2020 AFL draft

The 2020 AFL draft will consist of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2020 AFL season.

2020 AFL draft
General information
Date(s)	November 2020 - National Draft, Rookie Draft
Location	TBA
Network(s)	Fox Footy
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Overview
League	AFL

Player movements

Previous trades

Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period. As a result, a total of 40 selections for the 2020 draft were traded during the 2019 trade period. Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the 2019 national draft. The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the original club's finishing position in the 2020 season.

Table of previously traded selections

Rd	Orig. Club	New Club	Acquired via	Ref
1	West Coast	Geelong	Tim Kelly trade	[1]
	Melbourne	North Melbourne	Pick swap	[2]
	Port Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap	[3]
	Greater Western Sydney	Adelaide	Pick swap	[4]
	Gold Coast (Priority Pick, #11)	Geelong	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[5]
2	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Sam Frost trade	[6]
	Melbourne	Fremantle	Ed Langdon trade	[7]
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade	[8]
	St Kilda	Richmond	via Fremantle (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Collingwood (James Aish trade) on-traded to Richmond (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)	[9] [10]
	Western Bulldogs	Adelaide	Alex Keath trade	[11]
	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	Pick swap	[12]
	Collingwood	Port Adelaide	via Brisbane Lions (Pick swap) on-traded to Port Adelaide (pick swap)	[13] [14]
	Fremantle	Port Adelaide	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[15]
	Essendon	North Melbourne	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[16]
	Richmond	Collingwood	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
3	Geelong	West Coast	Tim Kelly trade	[1]
	St Kilda	Port Adelaide	Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade	[17]
	Gold Coast	Essendon	via Adelaide (Hugh Greenwood trade) on-traded to Geelong (Josh Jenkins trade) on-traded to Essendon (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)	[18] [19] [20]
	Fremantle	Adelaide	via St Kilda (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Sydney (Zak Jones trade) on-traded to Adelaide (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)	[9] [21] [22]
	Adelaide	Western Bulldogs	Alex Keath trade	[11]
	Essendon	Hawthorn	via Brisbane Lions (Tom Cutler trade) on-traded to Collingwood (pick swap) on-traded to Hawthorn (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)	[23] [13] [24]
	North Melbourne	Collingwood	via Greater Western Sydney (Aiden Bonar trade) on-traded to Collingwood (Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft)	[25] [26]
	Collingwood	Adelaide	via Fremantle (James Aish trade) On-traded to Adelaide (pick swap)	[10] [27]
	Sydney	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
4	Melbourne	North Melbourne	via Hawthorn (Sam Frost trade) on-traded to Greater Western Sydney (Jonathon Patton trade) on-traded to North Melbourne (Aiden Bonar trade)	[6] [28] [25]
	Fremantle	Melbourne	Ed Langdon trade	[7]
	Carlton	Melbourne	via Adelaide (Eddie Betts trade) On-traded to Fremantle (pick swap) On-traded to Melbourne (pick swap)	[29] [27]
	Greater Western Sydney	Brisbane Lions	via Adelaide (Sam Jacobs trade) on-traded to Port Adelaide (Billy Frampton trade) on-traded to Brisbane Lions (pick swap)	[30] [31] [14]
	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Paddy Ryder and Dougal Howard trade	[32]
	Gold Coast	Adelaide	Hugh Greenwood trade	[18]
	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	Callum Ah Chee trade	[8]
	St Kilda	Collingwood	via Fremantle (Bradley Hill and Blake Acres trade) on-traded to Collingwood (James Aish trade)	[9] [10]
	Sydney	St Kilda	Zak Jones trade	[21]
	Adelaide	Sydney	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[22]
	Geelong	Essendon	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[20]
	Collingwood	Greater Western Sydney	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft	[26]
	West Coast	Essendon	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
	Western Bulldogs	Hawthorn	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft
5	Fremantle	Brisbane Lions	Pick swap at the 2019 National Draft

Retirements and delistings

Table key

R	Rookie listed player
B	Category B Rookie listed player

Table of player retirements and delistings

Date	Name	Club	Status	Ref
19 December	Alex Rance	Richmond	Retired	[33]
29 July	Nathan Brown	St Kilda	Retired	[34]

See also

• 2020 AFL Women's draft

References

1. "Home, sweet home: Kelly finally an Eagle after mega-trade with Cats". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
2. @AFL_House (15 October 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged: Melbourne has traded selections 26, 50 and Future Rd 1 2020 selection to North Melbourne for Rd 1 selection 8" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. @AFL_House (18 November 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged. Brisbane Lions has traded its Rd 1 (16), Rd 3 (52), Rd 3 (55) and its Rd 4 (72) selections to Port Adelaide for its Rd 2 (29), Rd 4 (71) and its Future Round One Selection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. @AFL_House (19 November 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged. GWS GIANTS has traded its Rd 1 (6) and its Future First Round Selection to the Adelaide Crows for its Rd 1 (4) selection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Cats secure future first round pick". geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
6. "Dee-Frosted: Defender departs Melbourne for Hawthorn". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
7. "Demons seal deal for Freo wingman to boost their pace stocks". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
8. "Queensland rivalry heats up after Sun becomes a Lion". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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10. "Defender now a Docker: Magpie flies west to join third club". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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13. @AFL_House (21 November 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged. The Brisbane Lions has traded its Rd 3 (48) selection and its Future Round Three Selection to Collingwood for its Future Round Two Selection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. @caltwomey (28 November 2019). "There's been a trade! Brisbane now has first pick tonight. They'll hold pick No.22, and Port Adelaide has moved back to No.23. There's also been an exchange of future picks - Port has gotten a future second and Brisbane a future fourth - to make it happen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
15. "Surprise bid on Academy jet forces Freo into live trade scramble". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
16. @NMFCOfficial (28 November 2019). "We have traded picks 30 and 50 for Essendon's pick 35, and a second-round pick in 2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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19. "Cats snatch out-of-favour Crows forward in surprise attack". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
20. @essendonfc (28 November 2019). "We've secured a trade with @GeelongCats. IN - 63, 2020 Rds 3 + 4 picks OUT - 50" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
21. "Need for speed: Saints land line-breaking midfielder from Swans". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
22. @Adelaide_FC (28 November 2019). "We've completed a pick swap with Sydney" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
23. "Fringe Lion finds a new home at Essendon for late picks". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
24. @CollingwoodFC (28 November 2019). "We've traded our future 3rd round selection (Ess) for pick 43 from Hawthorn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
25. "Roos swoop on highly rated young Giants mid". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
26. @GWSGIANTS (28 November 2019). "We've traded up the #AFLDraft to secure Jake Riccardi! We traded a future third round pick to Collingwood for pick 51 and a future fourth to make the strong mark and accurate set shot kick a GIANT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
27. "Freo secure selection no.8 in pick swaps". fremantlefc.com.au. Telstra Media. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
28. "The General motors to Hawks after Giant deal". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
29. "Crow no more: Eddie makes fairytale return to Carlton". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
30. "Sauce on the Giants' list: Big Crow joins GWS for future pick". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
31. "Power tall moves to crosstown rivals, set to join rare list". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
32. "Saints' double delight: Power pair off to Moorabbin". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
33. "Star Tiger shocks footy world with sudden retirement". AFL.com.au. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
34. "St Kilda's Nathan Brown tells teammates 'I feel like I've deserted my brothers' in touching retirement letter". Fox Sports. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.