2018 AFL draft

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Dates22 November - First Round
23 November - Second Round to completion, Pre-season Draft (if held), Rookie Draft

LocationMarvel Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

2018 AFL draft
General information
Dates	22 November - First Round 23 November - Second Round to completion, Pre-season Draft (if held), Rookie Draft
Location	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Network	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL
First selection	Sam Walsh (Carlton)
← 2017 2019 →

Table of key dates^[2]
Event	Date(s)
Free agency period	5–12 October (restricted and unrestricted) 1–8 November, 10–16 November, 23 November (delisted)
Trade period	8–17 October (players and selections) 18 October–16 November (selections only)
National draft	22 November (first round) 23 November (second and subsequent rounds)
Rookie draft	23 November
Pre-season supplemental selection period	1 December-15 March

Player movements

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 29 selections for the 2018 draft were traded during the 2017 trade period, and the selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2018 season.^[3]

Table of previously traded selections
Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade	^[4]
1	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick swap	^[5]
2	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade	^[6]
	Adelaide	Carlton	Bryce Gibbs trade	^[6]
	Gold Coast	West Coast	Pick swap	^[5]
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Pick swap	^[7]

	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	Nathan Wilson trade	^[8]
	Western Bulldogs	Carlton	Pick swap	^[7]
	Essendon	Gold Coast	Adam Saad trade	^[9]
	Geelong	Gold Coast	Gary Ablett trade	^[10]
	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Devon Smith trade	^[11]
Collingwood	Sydney	Sam Murray trade	^[12]
3	Carlton	Adelaide	Bryce Gibbs trade	^[6]
	St Kilda	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Logan Austin trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)	^[7]
	Fremantle	Gold Coast	Brandon Matera trade	^[13]
	Adelaide	Melbourne	Jake Lever trade	^[4]
	Essendon	Greater Western Sydney	Devon Smith trade	^[11]
	North Melbourne	Port Adelaide	Pick swap	^[7]
	Sydney	Collingwood	Sam Murray trade	^[12]
	Richmond	Geelong	Pick swap	^[7]
	West Coast	North Melbourne	via Port Adelaide (Brendon Ah Chee trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (pick swap)	^[7]
4	Carlton	Geelong	Darcy Lang trade	^[14]
	Geelong	Carlton	Darcy Lang trade	^[14]
	Gold Coast	Geelong	Gary Ablett trade	^[10]
	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Hayden Crozier trade	^[15]
	Adelaide	St Kilda	via Gold Coast (Harrison Wigg trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Aaron Young trade) on-traded to St Kilda (pick swap)	^[7]
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Logan Austin trade	^[16]
	Hawthorn	West Coast	via Port Adelaide (Jarman Impey trade) on-traded to West Coast (Brendon Ah Chee trade)	^[17]
	Melbourne	Adelaide	Jake Lever trade	^[4]

Free agency

2018 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
Reece Conca	5 October	Unrestricted	Richmond	Fremantle	None ^[a]	^[18]
Luke Dahlhaus	5 October	Unrestricted	Western Bulldogs	Geelong	2nd round	^[19]
Tom Lynch	8 October	Restricted	Gold Coast	Richmond	1st round	^[20]
Scott Lycett	9 October	Restricted	West Coast	Port Adelaide	End of 1st round	^[21]
Alex Fasolo	10 October	Unrestricted	Collingwood	Carlton	3rd round	^[22]
Jarryd Lyons	1 November	Delisted	Gold Coast	Brisbane Lions	None	^[23]
Tom Sheridan		Delisted	Fremantle	Greater Western Sydney	None	^[24]
Darren Minchington		Delisted	St Kilda	Hawthorn	None	^[25]
Jordan Murdoch	7 November	Delisted	Geelong	Gold Coast	None	^[26]
Daniel Menzel	14 November	Delisted	Geelong	Sydney	None	^[27]

^a Richmond received an end of second round compensation pick for Reece Conca,^[28] however this pick was withdrawn due to Tom Lynch signing with them

