The 2023 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2023 AFL season.
Key dates
+ Table of key datesEventDate(s)Mid-season rookie draft 31 May 2023Free agency period Restricted and Unrestricted: 6 – 13 October 2023 Delisted: 1–8 November and 10 2023Trade period 9 – 18 October 2023National draft First round: 20 November 2023Second and subsequent rounds: 21 November 2023Pre-Season and Rookie draft22 November 2023 Pre-season supplemental selection period November 27 2023 – February 2024
2023 mid-season rookie draft
The mid-season draft was held after the conclusion of Round 11 of the 2023 AFL season on 31 May. The draft was only open to clubs with inactive players on their list and vacancies available, such as long-term injuries or retirements.
+ Mid-season draft selections Rd Pick Player Club Recruited from Pick due to Club League 1 1 Gippsland Power Talent League Jai Culley long-term injury 2 Robert Hansen Jr. WAFL Jack Mahony long-term injury 3 Eastern Ranges Talent League Max Lynch long-term injury 4 SANFL Jason Castagna retirement 5Passed — — Darcy Jones long-term injury 6 VFL Sam Reid long-term injury 7 SANFL Passed selection at the 2022 Rookie Draft 8 Box Hill Hawks VFL Passed selection at the 2022 Rookie Draft 9 WAFL Jayden Davey long-term injury 10 Footscray VFL Passed selection at the 2022 Rookie Draft 11 Essendon VFL Mitch Georgiades long-term injury 2 12 Northern Bullants VFL Passed selection at the 2022 Rookie Draft 13 VFL Kaleb Smith long-term injury 14Passed — — Adam Kennedy long-term injury 15 WAFL Paddy McCartin long-term injury
Player movements Previously traded selections
+ Table of previously traded selectionsNew ClubAcquired via1 Luke Jackson trade Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli trade Jacob Hopper trade Josh Dunkley trade2 via (Bobby Hill trade)on-traded to (Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli trade) (priority) Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker trade| via (pick swap)on-traded to (Tom Berry trade) pick swap Luke Jackson trade Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli trade Josh Dunkley trade via (Rory Lobb trade)on-traded to (Jaeger O'Meara and Lloyd Meek trade) pick swap pick swap pick swap pick swap 3 Blake Acres trade (priority) Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker trade via (Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker trade)on-traded to (Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli trade) Izak Rankine trade Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli trade via (Jack Bowes trade)on-traded to (pick swap)on-traded to (pick swap) via (Billy Frampton trade)on-traded to (pick swap) via (Lachie Hunter trade)on-traded to (Josh Dunkley trade)on-traded to (pick swap) via (Josh Dunkley trade)on-traded to (pick swap) pick swap4 Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker trade Ben Long trade via (Josh Corbett trade)on-traded to (Izak Rankine trade)on-traded to (pick swap) via (pick swap)on-traded to (Josh Dunkley trade) Will Setterfield trade Izak Rankine trade via (Jack Gunston trade)on-traded to (pick swap) Aaron Francis trade via (Josh Schache trade)on-traded to (Josh Dunkley trade) via (Jaeger O'Meara and Lloyd Meek trade)on-traded to (pick swap)
Free agency
+2023 AFL free agency period signings Player Free agent type Recruited from New club Compensation Notes Ref Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted None Restricted Unrestricted None Restricted Restricted Delisted (SANFL) Delisted by in 2019 Delisted (VFL) Delisted by in 2022 Delisted (VFL) Delisted by in 2022 Delisted
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List changes Retirements
+ Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player
+ Table of player retirementsNameClub R R R R R R R
Delistings
+ Table key R Rookie listed player B Category B Rookie listed player
+ Table of player delistingsNameClub R B R R B R B B R R R R R B R R B B R R R R B R R R B R R R R R R R B
North Melbourne concessions
For the second year in a row, due to the club's poor on-field results since 2020, the AFL announced draft concessions for which included:
One end-of-first round selection in the 2023 AFL Draft (currently pick 22) Two end-of-first round selections in the 2024 AFL Draft (currently picks 19 and 20) The continuation of two extra Category A Rookie list spots.
