List of AFL debuts in 2016

The following is the list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2016 AFL season.

Summary
Summary of debuts in 2016
Club AFL debuts Change of club
Adelaide 3 1
Brisbane Lions 9 3
Carlton 3 7
Collingwood 6 3
Essendon 5 13
Fremantle 3 0
Geelong 2 4
Gold Coast 6 4
Greater Western Sydney 3 1
Hawthorn 6 1
Melbourne 5 2
North Melbourne 2 2
Port Adelaide 5 2
Richmond 7 2
St Kilda 3 0
Sydney 7 2
West Coast 2 3
Western Bulldogs 4 2
Total 81 52

AFL debuts
Name Club Age at debut Debut
round		 Notes
Daniel RioliRichmond18 years, 343 days1[1]Pick 15 (2015 national draft), round 22 2016 Rising Star nomination
Jacob WeiteringCarlton18 years, 122 days1[2]Pick 1 (2015 national draft), round 3 2016 Rising Star nomination
Clayton OliverMelbourne18 years, 248 days1[3]Pick 4 (2015 national draft), round 1 2016 Rising Star nomination
Callum Ah CheeGold Coast18 years, 169 days1[4]Pick 8 (2015 national draft)
Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiEssendon22 years, 339 days1[5]Pick 22 (2016 rookie draft)
Darcy ParishEssendon18 years, 245 days1[6]Pick 5 (2015 national draft), round 2 2016 Rising Star nomination
Mitch McGovernAdelaide21 years, 167 days1[7]Pick 43 (2014 national draft)
Wayne MileraAdelaide18 years, 194 days1[8]Pick 11 (2015 national draft)
George HewettSydney20 years, 88 days1[9]Pick 32 (2013 national draft)
Callum MillsSydney18 years, 359 days1[10]Pick 3 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 16 2016 Rising Star nomination
Tom PapleySydney19 years, 257 days1[11]Pick 14 (2016 rookie draft), round 5 2016 Rising Star nomination
Marcus AdamsWestern Bulldogs22 years, 271 days1[12]Pick 35 (2015 national draft)
Josh DunkleyWestern Bulldogs19 years, 79 days1[13]Pick 25 (2015 national draft), round 20 2016 Rising Star nomination
Jade GreshamSt Kilda18 years, 216 days1[14]Pick 18 (2015 national draft)
Josh SchacheBrisbane Lions18 years, 219 days1[15]Pick 2 (2015 national draft)
Marc PittonetHawthorn19 years, 299 days1[16]Pick 50 (2014 national draft)
Jayden ShortRichmond20 years, 69 days2[17]Pick 11 (2015 rookie draft)
Dougal HowardPort Adelaide20 years, 9 days2[18]Pick 56 (2014 national draft)
Michael HartleyEssendon20 years, 300 days2[19]Pick 68 (2015 national draft), previously rookie listed by Collingwood
Charlie CurnowCarlton19 years, 61 days2[20]Pick 12 (2014 national draft)
Darcy Byrne-JonesPort Adelaide20 years, 201 days3[21]Pick 52 (2013 national draft)
Matthew GoodyearCollingwood19 years, 264 days3[22]Pick 48 (2014 national draft)
Josh WagnerMelbourne21 years, 291 days3[23]Pick 6 (2016 rookie draft)
Tom RugglesGeelong23 years, 351 days3[24]Pick 44 (2016 rookie draft))
Jayden HuntMelbourne21 years, 14 days4[25]Pick 57 (2013 national draft)
Darcy TuckerFremantle19 years, 93 days5[26]Pick 27 (2015 national draft)
Mason CoxCollingwood25 years, 44 days5[27]Pick 60 (2015 rookie draft), international selection
Josh SmithCollingwood22 years, 115 days5[28]Pick 25 (2016 rookie draft)
Christian PetraccaMelbourne20 years, 118 days6[29]Pick 2 (2014 national draft), round 9 2016 Rising Star nomination
Kieran LovellHawthorn18 years, 352 days6[30]Pick 22 (2015 national draft)
Jason CastagnaRichmond19 years, 293 days6[31]Pick 29 (2014 rookie draft)
Mackenzie WillisGold Coast20 years, 267 days6[32]Pick 52 (2015 national draft)
Aliir AliirSydney21 years, 239 days6[33]Pick 44 (2013 national draft)
Ben KeaysBrisbane Lions19 years, 69 days6[34]Pick 24 (2015 national draft), academy selection
Kaiden BrandHawthorn22 years, 030 days7[35]Pick 66 (2012 national draft)
Ben CrockerCollingwood19 years, 79 days7[36]Pick 65 (2015 national draft)
Mason RedmanEssendon18 years, 255 days7[37]Pick 30 (2015 national draft)
Darcy MacphersonGold Coast18 years, 191 days7[38]Pick 21 (2016 rookie draft)
Jacob HopperGreater Western Sydney19 years, 99 days8[39]Pick 7 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 8 2016 Rising Star nomination
Jack HiscoxSydney21 years, 54 days8[40]Pick 38 (2014 national draft), academy selection
Bailey WilliamsWestern Bulldogs18 years, 218 days8[41]Pick 48 (2015 national draft)
Rhys MathiesonBrisbane Lions19 years, 134 days9[42]Pick 39 (2015 national draft)
Kieran CollinsWestern Bulldogs18 years, 160 days9[43]Pick 26 (2015 national draft)
Harrison MarshSydney22 years, 136 days10[44]Pick 44 (2012 national draft)
Sam CollinsFremantle21 years, 348 days10[45]Pick 55 (2015 national draft)
Tom ColeWest Coast19 years, 1 day10[46]Pick 36 (2015 national draft)
Kade StewartHawthorn19 years, 141 days11[47]Pick 36 (2016 rookie draft)
Jarrad JansenBrisbane Lions21 years, 35 days11[48]Traded in (2016 trade period), previously listed by Geelong
Jesse JoyceGold Coast18 years, 292 days11[49]Pick 67 (2016 rookie draft)
Logan AustinPort Adelaide20 years, 333 days11[50]Pick 69 (2014 national draft)
Lewis PierceSt Kilda21 years, 209 days12[51]Pick 75 (2012 national draft)
Tom PhillipsCollingwood20 years, 38 days12[52]Pick 58 (2015 national draft)
Corey WagnerNorth Melbourne19 years, 88 days13[53]Pick 43 (2015 national draft)
Eric HipwoodBrisbane Lions18 years, 279 days13[54]Pick 14 (2015 national draft), academy selection
Matthew KennedyGreater Western Sydney19 years, 76 days13[55]Pick 13 (2015 national draft), academy selection
Nathan BroadRichmond23 years, 73 days14[56]Pick 67 (2015 national draft)
Matthew HammelmannBrisbane Lions20 years, 110 days14[57]Pick 75 (2015 rookie draft), academy selection
Jack SilvagniCarlton18 years, 198 days15[58]Pick 53 (2015 national draft), son of Stephen Silvagni
