2015 AFL draft
{{Short description|Draft for the Australian Football League}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Distinguish|2015 AFL women's draft}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2015 AFL draft
| image = File:2015 AFL draft logo.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption =
| date = 24, 27 November 2015
| time = 5:30 pm ACDT (24 November)
11:00 am AEDT (27 November)
| location = Adelaide Convention Centre,
Adelaide, South Australia
| sponsor = National Australia Bank
| network = Fox Footy
| league = AFL
| first = Jacob Weitering (Carlton)
| prev = 2014
| next = 2016
}}
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:{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-11/adelaide-to-host-2015-nab-afl-draft|title=Adelaide to host 2015 NAB AFL Draft|last=Twomey|first=Callum|date=11 August 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=8 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-06/when-does-the-2015-nab-afl-trade-period-start-and-finish|title=When does the 2015 free agency and trade period start and finish?|date=6 October 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=6 October 2015}}
- 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=
File:Mattsuckling.jpg with {{AFL Haw}}, Matt Suckling (right) signed with the {{AFL WB}} as an unrestricted free agent]]
{{See also|Free agent#Australian Football League usage|l1=Free agent}}
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.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005131134/http://www.afl.com.au/trade/free-agency|archive-date=5 October 2015|date=30 September 2015|url=http://www.afl.com.au/trade/free-agency|title=2015 free agents|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=5 October 2015}}
=Trades=
File:PatrickDangerfieldMarch2016.JPG was traded to {{AFL Gee}} from {{AFL Ade}}]]
File:Lachlan Henderson.jpg became the first player in history to be traded for a future draft pick when he was traded to {{AFL Gee}} from {{AFL Car}}]]
File:HarleyBennellMarch2016.JPG was traded to {{AFL Fre}} from {{AFL GC}}]]
{{multiple image|perrow = 2|total_width=300
| align = right
| image1 = Jeremy Howe 2015.JPG
| image2 = Ben Kennedy 2015.JPG
| image3 = Seeds signs autographs.jpg
| image4 = Jimmy Toumpas 2015.JPG
| footer = Jeremy Howe, Ben Kennedy, Paul Seedsman, and Jimmy Toumpas were all involved in a major deal involving four clubs.
}}
File:Charlie Dixon 2016.png was traded to {{AFL PA}} from {{AFL GC}}]]
For the first time, clubs were allowed to trade future selections from the next year's draft as well as the current draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-06/future-trading-given-goahead-but-with-restrictions|title=Future trading given go-ahead but with restrictions|last=Bowen|first=Nick|date=6 August 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=5 October 2015}} 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.{{cite news|title=Carlton trades Lachie Henderson to Geelong for first-round AFL draft pick in 2016|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-14/carlton-trades-lachie-henderson-to-geelong-for-first-round-afl-/6853050|date=14 October 2015|work=ABC Online|publisher=ABC|access-date=14 October 2015}}
;Note:
- The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different from 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.
=Retirements and delistings=
|}
2015 national draft
The 2015 AFL national draft was held on 24 November 2015 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-21/new-bidding-system-introduced-for-fatherson-and-northern-academy-players|title=New bidding system for father-sons, academies|last=Twomey|first=Callum|date=21 May 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=31 October 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-02/clubs-to-test-technology-in-mock-draft|title= Clubs to test live-bidding calculator in 'mock draft'|last=Twomey|first=Callum|date=2 October 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=5 October 2015}}
{{AFL Draft legend|y|y|y|y|y|y|halloffame=}}
:Final draft order{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121175457/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-20/indicative-draft-order-your-clubs-provisional-picks-as-trade-period-unfolds|archive-date=21 November 2015 |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-20/indicative-draft-order-your-clubs-provisional-picks-as-trade-period-unfolds|title=Final draft order: Which picks is your club taking to this year's draft?|date=20 November 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=22 November 2015}}
| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable toccolours" |
| style="background:white; color:black; width:770px;"| Draft-eve selection order, club by club, and points value of each pick |
|---|
| {| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width:5em"|Round
!scope="col" style="width:5em"|Pick !scope="col" style="width:5em"|{{Tooltip|Points|Points from the AFL draft value index}} !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Club !scope="col" style="width:30em"|Notes |
| 1
| 1 | 3000 | {{AFL Car}} | |
| 1
| 2 | 2517 | {{AFL BL}} | |
| 1
| 3 | 2234 | {{AFL Mel}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 1
| 4 | 2034 | {{AFL Ess}} | |
| 1
| 5 | 1878 | {{AFL Ess}} | Traded by {{AFL|StK}} |
| 1
| 6 | 1751 | {{AFL GC}} | Traded from {{AFL Mel}} |
| 1
| 7 | 1644 | {{AFL Mel}} |Traded from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Col}} |
| 1
| 8 | 1551 | {{AFL Car}} | Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 1
| 9 | 1469 | {{AFL Ade}} | Traded from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 1
| 10 | 1395 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Mel}}; received from {{AFL GC}}, received from {{AFL PA}} |
| 1
| 11 | 1329 | {{AFL Car}} |Traded from {{AFL WB}} |
| 1
| 12 | 1268 | {{AFL Ric}} | |
| 1
| 13 | 1212 | {{AFL Ade}} | |
| 1
| 14 | 1161 | {{AFL|StK}} | Traded by {{AFL Syd}} |
| 1
| 15 | 1112 | {{AFL Haw}} | Traded from {{AFL NM}} |
| 1
| 16 | 1067 | {{AFL GC}} | Traded from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 1
| 17 | 1025 | {{AFL NM}} | Traded from {{AFL BL}}; received from {{AFL|WC}} |
| 1
| 18 | 985 | {{AFL Haw}} | |
| 1
| 19 | 948 | {{AFL Car}} | Traded from {{AFL Ric}}; received from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL GWS}} via a trade in 2012; traded to the Giants by {{AFL Fre}} in 2011; originally received by Fremantle as compensation for Rhys Palmer. |
| 2
| 20 | 912 | {{AFL WB}} |Traded from {{AFL Car}} |
| 2
| 21 | 878 | {{AFL WB}} | Traded from {{AFL Car}}; received from {{AFL BL}} |
| 2
| 22 | 845 | {{AFL Fre}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 2
| 23 | 815 | {{AFL|WC}} | Traded from {{AFL Syd}}; received from {{AFL Ess}} |
| 2
| 24 | 785 | {{AFL Ess}} | Traded by {{AFL|StK}} |
| 2
| 25 | 756 | {{AFL Ess}} | Traded from {{AFL Mel}} |
| 2
| 26 | 729 | {{AFL NM}} |Traded from {{AFL BL}}; received from {{AFL Col}} |
| 2
| 27 | 703 | {{AFL Col}} |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 2
| 28 | 677 | {{AFL NM}} | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Car}}; received from {{AFL Ade}}; received from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 2
| 29 | 653 | {{AFL GC}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}}, received from {{AFL PA}} |
| 2
| 30 | 629 | {{AFL WB}} | |
| 2
| 31 | 606 | {{AFL|WC}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Ric}} |
| 2
| 32 | 584 | {{AFL PA}} | Traded from {{AFL Ade}} |
| 2
| 33 | 563 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 2
| 34 | 542 | {{AFL GWS}} |Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL NM}} |
| 2
| 35 | 522 | {{AFL Fre}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 2
| 36 | 502 | {{AFL Syd}} |Traded from {{AFL|WC}} |
| 2
| 37 | 483 | {{AFL Syd}} | Traded from {{AFL|WC}}; free agency compensation pick (Selwood) |
| 2
| 38 | 465 | {{AFL BL}} | Traded from {{AFL NM}}; received from {{AFL Haw}} |
| 2
| 39 | 446 | {{AFL BL}} | Free agency compensation pick (Leuenberger) |
| 2
| 40 | 429 | {{AFL BL}} | Traded from {{AFL NM}}; received from {{AFL Haw}}; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) |
| 3
| 41 | 412 | {{AFL BL}} | Traded from {{AFL Car}} |
| 3
| 42 | 395 | {{AFL BL}} | |
| 3
| 43 | 378 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Mel}}; received from {{AFL GC}} |
| 3
| 44 | 362 | {{AFL Syd}} |Traded by {{AFL Ess}} |
| 3
| 45 | 347 | {{AFL|StK}} | |
| 3
| 46 | 331 | {{AFL Mel}} | |
| 3
| 47 | 316 | {{AFL NM}} |Traded from {{AFL Col}} |
| 3
| 48 | 302 | {{AFL Haw}} |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 3
| 49 | 287 | {{AFL PA}} | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 3
| 50 | 273 | {{AFL Mel}} | Traded from {{AFL PA}} |
