List of AFL debuts in 2022

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This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2022 AFL season.

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Summary

Summary of debuts in 2022
ClubAFL debutsChange of club
Adelaide 31
Brisbane Lions 41
Carlton 35
Collingwood 62
Essendon 71
Fremantle 32
Geelong 42
Gold Coast 43
Greater Western Sydney 52
Hawthorn 81
Melbourne 11
North Melbourne 62
Port Adelaide 53
Richmond 51
St Kilda 42
Sydney 22
West Coast 106
Western Bulldogs 41
Total8438

AFL debuts

NameClubAge at debutDebut
round
Notes
Josh Gibcus Richmond 18 years, 347 days1 [1] Pick 9, 2021 national draft
Nick Daicos Collingwood 19 years, 74 days1 [2] Pick 4, 2021 national draft, son of Peter Daicos
Mitch Owens St Kilda 18 years, 175 days1 [3] Pick 33, 2021 national draft, Next Generation Academy selection
Jack Hayes St Kilda 26 years, 12 days1 [4] 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera St Kilda 19 years, 24 days1 [5] Pick 11, 2021 national draft
Kaine Baldwin Essendon 19 years, 293 days1 [6] 2021 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nic Martin Essendon 21 years, 15 days1 [7] 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Angus Sheldrick Sydney 18 years, 132 days1 [8] Pick 18, 2021 national draft
Jackson Mead Port Adelaide 20 years, 170 days1 [9] Pick 25, 2019 national draft, son of Darren Mead
Connor MacDonald Hawthorn 19 years, 66 days1 [10] Pick 26, 2021 national draft
Josh Ward Hawthorn 18 years, 215 days1 [11] Pick 7, 2021 national draft
Jason Horne-Francis North Melbourne 18 years, 272 days1 [12] Pick 1, 2021 national draft
Jake Soligo Adelaide 19 years, 54 days1 [13] Pick 36, 2021 national draft
Josh Rachele Adelaide 18 years, 343 days1 [14] Pick 6, 2021 national draft
Brady Hough West Coast 19 years, 15 days1 [15] Pick 31, 2021 national draft
Tex Wanganeen Essendon 18 years, 167 days2 [16] 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Josh Sinn Port Adelaide 19 years, 78 days2 [17] Pick 12, 2021 national draft
Callum Jamieson West Coast 21 years, 239 days2 [18] Pick 49, 2019 national draft
Jack Williams West Coast 18 years, 116 days2 [19] Pick 57, 2021 national draft
Aaron Black West Coast 29 years, 92 days2 [20] 2022 Covid top-up player
Nathan O'Driscoll Fremantle 19 years, 314 days2 [21] Pick 27, 2020 national draft
Reef McInnes Collingwood 19 years, 111 days3 [22] Pick 23, 2020 national draft
Jordan Boyd Carlton 23 years, 193 days3 [23] Pick 20, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Neil Erasmus Fremantle 18 years, 122 days3 [24] Pick 10, 2021 national draft
Marcus Windhager St Kilda 18 years, 329 days4 [25] Pick 47, 2021 national draft
Kai Lohmann Brisbane Lions 18 years, 343 days5 [26] Pick 20, 2021 national draft
Finn Callaghan Greater Western Sydney 18 years, 355 days5 [27] Pick 3, 2021 national draft
Sam Hayes Port Adelaide 22 years, 312 days5 [28] Pick 47, 2017 national draft
Ben Hobbs Essendon 18 years, 213 days5 [29] Pick 13, 2021 national draft
Robbie McComb Western Bulldogs 26 years, 125 days6 [30] Pick 23, 2022 rookie draft
Luke Strnadica West Coast 24 years, 112 days6 [31] 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Oliver Dempsey Geelong 19 years, 107 days6 [32] Pick 15, 2022 rookie draft
Paul Curtis North Melbourne 19 years, 51 days6 [33] Pick 35, 2021 national draft
Greg Clark West Coast 24 years, 340 days7 [34] 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Cooper Hamilton Greater Western Sydney 18 years, 218 days7 [35] Pick 13, 2022 rookie draft
Jackson Callow Hawthorn 19 years, 323 days7 [36] Pick 17, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Jack Carroll Carlton 19 years, 131 days7 [37] Pick 41, 2020 national draft
Miller Bergman North Melbourne 19 years, 95 days7 [38] Pick 38, 2021 national draft
Aiden Begg Collingwood 19 years, 205 days7 [39] Pick 18, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Jye Amiss Fremantle 18 years, 279 days8 [40] Pick 8, 2021 national draft
Cooper Stephens Geelong 21 years, 110 days8 [41] Pick 16, 2019 national draft
Mitch Knevitt Geelong 19 years, 119 days8 [42] Pick 25, 2021 national draft
Alastair Lord Essendon 18 years, 162 days8 [43] Pick 46, 2021 national draft
Jake Florenca West Coast 24 years, 357 days8 [44] 2022 Covid top-up player
Luke Cleary Western Bulldogs 20 years, 69 days9 [45] Pick 61, 2021 national draft
Sam Butler Hawthorn 19 years, 93 days9 [46] Pick 23, 2021 national draft
Bigoa Nyuon Richmond 20 years, 361 days9 [47] Pick 54, 2019 national draft
Jesse Motlop Carlton 18 years, 173 days9 [48] Pick 27, 2021 national draft
Jacob Wehr Greater Western Sydney 23 years, 321 days10 [49] Pick 59, 2020 national draft
Noah Cumberland Richmond 21 years, 73 days11 (unused substitute) [50] Pick 43, 2019 national draft
Matt Roberts Sydney 18 years, 300 days11 [51] Pick 34, 2021 national draft
Shannon Neale Geelong 19 years, 307 days11 [52] Pick 33, 2020 national draft
Patrick Parnell Adelaide 20 years, 92 days12 [53] Pick 4, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Judson Clarke Richmond 18 years, 235 days13 [54] Pick 30, 2021 national draft
Daniel Turner Melbourne 20 years, 136 days13 [55] Pick 24, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Massimo D'Ambrosio Essendon 19 years, 12 days14 [56] Pick 3, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Brynn Teakle Port Adelaide 22 years, 245 days14 [57] Pick 8, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Rhett Bazzo West Coast 18 years, 244 days14 [58] Pick 37, 2021 national draft
Ryan Angwin Greater Western Sydney 19 years, 188 days14 [59] Pick 18, 2020 national draft
James Tsitas Gold Coast 27 years, 121 days16 [60] Rookie, 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Zane Trew West Coast 20 years, 68 days18 [61] Pick 12, 2021 rookie draft
Jai Culley West Coast 19 years, 143 days18 [62] Pick 1, 2022 rookie draft
Elijah Hollands Gold Coast 20 years, 89 days19 [63]
Leek Aleer Greater Western Sydney 20 years, 343 days20 [64]
Mac Andrew Gold Coast 18 years, 239 days20 [65]
Jye Menzie Essendon 19 years, 276 days20 [66]
Kallan Dawson North Melbourne 24 years, 9 days20 [67]
Jai Serong Hawthorn 19 years, 171 days21 [68]
Sam Darcy Western Bulldogs 19 years, 18 days21 [69]
Josh Goater North Melbourne 19 years, 79 days23 [70]
Ned Long Hawthorn 19 years, 197 days23 [71]
Jack Saunders Hawthorn 20 years, 191 days23 [72]
Darcy Wilmot Brisbane Lions 18 years, 244 daysEF [73]

