# List of AFL debuts in 2022

This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2022 AFL season.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 2022 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 3 | 1 |
| Brisbane Lions | 4 | 1 |
| Carlton | 3 | 5 |
| Collingwood | 6 | 2 |
| Essendon | 7 | 1 |
| Fremantle | 3 | 2 |
| Geelong | 4 | 2 |
| Gold Coast | 4 | 3 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 5 | 2 |
| Hawthorn | 8 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 1 | 1 |
| North Melbourne | 6 | 2 |
| Port Adelaide | 5 | 3 |
| Richmond | 5 | 1 |
| St Kilda | 4 | 2 |
| Sydney | 2 | 2 |
| West Coast | 10 | 6 |
| Western Bulldogs | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 84 | 38 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Notes |
| Josh Gibcus | Richmond | 18 years, 347 days | 1 | Pick 9, 2021 national draft |
| Nick Daicos | Collingwood | 19 years, 74 days | 1 | Pick 4, 2021 national draft, son of Peter Daicos |
| Mitch Owens | St Kilda | 18 years, 175 days | 1 | Pick 33, 2021 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection |
| Jack Hayes | St Kilda | 26 years, 12 days | 1 | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera | St Kilda | 19 years, 24 days | 1 | Pick 11, 2021 national draft |
| Kaine Baldwin | Essendon | 19 years, 293 days | 1 | 2021 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Nic Martin | Essendon | 21 years, 15 days | 1 | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Angus Sheldrick | Sydney | 18 years, 132 days | 1 | Pick 18, 2021 national draft |
| Jackson Mead | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 170 days | 1 | Pick 25, 2019 national draft, son of Darren Mead |
| Connor MacDonald | Hawthorn | 19 years, 66 days | 1 | Pick 26, 2021 national draft |
| Josh Ward | Hawthorn | 18 years, 215 days | 1 | Pick 7, 2021 national draft |
| Jason Horne-Francis | North Melbourne | 18 years, 272 days | 1 | Pick 1, 2021 national draft |
| Jake Soligo | Adelaide | 19 years, 54 days | 1 | Pick 36, 2021 national draft |
| Josh Rachele | Adelaide | 18 years, 343 days | 1 | Pick 6, 2021 national draft |
| Brady Hough | West Coast | 19 years, 15 days | 1 | Pick 31, 2021 national draft |
| Tex Wanganeen | Essendon | 18 years, 167 days | 2 | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Josh Sinn | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 78 days | 2 | Pick 12, 2021 national draft |
| Callum Jamieson | West Coast | 21 years, 239 days | 2 | Pick 49, 2019 national draft |
| Jack Williams | West Coast | 18 years, 116 days | 2 | Pick 57, 2021 national draft |
| Aaron Black | West Coast | 29 years, 92 days | 2 | 2022 Covid top-up player |
| Nathan O'Driscoll | Fremantle | 19 years, 314 days | 2 | Pick 27, 2020 national draft |
| Reef McInnes | Collingwood | 19 years, 111 days | 3 | Pick 23, 2020 national draft |
| Jordan Boyd | Carlton | 23 years, 193 days | 3 | Pick 20, 2021 mid-season rookie draft |
| Neil Erasmus | Fremantle | 18 years, 122 days | 3 | Pick 10, 2021 national draft |
| Marcus Windhager | St Kilda | 18 years, 329 days | 4 | Pick 47, 2021 national draft |
| Kai Lohmann | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 343 days | 5 | Pick 20, 2021 national draft |
| Finn Callaghan | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 355 days | 5 | Pick 3, 2021 national draft |
| Sam Hayes | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 312 days | 5 | Pick 47, 2017 national draft |
| Ben Hobbs | Essendon | 18 years, 213 days | 5 | Pick 13, 2021 national draft |
| Robbie McComb | Western Bulldogs | 26 years, 125 days | 6 | Pick 23, 2022 rookie draft |
