The 2025 AFL Women's draft was the annual draft that enabled the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition to recruit players following the 2025 AFL Women's season. It was held on 15 December 2025 during the 2025–26 AFL Women's player movement period.
Background In April 2025, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced the dates of the AFL and AFLW player movement periods and drafts. In August, the league announced the invite list for the draft and state combines; the main draft combine was held in Melbourne from 1 to 3 October, with the top ten results for each test announced on 6 October. In December, the AFL announced that a pre-season draft would take place for the first time early in 2026, with the mechanism intended to make up for majority of the inactive and replacement player signings that usually occur leading into an AFL Women's season.
National draft The national draft was held on 15 December 2025, with the draft order finalised at the conclusion of the trade period.
A Academy selection FD Father–daughter selection Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Subiaco WAFL Women's Received from Gold Coast 2 Northern Knights Talent League Girls 3 Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received from AFL as part of assistance package 4 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Carlton; originally from North Melbourne 5 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from Gold Coast; originally from Richmond 6 (A) Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane 7 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls 8 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL Women's 9 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Adelaide; originally from Greater Western Sydney 10 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League Girls 11 Peel Thunder WAFL Women's 12 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Richmond 13 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Collingwood 14 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls 15 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Melbourne; originally from Fremantle 16 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Fremantle 17 Central District SANFL Women's 18 (A) Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; originally from Port Adelaide 19 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Sydney 20 West Perth WAFL Women's 21 West Adelaide SANFL Women's Received from Essendon; originally from St Kilda 22 Calder Cannons Talent League Girls Received from Gold Coast; originally from Adelaide 23 Sandringham Dragons Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; originally from Hawthorn 24 South Adelaide SANFL Women's 25 Northern Knights Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; previously from Collingwood;previously from Gold Coast; originally from Melbourne 2 26 Calder Cannons Talent League Girls Received from Essendon 27 Tasmania Devils Talent League Girls 28 Tasmania Devils Talent League Girls Received from Western Bulldogs 29 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; originally from Sydney 30 Subiaco WAFL Women's Received from West Coast 31 Gippsland Power Talent League Girls 32 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls Received from Adelaide 33 Northern Knights Talent League Girls Received from Hawthorn 34 Eastern Ranges Talent League Girls 35 Norwood SANFL Women's Received from Melbourne 36 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League Girls Received from Port Adelaide; originally from Brisbane 37 AFL Women's 3 38 Perth WAFL Women's Received from Adelaide; originally from Gold Coast 39 East Fremantle WAFL Women's Received from Greater Western Sydney 40 Sturt SANFL Women's Received from Richmond 41 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls 42 Gippsland Power Talent League Girls Received from Essendon 43 South Fremantle WAFL Women's 44 (A) Gold Coast Academy Talent League Girls 45 Western Jets Talent League Girls 46 Tasmania Devils Talent League Girls 47 (A) Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; originally from Port Adelaide 48 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Girls Received from Brisbane; originally from Sydney 49 Calder Cannons Talent League Girls Received from West Coast 50 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Girls Received from St Kilda 51 Cork All-Ireland SLFC 52 Bendigo Pioneers Talent League Girls 53 Meath All-Ireland SLFC 4 54 Gippsland Power Talent League Girls Received from Gold Coast 55 (A) Greater Western Sydney Academy Talent League Girls 56 Pass — 57 (FD) Sandringham Sabres NBL1 South Received from St Kilda 58 Pass — 59 (FD) Geelong Falcons Talent League Girls 5 60 East Fremantle WAFL Women's 61 Swan Districts WAFL Women's Received from Hawthorn 6 62 Pass — 63 Swan Districts WAFL Women's
Rookie signings Player Club Date Other/former sport(s) 12 November 2025 Netball 12 November 2025 Netball 8 December 2025 Gaelic football 9 December 2025 Gaelic football 9 December 2025 Gaelic football 9 December 2025 Gaelic football, camogie 17 December 2025 Gaelic football
Pre-season draft
The pre-season draft was held on 4 May 2026.
Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 Brisbane Academy Talent League Girls 2 Bond University QAFL Women's Received after retirement of Katherine Smith 3 Kerry All-Ireland SLFC Received after Bess Keaney chose to remain on inactive list 4 Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received after Maggie Gorham was placed on inactive list 5 East Fremantle WAFL Women's Received after Áine Tighe was placed on inactive list 6 Swan Districts WAFL Women's Received after retirement of Sophie McDonald 7 Mayo All-Ireland SLFC Received after Nicola Xenos was placed on inactive list 8 Central District SANFL Women's 9 South Adelaide SANFL Women's Received after Blaithin Mackin chose to remain in Ireland 10 Greater Western Sydney Academy Talent League Girls Received after retirement of Claire Ransom 11 Sturt SANFL Women's Received after Alison Drennan was placed on inactive list
See also 2025 AFL draft 2025–26 AFL Women's player movement period
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References
External links Official AFL Women's website