# 2014 AFL draft

The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year. This was the last year in which any team passed on a selection in the national draft.
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:
* The free agency offer period between 3 October and 13 October. Three further free agency periods are held for delisted players, between 1 November and 12 November, 14 November to 19 November and 28 November to 1 December.
* Father–son and academy players were nominated by 3 October, with a bidding process held on 6 October.
* The trade period; which was held between 6 October and 16 October
* The 2014 national draft; which was conducted on 27 November 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.
* The 2015 pre-season draft which was held on 3 December 2014 and
* The 2015 rookie draft, also held on 3 December 2014.
Final club lists for the 2015 AFL season were lodged to the AFL on 5 December 2014.
The 2014 draft was the best draft from a NSW/ACT perspective in recent history, as there were as many as seven players recruited from the region. Isaac Heeney was taken at pick 18, followed by Jack Hiscox, Abe Davis, Jack Steele, Dougal Howard, Logan Austin and Jeremy Finlayson. This total of seven new recruits (Dan Robinson was a rookie upgrade) was just one player less than what was recruited from the traditional football state of Western Australia.

## Player movements
### Free agency

The initial list of free agents, published in March 2014, consisted of 48 unrestricted free agents and nine restricted free agents. The mid-year revision in July listed 27 unrestricted free agents and only two restricted free agents, due to players re-signing with their existing clubs or announcing their retirement.
The final free agents list issued on 29 September, the week before the trade period commenced, consisted of 13 unrestricted free agents and only Shaun Higgins on the restricted free agent list, reflecting that most of the original list had either re-signed with their current club or retired from the AFL. James Frawley, Jarrad Waite, Dustin Fletcher, Brad Sewell, Luke McPharlin, Adam Goodes and Nick Malceski were the highest profile players remaining on the list.
2014 AFL free agency period signings :
| Player | Date | Free agent type | Former club | New club | Compensation |
| Jarrad Waite | 3 October 2014 | Unrestricted | Carlton | North Melbourne | None |
| Shaun Higgins | 3 October 2014 | Restricted | Western Bulldogs | North Melbourne | 2nd round |
| James Frawley | 6 October 2014 | Unrestricted | Melbourne | Hawthorn | 1st round |
| Nick Malceski | 6 October 2014 | Unrestricted | Sydney | Gold Coast | 2nd round |
| James Gwilt | 11 October 2014 | Unrestricted | St Kilda | Essendon | None |
| Taylor Hunt | 2 November 2014 | Delisted | Geelong | Richmond | None |
| Tim Membrey | 5 November 2014 | Delisted | Sydney | St Kilda | None |
| Joel Hamling | 2 November 2014 | Delisted | Geelong | Western Bulldogs | None |
| Sam Blease | 3 November 2014 | Delisted | Melbourne | Geelong | None |
| Mitch Robinson | 3 November 2014 | Delisted | Carlton | Brisbane Lions | None |
| Ben Newton | 5 November 2014 | Delisted | Port Adelaide | Melbourne | None |
| Matthew Dick | 5 November 2014 | Delisted | Sydney | Carlton | None |