| Luke Strnadica | West Coast | 24 years, 112 days | 6 | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Oliver Dempsey | Geelong | 19 years, 107 days | 6 | Pick 15, 2022 rookie draft |
| Paul Curtis | North Melbourne | 19 years, 51 days | 6 | Pick 35, 2021 national draft |
| Greg Clark | West Coast | 24 years, 340 days | 7 | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Cooper Hamilton | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 218 days | 7 | Pick 13, 2022 rookie draft |
| Jackson Callow | Hawthorn | 19 years, 323 days | 7 | Pick 17, 2021 mid-season rookie draft |
| Jack Carroll | Carlton | 19 years, 131 days | 7 | Pick 41, 2020 national draft |
| Miller Bergman | North Melbourne | 19 years, 95 days | 7 | Pick 38, 2021 national draft |
| Aiden Begg | Collingwood | 19 years, 205 days | 7 | Pick 18, 2021 mid-season rookie draft |
| Jye Amiss | Fremantle | 18 years, 279 days | 8 | Pick 8, 2021 national draft |
| Cooper Stephens | Geelong | 21 years, 110 days | 8 | Pick 16, 2019 national draft |
| Mitch Knevitt | Geelong | 19 years, 119 days | 8 | Pick 25, 2021 national draft |
| Alastair Lord | Essendon | 18 years, 162 days | 8 | Pick 46, 2021 national draft |
| Jake Florenca | West Coast | 24 years, 357 days | 8 | 2022 Covid top-up player |
| Luke Cleary | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 69 days | 9 | Pick 61, 2021 national draft |
| Sam Butler | Hawthorn | 19 years, 93 days | 9 | Pick 23, 2021 national draft |
| Bigoa Nyuon | Richmond | 20 years, 361 days | 9 | Pick 54, 2019 national draft |
| Jesse Motlop | Carlton | 18 years, 173 days | 9 | Pick 27, 2021 national draft |
| Jacob Wehr | Greater Western Sydney | 23 years, 321 days | 10 | Pick 59, 2020 national draft |
| Noah Cumberland | Richmond | 21 years, 73 days | 11 (unused substitute) | Pick 43, 2019 national draft |
| Matt Roberts | Sydney | 18 years, 300 days | 11 | Pick 34, 2021 national draft |
| Shannon Neale | Geelong | 19 years, 307 days | 11 | Pick 33, 2020 national draft |
| Patrick Parnell | Adelaide | 20 years, 92 days | 12 | Pick 4, 2021 mid-season rookie draft |
| Judson Clarke | Richmond | 18 years, 235 days | 13 | Pick 30, 2021 national draft |
| Daniel Turner | Melbourne | 20 years, 136 days | 13 | Pick 24, 2021 mid-season rookie draft |
| Massimo D'Ambrosio | Essendon | 19 years, 12 days | 14 | Pick 3, 2022 mid-season rookie draft |
| Brynn Teakle | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 245 days | 14 | Pick 8, 2022 mid-season rookie draft |
| Rhett Bazzo | West Coast | 18 years, 244 days | 14 | Pick 37, 2021 national draft |
| Ryan Angwin | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 188 days | 14 | Pick 18, 2020 national draft |
| James Tsitas | Gold Coast | 27 years, 121 days | 16 | Rookie, 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Zane Trew | West Coast | 20 years, 68 days | 18 | Pick 12, 2021 rookie draft |
| Jai Culley | West Coast | 19 years, 143 days | 18 | Pick 1, 2022 rookie draft |
| Elijah Hollands | Gold Coast | 20 years, 89 days | 19 | |
| Leek Aleer | Greater Western Sydney | 20 years, 343 days | 20 | |
| Mac Andrew | Gold Coast | 18 years, 239 days | 20 | |
| Jye Menzie | Essendon | 19 years, 276 days | 20 | |
| Kallan Dawson | North Melbourne | 24 years, 9 days | 20 | |
| Jai Serong | Hawthorn | 19 years, 171 days | 21 | |
| Sam Darcy | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 18 days | 21 | |
| Josh Goater | North Melbourne | 19 years, 79 days | 23 | |
| Ned Long | Hawthorn | 19 years, 197 days | 23 | |
| Jack Saunders | Hawthorn | 20 years, 191 days | 23 | |
| Darcy Wilmot | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 244 days | EF | |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
