# 2000 AFL draft

The 2000 AFL draft was the annual draft of talented Australian rules football players by teams that participate in the Australian Football League. It consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation.
In 2000 there were 87 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The St Kilda Football Club received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2000 AFL season.

## Trades

In alphabetical order of new clubs
| Player | Original Club | New club | Traded for |
| Matthew Bode | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Crows | draft pick #12 |
| Evan Hewitt | Kangaroos | Adelaide Crows | draft pick #23 |
| Mal Michael | Collingwood | Brisbane Lions | Jarrod Molloy and draft pick #44 |
| Sam Cranage | St Kilda | Carlton | Aaron Hamill |
| James Clement | Fremantle | Collingwood | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Brodie Holland | Fremantle | Collingwood | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Jarrod Molloy | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | Mal Michael and draft pick #22 |
| Carl Steinfort | Geelong | Collingwood | draft pick #44 |
| Peter Bell | Kangaroos | Fremantle | Jess Sinclair, draft picks #6, #37 |
| Matthew Carr | St Kilda | Fremantle | Craig Callaghan |
| Daniel Metropolis | West Coast Eagles | Fremantle | Greg Harding |
| Dwayne Simpson | Sydney Swans | Fremantle | draft pick #52 |
| Kent Kingsley | Kangaroos | Geelong | draft pick #42 |
| Justin Murphy | Carlton | Geelong | draft pick #11 |
| Mitchell White | West Coast Eagles | Geelong | draft picks #27, #45, #57 |
| Shaun Rehn | Adelaide Crows | Hawthorn | draft pick #12 |
| Joe McLaren | St Kilda | Kangaroos | Matthew Capuano |
| Ricky Olarenshaw | Collingwood | Kangaroos | draft pick #37 |
| Jess Sinclair | Fremantle | Kangaroos | Peter Bell |
| Darryl Wakelin | St Kilda | Port Adelaide | draft pick #4 |
| Craig Callaghan | Fremantle | St Kilda | Matthew Carr |
| Matthew Capuano | Kangaroos | St Kilda | Joe McLaren |
| Fraser Gehrig | West Coast Eagles | St Kilda | David Sierakowski. draft pick #18 |
| Aaron Hamill | Carlton | St Kilda | Sam Cranage, draft pick #4 |
| Steven Lawrence | Brisbane Lions | St Kilda | draft pick #33 |
| Paul Williams | Collingwood | Sydney Swans | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Michael Collica | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #21 |
| Greg Harding | Fremantle | West Coast Eagles | Daniel Metropolis, draft pick #51 |
| Mark Merenda | Richmond | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #57 |
| Michael Prior | Essendon | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #27 |
| David Sierakowski | St Kilda | West Coast Eagles | Fraser Gehrig |
| Richard Taylor | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #21 |
| Ben Harrison | Richmond | Western Bulldogs | draft pick #41 |

