2004 AFL draft#Trades

{{Short description|Draft for the Australian Football League}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2004 AFL draft

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| date = 20 November 2004

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| location = Melbourne Park Function Centre

| sponsor = National Australia Bank

| network = Fox Sports

| league = AFL

| first = Brett Deledio ({{AFL Ric}})

| prev = 2003

| next = 2005

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The 2004 AFL draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.

In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. Richmond received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season. Three teams were allocated priority draft picks for winning 5 or fewer games in the previous season, Richmond, {{AFL Haw}} and {{AFL WB}}.{{Cite web |url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/Worthrep05.html#alter |title=AFL to alter priority pick order |access-date=12 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616183923/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/Worthrep05.html#alter |archive-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Carlton's two-year ban from the first and second rounds of the AFL draft expired in 2004 and they returned to the early part of the draft, with selections 9 and 25.{{Cite web |url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/Diary-carltoncrisis.html |title=Carlton Crisis |access-date=12 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817092548/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/Diary-carltoncrisis.html |archive-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} As it had traded away its first and second round draft picks in 2001, effectively the Blues' first and second round draft picks were its first since 2000. They finished the 2004 season 11th with 10 wins and 12 losses, too high to be eligible for a priority draft pick.