List of AFL debuts in 2016
The following is the list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2016 AFL season.
Summary
Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
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Adelaide | 3 | 1 |
Brisbane Lions | 9 | 3 |
Carlton | 3 | 7 |
Collingwood | 6 | 3 |
Essendon | 5 | 13 |
Fremantle | 3 | 0 |
Geelong | 2 | 4 |
Gold Coast | 6 | 4 |
Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 1 |
Hawthorn | 6 | 1 |
Melbourne | 5 | 2 |
North Melbourne | 2 | 2 |
Port Adelaide | 5 | 2 |
Richmond | 7 | 2 |
St Kilda | 3 | 0 |
Sydney | 7 | 2 |
West Coast | 2 | 3 |
Western Bulldogs | 4 | 2 |
Total | 81 | 52 |
AFL debuts
Change of AFL club
Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
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Jacob Townsend | Richmond | 22 years, 278 days | 1[86] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Jed Lamb | Carlton | 23 years, 157 days | 1[87] | Sydney & Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Sam Kerridge | Carlton | 22 years, 333 days | 1[88] | Adelaide | traded in 2015 |
Matthew Wright | Carlton | 26 years, 101 days | 1[89] | Adelaide | signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 |
Andrew Phillips | Carlton | 24 years, 265 days | 1[90] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Tomas Bugg | Melbourne | 22 years, 356 days | 1[91] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Ben Kennedy | Melbourne | 22 years, 23 days | 1[92] | Collingwood | traded in 2015 |
Steve Johnson | Greater Western Sydney | 32 years, 266 days | 1[93] | Geelong | traded in 2015 |
Matt Rosa | Gold Coast | 29 years, 124 days | 1[94] | West Coast | traded in 2015 |
Ryan Davis | Gold Coast | 26 years, 293 days | 1[95] | West Coast | pick 38, (2016 rookie draft) |
Matt Dea | Essendon | 24 years, 165 days | 1[96] | Richmond | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Mitch Brown | Essendon | 25 years, 211 days | 1[97] | Geelong | pick 54, (2015 national draft) |
Mathew Stokes | Essendon | 31 years, 125 days | 1[98] | Geelong | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Jonathan Simpkin | Essendon | 28 years, 150 days | 1[99] | Hawthorn | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Matthew Leuenberger | Essendon | 27 years, 293 days | 1[100] | Brisbane Lions | signed as a restricted free agent in 2015 |
Ryan Crowley | Essendon | 32 years, 21 days | 1[101] | Fremantle | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Craig Bird | Essendon | 27 years, 66 days | 1[102] | Sydney | traded in 2015 |
James Kelly | Essendon | 32 years, 88 days | 1[103] | Geelong | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Jed Anderson | North Melbourne | 22 years, 54 days | 1[104] | Hawthorn | traded in 2015 |
Paul Seedsman | Adelaide | 24 years, 66 days | 1[105] | Collingwood | traded in 2015 |
Michael Talia | Sydney | 23 years, 45 days | 1[106] | Western Bulldogs | traded in 2015 |
Callum Sinclair | Sydney | 26 years, 185 days | 1[107] | West Coast | traded in 2015 |
Adam Treloar | Collingwood | 23 years, 17 days | 1[108] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Matt Suckling | Western Bulldogs | 27 years, 246 days | 1[109] | Hawthorn | signed as an unrestricted free agent in 2015 |
Charlie Dixon | Port Adelaide | 25 years, 186 days | 1[110] | Gold Coast | traded in 2015 |
Jack Redden | West Coast | 25 years, 109 days | 1[111] | Brisbane Lions | traded in 2015 |
Josh Walker | Brisbane Lions | 23 years, 136 days | 1[112] | Geelong | traded in 2015 |
Ryan Bastinac | Brisbane Lions | 24 years, 279 days | 1[113] | North Melbourne | traded in 2015 |
Tom Bell | Brisbane Lions | 24 years, 288 days | 1[114] | Carlton | traded in 2015 |
Lachie Henderson | Geelong | 26 years, 105 days | 1[115] | Brisbane Lions & Carlton | traded in 2015 |
Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 25 years, 358 days | 1[116] | Adelaide | traded in 2015 |
Zac Smith | Geelong | 26 years, 36 days | 1[117] | Gold Coast | traded in 2015 |
James Aish | Collingwood | 20 years, 145 days | 2[118] | Brisbane Lions | traded in 2015 |
Jimmy Toumpas | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 92 days | 2[119] | Melbourne | traded in 2015 |
Lewis Jetta | West Coast | 26 years, 335 days | 2[120] | Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Jeremy Howe | Collingwood | 25 years, 285 days | 3[121] | Melbourne | traded in 2015 |
Andrew Moore | Richmond | 24 years, 321 days | 4[122] | Port Adelaide | signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 |
Liam Sumner | Carlton | 22 years, 224 days | 4[123] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Lachie Plowman | Carlton | 21 years, 218 days | 4[124] | Greater Western Sydney | traded in 2015 |
Jed Adcock | Western Bulldogs | 30 years, 153 days | 4[125] | Brisbane Lions | traded in 2015 |
Jarrad Grant | Gold Coast | 26 years, 292 days | 5[126] | Western Bulldogs | signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 |
Daniel Currie | Gold Coast | 27 years, 69 days | 5[127] | North Melbourne | traded in 2015 |
Sam Grimley | Essendon | 25 years, 114 days | 5[128] | Hawthorn | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
James Polkinghorne | Essendon | 27 years, 102 days | 6[129] | Brisbane Lions | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Nathan Grima | Essendon | 30 years, 267 days | 7[130] | North Melbourne | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Daniel Gorringe | Carlton | 23 years, 354 days | 9[131] | Gold Coast | signed as a delisted free agent in 2015 |
Farren Ray | North Melbourne | 30 years, 61 days | 9[132] | Western Bulldogs & St Kilda | pick 15, (2016 rookie draft) |
Mark Jamar | Essendon | 32 years, 293 days | 10[133] | Melbourne | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Jonathan Giles | West Coast | 28 years, 163 days | 13[134] | Greater Western Sydney & Essendon | traded in 2015 |
Sam Michael | Essendon | 23 years, 5 days | 16[135] | Brisbane Lions | Essendon top-up signings in 2015 |
Scott Selwood | Geelong | 26 years, 135 days | 20[136] | West Coast | signed as a restricted free agent in 2015 |
Jack Fitzpatrick | Hawthorn | 25 years, 65 days | 23[137] | Melbourne | traded in 2015 |
References
- Full listing of players who made their AFL or club debut in 2016
- ^ Daniel Rioli's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jacob Weitering's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Clayton Oliver's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Callum Ah Chee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Darcy Parish's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mitch McGovern's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Wayne Milera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ George Hewett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Callum Mills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tom Papley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Marcus Adams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Dunkley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jade Gresham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Schache's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Marc Pittonet's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jayden Short's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Dougal Howard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Michael Hartley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Charlie