| Pick | Draft | # ↧ | Club | Signing | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Original Club | Grade | Games | Goals | Coaches | Brownlow | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade | Fitzroy | David Bain | 27yr | 176cm | 67kg | East Perth | C+ | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Gardiner: 1994 | |||
| Trade | North Melbourne | John Barnett | 18yr | 175cm | 75kg | Endeavour Hills | D | 14 (6) | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Richmond | Paul Broderick | 23yr | 178cm | 85kg | Camperdown | C+ | 169 | 90 | 0 | 46 | B&F: 1996 | |||
| Trade | Collingwood | Nathan Buckley | 21yr | 186cm | 92kg | Southern Districts/Ainslie/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | A+ | 260 | 263 | 43 | 164 | AA: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003; Brownlow: 2003; AFLCA: 2003; B&F: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003; Norm Smith: 2002 | |||
| Trade | Adelaide | Brett Chalmers | 20yr | 195cm | 94kg | Cleve/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | C | 75 (50) | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Richmond | Greg Dear | 30yr | 198cm | 99kg | Churchill/Traralgon | C+ | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Trade | Richmond | Matthew Dundas | 21yr | 178cm | 73kg | Yea/Assumption College | C+ | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Richmond | Michael Gale | 26yr | 188cm | 93kg | Penguin | C+ | 91 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Trade | Adelaide | Tony Hall | 29yr | 183cm | 88kg | Glenelg | B | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Fitzroy | Jeff Hogg | 26yr | 190cm | 89kg | Mount Waverley SC | B | 40 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Brisbane | Troy Lehmann | 21yr | 182cm | 80kg | Waikerie/North Adelaide | C | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Geelong | Aaron Lord | 18yr | 186cm | 87kg | Doncaster Heights/Ivanhoe Grammar/Sandringham U18 | B | 150 (57) | 185 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Trade | Brisbane | Alastair Lynch | 25yr | 193cm | 97kg | Hobart FC | A | 186 | 460 | 0 | 26 | Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 | |||
| Trade | Brisbane | Gilbert McAdam | 27yr | 180cm | 76kg | South Alice Springs/Central District | B+ | 58 | 41 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Trade | Carlton | Barry Mitchell | 27yr | 173cm | 70kg | Mulgrave | B | 38 | 25 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Trade | Richmond | Mark Neeld | 22yr | 188cm | 88kg | St Joseph's | C+ | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Western Bulldogs | Richard Osborne | 29yr | 182cm | 86kg | Bulleen-Templestowe | B | 80 (51) | 124 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Trade | Fitzroy | Nigel Palfreyman | 20yr | 186cm | 77kg | Sandy Bay | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Collingwood | Bradley Plain | 24yr | 184cm | 82kg | Clarence | C | 10 (9) | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Melbourne | Paul Ridley | 18yr | 180cm | 80kg | Subiaco | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trade | Collingwood | Brenton Sanderson | 19yr | 185cm | 90kg | Sturt | C+ | 203 (4) | 30 | 0 | 4 | B&F: 2001 | |||
| Trade | Brisbane | Craig Starcevich | 26yr | 193cm | 96kg | East Perth | C+ | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Trade | Western Bulldogs | Robert West | 24yr | 178cm | 77kg | Wodonga FC | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pre-Draft | Fitzroy | Father-Son (Shane Molloy) |
Jarrod Molloy | 17yr | 189cm | 98kg | Box Hill/Parade College/Northern U18 | B | 169 (59) | 200 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Pre-Draft | Sydney | Uncontracted | Peter Caven | 23yr | 190cm | 85kg | Montmorency | C+ | 100 (18) | 38 | 0 | 0 | Prem: 1997, 1998 | ||
| Pre-Draft | Brisbane | Zone (Brisbane) |
Steven Lawrence | 17yr | 177cm | 83kg | Southport | C+ | 120 (81) | 60 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Pre-Draft | Sydney | Zone (Sydney) |
Stefan Carey | 17yr | 197cm | 104kg | Pennant Hills | C+ | 48 (45) | 23 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Pre-Draft | Sydney | Zone (Sydney) |
Damian Lang | 17yr | 191cm | 78kg | Leeton | C | 8 (5) | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Draft | Sydney | Zone (Sydney) |
Brad Seymour | 17yr | 186cm | 88kg | Wagga | C+ | 133 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||
|
Priority (Sydney) |
National | 1 | Sydney | Darren Gaspar | 17yr | 192cm | 88kg | South Fremantle | A | 228 (21) | 23 | 14 | 33 | AA: 2000, 2001; B&F: 2001 | |
|
Priority (Brisbane) |