Trades

2018 AFL trade period
Date	No.	Player(s)	Traded from	Traded to	Traded for	Ref
8 October	1	Lincoln McCarthy	Geelong	Brisbane Lions	Pick 43	^[29]
		Pick 55			Pick 62
		Pick 59			Pick 62
	2	Anthony Miles	Richmond	Gold Coast	2019 third round pick (Gold Coast)	^[30]
		Corey Ellis
		2019 third round pick (Richmond)
	3	Nathan Kreuger (South Adelaide)	Carlton	Geelong	Pick 43	^[31]
10 October	4	Pick 24	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 32	^[32]
		Pick 24			Pick 41
		Pick 59			Pick 44
		Pick 80			Pick 78
	5	Mitch McGovern	Adelaide	Carlton	Shane McAdam (Sturt)	^[33]
		2019 third round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide		2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)
		Pick 13	Sydney		Pick 26
					Pick 28
				Adelaide	Pick 40
	6	Jared Polec	Port Adelaide	North Melbourne	Pick 11	^[34]
		Jasper Pittard			Pick 11
		Pick 48			2019 fourth round pick (North Melbourne)
	7	Gary Rohan	Sydney	Geelong	Pick 62	^[35]
	8	Ryan Clarke	North Melbourne	Sydney	Pick 62	^[36]
	9	Tom Hickey	St Kilda	West Coast	Pick 39	^[37]
		Pick 61			Pick 39
		2019 fourth round pick (St Kilda)			2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)
11 October	10	Pick 6	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick 11	^[38]
		Pick 6			Pick 23
		2019 third round pick (Fremantle)			Pick 30
		2019 third round pick (Fremantle)			Pick 49
12 October	11	Dan Hannebery	Sydney	St Kilda	Pick 39	^[39]
	11	Pick 28	Sydney	St Kilda	2019 second round pick (St Kilda)	^[39]
	12	Dean Kent	Melbourne	St Kilda	Pick 65	^[40]
	13	Dom Tyson	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Braydon Preuss	^[41]
	13	Dom Tyson	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Pick 62	^[41]
	14	Will Setterfield	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	Pick 43	^[42]
	14	Pick 71	Greater Western Sydney	Carlton	2019 second round pick (Carlton)	^[42]
15 October	15	Sam Lloyd	Richmond	Western Bulldogs	Pick 64	^[43]
16 October	16	Aaron Hall	Gold Coast	North Melbourne	Pick 68	^[44]
	17	Jack Scrimshaw	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)	^[45]
	17	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	Gold Coast	Hawthorn	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)	^[45]
	18	Pick 68	Gold Coast	Adelaide	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	^[46]
	19	George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	Gold Coast	Pick 59	^[47]
	20	Tyson Stengle	Richmond	Adelaide	Pick 68	^[48]
	21	Tom Scully	Greater Western Sydney	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	^[49]
	22	Taylor Duryea	Hawthorn	Western Bulldogs	2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)	^[50]
17 October	23	Chad Wingard	Port Adelaide	Hawthorn	Ryan Burton	^[51]
		Chad Wingard			Pick 15
		2019 third round pick (Port Adelaide)			Pick 35
		2019 third round pick (Port Adelaide)			2019 fourth round pick (Western Bulldogs)
	24	Sam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	Port Adelaide	Pick 6
		Sam Mayes			Pick 35
		Pick 5			2019 third round pick (Fremantle)
	25	2019 first round pick (Brisbane Lions)	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Pick 19	^[52]
					2019 second round pick (Gold Coast)
					2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)
	26	Lachie Neale	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick 6	^[53]
		Lachie Neale			Pick 19
		Pick 30			Pick 55
