# List of AFL debuts in 1995

During the 1995 Australian Football League (AFL) season 111 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 55 others playing their first game for a new club.
This was the Fremantle Football Club's first season in the AFL, bringing the number of clubs participating to 16. 25 players made their AFL debut for Fremantle, more than double the number of debutantes in any other team during 1995.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 1995 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 2 | 2 |
| Brisbane Bears | 6 | 3 |
| Carlton | 3 | 2 |
| Collingwood | 10 | 1 |
| Essendon | 4 | 2 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 7 |
| Footscray | 8 | 2 |
| Fremantle | 25 | 16 |
| Geelong | 4 | 4 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 3 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 3 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 3 |
| Richmond | 3 | 3 |
| St Kilda | 11 | 1 |
| Sydney | 8 | 2 |
| West Coast | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 111 | 55 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 1995) | Goals (in 1995) | Notes |
| Craig McRae | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 191 days | 1 | 23 | 28 | |
| Shawn Lewfatt | Essendon | 18 years, 22 days | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jonathon Robran | Hawthorn | 22 years, 162 days | 1 | 10 | | Son of Barrie Robran |
| Matthew Manfield | Fitzroy | 17 years, 352 days | 1 | 1 | | |
| Brett Chandler | Fitzroy | 19 years, 264 days | 1 | 12 | | |
| Quenton Leach | Fremantle | 22 years, 224 days | 1 | 19 | 8 | |
| Scott Chisholm | Fremantle | 21 years, 308 days | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| Scott Edwards | Fremantle | 26 years, 221 days | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Craig Burrows | Fremantle | 21 years, 161 days | 1 | 19 | 23 | |
| Winston Abraham | Fremantle | 20 years, 184 days | 1 | 12 | 23 | |
| Peter Bell | Fremantle | 19 years, 31 days | 1 | 2 | 2 | Round 17 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Matthew Burton | Fremantle | 24 years, 317 days | 1 | 17 | 6 | Brother of Jay Burton |
| Gary Dhurrkay | Fremantle | 21 years, 29 days | 1 | 14 | 21 | |
| David Muir | Fremantle | 23 years, 258 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Jamie Merillo | Fremantle | 22 years, 125 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Robert Di Rosa | Geelong | 17 years, 271 days | 1 | 3 | | |
| Luke McCabe | Hawthorn | 18 years, 234 days | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Luke Norman | Melbourne | 23 years, 106 days | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| Jeff Farmer | Melbourne | 17 years, 281 days | 1 | 7 | 4 | Round 21 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Scott Camporeale | Carlton | 19 years, 234 days | 1 | 24 | 11 | |
| Scott Burns | Collingwood | 20 years, 100 days | 1 | 21 | 2 | |
| Nick Hider | Collingwood | 23 years, 214 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Stephen Patterson | Collingwood | 24 years, 89 days | 1 | 19 | 21 | |
| Chad Liddell | Collingwood | 18 years, 72 days | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| Lee Walker | Collingwood | 22 years, 55 days | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| Tyson Lane | Footscray | 18 years, 220 days | 1 | 9 | 7 | Round 1 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Sedat Sir | Footscray | 20 years, 28 days | 1 | 6 | | |
| Shannon Grant | Sydney | 17 years, 348 days | 1 | 10 | 9 | Round 6 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Darryl Wakelin | St Kilda | 20 years, 234 days | 1 | 21 | | Twin brother of Shane Wakelin |
| Steven Sziller | St Kilda | 22 years, 108 days | 1 | 22 | 6 | |
| Austinn Jones | St Kilda | 18 years, 186 days | 1 | 19 | 10 | Round 9 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Fraser Gehrig | West Coast | 19 years, 30 days | 1 | 16 | 21 | Round 18 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Travis Edmonds | Fremantle | 24 years, 58 days | 2 | 1 | | |
| Leigh Wardell-Johnson | Fremantle | 25 years, 22 days | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
