# List of AFL debuts in 2020

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 2020 AFL season.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 2020 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 9 | 3 |
| Brisbane Lions | 6 | 3 |
| Carlton | 4 | 4 |
| Collingwood | 6 | 1 |
| Essendon | 3 | 4 |
| Fremantle | 6 | 2 |
| Geelong | 2 | 2 |
| Gold Coast | 7 | 2 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 6 | 1 |
| Hawthorn | 5 | 5 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 4 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 2 |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 1 |
| Richmond | 2 | 0 |
| St Kilda | 3 | 6 |
| Sydney | 7 | 3 |
| West Coast | 6 | 2 |
| Western Bulldogs | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 87 | 47 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Notes |
| Ben Cavarra | Western Bulldogs | 24 years, 91 days | 1 | Pick 45, 2018 national draft |
| Tyler Brown | Collingwood | 20 years, 102 days | 1 | Pick 50, 2017 national draft, son of Gavin Brown |
| Sam Sturt | Fremantle | 19 years, 314 days | 1 | Pick 17, 2018 national draft |
| Fischer McAsey | Adelaide | 19 years, 13 days | 1 | Pick 6, 2019 national draft, son of Chris McAsey |
| Tom Green | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 58 days | 1 | Pick 10, 2019 national draft, (Academy selection) |
| Noah Anderson | Gold Coast | 19 years, 33 days | 1 | Pick 2, 2019 national draft, son of Dean Anderson |
| Connor Budarick | Gold Coast | 18 years, 350 days | 1 | Pick 20, 2020 rookie draft, (Academy selection) |
| Matt Rowell | Gold Coast | 18 years, 264 days | 1 | Pick 1, 2019 national draft |
| Mitch Georgiades | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 175 days | 1 | Pick 18, 2019 national draft |
| Max King | St Kilda | 19 years, 259 days | 1 | Pick 4, 2018 national draft |
| Deven Robertson | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 266 days | 1 | Pick 22, 2019 national draft |
| Toby Bedford | Melbourne | 19 years, 300 days | 1 | Pick 75, 2018 national draft |
| Kysaiah Pickett | Melbourne | 18 years, 294 days | 1 | Pick 19, 2019 national draft |
| Hayden Young | Fremantle | 18 years, 63 days | 2 | Pick 7, 2019 national draft |
| Tom Berry | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 43 days | 2 | Pick 36, 2018 national draft |
| Trent Rivers | Melbourne | 18 years, 319 days | 2 | Pick 32, 2019 national draft |
| Luke Jackson | Melbourne | 18 years, 258 days | 2 | Pick 3, 2019 national draft |
| Ned McHenry | Adelaide | 19 years, 336 days | 2 | Pick 16, 2018 national draft |
| Laitham Vandermeer | Western Bulldogs | 21 years, 132 days | 2 | Pick 37, 2018 national draft |
| Lachlan Ash | Greater Western Sydney | 18 years, 365 days | 3 | Pick 4, 2019 national draft |
| Will Hamill | Adelaide | 19 years, 217 days | 3 | Pick 30, 2018 national draft |
| Louis Butler | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 304 days | 4 | Pick 53, 2019 national draft |
| Sam Philp | Carlton | 18 years, 328 days | 4 | Pick 20, 2019 national draft |
| Caleb Serong | Fremantle | 19 years, 139 days | 4 | Pick 8, 2019 national draft |
| Shane McAdam | Adelaide | 25 years, 31 days | 4 | Trade, 2018 national draft |
| Jack Mahony | North Melbourne | 18 years, 229 days | 4 | Pick 34, 2019 national draft |
| Tristan Xerri | North Melbourne | 21 years, 105 days | 4 | Pick 72, 2017 national draft |
