1988 VFL draft

The 1988 VFL draft, held on 9 November 1988, was the third annual national draft held by the Victorian Football League. It consisted of a pre-season draft and a national draft.
In 1988 there were 112 picks to be drafted between 14 teams in the national draft. The Hawthorn Football Club received the first pick in the national draft, after receiving it from St Kilda in the first ever trade involving draft picks, in return for Paul Harding, Peter Russo and Robert Handley.

Pre-draft selections

Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Games with new team
1	Stevan Jackson		South Fremantle	WAFL	38
2	Don Pyke		Claremont	WAFL	132
3	Peter Sumich		South Fremantle	WAFL	150
4	Craig Turley		West Perth	WAFL	115
5	Scott Watters		South Fremantle	WAFL	46

1988 national draft

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Games with new team
1	1	Alex McDonald	Hawthorn	Ballarat	Ballarat Football League	46
1	2	Todd Breman	West Coast	Subiaco	Western Australian Football League	23
1	3	Carl Dilena	Fitzroy	Sturt	South Australian National Football League	23
1	4	John McNamara	North Melbourne	Port Fairy	Hampden Football League	0
1	5	Chris Naish	Richmond	Wangaratta	Ovens & Murray Football League	143
1	6	Ray Sterrett	Geelong	East Fremantle	WAFL	20
1	7	Leon Cameron	Footscray	South Warrnambool	HFL	172
1	8	Dion Scott	Sydney	Devonport	North West Football Union	6
1	9	Michael Werner	Essendon	West Torrens	SANFL	40
1	10	Peter Higgins	West Coast	Claremont	WAFL	4
1	11	Mark Bayliss	Collingwood	South Fremantle	WAFL	4
1	12	Brad Fox	Essendon	Perth	WAFL	17
1	13	Darren Bennett	Melbourne	East Fremantle	WAFL	4
1	14	Stephen Byers	Hawthorn	New Norfolk	Tasmanian Football League	0
2	15	Danny Craven	St Kilda	Wangaratta	O&MFL	33
2	16	David Bain	Brisbane Bears	East Perth	WAFL	86
2	17	Brad Edwards	Fitzroy	Perth	WAFL	6
2	18	Anthony Stevens	North Melbourne	Shepparton	Goulburn Valley Football League	292
2	19	Matthew Francis	Richmond	Ballan	Central Highlands Football League	19
2	20	Adrian Fletcher	Geelong	Glenorchy	TFL	23
2	21	Anthony Reynolds	Footscray	Wodonga	O&MFL	0
2	22	Paul Holdsworth	Sydney	Clarence	TFL	6
2	23	Michael Long	Essendon	St Mary's	Northern Territory Football League	190
2	24	David Hynes	West Coast	Port Adelaide	SANFL	73
2	25	Colin Alexander	Collingwood	Clarence	TFL	24
2	26	David Regan	Essendon	East Ballarat	Ballarat FL	0
2	27	Rod Keogh	Melbourne	Castlemaine	Bendigo Football League	22
2	28	Chris Martin	Hawthorn	Seymour	GVFL	0
3	29	Tim Allen	St Kilda	Mornington	Mornington Peninsula Football League	22
3	30	Richard Champion	Brisbane Bears	Woodville	SANFL	183
3	31	Brenton Klaebe	Fitzroy	Norwood	SANFL	5
3	32	Brad Sholl	North Melbourne	Horsham	Wimmera Football League	2
3	33	Bruce Lennon	Richmond	Sturt	SANFL	28
3	34	Daryn Cresswell	Geelong	Glenorchy	TFL	0
3	35	John Georgiades	Footscray	Subiaco	WAFL	15
3	36	Nick Chigwidden	Sydney	Glenelg	SANFL	0
3	37	Michael Strickland	Essendon	Glenorchy	TFL	0
3	38	Jeremy Crough	West Coast	South Bendigo	Bendigo FL	0
3	39	Scott Russell	Collingwood	Sturt	SANFL	182
3	40	Glen Johnston	Carlton	North Launceston	TFL	0
3	41	Michael Hobbes	Melbourne	Eastlake	Australian Capital Territory Australian Football League	0
3	42	Dion Rhook	Hawthorn	Hamilton Imperials	Western Border Football League	0
4	43	Daryl Griffiths	St Kilda	North Launceston	TFL	0
4	44	Scott Williamson	West Coast	Wangaratta Rovers	O&MFL	0
4	45	Damian Simmonds	Fitzroy	Wangaratta	O&MFL	0
4	46	Simon McCarthy	North Melbourne	Rochester	GVFL	0