| 3
| 51 | 259 | {{AFL WB}} | |
| 3
| 52 | 246 | {{AFL Ric}} | |
| 3
| 53 | 233 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL NM}}; received from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Gee}}; received from {{AFL Ade}} |
| 3
| 54 | 220 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 3
| 55 | 207 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Haw}}; received from {{AFL NM}} |
| 3
| 56 | 194 | {{AFL GC}} |Traded from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 3
| 57 | 182 | {{AFL Ess}} | Traded from {{AFL WC}} |
| 3
| 58 | 170 | {{AFL GWS}} |Traded from {{AFL Haw}} |
| 4
| 59 | 158 | {{AFL Car}} | |
| 4
| 60 | 146 | {{AFL Car}} | Traded from {{AFL BL}} |
| 4
| 61 | 135 | {{AFL Fre}} |Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 4
| 62 | 123 | {{AFL|WC}} | Traded from {{AFL Ess}} |
| 4
| 63 | 112 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL|StK}} |
| 4
| 64 | 101 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Mel}} |
| 4
| 65 | 90 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Col}} |
| 4
| 66 | 80 | {{AFL Col}} |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 4
| 67 | 69 | {{AFL Gee}} | |
| 4
| 68 | 59 | {{AFL|StK}} | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL PA}} |
| 4
| 69 | 49 | {{AFL Syd}} |Traded from {{AFL WB}} |
| 4
| 70 | 39 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Ric}} |
| 4
| 71 | 29 | {{AFL Ade}} | |
| 4
| 72 | 19 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 4
| 73 | 9 | {{AFL NM}} | |
| 4
| 74 | 0 | {{AFL Fre}} | |
| 4
| 75 | 0 | {{AFL|WC}} | |
| 4
| 76 | 0 | {{AFL Haw}} | |
| 5
| 77 | 0 | {{AFL Col}} | Traded from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Car}} |
| 5
| 78 | 0 | {{AFL BL}} | |
| 5
| 79 | 0 | {{AFL GC}} | |
| 5
| 80 | 0 | {{AFL Ess}} | |
| 5
| 81 | 0 | {{AFL|StK}} | |
| 5
| 82 | 0 | {{AFL Mel}} | |
| 5
| 83 | 0 | {{AFL Col}} | |
| 5
| 84 | 0 | {{AFL Col}} |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 5
| 85 | 0 | {{AFL Gee}} | |
| 5
| 86 | 0 | {{AFL PA}} | |
| 5
| 87 | 0 | {{AFL WB}} | |
| 5
| 88 | 0 | {{AFL Ric}} | |
| 5
| 89 | 0 | {{AFL Ade}} | |
| 5
| 90 | 0 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 5
| 91 | 0 | {{AFL NM}} | |
| 5
| 92 | 0 | {{AFL Fre}} | |
| 5
| 93 | 0 | {{AFL|WC}} | |
| 5
| 94 | 0 | {{AFL Mel}} | Traded from {{AFL Haw}} |
| 6
| 95 | 0 | {{AFL GWS}} | Traded from {{AFL Car}} |
| 6
| 96 | 0 | {{AFL BL}} | |
| 6
| 97 | 0 | {{AFL GC}} | |
| 6
| 98 | 0 | {{AFL Ess}} | |
| 6
| 99 | 0 | {{AFL|StK}} | |
| 6
| 100 | 0 | {{AFL Mel}} | |
| 6
| 101 | 0 | {{AFL Col}} | |
| 6
| 102 | 0 | {{AFL GWS}} | |
| 6
| 103 | 0 | {{AFL Gee}} | |
| 6
| 104 | 0 | {{AFL PA}} | |
| 6
| 105 | 0 | {{AFL WB}} | |
| 6
| 106 | 0 | {{AFL Ric}} | |
| 6
| 107 | 0 | {{AFL Ade}} | |
| 6
| 108 | 0 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 6
| 109 | 0 | {{AFL NM}} | |
| 6
| 110 | 0 | {{AFL Fre}} | |
| 6
| 111 | 0 | {{AFL|WC}} | |
| 6
| 112 | 0 | {{AFL Haw}} | |
| 7
| 113 | 0 | {{AFL Car}} | |
| 7
| 114 | 0 | {{AFL BL}} | |
| 7
| 115 | 0 | {{AFL GC}} | |
| 7
| 116 | 0 | {{AFL Ess}} | |
| 7
| 117 | 0 | {{AFL|StK}} | |
| 7
| 118 | 0 | {{AFL Mel}} | |
| 7
| 119 | 0 | {{AFL Col}} | |
| 7
| 120 | 0 | {{AFL Ric}} | Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 7
| 121 | 0 | {{AFL Gee}} | |
| 7
| 122 | 0 | {{AFL PA}} | |
| 7
| 123 | 0 | {{AFL WB}} | |
| 7
| 124 | 0 | {{AFL Ric}} | |
| 7
| 125 | 0 | {{AFL Ade}} | |
| 7
| 126 | 0 | {{AFL Syd}} | |
| 7
| 127 | 0 | {{AFL NM}} | |
| 7
| 128 | 0 | {{AFL Fre}} | |
| 7
| 129 | 0 | {{AFL|WC}} | |
| 7
| 130 | 0 | {{AFL Haw}} | |
|}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width:2em"|Round
!scope="col" style="width:2em"|Pick !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Player !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Drafted to !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Recruited from !scope="col" style="width:10em"|League !scope="col" style="width:30em"|Notes |
|---|
| 1
| 1 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Jacob|Weitering}} | {{AFL Car}} | TAC Cup | |
| 1
| 2 | {{sortname|Josh|Schache}} | {{AFL BL}} | TAC Cup | |
| 1
| 3 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Callum|Mills}} | {{AFL Syd}} | Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with picks 33, 36, 37 and 43{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-24/callum-mills-makes-history-as-draft-bidding-system-makes-its-debut|author=Michael Whiting|date=24 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015|title=Callum Mills makes history as draft bidding system makes its debut|publisher=Australian Football League}} |