### Trades

The AFL trade period will run from Monday 6 October until Thursday 16 October. The AFL announced that it was shortening the trade period by one day from the usual Friday deadline due to Etihad Stadium, which is used by the AFL clubs during the trade period, being booked on the Friday for the International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses.
On 9 October it was revealed that the AFL had banned the Sydney Swans from recruiting players, either by trading or through free agency signing, for the next two trading periods (until the end of the 2016 season), unless the club was prepared to give up its cost of living allowance (COLA), the allowance above the base salary cap which the club is permitted to pay its players to reflect the higher cost of living in Sydney compared with Melbourne. Sydney opted to abide by the restrictions in order to retain its COLA, and recruited no players. The club was not restricted from receiving draft picks in exchange for players leaving the club.
2014 AFL trade period :
| # | Player(s) | Traded from | Traded to | Traded for |
| 1 | Jonathan O'Rourke Pick 43 | Greater Western Sydney | Hawthorn | Pick 19 Pick 40 |
| 2 | Jeff Garlett Pick 83 | Carlton | Melbourne | Pick 61 Pick 79 |
| 3 | Joel Patfull | Brisbane Lions | Greater Western Sydney | Pick 21 |
| 4 | Allen Christensen | Geelong | Brisbane Lions | Pick 21 |
| 5 | Heritier Lumumba | Collingwood | Melbourne | Mitch Clark |
| 5 | Mitch Clark | Melbourne | Geelong | Travis Varcoe |
| 5 | Travis Varcoe | Geelong | Collingwood | Heritier Lumumba |
| 6 | Dayne Beams Pick 67 | Collingwood | Brisbane Lions | Jack Crisp Pick 5 Pick 25 |
| 7 | Levi Greenwood | North Melbourne | Collingwood | Pick 25 |
| 8 | Rhys Stanley Pick 60 | St Kilda | Geelong | Pick 21 |
| 9 | Kristian Jaksch Mark Whiley Pick 19 | Greater Western Sydney | Carlton | Pick 7 |
| 10 | Ryan Griffen Pick 6 | Western Bulldogs | Greater Western Sydney | Tom Boyd |
| 11 | Jonathan Giles Pick 62 | Greater Western Sydney | Essendon | Pick 53 |
| 12 | Paddy Ryder | Essendon | Port Adelaide | Pick 17 Pick 37 |
| 13 | Adam Cooney | Western Bulldogs | Essendon | Pick 37 |
| 14 | Mitch Hallahan | Hawthorn | Gold Coast | Pick 47 Pick 49 |
| 15 | Sam Frost Pick 40 Pick 53 | Greater Western Sydney | Melbourne | Pick 23 |
| 16 | Shane Biggs Pick 39 | Sydney | Western Bulldogs | Pick 37 |
| 17 | Liam Jones | Western Bulldogs | Carlton | Pick 46 |
| 18 | Kyle Cheney Luke Lowden Pick 43 Pick 47 Pick 59 | Hawthorn | Adelaide | Pick 31 Pick 50 Pick 68 |
| 19 | Pick 10 Pick 47 | Adelaide | Geelong | Pick 14 Pick 35 |
Note: The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.