	27	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 6	^[54]
	27	Pick 65	Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 23	^[54]
	28	Rory Lobb	Greater Western Sydney	Fremantle	Pick 11	^[55]
		Pick 14			Pick 11
		Pick 43			Pick 19
		Pick 47			Pick 19
	29	Pick 31	North Melbourne	Fremantle	Pick 47	^[56]
					Pick 49
					Pick 55
	30	Steven May	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6	^[57]
	30	Kade Kolodjashnij	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6	^[57]
	31	Jack Hombsch	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	2019 fourth round pick (Adelaide)	^[58]
	32	Jackson Thurlow	Geelong	Sydney	Pick 70	^[59]
	33	Pick 28	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick 36	^[60]
	33	Pick 28	St Kilda	Melbourne	Pick 46	^[60]
	34	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	Pick 32	^[61]
	34	Marcus Adams	Western Bulldogs	Brisbane Lions	2019 third round pick (Hawthorn)	^[61]
	35	Jordan Roughead	Western Bulldogs	Collingwood	Pick 75	^[62]
	36	Travis Colyer	Essendon	Fremantle	2019 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	^[63]
	37	Dylan Shiel	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	Pick 9	^[64]
	37	2019 second round pick (GWS)	Greater Western Sydney	Essendon	2019 first round pick (Essendon)	^[64]
	38	Nic Newman	Sydney	Carlton	2019 fourth round pick (Carlton)	^[65]
	39	Dayne Beams	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood	Pick 18	^[66]
		Pick 41			Pick 56
		Pick 44			2019 first round pick (Collingwood)
26 October	40	Pick 59	Geelong	Collingwood	Pick 51	^[67]
26 October	40	Pick 60	Geelong	Collingwood	Pick 51	^[67]
22 November (1st Round)	41	Pick 26	Sydney	West Coast	2019 third round pick (West Coast)	^[68]
	42	Pick 24	West Coast	Sydney	2019 second round pick (Sydney)	^[69]
	43	Pick 19	Adelaide	Carlton	2019 first round pick (Carlton)	^[70]
	43	2019 first round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide	Carlton	2019 first round pick (Carlton)	^[70]
23 November (2nd Round onwards)	44	Pick 23	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 27	^[71]
	44	2019 fifth round pick (West Coast)	West Coast	Gold Coast	Pick 32	^[71]
	45	Pick 24	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 28	^[72]
	45	2019 fifth round pick (Adelaide)	Adelaide	Greater Western Sydney	2019 second round pick (Carlton)	^[72]
	46	Pick 34	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Pick 30	^[73]
	46	Pick 41	Fremantle	Western Bulldogs	Pick 57	^[73]
	47	Pick 51	North Melbourne	St Kilda	2019 third round pick (St Kilda)	^[74]
	48	Pick 46	Western Bulldogs	North Melbourne	2019 third round pick (North Melbourne)	^[75]
	49	Pick 54	North Melbourne	Brisbane Lions	2019 fourth round pick (Brisbane Lions)	^[76]
	50	Pick 61	St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	2019 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	^[77]
	50	Pick 61	St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	2019 fourth round pick (GWS)	^[77]
	51	Pick 64	Carlton	Adelaide	Pick 67	^[78]
	51	Pick 64	Carlton	Adelaide	2019 fifth round pick (Carlton)	^[78]
	52	Pick 63	Collingwood	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	^[79]
	52	2019 fifth round pick (Collingwood)	Collingwood	Hawthorn	2019 fourth round pick (Hawthorn)	^[79]
	53	Pick 75	St Kilda	Carlton	Pick 67	^[80]
	53	2019 fourth round pick (West Coast)	St Kilda	Carlton	Pick 67	^[80]
	54	Pick 68	Richmond	Geelong	2019 fourth round pick (Geelong)	^[81]

