# List of AFL debuts in 1999

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 1999.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Brett Burton | Adelaide | 20 years, 327 days | 1 | 177 | 264 | |
| Ken McGregor | Adelaide | 18 years, 156 days | 14 | 152 | 114 | |
| Tyson Stenglein | Adelaide | 18 years, 304 days | 8 | 106 | 26 | |
| Bryan Beinke | Adelaide | 23 years, 241 days | 2 | 38 | 42 | |
| David Gallagher | Adelaide | 18 years, 234 days | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
| Lucas Herbert | Adelaide | 21 years, 195 days | 1 | 14 | 1 | |
| Matthew Golding | Adelaide | 18 years, 116 days | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Brodie Atkinson | Adelaide | 26 years, 239 days | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1997 Magarey Medallist. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Darryl Wintle | Adelaide | 22 years, 361 days | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dean Howard | Adelaide | 22 years, 310 days | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Des Headland | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 157 days | 13 | 52 | 52 | |
| Adam Heuskes | Brisbane Lions | 23 years, 7 days | 1 | 7 | 0 | Previously played for Sydney and Port Adelaide. |
| David Calthorpe | Brisbane Lions | 25 years, 236 days | 3 | 9 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Martin McKinnon | Brisbane Lions | 23 years, 300 days | 6 | 7 | 5 | Previously played for Adelaide and Geelong. |
| Matthew Lappin | Carlton | 23 years, 36 days | 1 | 196 | 221 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Brendan Fevola | Carlton | 18 years, 186 days | 17 | 187 | 575 | 2006 and 2009 Coleman Medallist. |
| Simon Fletcher | Carlton | 20 years, 335 days | 16 | 84 | 30 | |
| Brett Backwell | Carlton | 18 years, 311 days | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2006 Magarey Medallist. |
| Heath Culpitt | Carlton | 21 years, 54 days | 3 | 15 | 5 | |
| Murray Vance | Carlton | 19 years, 111 days | 18 | 5 | 1 | |
| Ben Thompson | Carlton | 20 years, 172 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tarkyn Lockyer | Collingwood | 19 years, 197 days | 8 | 227 | 149 | |
| Paul Licuria | Collingwood | 21 years, 83 days | 1 | 182 | 70 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Rupert Betheras | Collingwood | 23 years, 139 days | 3 | 85 | 35 | |
| Glenn Freeborn | Collingwood | 26 years, 50 days | 1 | 83 | 42 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Nick Davis | Collingwood | 18 years, 363 days | 13 | 71 | 85 | Son of Craig Davis. |
| Heath Scotland | Collingwood | 18 years, 264 days | 3 | 53 | 12 | |
| Tyson Lane | Collingwood | 22 years, 215 days | 1 | 42 | 30 | Previously played for the Western Bulldogs. |
| Craig Jacotine | Collingwood | 18 years, 308 days | 5 | 16 | 6 | |
| Rick Olarenshaw | Collingwood | 26 years, 55 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Brad Oborne | Collingwood | 18 years, 317 days | 6 | 5 | 4 | Son of Rod Oborne. |
| Cameron Venables | Collingwood | 23 years, 150 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark McVeigh | Essendon | 18 years, 58 days | 1 | 232 | 107 | Brother of Jarrad McVeigh. |
| Mark Johnson | Essendon | 20 years, 306 days | 1 | 194 | 92 | Brother of David Johnson. |
| Adam Ramanauskas | Essendon | 18 years, 176 days | 8 | 134 | 63 | |
| Dean Rioli | Essendon | 20 years, 325 days | 3 | 100 | 91 | |
| Danny Jacobs | Essendon | 19 years, 9 days | 14 | 81 | 23 | |
| Ilija Grgic | Essendon | 27 years, 27 days | 2 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray and West Coast. |
| Antoni Grover | Fremantle | 19 years, 163 days | 21 | 202 | 27 | |
| Justin Longmuir | Fremantle | 18 years, 220 days | 22 | 139 | 166 | Brother of Troy Longmuir. |
