AFL Draft

AFL Draft 2023: Every single pick, best overlooked prospects

The 2023 National Draft is complete! Check out who your club picked up.

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Zero Hanger

The 2023 AFL Draft has come to a close, with a total of 64 selections made across Monday and Tuesday night.

Headline by No.1 selection Harley Reid and his move to West Coast, a total of 29 picks were made in the first round, with a further 35 coming on night two.

Read up on every player's draft data, as well as the players who are still available for the Rookie Draft.

FULL DRAFT

Pick 1 – West Coast Eagles

Harley Reid
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Bendigo Pioneers
Community Club: Tongala
Date of Birth: 17/04/05
Height: 187cm

Pick 2 – North Melbourne

Colby McKercher
Position: Midfielder
State: Tasmania
State League Club: Tasmania Devils
Community Club: Launceston
Date of Birth: 12/04/05
Height: 180cm

Pick 3 – Gold Coast Suns (matched bid; Academy)

Jed Walter
Position: Key Forward
State: Queensland
State League Club: Gold Coast Suns Academy
Community Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Date of Birth: 08/06/05
Height: 194cm

Pick 4 – North Melbourne

Zane Duursma
Position: Forward-Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Gippsland Power
Community Club: Foster
Date of Birth: 28/08/05
Height: 189cm

Pick 5 – Hawthorn

Nick Watson
Position: Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Eastern Ranges
Community Club: Montrose
Date of Birth: 24/02/05
Height: 170cm

Pick 6 – Western Bulldogs

Ryley Sanders
Position: Midfielder
State: Tasmania
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: North Launceston
Date of Birth: 21/01/05
Height: 185cm

Pick 7 – Melbourne

Caleb Windsor
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Eastern Ranges
Community Club: Lysterfield
Date of Birth: 09/06/05
Height: 184cm

Pick 8 – Adelaide Crows (via trade; GWS Giants)

Dan Curtin
Position: Key Defender
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: West Coast
Date of Birth: 08/03/05
Height: 197cm

The Crows parted ways with two first-rounders to take GWS' spot at No. 8, snatching up positionally versatile defender Dan Curtin.

Pick 9 – Gold Coast Suns (matched bid; Academy)

Ethan Read
Position: Ruck
State: Queensland
State League Club: Gold Coast Suns Academy
Community Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Date of Birth 07/07/05
Height: 202cm

Pick 10 – Essendon (via trade; Geelong Cats)

Nate Caddy
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Northern Knights
Community Club: Yarrambat
Date of Birth:14/07/05
Height: 193cm

The Bombers parted with Picks 11 and 31 in exchange for the opportunity to jump Geelong into the tenth spot, swooping on x-factor forward Nate Caddy.

Pick 11 – Geelong Cats (via trade; Essendon)

Connor O'Sullivan
Position: Key Defender
State: NSW/ACT
State League Club: Murray Bushrangers
Community Club: Albury
Date of Birth: 19/05/05
Height: 198cm

Pick 12 – GWS Giants (via trade; Adelaide Crows)

Phoenix Gothard
Position: Forward
State: NSW/ACT
State League Club: Murray Bushrangers
Community Club: Albury
Date of Birth 07/09/05
Height: 178cm

Pick 13 – Melbourne

Koltyn Tholstrup
Position: Midfield-Forward
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Subiaco
Community Club: Newtown Condingup
Date of Birth: 28/06/05
Height: 186cm

Pick 14 – Gold Coast Suns (matched bid; Academy)

Jake Rogers
Position: Midfielder
State: Queensland
State League Club: Gold Coast Suns Academy
Community Club: Broadbeach
Date of Birth: 02/03/05
Height: 170cm

Pick 15 – Western Bulldogs (matched bid; father-son)

Jordan Croft
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Calder Cannons
Community Club: Maribyrnong Park
Date of Birth: 12/05/05
Height: 200cm

Pick 16 – Sydney Swans

Will Green
Position: Ruck
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Northern Knights
Community Club: Northcote
Date of Birth: 08/09/05
Height: 204cm

Pick 17 – GWS Giants (via trade; St Kilda)

James Leake
Position: Utility
State: Tasmania
State League Club: Tasmania Devils
Community Club: Launceston
Date of Birth: 02/10/05
Height: 187cm

The Giants offloaded their Round 2 pick next year in exchange for the chance to jump St Kilda into the 17th spot, selecting heavily-linked target James Leake.