Retirements and delistings

Table key
†	Retired, effective immediately
‡	Retired, effective at the end of the season
R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player retirements and delistings
Date	Name	Club	Status	Ref
15 November	Ty Vickery	Hawthorn	Retired †	^[84]
11 January	Ben Griffiths	Richmond	Retired †	^[85]
22 January	Kurt Tippett	Sydney	Retired †	^[86]
9 February	Cian Hanley	Brisbane Lions	Retired † B	^[87]
26 June	Shaun Hampson	Richmond	Retired †	^[88]
4 July	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn	Retired †	^[82]
9 July	Clay Smith	Western Bulldogs	Retired †	^[89]
18 July	Curtly Hampton	Adelaide	Retired †	^[90]
23 July	Koby Stevens	St Kilda	Retired †	^[91]
2 August	Harley Balic	Melbourne	Retired †	^[92]
7 August	Matt Rosa	Gold Coast	Retired †	^[93]
7 August	Sam Gibson	Adelaide	Retired ‡	^[94]
8 August	Lee Spurr	Fremantle	Retired †	^[95]
21 August	Brendon Goddard	Essendon	Delisted	^[83]
	Jarrad Waite	North Melbourne	Retired ‡	^[96]
	Alex Silvagni	Carlton	Retired † R	^[97]
22 August	Jackson Merrett	Essendon	Delisted	^[98]
23 August	Shane Biggs	Western Bulldogs	Retired †	^[99]
24 August	Danyle Pearce	Fremantle	Retired †	^[100]
24 August	Michael Johnson	Fremantle	Retired ‡	^[100]
25 August	Lindsay Thomas	Port Adelaide	Retired R	^[101]
26 August	Ray Connellan	St Kilda	Delisted B	^[102]
28 August	Kieran Collins	Western Bulldogs	Delisted	^[103]
	Nathan Mullenger-McHugh	Western Bulldogs	Delisted R	^[103]
	Jimmy Toumpas	Port Adelaide	Delisted	^[104]
	Emmanuel Irra	Port Adelaide	Delisted B	^[104]
	Billy Hartung	North Melbourne	Delisted	^[105]
	Daniel Nielson		Delisted
	Josh Williams		Delisted
	Oscar Junker		Delisted R
	Gordon Narrier		Delisted R
	Tom Jeffries		Delisted B
	Michael Barlow	Gold Coast	Delisted	^[106]
	Josh Jaska		Delisted R
	Max Spencer		Delisted B
	Mackenzie Willis		Delisted R
	Harry Dear	Adelaide	Delisted	^[107]
	Jackson Edwards		Delisted R
	Ben Jarman		Delisted R
	Nathan Freeman	St Kilda	Delisted	^[108]
29 August	Hugh Goddard		Delisted	^[109]
29 August	Nathan Wright		Delisted	^[109]
30 August	Bernie Vince	Melbourne	Retired ‡	^[110]
	Cam O'Shea	Carlton	Delisted	^[111]
	Aaron Mullett		Delisted
	Matt Shaw		Delisted R
	Jesse Glass-McCasker		Delisted R
	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	Delisted	^[112]
4 September	Mitchell Hibberd	North Melbourne	Delisted	^[113]
5 September	Sam Gilbert	St Kilda	Delisted	^[114]
6 September	Darren Minchington	St Kilda	Delisted	^[115]
	Rohan Bewick	Brisbane Lions	Delisted	^[116]
	Tom Bell		Delisted
	Marco Paparone		Delisted
	Claye Beams		Delisted R
	Jake Barrett		Delisted R
10 September	Liam Dawson		Delisted	^[117]
	Josh Green	Essendon	Delisted	^[118]
	Aaron Black	Geelong	Delisted	^[119]
11 September	Cory Gregson		Delisted	^[120]
	Ryan Gardner		Delisted
	Timm House		Delisted
	Stewart Crameri		Delisted R
	Matthew Hayball		Delisted R
12 September	Eric Mackenzie	West Coast	Retired	^[121]
14 September	Alex Johnson	Sydney	Delisted R	^[122]