## 2000 national draft

| * | Denotes player who has been a premiership player and been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| $^+$ | Denotes player who has been a premiership player at least once |
| $^x$ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Australian team |
| $^~$ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star |
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
| Priority | 1 | Nick Riewoldt | Southport Sharks | St Kilda |
| 1 | 2 | Justin Koschitzke | Murray Bushrangers | St Kilda |
| 1 | 3 | Alan Didak | Port Adelaide Magpies | Collingwood |
| 1 | 4 | Luke Livingston | Bendigo Pioneers | Carlton |
| 1 | 5 | Andrew McDougall | Perth Football Club | West Coast |
| 1 | 6 | Dylan Smith | Sandringham Dragons | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 7 | Laurence Angwin | Dandenong Stingrays | Adelaide |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Motlop | North Adelaide Roosters | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 9 | Kayne Pettifer | Murray Bushrangers | Richmond |
| 1 | 10 | Jordan McMahon | Glenelg | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 11 | Trent Sporn | North Adelaide Roosters | Carlton |
| 1 | 12 | Shaun Burgoyne | Port Adelaide Magpies | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 13 | Ashley McGrath | South Fremantle Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 14 | Daniel Harris | Bendigo Bombers | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 15 | Simon Wiggins | Tasmanian Devils Football Club/Glenorchy Football Club | Carlton |
| 1 | 16 | Scott Thompson | Port Adelaide Magpies | Melbourne |
| 1 | 17 | James Davies | Xavier College | Essendon |
| 2 | 18 | Daniel Kerr | East Fremantle Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 2 (F/S) | 19 | Jason Cloke | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 2 | 20 | Kane Cornes | Glenelg Football Club | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 21 | Nick Ries | Sandringham Dragons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 22 | Richard Hadley | East Fremantle Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 23 | Drew Petrie | North Ballarat Rebels | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 24 | Luke Ablett | Gippsland Power | Sydney Swans |
| 2 | 25 | Mark Coughlan | Perth Football Club | Richmond |
| 2 | 26 | Shane Birss | Gippsland Power | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 27 | Ted Richards | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 2 (F/S) | 28 | Steven Greene | Sandringham Dragons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 29 | Jamie Charman | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 30 | Saverio Rocca | Collingwood | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 31 | Blake Campbell | Murray Bushrangers | Carlton |
| 2 | 32 | Sam Hunt | Geelong Falcons | Essendon |
| 2 | 33 | Martin Pike | Kangaroos | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 34 | Ryan Lonie | Dandenong Stingrays | Collingwood |
| 3 | 35 | Allan Murray | Murray Bushrangers | Port Adelaide |
| 3 | 36 | Jeremy Humm | North Ballarat Rebels | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 37 | Guy Richards | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 3 | 38 | Michael Handby | Dandenong Stingrays | Adelaide Crows |
| 3 | 39 | Adam McPhee | Dandenong Stingrays | Fremantle |
| 3 | 40 | Chris Hyde | Murray Bushrangers | Richmond |
| 3 | 41 | Andrew Krakouer | South Fremantle Football Club | Richmond |
| 3 | 42 | Daniel Pratt | Northern Eagles | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 43 | Mark Williams | South Fremantle Football Club | Hawthorn |
| 3 | 44 | Josh Hunt | Bendigo Pioneers | Geelong |
| 3 | 45 | Trent Carroll | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 46 | Sean O'Keeffe | Murray Bushrangers | Carlton |
| 3 | 47 | Jordan Bannister | Calder Cannons | Essendon |
| 3 | 48 | Matthew Smith | Oakleigh Chargers | Adelaide Crows |
| 4 | 49 | Shane Wakelin | St Kilda | Collingwood |
| 4 | 50 | Domenic Cassisi | East Fremantle | Port Adelaide |
| 4 | 51 | Dion Woods | Perth | Fremantle |
| 4 | 52 | Amon Buchanan | Geelong Falcons | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 53 | Hayden Skipworth | Woodville-West Torrens | Adelaide Crows |
| 4 | 54 | Jarrad Sundqvist | Glenelg | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 55 | Chris Newman | Dandenong Stingrays | Richmond |
| 4 | 56 | Daniel Cross | Murray Bushrangers | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 57 | Steven Sziller | St Kilda | Richmond |
| 4 | 58 | Nathan Lonie | Dandenong Stingrays | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 59 | Luke Hammond | Sandringham Dragons | Brisbane Lions |
| 4 | 60 | Corey Jones | Sturt Football Club | Kangaroos |
| 4 | 61 | Callan Beasy | Bendigo Pioneers | Carlton |
| 4 | 62 | Daniel Breese | Eastern Ranges | Melbourne |
| 4 | 63 | Marc Bullen | Murray Bushrangers | Essendon |
| 5 | 64 | Mark Gale | Fremantle | St Kilda |
| 5 | 65 | Pass | | Collingwood |
| 5 | 66 | Scott Thornton | Sandringham Dragons | Fremantle |
| 5 | 67 | Graham Johncock | Port Adelaide Magpies | Adelaide Crows |
| 5 | 68 | Pass | | Sydney Swans |
| 5 | 69 | Pass | | Richmond |
| 5 | 70 | Wayde Skipper | West Perth | Western Bulldogs |
| 5 | 71 | Daniel Lowther | Geelong Football Club | Geelong |
| 5 | 72 | Pass | | Hawthorn |
| 5 | 73 | Ross Funcke | North Ballarat | Melbourne |
| 5 | 74 | Michael Davis | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 6 | 75 | Robert Powell | Richmond | St Kilda |
| 6 | 76 | Pass | | Fremantle |
| 6 | 77 | Pass | | Adelaide Crows |
| 6 | 78 | Pass | | Western Bulldogs |
| 6 | 79 | Hamish Simpson | Geelong Football Club | Geelong |
| 6 | 80 | Mitchell Craig | Eastern Ranges | Melbourne |
| 6 | 81 | Pass | | Essendon |
| 7 | 82 | Daniel Wulf | St Kilda | St Kilda |
| 7 | 83 | Pass | | Western Bulldogs |
| 7 | 84 | Pass | | Melbourne |
| 8 | 85 | Pass | | St Kilda |
| 9 | 86 | Pass | | St Kilda |
| 10 | 87 | Pass | | St Kilda |

