The 2025 AFL draft consisted 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 2025 AFL season.
This national draft is notable for being the first-ever AFL National Draft where a club did not select a player; passed on its only selection, trading its other selection to .
Key dates
+ Table of key datesEventDate(s)Mid-season rookie draft 28 May 2025Free agency period Restricted and Unrestricted: 3–10 October 2025 Delisted: October–November 2025Trade period 6–15 October 2025National draft 19–20 November 2025Pre-Season and Rookie draft21 November 2025 Pre-season supplemental selection period December 2025 – March 2026
2025 mid-season rookie draft The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of round 11 of the 2025 AFL season on 28 May. The draft is only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long-term injuries or retirements. As Gold Coast Suns and Essendon had played one fewer game than all other clubs, the draft order was determined using winning percentage.
+ Mid-season draft selections Rd Pick Player Club Recruited from Pick due to Club League 1 1 RichmondVFL Dom Sheed long-term injury 2 Werribee VFL Miller Bergman long-term injury 3 Glenelg SANFL Xavier Walsh long-term injury 4 WerribeeVFL Brodie Kemp long-term injury 5 Peel ThunderWAFL Passed selection at the 2024 Rookie Draft 6 SubiacoWAFL Sam Draper long-term injury 7 GlenelgSANFL Charlie Ballard long-term injury 8 West Perth WAFL Reef McInnes long-term injury29 NorwoodSANFL Jake Waterman long-term injury 10 North MelbourneVFL Darcy Tucker long-term injury11North AdelaideSANFL Todd Marshall long-term injury12Gippsland PowerTalent League Cody Weightman long-term injury 13 East FremantleWAFL Tom Edwards long-term injury 14 Casey DemonsVFL Elliott Himmelberg long-term injury15South AdelaideSANFL Harvey Harrison long-term injury316SANFLTom Cochrane long-term injury 17 EssendonVFL Nick Bryan long-term injury 4 18 CarltonVFL Lewis Hayes long-term injury
Player movements Previous trades
+ Table of previously traded selectionsNew ClubAcquired via1 pick swap pick swap Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade Tom Barrass trade pick swap2 pick swap pick swap James Peatling trade Tom Barrass trade pick swap pick swap3 pick swap via (pick swap)on-traded to (Harry Sharp trade) Harry Sharp trade Shai Bolton trade James Peatling trade Tom Barrass trade pick swap pick swap pick swap4 James Peatling trade Tom Barrass trade pick swap pick swap pick swap
Free agency
+2025 AFL free agency period signings Player Free agent type Recruited from New club Compensation Notes RefJack Silvagni Unrestricted End of first round Swallowed up in a bid after being tradedTom De Koning Restricted First roundJames Worpel Restricted End of second roundSam Draper Unrestricted End of first round Swallowed up in a bid after being tradedJacob Wehr Unrestricted NoneCharlie Spargo Unrestricted End of second roundOscar Allen Restricted First round
Trades +Table of tradesClubs involvedTradeto (from )
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pick No. 50 pick No. 68to (from )
Malcolm Rosas Jr. pick No. 62to (from )
pick No. 51 pick No. 69to
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Judd McVeeto (from )
pick No. 23to (from )
Sam Flandersto (from )
pick No. 7to (from )
Max Heathto (from )
2027 fourth round pick ()to (from )
Liam Ryan 2027 third round pick ()to (from )
2026 second round pick ()to (from )
Brody Mihocek pick No. 71to (from )
pick No. 61 2026 third round pick ()to (from )
Campbell Chesserto (from )
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Ben Ainsworth (from ) pick No. 67 (from )
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pick No. 12to (from )
pick No. 14 pick No. 37to (from )
Tylar Youngto (from )
pick No. 38to (from )
Will Brodieto (from )
pick No. 103to (from )
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pick No. 45 pick No. 56to (from )
Brayden Fiorinito (from )
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Connor Budarick pick No. 70to (from )
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Oliver Florentto (from )
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Changkuoth Jiathto (from )
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Jai Serong 2026 fourth round pick ()to (from )
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pick No. 9 pick No. 31 pick No. 42 pick No. 43to (from )
pick No. 10 pick No. 22to (from )
Finnbar Maley pick No. 64to (from )
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Jamarra Ugle-Haganto (from )
pick No. 74to (from )
Jack Buller 2026 fourth round pick ()to (from )
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Patrick Retschko to (from )
pick No. 99to (from )
Christian Petracca pick No. 24 pick No. 28 2026 second round pick ()to (from )
pick No. 7 pick No. 8 pick No. 37 2026 first round pick () 2027 third round pick ()to (from )
Jack Steeleto (from )
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Clayton Oliverto (from )
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Charlie Curnow pick No. 31 pick No. 42 2027 second round pick ()to (from )
Will Hayward pick No. 11 2026 first round pick () 2027 first round pick ()to from
pick No. 53to (from )
2026 fourth round pick ()https://x.com/CalTwomey/status/1986635161673547975 Picks swapped at the 2025 National Draft https://www.draftguru.com.au/trades Trade Picks 21, 27, 30 to for Picks 9 and 43 Trade Picks 11, 54 to for Picks 25, 46, and 2026 second round pick () Trade Pick 17 to for pick 22 and a 2026 third round pick () Trade Pick 35 to for a 2026 second round pick () Trade Pick 48 to for a 2026 third round pick () Trade Pick 49 to for a 2026 third round pick () Trade Picks 15, 29 to for picks 14, 33 and 53 Trade Pick 14 to for pick 16 and a 2026 second round pick () Trade Pick 17 to for pick 18 and a 2026 second round pick () Trade Pick 28 to for a 2026 second round pick () Trade Pick 34 to for a 2026 third round pick () and a 2027 third round pick () Trade Pick 38 to for a 2026 third round pick () Trade Pick 51 to for a 2026 fourth round pick () Trade Pick 52 to for a 2026 fifth round pick ()
List changes Retirements
+ Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player
+ Table of player retirementsNameClub R * * * * * Todd Goldstein, Dylan Shiel, Sam Frost, Zak Jones and Tom Mitchell announced their retirements a few months after being delisted.
