2015 AFL draft

2015 AFL draft
General information
Date	24 November 2015
Location	Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Broadcast	Foxtel
First selection	Jacob Weitering, Carlton Football Club
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The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.

The key dates for the trading and drafting periods were:^[1][2]

• Academy players to be nominated by 15 September. With a bidding process held on 24 November along with father–son selections during the national draft.
• The free agency offer period; held between 9 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 31 October and 9 November, 11 November to 20 November, and 25 November to 26 November.
• The trade period; held between 12 October and 22 October.
• The 2015 national draft; held on 24 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre, which, for the first time, included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
• The 2016 pre-season draft; which was to be held on 27 November, but was cancelled when all clubs declined to take part, and
• The 2016 rookie draft; which was held on 27 November.

Additionally, following the guilty verdicts handed down to 34 past and present Essendon players in January 2016 for doping violations, Essendon was given the opportunity to recruit top-up players between January and March 2016.

Player movements

Free agency

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2015, consisted of 74 unrestricted and restricted free agents, however, 35 of those players re-signed and 15 retired during or after the home-and-away season.^[3]

2015 AFL free agency period signings

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Suckling, MattMatt Suckling	12 October 2015	Unrestricted	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	End of 2nd round	[4]
Selwood, ScottScott Selwood	12 October 2015	Restricted	West Coast	Geelong	2nd round	[5]
Leuenberger, MatthewMatthew Leuenberger	15 October 2015	Restricted	Brisbane Lions	Essendon	End of 2nd round	[6]
Simpson, DawsonDawson Simpson	16 October 2015	Unrestricted	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	None	[7]
Moore, AndrewAndrew Moore	6 November 2015	Delisted	Port Adelaide	Richmond	None	[8]
Grant, JarradJarrad Grant	6 November 2015	Delisted	Western Bulldogs	Gold Coast	None	[9]
Gorringe, DanielDaniel Gorringe	9 November 2015	Delisted	Gold Coast	Carlton	None	[10]
Wright, MatthewMatthew Wright	26 November 2015	Delisted	Adelaide	Carlton	None	[11]

Trades

For the first time, clubs were allowed to trade future selections from the next year's draft as well as the current draft.^[12] Geelong became the first AFL club to trade a future draft pick on 14 October 2015 when they traded their 2016 first round pick to Carlton for Lachie Henderson.^[13]

