The 2026 Telstra AFL Draft will take place across two nights on Thursday, November 19, and Friday, November 20.

This page will be updated as the draft order changes via free agency compensations and trades. After day one of the trade period, the draft order is:

AFL DRAFT ORDER (as of October 5, 2026)

ROUND ONE

1 Essendon
2 Richmond
3 West Coast
4 Port Adelaide
5 North Melbourne
6 Melbourne (tied to Gold Coast)
7 Greater Western Sydney
8 St Kilda
9 Collingwood
10 Melbourne
11 Carlton
12 Western Bulldogs
13 Adelaide
14 Geelong
15 Essendon (received from Hawthorn in Zach Merrett trade)
16 Carlton (tied to Sydney)
17 Fremantle
18 Brisbane

ROUND TWO

19 Essendon
20 Richmond
21 West Coast
22 Port Adelaide
23 Carlton (tied to North Melbourne)
24 Carlton (tied to Gold Coast)
25 Essendon (received from Hawthorn in Zach Merrett trade, tied to Greater Western Sydney)
26 Greater Western Sydney (Toby Greene compensation)
27 Hawthorn (tied to St Kilda)
28 Collingwood
29 Greater Western Sydney (tied to Melbourne)
30 Port Adelaide (tied to Carlton)
31 Western Bulldogs
32 Adelaide
33 Adelaide (Jordon Butts compensation)
34 Geelong
35 Hawthorn
36 Sydney
37 Sydney (Joel Amartey compensation)
38 Fremantle
39 Brisbane
40 Brisbane (Lachie Neale compensation)

ROUND THREE

41 Adelaide (tied to Essendon)
42 Richmond
43 West Coast
44 Port Adelaide
45 North Melbourne
46 Port Adelaide (tied to Gold Coast)
47 Melbourne (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
48 Greater Western Sydney (Kieren Briggs compensation)
49 St Kilda
50 Sydney (tied to Collingwood)
51 Brisbane (tied to Melbourne)
52 Sydney (tied to Carlton)
53 Western Bulldogs
54 Adelaide
55 Geelong
56 West Coast (tied to Hawthorn)
57 Brisbane (tied to Sydney)
58 Fremantle
59 Carlton (tied to Brisbane)

ROUND FOUR

60 Essendon
61 Richmond
62 West Coast
63 Port Adelaide
64 North Melbourne
65 Collingwood (received from Gold Coast in Scott Pendlebury trade)
66 Collingwood (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
67 St Kilda
68 Collingwood
69 Hawthorn (tied to Melbourne)
70 Carlton
71 West Coast (tied to Western Bulldogs)
72 North Melbourne (tied to Adelaide)
73 Geelong
74 Sydney (tied to Hawthorn)
75 Greater Western Sydney (received from Collingwood in Jesse Hogan trade, tied to Sydney)
76 Fremantle
77 Brisbane

ROUND FIVE

78 Essendon
79 Gold Coast (tied to Richmond)
80 West Coast
81 Port Adelaide
82 North Melbourne
83 Gold Coast
84 Greater Western Sydney
85 St Kilda
86 Collingwood
87 Melbourne
88 Carlton
89 Western Bulldogs
90 Adelaide
91 Geelong
92 Hawthorn
93 Sydney
94 Fremantle
95 Brisbane


Richmond's future draft picks, as of October 5, 2026, are: 

2026 2027 2028
2 R1 pick R1 pick
20 R2 pick R2 pick
42 R3 pick R3 pick
61 R4 pick R4 pick