Reuben WilliamBrisbane Lions18 years, 191 days16[59]Pick 20 (2015 national draft)
Oleg MarkovRichmond20 years, 63 days16[60]Pick 50 (2015 national draft)
Ryan ClarkeNorth Melbourne19 years, 25 days16[61]Pick 31 (2015 national draft), round 18 2016 Rising Star nomination
Harrison HimmelbergGreater Western Sydney20 years, 71 days17[62]Pick 16 (2015 national draft)
Jordan FooteSydney20 years, 204 days18[63]Pick 76 (2014 national draft)
Josh SchoenfeldGold Coast19 years, 20 days18[64]Pick 34 (2015 national draft)
Shane YarranFremantle27 years, 53 days18[65]Pick 61 (2015 national draft)
Sam MenegolaGeelong24 years, 139 days18[66]Pick 66 (2015 national draft)
Aaron FrancisEssendon18 years, 349 days18[67]Pick 6 (2015 national draft)
Adam MarconRichmond24 years, 2 days19[68]Pick 47 (2016 rookie draft)
Blake HardwickHawthorn19 years, 177 days19[69]Pick 44 (2015 national draft)
Rupert WillsCollingwood23 years, 73 days19[70]Pick 63 (2015 national draft)
Malcolm KarpanyWest Coast21 years, 61 days19[71]Pick 31 (2013 national draft)
Archie SmithBrisbane Lions21 years, 11 days19[72]Pick 69 (2014 rookie draft)
Kurt HeatherleyHawthorn21 years, 219 days20[73]Pick 61 (2014 rookie draft)
Sam WeidemanMelbourne19 years, 43 days20[74]Pick 9 (2015 national draft), son of Mark Weideman, grandson of Murray Weideman
Reilly O'BrienAdelaide20 years, 352 days20[75]Pick 9 (2015 rookie draft)
David CuninghamCarlton19 years, 138 days21[76]Pick 23 (2015 national draft)
Ryan BurtonHawthorn19 years, 196 days21[77]Pick 19 (2015 national draft)
Jesse PalmerPort Adelaide19 years, 301 days21[78]Pick 78 (2014 national draft)
Jake LongEssendon20 years, 194 days21[79]Pick 47 (2015 rookie draft), son of Michael Long
Callum MooreRichmond19 years, 352 days22[80]Pick 12 (2016 rookie draft)
Brayden FioriniGold Coast18 years, 364 days22[81]Pick 20 (2015 national draft)
Josh ClaytonBrisbane Lions20 years, 218 days22[82]Pick 86 (2014 national draft), son of Scott Clayton
Riley BonnerPort Adelaide19 years, 175 days23[83]Pick 37 (2015 national draft)
Will SnellingPort Adelaide19 years, 21 days23[84]Pick 10 (2016 rookie draft)
Brandon WhiteSt Kilda19 years, 229 days23[85]Pick 40 (2015 national draft)

Change of AFL club
Name Club Age at debut Debut
round		 Former clubs Recruiting method
Jacob TownsendRichmond22 years, 278 days1[86]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Jed LambCarlton23 years, 157 days1[87]Sydney & Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Sam KerridgeCarlton22 years, 333 days1[88]Adelaidetraded in 2015
Matthew WrightCarlton26 years, 101 days1[89]Adelaidesigned as a delisted free agent in 2015
Andrew PhillipsCarlton24 years, 265 days1[90]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Tomas BuggMelbourne22 years, 356 days1[91]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Ben KennedyMelbourne22 years, 23 days1[92]Collingwoodtraded in 2015
Steve JohnsonGreater Western Sydney32 years, 266 days1[93]Geelongtraded in 2015
Matt RosaGold Coast29 years, 124 days1[94]West Coasttraded in 2015
Ryan DavisGold Coast26 years, 293 days1[95]West Coastpick 38, (2016 rookie draft)
Matt DeaEssendon24 years, 165 days1[96]RichmondEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Mitch BrownEssendon25 years, 211 days1[97]Geelongpick 54, (2015 national draft)
Mathew StokesEssendon31 years, 125 days1[98]GeelongEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Jonathan SimpkinEssendon28 years, 150 days1[99]HawthornEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Matthew LeuenbergerEssendon27 years, 293 days1[100]Brisbane Lionssigned as a restricted free agent in 2015
Ryan CrowleyEssendon32 years, 21 days1[101]FremantleEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Craig BirdEssendon27 years, 66 days1[102]Sydneytraded in 2015
James KellyEssendon32 years, 88 days1[103]GeelongEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Jed AndersonNorth Melbourne22 years, 54 days1[104]Hawthorntraded in 2015
Paul SeedsmanAdelaide24 years, 66 days1[105]Collingwoodtraded in 2015
Michael TaliaSydney23 years, 45 days1[106]Western Bulldogstraded in 2015
Callum SinclairSydney26 years, 185 days1[107]West Coasttraded in 2015
Adam TreloarCollingwood23 years, 17 days1[108]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Matt SucklingWestern Bulldogs27 years, 246 days1[109]Hawthornsigned as an unrestricted free agent in 2015
Charlie DixonPort Adelaide25 years, 186 days1[110]Gold Coasttraded in 2015
Jack ReddenWest Coast25 years, 109 days1[111]Brisbane Lionstraded in 2015
Josh WalkerBrisbane Lions23 years, 136 days1[112]Geelongtraded in 2015
Ryan BastinacBrisbane Lions24 years, 279 days1[113]North Melbournetraded in 2015
Tom BellBrisbane Lions24 years, 288 days1[114]Carltontraded in 2015
Lachie HendersonGeelong26 years, 105 days1[115]Brisbane Lions & Carltontraded in 2015
Patrick DangerfieldGeelong25 years, 358 days1[116]Adelaidetraded in 2015
Zac SmithGeelong26 years, 36 days1[117]Gold Coasttraded in 2015
James AishCollingwood20 years, 145 days2[118]Brisbane Lionstraded in 2015
Jimmy ToumpasPort Adelaide22 years, 92 days2[119]Melbournetraded in 2015
Lewis JettaWest Coast26 years, 335 days2[120]Sydneytraded in 2015
Jeremy HoweCollingwood25 years, 285 days3[121]Melbournetraded in 2015
Andrew MooreRichmond24 years, 321 days4[122]Port Adelaidesigned as a delisted free agent in 2015
Liam SumnerCarlton22 years, 224 days4[123]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Lachie PlowmanCarlton21 years, 218 days4[124]Greater Western Sydneytraded in 2015