2015 AFL trade period

#	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
1	Patrick Dangerfield Pick 50	Adelaide	Geelong	Dean Gore Pick 9 Pick 28	[14]
2	Jack Redden	Brisbane Lions	West Coast	Pick 17	[15]
3	Lachie Henderson	Carlton	Geelong	2016 first round pick	[16]
4	Harley Bennell Pick 22	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 16 Pick 35	[17]
5	Lewis Jetta	Sydney	West Coast	Callum Sinclair	[18]
6	Jake Melksham	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 25	[19]
7	Jed Anderson Pick 38 Pick 40	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	Pick 15 Pick 55	[20]
8	Curtly Hampton	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	2016 second round pick	[21]
9	Jacob Townsend Pick 120	Greater Western Sydney	Richmond	Pick 70	[22]
10	Tom Bell Pick 41	Carlton	Brisbane Lions	Pick 21 Pick 60	[23]
11	Josh Walker Jarred Jansen	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	2016 third round pick	[24]
12	Zac Smith	Gold Coast	Geelong	Pick 49 Pick 53	[25]
13	Daniel Currie	North Melbourne	Gold Coast	Pick 53	[25]
14	Steve Johnson	Geelong	Greater Western Sydney	2016 fifth round pick	[26]
15	Jonathan Giles Pick 62	Essendon	West Coast	Pick 57	[27]
16	Paul Seedsman	Collingwood	Adelaide	Pick 32	[28]
17	Jeremy Howe Pick 68	Melbourne Port Adelaide	Collingwood	Ben Kennedy Pick 32	[28]
	Ben Kennedy Picks 29, 50	Collingwood Port Adelaide	Melbourne	Jeremy Howe Jimmy Toumpas
	Jimmy Toumpas Pick 32	Melbourne Collingwood	Port Adelaide	Picks 29, 50 Pick 68
18	Nathan Freeman Pick 68	Collingwood	St Kilda	2016 second round pick Pick 63	[29]
19	Charlie Dixon Pick 49	Gold Coast	Port Adelaide	Pick 10 2016 second round pick	[30]
	Pick 19	Gold Coast	Richmond	Pick 31 2016 second round pick
20	Jake Carlisle Pick 14	Essendon Sydney	St Kilda	Pick 5 Pick 24	[31]
	Craig Bird Picks 5, 24	Sydney St Kilda	Essendon	Jake Carlisle Picks 23, 44
	Pick 23 Pick 44	Essendon	Sydney	Craig Bird Pick 14
21	Pick 3 Pick 10 Pick 43	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6 Pick 29 2016 first round pick	[32]
22	Matt Rosa	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 31	[33]
23	Sam Kerridge Pick 28	Adelaide	Carlton	Troy Menzel	[34]
24	Jed Lamb Andrew Phillips Lachie Plowman Liam Sumner Pick 8	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 28 Pick 77 Pick 95 2016 first round pick (Geelong)	[34]
25	Adam Treloar Pick 28	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 7 Pick 65 2016 first round pick	[35]
26	Jack Fitzpatrick	Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick 94	[36]
27	Tomas Bugg Pick 7	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 10 Pick 43 Pick 64	[37]
28	Pick 55 Pick 58	Hawthorn	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 48	[38]
29	James Aish	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 26 2016 second round pick (St Kilda)	[39]
30	Pick 28 Pick 47	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Pick 34 Pick 53	[39]
31	Ryan Bastinac Pick 38 Pick 40 2016 third round pick	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	Pick 17 Pick 26	[39]
32	Pick 23	Sydney	West Coast	Pick 36 Pick 37	[38]
33	Pick 11 2016 third round pick	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick 20 Pick 21	[40]
34	Chris Yarran	Carlton	Richmond	Pick 19	[41]
35	Pick 27 Pick 66 Pick 77 Pick 84	Greater Western Sydney	Collingwood	Pick 34 Pick 53 Pick 63	[38]
36	Michael Talia Pick 69	Western Bulldogs	Sydney	2016 fourth round pick	[42]
37	Pick 35 Pick 61	Gold Coast	Fremantle	Pick 56 2016 second round pick	[40]

