# List of AFL debuts in 1994

The 1994 Australian Football League (AFL) season was the 98th season of the VFL/AFL. The season saw 92 Australian rules footballers make their senior AFL debut and a further 50 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the AFL.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 1994 :
| Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 8 | 1 |
| Brisbane Bears | 3 | 6 |
| Carlton | 5 | 4 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 6 |
| Essendon | 9 | 3 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 5 |
| Footscray | 8 | 2 |
| Geelong | 7 | 0 |
| Hawthorn | 6 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 2 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 2 |
| Richmond | 4 | 7 |
| St Kilda | 9 | 5 |
| Sydney | 8 | 6 |
| West Coast | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 92 | 50 |

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Brett Chalmers | Adelaide | 20 years, 359 days | 4 | 50 | 8 | Father of Kyle Chalmers. |
| Sean Wellman | Adelaide | 19 years, 222 days | 6 | 34 | 9 | |
| Nick Pesch | Adelaide | 20 years, 22 days | 17 | 31 | 15 | |
| Martin McKinnon | Adelaide | 19 years, 5 days | 16 | 25 | 7 | |
| Matthew Kluzek | Adelaide | 19 years, 5 days | 15 | 24 | 15 | |
| Tony Hall | Adelaide | 29 years, 192 days | 1 | 17 | 30 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Shane Tongerie | Adelaide | 23 years, 79 days | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| Joshua Mail | Adelaide | 19 years, 162 days | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| Peter Turner | Adelaide | 20 years, 112 days | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Nigel Lappin | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 292 days | 3 | 279 | 174 | Cousin of Matthew Lappin. |
| Chris Scott | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 328 days | 1 | 215 | 79 | AFL Premiership coach 2011 and 2022. Brother of Brad Scott. |
| Alastair Lynch | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 302 days | 1 | 186 | 460 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Craig Lambert | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 173 days | 1 | 96 | 27 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Andrew Bews | Brisbane Bears | 29 years, 215 days | 1 | 75 | 2 | Father of Jed Bews. Previously played for Geelong. |
| Gilbert McAdam | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 362 days | 1 | 58 | 44 | Brother of Adrian and Greg McAdam. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Craig Starcevich | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 322 days | 1 | 20 | 16 | Uncle of Brandon Starcevich. Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Troy Lehmann | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 37 days | 10 | 8 | 1 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Rudi Frigo | Brisbane Bears | 20 years, 118 days | 2 | 13 | 10 | |
| Matthew Allan | Carlton | 19 years, 126 days | 15 | 140 | 72 | |
| Dean Rice | Carlton | 26 years, 57 days | 8 | 118 | 42 | Father of Bailey Rice and nephew of Colin Rice. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Brad Pearce | Carlton | 22 years, 292 days | 11 | 77 | 151 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Adrian Whitehead | Carlton | 18 years, 228 days | 3 | 63 | 22 | |
| Barry Mitchell | Carlton | 28 years, 110 days | 1 | 38 | 25 | Father of Tom Mitchell. Previously played for Sydney and Collingwood. |
| Troy Bond | Carlton | 20 years, 256 days | 1 | 36 | 26 | Brother of Shane Bond. |
| Tony Lynn | Carlton | 25 years, 346 days | 3 | 27 | 14 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| James Cook | Carlton | 20 years, 79 days | 1 | 25 | 35 | |
| Peter Green | Carlton | 20 years, 25 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 21 years, 243 days | 1 | 260 | 263 | 2003 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Jon Hassall | Collingwood | 20 years, 224 days | 1 | 50 | 12 | |
| Brett James | Collingwood | 21 years, 101 days | 1 | 42 | 26 | Brother of Roger James. |
| Paul Sharkey | Collingwood | 20 years, 11 days | 13 | 26 | 4 | |
| Aaron James | Collingwood | 17 years, 209 days | 10 | 23 | 6 | |
| Trent Hotton | Collingwood | 20 years, 234 days | 18 | 17 | 14 | |
| Damian Houlihan | Collingwood | 18 years, 282 days | 7 | 11 | 6 | Brother of Adam and Ryan Houlihan. |
| Jon Ballantyne | Collingwood | 24 years, 240 days | 1 | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Bradley Plain | Collingwood | 24 years, 191 days | 2 | 9 | 6 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Stephen Ryan | Collingwood | 24 years, 191 days | 1 | 8 | 4 | Brother of Des Ryan. Previously played for Richmond. |
| Brenton Sanderson | Collingwood | 20 years, 55 days | 5 | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Todd Curley | Collingwood | 21 years, 86 days | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Justin Staritski | Collingwood | 23 years, 322 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Damien Hardwick | Essendon | 21 years, 248 days | 5 | 153 | 13 | AFL Premiership coach 2017, 2019 and 2020. |
