The 2018 AFL Women's season was the second season of the AFLW. The season saw 62 players make their senior AFLW debut and a further 14 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the 2017 AFL Women's season.
| Club | Debut | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFLW | New club | ||
| Adelaide | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Brisbane | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Carlton | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Fremantle | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Western Bulldogs | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 62 | 14 | 76 |
| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round | Games | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eloise Jones | Adelaide | 18 years, 281 days | 1 [1] | 78 | 53 | |
| Marijana Rajcic | Adelaide | 28 years, 339 days | 3 [2] | 50 | 2 | Married to Chelsea Randall. |
| Jessica Allan | Adelaide | 18 years, 253 days | 1 [3] | 40 | 3 | Sister of Sarah Allan. |
| Jasmyn Hewett | Adelaide | 24 years, 128 days | 1 [4] | 10 | 3 | |
| Ruth Wallace | Adelaide | 25 years, 2 days | 1 [5] | 7 | 7 | |
| Rheanne Lugg | Adelaide | 27 years, 346 days | 1 [6] | 6 | 0 | Daughter of Gary Lugg. |
| Sophie Conway | Brisbane | 18 years, 303 days | 1 [7] | 83 | 52 | |
| Nat Exon | Brisbane | 25 years, 66 days | 2 [8] | 14 | 6 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Jordan Zanchetta | Brisbane | 22 years, 322 days | 1 [9] | 13 | 1 | |
| Arianna Clarke | Brisbane | 18 years, 171 days | 1 [10] | 12 | 0 | |
| Gabby Collingwood | Brisbane | 19 years, 19 days | 1 [11] | 12 | 0 | |
| Emma Pittman | Brisbane | 25 years, 57 days | 4 [12] | 8 | 0 | |
| Bella Ayre | Brisbane | 19 years, 70 days | 3 [13] | 6 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Kerryn Harrington | Carlton | 25 years, 337 days | 1 [14] | 64 | 4 | |
| Nicola Stevens | Carlton | 24 years, 315 days | 1 [15] | 42 | 20 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Georgia Gee | Carlton | 18 years, 97 days | 1 [16] | 40 | 19 | |
| Jess Hosking | Carlton | 22 years, 62 days | 1 [17] | 30 | 1 | Twin sister of Sarah Hosking. |
| Tayla Harris | Carlton | 20 years, 292 days | 1 [18] | 29 | 25 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
| Maddi Gay | Carlton | 21 years, 127 days | 1 [19] | 7 | 1 | |
| Sophie Li | Carlton | 19 years, 308 days | 1 [20] | 7 | 0 | |
| Reni Hicks | Carlton | 19 years, 155 days | 2 [21] | 4 | 0 | |
| Bridie Kennedy | Carlton | 18 years, 153 days | 4 [22] | 4 | 0 | |
| Katie-Jayne Grieve | Carlton | 20 years, 346 days | 3 [23] | 2 | 0 | |
| Courtney Webb | Carlton | 18 years, 85 days | 4 [24] | 2 | 0 | Also played cricket for Tasmania and South Australia. |
| Tiahna Cochrane | Carlton | 19 years, 245 days | 6 [25] | 1 | 0 | Great niece of Trevor Keogh. |
| Jaimee Lambert | Collingwood | 23 years, 209 days | 1 [26] | 55 | 17 | Previously played for the Western Bulldogs. |
| Chloe Molloy | Collingwood | 19 years, 58 days | 1 [27] | 47 | 37 | Niece of Jarrod Molloy. |
| Ashleigh Brazill | Collingwood | 28 years, 71 days | 6 [28] | 32 | 5 | |
| Sarah Dargan | Collingwood | 18 years, 364 days | 1 [29] | 14 | 2 | |
| Eliza Hynes | Collingwood | 26 years, 4 days | 1 [30] | 11 | 0 | |
| Kristy Stratton | Collingwood | 23 years, 43 days | 6 [31] | 11 | 1 | |
| Iilish Ross | Collingwood | 18 years, 226 days | 1 [32] | 11 | 0 | |
| Holly Whitford | Collingwood | 18 years, 364 days | 2 [33] | 4 | 0 | |
| Georgie Parker | Collingwood | 28 years, 318 days | 6 [34] | 3 | 0 | Also played field hockey for Australia. |
| Evangeline Gooch | Fremantle | 22 years, 112 days | 1 [35] | 23 | 1 | |
| Leah Mascall | Fremantle | 27 years, 257 days | 1 [36] | 19 | 0 | |