Note

• The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

Changes by team

AFL club list changes, including trades, free-agency, delistings and retirements

Club In Out Delisted Retired Adelaide Curtly Hampton Dean Gore Paul Seedsman Troy Menzel Hugh Greenwood (B) Alex Keath (B) Wayne Milera Tom Doedee Patrick Dangerfield Sam Kerridge 2016 2nd round pick Sam Siggins Brodie Martin Matthew Wright Jack Osborn Anthony Wilson Brent Reilly James Podsiadly Brisbane Lions Ryan Bastinac Tom Bell Jarred Jansen Josh Walker Josh Schache Eric Hipwood(A) Ben Keays(A) Rhys Mathieson Sam Skinner 2016 2nd round pick (St Kilda) 2016 3rd round pick (North Melbourne) James Aish Jack Redden Matthew Leuenberger 2016 3rd round pick Jed Adcock Mitch Golby Jackson Paine Jordon Bourke Zac O'Brien Matt Maguire Luke McGuane Brent Staker Carlton Daniel Gorringe Sam Kerridge Jed Lamb Andrew Phillips Lachie Plowman Liam Sumner Matt Korcheck (B) Jacob Weitering Harry McKay Charlie Curnow David Cunningham Jack Silvagni(F/S) 2016 3rd round pick (Western Bulldogs) Tom Bell Lachie Henderson Troy Menzel Chris Yarran 2016 1st round pick (Geelong) Cameron Giles Nick Holman Robert Warnock Matthew Watson Tom Fields Blaine Johnson Fraser Russell Brad Walsh Andrew Carrazzo David Ellard Chris Judd Collingwood James Aish Jeremy Howe Adam Treloar Darrean Wyatt (B) Brayden Sier Tom Phillips Rupert Wills Ben Crocker Nathan Freeman Ben Kennedy Paul Seedsman 2016 1st round pick 2016 2nd round pick (St Kilda) Sam Dwyer Lachlan Keeffe Josh Thomas Brenden Abbott Tony Armstrong Michael Manteit Patrick Karnezis Clinton Young Essendon Matthew Leuenberger Craig Bird Darcy Parish Aaron Francis Alex Morgan Mason Redman Mitch Brown Yestin Eades Michael Hartley Jake Carlisle Jonathan Giles Jake Melksham Alex Browne Lauchlan Dalgleish Will Hams Elliott Kavanagh Nick O'Brien Kurt Aylett Ariel Steinberg Paul Chapman Dustin Fletcher Jason Winderlich Fremantle Harley Bennell Darcy Tucker Harley Balic Samuel Collins Shane Yarran 2016 2nd round pick Ryan Crowley Josh Deluca Max Duffy Anthony Morabito Jacob Ballard Craig Moller Tom Vandeleur Paul Duffield Luke McPharlin Colin Sylvia Geelong Patrick Dangerfield Lachie Henderson Scott Selwood Zac Smith Ryan Gardner Sam Menegola Wylie Buzza Matthew Hayball 2016 3rd round pick (Brisbane) 2016 5th round pick (GWS) Dean Gore Jarred Jansen Steve Johnson Josh Walker 2016 1st round pick James Kelly Sam Blease Brad Hartman Hamish McIntosh Jared Rivers Mathew Stokes James Toohey Gold Coast Daniel Currie Jarrad Grant Matt Rosa Callum Ah Chee Brayden Fiorini Joshua Schoenfeld Mackenzie Willis 2016 1st round pick (Melbourne) 2016 2nd round pick (Fremantle) 2016 2nd round pick (Port Adelaide) 2016 2nd round pick (Richmond) Harley Bennell