A total of sixty-four players have made their Australian Football League (AFL) debut in a senior AFL match to date during the 2010 AFL season. In addition to those players making their AFL-level debuts, twenty-eight players have made their debuts following a trade or re-drafting are also listed below in a separate table.
A senior AFL match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or have been in the past, members of the AFL. A senior AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each player made his debut for a club in a senior AFL match. Where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
Order | Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut | Games (2010) | Goals (2010) |
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1 | Dustin Martin | Richmond | 18 years, 272 days | Round 1 | 21 | 11 |
2 | Ben Nason | Richmond | 20 years, 295 days | Round 1 | 19 | 14 |
3 | Relton Roberts | Richmond | 24 years, 24 days | Round 1 | 2 | 0 |
4 | Mitch Duncan | Geelong | 18 years, 289 days | Round 1 | 8 | 8 |
5 | Ben Howlett | Essendon | 21 years, 156 days | Round 1 | 15 | 6 |
6 | Tom Scully | Melbourne | 18 years, 316 days | Round 1 | 21 | 5 |
7 | James Strauss | Melbourne | 19 years, 286 days | Round 1 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Jack Trengove | Melbourne | 18 years, 206 days | Round 1 | 18 | 8 |
9 | Jarrod Kayler-Thomson | Hawthorn | 24 years, 244 days | Round 1 | 3 | 1 |
10 | Carl Peterson | Hawthorn | 22 years, 267 days | Round 1 | 17 | 13 |
11 | Lewis Jetta | Sydney | 19 years, 48 days | Round 1 | 21 | 7 |
12 | Todd Banfield | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 272 days | Round 1 | 22 | 27 |
13 | Luke Shuey | West Coast | 19 years, 298 days | Round 1 | 6 | 6 |
14 | Mitch Banner | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 296 days | Round 1 | 10 | 5 |
15 | Cameron Hitchcock | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 268 days | Round 1 | 17 | 20 |
16 | Andrew Moore | Port Adelaide | 18 years, 302 days | Round 1 | 7 | 0 |
17 | Jackson Trengove | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 146 days | Round 1 | 19 | 3 |
18 | Ryan Bastinac | North Melbourne | 18 years, 279 days | Round 1 | 22 | 7 |
19 | Michael Barlow | Fremantle | 22 years, 100 days | Round 1 | 13 | 15 |
20 | Anthony Morabito | Fremantle | 18 years, 150 days | Round 1 | 23 | 13 |
21 | Alex Silvagni | Fremantle | 22 years, 185 days | Round 1 | 15 | 4 |
22 | Tony Armstrong | Adelaide | 20 years, 180 days | Round 1 | 9 | 0 |
23 | Will Young | Adelaide | 19 years, 244 days | Round 2 | 2 | 1 |
24 | Brodie Moles | Western Bulldogs | 24 years, 155 days | Round 2 | 13 | 7 |
25 | Steven Motlop | Geelong | 19 years, 24 days | Round 2 | 1 | 0 |
26 | Kane Lucas | Carlton | 18 years, 288 days | Round 3 | 8 | 1 |
27 | Travis Colyer | Essendon | 18 years, 229 days | Round 3 | 11 | 7 |
28 | Jake Melksham | Essendon | 18 years, 224 days | Round 3 | 14 | 6 |
29 | Ben Stratton | Hawthorn | 21 years, 41 days | Round 3 | 21 | 1 |
30 | James Podsiadly | Geelong | 28 years, 213 days | Round 3 | 17 | 45 |
31 | Dawson Simpson | Geelong | 21 years, 54 days | Round 3 | 2 | 0 |
32 | Ashton Hams | West Coast | 23 years, 222 days | Round 4 | 11 | 10 |
33 | Phil Davis | Adelaide | 19 years, 230 days | Round 4 | 15 | 1 |
34 | Simon White | Carlton | 21 years, 304 days | Round 4 | 6 | 1 |
35 | David Astbury | Richmond | 19 years, 51 days | Round 4 | 17 | 5 |
36 | Matthew Dea | Richmond | 18 years, 187 days | Round 4 | 3 | 0 |
37 | Troy Taylor | Richmond | 18 years, 218 days | Round 4 | 4 | 3 |
38 | Daniel Stewart | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 170 days | Round 4 | 11 | 12 |
39 | Jordan Roughead | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 171 days | Round 5 | 8 | 3 |
