# List of AFL debuts in 2002

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 2002.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games (As of end of 2014) | Goals (As of end of 2014) | Notes |
| Graham Johncock | Adelaide | 19 years, 161 days | 1 | 227 | 120 | |
| Brent Reilly | Adelaide | 18 years, 243 days | 15 | 203 | 52 | |
| Martin Mattner | Adelaide | 19 years, 335 days | 14 | 98 | 14 | |
| Kris Massie | Adelaide | 21 years, 332 days | 5 | 88 | 11 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Ben Nelson | Adelaide | 25 years, 67 days | 1 | 12 | 1 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Daniel Schell | Adelaide | 22 years, 70 days | 1 | 11 | 9 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | Adelaide | 25 years, 166 days | 1 | 8 | 8 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Shane Morrison | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 114 days | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| Darren Bradshaw | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 250 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Brother of Daniel Bradshaw. |
| Bret Thornton | Carlton | 18 years, 199 days | 10 | 188 | 30 | |
| Trent Sporn | Carlton | 19 years, 195 days | 2 | 50 | 8 | |
| Luke Livingston | Carlton | 19 years, 168 days | 4 | 46 | 2 | |
| Corey McKernan | Carlton | 28 years, 101 days | 1 | 41 | 60 | Previously played for the Kangaroos. |
| Justin Davies | Carlton | 18 years, 307 days | 7 | 41 | 20 | |
| Andrew Eccles | Carlton | 22 years, 337 days | 6 | 13 | 2 | |
| Callan Beasy | Carlton | 20 years, 124 days | 16 | 13 | 6 | |
| Blake Campbell | Carlton | 19 years, 299 days | 10 | 11 | 3 | |
| Sam Cranage | Carlton | 22 years, 337 days | 1 | 10 | 2 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| David Gallagher | Carlton | 21 years, 237 days | 1 | 7 | 1 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Sean O'Keeffe | Carlton | 20 years, 78 days | 17 | 6 | 1 | |
| Lindsay Smith | Carlton | 22 years, 59 days | 5 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Kangaroos. |
| Jason Cloke | Collingwood | 19 years, 335 days | 2 | 76 | 10 | Son of David Cloke and brother of Travis and Cameron Cloke. |
| Richard Cole | Collingwood | 18 years, 256 days | 1 | 56 | 6 | |
| Mark McGough | Collingwood | 17 years, 302 days | 4 | 37 | 12 | |
| Scott Cummings | Collingwood | 28 years, 69 days | 1 | 5 | 6 | Previously played for Essendon, Port Adelaide and West Coast. |
| Andrew Welsh | Essendon | 19 years, 88 days | 7 | 162 | 32 | |
| Joel Reynolds | Essendon | 17 years, 312 days | 3 | 38 | 13 | Grandson of Dick Reynolds. |
| Ted Richards | Essendon | 19 years, 84 days | 2 | 33 | 19 | |
| Shane Harvey | Essendon | 19 years, 121 days | 6 | 11 | 9 | Brother of Brent Harvey. |
| Sam Hunt | Essendon | 19 years, 126 days | 20 | 7 | 1 | |
| James Davies | Essendon | 19 years, 313 days | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ken Hall | Essendon | 21 years, 213 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luke McPharlin | Fremantle | 20 years, 197 days | 12 | 238 | 115 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Jeff Farmer | Fremantle | 24 years, 294 days | 3 | 131 | 224 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Roger Hayden | Fremantle | 21 years, 216 days | 15 | 128 | 14 | |
| Paul Medhurst | Fremantle | 20 years, 110 days | 1 | 99 | 166 | |
| Scott Thornton | Fremantle | 19 years, 249 days | 8 | 88 | 21 | |
| Graham Polak | Fremantle | 17 years, 288 days | 1 | 73 | 9 | |
| Troy Simmonds | Fremantle | 23 years, 275 days | 1 | 64 | 59 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Trent Croad | Fremantle | 22 years, 22 days | 1 | 38 | 60 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Andrew Siegert | Fremantle | 20 years, 72 days | 1 | 36 | 5 | |
| Andrew Browne | Fremantle | 18 years, 4 days | 8 | 29 | 6 | |
| Daniel Haines | Fremantle | 21 years, 23 days | 6 | 16 | 4 | |
| Gary Ablett | Geelong | 17 years, 320 days | 1 | 192 | 262 | 2009 Brownlow Medallist. Son of Gary Ablett Sr. and brother of Nathan Ablett. |
| Jimmy Bartel | Geelong | 18 years, 116 days | 1 | 272 | 191 | 2007 Brownlow Medallist |
| James Kelly | Geelong | 18 years, 126 days | 6 | 256 | 87 | |
| Steve Johnson | Geelong | 18 years, 304 days | 6 | 233 | 422 | |
| Max Rooke | Geelong | 20 years, 108 days | 2 | 135 | 58 | |
| David Johnson | Geelong | 20 years, 153 days | 7 | 79 | 16 | Brother of Mark Johnson. |
| Charlie Gardiner | Geelong | 19 years, 100 days | 11 | 51 | 25 | |
| Paul Chambers | Geelong | 19 years, 302 days | 4 | 32 | 5 | |
| Will Slade | Geelong | 18 years, 291 days | 19 | 17 | 2 | |
| Brent Grgic | Geelong | 22 years, 173 days | 1 | 13 | 3 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Sam Mitchell | Hawthorn | 19 years, 197 days | 5 | 261 | 61 | |
| Luke Hodge | Hawthorn | 17 years, 316 days | 5 | 250 | 167 | |
| Campbell Brown | Hawthorn | 18 years, 284 days | 11 | 159 | 64 | |
| Robert Campbell | Hawthorn | 19 years, 329 days | 5 | 116 | 25 | |
| Mark Williams | Hawthorn | 18 years, 353 days | 1 | 111 | 242 | |
