The 2025 AFL Draft is shaping up as a greatly compromised intake, but there remains some quality talent at the top end.
There is a greater spread of A-Grade talent across the country than most years, with a stronger supply of key-position players than existed in last year's crop, while there is typically a bevy of midfielders.
With so much footy still to be played, the list is very malleable, with updated and expanded lists to continue throughout the year by Craft of the Draft.
At the conclusion of the pre-season, these are the players adjudged the top prospects for 2025.
Worthy of a mention: Talls Cody Curtin and Archie Ludowyke are the next best key-position players in a crop with a high quantity of top-end talls. Curtin kicked eight goals in a WAFL practice match, which highlighted his proven contested marking, and he also has the capacity to play down back, while Ludowyke is a rawer, mobile tall from Sandringham. Swans Academy pair Noah Chamberlain and Lachie Carmichael are also highly rated, while Collingwood father-son prospect Tom McGuane and big-bodied Murray midfielder Ryder Corrigan are arguably the two best Coates Talent League players outside the AFL Academy. Suns Academy prospect Beau Addinsall was also right on the cusp after looking comfortable in the VFL last year, and alongside Riley Onley is probably the best pure midfielder off the list. Dandenong's Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves has a lot of attributes, while Sandringham's Xavier Bamert got limited opportunity for various reasons last year but could jump quickly.
9. Ollie Greeves
Eastern Ranges - Midfielder
A player that Craft of the Draft rates much higher than the consensus, Greeves has had an unbelievable pre-season, and looks set to shoot up draft boards.
He will lead the Eastern Ranges midfield in 2025 and like Josh Smillie before him, Greeves hasn't received the plaudits of some of his big-bodied midfield counterparts but has plenty of tools.
He uses his size to win contested ball and clearances, is a great decision-maker and his overlap run, work rate and field kicking set him apart, and he'll also get some opportunities to show his forward capabilities.
After standing out in the U17s Futures match, he'll likely impact early in 2025.