National | 2 | Brisbane | Nigel Lappin | 17yr | 188cm | 86kg | Chiltern | A+ | 279 | 174 | 50 | 93 | AA: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; B&F: 2004; AA40: 2007; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 | |
|
Priority (Richmond) |
National | 3 | Richmond | Justin Murphy | 17yr | 185cm | 85kg | De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 | C+ | 185 (12) | 151 | 11 | 20 | ||
|
Priority (Sydney) |
National | 4 | Sydney | Glenn Gorman | 17yr | 187cm | 82kg | Maryborough FC/Assumption College/Geelong U18 | D | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National | 5 | Sydney | Adam Heuskes | 17yr | 190cm | 93kg | Norwood | A | 125 (49) | 12 | 0 | 12 | AA: 1997 | ||
| National | 6 | Fitzroy | Trent Cummings | 19yr | 182cm | 84kg | Narrandera/Central District | C | 29 (27) | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 7 | Fitzroy | Chris Johnson | 17yr | 180cm | 88kg | Jacana/Northern U18 | A | 264 (59) | 172 | 18 | 35 | AA: 2002, 2004; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 | ||
| National | 8 | St Kilda | Michael Frost | 22yr | 186cm | 92kg | Swan Hill | C | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Liston: 1998 | ||
| National | 9 | Fitzroy | Rowan Warfe | 17yr | 190cm | 89kg | Golden Square/Bendigo U18 | C+ | 110 (26) | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| National | 10 | Melbourne | Trent Ormond-Allen | 17yr | 180cm | 82kg | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | C | 50 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 11 | Western Bulldogs | Brad Johnson | 17yr | 182cm | 87kg | Williamstown/Western U18 | A+ | 364 | 558 | 210 | 77 | AA: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007; B&F: 1999, 2002, 2006 | ||
| National | 12 | Brisbane | Chris Scott | 17yr | 182cm | 89kg | St Kevin's College/East Camberwell/Eastern U18 | C+ | 215 | 79 | 3 | 14 | Rising Star: 1994; B&F: 1998; Prem: 2001, 2002 | ||
| National | 13 | Geelong | David Ugrinic | 18yr | 183cm | 78kg | Woodville-West Torrens | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 14 | North Melbourne | Adam Simpson | 17yr | 185cm | 86kg | Eltham/Northern U18 | A | 306 | 83 | 87 | 72 | AA: 2002; B&F: 2002; Prem: 1996, 1999 | ||
| National | 15 | Hawthorn | Luke McCabe | 17yr | 183cm | 82kg | Sacred Heart College/Central District | C+ | 138 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 16 | West Coast | Fraser Gehrig | 17yr | 195cm | 104kg | Wodonga FC/Catholic College Wodonga/Murray U18 | A | 260 (115) | 549 | 127 | 66 | AA: 1997, 2004; Coleman: 2004, 2005 | ||
| National | 17 | Hawthorn | Angelo Lekkas | 17yr | 185cm | 86kg | Alphington/Northern U18 | C+ | 180 | 120 | 0 | 14 | |||
| National | 18 | Carlton | Simon Beaumont | 17yr | 189cm | 88kg | East Camberwell/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 | C+ | 179 (152) | 101 | 0 | 7 | |||
| National | 19 | Essendon | Robert Stevenson | 17yr | 188cm | 82kg | Taylors Lakes/Western U18 | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
|
Priority (Sydney) |
National | 20 | Sydney | Wade Chapman | 17yr | 178cm | 86kg | North Shore (Vic)/Geelong U18 | C | 51 | 19 | 0 | 2 | ||
|
Priority (Brisbane) |
National | 21 | Brisbane | Shane Hodges | 18yr | 180cm | 72kg | North Adelaide | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National | 22 | Sydney | Dion Myles | 17yr | 188cm | 79kg | Baulkham Hills | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 23 | Hawthorn | Shannon Gibson | 17yr | 183cm | 77kg | Preston/Northern U18 | C | 28 (25) | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 24 | Brisbane | Cameron Bennett | 18yr | 188cm | 81kg | North Adelaide | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 25 | St Kilda | Clinton Shaw | 17yr | 181cm | 75kg | Dandenong U18 | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 26 | Richmond | Stephen Jurica | 17yr | 194cm | 104kg | South Fremantle | C | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 27 | Melbourne | Brad Hall | 17yr | 196cm | 82kg | Assumption College | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 28 | Sydney | Daryl Griffin | 17yr | 180cm | 80kg | Sunbury FC/Western U18 | C | 18 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 29 | Essendon | Scott Mollard | 17yr | 188cm | 75kg | Sandringham U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 30 | Geelong | Paul Lewis | 18yr | 187cm | 82kg | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 31 | North Melbourne | Mark Stevens | 18yr | 194cm | 95kg | Heyfield/Gippsland U18 | C+ | 122 (21) | 123 | 0 | 7 | Prem: 1998 | ||
| National | 32 | Hawthorn | Paul Barnard | 20yr | 189cm | 93kg | East Perth | C+ | 151 (11) | 79 | 0 | 5 | Prem: 2000 | ||
