The following is the list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2016 AFL season.
Summary + Summary of debuts in 2016 Club AFL debuts Change of club 3 1 9 3 3 7 6 3 5 13 3 0 2 4 6 4 3 1 6 1 5 2 2 2 5 2 7 2 3 0 7 2 2 3 4 2 Total 81 52
AFL debuts Name Club Age at debut Debutround Notes Pick 15 (2015 national draft), round 22 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 1 (2015 national draft), round 3 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 4 (2015 national draft), round 1 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 8 (2015 national draft) Pick 22 (2016 rookie draft) Pick 5 (2015 national draft), round 2 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 43 (2014 national draft) Pick 11 (2015 national draft) Pick 32 (2013 national draft) Pick 3 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 16 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 14 (2016 rookie draft), round 5 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 35 (2015 national draft) Pick 25 (2015 national draft), round 20 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 18 (2015 national draft) Pick 2 (2015 national draft) Pick 50 (2014 national draft) Pick 11 (2015 rookie draft) Pick 56 (2014 national draft) Pick 68 (2015 national draft), previously rookie listed by Pick 12 (2014 national draft) Pick 52 (2013 national draft) Pick 48 (2014 national draft) Pick 6 (2016 rookie draft) Pick 44 (2016 rookie draft)) Pick 57 (2013 national draft) Pick 27 (2015 national draft) Pick 60 (2015 rookie draft), international selection Pick 25 (2016 rookie draft) Pick 2 (2014 national draft), round 9 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 22 (2015 national draft) Pick 29 (2014 rookie draft) Pick 52 (2015 national draft) Pick 44 (2013 national draft) Pick 24 (2015 national draft), academy selection Pick 66 (2012 national draft) Pick 65 (2015 national draft) Pick 30 (2015 national draft) Pick 21 (2016 rookie draft) Pick 7 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 8 2016 Rising Star nomination Pick 38 (2014 national draft), academy selection Pick 48 (2015 national draft) Pick 39 (2015 national draft) Pick 26 (2015 national draft)10 Pick 44 (2012 national draft)10 Pick 55 (2015 national draft)10 Pick 36 (2015 national draft)11 Pick 36 (2016 rookie draft)11 Traded in (2016 trade period), previously listed by 11 Pick 67 (2016 rookie draft)11 Pick 69 (2014 national draft)12 Pick 75 (2012 national draft)12 Pick 58 (2015 national draft)13 Pick 43 (2015 national draft)13 Pick 14 (2015 national draft), academy selection13 Pick 13 (2015 national draft), academy selection14 Pick 67 (2015 national draft)14 Pick 75 (2015 rookie draft), academy selection15 Pick 53 (2015 national draft), son of Stephen Silvagni16 Pick 20 (2015 national draft)16 Pick 50 (2015 national draft)16 Pick 31 (2015 national draft), round 18 2016 Rising Star nomination17 Pick 16 (2015 national draft)18 Pick 76 (2014 national draft)18 Pick 34 (2015 national draft)18 Pick 61 (2015 national draft)18 Pick 66 (2015 national draft)18 Pick 6 (2015 national draft)19 Pick 47 (2016 rookie draft)19 Pick 44 (2015 national draft)19 Pick 63 (2015 national draft)19 Pick 31 (2013 national draft)19 Pick 69 (2014 rookie draft)20 Pick 61 (2014 rookie draft)20 Pick 9 (2015 national draft), son of Mark Weideman, grandson of Murray Weideman20 Pick 9 (2015 rookie draft)21 Pick 23 (2015 national draft)21 Pick 19 (2015 national draft)21 Pick 78 (2014 national draft)21 Pick 47 (2015 rookie draft), son of Michael Long22 Pick 12 (2016 rookie draft)22 Pick 20 (2015 national draft)22 Pick 86 (2014 national draft), son of Scott Clayton23 Pick 37 (2015 national draft)23 Pick 10 (2016 rookie draft)23 Pick 40 (2015 national draft)
Change of AFL club Name Club Age at debut Debutround Former clubs Recruiting method traded in 2015 & traded in 2015 traded in 2015 signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 pick 38, (2016 rookie draft) Essendon top-up signings in 2015 pick 54, (2015 national draft) Essendon top-up signings in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 signed as a restricted free agent in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 traded in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 & traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 traded in 2015 signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 traded in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 Essendon top-up signings in 2015 signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 & pick 15, (2016 rookie draft)10 Essendon top-up signings in 201513 & traded in 201516 Essendon top-up signings in 201520 signed as a restricted free agent in 201523 traded in 2015
References Full listing of players who made their AFL or club debut in 2016