| 1
| 4 |bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Clayton|Oliver}} | {{AFL Mel}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 1
| 5 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Darcy|Parish}} | {{AFL Ess}} | TAC Cup | |
| 1
| 6 | {{sortname|Aaron|Francis}} | {{AFL Ess}} | {{SANFL WestA}} | SANFL | Traded from St Kilda |
| 1
| 7 | {{sortname|Jacob|Hopper}} | {{AFL GWS}} | TAC Cup |
| 1
| 8 | align="left" bgcolor="#FFCC00" | {{sortname|Callum|Ah Chee}} | {{AFL GC}} | {{WAFL|SF}} | WAFL | Traded from {{AFL Mel}} |
| 1
| 9 | {{sortname|Sam|Weideman}} | {{AFL Mel}} | TAC Cup |Traded from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Col}} |
| 1
| 10 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Harry|McKay}} | {{AFL Car}} | TAC Cup |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 1
| 11 | {{sortname|Wayne|Milera}} | {{AFL Ade}} | {{SANFL Cen}} | SANFL | Traded from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 1
| 12 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Charlie|Curnow}} | {{AFL Car}} | TAC Cup |Traded from {{AFL WB}} |
| 1
| 13 | {{sortname|Matthew|Kennedy|dab=footballer, born 1997}} | {{AFL GWS}} | RFNL |Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 34 and 40 |
| 1
| 14 | align="left" bgcolor="#FFCC00" | {{sortname|Eric|Hipwood}} | {{AFL BL}} | {{NEAFL Asp}} | NEAFL | Academy player; Richmond's bid matched with picks 36 and 37 |
| 1
| 15 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Daniel|Rioli}} | {{AFL Ric}} | TAC Cup | |
| 1
| 16 | {{sortname|Harry|Himmelberg}} | {{AFL GWS}} | RFNL | Academy player; Adelaide's bid matched with picks 48, 50, 55 and 59 |
| 1
| 17 | {{sortname|Tom|Doedee}} | {{AFL Ade}} | TAC Cup | |
| 1
| 18 | {{sortname|Jade|Gresham}} | {{AFL|StK}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Syd}} |
| 1
| 19 | {{sortname|Ryan|Burton}} | {{AFL Haw}} | {{SANFL NA}} | SANFL | Traded from {{AFL NM}} |
| 1
| 20 | {{sortname|Brayden|Fiorini}} | {{AFL GC}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 1
| 21 | {{sortname|Ben|McKay|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL NM}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL BL}}; received from {{AFL WC}} |
| 1
| 22 | {{sortname|Kieran|Lovell}} | {{AFL Haw}} | {{TSL Kin}} | TSL | |
| 1
| 23 | {{sortname|David|Cuningham}} | {{AFL Car}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Ric}}; received from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL GWS}} via a trade in 2012; received from {{AFL Fre}} in 2011; compensation pick from 2011 (Palmer) |
| 2
| 24 | {{sortname|Ben|Keays}} | {{AFL BL}} | {{NEAFL BL}} | NEAFL | Academy player; Western Bulldogs' bid matched with Brisbane's next pick |
| 2
| 25 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Josh|Dunkley}} | {{AFL WB}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Car}}; father-son eligible (son of Andrew Dunkley), but {{AFL Syd}} did not match bid |
| 2
| 26 | {{sortname|Kieran|Collins|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL WB}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Car}}; received from {{AFL BL}} |
| 2
| 27 | {{sortname|Darcy|Tucker|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL Fre}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 2
| 28 | {{sortname|Luke|Partington}} | {{AFL WC}} | {{SANFL Nor}} | SANFL | Traded from {{AFL Syd}}; received from {{AFL Ess}} |
| 2
| 29 | {{sortname|Alex|Morgan|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL Ess}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL|StK}} |
| 2
| 30 | {{sortname|Mason|Redman}} | {{AFL Ess}} | {{SANFL Gle}} | SANFL | Traded from {{AFL Mel}} |
| 2
| 31 | {{sortname|Ryan|Clarke|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL NM}} | TAC Cup |Traded from {{AFL BL}}; received from {{AFL Col}} |
| 2
| 32 | {{sortname|Brayden|Sier}} | {{AFL Col}} | TAC Cup |Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 2
| 33 | {{sortname|Mitchell|Hibberd}} | {{AFL NM}} | {{TSL Clar}} | TSL | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; received from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Car}}; received from {{AFL Ade}}; received from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 2