### Retirements and delistings

List of 2014 AFL player changes :
| Name | Club | Date | Notes |
| Campbell Brown | Gold Coast | 5 December 2013 | Sacked after punching teammate Steven May |
| Nick Duigan | Carlton | 9 December 2013 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Dayle Garlett | Hawthorn | 25 March 2014 | Retired due to struggles with the demands of AFL football, effective immediately |
| Heath Scotland | Carlton | 20 May 2014 | Retired due to an ongoing ankle injury, effective immediately |
| Josh Bootsma | Carlton | 3 June 2014 | Sacked due to breaches in club and AFL's code of conduct |
| Darren Glass | West Coast | 12 June 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Jonathan Brown | Brisbane Lions | 23 June 2014 | Retired due to repeated head injuries, effective immediately |
| Ben Rutten | Adelaide | 1 July 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Tom Williams | Western Bulldogs | 9 July 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Lenny Hayes | St Kilda | 15 July 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Nick Maxwell | Collingwood | 16 July 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Dom Cassisi | Port Adelaide | 17 July 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of round 18 |
| Dean Cox | West Coast | 21 July 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Beau Maister | St Kilda | 22 July 2014 | Retired due to a shoulder injury, effective immediately |
| Jake King | Richmond | 28 July 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Nathan Bock | Gold Coast | 29 July 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Shannon Byrnes | Melbourne | 30 July 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Jason Winderlich | Essendon | 6 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Brent Moloney | Brisbane Lions | 11 August 2014 | Retired due to ongoing injury, effective immediately |
| Tom Murphy | Gold Coast | 12 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Lewis Roberts-Thomson | Sydney | 14 August 2014 | Retired, effective immediately |
| Ashley McGrath | Brisbane Lions | 21 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of round 22 |
| Kepler Bradley | Fremantle | 21 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Maia Westrupp | Melbourne | 21 August 2014 | Quit to return to New Zealand |
| Quinten Lynch | Collingwood | 22 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Stephen Gilham | Greater Western Sydney | 26 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Josh Hunt | Greater Western Sydney | 26 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Andrew Raines | Brisbane Lions | 27 August 2014 | Delisted |
| Karmichael Hunt | Gold Coast | 28 August 2014 | Quit to return to Rugby, joined Queensland Reds |
| Daniel Giansiracusa | Western Bulldogs | 28 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| Luke Ball | Collingwood | 28 August 2014 | Retired, effective at the end of the season |
| James Gwilt | St Kilda | 31 August 2014 | Delisted |
| Clinton Jones | St Kilda | 31 August 2014 | Delisted |
| James Polkinghorne | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jordan Lisle | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Patrick Wearden | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Nick Hayes | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Sam Michael | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Isaac Conway | Brisbane Lions | 1 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Scott Gumbleton | Fremantle | 1 September 2014 | Retired, effective immediately |
| Jackson Allen | Gold Coast | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jack Hutchins | Gold Coast | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jeremy Taylor | Gold Coast | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Matthew Warnock | Gold Coast | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Leigh Osborne | Gold Coast | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Andrew McInnes | Carlton | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Tom Temay | Carlton | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jaryd Cachia | Carlton | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Luke Reynolds | Carlton | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Daniel Nicholson | Melbourne | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Mitch Clisby | Melbourne | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Trent Dennis-Lane | St Kilda | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Sam Dunell | St Kilda | 2 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Caolan Mooney | Collingwood | 4 September 2014 | Quit to return to Ireland |
| Marty Clarke | Collingwood | 4 September 2014 | Quit to return to Ireland |
| Peter Yagmoor | Collingwood | 4 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Ben Hudson | Collingwood | 4 September 2014 | Retired, effective immediately |
| Daniel Jackson | Richmond | 5 September 2014 | Retired, effective immediately |
| Shaun McKernan | Adelaide | 6 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Angus Graham | Adelaide | 6 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Aaron Edwards | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Brett O'Hanlon | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Brad Helbig | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Orren Stephenson | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Ben Darrou | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Cadeyn Williams | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Todd Banfield | Richmond | 9 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Ryan O'Keefe | Sydney | 24 September 2014 | Retired, effective immediately |
| Brett Goodes | Western Bulldogs | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Christian Howard | Western Bulldogs | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Tom Young | Western Bulldogs | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Brent Renouf | Port Adelaide | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Cameron Hitchcock | Port Adelaide | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Campbell Heath | Port Adelaide | 24 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Nick Bourke | Geelong | 25 September 2014 | Delisted |
| George Burbury | Geelong | 25 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jordan Schroder | Geelong | 25 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jackson Sheringham | Geelong | 25 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jesse Stringer | Geelong | 25 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Ashley Smith | West Coast | 30 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Jacob Brennan | West Coast | 30 September 2014 | Delisted |
| Sam Menegola | Fremantle | 1 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Michael Wood | Fremantle | 1 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Jordan Lockyer | Sydney | 1 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Matthew Dick | Sydney | 1 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Carlton as a Free Agent |
| Tommy Walsh | Sydney | 1 October 2014 | Quit to return to Ireland |
| Patrick Mitchell | Sydney | 3 October 2014 | Quit to return to the USA |
| Brad Sewell | Hawthorn | 4 October 2014 | Retired |
| Kyle Martin | Collingwood | 4 October 2014 | Retired |
| Jordan Kelly | Hawthorn | 9 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Derick Wanganeen | Hawthorn | 9 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Ben Ross | Hawthorn | 9 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Jason Porplyzia | Adelaide | 10 October 2014 | Retired |
| Jared Petrenko | Adelaide | 10 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Lewis Johnston | Adelaide | 10 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Luke Thompson | Adelaide | 17 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Alex Spina | Adelaide | 17 October 2014 | Delisted |
| James Battersby | Adelaide | 17 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Taylor Hunt | Geelong | 21 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Richmond as a Free Agent |
| Mitch Brown | Geelong | 21 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Joel Hamling | Geelong | 21 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Western Bulldogs as a Free Agent |
| Mitch Robinson | Carlton | 21 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Brisbane Lions as a Free Agent |
| Brock McLean | Carlton | 21 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Kane Lucas | Carlton | 21 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Josh Simpson | Fremantle | 21 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Leroy Jetta | Essendon | 22 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Kyle Hardingham | Essendon | 22 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Sean Gregory | Essendon | 22 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Johnny Rayne | Essendon | 22 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Sam Blease | Melbourne | 22 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Geelong as a Free Agent |
| James Strauss | Melbourne | 22 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Alex Georgiou | Melbourne | 23 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Adam Carter | West Coast | 24 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Blayne Wilson | West Coast | 24 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Ben Newton | Port Adelaide | 24 October 2014 | Delisted, signed by Melbourne as a Free Agent |
| Tom Logan | Port Adelaide | 24 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Lewis Stevenson | Port Adelaide | 24 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Mark Austin | Western Bulldogs | 27 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Alex Greenwood | Western Bulldogs | 27 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Adam Schneider | St Kilda | 28 October 2014 | Delisted, but is expected to re-drafted as a rookie |
| Terry Milera | St Kilda | 28 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Cory Dell’Olio | Essendon | 29 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Dylan van Unen | Essendon | 29 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Fraser Thurlow | Essendon | 29 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Kurt Aylett | Essendon | 30 October 2014 | Delisted, but is expected to re-drafted as a rookie |
| Liam Anthony | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Taylor Hine | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Robin Nahas | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Mitch Wilkins | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Tom Curran | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Cameron Delaney | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Tim McGenniss | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Max Warren | North Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |
| Tony Armstrong | Collingwood | 31 October 2014 | Delisted, but is expected to re-drafted as a rookie |
| Luke Tapscott | Melbourne | 31 October 2014 | Delisted |

