Key Information - Dates & Times

This year's national draft will be held over two nights on Wednesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 20.

The rookie draft and pre-season draft to be held the following afternoon on Friday, November 21.

The first night of the national draft will be an in-person live event at Marvel Stadium.

Geelong's Selections

Geelong: 19, 40

Final Draft Order

Adelaide: 16, 48, 55, 61
Brisbane: 17, 23, 44, 51, 57
Carlton: 9, 11, 43, 54
Collingwood: 39, 45, 56, 58, 67
Essendon: 5, 6, 21, 27, 30
Fremantle: 20, 47, 64, 72
Geelong: 19, 40
Gold Coast: 15, 18, 24, 28, 29, 36, 52
GWS: 12, 35, 73
Hawthorn: 10, 22, 59, 66
Melbourne: 7, 8, 37, 63, 65
North Melbourne: 25, 26, 46
Port Adelaide: 49, 69, 74
Richmond: 3, 4, 38, 68
St Kilda: 50, 62, 70
Sydney: 31, 32, 42, 60, 71
West Coast: 1, 2, 13, 34, 41
Western Bulldogs: 14, 33, 53

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Live Trading

Since 2018, clubs have been able to trade picks amongst themselves on draft night. 

Clubs can secure themselves more high picks, or look to do a deal to get more future picks if they believe the draft group the next year suits their needs better.

It involves a lot of pre-planning but also happens in real time; if a player a club wants is taken by a rival on the night, that club might look to cash in for 12 months later by doing a trade involving future picks.

An example of live trading occurred in 2020 when Geelong traded with Richmond to secure pick 20, moving up the order to select Max Holmes.

The Rookie Draft

The rookie draft, held the afternoon after the national draft finishes, is a much shorter affair, with an average of 24 selections taken in the past three rookie drafts.

Players taken here are added to a club's rookie list, rather than the senior list. 

Players taken in the rookie draft are primarily those who were overlooked in the national draft. During the national draft, you may hear about a club opting to wait for the rookie draft to pick up a player, rather than using up a primary list spot on them at the national draft. Clubs have recently used the rookie draft to 're-draft' players they have recently delisted also. 

The draft order for the rookie draft is reverse ladder position. It is not possible to trade and swap rookie draft picks.

How to Watch

Geelong will be covering all the action from the draft with a live blog, follow the Cats tracker from 7.00pm on Wednesday to stay up to date with everything you need to know.

The 2025 Telstra AFL Draft will be broadcast live on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App from 6.45pm AEDT on Wednesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 20. 

Fox Footy and Kayo will be covering all the action as it happens.

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