Charlie Dixon Zac Smith Daniel Gorringe Josh Hall Danny Stanley Tyrone Downie Jarred Ellis Josh Glenn Louis Herbert Andrew Boston Greg Broughton Andrew Raines Timmy Sumner Greater Western Sydney Steve Johnson Dawson Simpson Jacob Hopper(A) Matthew Kennedy(A) Harrison Himmelberg(A) Matthew Flynn(A) 2016 1st round pick (Collingwood) 2016 1st round pick (Geelong) 2016 2nd round pick (Adelaide) Tomas Bugg Curtly Hampton Jed Lamb Andrew Phillips Lachie Plowman Liam Sumner Jacob Townsend Adam Treloar 2016 5th round pick Tim Golds Sam Shulz Dylan Addison Hawthorn Jack Fitzpatrick Conor Glass (B) Ryan Burton Kieran Lovell Blake Hardwick Jed Anderson Matt Suckling Jonathan Simpkin Alex Woodward Sam Grimley Jared Hardisty David Hale Brian Lake Melbourne Tomas Bugg Ben Kennedy Jake Melksham Joel Smith (B) Clayton Oliver Sam Weideman Mitch King Liam Hulett Jack Fitzpatrick Jeremy Howe Jimmy Toumpas 2016 1st round pick Rohan Bail Jordie McKenzie Viv Michie Aidan Riley Daniel Cross Mark Jamar North Melbourne Jed Anderson Ben McKay Ryan Clarke Mitchell Hibberd Corey Wagner(A) Declan Mountford Ryan Bastinac Daniel Currie 2016 3rd round pick Majak Daw Kieran Harper Scott McMahon Eric Wallace Max Warren Leigh Adams Nathan Grima Port Adelaide Charlie Dixon Jimmy Toumpas Riley Bonner Aidyn Johnson 2016 2nd round pick Mitch Harvey Kane Mitchell Andrew Moore Jarrad Redden Mason Shaw Sam Russell Johann Wagner Kane Cornes Daniel Flynn Tom Logan Richmond Andrew Moore Jacob Townsend Chris Yarran Daniel Rioli Oleg Markov Nathan Broad 2016 2nd round pick Matt Dea Nathan Gordon Matthew McDonough Matthew Arnot Nathan Foley Chris Knights Chris Newman Ricky Petterd Matt Thomas St Kilda Jake Carlisle Nathan Freeman Jade Gresham Brandon White Bailey Rice(F/S) 2016 2nd round pick Daniel Markworth Farren Ray Josh Saunders Tom Simpkin Arryn Siposs Spencer White Ahmed Saad Adam Schneider Sydney Callum Sinclair Michael Talia Colin O'Riordan (B) Callum Mills(A) Tyrone Leonardis Jordan Dawson Lewis Jetta Craig Bird 2016 3rd round pick Harry Marsh Sean McLaren Lloyd Perris Adam Goodes Mike Pyke Rhyce Shaw West Coast Jonathan Giles Lewis Jetta Jack Redden Luke Partington Tom Cole Kurt Mutimer Matthew Allen Matt Rosa Scott Selwood Callum Sinclair Brant Colledge Dylan Main Alec Waterman Simon Tunbridge Will Maginness Murray Newman Rowen Powell Beau Waters Western Bulldogs Matt Suckling Josh Dunkley(Eligible F/S selection for Sydney) Kieran Collins Marcus Adams Bailey Williams 2016 3rd round pick (Sydney) Michael Talia 2016 3rd round pick Ayce Cordy Sam Darley Matthew Fuller Jarrad Grant Brett Goodes Jordan Kelly Daniel Pearce Italics = Rookie listing (A) = Academy signing (B) = Category B rookie (F/S) = Father–son nomination Changes as of 10 November 2015[43]

