# List of AFL debuts in 2019

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 2019 AFL season. The season was notable in that Richmond's Marlion Pickett became the first player since 1952 to make his debut in an AFL Grand Final and the first since 1928 to win a premiership in his debut game.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 2019 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 2 | 1 |
| Brisbane Lions | 2 | 4 |
| Carlton | 4 | 6 |
| Collingwood | 2 | 1 |
| Essendon | 3 | 3 |
| Fremantle | 4 | 4 |
| Geelong | 5 | 2 |
| Gold Coast | 5 | 6 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 6 | 1 |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 3 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 4 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 5 |
| Port Adelaide | 6 | 3 |
| Richmond | 7 | 2 |
| St Kilda | 5 | 4 |
| Sydney | 5 | 3 |
| West Coast | 3 | 2 |
| Western Bulldogs | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 78 | 56 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 2019) | Goals (in 2019) | Notes |
| Sam Walsh | Carlton | 18 years, 262 days | 1 | 22 | 6 | Pick 1, 2018 national draft, Round 4 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Michael Gibbons | Carlton | 23 years, 310 days | 1 | 21 | 16 | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Noah Balta | Richmond | 19 years, 149 days | 1 | 13 | 6 | Pick 25, 2017 national draft |
| Charlie Constable | Geelong | 19 years, 308 days | 1 | 7 | 5 | Pick 36, 2017 national draft, Round 2 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Jordan Clark | Geelong | 18 years, 157 days | 1 | 18 | 11 | Pick 15, 2018 national draft |
| Gryan Miers | Geelong | 19 years, 357 days | 1 | 25 | 28 | Pick 57, 2017 national draft, Round 8 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Tom Atkins | Geelong | 23 years, 185 days | 1 | 23 | 5 | Pick 11, 2019 rookie draft |
| Tom Sparrow | Melbourne | 18 years, 296 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | Pick 27, 2018 national draft |
| Marty Hore | Melbourne | 23 years, 18 days | 1 | 14 | 1 | Pick 56, 2018 national draft |
| Willem Drew | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 173 days | 1 | 10 | 2 | Pick 33, 2016 national draft |
| Xavier Duursma | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 259 days | 1 | 20 | 11 | Pick 18, 2018 national draft, Nephew of Jamie Duursma, Round 6 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Connor Rozee | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 60 days | 1 | 22 | 29 | Pick 5, 2018 national draft, Round 3 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Zak Butters | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 196 days | 1 | 19 | 12 | Pick 12, 2018 national draft |
| Chayce Jones | Adelaide | 19 years, 68 days | 1 | 8 | 3 | Pick 9, 2018 national draft |
| Bailey Smith | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 106 days | 1 | 23 | 11 | Pick 7, 2018 national draft, Round 9 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Nick Blakey | Sydney | 19 years, 24 days | 1 | 21 | 19 | Pick 10, 2018 national draft, Academy selection, son of John Blakey, Round 14 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Matthew Parker | St Kilda | 23 years, 58 days | 1 | 17 | 16 | Pick 47, 2018 national draft |
| Callum Wilkie | St Kilda | 23 years, 14 days | 1 | 22 | 0 | Pick 3, 2019 rookie draft |
| Jack Lukosius | Gold Coast | 18 years, 227 days | 1 | 21 | 3 | Pick 2, 2018 national draft |
| Chris Burgess | Gold Coast | 23 years, 118 days | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2018 pre-draft selection |
| Lachie Schultz | Fremantle | 21 years, 114 days | 1 | 7 | 4 | Pick 57, 2018 national draft |
| Bailey Scott | North Melbourne | 18 years, 258 days | 1 | 4 | 3 | Pick 49, 2018 national draft, Father-son selection, son of Robert Scott, Round 1 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Jay Lockhart | Melbourne | 23 years, 55 days | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Tarryn Thomas | North Melbourne | 19 years, 6 days | 2 | 20 | 16 | Pick 8, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous), Round 12 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Sydney Stack | Richmond | 18 years, 343 days | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection, Round 11 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination |
