Retirements
| When | Club | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Original Club | Highest Grade |
Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Adelaide | Scott Hodges | 25 | 188 | 92 | Salisbury West JFC/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | B | 38 | 100 | 0 | 4 | Magarey: 1990 |
| Aug 30 | Sydney | Paul Bryce | 25 | 194 | 95 | Wangaratta Imperials JFC | C | 91 | 43 | 0 | 15 | |
| Aug 30 | Sydney | David Murphy | 31 | 179 | 75 | A | 156 | 92 | 0 | 40 | AA: 1988 | |
| Aug 30 | Sydney | Brad Tunbridge | 29 | 195 | 93 | East Fremantle | C+ | 50 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
Delistings
| When | Club | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Original Club | Highest Grade |
Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | Adelaide | Michael Godden | 18 | 175 | 65 | West Adelaide | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Brisbane | Ashley Green | 20 | 189 | 87 | Warragul | C | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oct 15 | Brisbane | Shane Hamilton | 23 | 183 | 80 | St Arnaud | C | 74 | 70 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oct 15 | Brisbane | Brad Pearce | 22 | 185 | 85 | South Launceston/St Kilda U19s | B | 79 | 152 | 0 | 6 | Prem: 1995 |
| Sep 30 | Brisbane | Ray Windsor | 21 | 190 | 87 | Western Districts | C | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Larke: 1989 |
| Jan 1 | Carlton | Matthew Hopkins | 19 | West Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sep 30 | Carlton | Andrew Phillips | 23 | 178 | 72 | C+ | 42 | 26 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sep 30 | Carlton | Tony Plim | 18 | 199 | 90 | Golden Square | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Carlton | Haami Williams | 20 | South Barwon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sep 30 | Collingwood | Peter Daicos | 32 | 184 | 84 | B+ | 250 | 549 | 0 | 93 | B&F: 1982, 1988; Prem: 1990 | |
| Sep 30 | Collingwood | Michael Gayfer | 28 | 186 | 90 | Corowa-Rutherglen | C+ | 142 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Prem: 1990 |
| Sep 30 | Collingwood | Andrew Pascoe | 22 | 198 | 93 | Banksia Park HS/Norwood | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Collingwood | Scott Thompson | 18 | 183 | 72 | Subiaco | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Essendon | Darren Bartsch | 24 | 198 | 90 | Loxton/West Adelaide | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Essendon | Damien Franken | 19 | 192 | 82 | Donvale | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oct 15 | Essendon | Derek Kickett | 31 | 180 | 88 | West Perth/Claremont/Central District | B+ | 152 | 179 | 0 | 28 | |
| Oct 15 | Essendon | Kieran Sporn | 27 | 186 | 81 | Murrayville/West Adelaide | C+ | 84 | 71 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oct 15 | Fitzroy | Jamie Elliott | 20 | 185 | 85 | Maryborough FC | C | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sep 30 | Fitzroy | Ashley Matthews | 23 | 190 | 79 | C | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oct 15 | Fitzroy | Shayne Stevenson | 23 | 179 | 81 | Sandy Bay | C | 45 | 39 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jan 1 | Fitzroy | Graeme Woods | 21 | Mildura FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sep 30 | Geelong | Andrew Bews | 29 | 175 | 79 | North Geelong | A | 282 | 134 | 0 | 45 | AA: 1987 |
| Jan 1 | Hawthorn | Chris Palmer | 21 | West Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sep 30 | Hawthorn | Richard Taylor | 20 | 173 | 76 | Camberwell Grammar | C+ | 140 | 57 | 0 | 5 | |
| Oct 15 | Melbourne | Matthew Kluzek | 20 | 187 | 88 | St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens | C | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Melbourne | Haydn Robins | 21 | 184 | 80 | Ringwood | C | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Melbourne | Steven Stretch | 29 | 184 | 81 | West Torrens | C+ | 189 | 78 | 0 | 15 | B&F: 1987 |
| Sep 30 | North Melbourne | Kristian Bardsley | 21 | 172 | 77 | Scoresby/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully) | C | 58 | 22 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sep 30 | North Melbourne | Matthew Moon | 19 | 182 | 70 | Sandringham U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Ben Careless | 18 | 182 | 82 | Glenorchy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Craig Lambert | 25 | 178 | 84 | North Dandenong | A | 219 | 80 | 0 | 52 | AA: 1996; B&F: 1991, 1994 |