| 34 | {{sortname|Josh|Schoenfeld}} | {{AFL GC}} | {{WAFL|PT}} | WAFL | Traded from {{AFL GC}}, received from {{AFL|PA}} |
| 2
| 35 | {{sortname|Marcus|Adams|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL WB}} | {{WAFL|WP}} | WAFL | |
| 2
| 36 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Tom|Cole|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL WC}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Ric}} |
| 2
| 37 | {{sortname|Riley|Bonner}} | {{AFL|PA}} | {{SANFL WestA}} | SANFL | Traded from {{AFL Ade}} |
| 2
| 38 | {{sortname|Harley|Balic}} | {{AFL Fre}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 3
| 39 | {{sortname|Rhys|Mathieson}} | {{AFL BL}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL NM}}; received from {{AFL Haw}}; free agency compensation pick (Suckling) |
| 3
| 40 | {{sortname|Brandon|White}} | {{AFL|StK}} | TAC Cup | |
| 3
| 41 | {{sortname|Matt|Flynn|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL GWS}} | RFNL | Academy player; Melbourne's bid matched with GWS' next pick |
| 3
| 42 |{{sortname|Mitch|King|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL Mel}} | TAC Cup | |
| 3
| 43 | {{sortname|Corey|Wagner}} | {{AFL NM}} | {{NEAFL Asp}} | NEAFL | Traded from {{AFL Col}}; academy eligible, but {{AFL BL}} did not match bid |
| 3
| 44 | {{sortname|Blake|Hardwick}} | {{AFL Haw}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GWS}} |
| 3
| 45 | {{sortname|Aidyn|Johnson}} | {{AFL|PA}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL GC}}; received from {{AFL Gee}} |
| 3
| 46 | {{sortname|Liam|Hulett}} | {{AFL Mel}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL|PA}} |
| 3
| 47 | {{sortname|Sam|Skinner|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL BL}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Car}} |
| 3
| 48 | {{sortname|Bailey|Williams|dab=footballer, born 1997}} | {{AFL WB}} | {{SANFL Gle}} | SANFL | |
| 3
| 49 | {{sortname|Bailey|Rice|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL|StK}} | TAC Cup | Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Rice); Richmond's bid matched with St Kilda's next pick |
| 3
| 50 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Oleg|Markov}} | {{AFL Ric}} | {{SANFL NthA}} | SANFL | |
| 3
| 51 | {{sortname|Tyrone|Leonardis}} | {{AFL Syd}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Ess}} |
| 3
| 52 | {{sortname|Mackenzie|Willis}} | {{AFL GC}} | {{TSL Kin}} | TSL | Traded from {{AFL Fre}} |
| 3
| 53 | {{sortname|Jack|Silvagni}} | {{AFL Car}} | TAC Cup | Father–son rule selection (son of Stephen Silvagni); Essendon's bid matched with Carlton's next pick |
| 3
| 54 | {{sortname|Mitch|Brown|dab=footballer, born 1990}} | {{AFL Ess}} | {{VFL San}} | VFL | Traded from {{AFL WC}} |
| 4
| 55 | {{sortname|Sam|Collins|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL Fre}} | {{VFL Box}} | VFL | Traded from {{AFL GC}} |
| 4
| 56 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| {{sortname|Jordan|Dawson}} | {{AFL Syd}} | {{SANFL Stu}} | SANFL | |
| 4
| 57 | {{sortname|Kurt|Mutimer}} | {{AFL WC}} | TAC Cup | Traded from {{AFL Ess}} |
| 4
| 58 | {{sortname|Tom|Phillips|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL Col}} | TAC Cup | |
| 4
| 59 | {{sortname|Ryan|Gardner|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL Gee}} | {{TSL Bur}} | TSL | |
| 4
| 60 | {{sortname|Declan|Mountford}} | {{AFL NM}} | {{WAFL|Cla}} | WAFL | |
| 4
| 61 | {{sortname|Shane|Yarran}} | {{AFL Fre}} | {{WAFL|Sub}} | WAFL | |
| 4
| 62 | {{sortname|Matthew|Allen|Matthew Allen (footballer)}} | {{AFL WC}} | {{SANFL Gle}} | SANFL | |
| 5
| 63 | {{sortname|Rupert|Wills}} | {{AFL Col}} | {{VFL Col}} | VFL | Traded from {{AFL GWS}}; received from {{AFL Car}} |
| 5
| 64 | {{sortname|Yestin|Eades}} | {{AFL Ess}} | TAC Cup | |
| 5
| 65 | {{sortname|Ben|Crocker}} | {{AFL Col}} | TAC Cup | |
| 5
| 66 | {{sortname|Sam|Menegola}} | {{AFL Gee}} | {{WAFL|Sub}} | WAFL | |
| 5
| 67 |bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Nathan|Broad}} | {{AFL Ric}} | {{WAFL|SD}} | WAFL | |
| 6
| 68 | {{sortname|Michael|Hartley|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL Ess}} | {{VFL Cob}} | VFL | |
| 6
| 69 | {{sortname|Wylie|Buzza}} | {{AFL Gee}} | QAFL | |
| 7
| 70 | {{sortname|Matthew|Hayball}} | {{AFL Gee}} | {{SANFL WestA}} | 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.