| Josh Rotham | West Coast | 21 years, 40 days | 3 | 4 | 0 | Pick 37, 2016 national draft |
| Dylan Moore | Hawthorn | 19 years, 246 days | 3 | 7 | 2 | Pick 67, 2017 national draft |
| Justin McInerney | Sydney | 18 years, 236 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | Pick 44, 2018 national draft |
| Jack Ross | Richmond | 18 years, 222 days | 4 | 7 | 1 | Pick 43, 2018 national draft |
| Brayden Ham | Essendon | 19 years, 359 days | 5 | 5 | 3 | Pick 72, 2018 national draft |
| Jackson Hately | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 181 days | 5 | 7 | 2 | Pick 14, 2018 national draft |
| James Rowbottom | Sydney | 18 years, 213 days | 5 | 12 | 4 | Pick 25, 2018 national draft |
| Will Hayes | Western Bulldogs | 23 years, 320 days | 5 | 9 | 4 | Pick 78, 2018 national draft |
| Lachie Young | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 15 days | 5 | 6 | 0 | Pick 6, 2019 rookie draft |
| Noah Answerth | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 264 days | 6 | 19 | 2 | Pick 55, 2018 national draft |
| Josh Corbett | Gold Coast | 23 years, 4 days | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2018 pre-draft selection |
| Declan Keilty | Melbourne | 23 years, 361 days | 7 | 2 | 0 | Pick 41, 2017 rookie draft |
| Liam Stocker | Carlton | 19 years, 102 days | 7 | 5 | 0 | Pick 19, 2018 national draft |
| Curtis Taylor | North Melbourne | 19 years, 36 days | 8 | 2 | 0 | Pick 46, 2018 national draft |
| Oskar Baker | Melbourne | 20 years, 357 days | 9 | 9 | 2 | Pick 48, 2017 national draft |
| Robbie Young | St Kilda | 24 years, 77 days | 9 | 3 | 2 | Pick 67, 2018 national draft |
| Mitch Hinge | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 362 days | 9 | 2 | 1 | Pick 20, 2017 rookie draft |
| Darcy Fort | Geelong | 25 years, 285 days | 9 | 3 | 5 | Pick 65, 2018 national draft |
| Joel Garner | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 363 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | Pick 60, 2017 national draft |
| Ben King | Gold Coast | 18 years, 316 days | 9 | 14 | 17 | Pick 6, 2018 national draft |
| Peter Ladhams | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 131 days | 10 | 5 | 2 | Pick 9, 2017 rookie draft |
| Callum Coleman-Jones | Richmond | 19 years, 346 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | Pick 20, 2017 national draft |
| Brett Bewley | Fremantle | 24 years, 42 days | 10 | 7 | 1 | Pick 59, 2018 national draft |
| Ryan Gardner | Western Bulldogs | 22 years, 1 day | 11 | 2 | 2 | Pick 6, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Patrick Naish | Richmond | 20 years, 143 days | 12 | 2 | 1 | Pick 34, 2017 national draft, son of Chris Naish |
| Nick Hind | St Kilda | 24 years, 300 days | 13 | 11 | 11 | Pick 54, 2018 national draft |
| Jake Stein | Greater Western Sydney | 25 years, 150 days | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2016 Category B rookie selection (athletics) |
| Jarrod Cameron | West Coast | 19 years, 48 days | 14 | 7 | 11 | Pick 39, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) |
| Ben Davis | Adelaide | 22 years, 40 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | Pick 75, 2016 national draft |
| Oliver Hanrahan | Hawthorn | 20 years, 306 days | 15 | 9 | 7 | Pick 14, 2017 rookie draft |
| Kyron Hayden | North Melbourne | 20 years, 22 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | Pick 27, 2019 rookie draft |
| Isaac Quaynor | Collingwood | 19 years, 171 days | 16 | 4 | 0 | Pick 13, 2018 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent) |
| Derek Eggmolesse-Smith | Richmond | 21 years, 63 days | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2017 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) |