| Robbie Tarrant | Richmond | 32 years, 326 days | 1 | North Melbourne | 2021 trade |
| George Hewett | Carlton | 26 years, 78 days | 1 | Sydney | 2021 free agent |
| Adam Cerra | Carlton | 22 years, 161 days | 1 | Fremantle | 2021 trade |
| Patrick Lipinski | Collingwood | 23 years, 244 days | 1 | Western Bulldogs | 2021 trade |
| Jake Kelly | Essendon | 27 years, 57 days | 1 | Adelaide | 2021 free agent |
| Tyson Stengle | Geelong | 23 years, 151 days | 1 | Richmond & Adelaide | 2021 free agent |
| Paddy McCartin | Sydney | 25 years, 334 days | 1 | St Kilda | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Jarrod Brander | Greater Western Sydney | 23 years, 36 days | 1 | West Coast | 2021 free agent |
| Jeremy Finlayson | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 38 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | 2021 trade |
| Darcy Fort | Brisbane Lions | 28 years, 225 days | 1 | Geelong | 2021 trade |
| Hugh Greenwood | North Melbourne | 30 years, 14 days | 1 | Adelaide & Gold Coast | 2021 free agent |
| Callum Coleman-Jones | North Melbourne | 22 years, 280 days | 1 | Richmond | 2021 trade |
| Max Lynch | Hawthorn | 23 years, 189 days | 1 | Collingwood | 2021 trade |
| Jordan Dawson | Adelaide | 24 years, 345 days | 1 | Sydney | 2021 trade |
| Will Brodie | Fremantle | 23 years, 209 days | 1 | Gold Coast | 2021 trade |
| Jordan Clark | Fremantle | 21 years, 155 days | 1 | Geelong | 2021 trade |
| Levi Casboult | Gold Coast | 32 years, 5 days | 1 | Carlton | Pick 3, 2022 rookie draft |
| Mabior Chol | Gold Coast | 25 years, 50 days | 1 | Richmond | 2021 free agent |
| Sam Petrevski-Seton | West Coast | 24 years, 29 days | 1 | Carlton | 2021 trade |
| Patrick Naish | West Coast | 23 years, 64 days | 1 | Richmond | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Hugh Dixon | West Coast | 23 years, 22 days | 1 | Fremantle | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Nathan Kreuger | Collingwood | 22 years, 274 days | 2 | Geelong | 2021 trade |
| Sam Skinner | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 270 days | 2 | Brisbane Lions | 2021 free agent |
| Angus Dewar | West Coast | 29 years, 166 days | 2 | Hawthorn | 2022 Covid top-up player |
| Declan Mountford | West Coast | 25 years, 42 days | 2 | North Melbourne | 2022 Covid top-up player |
| Stefan Giro | West Coast | 23 years, 17 days | 2 | Fremantle | 2022 Covid top-up player |
| Jarrod Lienert | St Kilda | 27 years, 234 days | 2 | Port Adelaide | 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Braydon Preuss | Greater Western Sydney | 26 years, 290 days | 3 | North Melbourne & Melbourne | 2020 trade |
| Lewis Young | Carlton | 23 years, 104 days | 3 | Western Bulldogs | 2021 trade |
| Trent Dumont | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 281 days | 4 | North Melbourne | Pick 16, 2022 rookie draft |
| Peter Ladhams | Sydney | 24 years, 85 days | 4 | Port Adelaide | 2021 trade |
| Tim O'Brien | Western Bulldogs | 28 years, 12 days | 4 | Hawthorn | 2021 free agent |
| Luke Dunstan | Melbourne | 27 years, 85 days | 6 | St Kilda | 2021 free agent |
| Tom Campbell | St Kilda | 30 years, 179 days | 7 | Western Bulldogs & North Melbourne | 2021 free agent |
| Charlie Constable | Gold Coast | 23 years, 10 days | 11 (unused substitute) | Geelong | Pick 63, 2021 national draft |
| Sam Durdin | Carlton | 26 years, 10 days | 14 | North Melbourne | Pick 13, 2022 mid-season rookie draft |
| Will Hayes | Carlton | 27y 35d | 17 | Western Bulldogs | Pick 22, 2022 mid-season rookie draft |
| Jonathon Ceglar | Geelong | 31y 166d | 20 | Hawthorn | 2021 trade |