| National | 33 | West Coast | Ben Robbins | 16yr | 181cm | 77kg | Maffra/Gippsland U18 | C+ | 92 (0) | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 34 | Collingwood | Stephen Patterson | 22yr | 177cm | 75kg | Norwood | C+ | 96 | 88 | 0 | 8 | |||
| National | 35 | Collingwood | Aaron James | 17yr | 194cm | 102kg | Melton/Western U18 | C | 54 (23) | 25 | 0 | 1 | |||
| National | 36 | Essendon | Julian Kirzner | 17yr | 188cm | 90kg | Ajax/Sandringham U18 | D | 4 (1) | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 37 | Sydney | Ashley Thompson | 17yr | 178cm | 70kg | Nyah-Nyah West United/Bendigo U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 38 | Geelong | David Innella | 17yr | 182cm | 80kg | Western U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 39 | Collingwood | Jason Wild | 17yr | 182cm | 78kg | Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka | C | 69 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 40 | St Kilda | Matthew Lappin | 17yr | 184cm | 78kg | Chiltern | A | 251 (55) | 247 | 24 | 22 | AA: 2004 | ||
| National | 41 | Fitzroy | Kieran Sporn | 27yr | 186cm | 81kg | Murrayville/West Adelaide | C+ | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| National | 42 | Melbourne | Michael Prentice | 17yr | 184cm | 78kg | Rosebud/Dandenong U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 43 | West Coast | Jason Heatley | 21yr | 189cm | 92kg | Subiaco | B | 63 (3) | 171 | 0 | 6 | |||
| National | 44 | Adelaide | Eugene Warrior | 17yr | 186cm | 78kg | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 45 | Brisbane | Trent Bartlett | 16yr | 189cm | 95kg | Deloraine | C+ | 81 (39) | 42 | 0 | 2 | |||
| National | 46 | North Melbourne | David King | 21yr | 183cm | 94kg | Assumption College/Port Melbourne | A | 241 | 145 | 0 | 60 | AA: 1997, 1998; Prem: 1996, 1999 | ||
| National | 47 | Hawthorn | Chris Palmer | 21yr | West Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National | 48 | Carlton | Matthew Hopkins | 19yr | West Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National | 49 | Sydney | Simon Garlick | 18yr | 177cm | 79kg | Glen Waverley Rovers/St Kevin's College/Sandringham U18 | C+ | 181 (44) | 141 | 0 | 13 | |||
| National | 50 | Richmond | Mark Merenda | 18yr | 181cm | 81kg | West Perth | B+ | 101 (75) | 88 | 0 | 17 | |||
| National | 51 | St Kilda | Kristian Pascoe | 17yr | Northern U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National | 52 | Fitzroy | Matthew Dent | 21yr | 185cm | 86kg | Sturt | C+ | 118 (47) | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 53 | Collingwood | Justin Mallon | 17yr | 193cm | 90kg | Northern U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 54 | Western Bulldogs | Sedat Sir | 18yr | 188cm | 80kg | West Coburg/Sandringham U18 | C | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 55 | Geelong | Grant Tanner | 23yr | 184cm | 80kg | Norwood | C+ | 69 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 56 | Hawthorn | Rayden Tallis | 18yr | 184cm | 85kg | Knox JFC/Wantirna South/Eastern U18 | C+ | 163 | 27 | 0 | 6 | |||
| National | 57 | Sydney | Mark Hepburn | 25yr | 195cm | 95kg | Claremont | C+ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 58 | Fitzroy | Jeff Bruce | 19yr | 188cm | 74kg | Corowa-Rutherglen | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 59 | Geelong | Craig Biddiscombe | 17yr | 185cm | 84kg | Traralgon/Gippsland U18 | C | 78 (34) | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 60 | North Melbourne | Troy Polak | 20yr | 192cm | 83kg | Perth | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 61 | Sydney | Shayne Smith | 18yr | 190cm | 94kg | Dandenong U18 | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 62 | Fitzroy | Graeme Woods | 21yr | Mildura FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National | 63 | North Melbourne | Gareth John | 21yr | 200cm | 105kg | Gisborne | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 65 | Fitzroy | Paul Mullarvey | 19yr | 188cm | 83kg | Mooroolbark/Eastern U18/Box Hill Mustangs | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National | 66 | Collingwood | Andrew Schauble | 16yr | 193cm | 93kg | Xavier College | C+ | 167 (79) | 34 | 0 | 8 | B&F: 2000 | ||
| Pre-Season | 1 | Sydney | Dermott Brereton | 29yr | 186cm | 89kg | Frankston Rovers | B | 22 (7) | 37 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pre-Season | 2 | Brisbane | Andrew Bews | 29yr | 175cm | 79kg | North Geelong | B | 75 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pre-Season | 3 | Richmond | Jamie Elliott | 20yr | 185cm | 85kg | Maryborough FC | C | 18 (9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 4 | St Kilda | David Strooper | 25yr | 191cm | 81kg | South Colac | B | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 5 | Fitzroy | Steven Stretch | 30yr | 184cm | 81kg | West Torrens | C+ | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 6 | Sydney | Peter Filandia | 23yr | 168cm | 75kg | Doutta Stars | C+ | 70 | 38 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Pre-Season | 7 | Richmond | Haydn Robins | 21yr | 184cm | 80kg | Ringwood | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 8 | Brisbane | Craig Lambert | 25yr | 178cm | 84kg | North Dandenong | A | 96 | 27 | 0 | 22 | AA: 1996; B&F: 1994 | ||