16 September	Ryan Griffen	Greater Western Sydney	Retired	^[123]
17 September	Jack Redpath	Western Bulldogs	Retired	^[124]
25 September	Matthew Wright	Carlton	Retired	^[125]
	Cameron Pedersen	Melbourne	Delisted	^[126]
	Tomas Bugg		Delisted
	Mitch King		Delisted
	Pat McKenna		Delisted
	Lachlan Filipovic		Delisted R
26 September	Jonathan O'Rourke	Hawthorn	Delisted	^[127]
	Kurt Heatherley		Delisted
	Dallas Willsmore		Delisted R
2 October	Dean Towers	Sydney	Delisted	^[128]
	Jordan Foote		Delisted
	Angus Styles		Delisted R
	Jake Brown		Delisted B
4 October	Dion Johnstone	Melbourne	Delisted	^[129]
4 October	Declan Mountford	North Melbourne	Delisted	^[130]
15 October	Ciarán Byrne	Carlton	Retired	^[131]
15 October	Cillian McDaid	Carlton	Retired B	^[131]
17 October	Maverick Weller	St Kilda	Delisted	^[132]
18 October	Mark LeCras	West Coast	Retired	^[133]
	Sam Rowe	Carlton	Delisted	^[134]
	Jed Lamb		Delisted
	Sam Kerridge		Delisted
	Nick Graham		Delisted
22 October	Tom Sheridan	Fremantle	Delisted	^[135]
	Cam Sutcliffe		Delisted
	Brady Grey		Delisted
	Luke Strnadica		Delisted R
	Malcolm Karpany	West Coast	Delisted	^[136]
	Luke Partington		Delisted
	Ryan Burrows		Delisted R
	Callan England		Delisted R
	Tony Olango		Delisted R
	Tarir Bayok		Delisted B
	Matthew Signorello	Adelaide	Delisted	^[137]
	Jake Neade	Port Adelaide	Delisted	^[138]
	Dom Barry		Delisted
	Will Snelling		Delisted R
24 October	Dan Robinson	Sydney	Delisted	^[139]
	Harrison Marsh	Sydney	Delisted	^[139]
	Matthew Leuenberger	Essendon	Retired	^[140]
	Daniel Menzel	Geelong	Delisted	^[141]
	Jordan Murdoch	Geelong	Delisted	^[141]
25 October	Alex Morgan	North Melbourne	Delisted	^[142]
	Tom Campbell	Western Bulldogs	Delisted	^[143]
	Mitch Honeychurch	Western Bulldogs	Delisted	^[143]
26 October	Tim Mohr	Greater Western Sydney	Delisted	^[144]
26 October	Lachlan Tiziani	Greater Western Sydney	Delisted	^[144]
29 October	Brendan Whitecross	Hawthorn	Delisted	^[145]
29 October	Kieran Lovell	Hawthorn	Delisted	^[145]
30 October	Kyle Cheney	Adelaide	Delisted	^[146]
	Paul Hunter	Adelaide	Delisted R	^[146]
	Jesse Lonergan	Gold Coast	Delisted	^[147]
	Harrison Wigg		Delisted
	Brad Scheer		Delisted
	Cameron Hewett	Port Adelaide	Delisted R	^[148]
	Jarryd Blair	Collingwood	Delisted	^[149]
	Tim Broomhead		Delisted
	Kayle Kirby		Retired
	Sam McLarty		Delisted
	Sam Murray		Delisted
	Adam Oxley		Delisted R
	Josh Smith		Delisted
	Will Langford	Hawthorn	Retired	^[150]
31 October	Jacob Townsend	Richmond	Delisted	^[151]
	Nathan Drummond		Delisted
	Mabior Chol		Delisted R
	Jack Leslie	Gold Coast	Delisted	^[152]
	Jarryd Lyons	Gold Coast	Delisted	^[152]
	Matt Dea	Essendon	Delisted	^[153]
	Jack Frost	Brisbane Lions	Retired	^[154]
	Ethan Hughes	Fremantle	Delisted	^[155]
	Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Delisted R	^[155]
9 November	Jacob Allison	Brisbane Lions	Delisted	^[156]
9 November	Ryan Bastinac	Brisbane Lions	Delisted	^[156]
12 November	Kyron Hayden	North Melbourne	Delisted	^[157]
21 November	Michael Apeness	Fremantle	Retired	^[158]

