# List of AFL debuts in 2000

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 2000.
| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games (As of end of 2014) | Goals (As of end of 2014) | Notes |
| Michael Doughty | Adelaide | 20 years, 255 days | 6 | 231 | 46 | |
| Robert Shirley | Adelaide | 19 years, 290 days | 3 | 151 | 28 | |
| Rhett Biglands | Adelaide | 22 years, 217 days | 5 | 134 | 59 | |
| Scott Welsh | Adelaide | 21 years, 332 days | 1 | 129 | 270 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Matthew Clarke | Adelaide | 26 years, 175 days | 1 | 118 | 19 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Andrew Crowell | Adelaide | 22 years, 209 days | 1 | 44 | 15 | |
| James Byrne | Adelaide | 21 years, 323 days | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| Ricky O'Loughlin | Adelaide | 20 years, 279 days | 5 | 9 | 2 | Brother of Michael O'Loughlin. |
| Justin Cicolella | Adelaide | 21 years, 195 days | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Jonathan Brown | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 162 days | 5 | 256 | 594 | Son of Brian Brown. |
| Aaron Shattock | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 342 days | 5 | 57 | 15 | |
| Craig Bolton | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 287 days | 1 | 29 | 10 | |
| Damian Cupido | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 71 days | 11 | 13 | 16 | |
| Trent Knobel | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 17 days | 14 | 13 | 10 | |
| Michael Martin | Brisbane Lions | 23 years, 23 days | 2 | 10 | 0 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Nathan Clarke | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 256 days | 18 | 6 | 4 | |
| Stefan Carey | Brisbane Lions | 24 years, 48 days | 1 | 3 | 1 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Shannon Rusca | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 218 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ryan Houlihan | Carlton | 18 years, 120 days | 11 | 201 | 127 | |
| Trent Hotton | Carlton | 26 years, 103 days | 1 | 61 | 36 | Previously played for Collingwood |
| Michael Mansfield | Carlton | 28 years, 218 days | 1 | 54 | 18 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Scott Freeborn | Carlton | 21 years, 324 days | 5 | 48 | 17 | |
| Andrew Merrington | Carlton | 21 years, 203 days | 15 | 18 | 11 | |
| Stephen O'Reilly | Carlton | 27 years, 138 days | 3 | 12 | 1 | Previously played for Geelong and Fremantle. |
| Adam Chatfield | Carlton | 21 years, 23 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ben Johnson | Collingwood | 18 years, 343 days | 1 | 235 | 70 | |
| Shane O'Bree | Collingwood | 20 years, 364 days | 1 | 227 | 84 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Leon Davis | Collingwood | 18 years, 270 days | 1 | 225 | 270 | |
| Josh Fraser | Collingwood | 18 years, 68 days | 1 | 200 | 163 | |
| Rhyce Shaw | Collingwood | 18 years, 251 days | 16 | 94 | 20 | |
| Steven McKee | Collingwood | 21 years, 292 days | 5 | 64 | 13 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Andrew Dimattina | Collingwood | 22 years, 207 days | 13 | 28 | 6 | Brother of Paul and son of Frank Dimattina. |
| Damien Adkins | Collingwood | 19 years, 64 days | 1 | 22 | 8 | |
| Andrew Ukovic | Collingwood | 21 years, 111 days | 1 | 17 | 9 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Dale Baynes | Collingwood | 19 years, 180 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Smith | Collingwood | 22 years, 325 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Aaron Henneman | Essendon | 19 years, 159 days | 11 | 58 | 5 | |
| Jonathon Robran | Essendon | 27 years, 147 days | 2 | 8 | 3 | Son of Barrie Robran and Brother of Matthew Robran. Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Matthew Pavlich | Fremantle | 18 years, 99 days | 5 | 313 | 629 | |