2015 national draft

The 2015 AFL national draft was held on 24 November 2015 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.^[1] For the first time, live bidding occurred during the draft for selections made under the father–son rule and from the northern state's development academies, whereby each draft selection is allocated a points value. Clubs nominating a player were forced to use their existing draft selections to match the points value of the pick used by the club bidding for the player.^[44][45]

Final draft order^[46]

Draft-eve selection order, club by club, and points value of each pick

Rnd Pick Points Club Notes 1 1 3000 Carlton 1 2 2517 Brisbane Lions 1 3 2234 Melbourne Traded from Gold Coast 1 4 2034 Essendon 1 5 1878 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 1 6 1751 Gold Coast Traded from Melbourne 1 7 1644 Melbourne Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood 1 8 1551 Carlton Traded from Greater Western Sydney 1 9 1469 Adelaide Traded from Geelong 1 10 1395 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 1 11 1329 Carlton Traded from Western Bulldogs 1 12 1268 Richmond 1 13 1212 Adelaide 1 14 1161 St Kilda Traded by Sydney 1 15 1112 Hawthorn Traded from North Melbourne 1 16 1067 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 1 17 1025 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast 1 18 985 Hawthorn 1 19 948 Carlton Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; traded to the Giants by Fremantle in 2011; originally received by Fremantle as compensation for Rhys Palmer. 2 20 912 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton 2 21 878 Western Bulldogs Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions 2 22 845 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 2 23 815 West Coast Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon 2 24 785 Essendon Traded by St Kilda 2 25 756 Essendon Traded from Melbourne 2 26 729 North Melbourne Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood 2 27 703 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 2 28 677 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong 2 29 653 Gold Coast Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide 2 30 629 Western Bulldogs 2 31 606 West Coast Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond 2 32 584 Port Adelaide Traded from Adelaide 2 33 563 Sydney 2 34 542 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne 2 35 522 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle 2 36 502 Sydney Traded from West Coast 2 37 483 Sydney Traded from West Coast; free agency compensation pick (Selwood) 2 38 365 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn 2 39 446 Brisbane Lions Free agency compensation pick (Leuenberger) 2 40 429 Brisbane Lions Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) 3 41 412 Brisbane Lions Traded from Carlton 3 42 395 Brisbane Lions 3 43 378 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne; received from Gold Coast 3 44 362 Sydney Traded by Essendon 3 45 347 St Kilda 3 46 331 Melbourne 3 47 316 North Melbourne Traded from Collingwood 3 48 302 Hawthorn Traded from Greater Western Sydney 3 49 287 Port Adelaide Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong 3 50 273 Melbourne Traded from Port Adelaide 3 51 259 Western Bulldogs 3 52 246 Richmond 3 53 233 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from North Melbourne; received from Gold Coast; received from Geelong; received from Adelaide 3 54 220 Sydney 3 55 207 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn; received from North Melbourne 3 56 194 Gold Coast Traded from Fremantle 3 57 182 Essendon Traded from West Coast 3 58 170 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Hawthorn 4 59 158 Carlton 4 60 146 Carlton Traded from Brisbane Lions 4 61 135 Fremantle Traded from Gold Coast 4 62 123 West Coast Traded from Essendon 4 63 112 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood; received from St Kilda 4 64 101 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Melbourne 4 65 90 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Collingwood 4 66 80 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 4 67 69 Geelong 4 68 59 St Kilda Traded from Collingwood; received from Port Adelaide 4 69 49 Sydney Traded from Western Bulldogs 4 70 39 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Richmond 4 71 29 Adelaide 4 72 19 Sydney 4 73 9 North Melbourne 4 74 0 Fremantle 4 75 0 West Coast 4 76 0 Hawthorn 5 77 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton 5 78 0 Brisbane Lions 5 79 0 Gold Coast 5 80 0 Essendon 5 81 0 St Kilda 5 82 0 Melbourne 5 83 0 Collingwood 5 84 0 Collingwood Traded from Greater Western Sydney 5 85 0 Geelong 5 86 0 Port Adelaide 5 87 0 Western Bulldogs 5 88 0 Richmond 5 89 0 Adelaide 5 90 0 Sydney 5 91 0 North Melbourne 5 92 0 Fremantle 5 93 0 West Coast 5 94 0 Melbourne Traded from Hawthorn 6 95 0 Greater Western Sydney Traded from Carlton 6 96 0 Brisbane Lions 6 97 0 Gold Coast 6 98 0 Essendon 6 99 0 St Kilda 6 100 0 Melbourne 6 101 0 Collingwood 6 102 0 Greater Western Sydney 6 103 0 Geelong 6 104 0 Port Adelaide 6 105 0 Western Bulldogs 6 106 0 Richmond 6 107 0 Adelaide 6 108 0 Sydney 6 109 0 North Melbourne 6 110 0 Fremantle 6 111 0 West Coast 6 112 0 Hawthorn 7 113 0 Carlton 7 114 0 Brisbane Lions 7 115 0 Gold Coast 7 116 0 Essendon 7 117 0 St Kilda 7 118 0 Melbourne 7 119 0 Collingwood 7 120 0 Richmond Traded from Greater Western Sydney 7 121 0 Geelong 7 122 0 Port Adelaide 7 123 0 Western Bulldogs 7 124 0 Richmond 7 125 0 Adelaide 7 126 0 Sydney 7 127 0 North Melbourne 7 128 0 Fremantle 7 129 0 West Coast 7 130 0 Hawthorn

