2020 AFL draft

The 2020 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2020 AFL season.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National, Pre-season and Rookie drafts were held as a "virtual event" on 9 and 10 December.

Key dates + Table of key datesEventDate(s)Free agency period 30 October - 6 NovemberTrade period 4-12 NovemberNational draft 9 DecemberPre-season draft10 DecemberRookie draft10 December Pre-season supplemental selection period 6 January - start of 2021 AFL season

Previous trades Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 40 selections for the 2020 draft were traded during the 2019 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the 2019 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2020 season.

+ Table of previously traded selectionsNew ClubAcquired via1 Pick swap Pick swap (Priority Pick, #11) Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Tim Kelly trade Pick swap2 Pick swap Sam Frost trade Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Ed Langdon trade via (Pick swap)on-traded to (pick swap) Alex Keath trade via (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade)on-traded to (James Aish trade)on-traded to (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft) Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Callum Ah Chee trade3 Alex Keath trade via (Aiden Bonar trade)on-traded to (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft) Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft via (Hugh Greenwood trade)on-traded to (Josh Jenkins trade)on-traded to (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft) via (Tom Cutler trade)on-traded to (pick swap)on-traded to (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft) via (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade)on-traded to (Zak Jones trade)on-traded to (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft) via (James Aish trade)On-traded to (pick swap) Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade Tim Kelly trade4 Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Zak Jones trade Hugh Greenwood trade Ed Langdon trade via (Eddie Betts trade)On-traded to (pick swap)On-traded to (pick swap) via (Sam Jacobs trade)on-traded to (Billy Frampton trade)on-traded to (pick swap) via (Sam Frost trade)on-traded to (Jonathon Patton trade)on-traded to (Aiden Bonar trade) Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft via (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade)on-traded to (James Aish trade) Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft Callum Ah Chee trade Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade5 Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft

Free agency

+2020 AFL free agency period signings Player Date Free agent type Former club New club Compensation Ref Unrestricted End of 2nd round (Pick 40) Unrestricted 3rd round (Pick 46) Restricted 1st round (Pick 7) Restricted 2nd round (Pick 31) Restricted 1st round (Pick 10) Restricted 2nd round (Pick 23) Unrestricted None Delisted None Delisted None

Trades + 2020 AFL trade period Date No. Player(s) Traded from Traded to Traded for Ref 1 2 third round pick () 3 4 fourth round pick () 5 fourth round pick () third round pick () 6 fourth round pick () 7 second round pick () fourth round pick () 8 third round pick () 9 10 N/A N/A 11 12 third round pick () 13 14 second round pick () 15 16 second round pick () third round pick ()17 18 fourth round pick () fourth round pick ()19 fourth round pick () second round pick ()20 third round pick ()21 22 second round pick () first round pick ()23 third round pick ()24 25 second round pick () 26 second round pick ()27 second round pick GWS) second round pick () fourth round pick ()28 29 third round pick ()30 third round pick ()31 fourth round pick ()32 fourth round pick () 33 34 third round pick ()35 fourth round pick ()36 second round pick ()37 fourth round pick () 38 first round pick () 39 first round pick () fourth round pick ()40 41 third round pick ()42 third round pick ()4344 fourth round pick ()4546 fourth round pick ()47 third round pick () fourth round pick ()

List changes Retirements

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

+ Table of player retirementsDateNameClub (R) (R)

Delistings

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

+ Table of player delistingsDateNameClub (B) (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R)(B) (B) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (B)

Moved to Rookie List

As part of the revised AFL Collective Bargaining agreement, clubs could now move up to two players from their Senior List on to their Rookie List without having to redraft them through the rookie draft.

+ Table of players moved from the senior list to the rookie listNameClub

Pre-draft selections

As part of their 2019 draft concessions, were able to prelist players from their Academy zone.

+ Table of pre-draft selections Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League Broadbeach QAFL Darwin Buffaloes NTFL