| Jake Aarts | Richmond | 25 years, 210 days | 5 | Pick 16, 2019 rookie draft |
| Harry Jones | Hawthorn | 21 years, 112 days | 5 | Pick 7, 2018 rookie draft |
| Will Kelly | Collingwood | 19 years, 329 days | 6 | Pick 29, 2018 national draft |
| Atu Bosenavulagi | Collingwood | 19 years, 297 days | 6 | Pick 77, 2018 national draft |
| Will Day | Hawthorn | 19 years, 35 days | 6 | Pick 13, 2019 national draft |
| Josh Morris | Hawthorn | 18 years, 246 days | 6 | Pick 57, 2019 national draft |
| Andrew McPherson | Adelaide | 21 years, 21 days | 6 | Pick 40, 2017 national draft |
| Izak Rankine | Gold Coast | 20 years, 79 days | 6 | Pick 3, 2018 national draft |
| Dylan Stephens | Sydney | 19 years, 155 days | 6 | Pick 5, 2019 national draft |
| Chad Warner | Sydney | 19 years, 54 days | 6 | Pick 39, 2019 national draft |
| Ned Cahill | Essendon | 19 years, 188 days | 7 | Pick 56, 2019 national draft |
| Cody Weightman | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 184 days | 7 | Pick 15, 2019 national draft |
| Elijah Taylor | Sydney | 19 years, 78 days | 7 | Pick 36, 2019 national draft |
| Michael Frederick | Fremantle | 20 years, 63 days | 7 | Pick 61, 2019 national draft |
| Ryan Byrnes | St Kilda | 19 years, 78 days | 7 | Pick 52, 2019 national draft |
| Callum Porter | Western Bulldogs | 21 years, 152 days | 8 | Pick 74, 2017 national draft |
| Matt Ling | Sydney | 21 years, 95 days | 8 | Pick 14, 2017 national draft |
| Tobe Watson | Fremantle | 21 years, 237 days | 8 | Pick 22, 2019 rookie draft |
| Bradley Close | Geelong | 21 years, 363 days | 8 | Pick 14, 2020 rookie draft |
| Sam Draper | Essendon | 21 years, 307 days | 9 | Pick 1, 2017 rookie draft |
| Connor Ballenden | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 124 days | 9 | Pick 43, 2017 national draft |
| Kieran Strachan | Adelaide | 24 years, 301 days | 9 | Pick 7, 2019 rookie draft |
| Harry Edwards | West Coast | 19 years, 305 days | 9 | Pick 18, 2019 rookie draft |
| Mark Keane | Collingwood | 20 years, 138 days | 9 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland) |
| Boyd Woodcock | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 151 days | 10 | Pick 32, 2020 rookie draft |
| Jack Payne | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 294 days | 10 | Pick 54, 2017 national draft |
| Lachlan Hosie | North Melbourne | 23 years, 162 days | 10 | Pick 5, 2019 mid-season draft |
| Harry Schoenberg | Adelaide | 19 years, 166 days | 10 | Pick 24, 2019 national draft |
| Lachlan Sholl | Adelaide | 20 years, 151 days | 10 | Pick 64, 2018 national draft |
| Trey Ruscoe | Collingwood | 18 years, 277 days | 10 | Pick 55, 2019 national draft |
| Sam Wicks | Sydney | 20 years, 327 days | 10 | 2018 Category B rookie selections, Northern Academy Zones selection |
| Jeremy Sharp | Gold Coast | 18 years, 359 days | 10 | Pick 27, 2019 national draft |
| Xavier O'Halloran | Greater Western Sydney | 20 years, 27 days | 10 | Pick 22, 2018 national draft |
| Matt Cottrell | Carlton | 20 years, 163 days | 11 | 2018 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Jack Bytel | St Kilda | 20 years, 149 days | 11 | Pick 41, 2019 national draft |
| Sam Flanders | Gold Coast | 19 years, 19 days | 11 | Pick 11, 2019 national draft |
| Zac Foot | Sydney | 19 years, 233 days | 12 | Pick 51, 2018 national draft |
| Tom Hutchesson | Greater Western Sydney | 25 years, 131 days | 12 | Pick 65, 2019 national draft |