Pre-draft selections

Prior to the draft, the two bottom teams Carlton and Gold Coast applied for Priority Picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied.^[159] However, Gold Coast were granted pre-draft access to up to three and Carlton up to two mature-aged State League players each, these selections could be traded to other clubs.^[160]

Table of pre-draft selections
Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes	Ref.
Player	Club	Club	League	Notes	Ref.
Nathan Kreuger	Carlton	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded to Geelong for Pick 43	^[31]
Shane McAdam	Carlton	Sturt	SANFL	Traded to Adelaide as part of Mitch McGovern trade	^[33]
Josh Corbett	Gold Coast	Werribee	VFL		^[161]
Chris Burgess		West Adelaide	SANFL		^[161]
Sam Collins		Werribee	VFL		^[162]

2018 national draft

Indicative draft order as of 21 November 2018^[163]

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team
⁺	Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team
^#	Denotes player who has never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game
^~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star

Table of national draft selections
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	Club	League	Notes
1	1	Sam Walsh	Carlton	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	2	Jack Lukosius	Gold Coast	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
	3	Izak Rankine	Gold Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL	Free Agency compensation pick (Lynch)
	4	Max King	St Kilda	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	5	Connor Rozee	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	6	Ben King	Gold Coast	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melb; received from Freo, Bris, Port, Freo
	7	Bailey Smith	Western Bulldogs	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
	8	Tarryn Thomas	North Melbourne	North Launceston	TSL	Next Gen. Academy (Indigenous) - North matched Crows bid.
	9	Chayce Jones	Adelaide	Launceston	TSL
	10	Nick Blakey	Sydney	UNSW-Eastern Sub.	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	11	Jye Caldwell	GWS Giants	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from Essendon
	12	Zak Butters	Port Adelaide	Western Jets	TAC Cup
	13	Isaac Quaynor	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent)
	14	Jackson Hately	GWS Giants	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, N.M.
	15	Jordan Clark	Geelong	Claremont	WAFL
	16	Ned McHenry	Adelaide	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from Sydney
	17	Sam Sturt	Fremantle	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	18	Xavier Duursma	Port Adelaide	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from Hawthorn
	19	Liam Stocker	Carlton	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Melbourne
	20	Riley Collier-Dawkins	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
	21	Ely Smith	Brisbane Lions	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
	22	Xavier O'Halloran	GWS Giants	Western Jets	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo; received from Bris, Suns, WCE
	23	Jez McLennan	Gold Coast	Central District	SANFL	Traded from West Coast at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Lycett)
2	24	Bobby Hill	GWS Giants	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Carlton
	25	James Rowbottom	Sydney	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from West Coast at the draft; received from Gold Coast
	26	Rhylee West	Western Bulldogs	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Father–son selection (son of Scott West)
	27	Tom Sparrow	Melbourne	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from Port, St k
	28	Xavier O'Neill	West Coast	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast; received from Brisbane Lions
	29	Will Kelly	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son selection (son of Craig Kelly)
	30	Will Hamill	Adelaide	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle
	31	Luke Foley	West Coast	Subiaco	WAFL	Traded from Sydney at the draft; received from Carl, W.B.
	32	Luke Valente	Fremantle	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from W.Bulldogs at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Dahlhaus)
	33	James Jordon	Melbourne	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from St K; received from Syd, Carl, Adel
	34	Kieren Briggs	GWS Giants	Pennant Hills	AFL Syd.	Academy selection
	35	Bailey Williams	West Coast	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Gold Coast at the draft; received from Essendon
	36	Tom Berry	Brisbane Lions	GWV Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from Fremantle; received from Port Adelaide
	37	Laitham Vandermeer	Western Bulldogs	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from North
	38	Irving Mosquito	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from GWS; N.G. Academy eligible for Hawthorn, but they passed.
	39	Jarrod Cameron	West Coast	Swan Districts	WAFL	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
	40	Tom Joyce	Brisbane Lions	East Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Hawthorn
	41	Jack Bytel	St Kilda	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Melbourne
	42	Connor McFadyen	Brisbane Lions	Wilston Grange	QAFL	Academy selection
	43	Jack Ross	Richmond	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	44	Justin McInerney	Sydney	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from Adelaide; received from Carlton
	45	Ben Cavarra	Western Bulldogs	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Freo at the draft; received from GWS, Carl, Geel, Bris

