# List of AFL debuts in 2001

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 2001.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Matthew Bode | Adelaide | 21 years, 282 days | 2 | 79 | 71 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Chris Ladhams | Adelaide | 20 years, 162 days | 1 | 54 | 37 | |
| Hayden Skipworth | Adelaide | 18 years, 35 days | 1 | 44 | 22 | |
| James Gallagher | Adelaide | 21 years, 210 days | 12 | 38 | 11 | |
| Evan Hewitt | Adelaide | 22 years, 268 days | 11 | 15 | 6 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Matthew Shir | Adelaide | 19 years, 210 days | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Stuart Bown | Adelaide | 22 years, 255 days | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Adam Richardson | Adelaide | 26 years, 265 days | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ashley McGrath | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 91 days | 20 | 188 | 146 | Brother of Cory and Toby McGrath. |
| Robert Copeland | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 0 days | 9 | 143 | 39 | |
| Mal Michael | Brisbane Lions | 23 years, 280 days | 1 | 140 | 5 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Jamie Charman | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 287 days | 5 | 129 | 55 | |
| Martin Pike | Brisbane Lions | 28 years, 137 days | 1 | 106 | 67 | Previously played for Melbourne, Fitzroy and North Melbourne Football Clubs. |
| Dylan McLaren | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 103 days | 20 | 46 | 6 | |
| Richard Hadley | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 16 days | 3 | 41 | 10 | |
| Simon Wiggins | Carlton | 18 years, 229 days | 5 | 116 | 36 | Brother of Patrick Wiggins. |
| Ian Prendergast | Carlton | 20 years, 330 days | 17 | 65 | 14 | Brother of Julie Corletto. |
| Jim Plunkett | Carlton | 22 years, 276 days | 5 | 37 | 14 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Jordan Doering | Carlton | 21 years, 226 days | 5 | 18 | 11 | |
| Adam Pickering | Carlton | 20 years, 115 days | 19 | 7 | 1 | |
| Alan Didak | Collingwood | 18 years, 87 days | 7 | 213 | 271 | |
| Shane Wakelin | Collingwood | 27 years, 55 days | 1 | 158 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda. Twin brother of Darryl Wakelin. |
| James Clement | Collingwood | 24 years, 222 days | 3 | 146 | 13 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Ryan Lonie | Collingwood | 18 years, 27 days | 1 | 123 | 61 | Twin brother of Nathan Lonie. |
| Brodie Holland | Collingwood | 21 years, 94 days | 2 | 119 | 104 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Jarrod Molloy | Collingwood | 24 years, 323 days | 1 | 49 | 42 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Brisbane. Son of Shane Molloy. |
| Carl Steinfort | Collingwood | 23 years, 364 days | 1 | 27 | 7 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Chad Rintoul | Collingwood | 26 years, 243 days | 1 | 14 | 5 | Previously played for Adelaide and West Coast. |
| Danny Roach | Collingwood | 19 years, 104 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andrew Hill | Collingwood | 21 years, 34 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Hille | Essendon | 19 years, 352 days | 8 | 193 | 152 | |
| Damien Peverill | Essendon | 21 years, 282 days | 4 | 144 | 32 | |
| Marcus Bullen | Essendon | 18 years, 331 days | 11 | 44 | 9 | |
| Robert Forster-Knight | Essendon | 19 years, 14 days | 4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Cory McGrath | Essendon | 22 years, 111 days | 9 | 28 | 14 | Brother of Ashley and Toby McGrath. |
| Jordan Bannister | Essendon | 18 years, 227 days | 12 | 14 | 0 | |
| Matthew Carr | Fremantle | 22 years, 92 days | 1 | 134 | 64 | Brother of Josh Carr. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Adam McPhee | Fremantle | 18 years, 233 days | 14 | 60 | 27 | |