Rnd	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Jacob Weitering	Carlton	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	2	Josh Schache	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	3	Callum Mills	Sydney	North Shore	Sydney AFL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with picks 33, 36, 37 and 43[47]
1	4	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
1	5	Darcy Parish	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	6	Aaron Francis	Essendon	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from St Kilda
1	7	Jacob Hopper	Greater Western Sydney	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Academy player; Gold Coast's bid matched with pick 11[47]
1	8	Callum Ah Chee	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne
1	9	Sam Weideman	Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Collingwood
1	10	Harry McKay	Carlton	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
1	11	Wayne Milera	Adelaide	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Geelong
1	12	Charlie Curnow	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs
1	13	Matthew Kennedy	Greater Western Sydney	Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka	RFNL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 34 and 40[47]
1	14	Eric Hipwood	Brisbane Lions	Aspley	NEAFL	Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 36 and 37[47]
1	15	Daniel Rioli	Richmond	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
1	16	Harrison Himmelberg	Greater Western Sydney	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL	Academy player; Adelaide's bid matched with picks 48, 50, 55 and 59[47]
1	17	Tom Doedee	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	18	Jade Gresham	St Kilda	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
1	19	Ryan Burton	Hawthorn	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from North Melbourne
1	20	Brayden Fiorini	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle
1	21	Ben McKay	North Melbourne	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from West Coast
1	22	Kieran Lovell	Hawthorn	Kingborough	TSL
1	23	David Cuningham	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Richmond; received from Gold Coast; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade in 2012; received from Fremantle in 2011; compensation pick from 2011 (Palmer)
2	24	Ben Keays	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions reserves	NEAFL	Academy player; Western Bulldogs' bid matched with Brisbane's next pick[47]
2	25	Josh Dunkley	Western Bulldogs	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; father-son eligible (son of Andrew Dunkley), but Sydney did not match bid[47]
2	26	Kieran Collins	Western Bulldogs	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton; received from Brisbane Lions
2	27	Darcy Tucker	Fremantle	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast
2	28	Luke Partington	West Coast	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Sydney; received from Essendon
2	29	Alex Morgan	Essendon	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda
2	30	Mason Redman	Essendon	Glenelg	SANFL	Traded from Melbourne
2	31	Ryan Clarke	North Melbourne	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Brisbane Lions; received from Collingwood
2	32	Brayden Sier	Collingwood	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
2	33	Mitchell Hibberd	North Melbourne	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton; received from Adelaide; received from Geelong
2	34	Joshua Schoenfeld	Gold Coast	Peel Thunder	WAFL	Traded from Gold Coast, received from Port Adelaide
2	35	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	West Perth	WAFL
2	36	Tom Cole	West Coast	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Richmond
2	37	Riley Bonner	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Adelaide
2	38	Harley Balic	Fremantle	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Fremantle
3	39	Rhys Mathieson	Brisbane Lions	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from North Melbourne; received from Hawthorn; free agency compensation pick (Suckling)
3	40	Brandon White	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	41	Matthew Flynn	Greater Western Sydney	Narrandera	RFNL	Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with GWS' next pick[47]
3	42	Mitch King	Melbourne	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	43	Corey Wagner	North Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL	Traded from Collingwood; academy eligible, but Brisbane Lions did not match bid[47]
3	44	Blake Hardwick	Hawthorn	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
3	45	Aidyn Johnson	Port Adelaide	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Geelong
3	46	Liam Hulett	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Port Adelaide
3	47	Sam Skinner	Brisbane Lions	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton
3	48	Bailey Williams	Western Bulldogs	Glenelg	SANFL
3	49	Bailey Rice	St Kilda	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Rice); Richmond's bid matched with St Kilda's next pick[47]
3	50	Oleg Markov	Richmond	North Adelaide	SANFL
3	51	Tyrone Leonardis	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
3	52	Mackenzie Willis	Gold Coast	Kingborough	TSL	Traded from Fremantle
3	53	Jack Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Stephen Silvagni); Essendon's bid matched with Carlton's next pick[47]
3	54	Mitch Brown	Essendon	Sandringham	VFL	Traded from West Coast
4	55	Sam Collins	Fremantle	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Traded from Gold Coast
4	56	Jordan Dawson	Sydney	Sturt	SANFL
4	57	Kurt Mutimer	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
4	58	Tom Phillips	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
4	59	Ryan Gardner	Geelong	Burnie Dockers	TSL
4	60	Declan Mountford	North Melbourne	Claremont	WAFL
4	61	Shane Yarran	Fremantle	Subiaco	WAFL
4	62	Matthew Allen	West Coast	Glenelg	SANFL
5	63	Rupert Wills	Collingwood	Collingwood reserves	VFL	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Carlton
5	64	Yestin Eades	Essendon	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup
5	65	Ben Crocker	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
5	66	Sam Menegola	Geelong	Subiaco	WAFL
5	67	Nathan Broad	Richmond	Swan Districts	WAFL
6	68	Michael Hartley	Essendon	Coburg	VFL
6	69	Wylie Buzza	Geelong	Mount Gravatt	QAFL
7	70	Matthew Hayball	Geelong	West Adelaide	SANFL

Notes

• Compensation picks are selections in addition to the normal order of selection, allocated to clubs by the AFL as compensation for losing uncontracted players to the new expansion clubs, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The picks can be held for up to five years and clubs declare at the beginning of the season of their intent to utilise the pick at the end of the season. Picks could be traded to other clubs in return for players or other draft selections.
• Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2015 to their 2016 primary playing list prior to the draft. In total, 14 players were promoted.^[48]

