List of AFL debuts in 2015

The following is the list of players who have debuted either in the Australian Football League (AFL) or for a new club during the 2015 AFL season.

Club	AFL debuts	Change of club
Adelaide	5	1
Brisbane Lions	5	3
Carlton	6	4
Collingwood	5	4
Essendon	3	4
Fremantle	7	0
Geelong	4	3
Gold Coast	7	3
Greater Western Sydney	3	2
Hawthorn	2	2
Melbourne	8	4
North Melbourne	1	2
Port Adelaide	2	1
Richmond	6	1
St Kilda	6	1
Sydney	4	0
West Coast	5	0
Western Bulldogs	7	3
Total	86	38

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games (in 2015)	Goals (in 2015)	Notes
Clem Smith	Carlton	19 years, 59 days	1^[1]	7	0	Pick 60 (2014 national draft)
Kamdyn McIntosh	Richmond	20 years, 364 days	1^[2]	23	8	Pick 31 (2012 national draft), round 1 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Jesse Hogan	Melbourne	20 years, 52 days	1^[3]	20	44	Pick 2 (2012 Mini draft), round 9 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star, and winner of the Ron Evans Medal (Rising Star Award)
Angus Brayshaw	Melbourne	19 years, 86 days	1^[4]	21	5	Pick 3 (2014 national draft), son of Mark Brayshaw, round 10 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Aaron vandenBerg	Melbourne	23 years, 32 days	1^[5]	14	5	Pick 2 (2015 rookie draft)
Adam Saad	Gold Coast	20 years, 255 days	1^[6]	16	1	Pick 25 (2015 rookie draft), round 5 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Touk Miller	Gold Coast	19 years, 42 days	1^[7]	22	7	Pick 29 (2014 national draft), round 16 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Jarrod Garlett	Gold Coast	18 years, 336 days	1^[8]	9	4	Pick 15 (2014 national draft)
Isaac Heeney	Sydney	18 years, 334 days	1^[9]	14	16	Pick 18 (2014 national draft), academy selection, round 3 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Jordan De Goey	Collingwood	19 years, 20 days	1^[10]	16	6	Pick 5 (2014 national draft), round 20 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Jaden McGrath	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 293 days	1^[11]	3	0	Pick 73 (2014 national draft)
Tom Lamb	West Coast	18 years, 167 days	1^[12]	1	1	Pick 32 (2014 national draft), son of Wayne Lamb
Jackson Nelson	West Coast	19 years, 20 days	1^[13]	11	1	Pick 51 (2014 national draft)
Jack Lonie	St Kilda	18 years, 235 days	1^[14]	17	12	Pick 41 (2014 national draft), round 14 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Jack Sinclair	St Kilda	20 years, 53 days	1^[15]	18	18	Pick 1 (2015 rookie draft)
Nakia Cockatoo	Geelong	18 years, 165 days	1^[16]	11	3	Pick 10 (2014 national draft)
Cory Gregson	Geelong	18 years, 214 days	1^[17]	20	13	Pick 47 (2014 national draft), round 6 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Liam Duggan	West Coast	18 years, 120 days	2^[18]	12	1	Pick 11 (2014 national draft)
Kane Lambert	Richmond	23 years, 136 days	2^[19]	13	8	Pick 46 (2015 rookie draft)
James Sicily	Hawthorn	20 years, 97 days	2^[20]	3	4	Pick 56 (2013 national draft)
Paddy McCartin	St Kilda	18 years, 363 days	3^[21]	6	3	Pick 1 (2014 national draft)
Jake Kelly	Adelaide	20 years, 88 days	3^[22]	10	0	Pick 40 (2014 rookie draft), son of Craig Kelly
Ciarán Byrne	Carlton	20 years, 133 days	3^[23]	1	0	Pick 64 (2014 rookie draft)
Brendon Ah Chee	Port Adelaide	21 years, 118 days	3^[24]	11	6	Pick 45 (2011 national draft)
Harris Andrews	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 128 days	3^[25]	19	4	Pick 61 (2014 national draft), academy selection, round 18 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Lukas Webb	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 46 days	3^[26]	10	1	Pick 27 (2014 national draft)