Pick 18 – St Kilda (via trade; GWS Giants)

Darcy Wilson
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Murray Bushrangers
Community Club: Wangaratta Rovers
Date of Birth: 18/08/05
Height: 186cm

Pick 19 – Hawthorn (matched bid; father-son)

Will McCabe
Position: Key Defender
State: South Australia
State League Club: Central District
Community Club: Tanunda
Date of Birth: 29/09/05
Height: 197cm

Pick 20 – North Melbourne

Taylor Goad
Position: Ruck
State: South Australia
State League Club: South Adelaide
Community Club: Willunga
Date of Birth: 28/04/05
Height: 206cm

Pick 21 – Adelaide Crows (via trade; GWS Giants)

Charlie Edwards
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: Sandhurst
Date of Birth: 18/05/05
Height: 191cm

Pick 22 – North Melbourne

Wil Dawson
Position: Key Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Gippsland Power
Community Club: Leongatha
Date of Birth: 20/12/05
Height: 200cm

Pick 23 – North Melbourne

Riley Hardeman
Position: Defender
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Caversham
Date of Birth: 27/02/05
Height: 185cm

Pick 24 – Sydney Swans

Caiden Cleary
Position: Midfielder
State: NSW-ACT
State League Club: Sydney Swans Academy
Community Club: Sydney University
Date of Birth: 05/03/05
Height: 182cm

Pick 25 – Collingwood

Harry DeMattia
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Dandenong Stingrays
Community Club: Edithvale-Aspendale
Date of Birth: 11/09/05
Height: 185cm

Pick 26 – Gold Coast Suns (matched bid; Academy)

Will Graham
Position: Midfield-Defender
State: Queensland
State League Club: Gold Coast Suns Academy
Community Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Date of Birth: 27/07/05
Height: 186cm

Pick 27 – Adelaide Crows

Oscar Ryan
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Murray Bushrangers
Community Club: Shepperton United
Date of Birth: 15/05/05
Height: 187cm

Pick 28 – St Kilda

Lance Collard
Position: Forward
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Subiaco
Community Club: North Beach
Date of Birth: 26/03/05
Height: 180cm

Pick 29 – Carlton

Ashton Moir
Position: Forward
State: South Australia
State League Club: Glenelg
Community Club: Plympton
Date of Birth: 15/04/05
Height: 187cm

Second Round

Pick 30 – West Coast Eagles

Archer Reid
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Gippsland Power
Community Club: Inverloch-Kongwak
Date of Birth: 19/09/05
Height: 203cm

Pick 31 – Brisbane Lions

Logan Morris
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Western Jets
Community Club: Werribee Districts
Date of Birth: 10/05/05
Height: 191cm

Pick 32 – Geelong Cats

Mitchell Edwards
Position: Ruck
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Peel Thunder
Community Club: South Mandurah
Date of Birth: 02/06/05
Height: 206cm

Pick 33 – St Kilda

Angus Hastie
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Geelong Falcons
Community Club: Geelong West Giants
Date of Birth: 19/09/05
Height: 190cm

Pick 34 – Carlton

Billy Wilson
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Dandenong Stingrays
Community Club: Dromana
Date of Birth: 16/06/05
Height: 183cm

Pick 35 – Fremantle (via trade; Richmond)

Cooper Simpson
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Dandenong Stingrays
Community Club: Mt Martha
Date of Birth: 13/02/05
Height: 181cm

The Dockers swapped their No. 38 choice and a Round 3 pick next year for Richmond's Pick 35 in the second trade of the night.

Pick 36 – Geelong Cats

Shaun Mannagh
Position: Midfield-Forward
State: Victoria
State League Club: Werribee
Community Club: Lavington
Date of Birth: 06/08/1997
Height: 175cm

Pick 37 – Collingwood

Tew Jiath
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Gippsland Power
Community Club: Morwell
Date of Birth: 02/03/05
Height: 188cm

Pick 38 – West Coast Eagles (via trade; Richmond)

Clay Hall
Position: Midfielder
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Peel Thunder
Community Club: Harvey Brunswick Leschenault
Date of Birth: 12/05/05
Height: 189cm

Richmond has made a second trade in the space of three picks! The Eagles have dealt No. 40 and a Round 3 choice next year to the Tigers in exchange for Pick 38; a selection they just picked up in an earlier exchange with Fremantle.

Pick 39 – Essendon

Luamon Lual
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: GWV Rebels
Community Club: South Warrnambool
Date of Birth: 28/03/05
Height:182 cm

Pick 40 – Richmond (via trade; West Coast Eagles)

Kane McAuliffe
Position: Midfielder
State: South Australia
State League Club: North Adelaide
Community Club: Central Augusta
Date of Birth: 01/03/05
Height: 187cm

Pick 41 – Fremantle

Ollie Murphy
Position: Key Defender
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: East Brighton Vampires
Date of Birth: 16/09/05
Height: 200cm

Pick 42 – Brisbane Lions

Luke Lloyd
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: De La Salle
Date of Birth 08/08/05
Height: 193cm

Pick 43 – Richmond

Liam Fawcett
Position: Key Forward
State: South Australia
State League Club: Central District
Community Club: Pooraka
Date of Birth: 22/04/05
Height: 197cm

Pick 44 – GWS Giants

Joe Fonti
Position: Defender
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: East Fremantle
Date of Birth: 24/12/04
Height: 188cm

Third Round

Pick 45 – Western Bulldogs

Joel Freijah
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: GWV Rebels
Community Club: Horsham Saints
Date of Birth: 14/11/05
Height: 190cm

Pick 46 – Hawthorn

Bodie Ryan
Position: Defender
State: South Australia
State League Club: Glenelg
Community Club: Brighton
Date of Birth: 20/04/05
Height: 187cm

Pick 47 – Western Bulldogs

Lachlan Smith
Position: Ruck
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Gippsland Power
Community Club: Warragul
Date of Birth: 05/10/05
Height: 202cm

Pick 48 – Port Adelaide (via trade; North Melbourne)

Tom Anastasopoulos
Position: Forward
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: Geelong Falcons
Community Club: Newtown & Chilwell
Date of Birth: 31/05/05
Height: 176cm

Port Adelaide has traded a Round 4 selection next year to the Roos, in exchange for the opportunity to select Anastasopoulos at No. 48.

