# List of AFL debuts in 2005

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 2005.
The statistics refer only to a player's career with the club mentioned.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games (to end of 2014) | Goals (to end of 2014) | Notes |
| Chris Knights | Adelaide | 18 years, 288 days | 15 | 75 | 55 | |
| Scott Thompson | Adelaide | 22 years, 20 days | 2 | 225 | 133 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Nathan van Berlo | Adelaide | 18 years, 308 days | 3 | 182 | 64 | |
| Jayden Attard | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 48 days | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Travis Baird | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 13 days | 19 | 2 | 1 | |
| Josh Drummond | Brisbane Lions | 22 years, 25 days | 8 | 94 | 35 | |
| Tom Logan | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 274 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Daniel Merrett | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 111 days | 2 | 171 | 69 | |
| Matthew Moody | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 219 days | 6 | 34 | 14 | |
| Leigh Ryswyk | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 139 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Troy Selwood | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 327 days | 1 | 75 | 11 | |
| Justin Sherman | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 80 days | 4 | 114 | 85 | |
| Llane Spaanderman | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 79 days | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cameron Wood | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 51 days | 5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Eddie Betts | Carlton | 18 years, 120 days | 1 | 120 | 165 | |
| Chris Bryan | Carlton | 23 years, 90 days | 11 | 16 | 9 | |
| Callum Chambers | Carlton | 25 years, 148 days | 4 | 12 | 3 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Troy Longmuir | Carlton | 25 years, 324 days | 4 | 11 | 10 | Previously played for Melbourne and Fremantle. Brother of Justin Longmuir. |
| Setanta Ó hAilpín | Carlton | 22 years, 50 days | 7 | 72 | 56 | |
| Jordan Russell | Carlton | 18 years, 246 days | 15 | 93 | 15 | |
| Blake Caracella | Collingwood | 28 years, 13 days | 1 | 27 | 34 | Previously played for Essendon and Brisbane. |
| Travis Cloke | Collingwood | 18 years, 51 days | 5 | 216 | 390 | Brother of Cameron and Jason Cloke. Son of David Cloke. |
| Ben Davies | Collingwood | 19 years, 87 days | 7 | 12 | 1 | |
| Chris Egan | Collingwood | 18 years, 201 days | 8 | 27 | 22 | |
| David Fanning | Collingwood | 20 years, 251 days | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
| Brent Hall | Collingwood | 19 years, 189 days | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Adam Iacobucci | Collingwood | 19 years, 104 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Heritier Lumumba | Collingwood | 18 years, 258 days | 18 | 199 | 28 | |
| Sean Rusling | Collingwood | 18 years, 234 days | 10 | 17 | 19 | |
| Heath Shaw | Collingwood | 19 years, 237 days | 17 | 173 | 37 | Brother of Rhyce Shaw. Son of Ray Shaw and nephew of Tony Shaw. |
| Tristan Cartledge | Essendon | 19 years, 294 days | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Courtney Johns | Essendon | 20 years, 237 days | 15 | 21 | 18 | |
| Andrew Lovett | Essendon | 22 years, 150 days | 3 | 88 | 83 | |
| Angus Monfries | Essendon | 18 years, 66 days | 1 | 150 | 165 | |
| Jay Nash | Essendon | 19 years, 206 days | 16 | 43 | 10 | |
| Henry Slattery | Essendon | 19 years, 153 days | 13 | 96 | 12 | |
| Paul Thomas | Essendon | 22 years, 345 days | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2004 Magarey Medalist. |
| Ryan Crowley | Fremantle | 21 years, 84 days | 10 | 188 | 116 | |
| Michael Johnson | Fremantle | 20 years, 179 days | 4 | 190 | 62 | |
| David Mundy | Fremantle | 19 years, 284 days | 6 | 210 | 82 | |
| Brett Peake | Fremantle | 21 years, 349 days | 13 | 75 | 42 | Son of Brian Peake |
| Nathan Ablett | Geelong | 19 years, 243 days | 20 | 32 | 46 | Brother of Gary Ablett, Jr. and son of Gary Ablett Sr. |
| Mark Blake | Geelong | 19 years, 303 days | 1 | 99 | 12 | |
| Matthew Egan | Geelong | 21 years, 260 days | 1 | 59 | 1 | |
| Tom Lonergan | Geelong | 21 years, 5 days | 9 | 145 | 52 | |
| Cameron Thurley | Geelong | 23 years, 162 days | 7 | 7 | 12 | |
| Tim Boyle | Hawthorn | 21 years, 140 days | 13 | 31 | 39 | |
| Zac Dawson | Hawthorn | 19 years, 180 days | 21 | 14 | 0 | |
| Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 18 years, 56 days | 1 | 182 | 580 | |
| Jordan Lewis | Hawthorn | 18 years, 351 days | 3 | 217 | 124 | |
| Harry Miller | Hawthorn | 19 years, 289 days | 1 | 18 | 13 | |
| Thomas Murphy | Hawthorn | 19 years, 161 days | 22 | 49 | 3 | |