Nathan Drummond	Richmond	20 years, 96 days	4^[27]	1	0	Pick 52 (2014 national draft)
Blaine Boekhorst	Carlton	21 years, 235 days	4^[28]	11	5	Pick 19 (2014 national draft)
Matthew Dick	Carlton	20 years, 173 days	4^[29]	6	0	Delisted free agent, (2014 national draft), from Sydney
Fraser McInnes	West Coast	21 years, 281 days	4^[30]	7	6	Pick 28 (2011 national draft)
Trent Dumont	North Melbourne	19 years, 300 days	4^[31]	8	2	Pick 30 (2013 national draft)
Corey Ellis	Richmond	18 years, 205 days	5^[32]	6	3	Pick 12 (2014 national draft)
Josh Glenn	Gold Coast	21 years, 54 days	5^[33]	5	1	Pick 7 (2015 rookie draft)
Henry Schade	Gold Coast	21 years, 206 days	5^[34]	15	0	Pick 24 (2011 national draft)
Kyle Langford	Essendon	18 years, 153 days	5^[35]	8	3	Pick 17 (2014 national draft)
Daniel McKenzie	St Kilda	18 years, 351 days	5^[36]	7	0	Pick 22 (2014 national draft)
Jake Lever	Adelaide	19 years, 065 days	6^[37]	12	0	Pick 14 (2014 national draft), round 17 nomination 2015 AFL Rising Star
Alex Pearce	Fremantle	19 years, 334 days	6^[38]	13	3	Pick 37 (2013 national draft)
Billy Stretch	Melbourne	18 years, 243 days	6^[39]	11	2	Pick 42 (2014 national draft), son of Steven Stretch
Bailey Dale	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 299 days	7^[40]	10	6	Pick 45 (2014 national draft)
Liam McBean	Richmond	20 years, 265 days	7^[41]	2	0	Pick 33 (2012 national draft)
Connor Menadue	Richmond	18 years, 240 days	7^[42]	5	1	Pick 33 (2014 national draft)
Karl Amon	Port Adelaide	19 years, 271 days	7^[43]	7	5	Pick 68 (2013 national draft)
Liam Dawson	Brisbane Lions	19 years, 122 days	8^[44]	10	1	Pick 44 (2014 national draft), academy selection
Dan Robinson	Sydney	20 years, 330 days	9^[45]	4	2	Pick 50 (2013 rookie draft)
Daniel Howe	Hawthorn	19 years, 177 days	9^[46]	4	0	Pick 31 (2014 national draft)
Keegan Brooksby	Gold Coast	25 years, 034 days	9^[47]	3	3	Pick 42 (2015 rookie draft)
Joel Hamling	Western Bulldogs	22 years, 052 days	9^[48]	11	0	Previously on Geelong playing list, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Peter Wright	Gold Coast	18 years, 271 days	10^[49]	3	1	Pick 8 (2014 national draft)
Toby McLean	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 127 days	10^[50]	4	2	Pick 26 (2014 national draft)
Michael Luxford	Geelong	20 years, 104 days	10^[51]	2	0	Pick 56 (2014 rookie draft)
Hugh Beasley	Brisbane Lions	19 years, 207 days	10^[52]	6	0	Pick 22 (2014 national draft)
Alex Neal-Bullen	Melbourne	19 years, 157 days	12^[53]	11	6	Pick 40 (2014 national draft)
Jack Steele	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 189 days	12^[54]	7	1	Pick 24 (2014 national draft), academy selection
Caleb Marchbank	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 195 days	12^[55]	5	0	Pick 6 (2014 national draft)
Jake Kolodjashnij	Geelong	19 years, 316 days	12^[56]	9	0	Pick 41 (2013 national draft), brother of Kade Kolodjashnij
Toby Nankervis	Sydney	20 years, 324 days	14^[57]	5	1	Pick 35 (2013 national draft)
Brayden Maynard	Collingwood	18 years, 286 days	14^[58]	9	2	Pick 30 (2014 national draft), son of Peter Maynard
Darcy Moore	Collingwood	19 years, 160 days	14^[59]	9	9	Pick 9 (2014 national draft), son of Peter Moore
Caleb Daniel	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 362 days	14^[60]	10	6	Pick 46 (2014 national draft), round 4 nomination 2016 AFL Rising Star
Tom Fields	Carlton	22 years, 203 days	15^[61]	2	0	Pick 41 (2015 rookie draft), son of Neville Fields
Jayden Laverde	Essendon	19 years, 90 days	15^[62]	9	5	Pick 20 (2014 national draft)