## 2001 pre-season draft

| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
| 1 | Brett Voss | Brisbane Lions | St Kilda |
| 2 | Chad Rintoul | West Coast Eagles | Collingwood |
| 3 | Troy Wilson | East Perth Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 4 | Simon Eastaugh | Essendon | Fremantle |
| 5 | Chris Ladhams | Essendon Reserves | Adelaide Crows |
| 6 | Stephen Tingay | Melbourne | Sydney Swans |
| 7 | Nick Bruton | Diggers Rest Football Club | Western Bulldogs |
| 8 | Matthew Dent | Western Bulldogs | Hawthorn |
| 9 | Dylan McLaren | Gippsland Power | Brisbane Lions |
| 10 | Nick Gill | Oakleigh Chargers | Melbourne |
| 11 | Pass | | St Kilda |
| 12 | Adam Richardson | West Adelaide Football Club | Adelaide Crows |

## 2001 rookie draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club |
| 1 | 1 | Chris Oliver | NSW/ACT Rams | St Kilda |
| 1 | 2 | Chris Odell | Dandenong U18 | Collingwood |
| 1 | 3 | Chris Hall | South Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 4 | Dean Buszan | Peel Thunder | West Coast |
| 1 | 5 | Keren Ugle | South Fremantle | Fremantle |
| 1 | 6 | Kane McLean | Norwood | Adelaide |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Swan | Port Melbourne | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 8 | Garth Taylor | Fremantle | Richmond |
| 1 | 9 | Bernie Collins | Ireland | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 10 | Paul Chambers | Western U18 | Geelong |
| 1 | 11 | Michael Osborne | Labrador | Hawthorn |
| 1 | 12 | David Mapleston | Morningside | Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 13 | Leigh Harding | Geelong | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 14 | Ian Prendergast | Carlton (VFL) | Carlton |
| 1 | 15 | Kevin Devine | Ireland | Melbourne |
| 1 | 16 | Marcus Kenny | Eastern U18 | Essendon |
| 2 | 17 | Justin Berry | Cranbourne | St Kilda |
| 2 | 18 | Jason Heath | Eastern U18 | Collingwood |
| 2 | 19 | Ben Hollands | West Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 20 | Zachary Beeck | East Perth | West Coast |
| 2 | 21 | Roger Hayden | South Fremantle | Fremantle |
| 2 | 22 | Justin Cicolella | Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 2 | 23 | Passed | N/A | Sydney |
| 2 | 24 | Adrian Burgiel | Richmond (VFL) | Richmond |
| 2 | 25 | Damien Skurrie | Sebastopol | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 26 | Sam Chapman | Geelong U18 | Geelong |
| 2 | 27 | Robert Campbell | Murray U18 | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 28 | Passed | N/A | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 29 | Rod Tregenza | East Fremantle | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 30 | Tim Fleming | Old Xaverians | Carlton |
| 2 | 31 | Darren Jolly | North Ballarat | Melbourne |
| 2 | 32 | Damien Peverill | Essendon (VFL) | Essendon |
| 3 | 33 | Nathan Lovett-Murray | North Ballarat U18 | Collingwood |
| 3 | 34 | Steven Brosnan | Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 3 | 35 | Andrew McCarrey | East Fremantle | West Coast |
| 3 | 36 | Daniel Haines | Peel Thunder | Fremantle |