| Tony Modra | Fremantle | 30 years, 27 days | 1 | 47 | 148 | 1997 Coleman Medallist. Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Ashley Prescott | Fremantle | 30 years, 27 days | 1 | 38 | 4 | Son of David Prescott. Previously played for Richmond. |
| Andrew Shipp | Fremantle | 19 years, 285 days | 9 | 35 | 19 | |
| Garth Taylor | Fremantle | 18 years, 261 days | 1 | 15 | 13 | |
| Darren Bolton | Fremantle | 22 years, 135 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael Clark | Fremantle | 21 years, 74 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | Son of Wayne Clark. Played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Warwickshire. |
| Tom Harley | Geelong | 20 years, 351 days | 14 | 197 | 11 | Premiership captain 2007 and 2009. Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| David Wojcinski | Geelong | 18 years, 212 days | 4 | 203 | 66 | |
| David Clarke | Geelong | 19 years, 8 days | 9 | 89 | 48 | Son of David Clarke and brother of Tim Clarke. |
| Jason Mooney | Geelong | 25 years, 294 days | 1 | 32 | 50 | Brother of Cameron Mooney. Previously played for Sydney. |
| Simon Arnott | Geelong | 23 years, 40 days | 1 | 26 | 20 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Tristan Lynch | Geelong | 25 years, 216 days | 1 | 17 | 7 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Scott Bamford | Geelong | 24 years, 276 days | 1 | 13 | 10 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Brisbane. |
| Paul Lindsay | Geelong | 23 years, 110 days | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joel Smith | Hawthorn | 21 years, 335 days | 2 | 163 | 39 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Kris Barlow | Hawthorn | 25 years, 256 days | 1 | 102 | 74 | |
| Adrian Cox | Hawthorn | 18 years, 201 days | 1 | 54 | 27 | |
| Anthony Rock | Hawthorn | 28 years, 214 days | 6 | 44 | 17 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Glen Bowyer | Hawthorn | 19 years, 224 days | 22 | 35 | 14 | |
| Michael Collica | Hawthorn | 21 years, 262 days | 22 | 30 | 4 | |
| Brett O'Farrell | Hawthorn | 21 years, 90 days | 2 | 13 | 6 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Peter Walsh | Melbourne | 22 years, 254 days | 2 | 104 | 31 | |
| Luke Williams | Melbourne | 19 years, 206 days | 17 | 51 | 10 | |
| Troy Simmonds | Melbourne | 20 years, 313 days | 9 | 40 | 7 | |
| Ben Beams | Melbourne | 20 years, 250 days | 5 | 23 | 17 | |
| Scott Chisholm | Melbourne | 25 years, 303 days | 1 | 18 | 8 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Luke Ottens | Melbourne | 22 years, 309 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | Son of Dean Ottens and brother of Brad Ottens. |
| Nick Carter | Melbourne | 21 years, 10 days | 1 | 3 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Brisbane. |
| Brady Rawlings | Kangaroos | 17 years, 295 days | 3 | 245 | 62 | Brother of Jade Rawlings. |
| Shane Clayton | Kangaroos | 20 years, 153 days | 1 | 99 | 51 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Brisbane. Brother of Jeremy Clayton. |
| Shannon Motlop | Kangaroos | 20 years, 292 days | 10 | 54 | 31 | Brother of Daniel and Steven Motlop. |
| Adam Lange | Kangaroos | 20 years, 79 days | 2 | 28 | 22 | |
| Gary Dhurrkay | Kangaroos | 25 years, 22 days | 1 | 21 | 20 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Kent Kingsley | Kangaroos | 20 years, 253 days | 10 | 12 | 10 | |
| Cameron Mooney | Kangaroos | 19 years, 225 days | 7 | 11 | 2 | Brother of Jason Mooney. |
| Chad Cornes | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 171 days | 6 | 239 | 175 | Son of Graham Cornes and brother of Kane Cornes. |
| Jarrad Schofield | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 57 days | 1 | 131 | 91 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Jared Poulton | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 341 days | 1 | 88 | 20 | |
