The 2022 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2022 AFL season.
2022 COVID-19 top-up players
Due to the league wanting to ensure that matches were not cancelled or postponed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, each club named twenty players to a COVID-19 top-up player list. For Victorian based teams, all of these players played for their affiliated reserves teams or junior development academies; for clubs outside of Victoria, the majority were sourced from the local second-level leagues.
West Coast was the only club to utilise the top-up player pool, on two occasions when Western Australia's health and safety protocols – which were more stringent than in other states – saw multiple senior players unavailable. Six total players were used by West Coast as top-ups: Angus Dewar, Aaron Black, Stefan Giro, Declan Mountford, Brayden Ainsworth, and Jake Florenca.
Key dates
+ Table of key datesEventDate(s)Mid-season rookie draft 1 June 2022Free agency period Restricted and Unrestricted: 30 September – 7 October 2022 Delisted: 3 – 15 November Trade period 3 – 12 October 2022National draft First round: 28 November 2022Second and subsequent rounds: 29 November 2022Pre-Season and Rookie draft30 November 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection period 1 December 2022 – 15 February 2023
2022 mid-season rookie draft
The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2022 AFL season on 1 June. 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 Club League 1 1 Dandenong StingraysNAB League Oscar Allen long-term injury 2 Williamstown VFL Miller Bergman long-term injury 3 VFL Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti retirement 4 SANFL Rory Sloane long-term injury 5 WAFL Josh Fahey long-term injury 6 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft 7 VFL Ben King long-term injury 8 WAFL Jake Pasini long-term injury 9 SANFL Nathan Kreuger long-term injury 10 SANFL Josh Caddy retirement 11 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft 12 SANFL Passed selection at the 2021 Rookie Draft 13 SANFL Liam Jones inactive 14Passed — — Nick Coffield long-term injury 15 WAFL Luke Valente retirement 2 16Passed — — Luke Edwards long-term injury 17Passed — — Tom Lynch retirement 18 SANFL Nik Cox long-term injury 19Passed — — Paul Seedsman long-term injury 20 Box Hill Hawks VFL Tyler Brockman long-term injury 21Passed — — Jordan Roughead retirement 22 VFL Oscar McDonald long-term injury 23Passed — — Jye Amiss long-term injury
Previous trades
+ Table of previously traded selectionsNew ClubAcquired via1 via (pick swap)on-traded to (Jordan Dawson trade) 2 Pick swap Will Brodie trade Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft3 Pick swap via (Jeremy Finlayson trade)on-traded to (pick swap) via (pick swap)on-traded to (Max Lynch trade)via (Adam Cerra trade)on-traded to (Jordan Clark trade) via (Darcy Fort trade)on-traded to (Jonathon Ceglar trade)on-traded to (Max Lynch trade)on-traded to (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft) Peter Ladhams trade Max Lynch trade Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft via (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft)on-traded to (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft) Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft4 Pick swap via (pick swap)on-traded to (Max Lynch trade)via (pick swap)on-traded to (pick swap)on-traded to (pick swap at the 2021 National Draft) Will Brodie trade Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade Jonathon Ceglar tradeJordan Clark trade Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
Player movements
Free agency
+2022 AFL free agency period signings Player Free agent type Recruited from New club Compensation Ref Unrestricted Second round Unrestricted Third round Unrestricted Second round Unrestricted Third round Unrestricted None Delisted Delisted Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
received no compensation pick for Zaine Cordy due to signing Liam Jones Fergus Greene was delisted by in 2020
Trades + Table of trades Clubs involved Trade to (from )
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Tim Taranto to (from )
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Tanner Bruhn to (from )
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List changes Retirements
+ Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player
+ Table of player retirementsNameClub (R) (B) (R) Josh J. Kennedy Josh P. Kennedy (R)
Delistings
+ Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player
+ Table of player delistingsNameClub (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (B) (B) (R) (R) (B) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (R) (B) (R) (R)
North Melbourne concessions
Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2020, the AFL announced draft concessions for which included:
A second-round pick and third-round pick in the 2023 AFL draft: at least one of these picks must be traded for a player during the 2022 trade period. will not carry the picks into 2023, but they will be tied to their finishing position. Two extra Category A Rookie list spots.