| Jarryd Roughead | Hawthorn | 18 years, 77 days | 3 | 207 | 441 | |
| Simon Taylor | Hawthorn | 22 years, 235 days | 3 | 85 | 16 | |
| Josh Thurgood | Hawthorn | 19 years, 295 days | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| Clinton Young | Hawthorn | 19 years, 151 days | 16 | 116 | 60 | |
| Chris Johnson | Melbourne | 19 years, 109 days | 8 | 31 | 2 | |
| Paul Johnson | Melbourne | 20 years, 314 days | 7 | 68 | 20 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Brent Moloney | Melbourne | 21 years, 57 days | 1 | 122 | 31 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Shannon Motlop | Melbourne | 26 years, 248 days | 5 | 10 | 5 | Previously played for North Melbourne. Brother of Daniel and Steven Motlop. |
| Shane Harvey | Kangaroos | 21 years, 196 days | 16 | 3 | 4 | Brother of Brent Harvey. Previously played for Essendon. |
| Brent LeCras | Kangaroos | 23 years, 222 days | 9 | 6 | 1 | Brother of Mark LeCras. |
| Hamish McIntosh | Kangaroos | 20 years, 238 days | 6 | 107 | 59 | |
| Justin Perkins | Kangaroos | 22 years, 135 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lance Picioane | Kangaroos | 24 years, 292 days | 1 | 15 | 2 | Previously played for Adelaide and Hawthorn. |
| Daniel Pratt | Kangaroos | 22 years, 5 days | 1 | 1116 | 9 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Jesse W. Smith | Kangaroos | 18 years, 227 days | 8 | 27 | 3 | Son of Ross W. Smith. |
| Nathan Thompson | Kangaroos | 27 years, 40 days | 1 | 60 | 135 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| David Trotter | Kangaroos | 19 years, 149 days | 18 | 7 | 2 | |
| Brett Deledio | Richmond | 17 years, 343 days | 1 | 214 | 146 | |
| Nathan Foley | Richmond | 19 years, 261 days | 10 | 154 | 44 | |
| Mark Graham | Richmond | 32 years, 14 days | 1 | 20 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Trent Knobel | Richmond | 24 years, 308 days | 1 | 21 | 4 | Previously played for Brisbane and St Kilda. |
| Danny Meyer | Richmond | 18 years, 271 days | 6 | 17 | 7 | |
| Adam Pattison | Richmond | 19 years, 71 days | 1 | 61 | 15 | |
| Troy Simmonds | Richmond | 26 years, 257 days | 1 | 93 | 66 | Previously played for Melbourne and Fremantle. |
| Richard Tambling | Richmond | 18 years, 231 days | 6 | 108 | 61 | |
| Will Thursfield | Richmond | 19 years, 74 days | 14 | 53 | 0 | |
| Ben Eckermann | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 57 days | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stephen Gilham | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 332 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danyle Pearce | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 115 days | 18 | 115 | 67 | |
| Aaron Shattock | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 382 days | 1 | 11 | 1 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Adam Thomson | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 288 days | 11 | 28 | 16 | |
| Peter Walsh | Port Adelaide | 28 years, 245 days | 1 | 35 | 6 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Cain Ackland | St Kilda | 23 years, 8 days | 1 | 41 | 18 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Aaron Fiora | St Kilda | 22 years, 339 days | 1 | 62 | 33 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| James Gwilt | St Kilda | 19 years, 16 days | 22 | 67 | 19 | |
| Mark McGough | St Kilda | 20 years, 275 days | 1 | 12 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Andrew McQualter | St Kilda | 18 years, 339 days | 8 | 84 | 37 | |
| Sean Dempster | Sydney | 21 years, 79 days | 3 | 54 | 8 | |
| Darren Jolly | Sydney | 23 years, 141 days | 1 | 118 | 59 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Nick Malceski | Sydney | 20 years, 293 days | 11 | 92 | 42 | |
| Jarred Moore | Sydney | 19 years, 62 days | 7 | 65 | 51 | |
| David Spriggs | Sydney | 24 years, 74 days | 3 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Luke Vogels | Sydney | 21 years, 334 days | 7 | 17 | 11 | |
| Aaron Edwards | West Coast | 21 years, 94 days | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
| Jaymie Graham | West Coast | 22 years, 62 days | 3 | 37 | 13 | |
| Mark LeCras | West Coast | 18 years, 272 days | 10 | 78 | 187 | Brother of Brent LeCras. |
| Daniel McConnell | West Coast | 18 years, 327 days | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mitch Morton | West Coast | 18 years, 190 days | 19 | 12 | 11 | |
| Matt Rosa | West Coast | 18 years, 243 days | 17 | 90 | 25 | |
| Tyson Stenglein | West Coast | 24 years, 254 days | 1 | 102 | 25 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Ryan Griffen | Footscray | 18 years, 263 days | 4 | 121 | 74 | |
| Dale Morris | Footscray | 22 years, 115 days | 5 | 133 | 2 | |
| Tim Walsh | Footscray | 20 years, 0 days | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cameron Wight | Footscray | 20 years, 39 days | 8 | 36 | 6 | |