James Harmes	Melbourne	19 years, 279 days	15^[63]	8	3	Pick 2 (2014 rookie draft), round 7 nomination 2016 AFL Rising Star
Josh Prudden	Western Bulldogs	20 years, 308 days	15^[64]	4	0	Pick 50 (2012 national draft)
Riley Knight	Adelaide	20 years, 107 days	15^[65]	11	8	Pick 46 (2013 national draft)
Brad Walsh	Carlton	18 years, 318 days	16^[66]	3	1	Pick 24 (2015 rookie draft)
Rory Atkins	Adelaide	21 years, 7 days	16^[67]	8	4	Pick 81 (2012 national draft)
Hugh Goddard	St Kilda	18 years, 329 days	16^[68]	8	1	Pick 21 (2014 national draft), cousin of Brendon Goddard
Tom Barrass	West Coast	19 years, 291 days	17^[69]	3	0	Pick 43 (2013 national draft)
Matthew Scharenberg	Collingwood	19 years, 317 days	18^[70]	4	0	Pick 6 (2013 national draft)
Lachie Weller	Fremantle	19 years, 161 days	18^[71]	3	0	Pick 13 (2014 national draft), brother of Maverick Weller
Jonathon Marsh	Collingwood	19 years, 295 days	19^[72]	5	0	Pick 77 (2013 national draft)
Billy Evans	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 293 days	19^[73]	5	1	Pick 4 (2015 rookie draft)
James Rose	Sydney	19 years, 128 days	21^[74]	2	3	Pick 37 (2014 national draft)
Jason Holmes	St Kilda	25 years, 298 days	21^[75]	3	0	Pick 36 (2014 rookie draft)
Roarke Smith	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 346 days	21^[76]	1	0	Pick 5 (2015 rookie draft)
Zaine Cordy	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 306 days	22^[77]	2	0	Pick 62 (2014 national draft), brother of Ayce Cordy, son of Brian Cordy
Conor McKenna	Essendon	19 years, 154 days	22^[78]	2	2	Pick 62 (2015 rookie draft)
Ed Langdon	Fremantle	19 years, 211 days	22^[79]	2	0	Pick 54 (2014 national draft), brother of Tom Langdon
Oscar McDonald	Melbourne	19 years, 165 days	22^[80]	2	0	Pick 53 (2014 national draft), brother of Tom McDonald
Connor Blakely	Fremantle	19 years, 187 days	23^[81]	1	0	Pick 34 (2014 national draft)
Brady Grey	Fremantle	20 years, 48 days	23^[82]	1	0	Pick 58 (2013 national draft)
Ethan Hughes	Fremantle	20 years, 272 days	23^[83]	1	0	Pick 13 (2014 national draft)
Jacob Ballard	Fremantle	20 years, 192 days	23^[84]	1	0	Pick 47 (2014 rookie draft)
Mitch White	Melbourne	19 years, 149 days	23^[85]	1	0	Pick 20 (2015 rookie draft)
Jake Barrett	Greater Western Sydney	19 years, 302 days	23^[86]	1	0	Pick 97 (2013 national draft), NSW Zone selection

Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut round	Games (in 2015)	Goals (in 2015)	Notes
Taylor Hunt	Richmond	24 years, 148 days	1^[87]	23	1	Previously played for Geelong, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Liam Jones	Carlton	24 years, 38 days	1^[88]	9	7	Previously played for Western Bulldogs, traded in 2014
Kristian Jaksch	Carlton	20 years, 177 days	1^[89]	6	1	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014
Heritier Lumumba	Melbourne	28 years, 140 days	1^[90]	19	2	Previously played for Collingwood, traded in 2014
Sam Frost	Melbourne	21 years, 219 days	1^[91]	3	0	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014
Ben Newton	Melbourne	22 years, 239 days	1^[92]	11	11	Previously played for Port Adelaide, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Jeff Garlett	Melbourne	25 years, 244 days	1^[93]	22	40	Previously played for Carlton, traded in 2014
Mitch Hallahan	Gold Coast	22 years, 244 day	1^[94]	12	3	Previously played for Hawthorn, traded in 2014
Nick Malceski	Gold Coast	30 years, 232 days	1^[95]	16	3	Previously played for Sydney, signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2014
Adam Cooney	Essendon	26 years, 359 days	1^[96]	11	10	Previously played for Western Bulldogs, traded in 2014