| Kyle Dunkley | Melbourne | 19 years, 17 days | 16 | 5 | 3 | Pick 3, 2019 mid-season draft |
| John Noble | Collingwood | 22 years, 109 days | 17 | 5 | 0 | Pick 14, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Bobby Hill | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 155 days | 17 | 8 | 7 | Pick 24, 2018 national draft |
| Hayden McLean | Sydney | 20 years, 181 days | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Francis Watson | West Coast | 23 years, 295 days | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2016 Category B rookie selection (Indigenous) |
| Doulton Langlands | St Kilda | 19 years, 357 days | 18 | 3 | 2 | Pick 8, 2018 rookie draft |
| Rhylee West | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 16 days | 19 | 3 | 2 | Pick 26, 2018 national draft, father–son selection (son of Scott West) |
| Connor Idun | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 5 days | 20 | 1 | 0 | Pick 61, 2018 national draft (born in England) |
| Jason Carter | Fremantle | 19 years, 204 days | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2018 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) |
| Angus Schumacher | Carlton | 20 years, 141 days | 20 | 1 | 0 | Pick 70, 2017 national draft |
| Changkuoth Jiath | Hawthorn | 20 years, 57 days | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2017 Category B rookie selections, Next Generation Academy selection (born in Ethiopia) |
| Jye Caldwell | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 315 days | 21 | 2 | 0 | Pick 11, 2018 national draft |
| James Bell | Sydney | 20 years, 181 days | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2017 Category B rookie selections, NSW zone selection |
| Caleb Graham | Gold Coast | 18 years, 332 days | 21 | 3 | 0 | Pick 71, 2018 national draft |
| Kade Chandler | Melbourne | 19 years, 215 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | Pick 15, 2019 rookie draft |
| Brandon Zerk-Thatcher | Essendon | 20 years, 357 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | Pick 66, 2017 national draft |
| Zach Sproule | Greater Western Sydney | 21 years, 98 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2016 Category B rookie selections, NSW zone selection |
| Tom Jok | Essendon | 22 years, 234 days | 23 | 1 | 0 | Pick 8, 2019 rookie draft |
| Hugh Dixon | Fremantle | 20 years, 180 days | 23 | 1 | 1 | Pick 44, 2017 national draft |
| Marlion Pickett | Richmond | 27 years, 265 days | GF | 1 | 1 | Pick 13, 2019 mid-season draft |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 2019) | Goals (in 2019) | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
| Alex Fasolo | Carlton | 26 years, 286 days | 1 | | | Collingwood | 2018 free agent |
| Mitch McGovern | Carlton | 24 years, 161 days | 1 | | | Adelaide | 2018 trade |
| Nic Newman | Carlton | 26 years, 65 days | 1 | | | Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Will Setterfield | Carlton | 21 years, 44 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Tom Lynch | Richmond | 26 years, 141 days | 1 | 25 | 63 | Gold Coast | 2018 free agent |
| Mav Weller | Richmond | 27 years, 36 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | Gold Coast, St Kilda | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Jordan Roughead | Collingwood | 28 years, 139 days | 1 | 24 | 1 | Western Bulldogs | 2018 trade |
| Luke Dahlhaus | Geelong | 26 years, 213 days | 1 | 24 | | Western Bulldogs | 2018 free agent |
| Gary Rohan | Geelong | 27 years, 288 days | 1 | 19 | | Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Corey Wagner | Melbourne | 22 years, days | 1 | | | North Melbourne | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Ryan Burton | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 51 days | 1 | | | Hawthorn | 2018 trade |
| Scott Lycett | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 178 days | 1 | | | West Coast | 2018 free agent |
| Jack Scrimshaw | Hawthorn | 20 years, 200 days | 1 | | | Gold Coast | 2018 trade |
| Taylor Duryea | Western Bulldogs | 27 years, 333 days | 1 | | | Hawthorn | 2018 trade |