| Che Cockatoo-Collins | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 23 days | 1 | 75 | 106 | Brother of David and Donald Cockatoo-Collins. Previously played for Essendon. |
| Barnaby French | Port Adelaide | 23 years, 121 days | 1 | 62 | 20 | |
| Derek Murray | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 30 days | 5 | 23 | 7 | Brother of Allan Murray. |
| Michael Stevens | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 259 days | 17 | 17 | 3 | |
| Scott Bassett | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 266 days | 14 | 15 | 2 | Brother of Nathan Bassett. |
| Ray Hall | Richmond | 18 years, 304 days | 22 | 99 | 28 | |
| Rory Hilton | Richmond | 19 years, 346 days | 1 | 82 | 53 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Marc Dragicevic | Richmond | 18 years, 4 days | 2 | 48 | 25 | |
| Craig Biddiscombe | Richmond | 22 years, 237 days | 8 | 44 | 7 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Clay Sampson | Richmond | 23 years, 58 days | 5 | 27 | 18 | Previously played for Melbourne and Adelaide. |
| Ben Hollands | Richmond | 21 years, 109 days | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
| Lenny Hayes | St Kilda | 19 years, 100 days | 6 | 297 | 95 | St Kilda captain 2004 and 2007. |
| Steven Baker | St Kilda | 18 years, 317 days | 2 | 203 | 35 | |
| James Begley | St Kilda | 19 years, 23 days | 20 | 36 | 7 | |
| Damien Ryan | St Kilda | 21 years, 236 days | 1 | 30 | 3 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Matthew Carr | St Kilda | 20 years, 109 days | 4 | 28 | 2 | Brother of Josh Carr. |
| Ben Walton | St Kilda | 19 years, 135 days | 1 | 23 | 15 | |
| Tony Francis | St Kilda | 29 years, 360 days | 1 | 19 | 5 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| James Gowans | St Kilda | 22 years, 119 days | 15 | 4 | 2 | |
| Adam Goodes | Sydney | 19 years, 79 days | 1 | 351 | 439 | 2003 and 2006 Brownlow Medallists. |
| Jude Bolton | Sydney | 19 years, 97 days | 12 | 325 | 196 | |
| Brett Kirk | Sydney | 22 years, 286 days | 19 | 241 | 96 | |
| Nic Fosdike | Sydney | 19 years, 58 days | 5 | 164 | 66 | |
| Gerrard Bennett | Sydney | 20 years, 1 days | 3 | 32 | 11 | |
| Ryan O'Connor | Sydney | 24 years, 274 days | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2001 Magarey Medallist. Previously played for Essendon. |
| Heath James | Sydney | 19 years, 153 days | 19 | 18 | 1 | Son of Max James. |
| Scott Russell | Sydney | 28 years, 325 days | 1 | 16 | 8 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Andrew Bomford | Sydney | 24 years, 252 days | 1 | 15 | 4 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Simon Feast | Sydney | 24 years, 145 days | 5 | 14 | 3 | |
| Fred Campbell | Sydney | 19 years, 153 days | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Will Sangster | Sydney | 20 years, 210 days | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Andrew Embley | West Coast | 17 years, 274 days | 1 | 250 | 216 | 2006 Norm Smith Medallist. |
| Chad Fletcher | West Coast | 19 years, 313 days | 15 | 179 | 74 | |
| Scott Cummings | West Coast | 25 years, 69 days | 1 | 46 | 158 | 1999 Coleman Medallist. Previously played for Essendon and Port Adelaide. |
| Chad Rintoul | West Coast | 24 years, 240 days | 1 | 39 | 10 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Laurie Bellotti | West Coast | 23 years, 42 days | 3 | 24 | 2 | |
| Matthew Robbins | Footscray | 22 years, 0 days | 7 | 139 | 135 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Kingsley Hunter | Footscray | 24 years, 23 days | 12 | 57 | 28 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Nicky Winmar | Footscray | 33 years, 183 days | 1 | 21 | 34 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Josh Mahoney | Footscray | 21 years, 147 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Jim Plunkett | Footscray | 20 years, 328 days | 12 | 10 | 1 | |
| Christin Macri | Footscray | 24 years, 38 days | 18 | 5 | 3 | |