2022 AFL draft

The 2022 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2022 AFL season.

2022 COVID-19 top-up players

Due to the league wanting to ensure that matches were not cancelled or postponed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, each club named twenty players to a COVID-19 top-up player list. For Victorian based teams, all of these players played for their affiliated reserves teams or junior development academies; for clubs outside of Victoria, the majority were sourced from the local second-level leagues.
West Coast was the only club to utilise the top-up player pool, on two occasions when Western Australia's health and safety protocols – which were more stringent than in other states – saw multiple senior players unavailable. Six total players were used by West Coast as top-ups: Angus Dewar, Aaron Black, Stefan Giro, Declan Mountford, Brayden Ainsworth, and Jake Florenca.

Key dates

Event	Date
Mid-season rookie draft	1 June 2022
Free agency period	Restricted and Unrestricted: 30 September – 7 October 2022 Delisted: 3 – 15 November
Trade period	3 – 12 October 2022
National draft	First round: 28 November 2022 Second and subsequent rounds: 29 November 2022
Pre-Season and Rookie draft	30 November 2022
Pre-season supplemental selection period	1 December 2022 – 15 February 2023

2022 mid-season rookie draft

The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2022 AFL season on 1 June. The draft was only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long-term injuries or retirements.

Previous trades

		New Club	Acquired via
1			via on-traded to
2			Pick swap
2			Will Brodie trade
2			Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade
2			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
3			Pick swap
3			via on-traded to
3			via on-traded to
3			via on-traded to
3			via on-traded to on-traded to on-traded to
3			Peter Ladhams trade
3			Max Lynch trade
3			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
3			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
3			via on-traded to
3			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
4			Pick swap
4			via on-traded to
4			via on-traded to on-traded to
4			Will Brodie trade
4			Callum Coleman-Jones and Robbie Tarrant trade
4			Jonathon Ceglar trade
4			Jordan Clark trade
4			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
4			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
4			Pick swap at the 2021 National Draft
4	-	-	-	-

Player movements

Free agency

Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	New club	Compensation	Ref
	Unrestricted			Second round
	Unrestricted			Third round
	Unrestricted			Second round
	Unrestricted			Third round
	Unrestricted			None
	Delisted
	Delisted	Box Hill Hawks

received no compensation pick for Zaine Cordy due to signing Liam Jones
Fergus Greene was delisted by in 2020
Trades

List changes

Retirements

R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Name	Club













Josh J. Kennedy
Josh P. Kennedy

Delistings

R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Name	Club