| Che Cockatoo-Collins | Essendon | 19 years, 21 days | 1 | 85 | 109 | Brother of David and Donald Cockatoo-Collins and uncle of Nakia Cockatoo. |
| Michael Prior | Essendon | 20 years, 333 days | 20 | 81 | 19 | |
| Ben Doolan | Essendon | 21 years, 75 days | 1 | 76 | 7 | Previously played for Sydney. |
| Barry Young | Essendon | 23 years, 315 days | 7 | 76 | 45 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Ryan O'Connor | Essendon | 19 years, 314 days | 7 | 63 | 47 | |
| Scott Cummings | Essendon | 20 years, 159 days | 14 | 40 | 83 | |
| Robert Stevenson | Essendon | 17 years, 285 days | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dale Kickett | Essendon | 25 years, 326 days | 1 | 8 | 7 | Cousin of Derek Kickett and Lance Franklin. Previously played for West Coast, Fitzroy and St Kilda. |
| Russell Williams | Essendon | 20 years, 093 days | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Lachlan Ross | Essendon | 20 years, 318 days | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| Julian Kirzner | Essendon | 17 years, 314 days | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Johnson | Fitzroy | 17 years, 307 days | 2 | 59 | 67 | The last former Fitzroy player to retire. |
| Jarrod Molloy | Fitzroy | 17 years, 325 days | 2 | 59 | 54 | Son of Shane Molloy and uncle of Chloe Molloy. |
| John Barker | Fitzroy | 19 years, 42 days | 2 | 47 | 12 | |
| Matthew Dent | Fitzroy | 22 years, 125 days | 9 | 47 | 9 | |
| Jeff Hogg | Fitzroy | 26 years, 110 days | 1 | 40 | 41 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Trent Cummings | Fitzroy | 20 years, 88 days | 1 | 27 | 18 | Great-grandson of Joe Johnson, son of Percy Cummings and brother of Robert Cummings. |
| Rowan Warfe | Fitzroy | 18 years, 31 days | 18 | 26 | 1 | |
| Steven Stretch | Fitzroy | 30 years, 80 days | 1 | 25 | 7 | Father of Billy Stretch. Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Brett Cook | Fitzroy | 21 years, 103 days | 19 | 25 | 7 | |
| David Bain | Fitzroy | 27 years, 328 days | 1 | 12 | 4 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Kieran Sporn | Fitzroy | 27 years, 210 days | 1 | 12 | 6 | Brother of Rachael Sporn. Previously played for Essendon. |
| Nick Mitchell | Fitzroy | 21 years, 123 days | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
| Nigel Palfreyman | Fitzroy | 20 years, 322 days | 22 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Brad Johnson | Footscray | 18 years, 5 days | 18 | 364 | 558 | Club games record holder. |
| Luke Darcy | Footscray | 19 years, 32 days | 21 | 226 | 183 | Son of David Darcy. |
| Craig Ellis | Footscray | 18 years, 316 days | 4 | 107 | 6 | |
| Daniel Southern | Footscray | 19 years, 84 days | 1 | 103 | 28 | |
| Jason Watts | Footscray | 22 years, 240 days | 1 | 57 | 51 | |
| Richard Osborne | Footscray | 29 years, 312 days | 5 | 51 | 98 | Brother of Graham Osborne. Previously played for Fitzroy and Sydney. |
| Kym Koster | Footscray | 21 years, 62 days | 2 | 38 | 13 | |
| Daniel Hargraves | Footscray | 18 years, 124 days | 10 | 38 | 62 | |
| Scott Allen | Footscray | 19 years, 55 days | 1 | 15 | 8 | |
| Robbie West | Footscray | 25 years, 34 days | 3 | 7 | 1 | Father of Connor West. Previously played for West Coast. |
| Shayne Breuer | Geelong | 21 years, 198 days | 1 | 71 | 77 | |
| Grant Tanner | Geelong | 23 years, 301 days | 9 | 69 | 28 | |
| Aaron Lord | Geelong | 18 years, 276 days | 5 | 57 | 49 | |
| Cain Liddle | Geelong | 18 years, 289 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Shane Crothers | Geelong | 21 years, 35 days | 20 | 4 | 0 | |
| Cristian O'Brien | Geelong | 20 years, 140 days | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Daniel Fletcher | Geelong | 19 years, 292 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | Brother of Simon Fletcher. |
| Nick Holland | Hawthorn | 20 years, 76 days | 3 | 179 | 239 | |
| Rayden Tallis | Hawthorn | 18 years, 303 days | 3 | 163 | 27 | |
| Tim Hargreaves | Hawthorn | 18 years, 329 days | 5 | 42 | 57 | |
| Shayne Stevenson | Hawthorn | 24 years, 101 days | 19 | 34 | 30 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Matthew Young | Hawthorn | 21 years, 239 days | 8 | 21 | 6 | |
| Simon Crawshay | Hawthorn | 19 years, 213 days | 1 | 19 | 2 | Brother of Matthew Young. |
| Paul Barnard | Hawthorn | 21 years, 48 days | 2 | 11 | 4 | |
| Paul Prymke | Melbourne | 23 years, 109 days | 1 | 49 | 2 | |
| Jeff Hilton | Melbourne | 21 years, 304 days | 1 | 43 | 23 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Dean Irving | Melbourne | 27 years, 352 days | 22 | 23 | 4 | Previously played for West Coast. |
| Brad Campbell | Melbourne | 18 years, 229 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | Son of Des Campbell and brother of Blake Campbell. |
