# List of AFL debuts in 2003

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for an Australian Football League (AFL) club in 2003.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Ben Rutten | Adelaide | 20 years, 53 days | 16 | 148 | 6 | |
| Jason Torney | Adelaide | 25 years, 287 days | 1 | 77 | 18 | Previously played for Richmond |
| Trent Hentschel | Adelaide | 20 years, 109 days | 3 | 71 | 94 | |
| Wayne Carey | Adelaide | 31 years, 307 days | 1 | 28 | 56 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| James Begley | Adelaide | 22 years, 299 days | 8 | 25 | 3 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Ronnie Burns | Adelaide | 30 years, 38 days | 4 | 20 | 23 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Jacob Schuback | Adelaide | 19 years, 260 days | 20 | 7 | 4 | |
| Jared Brennan | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 263 days | 4 | 119 | 75 | |
| Blake Caracella | Brisbane Lions | 26 years, 14 days | 1 | 34 | 33 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Luke Weller | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 153 days | 12 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jason Gram | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 62 days | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jarrad Waite | Carlton | 20 years, 53 days | 1 | 132 | 153 | |
| Kade Simpson | Carlton | 19 years, 34 days | 11 | 133 | 79 | |
| Brad Fisher | Carlton | 18 years, 360 days | 2 | 99 | 127 | |
| Barnaby French | Carlton | 27 years, 124 days | 1 | 71 | 20 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Karl Norman | Carlton | 19 years, 359 days | 9 | 27 | 5 | |
| Jonathon McCormick | Carlton | 22 years, 3 days | 1 | 26 | 5 | |
| Mick Martyn | Carlton | 34 years, 232 days | 4 | 13 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. Son of Bryan Martyn. |
| Laurence Angwin | Carlton | 20 years, 272 days | 14 | 4 | 6 | Grandson of Andy Angwin. |
| Dane Swan | Collingwood | 19 years, 123 days | 13 | 151 | 101 | |
| Shane Woewodin | Collingwood | 26 years, 259 days | 1 | 62 | 31 | Previously played for Melbourne. 2000 Brownlow Medallist. |
| Matthew Lokan | Collingwood | 20 years, 128 days | 1 | 46 | 20 | |
| Andrew Williams | Collingwood | 24 years, 27 days | 1 | 46 | 20 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Tristen Walker | Collingwood | 18 years, 351 days | 1 | 28 | 8 | |
| Adam McPhee | Essendon | 20 years, 174 days | 1 | 142 | 83 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Jobe Watson | Essendon | 18 years, 139 days | 13 | 115 | 44 | Son of Tim Watson. Captain of Essendon. |
| Jason Winderlich | Essendon | 18 years, 212 days | 7 | 94 | 40 | |
| Damian Cupido | Essendon | 21 years, 18 days | 1 | 40 | 50 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Ben Haynes | Essendon | 22 years, 36 days | 18 | 21 | 11 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Darren Walsh | Essendon | 18 years, 113 days | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle | 20 years, 114 days | 1 | 156 | 60 | |
| Byron Schammer | Fremantle | 17 years, 282 days | 1 | 127 | 38 | |
| Des Headland | Fremantle | 22 years, 68 days | 1 | 114 | 125 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Luke Webster | Fremantle | 21 years, 41 days | 14 | 33 | 11 | |
| Henry Playfair | Geelong | 20 years, 171 days | 15 | 52 | 29 | |
| Brent Moloney | Geelong | 19 years, 159 days | 14 | 23 | 6 | |
| Matthew McCarthy | Geelong | 21 years, 106 days | 1 | 22 | 24 | |
| Rick Ladson | Hawthorn | 19 years, 74 days | 1 | 102 | 38 | |
| Peter Everitt | Hawthorn | 28 years, 331 days | 1 | 72 | 67 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Ben Kane | Hawthorn | 20 years, 28 days | 4 | 23 | 1 | |
| Kingsley Hunter | Hawthorn | 28 years, 53 days | 4 | 2 | 1 | Previously played for Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs. |
| Jared Rivers | Melbourne | 18 years, 294 days | 19 | 108 | 4 | Rising Star Award 2004. |
| Mark Jamar | Melbourne | 19 years, 233 days | 1 | 95 | 40 | |
| Nathan Carroll | Melbourne | 22 years, 181 days | 4 | 71 | 1 | Brother of Trent Carroll. |
| Ryan Ferguson | Melbourne | 21 years, 182 days | 1 | 47 | 6 | |