| Paul Hasleby | Fremantle | 18 years, 273 days | 1 | 208 | 131 | |
| Troy Cook | Fremantle | 23 years, 212 days | 15 | 150 | 66 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Leigh Brown | Fremantle | 18 years, 17 days | 1 | 63 | 20 | |
| Troy Longmuir | Fremantle | 20 years, 291 days | 1 | 55 | 36 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Brendon Fewster | Fremantle | 26 years, 67 days | 1 | 37 | 16 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Ben Cunningham | Fremantle | 18 years, 257 days | 22 | 33 | 19 | |
| Brad Bootsma | Fremantle | 27 years, 123 days | 8 | 23 | 7 | Father of Josh Bootsma. |
| Daniel Schell | Fremantle | 20 years, 150 days | 15 | 16 | 11 | |
| Joel Corey | Geelong | 18 years, 134 days | 17 | 276 | 79 | |
| Cameron Ling | Geelong | 19 years, 76 days | 10 | 246 | 139 | |
| Paul Chapman | Geelong | 18 years, 204 days | 12 | 251 | 336 | |
| Cameron Mooney | Geelong | 20 years, 278 days | 17 | 210 | 295 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| David Spriggs | Geelong | 19 years, 46 days | 1 | 64 | 20 | |
| Daniel Foster | Geelong | 18 years, 76 days | 9 | 17 | 0 | |
| Danny O'Brien | Geelong | 20 years, 48 days | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
| Marcus Baldwin | Geelong | 20 years, 280 days | 21 | 5 | 5 | |
| Chance Bateman | Hawthorn | 18 years, 278 days | 3 | 177 | 67 | |
| Lance Picioane | Hawthorn | 19 years, 363 days | 13 | 58 | 24 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Brett Johnson | Hawthorn | 18 years, 239 days | 16 | 38 | 10 | |
| Barry Young | Hawthorn | 29 years, 261 days | 1 | 13 | 0 | Previously played for Richmond and Essendon. |
| Luke McPharlin | Hawthorn | 18 years, 130 days | 5 | 12 | 3 | |
| Steven Rode | Hawthorn | 20 years, 3 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Green | Melbourne | 19 years, 4 days | 2 | 254 | 350 | |
| Cameron Bruce | Melbourne | 20 years, 160 days | 1 | 224 | 210 | |
| Matthew Whelan | Melbourne | 20 years, 141 days | 4 | 150 | 15 | |
| Paul Wheatley | Melbourne | 18 years, 340 days | 2 | 135 | 34 | |
| Simon Godfrey | Melbourne | 19 years, 279 days | 20 | 105 | 23 | |
| Stephen Powell | Melbourne | 23 years, 183 days | 1 | 44 | 43 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Steven Pitt | Melbourne | 26 years, 283 days | 8 | 5 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| James Cook | Melbourne | 26 years, 61 days | 1 | 3 | 8 | Previously played for Carlton and Western Bulldogs. |
| Troy Makepeace | Kangaroos | 21 years, 25 days | 4 | 139 | 37 | |
| Leigh Colbert | Kangaroos | 24 years, 298 days | 4 | 104 | 14 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Matthew Burton | Kangaroos | 29 years, 296 days | 1 | 77 | 33 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| David Calthorpe | Kangaroos | 26 years, 206 days | 1 | 13 | 10 | Previously played for Essendon and Brisbane. |
| John Spaull | Kangaroos | 22 years, 289 days | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Ryan Pagan | Kangaroos | 22 years, 242 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | Son of Denis Pagan. |
| Brad Stephens | Kangaroos | 21 years, 11 days | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
| Matthew Bishop | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 266 days | 4 | 132 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Brett Montgomery | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 282 days | 1 | 126 | 51 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Josh Carr | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 1 days | 8 | 124 | 65 | Brother of Matthew Carr. |
| Brent Guerra | Port Adelaide | 17 years, 365 days | 12 | 65 | 39 | |
