
Matthew Owies West Coast [100]
Adam Saad Carlton [101]
Jack Carroll St Kilda [102]
Darragh Joyce Brisbane Lions [103]
Luke Beecken
Koby Evans Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft
Luke Lloyd Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft
Riley Garcia Western Bulldogs Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft [104]
Jaren Carr Fremantle Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft [105]
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan Gold Coast Club Committed to re-drafting in National Draft [106]
Elliott Himmelberg Club Committed to re-drafting in National Draft
Ryan Byrnes St Kilda Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft [107]
Dan Butler Club Committed to re-signing in Rookie Draft

Essendon concessions

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Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2025, the AFL announced draft concessions for Essendon[108] which included:

  • Two extra Category A Rookie list spots.

Tasmania concessions

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As part of Tasmania's entry into the AFL in 2028, they have been provided with several draft concessions, including being able to sign up to eight 17-year-olds in each of 2026 and 2027, with a maximum of 12 total across the two years and being able to sign Tasmanian players from the 2026 draft class.[109]

Table of Tasmania concession signings
Player Recruited From League Type Ref
Axel Walsh East Perth WAFL 17 year old [110]
Angus Brown Sandringham Dragons Talent League 17 year old
Riley Stratford Sandringham Dragons Talent League 17 year old
Griffin Barker Western Jets Talent League 17 year old
Jake Miller Western Jets Talent League 17 year old
Nate Jenkins Calder Cannons Talent League 17 year old
Baxter Sruk Eastern Ranges Talent League 17 year old
Hugh McCallum Tasmania Devils VFL Tasmanian signing

2026 national draft

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Table of national draft selections
Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes
Club League
1 1 Essendon
2 Richmond
3 West Coast
4 Melbourne ←Port Adelaide
5 Richmond ←Port Adelaide Free Agency compensation pick (Butters)
6 Sydney ←North Melbourne
7 Port Adelaide ←Melbourne←Gold Coast (2025)
8 Gold Coast Free Agency compensation pick (King)
9 Greater Western Sydney
10 St Kilda
11 Collingwood
12 Port Adelaide ←Melbourne
13 Carlton
14 Melbourne ←Western Bulldogs
15 Adelaide
16 St Kilda ←Geelong
17 Essendon ←Hawthorn
18 Carlton ←Sydney (2025)
19 Fremantle
20 Greater Western Sydney ←Brisbane Lions
2 21 Brisbane Lions ←Essendon
22 Port Adelaide ←Richmond
23 West Coast
24 Port Adelaide
25 Essendon ←Brisbane Lions←Greater Western Sydney←Carlton←North Melbourne (2025)
26 Greater Western Sydney ←Carlton←Gold Coast (2025)
27 Brisbane Lions ←Essendon←Hawthorn←Greater Western Sydney (2025)
28 Brisbane Lions ←Greater Western Sydney Free Agency compensation pick (Greene)
29 Hawthorn ←West Coast (2025)←St Kilda (2025)
30 Collingwood
31 Carlton ←Greater Western Sydney←Gold Coast (2025)←Melbourne (2025)
32 Adelaide ←Port Adelaide←Carlton (2025)
33 North Melbourne ←Melbourne←Western Bulldogs
34 Port Adelaide ←Adelaide
35 Adelaide Free Agency compensation pick (Butts)
36 Geelong
37 Hawthorn
38 Sydney
39 Sydney Free Agency compensation pick (Amartey)
40 Fremantle
41 St Kilda ←Brisbane Lions
42 Western Bulldogs ←Brisbane Lions Free Agency compensation pick (Neale)
3 43 Adelaide ←Gold Coast (2025)←Essendon (2025)
44 Richmond
45 Brisbane Lions ←Melbourne←West Coast
46 Port Adelaide
47 Sydney ←North Melbourne
48 Melbourne ←Port Adelaide←Gold Coast (2025)
49 North Melbourne ←Melbourne←Greater Western Sydney (2025)
50 Carlton ←Greater Western Sydney Free Agency compensation pick (Briggs)
51 St Kilda
52 Melbourne ←North Melbourne←Sydney←Collingwood (2025)
53 Western Bulldogs ←Brisbane Lions←Collingwood (2025)←Melbourne (2025)
54 Sydney ←Carlton (2025)
55 Western Bulldogs
56 Adelaide
57 Geelong
58 West Coast ←Hawthorn (2025)←Sydney (2025)
59 Greater Western Sydney ←Brisbane Lions←Hawthorn (2025)
60 Fremantle
61 Carlton ←Brisbane Lions (2025)
4 62 Geelong ←Essendon
63 Fremantle ←Richmond
64 West Coast
65 Port Adelaide
66 North Melbourne
67 Collingwood ←Gold Coast
68 Collingwood ←Greater Western Sydney (2025)
69 St Kilda
70 Collingwood
71 Hawthorn ←Melbourne (2025)
72 Carlton
73 West Coast ←Western Bulldogs (2025)
74 North Melbourne ←Adelaide (2025)
75 Geelong
76 Sydney ←Hawthorn (2025)
77 Greater Western Sydney ←Collingwood←Sydney (2025)
78 Fremantle
79 Brisbane Lions
5 80 Essendon
81 Gold Coast ←Richmond (2025)
82 West Coast
83 Western Bulldogs ←Port Adelaide
84 North Melbourne
85 Gold Coast
86 Greater Western Sydney
87 St Kilda
88 Collingwood
89 Western Bulldogs ←Melbourne
90 Carlton
91 Western Bulldogs
92 Adelaide
93 Geelong
94 Hawthorn
95 Sydney
96 Fremantle
97 Brisbane Lions

2026 rookie draft

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Category B Rookie selections

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The AFL introduced an additional Category B rookie spot for all clubs to be able to draft an Indigenous player to their lists for the 2027 season. Previously, clubs could only list up to two Category B rookie players, however they will be able to sign a third player, provided the player is of Indigenous or First Nations background.[111]

Table of Category B rookie selections
Name Club Origin Note Date Signed Ref
Finnbarr Roarty Collingwood Donegal GAA International signing (Ireland) 14 October 2026 [112]
Oliver Purcell Hawthorn UTS Balmain Tigers (AWPL) Three-year non-registered player (water polo) 5 October 2026 [113]
Patrick Carr Richmond UT Tyler Patriots (NCAA) Three-year non-registered player (basketball) 28 May 2026 [114]


Footnotes

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  • a1 2 Bodie Ryan was originally delisted by Hawthorn on September 23. However he was still traded to Melbourne as the list lodgement date had not come yet so his contract had not officially expired.

See also

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References

[edit]
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