# 2024 St Kilda Football Club season

The 2024 St Kilda Football Club season is the 126th competing in the VFL/AFL and 140th season in the club's history. Coached by Ross Lyon and captained by Jack Steele, they are competing in the AFL's 2024 Premiership Season.

## Squad information
### Playing squad

The playing squad and coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season.

### Coaching staff

The coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season as of 19 April 2024.
| Position | Name |
| AFL senior coach | Ross Lyon |
| Backline assistant coach | Corey Enright |
| Midfield assistant coach | Brendon Goddard |
| Forwards assistant coach | Robert Harvey |
| Head of development and learning | Damian Carroll |
| VFL senior coach and development | Jake Batchelor |
| Development coach | Lenny Hayes |

## Squad changes
### Retirements and delistings

| Player | Method | Career games | Career goals |
| Jack Bytel | Delisted | 22 | 3 |
| Leo Connolly | Delisted | 7 | 1 |
| Jack Peris | Delisted | 1 | 0 |
| Oscar Adams | Delisted | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Highmore | Delisted | 16 | 0 |
| Daniel McKenzie | Delisted | 73 | 11 |

### Free agency

2023 AFL free agency period losses :
| Player | Free agent type | New club | Compensation | Notes | Ref |
| Jade Gresham | Restricted | Essendon | End of First Round | | |

### Trade period

| Clubs involved | Trade | Trade |
| St Kilda Fremantle | to St Kilda (from Fremantle) Liam Henry 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle) | to Fremantle (from St Kilda) 2024 second round pick (St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (St Kilda) |
| St Kilda Western Bulldogs Carlton Essendon | to St Kilda Paddy Dow (from Carlton) pick #40 (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 third round pick (from Carlton) to Western Bulldogs Nick Coffield (from St Kilda) pick #52 (from Essendon) pick #56 (from St Kilda) | to Carlton 2024 third round pick (from Essendon) 2024 fourth round pick (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle, from St Kilda) to Essendon pick #35 (from St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (from Carlton) |
| Melbourne St Kilda | to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Jack Billings | to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2024 third round pick (Melbourne) |
| Picks swapped at the 2023 National Draft ||||
| St Kilda Melbourne | to St Kilda (from Melbourne) pick #42 | to Melbourne (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (St Kilda) |
| St Kilda Gold Coast | to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #27 | to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) pick #40 pick #42 |
| Greater Western Sydney St Kilda | to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) pick #17 | to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #18 2024 second round pick (Adelaide) |
| St Kilda Greater Western Sydney | to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #50 | to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (Carlton) |

### National Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited from | Notes |
| Round | Pick | Player | Club | League | Notes |
| 1 | 18 | Darcy Wilson | Murray Bushrangers | Talent League | ←Greater Western Sydney←Adelaide ←Gold Coast←Melbourne |
| 1 | 28 | Lance Collard | Subiaco | WAFL | Free Agency Compensation pick (Gresham) |
| 2 | 33 | Angus Hastie | Geelong Falcons | Talent League | ←Gold Coast←Adelaide←Gold Coast (2022) |
| 3 | 50 | Hugo Garcia | Calder Cannons | Talent League | ←Greater Western Sydney |
| 5 | 62 | Arie Schoenmaker | Tasmania Devils | Talent League | |

### Pre-Season Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited from |
| Round | Pick | Player | Club | League |
| 1 | 3 | Riley Bonner | Port Adelaide | AFL |

### Mid-Season Rookie Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited from |
| Round | Pick | Player | Club | League |
| 1 | 4 | Max Hall | Box Hill Hawks | VFL |

### Category B rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie selections :
| Name | Origin | Note | Ref |
| Liam O'Connell | Cork GAA | International Selection (Ireland) | |

## Premiership season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2242 | 1769 | 126.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2011 | 1752 | 114.8 | 64 | Finals series |
| 3 | Geelong | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2164 | 1928 | 112.2 | 60 | Finals series |
| 4 | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2034 | 1864 | 109.1 | 60 | Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Lions (P) | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2130 | 1747 | 121.9 | 58 | Finals series |
| 6 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2171 | 1736 | 125.1 | 56 | Finals series |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2090 | 1763 | 118.5 | 56 | Finals series |
| 8 | Carlton | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2151 | 1952 | 110.2 | 52 | Finals series |
| 9 | Collingwood | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1991 | 1943 | 102.5 | 52 | |
| 10 | Fremantle | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1964 | 1755 | 111.9 | 50 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1892 | 2024 | 93.5 | 46 | |
| 12 | St Kilda | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1748 | 1758 | 99.4 | 44 | |
| 13 | Gold Coast | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1925 | 1943 | 99.1 | 44 | |
| 14 | Melbourne | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1785 | 1812 | 98.5 | 44 | |
| 15 | Adelaide | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1906 | 1923 | 99.1 | 34 | |
| 16 | West Coast | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1594 | 2339 | 68.1 | 20 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1619 | 2550 | 63.5 | 12 | |
| 18 | Richmond | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1505 | 2364 | 63.7 | 8 | |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | A | H | A | N | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | – | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | B | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 |