| Ashlee Atkins | Fremantle | 24 years, 308 days | 1 [37] | 13 | 6 | |
| Alex Williams | Fremantle | 24 years, 290 days | 1 [38] | 13 | 0 | Previously played for Greater Western Sydney. |
| Kellie Gibson | Fremantle | 21 years, 281 days | 7 [39] | 8 | 8 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
| Lisa Webb | Fremantle | 33 years, 289 days | 2 [40] | 6 | 2 | Married to Marc Webb. |
| Jodie White | Fremantle | 37 years, 135 days | 1 [41] | 4 | 0 | |
| Emily McGuire | Fremantle | 19 years, 37 days | 3 [42] | 3 | 2 | |
| Tayla McAuliffe | Fremantle | 18 years, 353 days | 5 [43] | 3 | 0 | |
| Jade de Melo | Fremantle | 25 years, 22 days | 5 [44] | 2 | 0 | |
| Alicia Eva | Greater Western Sydney | 26 years, 364 days | 1 [45] | 72 | 13 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Pepa Randall | Greater Western Sydney | 21 years, 308 days | 1 [46] | 62 | 0 | Great-granddaughter of Viv Randall and granddaughter of Trevor Randall. |
| Cora Staunton | Greater Western Sydney | 36 years, 52 days | 1 [47] | 50 | 55 | |
| Tanya Hetherington | Greater Western Sydney | 32 years, 295 days | 1 [48] | 46 | 0 | |
| Jodie Hicks | Greater Western Sydney | 15 years, 315 days | 1 [49] | 40 | 5 | |
| Elle Bennetts | Greater Western Sydney | 28 years, 150 days | 1 [50] | 30 | 2 | |
| Rebecca Privitelli | Greater Western Sydney | 23 years, 31 days | 1 [51] | 23 | 14 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Courtney Gum | Greater Western Sydney | 36 years, 131 days | 1 [52] | 14 | 5 | |
| Phoebe Monahan | Greater Western Sydney | 24 years, 221 days | 2 [53] | 10 | 0 | |
| Renee Forth | Greater Western Sydney | 31 years, 6 days | 1 [54] | 5 | 0 | |
| Maddie Boyd | Greater Western Sydney | 24 years, 320 days | 1 [55] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Philippa Smyth | Greater Western Sydney | 22 years, 169 days | 4 [56] | 1 | 0 | |
| Kate Hore | Melbourne | 22 years, 315 days | 1 [57] | 88 | 97 | |
| Eden Zanker | Melbourne | 18 years, 111 days | 5 [58] | 82 | 71 | |
| Tegan Cunningham | Melbourne | 30 years, 11 days | 1 [59] | 32 | 25 | Sister of Caitlin Cunningham. |
| Bianca Jakobsson | Melbourne | 24 years, 310 days | 1 [60] | 13 | 3 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Ashleigh Guest | Melbourne | 27 years, 299 days | 1 [61] | 11 | 0 | Previously played for Greater Western Sydney. |
| Maddy Guerin | Melbourne | 18 years, 101 days | 1 [62] | 6 | 0 | |
| Erin Hoare | Melbourne | 28 years, 231 days | 1 [63] | 4 | 0 | |
| Anna Teague | Melbourne | 30 years, 78 days | 4 [64] | 4 | 0 | |
| Claudia Whitfort | Melbourne | 18 years, 214 days | 5 [65] | 4 | 0 | |
| Naomi Ferres | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 101 days | 1 [66] | 61 | 2 | |
| Deanna Berry | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 273 days | 1 [67] | 56 | 18 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Bonnie Toogood | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 58 days | 1 [68] | 37 | 29 | |
| Kim Rennie | Western Bulldogs | 23 years, 127 days | 4 [69] | 24 | 1 | |
| Isabel Huntington | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 344 days | 1 [70] | 20 | 18 | Cousin of Will Setterfield. |
| Monique Conti | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 57 days | 1 [71] | 15 | 4 | |
| Aisling Utri | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 320 days | 1 [72] | 14 | 7 | |
| Jenna Bruton | Western Bulldogs | 22 years, 88 days | 1 [73] | 8 | 3 | |
| Emma Mackie | Western Bulldogs | 33 years, 148 days | 1 [74] | 7 | 1 | Represented Australia in road cycling. |
| Jessica Anderson | Western Bulldogs | 20 years, 93 days | 3 [75] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Daria Bannister | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 290 days | 1 [76] | 1 | 0 |