| Pre-Season | 9 | St Kilda | Rod Keogh | 22yr | 180cm | 83kg | Castlemaine | C | 60 | 21 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Pre-Season | 10 | Fitzroy | Matthew Mansfield | 24yr | 188cm | 79kg | Glenorchy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 11 | Melbourne | Dean Irving | 27yr | 200cm | 102kg | South Fremantle | C+ | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pre-Season | 12 | Western Bulldogs | Jason Watts | 22yr | 185cm | 80kg | Werribee | B | 57 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 13 | Collingwood | Jon Ballantyne | 24yr | 190cm | 92kg | Bairnsdale | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 14 | Geelong | Cain Liddle | 18yr | 182cm | 83kg | Western U18 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 15 | North Melbourne | Trent Nichols | 24yr | 173cm | 77kg | Sandy Bay | C+ | 52 (33) | 58 | 0 | 1 | Gardiner: 1996 | ||
| Pre-Season | 16 | Hawthorn | Simon Lethlean | 18yr | 181cm | 80kg | Camberwell Grammar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 17 | West Coast | Scott Thomson | 18yr | 183cm | 72kg | Subiaco | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 18 | Adelaide | Shane Tongerie | 22yr | 184cm | 83kg | Central District | D | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pre-Season | 19 | Carlton | Dean Rice | 25yr | 180cm | 92kg | Longwood/Salesian College/Geelong Reserves | C+ | 118 | 42 | 0 | 5 | Prem: 1995 | ||
| Pre-Season | 20 | Essendon | Barry Young | 23yr | 183cm | 93kg | St Arnaud/Assumption College | C+ | 89 (76) | 45 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Pre-Season | 21 | Sydney | Derek Kickett | 31yr | 180cm | 88kg | West Perth/Claremont/Central District | B+ | 63 | 73 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pre-Season | 22 | Sydney | Andrew Bomford | 19yr | 184cm | 89kg | North Shore (NSW) | C | 28 (15) | 9 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pre-Season | 24 | St Kilda | Adrian Burns | 22yr | 178cm | 71kg | Dromana | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 25 | Fitzroy | Peter Doyle | 20yr | 179cm | 80kg | Union | C | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 26 | Melbourne | John Carroll | 19yr | 178cm | 72kg | St Bedes Mentone (VAFA) | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 27 | Western Bulldogs | Daniel Hargraves | 18yr | 192cm | 93kg | Powelltown/Eastern U18 | C | 41 (38) | 62 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 28 | Collingwood | Trent Hotton | 20yr | 193cm | 90kg | Warragul/Northern U18 | C+ | 78 (17) | 50 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Pre-Season | 29 | North Melbourne | David Muir | 22yr | 186cm | 97kg | Claremont | C | 20 (0) | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pre-Season | 30 | Hawthorn | Shayne Stevenson | 23yr | 179cm | 81kg | Sandy Bay | C | 34 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pre-Season | 31 | Adelaide | Matthew Kluzek | 20yr | 187cm | 88kg | St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens | C | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 32 | Carlton | Brad Pearce | 22yr | 185cm | 85kg | South Launceston/St Kilda U19s | B | 77 | 151 | 0 | 6 | Prem: 1995 | ||
| Pre-Season | 33 | St Kilda | Doug Bailey | 22yr | 190cm | 87kg | Xavier College/Old Xavs | C | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 34 | Collingwood | Stephen Ryan | 23yr | 190cm | 86kg | C+ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pre-Season | 35 | Carlton | Peter Green | 19yr | 186cm | 86kg | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pre-Season | 36 | St Kilda | Kristian Bardsley | 21yr | 172cm | 77kg | Scoresby/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully) | C | 53 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 37 | Collingwood | Justin Staritski | 23yr | 181cm | 78kg | Pembroke School/Norwood | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 38 | St Kilda | Danny McCarthy | 21yr | 187cm | 80kg | Frankston | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pre-Season | 39 | St Kilda | Alister Carr | 20yr | 189cm | 90kg | South Bendigo | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |