| 1: 1988 Trade for Glenn Hawker | |||
| Carlton | Hawker (27 games) | expected 24 |
actual 27 |
| Essendon | #12 (Fox - 21 games) + #26 (Regan - 0 games) | expected 130 |
actual 21 |
| 3: 1988 Trade for Robert Handley, Paul Harding and Peter Russo | |||
| Hawthorn | #1 (McDonald - 107 games) | expected 218 |
actual 107 |
| St Kilda | Handley (4 games) + Harding (62 games) + Russo (33 games) | expected 64 |
actual 99 |
| 4: 1988 Trade for Alex Ishchenko | |||
| Brisbane | Ishchenko (42 games) | expected 21 |
actual 42 |
| West Coast | #2 (Breman - 48 games) | expected 191 |
actual 48 |
| 5: 1988 Trade for Mark Zanotti | |||
| Brisbane | Zanotti (64 games) | expected 21 |
actual 64 |
| West Coast | #44 (Williamson - 0 games) | expected 21 |
actual 0 |
| 6: 1988 Trade for Ken Hinkley | |||
| Fitzroy | #48 (Jordan - 0 games) | expected 16 |
actual 0 |
| Geelong | Hinkley (121 games) | expected 18 |
actual 121 |
| 7: 1988 Trade for Rudi Mandemaker | |||
| Hawthorn | #78 (Bond - 1 games) | expected 4 |
actual 1 |
| Sydney | Mandemaker (0 games) | expected 38 |
actual 0 |
| 8: 1988 Trade for Craig Somerville | |||
| Brisbane | Somerville (0 games) | expected 16 |
actual 0 |
| Western Bulldogs | #86 (Sexton - 43 games) | expected 0 |
actual 43 |
| 9: 1988 Trade for Mark O'Donoghue | |||
| North Melbourne | #92 (Vizy - 0 games) | expected 0 |
actual 0 |
| Sydney | O'Donoghue (0 games) | expected 17 |
actual 0 |