Player	Club
Kelly, JakeJake Kelly	Adelaide
Frost, JackJack Frost	Collingwood
McKernan, ShaunShaun McKernan	Essendon
Hughes, EthanEthan Hughes	Fremantle
Luxford, MichaelMichael Luxford	Geelong
Saad, AdamAdam Saad	Gold Coast
Brooksby, KeeganKeegan Brooksby	Gold Coast
Heatherley, KurtKurt Heatherley	Hawthorn
vandenBerg, AaronAaron vandenBerg	Melbourne
Harmes, JamesJames Harmes	Melbourne
Gray, SamSam Gray	Port Adelaide
Lambert, KaneKane Lambert	Richmond
Sinclair, JackJack Sinclair	St Kilda
Naismith, SamSam Naismith	Sydney

2016 rookie draft

The 2016 AFL rookie draft was held on 27 November 2015.^[49] The official rookie draft order was released on 26 November and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between 4 and 6 players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.^[50]

The pre-season draft was not held as all eligible clubs informed the AFL they would not be participating.^[50]

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1	Glass-McKasker, JesseJesse Glass-McKasker	Carlton	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	2	Paine, JacksonJackson Paine	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions	AFL
1	3	Keough, TomTom Keough	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	4	Nyuon, GachGach Nyuon	Essendon	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	5	O'Kearney, NickNick O'Kearney	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	6	Wagner, JoshJosh Wagner	Melbourne	Aspley	NEAFL
1	7	Keeffe, LachlanLachlan Keeffe	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
1	8	Reid, SamSam Reid	Greater Western Sydney	UWS Giants	NEAFL
1	9	Cornell, JockJock Cornell	Geelong	Mangoplah-CUE	RFNL
1	10	Snelling, WillWill Snelling	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
1	11	Lynch, BradleyBradley Lynch	Western Bulldogs	Swan Districts	WAFL
1	12	Moore, CallumCallum Moore	Richmond	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	13	Hunter, PaulPaul Hunter	Adelaide	Redland	NEAFL
1	14	Papley, TomTom Papley	Sydney	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
1	15	Ray, FarrenFarren Ray	North Melbourne	St Kilda	AFL
1	16	Uebergang, MattMatt Uebergang	Fremantle	Redland	NEAFL
1	17	Snadden, JordanJordan Snadden	West Coast	East Fremantle	WAFL
1	18	Surman, LukeLuke Surman	Hawthorn	Norwood	SANFL
2	19	Gallucci, AndrewAndrew Gallucci	Carlton	Williamstown	VFL
2	20	William, ReubenReuben William	Brisbane Lions	Zillmere	QAFL
2	21	MacPherson, DarcyDarcy MacPherson	Gold Coast	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
2	22	McDonald-Tipungwuti, AnthonyAnthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Essendon	Essendon reserves	VFL
2	23	Coughlan, NickNick Coughlan	St Kilda	Albury	O&MFL
2	24	Michie, VivViv Michie	Melbourne	Melbourne	AFL
2	25	Smith, JoshJosh Smith	Collingwood	Redland	NEAFL
2	26	Lloyd, DanielDaniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	Killarney Vale	BDAFL
2	27	Parsons, JamesJames Parsons	Geelong	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	28	Hewett, CameronCameron Hewett	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
2	29	Goetz, LukeLuke Goetz	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	TAC Cup
2	30	Chol, MabiorMabior Chol	Richmond	Aspley	NEAFL
2	31	Beech, JonathonJonathon Beech	Adelaide	West Adelaide	SANFL
2	32	Marsh, HarrisonHarrison Marsh	Sydney	Sydney	AFL
2	33	Daw, MajakMajak Daw	North Melbourne	North Melbourne	AFL
2	34	Nyhuis, RyanRyan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Nightcliff	NTFL
2	35	Colledge, BrantBrant Colledge	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
2	36	Stewart, KadeKade Stewart	Hawthorn	South Fremantle	WAFL
3	37	Korcheck, MatthewMatthew Korcheck	Carlton	Arizona	Pac-12	International player (basketball)
3	38	Davis, RyanRyan Davis	Gold Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL
3	39	Hams, WillWill Hams	Essendon	Essendon	AFL
3	40	Saunders, JoshJosh Saunders	St Kilda	St Kilda	AFL
3	41	Smith, JoelJoel Smith	Melbourne	Geelong Supercats	SEABL	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball (also the son of Shaun Smith)
3	42	Thomas, JoshJosh Thomas	Collingwood	Collingwood	AFL	Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol
3	43	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
3	44	Ruggles, TomTom Ruggles	Geelong	Geelong reserves	VFL
3	45	Houston, DanDan Houston	Port Adelaide	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	46	Adcock, JedJed Adcock	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	AFL
3	47	Marcon, AdamAdam Marcon	Richmond	Williamstown	VFL
3	48	Greenwood, HughHugh Greenwood	Adelaide	Perth Wildcats	NBL	3-year non-registered player, via basketball.
3	49	Passed	Sydney	—	—
3	50	Morabito, AnthonyAnthony Morabito	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
3	51	Waterman, AlecAlec Waterman	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
3	52	Woodward, AlexAlex Woodward	Hawthorn	Hawthorn	AFL
4	53	Loersch, CameronCameron Loersch	Gold Coast	South Fremantle	WAFL
4	54	Wallis, TomTom Wallis	Essendon	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Wallis)
4	55	Golds, TimTim Golds	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	AFL
4	56	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
4	57	Mitchell, KaneKane Mitchell	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide	AFL
4	58	Keath, AlexAlex Keath	Adelaide	Victoria	Cricket Australia	Three-year non-registered player, via cricket
4	59	Galloway, KyleKyle Galloway	Sydney	Shepparton	GVFL
4	60	Deluca, JoshJosh Deluca	Fremantle	Fremantle	AFL
4	61	Tunbridge, SimonSimon Tunbridge	West Coast	West Coast	AFL
4	62	Glass, ConorConor Glass	Hawthorn	Derry GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
5	63	Stanley, DannyDanny Stanley	Gold Coast	Gold Coast	AFL
5	64	Wyatt, DarreanDarrean Wyatt	Collingwood	Coastal Georgia	SSAC	Three-year non-registered player, via basketball
5	65	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
5	66	Murray, SamSam Murray	Sydney	Wodonga	O&MFL
6	67	Joyce, JesseJesse Joyce	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL
6	68	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
6	69	O'Riordan, ColinColin O'Riordan	Sydney	Tipperary GAA	GAA	International player (Gaelic football)
7	70	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
8	71	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
9	72	Passed	Greater Western Sydney	—	—
Source[51]