| Dion Woods | Fremantle | 19 years, 65 days | 1 | 59 | 7 | |
| Robert Haddrill | Fremantle | 20 years, 167 days | 15 | 58 | 0 | |
| Simon Eastaugh | Fremantle | 27 years, 363 days | 11 | 12 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Daniel Metropolis | Fremantle | 29 years, 21 days | 2 | 6 | 2 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Keren Ugle | Fremantle | 22 years, 14 days | 16 | 4 | 2 | |
| Dwayne Simpson | Fremantle | 20 years, 188 days | 20 | 2 | 1 | |
| Corey Enright | Geelong | 19 years, 206 days | 2 | 244 | 53 | |
| Josh Hunt | Geelong | 19 years, 67 days | 8 | 186 | 26 | |
| Kent Kingsley | Geelong | 22 years, 229 days | 7 | 110 | 227 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Mitchell White | Geelong | 28 years, 4 days | 1 | 23 | 21 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Justin Murphy | Geelong | 24 years, 342 days | 1 | 18 | 9 | Previously played for Richmond and Carlton. |
| Peter Street | Geelong | 20 years, 306 days | 2 | 17 | 3 | |
| Michael Osborne | Hawthorn | 19 years, 28 days | 21 | 156 | 104 | |
| Tim Clarke | Hawthorn | 18 years, 363 days | 1 | 96 | 39 | |
| Nathan Lonie | Hawthorn | 18 years, 97 days | 11 | 64 | 35 | Twin brother of Ryan Lonie. |
| Steven Greene | Hawthorn | 19 years, 80 days | 3 | 42 | 11 | Son of Russell Greene. |
| Shaun Rehn | Hawthorn | 29 years, 226 days | 1 | 33 | 7 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Matthew Dent | Hawthorn | 29 years, 101 days | 5 | 8 | 0 | Previously played for Fitzroy and the Western Bulldogs. |
| Bill Nicholls | Hawthorn | 20 years, 158 days | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| Tim Hazell | Hawthorn | 20 years, 24 days | 14 | 5 | 3 | |
| Drew Petrie | Kangaroos | 18 years, 166 days | 1 | 222 | 261 | |
| Corey Jones | Kangaroos | 20 years, 55 days | 4 | 157 | 216 | |
| Daniel Harris | Kangaroos | 18 years, 324 days | 1 | 149 | 44 | |
| Jess Sinclair | Kangaroos | 22 years, 216 days | 1 | 142 | 45 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Leigh Harding | Kangaroos | 20 years, 93 days | 17 | 141 | 157 | |
| Saverio Rocca | Kangaroos | 27 years, 130 days | 1 | 101 | 234 | Brother of Anthony Rocca. Previously played for Collingwood. Now plays American Football. |
| Daniel Motlop | Kangaroos | 19 years, 161 days | 21 | 47 | 53 | Brother of Shannon and Steven Motlop and cousin of Marlon Motlop. |
| Digby Morrell | Kangaroos | 21 years, 206 days | 6 | 40 | 47 | |
| David Teague | Kangaroos | 20 years, 56 days | 13 | 33 | 4 | |
| Joe McLaren | Kangaroos | 23 years, 144 days | 6 | 12 | 6 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Dylan Smith | Kangaroos | 18 years, 255 days | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Ricky Olarenshaw | Kangaroos | 28 years, 86 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon and Collingwood. |
| Lindsay Smith | Kangaroos | 21 years, 80 days | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Hilton | Kangaroos | 21 years, 249 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Darren Jolly | Melbourne | 19 years,152 days | 2 | 48 | 11 | |
| Troy Broadbridge | Melbourne | 20 years, 227 days | 8 | 40 | 2 | Killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Husband of Trisha Silvers and son of Wayne Broadbridge. |
| Scott Thompson | Melbourne | 18 years, 80 days | 10 | 39 | 17 | |
| Ross Funcke | Melbourne | 23 years, 136 days | 1 | 13 | 4 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Kane Cornes | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 148 days | 10 | 245 | 86 | Son of Graham Cornes and brother of Chad Cornes. |
| Dean Brogan | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 164 days | 9 | 174 | 50 | |