| Sam Lloyd | Western Bulldogs | 29 years, 20 days | 1 | | | Richmond | 2018 trade |
| Ryan Clarke | Sydney | 21 years, 279 days | 1 | | | North Melbourne | 2018 trade |
| Jarryd Lyons | Brisbane Lions | 26 years, 244 days | 1 | | | Adelaide, Gold Coast | 2018 free agent |
| Lincoln McCarthy | Brisbane Lions | 25 years, 152 days | 1 | | | Geelong | 2018 trade |
| Lachie Neale | Brisbane Lions | 25 years, 303 days | 1 | | | Fremantle | 2018 trade |
| Tom Hickey | West Coast | 28 years, 17 days | 1 | | | St Kilda | 2018 trade |
| Dean Kent | St Kilda | 25 years, 28 days | 1 | | | Melbourne | 2018 trade |
| Sam Collins | Gold Coast | 24 years, 282 days | 1 | | | Fremantle | Pre-draft selection |
| Jack Hombsch | Gold Coast | 26 years, 17 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney, Port Adelaide | 2018 trade |
| George Horlin-Smith | Gold Coast | 26 years, 92 days | 1 | | | Geelong | 2018 trade |
| Anthony Miles | Gold Coast | 27 years, 24 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney, Richmond | 2018 trade |
| Jordan Murdoch | Gold Coast | 27 years, 1 days | 1 | | | Geelong | 2018 free agent |
| Dylan Shiel | Essendon | 26 years, 15 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Travis Colyer | Fremantle | 27 years, 212 days | 1 | | | Essendon | 2018 trade |
| Reece Conca | Fremantle | 26 years, 224 days | 1 | | | Richmond | 2018 free agent |
| Rory Lobb | Fremantle | 26 years, 43 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Aaron Hall | North Melbourne | 28 years, 135 days | 1 | | | Gold Coast | 2018 trade |
| Jasper Pittard | North Melbourne | 27 years, 357 days | 1 | | | Port Adelaide | 2018 trade |
| Jared Polec | North Melbourne | 26 years, 163 days | 1 | | | Brisbane Lions, Port Adelaide | 2018 trade |
| Dom Tyson | North Melbourne | 25 years, 289 days | 1 | | | Greater Western Sydney, Melbourne | 2018 trade |
| Josh Smith | West Coast | 25 years, 87 days | 2 | | | Collingwood | Pick 34, 2019 rookie draft |
| Steven May | Melbourne | 26 years, 43 days | 2 | | | Gold Coast | 2018 trade |
| Kade Kolodjashnij | Melbourne | 23 years, 233 days | 2 | | | Gold Coast | 2018 trade |
| Tom Campbell | North Melbourne | 27 years, 149 days | 2 | | | Western Bulldogs | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Tom Scully | Hawthorn | 27 years, 320 days | 2 | | | Melbourne, Greater Western Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Jesse Hogan | Fremantle | 24 years, 47 days | 2 | | | Melbourne | 2018 trade |
| Zac Clarke | Essendon | 29 years, 8 days | 3 | | | Fremantle | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Jackson Thurlow | Sydney | 25 years, 9 days | 3 | | | Geelong | 2018 trade |
| Tom Sheridan | Greater Western Sydney | 25 years, 160 days | 3 | | | Fremantle | 2018 free agent |
| Chad Wingard | Hawthorn | 25 years, 252 days | 3 | | | Port Adelaide | 2018 trade |
| Braydon Preuss | Melbourne | 23 years, 299 days | 4 | | | North Melbourne | 2018 trade |
| Jonathon Marsh | St Kilda | 23 years, 199 days | 7 | | | Collingwood | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Daniel Menzel | Sydney | 27 years, 261 days | 11 | | | Geelong | 2018 free agent |
| Corey Ellis | Gold Coast | 22 years, 249 days | 13 | | | Richmond | 2018 trade |
| Dan Hannebery | St Kilda | 28 years, 118 days | 14 | | | Sydney | 2018 trade |
| Marcus Adams | Brisbane Lions | 26 years, 7 days | 16 | | | Western Bulldogs | 2018 trade |
| Hugh Goddard | Carlton | 22 years, 323 days | 17 | | | St Kilda | Pick 1, 2019 rookie draft |
| Tyson Stengle | Adelaide | 20 years, 267 days | 17 | | | Richmond | 2018 trade |
| Cameron Sutcliffe | Port Adelaide | 27 years, 52 days | 16 | | | Fremantle | Pick 9, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Will Snelling | Essendon | 21 years, 347 days | 17 | | | Port Adelaide | Pick 7, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Josh Deluca | Carlton | 23 years, 70 days | 16 | | | Fremantle | Pick 1, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Sam Rowe | St Kilda | 31 years, 278 days | 23 | | | Carlton | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |