This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2019 AFL season. The season was notable in that Richmond's Marlion Pickett became the first player since 1952 to make his debut in an AFL Grand Final and the first since 1928 to win a premiership in his debut game.
Summary + Summary of debuts in 2019 Club AFL debuts Change of club 2 1 2 4 4 6 2 1 3 3 4 4 5 2 5 6 6 1 3 3 7 4 4 5 6 3 7 2 5 4 5 3 3 2 5 2 Total 78 56
AFL debuts Name Club Age at debut Debutround Games(in 2019) Goals(in 2019) Notes18 years, 262 days1 22 6 Pick 1, 2018 national draft, Round 4 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination23 years, 310 days1 21 16 2018 pre-season supplemental selection19 years, 149 days1 13 6 Pick 25, 2017 national draft19 years, 308 days1 7 5 Pick 36, 2017 national draft, Round 2 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination18 years, 157 days1 18 11 Pick 15, 2018 national draft19 years, 357 days1 25 28 Pick 57, 2017 national draft, Round 8 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination23 years, 185 days1 23 5 Pick 11, 2019 rookie draft18 years, 296 days1 2 1 Pick 27, 2018 national draft1 14 1 Pick 56, 2018 national draft20 years, 173 days1 10 2 Pick 33, 2016 national draft18 years, 259 days1 20 11 Pick 18, 2018 national draft, Nephew of Jamie Duursma, Round 6 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination1 22 29 Pick 5, 2018 national draft, Round 3 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination18 years, 196 days1 19 12 Pick 12, 2018 national draft1 8 3 Pick 9, 2018 national draft18 years, 106 days1 23 11 Pick 7, 2018 national draft, Round 9 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination1 21 19 Pick 10, 2018 national draft, Academy selection, son of John Blakey, Round 14 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination1 17 16 Pick 47, 2018 national draft1 22 0 Pick 3, 2019 rookie draft18 years, 227 days1 21 3 Pick 2, 2018 national draft23 years, 118 days1 14 4 2018 pre-draft selection21 years, 114 days1 7 4 Pick 57, 2018 national draft18 years, 258 days1 4 3 Pick 49, 2018 national draft, Father-son selection, son of Robert Scott, Round 1 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination2 12 9 2018 pre-season supplemental selection2 20 16 Pick 8, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), Round 12 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination18 years, 343 days3 17 10 2018 pre-season supplemental selection, Round 11 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination3 4 0 Pick 37, 2016 national draft19 years, 246 days3 7 2 Pick 67, 2017 national draft18 years, 236 days4 1 0 Pick 44, 2018 national draft18 years, 222 days4 7 1 Pick 43, 2018 national draft19 years, 359 days5 5 3 Pick 72, 2018 national draft18 years, 181 days5 7 2 Pick 14, 2018 national draft18 years, 213 days5 12 4 Pick 25, 2018 national draft23 years, 320 days5 9 4 Pick 78, 2018 national draft5 6 0 Pick 6, 2019 rookie draft19 years, 264 days6 19 2 Pick 55, 2018 national draft6 9 3 2018 pre-draft selection23 years, 361 days7 2 0 Pick 41, 2017 rookie draft19 years, 102 days7 5 0 Pick 19, 2018 national draft8 2 0 Pick 46, 2018 national draft20 years, 357 days9 9 2 Pick 48, 2017 national draft9 3 2 Pick 67, 2018 national draft20 years, 362 days9 2 1 Pick 20, 2017 rookie draft25 years, 285 days9 3 5 Pick 65, 2018 national draft19 years, 363 days9 4 0 Pick 60, 2017 national draft18 years, 316 days9 14 17 Pick 6, 2018 national draft21 years, 131 days10 5 2 Pick 9, 2017 rookie draft19 years, 346 days10 1 0 Pick 20, 2017 national draft10 7 1 Pick 59, 2018 national draft11 