Change of AFL club

NameClubAge at debutDebut
round
Former clubsRecruiting method
Robbie Tarrant Richmond 32 years, 326 days1 [74] North Melbourne 2021 trade
George Hewett Carlton 26 years, 78 days1 [75] Sydney 2021 free agent
Adam Cerra Carlton 22 years, 161 days1 [76] Fremantle 2021 trade
Patrick Lipinski Collingwood 23 years, 244 days1 [77] Western Bulldogs 2021 trade
Jake Kelly Essendon 27 years, 57 days1 [78] Adelaide 2021 free agent
Tyson Stengle Geelong 23 years, 151 days1 [79] Richmond & Adelaide 2021 free agent
Paddy McCartin Sydney 25 years, 334 days1 [80] St Kilda 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Jarrod Brander Greater Western Sydney 23 years, 36 days1 [81] West Coast 2021 free agent
Jeremy Finlayson Port Adelaide 26 years, 38 days1 [82] Greater Western Sydney 2021 trade
Darcy Fort Brisbane Lions 28 years, 225 days1 [83] Geelong 2021 trade
Hugh Greenwood North Melbourne 30 years, 14 days1 [84] Adelaide & Gold Coast 2021 free agent
Callum Coleman-Jones North Melbourne 22 years, 280 days1 [85] Richmond 2021 trade
Max Lynch Hawthorn 23 years, 189 days1 [86] Collingwood 2021 trade
Jordan Dawson Adelaide 24 years, 345 days1 [87] Sydney 2021 trade
Will Brodie Fremantle 23 years, 209 days1 [88] Gold Coast 2021 trade
Jordan Clark Fremantle 21 years, 155 days1 [89] Geelong 2021 trade
Levi Casboult Gold Coast 32 years, 5 days1 [90] Carlton Pick 3, 2022 rookie draft
Mabior Chol Gold Coast 25 years, 50 days1 [91] Richmond 2021 free agent
Sam Petrevski-Seton West Coast 24 years, 29 days1 [92] Carlton 2021 trade
Patrick Naish West Coast 23 years, 64 days1 [93] Richmond 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Hugh Dixon West Coast 23 years, 22 days1 [94] Fremantle 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Nathan Kreuger Collingwood 22 years, 274 days2 [95] Geelong 2021 trade
Sam Skinner Port Adelaide 24 years, 270 days2 [96] Brisbane Lions 2021 free agent
Angus Dewar West Coast 29 years, 166 days2 [97] Hawthorn 2022 Covid top-up player
Declan Mountford West Coast 25 years, 42 days2 [98] North Melbourne 2022 Covid top-up player
Stefan Giro West Coast 23 years, 17 days2 [99] Fremantle 2022 Covid top-up player
Jarrod Lienert St Kilda 27 years, 234 days2 [100] Port Adelaide 2022 Pre-season supplemental selection
Braydon Preuss Greater Western Sydney 26 years, 290 days3 [101] North Melbourne & Melbourne 2020 trade
Lewis Young Carlton 23 years, 104 days3 [102] Western Bulldogs 2021 trade
Trent Dumont Port Adelaide 26 years, 281 days4 [103] North Melbourne Pick 16, 2022 rookie draft
Peter Ladhams Sydney 24 years, 85 days4 [104] Port Adelaide 2021 trade
Tim O'Brien Western Bulldogs 28 years, 12 days4 [105] Hawthorn 2021 free agent
Luke Dunstan Melbourne 27 years, 85 days6 [106] St Kilda 2021 free agent
Tom Campbell St Kilda 30 years, 179 days7 [107] Western Bulldogs & North Melbourne 2021 free agent
Charlie Constable Gold Coast 23 years, 10 days11 (unused substitute) [108] Geelong Pick 63, 2021 national draft
Sam Durdin Carlton 26 years, 10 days14 North Melbourne Pick 13, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Will Hayes Carlton 27y 35d17 Western Bulldogs Pick 22, 2022 mid-season rookie draft
Jonathon Ceglar Geelong 31y 166d20 Hawthorn 2021 trade

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