	46	Curtis Taylor	North Melbourne	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft
	47	Matthew Parker	St Kilda	South Fremantle	WAFL	Traded from Melbourne; received from Adelaide
	48	Ben Jarvis	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL
	49	Bailey Scott	North Melbourne	Broadbeach	QAFL	Father–son selection (son of Robert Scott)
	50	Jacob Kennerley	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL	Traded from Collingwood; received from Sydney
	51	Zac Foot	Sydney	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
	52	Jacob Koschitzke	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
	53	Aaron Nietschke	Melbourne	Central District	SANFL
	54	Nick Hind	St Kilda	Essendon	VFL	Traded from N.M. at the draft; received from Freo, Bris, Geel, Rich
55	Noah Answerth	Brisbane Lions	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from Collingwood
4	56	Marty Hore	Melbourne	Collingwood	VFL	Traded from N.M.; received from Syd, Geel, Bris
	57	Lachie Schultz	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft; received from Fremantle
	58	Fraser Turner	Richmond	Clarence	TSL	Traded from Western Bulldogs
	59	Brett Bewley	Fremantle	Williamstown	VFL	Traded from Melb; received from St K, Adel, Suns, Port
	60	Noah Gown	Essendon	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
	61	Connor Idun	GWS Giants	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from St Kilda at the draft; received from Port Adelaide
	62	Luke English	Richmond	Perth	WAFL	Traded from Adelaide; received from Suns, N.M.
	63	Mathew Walker	Hawthorn	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Coll at the draft; Academy eligible for GWS, but they passed.
	64	Lachlan Sholl	Adelaide	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Geelong
	65	Darcy Fort	Geelong	Central District	SANFL	Traded from Sydney
	66	Finbar O'Dwyer	Carlton	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	Traded from Greater Western Sydney
	67	Robbie Young	St Kilda	North Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Carlton at the draft; received from Adel, Melb
	68	Jake Tarca	Geelong	South Adelaide	SANFL	Traded from Richmond at the draft
	69	Joel Crocker	North Melbourne	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Darren Crocker)
5	70	Ben Silvagni	Carlton	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Stephen Silvagni)
	71	Caleb Graham	Gold Coast	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Traded from Brisbane Lions
	72	Brayden Ham	Essendon	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
	73	Riley Grundy	Port Adelaide	Sturt	SANFL
	74	Oscar Brownless	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Father–son eligible (son of Billy Brownless)
	75	Toby Bedford	Melbourne	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (Indigenous)
	76	Boyd Woodcock	Port Adelaide	North Adelaide	SANFL
	77	Atu Bosenavulagi	Collingwood	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Next Generation Academy eligible (born in Fiji)
	78	Will Hayes	Western Bulldogs	Footscray	VFL

Rookie elevations

Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2018 to their 2019 primary playing list prior to the draft.

Table of rookie elevations
Player	Club	Ref.
Josh Thomas	Collingwood	^[164]
Bailey Banfield	Fremantle	^[155]
Taylin Duman	Fremantle	^[155]
Jack Henry	Geelong	^[164]
Mark O'Connor	Geelong	^[164]
Darcy MacPherson	Gold Coast	^[165]
Daniel Lloyd	Greater Western Sydney	^[164]
Conor Glass	Hawthorn	^[150]
James Cousins
David Mirra
Corey Maynard	Melbourne	^[166]
Dan Houston	Port Adelaide	^[138]
Callum Moore	Richmond	^[164]
Rowan Marshall	St Kilda	^[167]
Robbie Fox	Sydney	^[164]
Billy Gowers	Western Bulldogs	^[168]
Brad Lynch	Western Bulldogs	^[169]

Name	Club	Origin	Note	Ref
Tom Fullarton	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Bullets (NBL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[172]
James Madden	Brisbane Lions	Dublin GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[173]
Matthew Owies	Carlton	Seattle Redhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[174]
Anton Tohill	Collingwood	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[175]
Mark Keane	Collingwood	Cork GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[175]
Jason Carter	Fremantle	Peel Thunder	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	^[176]
Stefan Okunbor	Geelong	Kerry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[177]
Blake Schlensog	Geelong	Geelong Falcons	Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)	^[178]
Callum Brown	Greater Western Sydney	Derry GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[179]
Austin Bradtke	Melbourne	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[180]
Guy Walker	Melbourne	Melbourne Renegades (BBL)	3-year non-registered player (cricket)	^[181]
Red Óg Murphy	North Melbourne	Sligo GAA	International selection (Ireland)	^[182]
Kai Pudney	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Japanese descent)	^[183]
Martin Frederick	Port Adelaide	Woodville-West Torrens	Next Generation Academy selection (Sudanese descent)	^[183]
Sam Alabakis	St Kilda	Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (NCAA)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[184]
Sam Wicks	Sydney	Sydney (NEAFL)	NSW zone selection	^[185]
Patrick Bines	West Coast	Melbourne Tigers (SEABL)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[186]
Brodie Riach	West Coast	Altona Gators (Big V)	3-year non-registered player (basketball)	^[186]
Buku Khamis	Western Bulldogs	Western Jets	Next Generation Academy selection (born in Sudan)	^[187]