| Josh Honey | Carlton | 18 years, 303 days | 12 | Pick 3, 2020 rookie draft |
| Nic Reid | West Coast | 24 years, 347 days | 12 | 2019 Pre-season supplemental selection |
| Liam Henry | Fremantle | 18 years, 360 days | 13 | Pick 9, 2019 national draft, (Academy selection) |
| Irving Mosquito | Essendon | 19 years, 364 days | 13 | Pick 38, 2018 national draft |
| Jordon Butts | Adelaide | 20 years, 236 days | 13 | Pick 39, 2019 rookie draft |
| Tom Fullarton | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 182 days | 13 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (basketball) |
| Xavier O'Neill | West Coast | 20 years, 20 days | 13 | Pick 28, 2018 national draft |
| Jake Riccardi | Greater Western Sydney | 20 years, 290 days | 13 | Pick 51, 2019 national draft |
| Thomson Dow | Richmond | 18 years, 316 days | 14 | Pick 21, 2019 national draft |
| Bailey Williams | West Coast | 20 years, 132 days | 14 | Pick 35, 2018 national draft |
| Max Lynch | Collingwood | 21 years, 358 days | 15 | Pick 51, 2017 rookie draft |
| Keidean Coleman | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 132 days | 15 | Pick 37, 2019 national draft |
| Flynn Perez | North Melbourne | 19 years, 11 days | 16 | Pick 35, 2018 national draft |
| Damon Greaves | Hawthorn | 20 years, 134 days | 16 | Pick 14, 2019 rookie draft |
| Matthew Owies | Carlton | 23 years, 173 days | 16 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (basketball) |
| Hamish Brayshaw | West Coast | 22 years, 214 days | 17 | Pick 68, 2017 national draft, son of Mark Brayshaw, brother of Angus Brayshaw & Andrew Brayshaw |
| Ben Jarvis | Geelong | 20 years, 46 days | 17 | Pick 48, 2018 national draft |
| Jack Buckley | Greater Western Sydney | 22 years, 207 days | 17 | 2017 Category B rookie selections, Northern Academy Zones selection, son of Ben Buckley |
| Finn Maginness | Hawthorn | 19 years, 203 days | 17 | Pick 29, 2019 national draft, son of Scott Maginness |
| Joel Amartey | Sydney | 21 years, 11 days | 17 | Pick 28, 2018 rookie draft |
| Luke Foley | West Coast | 20 years, 345 days | 18 | Pick 31, 2018 national draft |
| Jy Farrar | Gold Coast | 23 years, 288 days | 18 | Pick 60, 2019 national draft |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
| Jack Martin | Carlton | 25 years, 50 days | 1 | Gold Coast | Pick 1, 2019 pre-season draft |
| Jack Newnes | Carlton | 27 years, 24 days | 1 | St Kilda | 2019 free agent |
| Josh Bruce | Western Bulldogs | 27 years, 286 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda | 2019 trade |
| Alex Keath | Western Bulldogs | 28 years, 60 days | 1 | Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Tom Cutler | Essendon | 25 years, 30 days | 1 | Brisbane Lions | 2019 trade |
| Jacob Townsend | Essendon | 26 years, 275 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney, Richmond | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| James Aish | Fremantle | 24 years, 134 days | 1 | Brisbane Lions, Collingwood | 2019 trade |
| Billy Frampton | Adelaide | 23 years, 122 days | 1 | Port Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Kaiden Brand | Sydney | 25 years, 348 days | 1 | Hawthorn | 2019 free agent |
| Sam Gray | Sydney | 28 years, 49 days | 1 | Port Adelaide | 2019 free agent |
| Lewis Taylor | Sydney | 25 years, 33 days | 1 | Brisbane Lions | 2019 trade |
