# List of AFL debuts in 2025

This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2025 AFL season.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 2025 :
| Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
| Adelaide | 1 | 3 |
| Brisbane Lions | 1 | 0 |
| Carlton | 1 | 2 |
| Collingwood | 0 | 3 |
| Essendon | 1 | 1 |
| Fremantle | 1 | 0 |
| Geelong | 0 | 1 |
| Gold Coast | 0 | 2 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 1 | 0 |
| Hawthorn | 0 | 2 |
| Melbourne | 5 | 1 |
| North Melbourne | 2 | 3 |
| Port Adelaide | 1 | 2 |
| Richmond | 3 | 0 |
| St Kilda | 3 | 1 |
| Sydney | 2 | 2 |
| West Coast | 1 | 3 |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 27 |

## AFL debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 2025) | Goals (in 2025) | Notes |
| Tom Hanily | Sydney | 19 years, 280 days | Opening | 2 | 1 | Pick 14, 2024 mid-season rookie draft |
| James Leake | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 158 days | Opening | 1 | 1 | Pick 17, 2023 national draft |
| Lucas Camporeale | Carlton | 18 years, 236 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 54, 2024 national draft |
| Harry Armstrong | Richmond | 18 years, 272 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 23, 2024 national draft |
| Sam Lalor | Richmond | 18 years, 196 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pick 1, 2024 national draft |
| Luke Trainor | Richmond | 18 years, 338 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 21, 2024 national draft |
| Isaac Kako | Essendon | 19 years, 8 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pick 13, 2024 national draft |
| Murphy Reid | Fremantle | 18 years, 228 days | 1 | 1 | 4 | Pick 17, 2024 national draft |
| Levi Ashcroft | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 87 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 5, 2024 national draft |
| Riley Bice | Sydney | 24 years, 170 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 41, 2024 national draft |
| Joe Berry | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 331 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 15, 2024 national draft |
| Sam Davidson | Western Bulldogs | 23 years, 92 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pick 51, 2024 national draft |
| Josh Dolan | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 124 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 31, 2024 national draft |
| Jacob Konstanty | North Melbourne | 20 years, 126 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Traded in 2024, formerly listed with Sydney |
| Finn O'Sullivan | North Melbourne | 18 years, 288 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 2, 2024 national draft |
| Sid Draper | Adelaide | 18 years, 254 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 4, 2024 national draft |
| Harry Boyd | St Kilda | 27 years, 33 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2025 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Max Hall | St Kilda | 22 years, 335 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pick 4, 2024 mid-season rookie draft |
| Liam O'Connell | St Kilda | 22 years, 12 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2023 category B rookie selection |
| Jack Henderson | Melbourne | 25 years, 166 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2025 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Matthew Jefferson | Melbourne | 21 years, 8 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pick 15, 2022 national draft |
| Aidan Johnson | Melbourne | 25 years, 7 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pick 68, 2024 national draft |
| Harvey Langford | Melbourne | 18 years, 1 day | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 6, 2024 national draft |
| Xavier Lindsay | Melbourne | 18 years, 225 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 11, 2024 national draft |
| Archer Reid | West Coast | 19 years, 178 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pick 30, 2023 national draft |

## Change of AFL club

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games (in 2025) | Goals (in 2025) | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
| Tom Barrass | Hawthorn | 29 years, 150 days | Opening | 2 | 0 | West Coast | Traded in 2024 |
| Josh Battle | Hawthorn | 26 years, 187 days | Opening | 2 | 0 | St Kilda | Free agent in 2024 |
| Ben Paton | Sydney | 26 years, 139 days | Opening | 2 | 0 | St Kilda | Pick 25, 2025 rookie draft |
| Tim Membrey | Collingwood | 30 years, 287 days | Opening | 2 | 5 | St Kilda & Sydney | Delisted free agent in 2024 |
| Harry Perryman | Collingwood | 26 years, 80 days | Opening | 2 | 0 | Greater Western Sydney | Free agent in 2024 |
| Nick Haynes | Carlton | 32 years, 300 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Greater Western Sydney | Free agent in 2024 |
| Francis Evans | Carlton | 23 years, 202 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Port Adelaide, Geelong | 2025 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Jaxon Prior | Essendon | 23 years, 284 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Brisbane Lions | 2025 pre-season supplemental selection |
| Bailey Smith | Geelong | 24 years, 98 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2024 |
| Joel Hamling | Sydney | 31 years, 340 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fremantle, Western Bulldogs | Free agent in 2023 |
| Caleb Daniel | North Melbourne | 28 years, 251 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2024 |
| Jack Darling | North Melbourne | 32 years, 275 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | West Coast | Traded in 2024 |
| Luke Parker | North Melbourne | 32 years, 141 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sydney | Traded in 2024 |
| Matthew Kennedy | Western Bulldogs | 27 years, 343 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Carlton, Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2024 |
| Dan Houston | Collingwood | 27 years, 307 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Port Adelaide | Traded in 2024 |
| Jack Lukosius | Port Adelaide | 24 years, 218 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Gold Coast | Traded in 2024 |
| Joe Richards | Port Adelaide | 25 years, 112 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Collingwood | Traded in 2024 |
| Isaac Cumming | Adelaide | 26 years, 217 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | Greater Western Sydney | Free agent in 2024 |
| Jack Macrae | St Kilda | 30 years, 225 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Western Bulldogs | Traded in 2024 |
| Alex Neal-Bullen | Adelaide | 29 years, 66 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Melbourne | Traded in 2024 |
| James Peatling | Adelaide | 24 years, 207 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Greater Western Sydney | Traded in 2024 |
| Harry Sharp | Melbourne | 22 years, 89 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Brisbane Lions | Traded in 2024 |
| Liam Baker | West Coast | 27 years, 48 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Richmond | Traded in 2024 |
| Jack Graham | West Coast | 27 years, 19 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Richmond | Free agent in 2024 |
| Matthew Owies | West Coast | 27 years, 362 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Carlton | Traded in 2024 |
| John Noble | Gold Coast | 27 years, 356 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Collingwood | Traded in 2024 |
| Daniel Rioli | Gold Coast | 27 years, 334 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | Richmond | Traded in 2024 |