40 | Ricky Henderson | Adelaide | 21 years, 244 days | Round 5 | 12 | 13 |
41 | Lewis Stevenson | West Coast | 20 years, 268 days | Round 5 | 10 | 2 |
42 | Matthew Lobbe | Port Adelaide | 21 years, 71 days | Round 5 | 3 | 0 |
43 | Ben Cunnington | North Melbourne | 18 years, 299 days | Round 5 | 18 | 1 |
44 | Nathan Fyfe | Fremantle | 18 years, 219 days | Round 5 | 18 | 14 |
45 | Matthew Jaensch | Adelaide | 20 years, 225 days | Round 6 | 11 | 7 |
46 | Dylan Roberton | Fremantle | 18 years, 315 days | Round 6 | 13 | 2 |
47 | Danny Hughes | Melbourne | 23 years, 148 days | Round 7 | 2 | 2 |
48 | Brad Sheppard | West Coast | 18 years, 350 days | Round 7 | 14 | 2 |
49 | Gary Rohan | Sydney | 18 years, 336 days | Round 7 | 9 | 7 |
50 | Jeromey Webberley | Richmond | 21 years, 301 days | Round 7 | 10 | 2 |
51 | Nick Heyne | St Kilda | 19 years, 298 days | Round 8 | 3 | 0 |
52 | Nathan O'Keefe | North Melbourne | 19 years, 278 days | Round 9 | 2 | 1 |
53 | Campbell Heath | Sydney | 19 years, 51 days | Round 9 | 2 | 0 |
54 | Jack Gunston | Adelaide | 18 years, 219 days | Round 9 | 2 | 1 |
55 | Rhys Stanley | St Kilda | 19 years, 173 days | Round 9 | 7 | 4 |
56 | Jordan Gysberts | Melbourne | 18 years, 352 days | Round 10 | 3 | 0 |
57 | Ben Griffiths | Richmond | 18 years, 254 days | Round 10 | 5 | 3 |
58 | Taylor Hunt | Geelong | 19 years, 212 days | Round 11 | 7 | 1 |
59 | Koby Stevens | West Coast | 19 years, 2 days | Round 13 | 5 | 2 |
60 | Andrew Strijk | West Coast | 22 years, 245 days | Round 13 | 10 | 11 |
61 | Jesse O'Brien | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 138 days | Round 14 | 1 | 0 |
62 | Tyson Slattery | Essendon | 19 years, 212 days | Round 14 | 1 | 1 |
63 | Jarryd Blair | Collingwood | 20 years, 80 days | Round 14 | 9 | 6 |
64 | Trent Dennis-Lane | Sydney | 21 years, 308 days | Round 14 | 8 | 18 |
65 | Ashley Smith | West Coast | 19 years, 355 days | Round 15 | 8 | 2 |
66 | Robbie Tarrant | North Melbourne | 21 years, 77 days | Round 15 | 2 | 0 |
67 | Ryan Harwood | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 16 days | Round 17 | 6 | 3 |
68 | Jamie Macmillan | North Melbourne | 18 years, 334 days | Round 17 | 4 | 1 |
69 | Ben Speight | North Melbourne | 20 years, 83 days | Round 17 | 2 | 1 |
70 | Kyle Hardingham | Essendon | 21 years, 326 days | Round 17 | 6 | 8 |
71 | Jesse Crichton | Fremantle | 19 years, 37 days | Round 17 | 6 | 2 |
72 | Tom Lynch | St Kilda | 19 years, 318 days | Round 18 | 1 | 0 |
73 | Robert Hicks | Richmond | 18 years, 296 days | Round 18 | 3 | 1 |
74 | Liam Jones | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 158 days | Round 18 | 5 | 6 |
75 | Marcus White | North Melbourne | 19 years, 281 days | Round 18 | 2 | 0 |
76 | Justin Bollenhagen | Fremantle | 18 years, 227 days | Round 18 | 3 | 3 |
77 | Marcus Davies | Carlton | 19 years, 63 days | Round 19 | 5 | 0 |
78 | Jake Carlisle | Essendon | 18 years, 316 days | Round 20 | 3 | 2 |
79 | Stewart Crameri | Essendon | 22 years, 3 days | Round 20 | 3 | 0 |
80 | David Gourdis | Richmond | 21 years, 153 days | Round 20 | 3 | 0 |
81 | Jamie O'Reilly | Richmond | 22 years, 108 days | Round 20 | 3 | 0 |
82 | Daniel Menzel | Geelong | 18 years, 335 days | Round 20 | 3 | 4 |
83 | Luke Miles | St Kilda | 23 years, 295 days | Round 21 | 2 | 0 |
84 | Marcus Marigliani | Essendon | 24 years, 260 days | Round 21 | 2 | 2 |
85 | Jordan Jones | West Coast | 20 years, 54 days | Round 21 | 2 | 0 |
86 | Sam Reid | Sydney | 18 years, 244 days | Round 22 | 1 | 1 |
87 | Dylan Grimes | Richmond | 19 years, 44 days | Round 22 | 1 | 0 |
88 | Andrew Hooper | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 236 days | Semi Final | 1 | 1 |
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