v t e 2018 AFL national draft
First round	1. Sam Walsh 2. Jack Lukosius 3. Izak Rankine 4. Max King 5. Connor Rozee 6. Ben King 7. Bailey Smith 8. Tarryn Thomas (academy selection) 9. Chayce Jones 10. Nick Blakey (academy selection) 11. Jye Caldwell 12. Zak Butters 13. Isaac Quaynor (academy selection) 14. Jackson Hately 15. Jordan Clark 16. Ned McHenry 17. Sam Sturt 18. Xavier Duursma 19. Liam Stocker 20. Riley Collier-Dawkins 21. Ely Smith 22. Xavier O'Halloran 23. Jez McLennan
Second round	24. Bobby Hill 25. James Rowbottom 26. Rhylee West (F/S) 27. Tom Sparrow 28. Xavier O'Neill 29. Will Kelly (F/S) 30. Will Hamill 31. Luke Foley 32. Luke Valente 33. James Jordon 34. Kieren Briggs (academy selection) 35. Bailey Williams 36. Tom Berry 37. Laitham Vandermeer 38. Irving Mosquito 39. Jarrod Cameron (academy selection) 40. Tom Joyce 41. Jack Bytel 42. Connor McFadyen (academy selection) 43. Jack Ross
Third round	44. Justin McInerney 45. Ben Cavarra 46. Curtis Taylor 47. Matthew Parker 48. Ben Jarvis 49. Bailey Scott (F/S) 50. Jacob Kennerley 51. Zac Foot 52. Jacob Koschitzke 53. Aaron Nietschke 54. Nick Hind 55. Noah Answerth
Fourth round	56. Marty Hore 57. Lachie Schultz 58. Fraser Turner 59. Brett Bewley 60. Noah Gown 61. Connor Idun 62. Luke English 63. Mathew Walker 64. Lachlan Sholl 65. Darcy Fort 66. Finbar O'Dwyer 67. Robbie Young 68. Jake Tarca 69. Joel Crocker (F/S)
Fifth round	70. Ben Silvagni (F/S) 71. Caleb Graham 72. Brayden Ham 73. Riley Grundy 74. Oscar Brownless (F/S) 75. Toby Bedford (academy selection) 76. Boyd Woodcock 77. Atu Bosenavulagi (academy selection) 78. Will Hayes

v t e 2019 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Hugh Goddard 2. Michael Rischitelli 3. Callum Wilkie 4. Ryan Bastinac 5. Ethan Hughes 6. Lachie Young 7. Kieran Strachan 8. Tom Jok 9. Tobin Cox 10. Tom McKenzie 11. Tom Atkins 12. Durak Tucker 14. Damon Greaves 15. Kade Chandler 16. Jake Aarts 17. Tim Broomhead 18. Harry Edwards
Second round	19. Tomas Bugg 20. Jack Leslie 21. Jacob Allison 22. Tobe Watson 23. Jordon Sweet 24. Paul Hunter 25. Matt Dea 26. Cam Hewett 27. Kyron Hayden 28. Harry Reynolds 30. Will Golds 32. Jacob Townsend 33. Sam Murray 34. Josh Smith
Third round	36. Brad Scheer 37. Ryan Nyhuis 39. Jordon Butts 41. Tom Wilkinson 42. Kurt Tippett 43. Tim Mohr 45. Mabior Chol
Fourth round	47. Harrison Wigg 49. Will Langford

v t e 2018 AFL season
Events	AFLX competition Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
See also	2018 AFL Women's season

v t e VFL/AFL drafts
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2018 AFL draft

Player movements

Previous trades

Free agency

Trades

Retirements and delistings

Pre-draft selections

2018 national draft

Rookie elevations

2019 rookie draft

Category B rookie selections

Pre-season supplemental selection period

See also

References

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