2025 AFL draft
The 2025 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2025 AFL season.
This national draft is notable for being the first-ever AFL National Draft where a club did not select a player; passed on its only selection, trading its other selection to.
Key dates
| Event | Date |
| Mid-season rookie draft | 28 May 2025 |
| Free agency period | Restricted and Unrestricted: 3–10 October 2025 Delisted: October–November 2025 |
| Trade period | 6–15 October 2025 |
| National draft | 19–20 November 2025 |
| Pre-Season and Rookie draft | 21 November 2025 |
| Pre-season supplemental selection period | December 2025 – March 2026 |
2025 mid-season rookie draft
The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of round 11 of the 2025 AFL season on 28 May. The draft is only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long-term injuries or retirements. As Gold Coast Suns and Essendon had played one fewer game than all other clubs, the draft order was determined using winning percentage.Player movements
Previous trades
| New Club | Acquired via | |||
| 1 | pick swap | |||
| 1 | pick swap | |||
| 1 | Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade | |||
| 1 | Houston, Lukosius, Richards, Atkins and Noble trade | |||
| 1 | Tom Barrass trade | |||
| 1 | pick swap | |||
| 2 | pick swap | |||
| 2 | pick swap | |||
| 2 | James Peatling trade | |||
| 2 | Tom Barrass trade | |||
| 2 | pick swap | |||
| 2 | pick swap | |||
| 3 | pick swap | |||
| 3 | via on-traded to | |||
| 3 | Harry Sharp trade | |||
| 3 | Shai Bolton trade | |||
| 3 | James Peatling trade | |||
| 3 | Tom Barrass trade | |||
| 3 | pick swap | |||
| 3 | pick swap | |||
| 3 | pick swap | |||
| 4 | James Peatling trade | |||
| 4 | Tom Barrass trade | |||
| 4 | pick swap | |||
| 4 | pick swap | |||
| 4 | pick swap |
Free agency
| Player | Free agent type | Recruited from | New club | Compensation | Notes | Ref |
| Jack Silvagni | Unrestricted | End of first round | Swallowed up in a bid after being traded | |||
| Tom De Koning | Restricted | First round | ||||
| James Worpel | Restricted | End of second round | ||||
| Sam Draper | Unrestricted | End of first round | Swallowed up in a bid after being traded | |||
| Jacob Wehr | Unrestricted | - | ||||
| Charlie Spargo | Unrestricted | End of second round | ||||
| Oscar Allen | Restricted | First round |
Trades
List changes
Retirements
| R | Rookie listed player |
| B | Category B Rookie listed player |
| Name | Club | |
| R | ||
| * | ||
| * | ||
| * | ||
| * | ||
| * |
- Todd Goldstein, Dylan Shiel, Sam Frost, Zak Jones and Tom Mitchell announced their retirements a few months after being delisted.
Delistings
| Name | Club | |
- The following players were also originally delisted, but announced their retirements a few months later:
- *Todd Goldstein
- *Dylan Shiel
- *Sam Frost
- *Zak Jones
- *Tom Mitchell
West Coast concessions
- One end-of-first round selection in the 2025 AFL Draft
- Four extra Category A Rookie list spots.
2025 national draft
Table of national draft selections
Rookie elevations
Reference List:| Player | Club |