- Academy players are local zone selections available to the four NSW and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father-son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-08/your-clubs-ins-and-outs-all-the-2015-trades-delistings-and-retirements |title= Your club's ins and outs: All the 2015 trades, delistings and retirements|date=8 November 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=17 November 2015}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| {{sortname|Jake|Kelly|dab=Australian footballer}} | {{AFL Ade}} |
| {{sortname|Jack|Frost|dab=footballer, born 1992}} | {{AFL Col}} |
| {{sortname|Shaun|McKernan}} | {{AFL Ess}} |
| {{sortname|Ethan|Hughes}} | {{AFL Fre}} |
| {{sortname|Michael|Luxford}} | {{AFL Gee}} |
| {{sortname|Adam|Saad}} | {{AFL GC}} |
| {{sortname|Keegan|Brooksby}} | {{AFL GC}} |
| {{sortname|Kurt|Heatherley}} | {{AFL Haw}} |
| {{sortname|Aaron|vandenBerg}} | {{AFL Mel}} |
| {{sortname|James|Harmes}} | {{AFL Mel}} |
| {{sortname|Sam|Gray|dab=footballer, born 1992}} | {{AFL|PA}} |
| {{sortname|Kane|Lambert}} | {{AFL Ric}} |
| {{sortname|Jack|Sinclair|dab=footballer}} | {{AFL|StK}} |
| {{sortname|Sam|Naismith}} | {{AFL Syd}} |
2016 rookie draft
The 2016 AFL rookie draft was held on 27 November 2015. The official rookie draft order was released on 26 November and each club, with the exception of {{AFL GWS}} who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between four and six players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-27/exlion-likely-to-go-to-dogs-your-guide-to-the-preseason-and-rookie-drafts|title=Ex-Lion likely to go to Dogs: Your guide to the pre-season and rookie drafts|last=Twomey|first=Callum|date=27 November 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=28 November 2015}}
The pre-season draft was not held as all eligible clubs informed the AFL they would not be participating.
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width:2em"|Round
!scope="col" style="width:2em"|Pick !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Player !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Drafted to !scope="col" style="width:10em"|Recruited from !scope="col" style="width:10em"|League !scope="col" style="width:30em"|Notes |
|---|
| 1
|1 |{{sortname|Jesse|Glass-McCasker}} |{{AFL Car}} |{{WAFL|SD}} |WAFL | |
| 1
|2 |{{sortname|Jackson|Paine}} |{{AFL BL}} |{{AFL BL}} |AFL | |
| 1
|3 |{{sortname|Tom|Keough}} |{{AFL GC}} |{{SANFL WestA}} | |
| 1
|4 |{{sortname|Gach|Nyuon}} |{{AFL Ess}} | |
| 1
|5 |{{sortname|Nick|O'Kearney}} |{{AFL|StK}} | |
| 1
|6 |{{sortname|Josh|Wagner|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL Mel}} |{{NEAFL Asp}} | |
| 1
|7 |{{sortname|Lachlan|Keeffe}} |{{AFL Col}} |{{AFL Col}} |AFL |Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol |
| 1
|8 |{{sortname|Sam|Reid|dab=footballer, born 1989}} |{{AFL GWS}} |{{NEAFL UWS}} | |
| 1
|9 |{{sortname|Jock|Cornell}} |{{AFL Gee}} |RFNL | |
| 1
|10 |{{sortname|Will|Snelling}} |{{AFL PA}} |{{SANFL WestA}} | |
| 1
|11 |{{Sortname|Brad|Lynch|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL WB}} |{{WAFL|SD}} |WAFL | |
| 1
|12 |{{sortname|Callum|Moore|Callum Moore (Australian footballer)}} |{{AFL Ric}} | |
| 1
|13 |{{Sortname|Paul|Hunter|dab=Australian footballer}} |{{AFL Ade}} |{{NEAFL Red}} | |
| 1
|14 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|{{Sortname|Tom|Papley}} |{{AFL Syd}} | |
| 1
|15 |{{Sortname|Farren|Ray}} |{{AFL NM}} |{{AFL|StK}} |AFL | |
| 1
|16 |{{sortname|Matt|Uebergang}} |{{AFL Fre}} |{{NEAFL Red}} | |
| 1
|17 |{{Sortname|Jordan|Snadden}} |{{AFL|WC}} |{{WAFL|EF}} |WAFL | |
| 1
|18 |{{Sortname|Luke|Surman}} |{{AFL Haw}} |{{SANFL Nor}} | |
| 2
|19 |{{Sortname|Andrew|Gallucci}} |{{AFL Car}} |{{VFL Wil}} |VFL | |