2023 national draft
+ Table of national draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 Bendigo Pioneers Talent League 2 Tasmania Devils Talent League 3 Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 4 Gippsland Power Talent League Free Agency Compensation pick (McKay) 5 Eastern Ranges Talent League 6 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ← 7 Eastern Ranges Talent League ← (2022) 8 WAFL ←← (2022) 9 Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 10 Northern Knights Talent League ← 11 Murray Bushrangers Talent League← 12 Murray Bushrangers Talent League← 13 WAFL ←← 14 Broadbeach QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 15 Calder Cannons Talent League Father–son selection (son of Matthew Croft), matched bid by 16 Northern Knights Talent League 17 Tasmania Devils Talent League← 18 Murray Bushrangers Talent League ←←←← 19 SANFL Father–son selection (son of Luke McCabe), matched bid by 20 SANFL ← (2022) 21 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ← 22 Gippsland Power Talent League ← 23 WAFL ←←← (2022) 24 Sydney University AFL Sydney Academy selection, matched bid by 25 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League 26 Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL Academy selection, matched bid by 27 Murray Bushrangers Talent League Free Agency Compensation pick (Doedee) 28 WAFL Free Agency Compensation pick (Gresham) 29 SANFL ← (priority) 2 30 Gippsland Power Talent League 31 Western Jets Talent League ←←← (2022) 32 WAFL ←←← (2022 priority pick) 33 Geelong Falcons Talent League ←←← (2022) 34 Billy WilsonDandenong Stingrays Talent League ←←←← (2022) 35 Dandenong Stingrays Talent League← 36 WerribeeVFL← 37 Gippsland Power Talent League ←← (2022)← (2022) 38 WAFL ←←←← 39 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League ← 40 SANFL ←← (2022) 41 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ←← (2022)← (2022) 42 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ←← ← (2022) 43 SANFL ←← (2022)← (2022) 44 WAFL Free Agency Compensation pick (Flynn) 3 45 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League ← 46 SANFL ←←← (2022)← (2022) 47 Gippsland Power Talent League←← 48 Geelong Falcons Talent League ←← (2022)← (2022)← (2022) 49 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ← (2022) 50 Calder Cannons Talent League← 51 WAFL ←←← (2022) 52 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League ←← ← (2022)← (2022) 4 53 Wilston GrangeQAFL ←← 54 Sandringham Dragons Talent League ←←← (2022)← (2022) 55 WAFL ← (2022)← (2022) 56 Sandringham Dragons Talent League Father–son selection (son of Paul Dear)← 57 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League ← ← (2022) 58 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent League ← 59 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Academy selection 5 60 SANFL 61 Barwon Heads BFNL 62 Tasmania Devils Talent League 63 WAFL ← 64 WAFL
Rookie elevations + Player Club
2023 pre-season draft Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Club League1 1 AFL 2 AFL 3 AFL
2024 rookie draft + Rookie draft selections Round Pick Player Club Recruited from Notes Club League 1 1 SANFL 2 Northern Bullants VFL 3 AFL 4 Werribee VFL 5 WAFL 6 Passed — — 7 AFL 8 Sandringham Dragons Talent League 9 AFL 10 AFL 11 AFL 12 AFL 13 WAFL 14 AFL 15 Sandringham Dragons Talent League 16 Passed — — 2 17 Passed — — 18 SANFL 19 Passed — — 20 AFL 21 AFL 22 Oakleigh Chargers Talent League Father–son selection (son of Nathan Brown) 23 Passed — — 3 24 AFL 25 Passed — — 26 Passed — — 27 Passed — — 4 28 Passed — — 5 29 Passed — — Category B rookie selections + Table of Category B rookie selectionsNameClubOriginNote Sherwood Districts (QAFL) Academy selection Kerry GAA International selection (Ireland) Victoria cricket team 3-year non-registered player (cricket) Melbourne University (Big V) Three-year non-registered player (basketball) Rand-Walbundrie-Walla Giants (HFNL) Academy selection Perth Wildcats (NBL) Three-year non-registered player (basketball) Cork GAA International selection (Ireland) (VFL) Academy selection(Also the son of Brett Kirk) (WAFL) Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous)
Pre-season supplemental selection period