| Darryl Wakelin | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 232 days | 1 | 146 | 4 | Twin brother of Shane Wakelin. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Cain Ackland | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 15 days | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
| Kayne Pettifer | Richmond | 19 years, 152 days | 12 | 113 | 132 | |
| Andrew Krakouer | Richmond | 18 years, 97 days | 7 | 102 | 102 | Son of Jimmy Krakouer and nephew of Phil and Andrew L. Krakouer. |
| Mark Coughlan | Richmond | 19 years, 37 days | 9 | 92 | 39 | |
| Steven Sziller | Richmond | 28 years, 107 days | 1 | 38 | 3 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Stephen Milne | St Kilda | 21 years, 44 days | 4 | 258 | 546 | |
| Nick Riewoldt | St Kilda | 18 years, 269 days | 15 | 238 | 520 | Cousin of Jack Riewoldt. |
| Justin Koschitzke | St Kilda | 18 years, 207 days | 3 | 195 | 243 | |
| Fraser Gehrig | St Kilda | 25 years, 36 days | 2 | 145 | 390 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Brett Voss | St Kilda | 23 years, 37 days | 1 | 135 | 56 | Brother of Michael Voss. Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Aaron Hamill | St Kilda | 23 years, 223 days | 1 | 98 | 125 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Steven Lawrence | St Kilda | 24 years, 331 days | 3 | 39 | 17 | Son of Barry Lawrence. Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Daniel Wulf | St Kilda | 21 years, 49 days | 14 | 30 | 17 | |
| Craig Callaghan | St Kilda | 25 years, 22 days | 1 | 29 | 25 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Matthew Capuano | St Kilda | 25 years, 210 days | 1 | 25 | 13 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Mark Gale | St Kilda | 24 years, 328 days | 1 | 13 | 3 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Robert Powell | St Kilda | 24 years, 11 days | 1 | 10 | 7 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Chris Oliver | St Kilda | 19 years, 4 days | 15 | 10 | 1 | |
| Tadhg Kennelly | Sydney | 20 years, 7 days | 14 | 197 | 30 | |
| Paul Williams | Sydney | 27 years, 363 days | 1 | 117 | 84 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Brent Piltz | Sydney | 22 years, 272 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dean Cox | West Coast | 19 years, 250 days | 2 | 251 | 148 | |
| Daniel Kerr | West Coast | 17 years, 320 days | 1 | 210 | 118 | |
| Michael Collica | West Coast | 23 years, 266 days | 1 | 50 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Trent Carroll | West Coast | 22 years, 338 days | 1 | 45 | 6 | Brother of Nathan Carroll. Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Troy Wilson | West Coast | 29 years, 72 days | 1 | 37 | 83 | |
| Richard Taylor | West Coast | 27 years, 261 days | 1 | 28 | 11 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Travis Gaspar | West Coast | 20 years, 52 days | 8 | 28 | 15 | Brother of Damien and Darren Gaspar. |
| Mark Merenda | West Coast | 25 years, 154 days | 1 | 26 | 26 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Jeremy Humm | West Coast | 18 years, 155 days | 11 | 22 | 1 | |
| David Sierakowski | West Coast | 20 years, 93 days | 1 | 10 | 3 | Son of Brian Sierakowski. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Michael Prior | West Coast | 27 years, 207 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Greg Harding | West Coast | 24 years, 222 days | 5 | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Daniel Giansiracusa | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 90 days | 11 | 230 | 280 | |
| Lindsay Gilbee | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 280 days | 3 | 206 | 119 | |
| Jordan McMahon | Western Bulldogs | 17 years, 343 days | 6 | 114 | 37 | |
| Ben Harrison | Western Bulldogs | 26 years, 73 days | 1 | 85 | 32 | Previously played for Carlton and Richmond. |
| Patrick Bowden | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 357 days | 17 | 50 | 55 | Son of Michael Bowden and brother of Sean and Joel Bowden. |