| 2
|20 |{{Sortname|Reuben|William}} |{{AFL BL}} |QAFL | |
| 2
|21 |{{Sortname|Darcy|Macpherson}} |{{AFL GC}} | |
| 2
|22 |{{Sortname|Anthony|McDonald-Tipungwuti}} |{{AFL Ess}} |{{VFL Ess}} |VFL | |
| 2
|23 |{{Sortname|Nick|Coughlan}} |{{AFL|StK}} | |
| 2
|24 |{{Sortname|Viv|Michie}} |{{AFL Mel}} |{{AFL Mel}} |AFL | |
| 2
|25 |{{Sortname|Josh|Smith|dab=Australian footballer, born 1994}} |{{AFL Col}} |{{NEAFL Red}} | |
| 2
|26 |{{Sortname|Daniel|Lloyd|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL GWS}} | |
| 2
|27 |{{Sortname|James|Parsons|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL Gee}} | |
| 2
|28 |{{Sortname|Cameron|Hewett}} |{{AFL PA}} |{{SANFL NthA}} | |
| 2
|29 |{{Sortname|Luke|Goetz}} |{{AFL WB}} | |
| 2
|30 |{{Sortname|Mabior|Chol}} |{{AFL Ric}} |{{NEAFL Asp}} | |
| 2
|31 |{{sortname|Jonathon|Beech}} |{{AFL Ade}} |{{SANFL WA}} | |
| 2
|32 |{{Sortname|Harrison|Marsh}} |{{AFL Syd}} |{{AFL Syd}} |AFL | |
| 2
|33 |{{Sortname|Majak|Daw}} |{{AFL NM}} |{{AFL NM}} |AFL | |
| 2
|34 |{{Sortname|Ryan|Nyhuis}} |{{AFL Fre}} |NTFL | |
| 2
|35 |{{Sortname|Brant|Colledge}} |{{AFL|WC}} |{{AFL|WC}} |AFL | |
| 2
|36 |{{Sortname|Kade|Stewart}} |{{AFL Haw}} |{{WAFL|SF}} |WAFL | |
| 3
|37 |{{Sortname|Matthew|Korcheck}} |{{AFL Car}} |International player (basketball) |
| 3
|38 |{{sortname|Ryan|Davis|dab=Australian rules footballer}} |{{AFL GC}} |{{WAFL|SD}} |WAFL | |
| 3
|39 |{{sortname|Will|Hams}} |{{AFL Ess}} |{{AFL Ess}} |AFL | |
| 3
|40 |{{Sortname|Josh|Saunders|dab=Australian footballer}} |{{AFL|StK}} |{{AFL|StK}} |AFL | |
| 3
|41 |{{Sortname|Joel|Smith|dab=footballer, born 1996}} |{{AFL Mel}} |Three-year non-registered player, via basketball (also the son of Shaun Smith) |
| 3
|42 |{{Sortname|Josh|Thomas|dab=Australian footballer}} |{{AFL Col}} |{{AFL Col}} |AFL | Ineligible to play in 2016 due to serving a two-year ban for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol |
| 3
|43 |Passed | {{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 3
|44 |{{Sortname|Tom|Ruggles}} |{{AFL Gee}} |{{VFL Gee}} |VFL | |
| 3
|45 |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|{{Sortname|Dan|Houston}} |{{AFL PA}} | |
| 3
|46 |{{Sortname|Jed|Adcock}} |{{AFL WB}} |{{AFL BL}} |AFL | |
| 3
|47 |{{Sortname|Adam|Marcon}} |{{AFL Ric}} |{{VFL Wil}} |VFL | |
| 3
|48 |{{Sortname|Hugh|Greenwood}} |{{AFL Ade}} |NBL |3-year non-registered player, via basketball. |
| 3
|49 |Passed |{{AFL Syd}} |— |— | |
| 3
|50 |{{Sortname|Anthony|Morabito}} |{{AFL Fre}} |{{AFL Fre}} |AFL | |
| 3
|51 |{{Sortname|Alec|Waterman}} |{{AFL|WC}} |{{AFL|WC}} |AFL | |
| 3
|52 |{{Sortname|Alex|Woodward}} |{{AFL Haw}} |{{AFL Haw}} |AFL | |
| 4
|53 |{{Sortname|Cameron|Loersch}} |{{AFL GC}} |{{WAFL|SF}} |WAFL | |
| 4
|54 |{{Sortname|Tom|Wallis|dab=footballer, born 1997}} |{{AFL Ess}} |Father–son rule selection (son of Dean Wallis) |
| 4
|55 |{{Sortname|Tim|Golds}} |{{AFL Col}} |{{AFL GWS}} |AFL | |
| 4
|56 |Passed |{{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 4
|57 |{{Sortname|Kane|Mitchell}} |{{AFL PA}} |{{AFL PA}} |AFL | |
| 4
|58 |{{Sortname|Alex|Keath}} |{{AFL Ade}} |Three-year non-registered player, via cricket |
| 4
|59 |{{Sortname|Kyle|Galloway}} |{{AFL Syd}} |GVFL | |
| 4
|60 |{{Sortname|Josh|Deluca}} |{{AFL Fre}} |{{AFL Fre}} |AFL | |
| 4
|61 |{{Sortname|Simon|Tunbridge}} |{{AFL|WC}} |{{AFL|WC}} |AFL | |
| 4
|62 |{{Sortname|Conor|Glass}} |{{AFL Haw}} |GAA |International player (Gaelic football) |
| 5
|63 |{{Sortname|Danny|Stanley}} |{{AFL GC}} |{{AFL GC}} |AFL | |
| 5
|64 |{{Sortname|Darrean|Wyatt}} |{{AFL Col}} |SSAC |Three-year non-registered player, via basketball |
| 5
|65 |Passed |{{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 5
|66 |{{Sortname|Sam|Murray|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL Syd}} | |