| 3 | 37 | Matthew Golding | Adelaide (SANFL) | Adelaide |
| 3 | 38 | Passed | N/A | Sydney |
| 3 | 39 | Michael Barker | Dandenong U18 | Richmond |
| 3 | 40 | David Sheahan | Springvale | Western Bulldogs |
| 3 | 41 | Max Rooke | Casterton | Geelong |
| 3 | 42 | Matthew Ball | Sandringham | Hawthorn |
| 3 | 43 | Passed | N/A | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 44 | Digby Morrell | West Perth | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 45 | Jim Plunkett | Western Bulldogs | Carlton |
| 3 | 46 | Mark Berts | Palmerston | Melbourne |
| 3 | 47 | Andrew Hill | North Ballarat | Collingwood |
| 3 | 48 | Kris Miller | East Fremantle | West Coast |
| 4 | 49 | Andrew Siegert | Geelong U18 | Fremantle |
| 4 | 50 | James Gallagher | Norwood | Adelaide |
| 4 | 51 | Passed | N/A | Sydney |
| 4 | 52 | Craig Ednie | Murray U18 | Richmond |
| 4 | 53 | Leigh Harrison | Sandringham U18 | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 54 | Tim Clark | Geelong (VFL) | Geelong |
| 4 | 55 | Passed | N/A | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 56 | Passed | N/A | Brisbane Lions |
| 4 | 57 | David Teague | Murray Kangaroos | Kangaroos |
| 4 | 58 | Ben Doherty | Brisbane Lions (reserves) | Melbourne |
| 4 | 59 | Steven Rode | Hawthorn | Collingwood |
| 4 | 60 | Brent Plitz | North Albury | Sydney |
| 4 | 61 | Brad Fuller | Western Bulldogs (reserves) | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 62 | Passed | N/A | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 63 | Clinton Alleway | Mount Gravatt | Brisbane Lions |
| 4 | 64 | Tom Marshall | Tassie Mariners | Melbourne |
| 5 | 65 | Scott Muller | Sydney (reserves) | Sydney |
| 5 | 66 | Robert Copeland | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions |
| 5 | 67 | Tom Tarrant | Morningside | Brisbane Lions |
| 5 | 68 | Luke Weller | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions |

## Rookie elevation

In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list details 2000-listed rookies who were elevated to the senior list; it does not list players taken as rookies in the rookie draft which occurred during the 2000/01 off-season.
| Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
| Stuart Bown | Norwood Football Club | Adelaide Crows |
| Michael Doughty | South Adelaide Football Club | Adelaide Crows |
| Nathan Clarke | Maroochydore Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| Shannon Rusca | Southern Districts Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| Jordan Doering | Essendon Reserves | Carlton |
| Cory McGrath | South Fremantle | Essendon |
| Adam Switala | Central District | Essendon |
| Marcus Baldwin | Hawthorn Reserves | Geelong |
| Danny O'Brien | Gippsland Power | Geelong |
| Ryan Pagan | Kangaroos Reserves | Kangaroos Football Club |
| Troy Broadbridge | Port Adelaide Magpies | Melbourne |
| Ben Haynes | Western Jets | Richmond |
| Royce Vardy | Devon-Welshpool Football Club | Richmond |
| Brett Moyle | St Kilda Reserves | St Kilda |
| Dean Cox | East Perth | West Coast Eagles |
| Kasey Green | East Fremantle | West Coast Eagles |