2017 AFL draft

The 2017 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2017 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:

The free agency offer period, held between 6 October and 18 October. Three further free agency periods were held for delisted players, between 1 November and 8 November, 10 November to 17 November, and 25 November to 26 November,
The trade period, held between 9 October and 19 October,
The 2017 national draft, held on 24 November, at the Sydney Showground Exhibition Centre, and included live bidding for academy and father-son selections.
The 2018 pre-season draft, held on 27 November, and
The 2018 rookie draft, also held on 27 November.
Player movements

The 2016 AFL draft included an initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, twenty picks in the 2017 draft have already been traded.

Previous trades

Trades

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The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to 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.
Free agency

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
	6 October 2017	Restricted			None
	11 October 2017	Restricted			End of first round
	14 October 2017	Restricted			End of first round
	1 November 2017	Delisted
	1 November 2017	Delisted
	2 November 2017	Delisted
	2 November 2017	Delisted
	3 November 2017	Delisted

Retirements and delistings

List of 2017 AFL player changes

2017 national draft

As the Greater Western Sydney Giants were penalised 1,000 draft points by the AFL for the club's handling of Lachie Whitfield's attempt to avoid a potential drug test, their first round pick was moved back to pick 65.

Round	Pick	Player	Drafted to	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	1			Western Jets	TAC Cup
1	2			Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from
1	3			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
1	4			Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	5			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
1	6			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
1	7			Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from
1	8			Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	9				WAFL
1	10			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
1	11			Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from
1	12				SANFL	Traded from ; received from
1	13			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
1	14			Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
1	15				SANFL	Traded from Rich; received from Geel, Carl, GWS
1	16			Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
1	17			Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
1	18				WAFL	Free agency compensation pick
1	19				WAFL	Traded from ; free agency compensation pick
2	20				SANFL	Traded from
2	21				WAFL	Traded from
2	22			Western Jets	TAC Cup	Traded from
2	23			Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
2	24				WAFL	Traded from ; received from
2	25			Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Traded from Bris; received from W.B - Ess - GWS - Coll
2	26				WAFL	Traded from ; received from
2	27			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from
2	28				WAFL	Traded from ; received from
2	29			Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
2	30			Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
2	31				VFL	Traded from
2	32				WAFL
2	33			Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
2	34			Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Father–son selection
2	35			Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Traded from Port; received from Haw, GWS, Carl
2	36			Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
2	37				SANFL	Traded from
3	38			Northern Knights	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
3	39			Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Traded from
3	40				SANFL	Traded from
3	41			Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
3	42				SANFL	Traded from Freo; received from W.B, North
3	43				NEAFL	Academy selection
3	44			Tigers	TSL
3	45			Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
3	46			Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
3	47			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from ; received from
3	48				NEAFL
3	49				SANFL
3	50			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Father–son selection
3	51			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
3	52			Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL	Academy selection, Traded from
3	53			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	-
3	54			Noosa	QAFL	Traded from Rich; received from GWS; academy selection
3	55				QAFL	Academy selection
4	56				WAFL	Traded by ; received from
4	57			Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Traded from
4	58				WAFL	Traded from St K; received from North, W.B.
4	59				SANFL
4	60			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from
4	61				SANFL	Traded from
4	62				WAFL	Traded from
4	63				WAFL
4	64			St George	Sydney AFL	Originally pick No.15, but slid down due to 1,000 point penalty following the Lachie Whitfield saga; academy selection
4	65			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from
4	66				SANFL
4	67			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from
4	68			Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
4	69			Greater Western Victoria Rebels	TAC Cup	Traded from
4	70			Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup	Traded from
5	71			Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Traded from
5	72			Western Jets	TAC Cup
5	73				VFL
5	74			Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Traded from
5	75				WAFL	Traded from
5	76				WAFL
5	77				AFL	Traded from
6	78				WAFL

2017 AFL draft

Player movements

Previous trades

Trades

Free agency

Retirements and delistings

2017 national draft