2022 national draft
+ Table of national draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Greater Western Victoria Rebels NAB League ← 2 Sandringham Dragons NAB League Father–son selection (son of Marcus Ashcroft), matched bid by 3 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ← 4 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← 5 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 6 Gippsland Power NAB League ← 7 Sandringham Dragons NAB League 8 Geelong Falcons NAB League ← 9 WAFL ← 10 SANFL 11 Murray Bushrangers NAB League 12 Sherwood Magpies QAFL Father–son selection (son of Adrian Fletcher), matched bid by 13 WAFL 14 WAFL ←← 15 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← 16 Calder Cannons NAB League Academy selection, matched bid by 17 SANFL Father–son selection (son of Jim Michalanney), matched bid by 18 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← (draft)← (2021)← (2021) 19 WAFL 20 Gippsland Power NAB League 21 WAFL ← 2 22 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ←← (2021) 23 SANFL 24 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ←← 25 Eastern Ranges NAB League 26 Murray Bushrangers NAB League ← 27 Gippsland Power NAB League ← (draft) 28 SANFL ←←← 29 Gippsland Power NAB League ← (2021) 30 Tasmania Devils NAB League ← (draft)←← free agency compensation pick (Amon) 31 Greater Western Victoria Rebels NAB League 32 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League 33 WAFL ← 34 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ← 35 Sandringham Dragons NAB League ←← (2021) 36 Tasmania Devils NAB League ← 37 Dandenong Stingrays NAB League ←←← (2021) 38 WAFL ←← 3 39 Bendigo Pioneers NAB League ← (2021) 40 Murray Bushrangers NAB League ← 41 SANFL ←←←← (2021) 42 Gippsland Power NAB League ←←←← (2021) 43 SANFL ← (draft) 44 SANFL 45 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League Father–son selection (son of Alwyn Davey), matched bid by 46 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ←←← (2021)← (2021) 47 SANFL Free agency compensation pick (Jones) 48 Wangaratta O&MFNL ← (2021) 49 WAFL ←←← 50 Greater Western Victoria Rebels NAB League ← (draft)←← (2021)← (2021)← (2021)← (2021) 51 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League ← (draft)←← (2021) 52 SANFL 4 53 SANFL ← (2021) 54 Oakleigh ChargersNAB League Father–son selection (son of Alwyn Davey) 55 WAFL ←← (2021)← (2021)← (2021) 56 Northern Knights NAB League Father–son selection (son of Brent Harvey) 57 Port MelbourneVFL ←← (2021) 58 Bendigo PioneersNAB League 59 SANFL
Rookie elevations + Player Club
2023 rookie draft
+ Rookie draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Oakleigh Chargers NAB League 2 AFL 3 AFL 4 SANFL 5 AFL 6 AFL 7 AFL 8 AFL 9 Passed — — 10 AFL 11 Passed — — 12 Tasmania Devils NAB League 13 Frankston VFL 14 SANFL 15 AFL 16 AFL 17 Tasmania Devils NAB League 18 Geelong Falcons NAB League 2 19 WAFL 20 AFL 21 AFL 22 Passed — — 23 AFL 24 Passed — — 25 Passed — — 26 VFL 27 Passed — — 28 Mansfield GVFNL 29 AFL 30 Passed — — 31 SANFL 32 Geelong Falcons NAB League Father–son selection (son of Peter Riccardi)3 33 AFL 34 Passed — — 35 Passed — — 36 Passed — — 37 Passed — — 38 Passed — — 4 39 AFL 40 Passed — — 5 41 Passed — —
Category B rookie selections