The West Coast Eagles have drafted players through the Australian Football League's draft system, beginning with the 1988 VFL draft. The West Coast Eagles have participated in every national draft since then, and also participated in the pre-season draft (first held in 1989), the mid-season draft (held from 1990–1993), and the rookie draft (first held in 1997). So far, the West Coast Eagles have drafted over 200 players through the draft system, with another 30 or so being recruited via the VFL's old zone recruitment system prior to 1993.
1987 pre-season
1988 pre-season
Recruitment 1: Murray RanceWest Coast Eagles captain 2: Kevin Caton 3: Joe Cormack 4: Shane Ellis 5: Richard Geary 6: Peter Higgins 7: Brent Hutton 8: Don Langsford 9: Troy Ugle 10: Clinton Browning 11: Guy McKennaWest Coast Eagles premiership playerWest Coast Eagles life member (played 150 games)
1989 pre-season
Pre-draft selections 1: Stevan Jackson 2: Don Pyke 3: Peter Sumich 4: Craig Turley 5: Scott Watters
1988 national draft 2: Todd Breman 10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted) 24: David Hynes 38: Jeremy Crough 44: Scott Williamson 52: Darren Bartsch 66: Matt Richardson 80: Damian Berto 94: Andrew Geddes 108: Peter Melesso
1989 pre-season draft 10: Shane Cable 24: Clinton Browning 38: Shane Ellis 52: Richard Geary
1990 pre-season
Pre-draft selections 1: Ryan Turnbull 2: Peter Mann
1989 national draft 4: Peter Matera 50: Tony Evans 78: Stephen Schwerdt 92: Brett Heady 112: Ashley McIntosh (F/S) Addit. selection: Dean Kemp Addit. selection: Tony Begovich Addit. selection: Brad Gwilliam
1990 pre-season draft 4: Craig McGrath 10: Phil Narkle 24: Warren Dean 38: Bret Hutchinson
1990 mid-season draft 10: Craig McNaughton
1991 pre-season
Pre-draft selections 1: Mitchell White 2: Glen Jakovich
1990 national draft 9: Matt Clape 12: Shane Porter 20: Robbie West 36: Matthew Burton 64: Derek Hall 69: Gavan Cooney 83: Mark Williams
1991 pre-season draft 18: Cory Young 35: Craig McNaughton (re-drafted) 49: Brad Edwards 57: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)
1992 pre-season
Pre-draft selections 1: Jason Ball
1991 national draft 16: Daniel Metropolis 24: Kane Morphett 25: Steven Davies 29: Matthew Connell 42: Peter Freeman 74: Brendan Krummel
1992 pre-season draft 13: Tim Watson 27: David Ogg 41: Jason Disney
1992 mid-season draft 13: Damian Hampson
1993 pre-season
1992 national draft 1: Drew Banfield 8: Paul Symmons 19: Lee Walker 21: Shane Bond 34: Travis Burton 49: Jarrad Schofield 64: Tony Godden 79: Brett Spinks 94: Rhys Croxford 109: David Muir 124: Brayden Lyle
1993 pre-season draft 19: Brendon Retzlaff 35: Travis Edmonds 49: Brendan Green
1994 pre-season
1993 national draft 16: Fraser Gehrig 33: Ben Robbins 43: Jason Heatley
1994 pre-season draft 17: Scott Thomson
1995 pre-season
1994 national draft 12: Shane Sikora 37: Ashley Blurton 44: Jeremy Dyer 54: Ian Downsborough 55: Chad Morrison (compensation pick) 71: Jason Spinks
1995 pre-season draft 17: Paul Peos
1996 pre-season
1995 national draft 3: Brendon Fewster 14: Luke Trew 30: Craig Smoker 44: Jonson Clifton 57: Paul Whitelaw 66: Neil Marshall F/S: Ben Cousins
1996 pre-season draft 13: Andrew Donnelly
Pre-draft compensation selection David Wirrpanda
1997 pre-season
1996 national draft 1: Michael Gardiner 24: Josh Wooden 39: Nick Stone 53: Michael Braun 57: Trent Cummings
1997 rookie draft 12: Paul Blair 28: Todd Nener 44: Trent Simpson 60: Mark Webb
1998 pre-season
1997 national draft 12: Jaxon Crabb 13: Callum Chambers 28: Rowan Jones 34: Andrew Williams 37: Todd Holmes 44: David Antonowicz 60: Phil Read
1998 rookie draft 11: Conrad Chambers 26: Chad Fletcher 43: Laurie Bellotti 59: Heath Younie 75: Todd Nener (re-drafted) 91: Trent Simpson (re-drafted)
1999 pre-season
1998 national draft 10: Brandon Hill 26: Michael O'Brien 57: Andrew Embley 69: Scott Bennett 89: Joel Duckworth
1999 rookie draft 12: Simon Duckworth 28: Mark Pearson 44: Andrew Taylor
2000 pre-season
1999 national draft 11: Darren Glass 14: Travis Gaspar 16: David Haynes 29: Adam Hunter 41: Kane Munro
2000 rookie draft 12: Toby McGrath 28: Dean Cox 44: Kasey Green
2001 pre-season
2000 national draft 5: Andrew McDougall 18: Daniel Kerr 36: Jeremy Humm 45: Trent Carroll
2001 pre-season draft 3: Troy Wilson