2 2 Pick 6, 2019 mid-season draft20 years, 143 days12 2 1 Pick 34, 2017 national draft, son of Chris Naish24 years, 300 days13 11 11 Pick 54, 2018 national draft25 years, 150 days13 5 0 2016 Category B rookie selection (athletics)14 7 11 Pick 39, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)15 1 0 Pick 75, 2016 national draft20 years, 306 days15 9 7 Pick 14, 2017 rookie draft15 1 0 Pick 27, 2019 rookie draft19 years, 171 days16 4 0 Pick 13, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent)16 2 0 2017 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)16 5 3 Pick 3, 2019 mid-season draft22 years, 109 days17 5 0 Pick 14, 2019 mid-season draft19 years, 155 days17 8 7 Pick 24, 2018 national draft20 years, 181 days18 4 0 2018 pre-season supplemental selection23 years, 295 days18 2 0 2016 Category B rookie selection (Indigenous)19 years, 357 days18 3 2 Pick 8, 2018 rookie draft19 3 2 Pick 26, 2018 national draft, father–son selection (son of Scott West)20 1 0 Pick 61, 2018 national draft (born in England)19 years, 204 days20 2 0 2018 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)20 years, 141 days20 1 0 Pick 70, 2017 national draft21 2 0 2017 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (born in Ethiopia)18 years, 315 days21 2 0 Pick 11, 2018 national draft20 years, 181 days21 2 1 2017 Category B rookie selections, NSW zone selection18 years, 332 days21 3 0 Pick 71, 2018 national draft19 years, 215 days22 1 0 Pick 15, 2019 rookie draft20 years, 357 days22 1 0 Pick 66, 2017 national draft22 1 0 2016 Category B rookie selections, NSW zone selection22 years, 234 days23 1 0 Pick 8, 2019 rookie draft20 years, 180 days23 1 1 Pick 44, 2017 national draft27 years, 265 days 1 1 Pick 13, 2019 mid-season draft
Change of AFL club Name Club Age at debut Debutround Games(in 2019) Goals(in 2019) Former clubs Recruiting method26 years, 286 days1 2018 free agent24 years, 161 days1 2018 trade1 2018 trade1 2018 trade26 years, 141 days1 25 63 2018 free agent1 2 1 , 2018 pre-season supplemental selection28 years, 139 days1 24 1 2018 trade26 years, 213 days1 24 2018 free agent27 years, 288 days1 19 2018 trade1 2018 pre-season supplemental selection1 2018 trade26 years, 178 days1 2018 free agent20 years, 200 days1 2018 trade27 years, 333 days1 2018 trade1 2018 trade21 years, 279 days1 2018 trade26 years, 244 days1 , 2018 free agent25 years, 152 days1 2018 trade25 years, 303 days1 2018 trade1 2018 trade1 2018 trade24 years, 282 days1 Pre-draft selection1 , 2018 trade1 2018 trade1 , 2018 trade1 2018 free agent1 2018 trade27 years, 212 days1 2018 trade26 years, 224 days1 2018 free agent1 2018 trade28 years, 135 days1 2018 trade27 years, 357 days1 2018 trade26 years, 163 days1 , 2018 trade25 years, 289 days1 , 2018 trade2 Pick 34, 2019 rookie draft2 2018 trade23 years, 233 days2 2018 trade27 years, 149 days2 2018 pre-season supplemental selection27 years, 320 days2 , 2018 trade2 2018 trade3 2018 pre-season supplemental selection3 2018 trade25 years, 160 days3 2018 free agent25 years, 252 days3 2018 trade23 years, 299 days4 2018 trade23 years, 199 days7 2018 pre-season supplemental selection27 years, 261 days11 2018 free agent22 years, 249 days13 2018 trade28 years, 118 days14 2018 trade16 2018 trade22 years, 323 days17 Pick 1, 2019 rookie draft20 years, 267 days17 2018 trade16 Pick 9, 2019 mid-season draft21 years, 347 days17 Pick 7, 2019 mid-season draft16 Pick 1, 2019 mid-season draft31 years, 278 days23 2018 pre-season supplemental selection
See also List of AFL Women's debuts in 2019
References Full listing of players who made their AFL or club debut in 2019