The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were: Academy players to be nominated by 15 September. With a bidding process held on 24 November along with father–son selections during the national draft. The free agency offer period; held between 9 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 31 October and 9 November, 11 November to 20 November, and 25 November to 26 November. The trade period; held between 12 October and 22 October. The 2015 national draft; held on 24 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre, which, for the first time, included live bidding for academy and father-son selections. The 2016 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 27 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and The 2016 rookie draft; which was held on 27 November.

Additionally, following the guilty verdicts handed down to 34 past and present Essendon players in January 2016 for doping violations, Essendon was given the opportunity to recruit top-up players between January and March 2016.

Player movements

Free agency

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2015, consisted of 74 unrestricted and restricted free agents, however, 35 of those players re-signed and 15 retired during or after the home-and-away season.

+ 2015 AFL free agency period signings Player Date Free agent type Former club New club Compensation Ref 12 October 2015 Unrestricted End of 2nd round 12 October 2015 Restricted 2nd round 15 October 2015 Restricted End of 2nd round 16 October 2015 Unrestricted None 6 November 2015 Delisted None 6 November 2015 Delisted None 9 November 2015 Delisted None 26 November 2015 Delisted None

Trades

For the first time, clubs were allowed to trade future selections from the next year's draft as well as the current draft. Geelong became the first AFL club to trade a future draft pick on 14 October 2015 when they traded their 2016 first round pick to Carlton for Lachie Henderson.

+ 2015 AFL trade period # Player(s) Traded from Traded to Traded for Ref123 first round pick ()45678 second round pick ()91011 third round pick ()121314 fifth round pick ()15 1617 second round pick ()18 second round pick () second round pick () 1920 first round pick ()212223 first round pick ()24 first round pick ()25262728 second round pick () third round pick2930 third round pick313233 fourth round pick ()34 second round pick ()

Note The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different from the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Retirements and delistings

List of 2015 AFL player changes Name Club Date Notes Quit, returned to Ireland Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately Retired, effective immediately Retired, effective immediately Retired, effective immediately Retired due to head injury, effective immediately Retired, effective after round 8 Retired, effective immediately Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately Retired due to back injury, effective immediately Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately Retired due to ongoing concussion, effective immediately Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance Delisted due to testing positive to a banned substance Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately Retired, effective at the end of the season Retired, effective at the end of the season Delisted Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately Delisted, left club for personal reasons Retired, effective after round 22 Retired, effective after round 22 Retired, effective at the end of the season Retired, effective at the end of the season Retired, effective immediately Retired due to head injury, effective immediately Retired, effective at the end of the season Delisted Retired, effective at the end of the season Retired, effective at the end of the season Delisted Retired due to foot injury, effective immediately Retired due to knee injury, effective immediately Retired, effective at the end of the season Retired, effective immediately Delisted Retired Quit, signed to play rugby league Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Delisted Retired Delisted Delisted Delisted

2015 national draft The 2015 AFL national draft was held on 24 November 2015 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. For the first time, live bidding occurred during the draft for selections made under the father–son rule and from the northern state's development academies, whereby each draft selection is allocated a points value. Clubs nominating a player were forced to use their existing draft selections to match the points value of the pick used by the club bidding for the player.