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Brady Leckie | 18 | 187 | 80 | West Perth | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Stephen Ryan | 23 | 190 | 86 | C+ | 51 | 43 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Adam Slater | 19 | 200 | 101 | East Burwood | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Richmond | Barry Young | 23 | 183 | 93 | St Arnaud/Assumption College | C+ | 142 | 68 | 0 | 12 | |
| Sep 30 | St Kilda | Brodie Atkinson | 21 | 177 | 80 | Risdon/North Adelaide | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Magarey: 1997 |
| Sep 30 | St Kilda | Lawrence Bingham | 24 | 200 | 95 | C | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sep 30 | St Kilda | Nick Hanson | 20 | 190 | 80 | Sandringham | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | St Kilda | Matthew Jackson | 19 | 179 | 74 | Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U18 | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan 1 | St Kilda | Kristian Pascoe | 17 | Northern U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sep 30 | St Kilda | Dean Rice | 25 | 180 | 92 | Longwood/Salesian College/Geelong Reserves | C+ | 234 | 85 | 0 | 20 | Prem: 1995 |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Richard Ambrose | 21 | 191 | 92 | Wanganui Park SC | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sandover: 2000 |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Peter Baldwin | 25 | 183 | 80 | Finley/Assumption College | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Tony Begovich | 26 | 180 | 83 | Claremont | C | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Paul Burton | 24 | 183 | 81 | Claremont | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Aldo Dipetta | 21 | 175 | 80 | Ainslie | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Michael Gaffney | 20 | 179 | 70 | Port District/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Jamie Grant | 23 | 183 | 83 | Daylesford | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Peter Green | 19 | 186 | 86 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Brad Hardie | 30 | 181 | 88 | South Fremantle | A | 150 | 222 | 0 | 44 | AA: 1986; Brownlow: 1985; B&F: 1986 |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Troy Hull | 19 | 182 | 76 | Marble Range/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Ryan Humphreys | 18 | 179 | 69 | Subiaco | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | John Hutton | 27 | 185 | 86 | Claremont | B | 36 | 79 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Nathan Irvin | 20 | 189 | 83 | Norwood | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oct 15 | Sydney | Gareth John | 21 | 200 | 105 | Gisborne | C | 22 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Dwaine Kretschmer | 21 | 180 | 78 | North Gambier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | James Little | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Tony Malakellis | 23 | 175 | 79 | Geelong Amateur | C | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Andrew McGovern | 25 | 177 | 84 | Claremont | C | 83 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Phillip Rowston | 21 | 179 | 85 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Gary Stevens | 20 | 168 | 69 | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oct 15 | Sydney | David Strooper | 25 | 191 | 81 | South Colac | B | 81 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Sydney | Andrew Thomson | 20 | 173 | 80 | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sep 30 | West Coast | Travis Burton | 19 | 187 | 74 | Subiaco | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | West Coast | Dean Irving | 27 | 200 | 102 | South Fremantle | C+ | 66 | 13 | 0 | 12 | |
| Oct 15 | West Coast | David Muir | 22 | 186 | 97 | Claremont | C | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sep 30 | Western Bulldogs | Jon Ballantyne | 24 | 190 | 92 | Bairnsdale | C | 29 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 30 | Western Bulldogs | Tony Campbell | 26 | 189 | 93 | Camberwell Grammar | C+ | 118 | 65 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oct 15 | Western Bulldogs | Michael Frost | 22 | 186 | 92 | Swan Hill | C | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Liston: 1998 |
| Oct 15 | Western Bulldogs | Matthew Mansfield | 24 | 188 | 79 | Glenorchy | C | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 |