4	47	Glen Leaf	Richmond	Mildura Imperials	Sunraysia Football League	0
4	48	Scott Jordon	Fitzroy	South Launceston	TFL	0
4	49	Shannon Corcoran	Footscray	Glenelg	SANFL	23
4	50	Jim West	Sydney	Glenelg	SANFL	37
4	51	Adrian Burns	Essendon	Dromana	MPFL	11
4	52	Darren Bartsch	West Coast	West Adelaide	SANFL	0
4	53	Michael Smith	Collingwood	Devonport	TFL	0
4	54	Michael Sexton	Carlton	Sandhurst	Bendigo FL	200
4	55	Andrew Ford	Melbourne	North Ballarat	Ballarat FL	8
4	56	Justin McGrath	Hawthorn	Ballarat	Ballarat FL	0
5	57	Pat Lambert	St Kilda	Manangatang	Northern Mallee Football League	0
5	58	Lachlan Sim	Brisbane Bears	Moe	Gippsland Football League	21
5	59	Matthew Dundas	Fitzroy	Assumption College		73
5	60	Derek Kickett	North Melbourne	Central District	SANFL	12
5	61	Julian Moloney	Richmond	Mildura Imperials	SFL	0
5	62	David Welsby	Geelong	Sturt	SANFL	2
5	63	Scott Davies	Footscray	North Launceston	TFL	0
5	64	Andrew Bishop	Sydney	Ainslie	ACTAFL	0
5	65	Rod Saunders	Essendon	Mooroopna	GVFL	0
5	66	Matt Richardson	West Coast	Warracknabeal	Wimmera Football League	0
5	67	Peter Divenuto	Collingwood	Sandy Bay	TFL	0
5	68	Grant Povey	Carlton	Claremont	WAFL	0
5	69	Matthew Mahoney	Melbourne	Eastlake	ACTAFL	6
5	70	Russell Wilding	Hawthorn	Lexton	Lexton Football League	0
6	71	Graeme Kettle	St Kilda	South Launceston	TFL	0
6	72	Chris O'Sullivan	Brisbane Bears	Cora Lynn	West Gippsland Football League	8
6	73	Stephen Walker	Fitzroy	North Hobart	TFL	0
6	74	Steven Hamilton	North Melbourne	North Adelaide	SANFL	6
6	75	Ty Esler	Richmond	Koo-Wee-Rup	West Gippsland Football League	12
6	76	David Preston	Geelong	Bairnsdale	GL	0
6	77	Robert Bloom	Footscray	Ulverstone	Northern Tasmanian Football League	0
6	78	Jamie Bond	Hawthorn	Beaufort	Ballarat FL	0
6	79	Simon Jorgensen	Essendon	Castlemaine	Bendigo FL	0
6	80	Damian Berto	West Coast	St Mary's	NTFL	0
6	81	Nick Probert	Collingwood	Burnie Hawks	TFL	0
6	82	Anthony Loone	Carlton	Deloraine	Northern Tasmanian FL	0
6	83	Brian Stynes	Melbourne	Ballyboden St Enda's GAA	Ireland	2
6	84	Justin Crough	Hawthorn	Bungaree	CHFL	0
7	85	Ian Dargie	St Kilda	Subiaco	WAFL	10
7	86	Ben Sexton	Footscray	Sandhurst	Bendigo FL	39
7	87	Dwaine Kretschmer	Fitzroy	North Gambier	WBFL	0
7	88	Justin Staritski	North Melbourne	Norwood	SANFL	25
7	89	Adam Crudden	Richmond	Nar Nar Goon	West Gippsland Football League	0
7	90	Kym Nicholls	Geelong	Norwood	SANFL	0
7	91	Matthew Queen	Footscray	Glenorchy	TFL	0
7	92	Stephen Vizy	North Melbourne	Queanbeyan	ACTAFL	0
7	93	Paul Hills	Essendon	North Ballarat	Ballarat FL	63
7	94	Andrew Geddes	West Coast	Mornington	MPFL	0
7	95	Tony Francis	Collingwood	Norwood	SANFL	142
7	96	Michael James	Carlton	Ballarat	Ballarat FL	12
7	97	Tom Grehan	Melbourne	Roscommon	Ireland	0
7	98	Michael Barrett	Hawthorn	Morwell Tigers	Gippsland League	0
8	99	Dermot McNicholl	St Kilda	Derry	Ireland	3
8	100	David Kupsch	Brisbane Bears	North Adelaide	SANFL	0
8	101	Leigh Funcke	Fitzroy	Minyip	WFL	0
8	102	Shaun Holloway	North Melbourne	Ballarat	Ballarat FL	0
8	103	Sean Bowden	Richmond	Mildura Imperials	SFL	6
8	104	Andrew Gribble	Geelong	St Peters	Geelong Football League	0
8	105	Chris Grant	Footscray	Daylesford	CHFL	341
8	106	Gareth John	Sydney	Gisborne	Riddell District Football League	21
8	107	Darren Mead	Essendon	Port Adelaide	SANFL	0
8	108	Peter Melesso	West Coast	Claremont	WAFL	6
8	109	Heath Shephard	Collingwood	Robinvale	SFL	11
8	110	Chris Mulcair	Carlton	Bendigo	Bendigo FL	0
8	111	Tom Kavanagh	Melbourne	Castlemaine	Bendigo FL	2
8	112	Troy Reid	Hawthorn	Woorinen	Mid-Murray Football League	0