| Paul Koulouriotis | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 139 days | 18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Steven Brosnan | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 169 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon Cameron | Richmond | 27 years, 188 days | 1 | 84 | 40 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs. |
| Aaron Fiora | Richmond | 19 years, 5 days | 7 | 78 | 25 | |
| Ty Zantuck | Richmond | 18 years, 159 days | 20 | 68 | 20 | Son of Shane Zantuck. |
| Clinton King | Richmond | 21 years, 350 days | 1 | 58 | 10 | Previously played for Sydney and Collingwood. |
| Royce Vardy | Richmond | 20 years, 3 days | 9 | 34 | 3 | |
| Andrew Mills | Richmond | 18 years, 289 days | 4 | 14 | 5 | |
| Ezra Poyas | Richmond | 19 years, 0 days | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| Ben Haynes | Richmond | 19 years, 19 days | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| James White | Richmond | 20 years, 127 days | 12 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jason Blake | St Kilda | 19 years, 51 days | 9 | 219 | 38 | |
| Troy Schwarze | St Kilda | 18 years, 101 days | 4 | 71 | 20 | Brother of Ben Schwarze. |
| Brett Moyle | St Kilda | 20 years, 15 days | 6 | 48 | 11 | |
| Caydn Beetham | St Kilda | 18 years, 63 days | 10 | 37 | 9 | |
| Tony Delaney | St Kilda | 24 years, 76 days | 1 | 33 | 6 | Previously played for Essendon and Fremantle. |
| Chad Davis | St Kilda | 19 years, 291 days | 2 | 31 | 17 | |
| Justin Plapp | St Kilda | 22 years, 264 days | 1 | 26 | 8 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Damian Monkhorst | St Kilda | 30 years, 204 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Sean Charles | St Kilda | 24 years, 299 days | 1 | 8 | 6 | Previously played for Melbourne and Carlton. |
| Fred Campbell | St Kilda | 20 years, 11 days | 4 | 7 | 4 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Ryan O'Keefe | Sydney | 19 years, 111 days | 10 | 286 | 261 | |
| Jason Ball | Sydney | 27 years, 112 days | 1 | 90 | 45 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Andrew Schauble | Sydney | 23 years, 116 days | 1 | 88 | 23 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Stephen Doyle | Sydney | 19 years, 9 days | 20 | 47 | 19 | |
| Ben Fixter | Sydney | 19 years, 15 days | 18 | 27 | 8 | |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | Sydney | 23 years, 148 days | 1 | 10 | 15 | |
| Brett Allison | Sydney | 31 years, 291 days | 1 | 9 | 9 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Darren Glass | West Coast | 18 years, 323 days | 4 | 270 | 8 | |
| Adam Hunter | West Coast | 19 years, 49 days | 22 | 151 | 86 | |
| Callum Chambers | West Coast | 20 years, 175 days | 10 | 66 | 41 | |
| Kasey Green | West Coast | 20 years, 296 days | 17 | 54 | 8 | |
| Kane Munro | West Coast | 18 years, 141 days | 21 | 18 | 11 | |
| David Haynes | West Coast | 18 years, 359 days | 13 | 46 | 43 | |
| David Antonowicz | West Coast | 20 years, 2 days | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Michael O'Brien | West Coast | 19 years, 328 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scott Bennett | West Coast | 20 years, 106 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Murphy | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 36 days | 19 | 271 | 171 | |
| Nathan Eagleton | Western Bulldogs | 21 years, 122 days | 1 | 197 | 32 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Mitch Hahn | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 4 days | 10 | 181 | 64 | |
| Trent Bartlett | Western Bulldogs | 23 years, 106 days | 1 | 42 | 34 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Luke Penny | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 117 days | 13 | 35 | 5 | |
| Patrick Wiggins | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 130 days | 15 | 12 | 5 | |
| Andrew Wills | Western Bulldogs | 28 years, 76 days | 2 | 10 | 6 | Previously played for Geelong and Fremantle. |