Curnow's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Darcy_Byrne-Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matthew Goodyear's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Wagner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tom Ruggles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jayden Hunt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Darcy Tucker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mason Cox's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Christian Petracca's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Kieran Lovell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jason Castagna's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mackenzie Willis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Aliir Aliir's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ben Keays's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Kaiden Brand's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ben Crocker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mason Redman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Darcy Macpherson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jacob Hopper's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Hiscox.html Jack Hiscox's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Bailey Williams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Rhys Mathieson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Kieran Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Harrison Marsh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tom Cole's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Kade Stewart's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jarrad Jansen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jesse Joyce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Logan Austin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Lewis Pierce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tom Phillips's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Corey Wagner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Eric Hipwood's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matthew Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Nathan Broad's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matthew Hammelmann's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jack Silvagni's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Reuben William's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Oleg Markov's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ryan Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Harrison Himmelberg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jordan Foote's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Schoenfeld's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Shane Yarran's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Menegola's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Aaron Francis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Adam Marcon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Blake Hardwick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Rupert Wills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Malcolm Karpany's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Archie Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Kurt Heatherley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Weideman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Reilly O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ David Cuningham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ryan Burton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jesse Palmer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jake Long's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Callum Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Brayden Fiorini's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Clayton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Riley Bonner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Will Snelling's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Brandon White's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jacob Townsend's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jed Lamb's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Kerridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matthew Wright's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Andrew Phillips's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tomas Bugg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ben Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Steve Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matt Rosa's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ryan Davis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matt Dea's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mitch Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mathew Stokes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jonathan Simpkin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matthew Leuenberger's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ryan Crowley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Craig Bird's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ James Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jed Anderson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Paul Seedsman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Michael Talia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Callum Sinclair's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Adam Treloar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Matt Suckling's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Charlie Dixon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jack Redden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Josh Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Ryan Bastinac's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Tom Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Lachie Henderson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Patrick Dangerfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Zac Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ James Aish's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jimmy Toumpas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Lewis Jetta's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jeremy Howe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Andrew Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Liam Sumner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Lachie Plowman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jed Adcock's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jarrad Grant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Daniel Currie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Grimley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ James Polkinghorne's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Nathan Grima's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Daniel Gorringe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Farren Ray's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Mark Jamar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jonathan Giles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Sam Michael's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Scott Selwood's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- ^ Jack Fitzpatrick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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