Travis Varcoe	Collingwood	26 years, 335 days	1^[97]	22	10	Previously played for Geelong, traded in 2014
Jack Crisp	Collingwood	21 years, 184 days	1^[98]	22	16	Previously played for Brisbane Lions, traded in 2014
Allen Christensen	Brisbane Lions	23 years, 320 days	1^[99]	22	19	Previously played for Geelong, traded in 2014
Mitch Robinson	Brisbane Lions	25 years, 301 days	1^[100]	21	10	Previously played for Carlton, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Dayne Beams	Brisbane Lions	25 years, 52 days	1^[101]	16	10	Previously played for Collingwood, traded in 2014
Tom Boyd	Western Bulldogs	19 years, 225 days	1^[102]	14	16	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014
Tim Membrey	St Kilda	20 years, 314 days	1^[103]	12	9	Previously played for Sydney, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Joel Patfull	Greater Western Sydney	30 years, 119 days	1^[104]	16	1	Previously played for Brisbane Lions, traded in 2014
Ryan Griffen	Greater Western Sydney	28 years, 252 days	1^[105]	21	7	Previously played for Western Bulldogs, traded in 2014
Kyle Cheney	Adelaide	25 years, 223 days	1^[106]	12	0	Previously played for Melbourne & Hawthorn, traded in 2014
Jarrad Waite	North Melbourne	32 years, 62 days	1^[107]	22	42	Previously played for Carlton, signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2014
Shaun Higgins	North Melbourne	27 years, 32 days	1^[108]	23	37	Previously played for Western Bulldogs, signed as a restricted free agent in 2014
Paddy Ryder	Port Adelaide	27 years, 22 days	1^[109]	18	18	Previously played for Essendon, traded in 2014
James Frawley	Hawthorn	26 years, 198 days	1^[110]	16	6	Previously played for Melbourne, signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2014
Mitch Clark	Geelong	27 years, 169 days	1^[111]	8	14	Previously played for Brisbane Lions & Melbourne, traded in 2014
Jason Tutt	Carlton	23 years, 330 days	2^[112]	13	4	Previously played for Western Bulldogs, pick 2 (2015 Pre-Season Draft)
Rhys Stanley	Geelong	24 years, 132 days	2^[113]	8	6	Previously played for St Kilda, traded in 2014
Jonathan O'Rourke	Hawthorn	20 years, 356 days	2^[114]	2	1	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014
James Gwilt	Essendon	28 years, 244 days	2^[115]	11	0	Previously played for St Kilda, signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2014
Patrick Karnezis	Collingwood	22 years, 359 days	3^[116]	4	2	Previously played for Brisbane Lions, traded in 2013
Mark Whiley	Carlton	22 years, 151 days	5^[117]	8	1	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014
Andrew Raines	Gold Coast	29 years, 63 days	6^[118]	6	2	Previously played for Brisbane Lions, pick 71, (2015 rookie draft)
Shaun McKernan	Essendon	24 years, 256 days	7^[119]	9	6	Previously played for Adelaide, pick 12, (2015 rookie draft)
Sam Blease	Geelong	24 years, 87 days	7^[120]	1	0	Previously played for Melbourne, signed as a delisted free agent in 2014
Shane Biggs	Western Bulldogs	23 years, 292 days	8^[121]	10	3	Previously played for Sydney, traded in 2014
Shaun Edwards	Essendon	21 years, 182 days	11^[122]	9	8	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2013
Levi Greenwood	Collingwood	26 years, 150 days	16^[123]	8	4	Previously played for North Melbourne, traded in 2014
Jonathan Giles	Essendon	27 years, 207 days	18^[124]	3	1	Previously played for Greater Western Sydney, traded in 2014

v t e 2015 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
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

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