## 2014 national draft

The 2014 AFL national draft was held on 27 November 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.
    Final draft order
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame |
| * | 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 never played in a VFL/AFL home and away season or finals game |
| $^~$ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rising Star |
| Round | Pick | Player | Drafted to | Recruited from | League | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Paddy McCartin | St Kilda | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 2 | Christian Petracca* | Melbourne | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 3 | Angus Brayshaw | Melbourne | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Free agency compensation pick (Frawley) |
| 1 | 4 | Jarrod Pickett | Greater Western Sydney | South Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 1 | 5 | Jordan De Goey | Collingwood | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | Traded from Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 6 | Caleb Marchbank | Greater Western Sydney | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | Traded from Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 7 | Paul Ahern | Greater Western Sydney | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | Traded from Carlton |
| 1 | 8 | Peter Wright | Gold Coast | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 9 | Darcy Moore | Collingwood | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | Father–son rule selection – son of Peter Moore |
| 1 | 10 | Nakia Cockatoo | Geelong | NT Thunder | NEAFL | Traded from Adelaide |
| 1 | 11 | Liam Duggan | West Coast | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 12 | Corey Ellis | Richmond | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 13 | Lachie Weller | Fremantle | Southport/Broadbeach | NEAFL | |
| 1 | 14 | Jake Lever | Adelaide | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | Traded from Geelong |
| 1 | 15 | Jarrod Garlett | Gold Coast | South Fremantle | WAFL | Traded from Geelong; compensation pick from 2012 (Ablett) |
| 1 | 16 | Sam Durdin | North Melbourne | West Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 1 | 17 | Kyle Langford | Essendon | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | Traded from Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 18 | Isaac Heeney | Sydney | Cardiff | BDAFL | Academy player |
| 1 | 19 | Blaine Boekhorst | Carlton | Swan Districts | WAFL | Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Hawthorn |
| 1 | 20 | Jayden Laverde | Essendon | Western Jets | TAC Cup | First selection at end of first round due to supplements scandal penalty |
| 1 | 21 | Hugh Goddard | St Kilda | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | Traded from Geelong; received from Brisbane Lions; received from Greater Western Sydney; received from Gold Coast via a trade in 2012; traded by Brisbane Lions in 2010; Compensation pick from 2010 (Brennan) |
| 2 | 22 | Daniel McKenzie | St Kilda | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 23 | Pat McKenna | Greater Western Sydney | Gisborne | Bendigo Football League | Traded from Melbourne |
| 2 | 24 | Jack Steele | Greater Western Sydney | Belconnen | NEAFL | Academy player |
| 2 | 25 | Daniel Nielson | North Melbourne | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | Traded from Collingwood; received from Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 26 | Toby McLean | Western Bulldogs | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 27 | Lukas Webb | Western Bulldogs | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | Free agency compensation pick (Higgins) |
| 2 | 28 | Dillon Viojo-Rainbow | Carlton | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 29 | Touk Miller | Gold Coast | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 30 | Brayden Maynard | Collingwood | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 31 | Daniel Howe | Hawthorn | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | Traded from Adelaide |
| 2 | 32 | Tom Lamb | West Coast | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 33 | Connor Menadue | Richmond | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 34 | Connor Blakely | Fremantle | Swan Districts | WAFL | |
| 2 | 35 | Harrison Wigg | Adelaide | North Adelaide | SANFL | Traded from Geelong |