| 6
|67 |{{Sortname|Jesse|Joyce|dab=footballer}} |{{AFL GC}} |QAFL | |
| 6
|68 |Passed |{{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 6
|69 |{{Sortname|Colin|O'Riordan}} |{{AFL Syd}} |GAA |International player (Gaelic football) |
| 7
|70 |Passed | {{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 8
|71 |Passed |{{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| 9
|72 |Passed |{{AFL GWS}} |— |— | |
| colspan=7 align=right|Source{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401020703/http://www.afl.com.au/draft/preseason-rookie-draft-tracker|archive-date=1 April 2015|year=2015|url=http://www.afl.com.au/draft/preseason-rookie-draft-tracker|title=Preseason and Rookie Draft Tracker|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|url-status=dead|access-date=28 November 2015}} |
Player breakdown
A total of 134 players were drafted across the national and rookie drafts. The following is a breakdown of players drafted by position and the league they were drafted from:{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-draft-2015-live-coverage-from-adelaide-as-stars-of-the-future-are-picked-by-every-club/news-story/2e2094566b39ebfbf09920f67a771e72|title=AFL Draft 2015: Carlton and Essendon give fans plenty of reasons to be cheerful|last1=Landsberger|first1=Sam|last2=Paton|first2=Alistair|date=25 November 2015|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=18 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/news/afl-rookie-draft-2015-your-clubs-new-rookies/news-story/c1382f14fb695916c1c373791a971746|title=AFL rookie draft 2015: Your club's new rookies|date=27 November 2015|work=Fox Sports (Australia)|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=18 August 2016}}
- Defender – 16
- Half-back – 14
- Midfielder – 49
- Half-forward – 22
- Forward – 19
- Ruckman – 10
- Utility – 3
The TAC Cup was the league with the highest number of players drafted, with forty-five in total. The Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup had the most players drafted out of any team with seven players.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| rowspan=2| League
!National draft !Rookie draft !Total !rowspan=2| State/territory |
|---|
| colspan=3| Players selected |
| AFL
| align=center| 0 | align=center| 19 | align=center| 19 |
| NEAFL
| align=center| 3 | align=center| 6 | align=center| 9 |
| SANFL
| align=center| 11 | align=center| 5 | align=center| 16 |
| TAC Cup
| align=center| 36 | align=center| 9 | align=center| 45 | Victoria |
| TSL
| align=center| 4 | align=center| 0 | align=center| 4 | Tasmania |
| VFL
| align=center| 4 | align=center| 4 | align=center| 8 | Victoria |
| WAFL
| align=center| 7 | align=center| 6 | align=center| 13 |
| Other leagues
| align=center| 5 | align=center| 8 | align=center| 13 |
| Three-year non-registered players
| align=center| 0 | align=center| 4 | align=center| 4 |
| International recruits
| align=center| 0 | align=center| 3 | align=center| 3 | International |
| Total
| align=center| 70 | align=center| 64 | align=center| 134 | |
Essendon top-up signings
{{main|Essendon Football Club supplements saga}}
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.{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/essendon/essendon-given-rules-around-selection-and-signing-of-topup-players-for-2016/news-story/6a1f76398453bc31f8aae1db560ee3d8|title=Essendon given rules around selection and signing of top-up players for 2016|author=Eliza Sewell|date=15 January 2016|access-date=15 January 2016}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
{{2015 AFL national draft}}
{{2016 AFL rookie draft}}
{{2015 AFL season}}
{{Essendon supplements saga}}
{{Afldraft}}
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