| Chris Heffernan | Melbourne | 24 years, 60 days | 1 | 47 | 10 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Daniel Wells | Kangaroos | 18 years, 54 days | 1 | 149 | 85 | |
| Michael Firrito | Kangaroos | 19 years, 198 days | 12 | 149 | 25 | |
| David Hale | Kangaroos | 18 years, 339 days | 5 | 129 | 119 | |
| Leigh Brown | Kangaroos | 18 years, 17 days | 5 | 118 | 64 | Previously played for Fremantle. |
| Michael Stevens | Kangaroos | 22 years, 234 days | 13 | 44 | 16 | Brother of Anthony Stevens. Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Jeremy Clayton | Kangaroos | 22 years, 48 days | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2005 Magarey Medallist. Brother of Shane Clayton. |
| Ashley Watson | Kangaroos | 19 years, 52 days | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| David Bourke | Kangaroos | 27 years, 113 days | 6 | 1 | 1 | Son of Francis Bourke and grandson of Frank Bourke. Previously played for Richmond. |
| Toby Thurstans | Port Adelaide | 22 years, 227 days | 6 | 110 | 55 | |
| Steven Salopek | Port Adelaide | 17 years, 281 days | 1 | 109 | 50 | |
| Byron Pickett | Port Adelaide | 25 years, 230 days | 1 | 55 | 80 | 2004 Norm Smith Medallist. Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Stuart Cochrane | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 252 days | 1 | 54 | 6 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Chris Hall | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 40 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kane Johnson | Richmond | 25 years, 13 days | 1 | 116 | 32 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Jay Schulz | Richmond | 18 years, 22 days | 7 | 71 | 58 | |
| Tim Fleming | Richmond | 25 years, 8 days | 3 | 34 | 10 | |
| Justin Blumfield | Richmond | 25 years, 124 days | 1 | 19 | 5 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Bill Nicholls | Richmond | 22 years, 128 days | 7 | 10 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Marty McGrath | Richmond | 19 years, 153 days | 17 | 4 | 6 | Cousin of Ashley, Toby and Cory McGrath |
| Brendon Goddard | St Kilda | 17 years, 336 days | 4 | 162 | 79 | |
| Luke Ball | St Kilda | 18 years, 308 days | 4 | 142 | 58 | Son of Ray Ball and brother of Matthew Ball. |
| Stephen Powell | St Kilda | 26 years, 203 days | 1 | 68 | 30 | Previously played for Western Bulldogs and Melbourne. |
| Leigh Fisher | St Kilda | 19 years, 106 days | 18 | 55 | 5 | |
| Luke Penny | St Kilda | 22 years, 49 days | 1 | 45 | 2 | Previously played for the Western Bulldogs. |
| Allan Murray | St Kilda | 21 years, 12 days | 10 | 15 | 13 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. Brother of Derek Murray. |
| Matthew Ferguson | St Kilda | 18 years, 256 days | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
| Barry Brooks | St Kilda | 19 years, 95 days | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Craig Bolton | Sydney | 22 years, 302 days | 1 | 170 | 15 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Lewis Roberts-Thomson | Sydney | 19 years, 252 days | 8 | 133 | 14 | |
| Adam Schneider | Sydney | 18 years, 321 days | 1 | 98 | 99 | |
| Nick Davis | Sydney | 22 years, 364 days | 1 | 97 | 150 | Son of Craig Davis. Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Mark Powell | Sydney | 19 years, 49 days | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| James Meiklejohn | Sydney | 18 years, 301 days | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Adam Selwood | West Coast | 19 years, 100 days | 5 | 133 | 38 | Brother of Troy, Joel and Scott Selwood. |
| Brent Staker | West Coast | 19 years, 063 days | 17 | 110 | 84 | |
| Daniel Chick | West Coast | 27 years, 061 days | 3 | 103 | 51 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Damien Adkins | West Coast | 22 years, 114 days | 6 | 32 | 24 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Paul Johnson | West Coast | 18 years, 305 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Matthew Boyd | Footscray | 20 years, 257 days | 7 | 163 | 57 | |
| Wayde Skipper | Footscray | 20 years, 49 days | 4 | 45 | 19 | |
| Scott Bassett | Footscray | 24 years, 172 days | 1 | 15 | 1 | Previously played for Port Adelaide. |
| Nicholas Bruton | Footscray | 21 years, 281 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |