AFL Draft order: Every club's picks, future selections ahead of the 2023 National Draft

Kieran Francis

Bryn Wakefield

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The 2023 AFL Draft has nearly arrived, with clubs preparing trade packages and collecting assets to improve their lists moving forward. 

In addition to the close of the player movement period, the window to trade selections has also wound up ahead of the start of the National Draft on Monday, November 20.

The Sporting News has every club's draft selections for 2023.

MORE: AFL Phantom Draft 2023: Top 30 prospects, first round projections

AFL draft order 2023 (updated after first round)

AFL clubs are awarded picks based on ladder position, with the lowest-placed teams given priority in draft selection. 

Teams are able to trade picks during the trade period and during draft night, which can see dramatic shifts in selection order.

Here's how the AFL National Draft order stands as of Thursday, November 20:

First Round

Pick  Player Club
1 Harley Reid West Coast
2 Colby McKercher North Melbourne
3 Jed Walter (academy) Gold Coast match North Melbourne's bid
4 Zane Duursma North Melbourne (free agency compensation for Ben McKay)
5 Nick Watson Hawthorn
6 Ryley Sanders Western Bulldogs (received from Gold Coast)
7 Caleb Windsor Melbourne (tied to Fremantle)
8 Daniel Curtin Adelaide (traded from GWS on draft night)
9 Ethan Read (academy) Gold Coast match Geelong's bid
10 Nate Caddy Essendon (traded by Geelong on draft night)
11 Connor O'Sullivan Geelong (traded by Essendon on draft night)
12 Phoenix Gothard GWS (traded from Adelaide on draft night)
13 Koltyn Tholstrup Melbourne (received from Gold Coast)
14 Jake Rogers (academy) Gold Coast match Sydney's bid
15 Jordan Croft (father-son) Western Bulldogs match Sydney's bid
16 Will Green Sydney
17 James Leake GWS (traded from St Kilda on draft night)
18 Darcy Wilson St Kilda (traded from GWS on draft night, originally at Adelaide)
19 Will McCabe (father-son) Hawthorn match North Melbourne's bid
20 Taylor Goad North Melbourne (tied to Port Adelaide)
21 Charlie Edwards Adelaide (traded from GWS on draft night)
22 Will Dawson North Melbourne (received from Carlton)
23 Riley Hardeman North Melbourne (received from Gold Coast)
24 Caiden Cleary (academy) Sydney match Collingwood's bid
25 Harry Demattia Collingwood
26 Will Graham (academy) Gold Coast match Adelaide's bid
27 Oscar Ryan Adelaide (free agency compensation for Tom Doedee)
28 Lance Collard St Kilda (free agency compensation for Jade Gresham)
29 Ashton Moir Carlton (received from North Melbourne AFL assistance package)

Round 2

Pick  Club
30 West Coast
31 Brisbane
32 Geelong (received from Port Adelaide, NM compensation)
33 Gold Coast (received from Carlton for Hollands)
34 St Kilda
35 Carlton (received from Gold Coast in Hollands trade)
36 Richmond
37 Gold Coast
38 Geelong
39 Gold Coast (tied to Adelaide)
40 Collingwood (received from Hawthorn for Ginnivan)
41 Fremantle (received from Collingwood)
42 Essendon (received from St Kilda)
43 Gold Coast (received from Melbourne)
44 West Coast Eagles (tied to Port Adelaide)
45 Fremantle
46 Brisbane (received from Hawthorn for Gunston)
47 Gold Coast
48 Richmond (received from Port Adelaide, tied to Collingwood)
49 Gold Coast
50 GWS (free agency compensation for Matt Flynn)

Round 3

Pick  Club
51 Hawthorn (received from West Coast)
52 Sydney (received from North Melbourne)
53 Gold Coast
54 Hawthorn (received from Brisbane in Gunston deal)
55 Western Bulldogs (received from Gold Coast)
56 Hawthorn (received from Port Adelaide)
57 Western Bulldogs (received from Port Adelaide in Sweet deal)
58 Gold Coast
59 Western Bulldogs (received from Essendon)
60 Western Bulldogs (received from Gold Coast, tied to Adelaide)
61 Gold Coast
62 Sydney
63 Western Bulldogs (received from St Kilda)
64 North Melbourne (tied to Melbourne)
65 West Coast Eagles (tied to Port Adelaide)
66  GWS
67 Gold Coast
68 Hawthorn (received from Gold Coast)

Round 4

Pick  Club
69 Hawthorn (received from West Coast)
70 Gold Coast
71 Richmond (received from North Melbourne in Nyuon trade)
72 Gold Coast
73 Richmond
74 Western Bulldogs (tied to Geelong)
75 Carlton (tied to Essendon)
76 Port Adelaide (received from Essendon, tied to Sydney)
77 Geelong (received from Port Adelaide)
78  GWS
79 Collingwood

Round 5

Pick  Club
80 West Coast
81 Fremantle
82 Geelong
83 Sydney
84 St Kilda
85 Melbourne
86 Geelong
87 Collingwood

Round 6

Pick  Club
88 Geelong
89 St Kilda
90 Port Adelaide
91 Collingwood

Round 7

Pick  Club
92 Geelong
93 St Kilda
94 Port Adelaide

AFL draft picks: Every club's selections in 2023 (prior to first round)

Adelaide 

PICKS: 10, 14, 20

2024: Future second (tied to Melbourne)

Brisbane

PICKS: 30, 39, 51, 54, 65

2024: Future fourth (tied to Hawthorn)

Carlton

PICKS: 22, 28, 68

2024: Three future fourths (tied to Western Bulldogs, Fremantle and Gold Coast)

Collingwood

PICKS: 19, 33, 72, 80, 84

2024: Future second and third (tied to Hawthorn)

Essendon

PICKS: 9, 31, 35

2024: Future fourth (tied to Collingwood)

Fremantle

PICKS: 34, 46, 60, 63, 74

2024: Future first (tied to Port Adelaide), future first (tied to Collingwood), future second (tied to Fremantle), future fourth (tied to St Kilda)

Geelong

PICKS: 8, 25, 70, 75, 79, 81, 85

Gold Coast

PICKS: 24, 26, 27, 32, 36, 38

2024: Future first (tied to Western Bulldogs), future end of first (tied to North Melbourne), future second (tied to Brisbane), future fourth (tied to St Kilda)

GWS

PICKS: 7, 16, 43, 59, 71

Hawthorn

PICKS: 4, 44, 47, 49, 61, 62

2024: Future second (tied to Collingwood)

Melbourne

PICKS: 6, 11, 42, 78

2024: Future second (tied to Sydney), future third (tied to Western Bulldogs)

North Melbourne

PICKS: 2, 3, 15, 17, 18, 57

Port Adelaide

PICKS: 69, 83, 97

2024: Future fourth (tied to Essendon), future fourth (tied to Carlton)

Richmond 

PICKS: 29, 41, 64, 66

2024: Future second (tied for Fremantle), future fourth (tied to Port Adelaide)

St Kilda

PICKS: 13, 21, 40

2024: Future third (tied to Carlton), future third (tied to Melbourne)

Sydney

PICKS: 12, 45, 55, 76

2024: Future end of first (tied to North Melbourne)

West Coast

PICKS: 1, 23, 37, 58, 73

Western Bulldogs

PICKS: 5, 48, 50, 52, 53, 56, 67

2024: Future third (tied to Gold Coast)

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.

Bryn Wakefield

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Bryn is a content producer for Sporting News, covering AFL and Australian Rules Football. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, he has thrived in the passionate sporting city, desperate for ultimate success despite its underdog tag.