| 2 | 36 | Ed Vickers-Willis | North Melbourne | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 37 | James Rose | Sydney | Sturt | SANFL | Traded from Western Bulldogs; received from Essendon; received from Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 38 | Jack Hiscox | Sydney | Sydney University | NEAFL | Academy player |
| 2 | 39 | Declan Hamilton | Western Bulldogs | Port Adelaide | SANFL | Traded from Sydney; Free agency compensation pick (Malceski) |
| 2 | 40 | Alex Neal-Bullen | Melbourne | Glenelg | SANFL | Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Hawthorn |
| 3 | 41 | Jack Lonie | St Kilda | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 42 | Billy Stretch | Melbourne | Glenelg | SANFL | Father–son rule selection – son of Steven Stretch |
| 3 | 43 | Mitch McGovern | Adelaide | Claremont | WAFL | Traded from Hawthorn; received from Greater Western Sydney |
| 3 | 44 | Liam Dawson | Brisbane Lions | Aspley | NEAFL | Academy player |
| 3 | 45 | Bailey Dale | Western Bulldogs | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 46 | Caleb Daniel | Western Bulldogs | South Adelaide | SANFL | Traded by Carlton |
| 3 | 47 | Cory Gregson | Geelong | Glenelg | SANFL | Traded from Adelaide; received from Hawthorn; received from Gold Coast |
| 3 | 48 | Matthew Goodyear | Collingwood | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 49 | Teia Miles | Hawthorn | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | Traded from Gold Coast; received from West Coast via a trade in 2013; traded by Collingwood in 2010; Compensation pick from 2010 (Fraser) |
| 3 | 50 | Marc Pittonet | Hawthorn | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | Traded by Adelaide |
| 3 | 51 | Jackson Nelson | West Coast | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 52 | Nathan Drummond | Richmond | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 53 | Oscar McDonald | Melbourne | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Essendon |
| 3 | 54 | Ed Langdon | Fremantle | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 55 | Dean Gore | Geelong | Sturt | SANFL | |
| 3 | 56 | Dougal Howard | Port Adelaide | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 57 | Passed | Sydney | — | — | |
| 3 | 58 | Harry Dear | Adelaide | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Traded by Hawthorn |
| 4 | 59 | Jordan Cunico | Geelong | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup | Traded by St Kilda |
| 4 | 60 | Clem Smith | Carlton | Perth | WAFL | Traded from Melbourne |
| 4 | 61 | Harris Andrews | Brisbane Lions | Aspley | NEAFL | Academy player |
| 4 | 62 | Zaine Cordy | Western Bulldogs | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | Father–son rule selection – son of Brian Cordy |
| 4 | 63 | Jayden Foster | Carlton | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 64 | Passed | Gold Coast | — | — | |
| 4 | 65 | Josh Watts | Brisbane Lions | Glenorchy | TSL | Traded by Collingwood |
| 4 | 66 | Damien Cavka | West Coast | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 67 | Dan Butler | Richmond | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |
| 4 | 68 | Josh Deluca | Fremantle | Subiaco | WAFL | |
| 4 | 69 | Logan Austin | Port Adelaide | Belconnen | NEAFL | |
| 4 | 70 | Abe Davis | Sydney | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs | Sydney AFL | Academy player |
| 5 | 71 | Passed | Carlton | — | — | Traded from Melbourne |
| 5 | 72 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 5 | 73 | Jaden McGrath | Brisbane Lions | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 74 | Passed | Gold Coast | — | — | |
| 5 | 75 | Passed | Collingwood | — | — | |
| 5 | 76 | Alec Waterman | West Coast | Claremont | WAFL | Father–son rule selection – son of Chris Waterman |
| 5 | 77 | Reece McKenzie | Richmond | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 78 | Jesse Palmer | Port Adelaide | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup | |
| 5 | 79 | Passed | Sydney | — | — | |
| 6 | 80 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 6 | 81 | Josh McGuinness | Brisbane Lions | Lauderdale | TSL | |
| 6 | 82 | Passed | Carlton | — | — | |
| 6 | 83 | Passed | Richmond | — | — | |
| 6 | 84 | Billy Frampton | Port Adelaide | South Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 7 | 85 | Jeremy Finlayson | Greater Western Sydney | Sydney Hills Eagles | NEAFL | Academy player |
| 7 | 86 | Josh Clayton | Brisbane Lions | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Father–son rule selection – son of Scott Clayton |
| 7 | 87 | Passed | Carlton | — | — | |