Essendon top-up signings

On 12 January 2016, thirty-four past and present Essendon Football Club players – twelve of whom were still on the Essendon list – were suspended until November 2016 after being found guilty of being injected with the banned substance thymosin beta-4 during the 2012 season, significantly compromising Essendon's playing list for 2016. The club received permission to augment its list by recruiting up to ten top-up players from lower levels on contracts which would last until 31 October 2016. The club was limited to players who had been on an AFL list in either 2014 or 2015, with no more than one player to be taken from any state-level club; or, it could recruit any VFL-listed player from its own reserves team without restriction.^[52]

Essendon top-up signings

Player	Date	Recruited from	League	Former AFL club	Ref
Crowley, RyanRyan Crowley	19 January 2016	Swan Districts	WAFL	Fremantle (2015)	[53]
Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	20 January 2016	Southern Districts	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[54]
Simpkin, JonathanJonathan Simpkin	27 January 2016	Balwyn	Eastern FL	Hawthorn (2015)	[55]
Dea, MattMatt Dea	28 January 2016	Williamstown	VFL	Richmond (2015)	[56]
Polkinghorne, JamesJames Polkinghorne	29 January 2016	Essendon reserves	VFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[57]
Stokes, MathewMathew Stokes	29 January 2016	Palmerston	NTFL	Geelong (2015)	[57]
Jamar, MarkMark Jamar	2 February 2016	St Kevin's Old Boys	VAFA	Melbourne (2015)	[58]
Grimley, SamSam Grimley	6 February 2016	Subiaco	WAFL	Hawthorn (2015)	[59]
Grima, NathanNathan Grima	18 February 2016	Strathmore	EDFL	North Melbourne (2015)	[60]
Michael, SamSam Michael	25 February 2016	Redland	NEAFL	Brisbane Lions (2014)	[61]

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