2020 national draft

+ Table of national draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by 2 SANFL 3 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 4 WAFL 5 Pennant Hills Sydney AFL Academy selection, matched bid by 6 WAFL 7 Murray Bushrangers NAB League 8 Northern Knights NAB League 9 Sandringham Dragons NAB LeagueFree Agency compensation pick (Daniher) 10 Gippsland Power NAB League Traded from 11 SANFL Traded from in 2019 12 Geelong Falcons NAB LeagueFree Agency compensation pick (Williams) 13 SANFL Traded from in 2019 14 WAFL Priority 15 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Traded from ; received from at the 2019 National Draft1 16 SANFL Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by 17 Geelong Falcons NAB League Traded from 18 Gippsland Power NAB League Traded from ; received from in 2019 19 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 20 Sandringham Dragons NAB LeagueTraded from at the draft; received from 21 + Sandringham Dragons NAB League Traded from 22 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Traded from ; received from in 2019 23 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Next Generation Academy selection (Filipino descent), matched bid by 24 Morningside QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 25 SANFLTraded from at the draft; received from at the draft; received from 26 Calder Cannons NAB LeagueTraded from 2 27 WAFLTraded from at the draft; received from at the draft28 Gippsland Power NAB LeagueFree Agency compensation pick (Crouch) 29 Bendigo Pioneers NAB League Traded from in 2019 30 SANFL Traded from ; received from 31 Northern Knights NAB League Traded from , received from ; received from ; received from ; received from in 2019 32 UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs Sydney AFL Academy selection, matched bid by 33 WAFL Traded from 34 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Traded from ; received from in 2019 35 Eastern Ranges NAB League Next Generation Academy selection (Chinese descent), matched bid by 36 Geelong Falcons NAB League Traded from ; received from 37 SANFLTraded from ; received from ; received from ; Free Agency compensation pick (Corr) 38 SANFL Traded from ; received from in 2019 39 Calder Cannons NAB League Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by 40 Western Magpies QAFL Traded from (via and ) in 2019. Academy eligible for Brisbane, who did not match the bid 41 WAFL Traded from 42 SANFL Traded from ; received from in 2019 3 43 GWV Rebels NAB League Traded from in 2019 44 SANFL Traded from at the draft 45 SANFL 46 WAFL Traded from (via and ) in 2019 47 GWV Rebels NAB League Traded from 48 SANFL Traded from 49 Sandringham Dragons NAB League 50 WAFL Next Generation Academy selection (born in Ghana), matched bid by 51 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Father–son selection (son of Maurice Rioli), matched bid by 4 52 SANFL Traded from ; received from in 2019 53 Calder Cannons NAB League Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), matched bid by 54 WAFL Next Generation Academy selection (Singaporean descent), matched bid by 55 Murray Bushrangers NAB League 56 Western Jets NAB League 57 Peel Thunder WAFL 58 Geelong Falcons NAB League 59 SANFL

Fremantle are carrying over a 264.9 point deficit from 2019 (Liam Henry, Next Generation Academy selection #9), moving their default first round pick Greater Western Sydney are carrying over a 254.2 point deficit from 2019 (Tom Green, Academy selection #10), moving their default second round pick Port Adelaide are carrying over a 115.9 point deficit from 2019 (Jackson Mead, Father–son rule selection #25), moving their default second round pick

Rookie elevations Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2020 to their 2021 primary playing list prior to the draft.

+ Player Club

2021 pre-season draft

The 2021 pre-season draft was held on the afternoon of Thursday, 10 December 2020 prior to the commencement of the rookie draft.

+ Table of pre-season draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 AFL

2021 rookie draft

+ Table of rookie draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 AFL Gibbs retired on 10 September 2020. However, Gibbs was retained as an inactive player on Adelaide's Rookie List due to a contractual settlement 2 North Hobart TSL 3 SturtSANFL 4 Norwood SANFL 5 EssendonAFL 6 AFL 7 Bendigo Pioneers NAB League 8 Glenelg SANFL 9 AFL 10Passed — — 11 SANFL 12 WAFL 13+ Bendigo Pioneers NAB League 14Passed — — 15 AFL 16 SANFL 17Passed — — 2 18 Werribee VFL 19 Passed — — 20 AFL 21 AFL 22 AFL 23Passed — — 24 AFL 25 Passed — — 26 AFL 27 AFL 28 Launceston TSL 29Passed — — 30 Passed — — 31Passed — — 3 32Passed — — 33 AFL 34Passed — — 35Passed — — 36Passed — —37 SANFL Father–son selection (son of Jarrad Schofield)38 Broadbeach QAFL Academy selection 39Passed — — 440 Labrador QAFL Academy selection

Category B rookie selections + Table of Category B rookie signingsNameClubOriginNote (SANFL) Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) (SANFL) Next Generation Academy selection (born in Egypt) Kerry GAA International selection (Ireland) Maroochydore (QAFL) Academy selection Keilor Thunder (Big V) 3-year non-registered player (basketball) (NEAFL) International selection (Papua New Guinea) Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League) Academy selection Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (NCAA) 3-year non-registered player (basketball) Pennant Hills (Sydney AFL) Academy selection

Pre-season supplemental selection period

+ Table of Pre-season supplemental selection period signings Player Club Recruited from Notes Club LeagueWilliamstownVFLAFLWAFLPreviously listed with SANFLWilliamstownVFLAFLDandenong StingraysNAB LeagueSANFLAFL Re-signed player AFLSANFLPreviously listed with FootscrayVFL

See also 2020 AFL Women's draft

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