2001 rookie draft 4: Dean Buszan 20: Zach Beeck 35: Andrew McCarrey 48: Kris Miller
2002 pre-season
2001 national draft 3: Chris Judd(Priority selection) 6: Ashley Sampi 22: Mark Seaby 38: Ashley Hansen
2002 rookie draft 3: Brent Tuckey 19: Quinten Lynch 34: Clancy Rudeforth
2003 pre-season
2002 national draft 24: Paul Johnson 37: Brent Staker 53: Adam Selwood
2003 rookie draft 9: Aaron Edwards 25: Mark Nicoski 41: Zach Beeck (re-drafted)
2004 pre-season
2003 national draft 11: Beau Waters 20: Sam Butler 26: Daniel McConnell
2004 rookie draft 9: Brett Jones 25: Michael Embley 40: Jaymie Graham 54: Clancy Rudeforth (re-drafted)
2005 pre-season
2004 national draft 29: Matthew Rosa 37: Mark LeCras 44: Mitch Morton (F/S) 57: Brad Smith
2005 rookie draft 9: Benjamin Sharp 25: Beau Wilkes 40: Ashley Thornton 52: Aaron Edwards (re-drafted)
2006 pre-season
2005 national draft 13: Shannon Hurn 29: Ben McKinley 34: Matt Spangher
2006 rookie draft 15: Steven Armstrong 31: Matthew Priddis 44: Michael Embley (re-drafted)
2007 pre-season
2006 national draft 16: Mitch Brown 29: Eric Mackenzie 43: Tim Houlihan 50: Will Schofield 80: James Thomson
2007 rookie draft 16: Jamie McNamara 31: Llane Spaanderman 45: Chad Jones 56: Ben Sharp (re-drafted) 60: Ashley Thornton (re-drafted) 65: Beau Wilkes (re-drafted)
2008 pre-season
2007 national draft 3: Chris Masten 13: Brad Ebert 20: Tony Notte 22: Scott Selwood
2008 pre-season draft 7: Patrick McGinnity
2008 rookie draft 12: Lewis Stevenson 28: Ashley Arrowsmith 43: Will Sullivan 55: Callum Wilson 59: Beau Wilkes (re-drafted) 28: Ryan Davis (NSW Scholarship)
2009 pre-season
2008 national draft 2: Nic Naitanui 18: Luke Shuey (Priority selection) 20: Tom Swift 36: Ashley Smith 52: Jordan Jones
2009 rookie draft 2: Liam Bedford 18: Adam Cockie
2010 pre-season
2009 national draft 7: Brad Sheppard 22: Gerrick Weedon 23: Koby Stevens
2010 pre-season draft 5: Ryan Neates
2010 rookie draft 11: Lewis Broome 27: Andrew Strijk 40: Ashton Hams 53: Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls
2011 pre-season
2010 national draft 4: Andrew Gaff 26: Jack Darling 28: Scott Lycett 62: Jacob Brennan (F/S)
2011 pre-season draft 2: Blayne Wilson
2011 rookie draft 10: Tim Houlihan (re-drafted) 27: Anton Hamp 44: Jeremy McGovern
2012 pre-season
2011 national draft 23: Murray Newman 28: Fraser McInnes 63: Ashton Hams (rookie elevation)
List of players who were traded to the club
1989 1: Peter Wilson traded by Richmond for draft selections 18 and 32
1990 1: Ian Dargie traded by for draft selection 92 2: Dale Kickett traded by for draft selection 78 3: Mark Hepburn traded by for draft selection 50
1991 1: Paul Gow traded by for draft selection 38 2: Paul Harding traded by for draft selection 12 3: Trent Nichols traded for draft selection 51 4: David Regan traded by for draft selection 63
1994 1: Michael Dunstan traded by for draft selection 19
1995 1: Phillip Matera traded by for David Hynes 2: Andy Lovell traded by for Craig Turley
1996 1: Ilija Grgic traded by for Luke Trew and draft selection 20
1997 1: Scott Cummings traded by for Jarrad Schofield 2: Chad Rintoul traded by for draft selection 80
2000 1: Michael Collica and Richard Taylor traded by for draft selection 21 2: Greg Harding traded by for Daniel Metropolis and draft selection 51 3: Mark Merenda traded by for draft selection 57 4: Michael Prior traded by for draft selection 27 5: David Sierakowski traded by for Fraser Gehrig
2002 1: Damien Adkins traded by for Andrew Williams 2: Daniel Chick traded by for draft selection 8
2004 1: Tyson Stenglein traded by for draft selections 12 and 28
2007 1: Josh Kennedy and draft selections 3 and 20 traded by for Chris Judd and draft selection 46
2009 1: Bradd Dalziell traded by the for Brent Staker
2011 1: Josh Hill traded by the for draft selection 49
2012 1: Sharrod Wellingham traded by for draft selection 18
2 Jamie Cripps and draft selection 45 traded by for draft selections 40 and 43
2013 1: Elliot Yeo traded by for draft selection 28 Jayden Hunt traded as a free agent to West Coast from Melbourne
See also List of West Coast Eagles players
Notes
References
https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/td-west-coast-eagles http://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/westcoast.html