| David King | North Melbourne | 22 years, 26 days | 2 | 241 | 145 | |
| Mathew Capuano | North Melbourne | 18 years, 289 days | 13 | 82 | 24 | |
| Stuart Anderson | North Melbourne | 19 years, 307 days | 6 | 61 | 20 | |
| Trent Nichols | North Melbourne | 24 years, 360 days | 2 | 33 | 39 | Previously played for Richmond and West Coast. |
| Warren Campbell | North Melbourne | 19 years, 200 days | 7 | 19 | 17 | |
| John Barnett | North Melbourne | 18 years, 300 days | 12 | 6 | 4 | |
| Gareth John | North Melbourne | 22 years, 103 days | 6 | 1 | 0 | Son of Graeme John. Previously played for Sydney. |
| Matthew Rogers | Richmond | 20 years, 121 days | 1 | 197 | 163 | |
| Paul Broderick | Richmond | 24 years, 82 days | 1 | 169 | 90 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Michael Gale | Richmond | 27 years, 95 days | 1 | 91 | 20 | Grandson of Jack Gale, son of Don Gale and brother of Brendon Gale. Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Jamie Tape | Richmond | 19 years, 355 days | 1 | 75 | 4 | |
| Mark Merenda | Richmond | 18 years, 227 days | 12 | 75 | 62 | |
| Greg Dear | Richmond | 30 years, 343 days | 1 | 53 | 9 | Brother of Paul Dear. Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Mark Neeld | Richmond | 24 years, 318 days | 7 | 26 | 16 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Matthew Dundas | Richmond | 22 years, 109 days | 1 | 14 | 5 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Justin Murphy | Richmond | 18 years, 41 days | 11 | 12 | 9 | |
| Jamie Elliott | Richmond | 21 years, 48 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Haydn Robins | Richmond | 21 years, 229 days | 1 | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Shane Wakelin | St Kilda | 19 years, 240 days | 3 | 94 | 19 | Brother of Darryl Wakelin. |
| David Sierakowski | St Kilda | 19 years, 178 days | 14 | 93 | 27 | Son of Brian Sierakowski and cousin of Will Sierakowski. |
| Rod Keogh | St Kilda | 23 years, 15 days | 3 | 60 | 21 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Matthew Lappin | St Kilda | 18 years, 114 days | 12 | 55 | 26 | Cousin of Nigel Lappin. |
| Kristian Bardsley | St Kilda | 21 years, 201 days | 2 | 53 | 18 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Wayne Thornborrow | St Kilda | 21 years, 132 days | 7 | 13 | 10 | |
| Doug Bailey | St Kilda | 22 years, 110 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Michael Frost | St Kilda | 23 years, 87 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| David Strooper | St Kilda | 26 years, 29 days | 1 | 6 | 3 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Sydney. |
| Clinton Shaw | St Kilda | 18 years, 51 days | 14 | 6 | 0 | |
| Adrian Burns | St Kilda | 22 years, 247 days | 3 | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Anthony Harvey | St Kilda | 20 years, 354 days | 08 | 4 | 1 | Grandson of Merv Harvey, great-nephew of Neil Harvey and brother of Robert Harvey. |
| Alister Carr | St Kilda | 21 years, 39 days | 12 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sam Jones | St Kilda | 20 years, 25 days | 10 | 3 | 3 | |
| Brad Seymour | Sydney Swans | 17 years, 328 days | 1 | 133 | 12 | |
| Daniel McPherson | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 349 days | 13 | 111 | 36 | |
| Peter Filandia | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 317 days | 1 | 70 | 38 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Derek Kickett | Sydney Swans | 31 years, 199 days | 5 | 63 | 73 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Essendon. |
| Wade Chapman | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 102 days | 4 | 51 | 19 | |
| Adam Heuskes | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 98 days | 14 | 49 | 6 | |
| Simon Garlick | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 84 days | 15 | 44 | 27 | |
| Darren Gaspar | Sydney Swans | 17 years, 325 days | 3 | 21 | 1 | Brother of Damien and Travis Gaspar. |
| Peter Caven | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 315 days | 7 | 18 | 4 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Mark Hepburn | Sydney Swans | 25 years, 224 days | 3 | 7 | 3 | Previously played for North Melbourne and West Coast. |
| Dermott Brereton | Sydney Swans | 29 years, 275 days | 9 | 7 | 7 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Damian Lang | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 24 days | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Shayne Smith | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 337 days | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Matthew Ahmat | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 287 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | Brother of Robert Ahmat. Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Paul Symmons | West Coast | 20 years, 296 days | 14 | 99 | 36 | |
| Shane Bond | West Coast | 18 years, 260 days | 1 | 34 | 20 | Brother of Troy Bond. |
| Brett Spinks | West Coast | 20 years, 139 days | 1 | 21 | 14 | |