### Notes

* Compensation picks are selections in addition to the normal order of selection, allocated to clubs by the AFL as compensation for losing uncontracted players to the new expansion clubs, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The picks can be held for up to five years and clubs declare at the beginning of the season of their intent to utilise the pick at the end of the season. Picks could be traded to other clubs in return for players or other draft selections.
* Free agency compensation picks are additional selections awarded to teams based on their net loss of players during the free agency trade period.
* Academy players are local zone selections available to the four NSW and Queensland clubs. Both academy and father–son selections are subject to a bidding process, where the club with the family or academy connection must match any opposition club's bid with their next available selection.

### Rookie elevations

Between 2009 and 2013, rookie listed players that were elevated to their club's senior list were listed in the national draft order at the end of the club's selections. In 2014 the AFL reverted to the system used in 2008 and earlier, where they are not included in the draft list. Club can retain a rookie for up to three years before they must be elevated to the senior list or delisted. The 22 players elevated in 2014 are provided below.
| Player | Club |
| Charlie Cameron | Adelaide |
| Patrick Ambrose | Essendon |
| Mark Blicavs | Geelong |
| Andrew Boston | Gold Coast |
| Josh Hall | Gold Coast |
| Zac Webster | Hawthorn |
| Dallas Willsmore | Hawthorn |
| Neville Jetta | Melbourne |
| Joel Tippett | North Melbourne |
| Kayne Turner | North Melbourne |
| Kane Mitchell | Port Adelaide |
| Anthony Miles | Richmond |
| Darren Minchington | St Kilda |
| Eli Templeton | St Kilda |
| Cameron Shenton | St Kilda |
| Mav Weller | St Kilda |
| Jake Lloyd | Sydney |
| Xavier Richards | Sydney |
| Daniel Robinson | Sydney |
| Callum Sinclair | West Coast |
| Lin Jong | Western Bulldogs |
| Jack Redpath | Western Bulldogs |