Jed AdcockWestern Bulldogs30 years, 153 days4[125]Brisbane Lionstraded in 2015
Jarrad GrantGold Coast26 years, 292 days5[126]Western Bulldogssigned as a delisted free agent in 2015
Daniel CurrieGold Coast27 years, 69 days5[127]North Melbournetraded in 2015
Sam GrimleyEssendon25 years, 114 days5[128]HawthornEssendon top-up signings in 2015
James PolkinghorneEssendon27 years, 102 days6[129]Brisbane LionsEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Nathan GrimaEssendon30 years, 267 days7[130]North MelbourneEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Daniel GorringeCarlton23 years, 354 days9[131]Gold Coastsigned as a delisted free agent in 2015
Farren RayNorth Melbourne30 years, 61 days9[132]Western Bulldogs & St Kildapick 15, (2016 rookie draft)
Mark JamarEssendon32 years, 293 days10[133]MelbourneEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Jonathan GilesWest Coast28 years, 163 days13[134]Greater Western Sydney & Essendontraded in 2015
Sam MichaelEssendon23 years, 5 days16[135]Brisbane LionsEssendon top-up signings in 2015
Scott SelwoodGeelong26 years, 135 days20[136]West Coastsigned as a restricted free agent in 2015
Jack FitzpatrickHawthorn25 years, 65 days23[137]Melbournetraded in 2015

References
  1. Daniel Rioli's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  2. Jacob Weitering's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. Clayton Oliver's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  4. Callum Ah Chee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  5. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  6. Darcy Parish's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  7. Mitch McGovern's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  8. Wayne Milera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  9. George Hewett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  10. Callum Mills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  11. Tom Papley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  12. Marcus Adams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  13. Josh Dunkley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  14. Jade Gresham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  15. Josh Schache's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  16. Marc Pittonet's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  17. Jayden Short's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  18. Dougal Howard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  19. Michael Hartley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  20. Charlie Curnow's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  21. Darcy_Byrne-Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  22. Matthew Goodyear's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  23. Josh Wagner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  24. Tom Ruggles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  25. Jayden Hunt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  26. Darcy Tucker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  27. Mason Cox's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  28. Josh Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  29. Christian Petracca's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  30. Kieran Lovell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  31. Jason Castagna's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  32. Mackenzie Willis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  33. Aliir Aliir's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  34. Ben Keays's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  35. Kaiden Brand's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  36. Ben Crocker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  37. Mason Redman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  38. Darcy Macpherson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  39. Jacob Hopper's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  40. Hiscox.html Jack Hiscox's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  41. Bailey Williams's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  42. Rhys Mathieson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  43. Kieran Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  44. Harrison Marsh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  45. Sam Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  46. Tom Cole's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  47. Kade Stewart's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  48. Jarrad Jansen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  49. Jesse Joyce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  50. Logan Austin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  51. Lewis Pierce's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  52. Tom Phillips's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  53. Corey Wagner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  54. Eric Hipwood's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  55. Matthew Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  56. Nathan Broad's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  57. Matthew Hammelmann's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  58. Jack Silvagni's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  59. Reuben William's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  60. Oleg Markov's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  61. Ryan Clarke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  62. Harrison Himmelberg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  63. Jordan Foote's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  64. Josh Schoenfeld's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  65. Shane Yarran's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  66. Sam Menegola's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  67. Aaron Francis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  68. Adam Marcon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  69. Blake Hardwick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  70. Rupert Wills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  71. Malcolm Karpany's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  72. Archie Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  73. Kurt Heatherley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  74. Sam Weideman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  75. Reilly O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  76. David Cuningham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  77. Ryan Burton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  78. Jesse Palmer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  79. Jake Long's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  80. Callum Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  81. Brayden Fiorini's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  82. Josh Clayton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  83. Riley Bonner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  84. Will Snelling's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  85. Brandon White's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  86. Jacob Townsend's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  87. Jed Lamb's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  88. Sam Kerridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  89. Matthew Wright's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  90. Andrew Phillips's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  91. Tomas Bugg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  92. Ben Kennedy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  93. Steve Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  94. Matt Rosa's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  95. Ryan Davis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  96. Matt Dea's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  97. Mitch Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  98. Mathew Stokes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  99. Jonathan Simpkin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  100. Matthew Leuenberger's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  101. Ryan Crowley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  102. Craig Bird's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  103. James Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  104. Jed Anderson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  105. Paul Seedsman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  106. Michael Talia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  107. Callum Sinclair's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  108. Adam Treloar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  109. Matt Suckling's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  110. Charlie Dixon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  111. Jack Redden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  112. Josh Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  113. Ryan Bastinac's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  114. Tom Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  115. Lachie Henderson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  116. Patrick Dangerfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  117. Zac Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  118. James Aish's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  119. Jimmy Toumpas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  120. Lewis Jetta's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  121. Jeremy Howe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  122. Andrew Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  123. Liam Sumner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  124. Lachie Plowman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  125. Jed Adcock's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  126. Jarrad Grant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  127. Daniel Currie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  128. Sam Grimley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  129. James Polkinghorne's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  130. Nathan Grima's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  131. Daniel Gorringe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  132. Farren Ray's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  133. Mark Jamar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  134. Jonathan Giles's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  135. Sam Michael's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  136. Scott Selwood's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  137. Jack Fitzpatrick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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