| Anthony Jones | Fremantle | 20 years, 109 days | 2 | 11 | | |
| Peter Miller | Fremantle | 26 years, 1 day | 2 | 16 | 15 | |
| David Bourke | Richmond | 19 years, 91 days | 2 | 15 | 1 | Round 5 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star, son of Francis Bourke |
| Mark Orchard | Collingwood | 19 years, 13 days | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Chris Curran | Collingwood | 20 years, 255 days | 3 | 10 | 2 | |
| Shane Parker | Fremantle | 22 years, 57 days | 3 | 11 | | |
| Jeff White | Fremantle | 18 years, 56 days | 3 | 6 | 3 | Number 1 draft selection in 1994 AFL draft |
| Steven Lawrence | Brisbane Bears | 18 years, 332 days | 3 | 13 | 1 | Round 6 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Justin Crawford | Sydney | 18 years, 28 days | 3 | 10 | 7 | Round 19 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star, brother of Shane Crawford |
| Joel Smith | St Kilda | 17 years, 348 days | 3 | 20 | 6 | Round 14 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Dean Matthews | St Kilda | 23 years, 269 days | 3 | 1 | | |
| Glen Coghlan | St Kilda | 20 years, 261 days | 3 | 11 | 7 | |
| Josh Kitchen | St Kilda | 19 years, 336 days | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mark Kennedy | St Kilda | 22 years, 333 days | 4 | 8 | | |
| Tim Scott | Sydney | 23 years, 131 days | 4 | 1 | | |
| Jason Akermanis | Brisbane Bears | 18 years, 59 days | 4 | 17 | 12 | |
| Jason Wild | Collingwood | 19 years, 75 days | 4 | 12 | 3 | |
| Peter Bird | Fitzroy | 19 years, 90 days | 5 | 12 | 5 | |
| Anthony Mellington | Fitzroy | 20 years, 276 days | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| Shaun McManus | Fremantle | 19 years, 80 days | 5 | 18 | 13 | Round 10 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Neil Mildenhall | Fremantle | 26 years, 233 days | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
| John Cunningham | Geelong | 21 years, 70 days | 5 | 2 | | |
| Glenn Freeborn | North Melbourne | 22 years, 84 days | 5 | 9 | 4 | |
| Gary Moorcroft | Essendon | 19 years, 14 days | 5 | 1 | | |
| Michael O'Loughlin | Sydney | 18 years, 70 days | 5 | 11 | 12 | Round 8 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Andrew McLeod | Adelaide | 18 years, 274 days | 6 | 15 | 17 | Round 20 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| John Rombotis | Fitzroy | 18 years, 205 days | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Brayden Lyle | West Coast | 22 years, 62 days | 6 | 15 | 4 | |
| Tony Brown | St Kilda | 17 years, 343 days | 6 | 17 | 9 | |
| Shannon Gibson | Hawthorn | 19 years, 187 days | 7 | 10 | 2 | |
| Clinton Wolf | Fremantle | 26 years, 147 days | 7 | 4 | | |
| Anthony Rocca | Sydney | 17 years, 277 days | 8 | 12 | 8 | |
| Michael Martin | Footscray | 18 years, 85 days | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sam Phillipou | Footscray | 20 years, 244 days | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Craig Callaghan | Fremantle | 19 years, 72 days | 8 | 10 | 4 | Round 16 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star, Round 22 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Damien Gaspar | Melbourne | 20 years, 54 days | 8 | 8 | | |
| James McLure | Geelong | 20 years, 250 days | 9 | 3 | | |
| Jeff Bruce | Fitzroy | 21 years, 199 days | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| Daryl Griffin | Footscray | 19 years, 125 days | 9 | 14 | | |
| Simon Cox | Footscray | 18 years, 123 days | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Stevens | North Melbourne | 19 years, 220 days | 10 | 8 | 12 | |
| Simon Arnott | Sydney | 19 years, 110 days | 10 | 5 | 2 | |
| Simon Beaumont | Carlton | 19 years, 173 days | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Daniel Harford | Hawthorn | 18 years, 78 days | 10 | 13 | 5 | |
| Jason Heatley | West Coast | 23 years, 104 days | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Jackson | St Kilda | 20 years, 298 days | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
| Stephen Jurica | Richmond | 18 years, 349 days | 11 | 13 | 21 | Round 21 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star |
