The AFL mid-season will be held between rounds 11 and 12 as clubs look to top up their lists for the back half of the season.
Western Australian forward Jasper Scaife is favourite to go No.1 to North Melbourne as a prospect to play alongside Nick Larkey.
With the ladder positions after Round 11 finalised, The Sporting News has the official mid-season draft order.
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When is the 2024 AFL mid-season rookie draft?
The 2024 AFL mid-season rookie draft will be held on Wednesday, May 29, with coverage due to begin at 7pm AEST exclusively on AFL.com.au.
This will be between rounds 11 and 12 of the AFL season.
In 2023, the mid-season draft was held remotely, and this will remain the case this year.
AFL mid-season rookie draft 2024 selection/pick order
Sydney, GWS and Geelong do not have an available list position to pick a player in this draft.
With those three clubs absent, the mid-season draft order is the reverse AFL ladder after round 11.
Once clubs have selected, they can continue to select in this order until they pass or run of out available list places.
| Round | Selection | Club |
| 1 | 1 | North Melbourne |
| 2 | Richmond | |
| 3 | West Coast Eagles | |
| 4 | St Kilda | |
| 5 | Hawthorn | |
| 6 | Brisbane Lions | |
| 7 | Adelaide Crows | |
| 8 | Western Bulldogs | |
| 9 | Carlton | |
| 10 | Collingwood | |
| 11 | Melbourne | |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | |
| 13 | Essendon | |
| 14 | Sydney Swans | |
| 2 | 15 | North Melbourne |
| 16 | Richmond | |
| 17 | Brisbane Lions | |
| 18 | Adelaide Crows | |
| 19 | Collingwood | |
| 3 | 20 | Richmond |
| 21 | Brisbane Lions | |
| 22 | Adelaide Crows | |
| 4 | 23 | Brisbane Lions |
AFL club available list positions
To have a selection in the mid-season rookie draft, an AFL club must have an available list position.
This can come from a listed player retiring after initially committing to 2024 or placing a player on the long-term injury list.
Clubs do not have to draft a player for each available list position.
North Melbourne: 3
Richmond: 3
West Coast: 1
St Kilda: 1
Hawthorn: 1
Brisbane: 4
Adelaide: 3
Western Bulldogs: 2
Gold Coast: 1
Fremantle: 1
Carlton: 2
Collingwood: 2
Melbourne: 1
Port Adelaide: 1
Essendon: 1
Geelong: 0
GWS: 0
Sydney: 0
Which players can be selected in the 2024 AFL mid-season rookie draft?
To be eligible for the mid-season draft, players have to meet one of the following criteria:
- Have been on an AFL list previously
- Nominated for the 2023 AFL national draft
- Nominate for the mid-season rookie
Note: If a player was delisted by a club at the end of 2023, they cannot rejoin that club unless they nominated for the 2023 AFL national draft
AFL mid-season rookie draft success stories
- Ryan Gardner (Western Bulldogs - 2019)
- Marlion Pickett (Richmond - 2019)
- John Noble (Collingwood - 2019)
- Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn - 2021)
- Sam Durham (Essendon - 2021)
- Jye Menzie (Essendon - 2022)
- James Blanck (Hawthorn - 2022)
AFL mid-season rookie draft 2023 selections and results
Pick 1: West Coast Eagles - Ryan Maric (Gippsland Power)
Pick 2: North Melbourne - Robert Hansen Jnr (Subiaco)
Pick 3: Hawthorn - Clay Tucker (Eastern Ranges)
Pick 4: Richmond - Matt Coulthard (Glenelg)
Pick 5: GWS - Pass
Pick 6: Sydney - Harry Arnold (Brisbane Lions VFL)
Pick 7: Geelong - Mitch Hardie (Woodville-West Torrens)
Pick 8: Fremantle - Ethan Stanley (Box Hill Hawks)
Pick 9: Essendon - Jaiden Hunter (Perth)
Pick 10: Western Bulldogs - Caleb Poulter (Footscray)
Pick 11: Port Adelaide - Quinton Narkle (Essendon VFL)
Pick 12: Hawthorn - Brandon Ryan (Northern Bullants)
Pick 13: Richmond - James Trezise (Richmond VFL)
Pick 14: GWS - Pass
Pick 15: Sydney - Jack Buller (Claremont)