## 2015 pre-season draft

The 2015 AFL pre-season draft was held on 3 December 2014. Only five clubs could have taken part, with the other clubs completing their lists during the National Draft, however Carlton made the only selection, with all other clubs passing.
| Round | Pick | Player | Drafted to | Recruited from | League |
| 1 | 1 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Tutt | Carlton | Western Bulldogs | AFL |
| 1 | 3 | Passed | Collingwood | — | — |
| 1 | 4 | Passed | Richmond | — | — |
| 1 | 5 | Passed | Sydney | — | — |
| 2 | 6 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — |
| 2 | 7 | Passed | Carlton | — | — |
| 2 | 8 | Passed | Sydney | — | — |
| 3 | 9 | Passed | Carlton | — | — |

## 2015 rookie draft

The 2015 AFL rookie draft was held on 3 December 2014. The official rookie draft order was released on 2 December and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between 4 and 6 players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.
| Round | Pick | Player | Drafted to | Recruited from | League | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Sinclair | St Kilda | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 2 | Aaron vandenBerg | Melbourne | Ainslie | NEAFL | |
| 1 | 3 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 1 | 4 | Billy Evans | Brisbane Lions | Bendigo Pioneers | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 5 | Roarke Smith | Western Bulldogs | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 6 | Billy Gowers | Carlton | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 7 | Josh Glenn | Gold Coast | Central District | SANFL | |
| 1 | 8 | Michael Manteit | Collingwood | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 9 | Reilly O'Brien | Adelaide | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 10 | Kane Lucas | West Coast | Carlton | AFL | |
| 1 | 11 | Jayden Short | Richmond | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 12 | Shaun McKernan | Essendon | Adelaide | AFL | |
| 1 | 13 | Ethan Hughes | Fremantle | Swan Districts | WAFL | |
| 1 | 14 | Tom Read | Geelong | Sturt | SANFL | |
| 1 | 15 | Braydon Preuss | North Melbourne | Hermit Park/Surfers Paradise | QAFL | |
| 1 | 16 | Nathan Krakouer | Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 1 | 17 | Sean McLaren | Sydney | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 1 | 18 | Jared Hardisty | Hawthorn | Claremont | WAFL | |
| 2 | 19 | Ahmed Saad | St Kilda | St Kilda | AFL | |
| 2 | 20 | Mitch White | Melbourne | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 21 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 2 | 22 | Hugh Beasley | Brisbane Lions | Oakleigh Chargers | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 23 | Jordan Kelly | Western Bulldogs | Hawthorn | AFL | |
| 2 | 24 | Brad Walsh | Carlton | Peel Thunder | WAFL | |
| 2 | 25 | Adam Saad | Gold Coast | Coburg | VFL | |
| 2 | 26 | Brenden Abbott | Collingwood | Claremont | WAFL | |
| 2 | 27 | Keenan Ramsey | Adelaide | Port Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 2 | 28 | Corey Adamson | West Coast | San Diego | Class A Minor Leagues | 3-year non-registered player, via Class A minor league baseball |
| 2 | 29 | Jason Castagna | Richmond | Northern Knights | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 30 | Kurt Aylett | Essendon | Essendon | AFL | |
| 2 | 31 | Tanner Smith | Fremantle | Fremantle | AFL | |
| 2 | 32 | Cameron Delaney | Geelong | North Melbourne | AFL | |
| 2 | 33 | Will Fordham | North Melbourne | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | |
| 2 | 34 | Tom Logan | Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide | AFL | |
| 2 | 35 | Nic Newman | Sydney | Frankston | VFL | |