Final draft order Draft-eve selection order, club by club, and points value of each pickRoundPickClubNotes 1 1 3000 1 2 2517 1 3 2234 Traded from 1 4 2034 1 5 1878 Traded by 1 6 1751 Traded from 1 7 1644 Traded from ; received from 1 8 1551 Traded from 1 9 1469 Traded from 1 10 1395 Traded from ; received from , received from 1 11 1329 Traded from 1 12 1268 1 13 1212 1 14 1161 Traded by 1 15 1112 Traded from 1 16 1067 Traded from 1 17 1025 Traded from ; received from 1 18 985 1 19 948 Traded from ; received from ; received from via a trade in 2012; traded to the Giants by in 2011; originally received by Fremantle as compensation for Rhys Palmer. 2 20 912 Traded from 2 21 878 Traded from ; received from 2 22 845 Traded from 2 23 815 Traded from ; received from 2 24 785 Traded by 2 25 756 Traded from 2 26 729 Traded from ; received from 2 27 703 Traded from 2 28 677 Traded from ; received from ; received from ; received from ; received from 2 29 653 Traded from , received from 2 30 629 2 31 606 Traded from ; received from 2 32 584 Traded from 2 33 563 2 34 542 Traded from ; received from 2 35 522 Traded from ; received from 2 36 502 Traded from 2 37 483 Traded from ; free agency compensation pick (Selwood) 2 38 465 Traded from ; received from 2 39 446 Free agency compensation pick (Leuenberger) 2 40 429 Traded from ; received from ; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) 3 41 412 Traded from 3 42 395 3 43 378 Traded from ; received from 3 44 362 Traded by 3 45 347 3 46 331 3 47 316 Traded from 3 48 302 Traded from 3 49 287 Traded from ; received from 3 50 273 Traded from 3 51 259 3 52 246 3 53 233 Traded from ; received from ; received from ; received from ; received from 3 54 220 3 55 207 Traded from ; received from 3 56 194 Traded from 3 57 182 Traded from 3 58 170 Traded from 4 59 158 4 60 146 Traded from 4 61 135 Traded from 4 62 123 Traded from 4 63 112 Traded from ; received from 4 64 101 Traded from 4 65 90 Traded from 4 66 80 Traded from 4 67 69 4 68 59 Traded from ; received from 4 69 49 Traded from 4 70 39 Traded from 4 71 29 4 72 19 4 73 9 4 74 0 4 75 0 4 76 0 5 77 0 Traded from ; received from 5 78 0 5 79 0 5 80 0 5 81 0 5 82 0 5 83 0 5 84 0 Traded from 5 85 0 5 86 0 5 87 0 5 88 0 5 89 0 5 90 0 5 91 0 5 92 0 5 93 0 5 94 0 Traded from 6 95 0 Traded from 6 96 0 6 97 0 6 98 0 6 99 0 6 100 0 6 101 0 6 102 0 6 103 0 6 104 0 6 105 0 6 106 0 6 107 0 6 108 0 6 109 0 6 110 0 6 111 0 6 112 0 7 113 0 7 114 0 7 115 0 7 116 0 7 117 0 7 118 0 7 119 0 7 120 0 Traded from 7 121 0 7 122 0 7 123 0 7 124 0 7 125 0 7 126 0 7 127 0 7 128 0 7 129 0 7 130 0

RoundPickPlayerDrafted toRecruited fromLeagueNotes 1 1 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 1 2 Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup 1 3 North Shore Sydney AFL Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with picks 33, 36, 37 and 43 1 4 Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup Traded from 1 5 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 1 6 SANFL Traded from St Kilda 1 7 North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup Academy player; Gold Coast's bid matched with pick 11 1 8 WAFL Traded from 1 9 Eastern Ranges TAC CupTraded from ; received from 1 10 Gippsland Power TAC CupTraded from 1 11 SANFL Traded from 1 12 Geelong Falcons TAC CupTraded from 1 13 Collingullie-Glenfield Park RFNLAcademy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 34 and 40 1 14 NEAFL Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 36 and 37 1 15 North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup 1 16 Mangoplah-CUE RFNL Academy player; Adelaide's bid matched with picks 48, 50, 55 and 59 1 17 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup 1 18 Northern Knights TAC Cup Traded from 1 19 SANFL Traded from 1 20 Northern Knights TAC Cup Traded from 1 21 Gippsland Power TAC Cup Traded from ; received from 1 22 TSL 1 23 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup Traded from ; received from ; received from via a trade in 2012; received from in 2011; compensation pick from 2011 (Palmer) 2 24 NEAFL Academy player; Western Bulldogs' bid matched with Brisbane's next pick 2 25 Gippsland Power TAC Cup Traded from ; father-son eligible (son of Andrew Dunkley), but did not match bid 2 26 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup Traded from ; received from 2 27 North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup Traded from 2 28 SANFL Traded from ; received from 2 29 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup Traded from 2 30 SANFL Traded from 2 31 Eastern Ranges TAC CupTraded from ; received from 2 32 Northern Knights TAC CupTraded from 2 33 TSL Traded from ; received from ; received from ; received from ; received from 2 34 WAFL Traded from , received from 2 35 WAFL 2 36 Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup Traded from ; received from 2 37 SANFL Traded from 2 38 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup Traded from ; received from 3 39 Geelong Falcons TAC Cup Traded from ; received from ; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) 3 40 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup 3 41 Narrandera RFNL Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with GWS' next pick 3 42 Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup 3 43 NEAFL Traded from ; academy eligible, but did not match bid 3 44 Eastern Ranges TAC Cup Traded from 3 45 Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup Traded from ; received from 3 46 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup Traded from 3 47 Gippsland Power TAC Cup Traded from 3 48 SANFL 3 49 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Rice); Richmond's bid matched with St Kilda's next pick 3 50 SANFL 3 51 Northern Knights TAC Cup Traded from 3 52 TSL Traded from 3 53 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup Father–son rule selection (son of Stephen Silvagni); Essendon's bid matched with Carlton's next pick 3 54 VFL Traded from 4 55 VFL Traded from 4 56 SANFL 4 57 Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup Traded from 4 58 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup 4 59 TSL 4 60 WAFL 4 61 WAFL 4 62 SANFL 5 63 VFL Traded from ; received from 5 64 North Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup 5 65 Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup 5 66 WAFL 5 67 WAFL 6 68 VFL 6 69 Mount Gravatt QAFL 7 70 SANFL

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