| Nick Ries | Hawthorn | 19 years, 280 days | 4 | 81 | 18 | |
| Simon Cox | Hawthorn | 25 years, 72 days | 2 | 35 | 17 | Previously played for the Western Bulldogs. |
| Nick Stone | Hawthorn | 20 years, 188 days | 2 | 17 | 0 | |
| David Loats | Hawthorn | 21 years, 121 days | 12 | 11 | 3 | |
| Brad Miller | Melbourne | 18 years, 316 days | 8 | 133 | 89 | |
| Clint Bizzell | Melbourne | 25 years, 277 days | 1 | 88 | 7 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Steven Armstrong | Melbourne | 18 years, 79 days | 1 | 43 | 21 | |
| Peter Vardy | Melbourne | 26 years, 71 days | 2 | 41 | 56 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Craig Ellis | Melbourne | 26 years, 320 days | 4 | 15 | 1 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Michael Clark | Melbourne | 21 years, 47 days | 22 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Porter | Kangaroos | 25 years, 170 days | 1 | 55 | 7 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| John Baird | Kangaroos | 21 years, 292 days | 1 | 46 | 7 | |
| Ben Robbins | Kangaroos | 25 years, 93 days | 1 | 40 | 7 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Domenic Cassisi | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 287 days | 14 | 225 | 774 | |
| Shaun Burgoyne | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 175 days | 3 | 157 | 171 | Brother of Peter Burgoyne. |
| Damien Hardwick | Port Adelaide | 29 years, 232 days | 2 | 54 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Jaxon Crabb | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 269 days | 18 | 4 | 0 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Adam Morgan | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 259 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Allan Murray | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 82 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | Brother of Derek Murray. |
| Chris Newman | Richmond | 20 years, 7 days | 9 | 249 | 44 | |
| Chris Hyde | Richmond | 19 years, 330 days | 14 | 93 | 39 | |
| Greg Stafford | Richmond | 27 years, 213 days | 1 | 74 | 83 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| David Rodan | Richmond | 18 years, 171 days | 1 | 65 | 43 | |
| Adam Houlihan | Richmond | 23 years, 356 days | 1 | 33 | 24 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Craig Ednie | Richmond | 20 years, 78 days | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
| Paul Hudson | Richmond | 31 years, 281 days | 5 | 3 | 1 | Son of Peter Hudson. Previously played for Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs. |
| Nick Dal Santo | St Kilda | 18 years, 58 days | 4 | 260 | 140 | |
| Leigh Montagna | St Kilda | 18 years, 182 days | 6 | 232 | 138 | |
| Xavier Clarke | St Kilda | 18 years, 198 days | 3 | 105 | 49 | Brother of Raphael Clarke. |
| Matt Maguire | St Kilda | 17 years, 338 days | 6 | 99 | 19 | |
| Heath Black | St Kilda | 22 years, 306 days | 1 | 54 | 19 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Trent Knobel | St Kilda | 21 years, 311 days | 1 | 41 | 8 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Barry Hall | Sydney | 25 years, 51 days | 1 | 162 | 467 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Luke Ablett | Sydney | 19 years, 220 days | 13 | 133 | 39 | Son of Kevin Ablett. |
| Amon Buchanan | Sydney | 19 years, 241 days | 11 | 116 | 57 | |
| Scott Stevens | Sydney | 20 years, 75 days | 1 | 25 | 17 | |
| Ricky Mott | Sydney | 20 years, 344 days | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
| Leigh Brockman | Sydney | 23 years, 264 days | 10 | 10 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Jarrad Sundqvist | Sydney | 19 years, 256 days | 21 | 9 | 1 | |
| Nick Daffy | Sydney | 28 years, 330 days | 2 | 1 | 1 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Quinten Lynch | West Coast | 19 years, 142 days | 12 | 209 | 281 | |
| Chris Judd | West Coast | 18 years, 210 days | 2 | 134 | 138 | 2004 and 2010 Brownlow Medallist. |
| Ashley Sampi | West Coast | 18 years, 166 days | 14 | 78 | 97 | |
| Andrew McDougall | West Coast | 19 years, 64 days | 22 | 38 | 48 | |
| Brent Tuckey | West Coast | 22 years, 216 days | 1 | 3 | 1 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Ryan Hargrave | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 248 days | 1 | 203 | 37 | |
| Brian Lake | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 178 days | 21 | 197 | 32 | |
| Daniel Cross | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 63 days | 10 | 210 | 33 | |
| Sam Power | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 26 days | 17 | 84 | 16 | |
| Shane Birss | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 26 days | 2 | 51 | 20 | |
| Daniel Bandy | Western Bulldogs | 26 years, 133 days | 1 | 45 | 46 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Kieran McGuinness | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 363 days | 14 | 26 | 7 | |
| Nathan Saunders | Western Bulldogs | 25 years, 286 days | 6 | 10 | 11 | |
| Aaron James | Western Bulldogs | 25 years, 151 days | 6 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood and Richmond. |