| 2 | 36 | Jermaine Miller-Lewis | Hawthorn | South Fremantle | WAFL | |
| 3 | 37 | Brenton Payne | St Kilda | Western Jets | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 38 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 3 | 39 | Passed | Brisbane Lions | — | — | |
| 3 | 40 | Daniel Pearce | Western Bulldogs | Western Bulldogs | AFL | |
| 3 | 41 | Tom Fields | Carlton | South Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 3 | 42 | Keegan Brooksby | Gold Coast | South Adelaide | SANFL | |
| 3 | 43 | Tony Armstrong | Collingwood | Collingwood | AFL | |
| 3 | 44 | Anthony Wilson | Adelaide | Norwood | SANFL | |
| 3 | 45 | Patrick Brophy | West Coast | Kildare GAA | GAA | International Player (Gaelic football) |
| 3 | 46 | Kane Lambert | Richmond | Williamstown | VFL | |
| 3 | 47 | Jake Long | Essendon | St Mary's Football Club | NTFL | Father–son rule selection – son of Michael Long |
| 3 | 48 | Sean Hurley | Fremantle | Kildare GAA | GAA | International Player (Gaelic football) |
| 3 | 49 | Padraig Lucey | Geelong | Kerry GAA | GAA | International Player (Gaelic football) |
| 3 | 50 | Max Warren | North Melbourne | North Ballarat | VFL | |
| 3 | 51 | Johann Wagner | Port Adelaide | Tasman FC/Central District | Port Lincoln FL/SANFL | Winner of The Recruit |
| 3 | 52 | Lewis Melican | Sydney | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | |
| 3 | 53 | Lachlan Langford | Hawthorn | Melbourne Grammar School | APS | |
| 4 | 54 | Adam Schneider | St Kilda | St Kilda | AFL | |
| 4 | 55 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 4 | 56 | Cian Hanley | Brisbane Lions | Mayo GAA | GAA | International Player (Gaelic football) |
| 4 | 57 | Brett Goodes | Western Bulldogs | Western Bulldogs | AFL | |
| 4 | 58 | Fraser Russell | Carlton | Deakin Athletics Club | Athletics Victoria | 3-year non-registered player, via athletics |
| 4 | 59 | Tyrone Downie | Gold Coast | Bendigo Gold | VFL | |
| 4 | 60 | Mason Cox | Collingwood | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | International Player (basketball) |
| 4 | 61 | Matthew Arnot | Richmond | Richmond | AFL | |
| 4 | 62 | Conor McKenna | Essendon | Tyrone GAA | GAA | International Player (Gaelic football) |
| 4 | 63 | Robin Nahas | North Melbourne | North Melbourne | AFL | |
| 4 | 64 | Passed | Sydney | — | — | |
| 4 | 65 | Sam Grimley | Hawthorn | Hawthorn | AFL | |
| 5 | 66 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 5 | 67 | Greg Broughton | Gold Coast | Gold Coast | AFL | |
| 5 | 68 | Ivan Soldo | Richmond | — | — | 3-year non-registered player, via basketball |
| 5 | 69 | Passed | Sydney | — | — | |
| 6 | 70 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 6 | 71 | Andrew Raines | Gold Coast | Brisbane Lions | AFL | |
| 6 | 72 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 7 | 73 | Passed | Gold Coast | — | — | |
| 8 | 74 | Passed | Greater Western Sydney | — | — | |
| 9 | 75 | Matthew Hammelmann | Brisbane Lions | Morningside | QAFL | Academy Selection |
| 9 | 76 | Jordan Foote | Sydney | UNSW-Easts | Sydney AFL | Academy Selection |
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## Selections by league

| League | National Draft | Pre-season Draft | Rookie Draft | Total | State/territory |
| State/territory ||||
| TAC Cup | 45 | — | 14 | 59 | Victoria |
| WAFL | 9 | — | 5 | 14 | Western Australia |
| SANFL | 9 | — | 8 | 17 | South Australia |
| VFL | — | — | 5 | 5 | Victoria |
| NEAFL | 8 | — | 1 | 9 | ACT, NSW, NT, QLD |
| TSL | 2 | — | — | 2 | Tasmania |
| AFL | — | 1 | 17 | 18 | Australia-wide |
| Other leagues | 3 | — | 5 | 8 | Victoria, NSW, SA & NT |
| 3-year non-registered players | — | — | 3 | 3 | Australia-wide |
| International recruits | — | — | 6 | 6 | International |
| Total | 76 | 1 | 64 | 141 | |