| Sam Jacobs | Greater Western Sydney | 31 years, 346 days | 1 | Carlton, Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Hugh Greenwood | Gold Coast | 28 years, 15 days | 1 | Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Brandon Ellis | Gold Coast | 26 years, 231 days | 1 | Richmond | 2019 free agent |
| Josh Walker | North Melbourne | 27 years, 131 days | 1 | Geelong, Brisbane Lions | 2019 free agent |
| Dougal Howard | St Kilda | 23 years, 363 days | 1 | Port Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Zak Jones | St Kilda | 25 years, 7 days | 1 | Sydney | 2019 trade |
| Bradley Hill | St Kilda | 26 years, 257 days | 1 | Hawthorn, Fremantle | 2019 trade |
| Paddy Ryder | St Kilda | 32 years, 8 days | 1 | Essendon, Port Adelaide | 2019 trade |
| Dan Butler | St Kilda | 23 years, 293 days | 1 | Richmond | 2019 trade |
| Sam Frost | Hawthorn | 26 years, 207 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney, Melbourne | 2019 trade |
| Jonathon Patton | Hawthorn | 26 years, 307 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 trade |
| Tim Kelly | West Coast | 25 years, 240 days | 1 | Geelong | 2019 trade |
| Ed Langdon | Melbourne | 24 years, 50 days | 1 | Fremantle | 2019 trade |
| Adam Tomlinson | Melbourne | 26 years, 225 days | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 free agent |
| Mitch Brown | Melbourne | 29 years, 227 days | 1 | Geelong, Essendon | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Darcy Cameron | Collingwood | 24 years, 329 days | 2 | Sydney | 2019 trade |
| Callum Ah Chee | Brisbane Lions | 22 years, 248 days | 2 | Gold Coast | 2019 trade |
| Grant Birchall | Brisbane Lions | 32 years, 137 days | 2 | Hawthorn | 2019 free agent |
| Harley Bennell | Melbourne | 27 years, 255 days | 2 | Gold Coast, Fremantle | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Marc Pittonet | Carlton | 24 years, 10 days | 2 | Hawthorn | 2019 trade |
| Ben Keays | Adelaide | 23 years, 111 days | 2 | Brisbane Lions | Pick 7, 2020 rookie draft |
| Ben Crocker | Adelaide | 23 years, 115 days | 2 | Collingwood | Pick 21, 2020 rookie draft |
| Aiden Bonar | North Melbourne | 21 years, 104 days | 3 | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 trade |
| Jack Steven | Geelong | 30 years, 84 days | 3 | St Kilda | 2019 trade |
| Cam Ellis-Yolmen | Brisbane Lions | 27 years, 144 days | 3 | Adelaide | 2019 free agent |
| Jamaine Jones | West Coast | 21 years, 272 days | 4 | Geelong | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Andrew Phillips | Essendon | 29 years, 0 days | 5 | Greater Western Sydney, Carlton | 2019 trade |
| Mitchell Hibberd | Essendon | 23 years, 284 days | 5 | North Melbourne | Pick 10, 2020 rookie draft |
| Blake Acres | Fremantle | 24 years, 278 days | 6 | St Kilda | 2019 trade |
| Sam Mayes | Port Adelaide | 26 years, 60 days | 7 | Brisbane Lions | 2018 trade |
| Darren Minchington | Hawthorn | 26 years, 223 days | 7 | St Kilda | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Callum Moore | Carlton | 23 years, 326 days | 8 | Richmond | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Keegan Brooksby | Hawthorn | 30 years, 89 days | 8 | Gold Coast, West Coast | 2019 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Michael Hartley | Hawthorn | 27 years, 76 days | 13 | Essendon | Pick 2, 2019 pre-season draft |
| Ryan Abbott | St Kilda | 29 years, 73 days | 16 | Geelong | 2019 free agent |
| Josh Jenkins | Geelong | 31 years, 211 days | 16 | Adelaide | 2019 trade |