| Tyson Edwards | Adelaide | 18 years, 308 days | 11 | 12 | 2 | |
| Shane Hodges | Brisbane Bears | 20 years, 160 days | 11 | 4 | | |
| Andrew Nichol | Footscray | 20 years, 205 days | 12 | 3 | | |
| Brad Wira | Fremantle | 23 years, 100 days | 12 | 1 | | |
| Kingsley Hunter | Fremantle | 20 years, 29 days | 12 | 3 | | Round 14 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Clay Sampson | Melbourne | 19 years, 122 days | 12 | 5 | | |
| Ian Downsborough | West Coast | 23 years, 164 days | 13 | 1 | | |
| Adem Yze | Melbourne | 17 years, 283 days | 13 | 9 | 3 | Round 11 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Ashley Blurton | West Coast | 20 years, 119 days | 13 | 3 | | |
| Danny Morgan | Essendon | 20 years, 316 days | 13 | 8 | 2 | |
| Trent Bartlett | Brisbane Bears | 18 years, 224 days | 14 | 8 | 1 | |
| Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 17 years, 84 days | 14 | 5 | 7 | Round 19 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Mark Gale | Fremantle | 19 years, 63 days | 14 | 1 | | |
| Jason Torney | Richmond | 18 years, 29 days | 15 | 6 | 2 | |
| Ben Harrison | Carlton | 20 years, 180 days | 15 | 2 | | |
| Robert Ahmat | Collingwood | 17 years, 362 days | 15 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jay Burton | Fremantle | 22 years, 271 days | 16 | 2 | | Brother of Matthew Burton |
| Adam Simpson | North Melbourne | 19 years, 171 days | 18 | 2 | | Round 5 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Chris Hemley | St Kilda | 17 years, 331 days | 18 | 1 | | |
| Dion Myles | Sydney | 19 years, 96 days | 18 | 3 | | |
| Andrew Schauble | Collingwood | 18 years, 262 days | 18 | 3 | 1 | Round 7 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Paul Dimattina | Footscray | 20 years, 257 days | 18 | 2 | | Son of Frank Dimattina |
| Peter Doyle | Fitzroy | 21 years, 347 days | 18 | 5 | 1 | |
| Daniel Bandy | Fremantle | 19 years, 267 days | 19 | 3 | 6 | Round 2 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Marty Warry | Fitzroy | 18 years, 221 days | 19 | 3 | | |
| Craig Biddiscombe | Geelong | 18 years, 332 days | 20 | 2 | | Round 13 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star |
| Brent Green | Brisbane Bears | 19 years, 144 days | 20 | 1 | | |
| Trent Ormond-Allen | Melbourne | 19 years, 82 days | 22 | 1 | | |
| Paul Geister | North Melbourne | 23 years, 217 days | 22 | 3 | | |
| Leo Barry | Sydney | 18 years, 108 days | 22 | 1 | 1 | |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 1995) | Goals (in 1995) | Notes |
| Jason McCartney | Adelaide | 21 years, 17 days | 1 | 20 | 16 | Previously played for Collingwood |
| Matthew Connell | Adelaide | 22 years, 240 days | 1 | 21 | 6 | Previously played for West Coast |
| Matthew Armstrong | North Melbourne | 28 years, 30 days | 1 | 25 | 13 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Robert Scott | North Melbourne | 26 years, 30 days | 1 | 25 | 17 | Previously played for Geelong |
| Keenan Reynolds | North Melbourne | 26 years, 84 days | 1 | 9 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray |
| Ross Lyon | Brisbane Bears | 28 years, 144 days | 1 | 2 | | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Stephen O'Reilly | Fremantle | 22 years, 143 days | 1 | 20 | 3 | Previously played for Geelong |
| Tim Darcy | Essendon | 31 years, 77 days | 1 | 14 | 5 | Previously played for Geelong |
| Martin Pike | Fitzroy | 22 years, 138 days | 1 | 14 | 10 | Previously played for Melbourne |
| Simon Atkins | Fitzroy | 26 years, 99 days | 1 | 22 | 7 | Previously played for Footscray |
| Doug Hawkins | Fitzroy | 34 years, 331 days | 1 | 21 | 11 | Previously played for Footscray |
| Wayne Lamb | Fitzroy | 22 years, 164 days | 1 | 16 | 10 | Previously played for Melbourne |
| Simon Minton-Connell | Hawthorn | 25 years, 340 days | 1 | 19 | 31 | Previously played for Carlton and Sydney |
| Jason Norrish | Fremantle | 23 years, 66 days | 1 | 17 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne |
| Phil Gilbert | Fremantle | 25 years, 137 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne |
| Dale Kickett | Fremantle | 26 years, 332 days | 1 | 20 | | Previously played for Fitzroy, West Coast, St Kilda and Essendon |
| Peter Mann | Fremantle | 24 years, 206 days | 1 | 22 | 33 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Ben Allan | Fremantle | 26 years, 168 days | 1 | 22 | 15 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
| Tony Delaney | Fremantle | 19 years, 95 days | 1 | 11 | 8 | Previously played for Essendon |
| Chris Groom | Fremantle | 21 years, 216 days | 1 | 7 | 18 | Previously played for Adelaide |
| Brendan Krummel | Fremantle | 22 years, 281 days | 1 | 1 | | Previously played for West Coast |
| Todd Ridley | Fremantle | 26 years, 50 days | 1 | 18 | 15 | Previously played for Essendon |
| Scott Watters | Fremantle | 26 years, 67 days | 1 | 16 | 6 | Previously played for West Coast and Sydney |
| Brad Sholl | Geelong | 22 years, 142 days | 1 | 25 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Brenton Sanderson | Geelong | 21 years, 34 days | 1 | 13 | 2 | Previously played for Adelaide and Collingwood |
| Shaun Smith | Melbourne | 25 years, 283 days | 1 | 22 | 51 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Marcus Seecamp | Melbourne | 22 years, 248 days | 1 | 22 | 3 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Stuart Wigney | Richmond | 25 years, 347 days | 1 | 12 | 1 | Previously played for Footscray, Sydney and Adelaide |
| Andrew Gowers | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 355 days | 1 | 18 | 1 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
| Matt Clape | Carlton | 25 years, 309 days | 1 | 23 | 31 | Previously played for West Coast |
| Jose Romero | Footscray | 23 years, 244 days | 1 | 17 | 10 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Paul Roos | Sydney | 31 years, 279 days | 1 | 21 | 7 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Tony Lockett | Sydney | 29 years, 25 days | 1 | 19 | 110 | Previously played for St Kilda |
| Andrew Wills | Fremantle | 23 years, 95 days | 2 | 13 | 18 | Previously played for Geelong |
| Andrew McGovern | Fremantle | 27 years, 0 days | 2 | 17 | 1 | Previously played for Sydney |
| Greg Madigan | Fremantle | 25 years, 74 days | 2 | 18 | 1 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
| Andrew Cavedon | Fitzroy | 23 years, 154 days | 2 | 5 | 7 | Previously played for Carlton |
| Dermott Brereton | Collingwood | 30 years, 239 days | 3 | 15 | 30 | Previously played for Hawthorn and Sydney |
| John Hutton | Fremantle | 28 years, 324 days | 3 | 13 | 27 | Previously played for Brisbane Bears and Sydney |
| Michael Dunstan | West Coast | 24 years, 35 days | 3 | 5 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Justin Charles | Richmond | 24 years, 200 days | 3 | 17 | 10 | Previously played for Footscray |
| Glenn Nugent | St Kilda | 23 years, 159 days | 3 | 11 | 1 | Previously played for Hawthorn |
| Mark Fraser | Essendon | 24 years, 73 days | 3 | 5 | | Previously played for Collingwood |
| Derek Hall | Geelong | 24 years, 143 days | 4 | 12 | 6 | Previously played for West Coast |
| Darren Holmes | Fitzroy | 24 years, 231 days | 4 | 14 | 2 | Previously played for Sydney |
| Michael Johnston | Footscray | 24 years, 67 days | 4 | 2 | | Previously played for Hawthorn |
| Martin Heppell | Melbourne | 20 years, 160 days | 4 | 2 | | Previously played for St Kilda |
| Adam McCarthy | Fitzroy | 23 years, 75 days | 5 | 13 | 9 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Chris Sullivan | Richmond | 22 years, 264 days | 5 | 2 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne |
| Tony Woods | Hawthorn | 25 years, 302 days | 5 | 18 | 2 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Collingwood |
| Shannon Corcoran | Brisbane Bears | 24 years, 75 days | 6 | 3 | | Previously played for Footscray |
| Brendon Retzlaff | Fremantle | 26 years, 29 days | 8 | 6 | 2 | Previously played for Brisbane Bears and West Coast |
| Randall Bone | Hawthorn | 21 years, 203 days | 10 | 7 | 3 | Previously played for Adelaide |
| Glenn Manton | Carlton | 22 years, 23 days | 12 | 12 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon |
| Tim Allen | Geelong | 24 years, 325 days | 22 | 1 | | Previously played for St Kilda |