Delistings
+ Table of player delistingsNameClub The following players were also originally delisted, but announced their retirements a few months later: Todd Goldstein https://www.afl.com.au/news/1425930 Dylan Shiel https://www.afl.com.au/news/1404949/veteran-midfielder-dylan-shiel-departs-essendon-bombers-after-seven-seasons Sam Frost https://www.afl.com.au/news/1428882/hawthorn-hawks-delist-key-defender-sam-frost-mid-season-pick-up-jasper-scaife Zak Jones https://www.afl.com.au/news/1442415/saints-delist-veteran-zak-jones-and-defender-arie-schoenmaker-as-list-change-continues Tom Mitchell
West Coast concessions
Due to the club's poor on-field results since 2022, the AFL announced draft concessions for which included:
One end-of-first round selection in the 2025 AFL Draft (placed after end-of-first round compensation picks for free agency moves) Four extra Category A Rookie list spots.
2025 national draft
Table of national draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Gippsland Power Talent League2 Burleigh QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 3 Murray BushrangersTalent League Father–son selection (son of Peter Dean), matched bid by 4 Calder CannonsTalent League Free agency compensation pick (Allen)5 Palm Beach-Currumbin QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 6 Redland-Victoria Point QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 7 SANFL 8 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League ← (2024) 9 Eastern Ranges Talent League 10 West Perth WAFL ← (2024) 11 Eastern Ranges Talent League ←← (2024) 12 SANFL←← 13 SANFL ← (draft)←← (2024) 14 UNSW-Eastern SuburbsSydney AFL Academy selection, matched bid by 15 Eastern RangesTalent League ← (draft)← Free agency compensation pick (de Koning) 16Eastern RangesTalent League ← (draft)← 17 Burleigh QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 18 Burleigh QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 19 Geelong Falcons Talent League ← (draft)← (draft)← 20 SANFL ← (draft)← 21 North Shore BombersSydney AFL←Academy eligible for , but they did not match bid 22SANFL 23 SANFL ← (draft)←← (2024) 24 SANFL 25 Calder CannonsTalent League ←Academy eligible for , but they did not match bid 2 26SANFL← (draft) Free agency compensation pick (Draper) 27 Oakleigh ChargersTalent League ← (draft)← Free agency compensation pick (Silvagni) 28 Tasmania DevilsTalent League← (draft)← (2024) 29 Oakleigh ChargersTalent League← (draft) 30 Gippsland PowerTalent League 31 SANFL 32 Coorparoo QAFL Academy eligible for , but they did not match bid 33 Oakleigh ChargersTalent League 34 Sandringham DragonsTalent League← (draft) 35 SANFL 36Oakleigh ChargersTalent League 3 37 West Perth WAFL 38 Perth WAFL← (draft)Next Generation Academy eligible for , but they did not match bid39 Swan Districts WAFL Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by 40VFL 41 Claremont WAFLFather-Son eligible for (son of Drew Banfield), but they did not match bid 42 SANFL 43 Claremont WAFL 44SouthportVFL 45Greater Western Victoria RebelsTalent League 46 Broadbeach QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 47 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by 48Geelong FalconsTalent League 49 Cardiff Hawks AFL Hunter Central Coast Academy selection, matched bid by 50Sandringham DragonsTalent League 51Western JetsTalent League← (draft) 52Sandringham Dragons Talent League Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by 53Calder Cannons Talent League Next Generation Academy selection, matched bid by 54SANFL 55Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Next Generation Academy selection4 56SANFL 57SANFL5 58AFL Redrafted player 59AFL Redrafted player6 60Oakleigh ChargersTalent League Father–son selection (son of Luke Darcy)
Rookie elevations Reference List:https://x.com/CalTwomey/status/1988809098109046957 + Player Club
2026 pre-season draft Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Club League1 1Callum Ah Chee AFL
2026 rookie draft + Rookie draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 WAFL 2 Passed — —3 Murray Bushrangers Talent League4 SANFL 5 AFL Redrafted player 6 Passed — — 7 AFL Redrafted player8 WAFL 9 AFL Redrafted player 10 AFL Redrafted player 11 AFL Redrafted player12 Eastern Ranges Talent League 13 AFL Redrafted player 14 AFL Redrafted player2 15 Passed — — 16 Passed — — 17 Passed — — 18 AFL Redrafted player 19 Passed — — 20 Passed — — 21 Passed — — 22 Passed — — 23 AFL Redrafted player324 Passed — —25 Passed — —26 Passed — —27 Passed — —28 Northern Knights Talent League429 Passed — —
Pre-listed Category A rookies + Pre-listed category A rookies Name Club Recruited from Date Signed Notes Club League Oakleigh Chargers Talent League 20 November 2025 Next Generation Academy selection (Indian descent) VFL Father-son selection (son of Jeff White)
Category B rookie selections