Pick 49 – West Coast Eagles

Harvey Johnston
Position: Midfield-Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: Parkdale Vultures
Date of Birth: 18/08/05
Height: 183cm

Pick 50 – St Kilda (via trade; GWS Giants)

Hugo Garcia
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Calder Cannons
Community Club: Greenvale
Date of Birth: 22/05/05
Height: 185cm

St Kilda traded a Round 3 pick in 2024 to the Giants in exchange for No. 50.

Pick 51 – Brisbane Lions

Zane Zakostelsky
Position: Key Defender
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: North Beach
Date of Birth: 14/12/05
Height: 196cm

Pick 52 – Port Adelaide (via trade; Hawthorn)

Lachlan Charleson
Position: Forward
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: GWV Rebels
Community Club: East Point
Date of Birth: 29/01/05
Height: 177cm

The Power has traded a Round 4 pick next year to the Hawks for the No. 52 choice tonight.

Round Four

Pick 53 – Sydney Swans

Patrick Snell
Position: Key Defender
State: Northern Territory/Queensland
State League Club: Brisbane Lions Academy
Community Club: Southern Districts/Wilston Grange
Date of Birth 18/07/05
Height: 194 cm

Pick 54 – Essendon (via trade; Richmond)

Archie Roberts
Position: Defender
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: Hampton Rovers
Date of Birth: 18/11/05
Height: 184cm

Essendon traded a 2024 Round 4 pick to the Tigers in exchange for No. 54. Before that, the Gold Coast Suns passed at No. 54.

Pick 55 – Western Bulldogs

Aiden O'Driscoll
Position: Midfielder
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Perth
Community Club: Northern Saints
Date of Birth: 22/07/05
Height: 175cm

The Gold Coast Suns and Richmond passed at No. 55.

Pick 56 – Hawthorn

Calsher Dear
Position: Key Forward
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Sandringham Dragons
Community Club: Beaumaris
Date of Birth: 04/08/05
Height: 195cm

Pick 57 – Port Adelaide

Will Lorenz
Position: Midfielder
State: Victoria Metro
State League Club: Oakleigh Chargers
Community Club: Boroondara Hawks
Date of Birth: 19/02/05
Height: 186cm

Carlton passed at No. 57.

Pick 58 – Geelong Cats

George Stevens
Position: Midfield-Defender
State: Victoria Country
State League Club: GWV Rebels
Community Club: South Warrnambool
Date of Birth: 14/04/05
Height: 189cm

Pick 59 – GWS Giants

Harvey Thomas
Position: Utility
State: NSW/ACT
State League Club: GWS Giants Academy/Oakleigh Chargers
Community Club: Turvey Park
Date of Birth: 08/08/05
Height: 176cm

Pick 60 – Fremantle

Jack Delean
Position: Forward
State: South Australia
State League Club: South Adelaide
Community Club: Reynella
Date of Birth: 15/04/05
Height: 181cm

Collingwood and the West Coast Eagles passed at No. 60.

Pick 61 – Geelong Cats

Oliver Wiltshire
Position: Forward
State: Victoria
Club: Barwon Heads

Pick 62 – St Kilda

Arie Schoenmaker
Position: Defender
State: Tasmania
State League Club: Tasmania Devils
Community Club: Launceston
Date of Birth: 07/01/05
Height: 194cm

The Sydney Swans passed at No. 62.

Pick 63 – Geelong Cats

Lawson Humphries
Position: Midfielder
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Wickham Wolves
Date of Birth: 24/04/03
Height: 182cm

Hawthorn and Melbourne passed at No. 63.

Pick 64 – Brisbane Lions

Reece Torrent
Position: Midfielder
State: Western Australia
State League Club: Peel Thunder
Community Club: Halls Head
Date of Birth: 03/08/05
Height: 184cm

Collingwood, Geelong, St Kilda, Port Adelaide, North Melbourne, Fremantle, Essendon, and the Western Bulldogs passed at No. 64.

Following Brisbane's Pick 64, all clubs passed their remaining selections, bringing the 2023 National Draft to a conclusion!

BEST PROSPECTS STILL AVAILABLE

A number of highly-rated prospects remain up for grabs for the Rookie Draft or Pre-Season Draft, while some have ties to AFL clubs and could earn automatic selections.

Melbourne father-son talent Kynan Brown is likely to still become a Demon, while West Coast will consider NGA prospect Coen Livingstone as a Category B Rookie.

Here are the best draft prospects still on offer following the National Draft:

Tarkyn O'Leary

Coen Livingstone

Matthew Carroll

Kade De La Rue

Will Patton

Cameron Nyko