After a hectic AFL Trade period, with players and picks exchanging between clubs, the dust has settled and the 2016 draft order has been confirmed.
Essendon have the corveted Pick 1, with Vic Metro’s Andrew McGrath and Vic Country’s Hugh McCluggage the likely two to come into consideration for their selection.
ROUND ONE
No.
Points
Club
1.
3000
ESS
Essendon
2.
2517
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Brisbane Lions via a 2016 pick exchange)
3.
2234
BL
Brisbane Lions (received from GWS via a 2016 pick exchange; originally received from Fremantle via a trade for Cam McCarthy)
4.
2034
GCFC
Gold Coast
5.
1878
CARL
Carlton
6.
1751
GCFC
Gold Coast (received from Richmond as part of Dion Prestia trade)
7.
1644
FREM
Fremantle (received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade for Cam McCarthy; received by GWS from Collingwood via a 2015 trade for Adam Treloar)
8.
1551
GCFC
Gold Coast (received from Melbourne in a 2015 exchange of picks)
9.
1469
SYD
Sydney Swans (received from Port Adelaide in a pick exchange)
10.
1395
GCFC
Gold Coast (received from Hawthorn as part of Jaeger O’Meara trade; received by Hawthorn from St Kilda in a pick exchange)
11.
1329
NMFC
North Melbourne
12.
1268
WC
West Coast
13.
1212
ADEL
Adelaide
14.
1161
PORT
Port Adelaide (received from Sydney Swans in a pick exchange; received from Hawthorn as part of Tom Mitchell trade)
15.
1112
GWS
Greater Western Sydney
16.
1067
BL
Brisbane Lions (received from GWS via a 2016 pick exchange; received from Carlton via a 2015 trade for Lachie Plowman, Jed Lamb, Andrew Phillips and Liam Sumner; received by Carlton from Geelong via a trade for Lachie Henderson)
17.
1025
PORT
Port Adelaide (received from Sydney Swans in a pick exchange)
18.
985
WB
Western Bulldogs
END OF ROUND ONE
No.
Points
Club
19.
948
SYD
Sydney Swans (received from Port Adelaide in a pick exchange; received by Port Adelaide from the Brisbane Lions as part of the Pearce Hanley trade; originally a Brisbane Lions priority pick received from AFL)
ROUND TWO
No.
Points
Club
20.
912
ESS
Essendon
21.
878
BL
Brisbane Lions
22.
845
BL
Brisbane Lions (received from Suns as part of the Pearce Hanley trade; originally from Fremantle via a 2015 pick exchange)
23.
815
STK
St Kilda (received from Hawthorn via a 2016 pick exchange; received from Fremantle for Bradley Hill; originally received as compensation for Chris Mayne)
24.
785
GEEL
Geelong (received from Richmond as part of Josh Caddy trade; received by Richmond from Gold Coast as part of Dion Prestia trade)
25.
756
CARL
Carlton
26.
729
WB
Western Bulldogs (received from Gold Coast in an exchange of picks; received by Gold Coast from Richmond as part of 2015 Charlie Dixon trade)
27.
703
RICH
Richmond (received as compensation for free agent Ty Vickery)
28.
677
COLL
Collingwood
29.
653
ESS
Essendon (received from Melbourne as part of the Michael Hibberd trade)
30.
629
PORT
Port Adelaide (received from Gold Coast as part of the Pearce Hanley trade; originally received from Port Adelaide as part of 2015 Charlie Dixon trade)
31.
606
PORT
Port Adelaide (received from Sydney Swans in a pick exchange; received by Sydney Swans from Greater Western Sydney in a pick exchange; received by GWS from from Brisbane Lions in a pick exchange; received from Collingwood as part of 2015 James Aish-Ryan Bastinac trade; originally received from St Kilda via trade for Nathan Freeman)
32.
584
NMFC
North Melbourne
33.
563
NMFC
North Melbourne (received as compensation for free agent Daniel Wells)
34.
542
WC
West Coast
35.
522
FREM
Fremantle (received from Gold Coast in a pick exchange; received by Gold Coast from Western Bulldogs in pick exchange; received by Western Bulldogs from Fremantle as part of the Joel Hamling trade; originally received by Fremantle from Greater Western Sydney via a trade for Cam McCarthy)
36.
502
STK
St Kilda (received from Hawthorn in a 2016 pick exchange)
37.
483
GWS
Greater Western Sydney
38.
465
GEEL
Geelong
39.
446
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Sydney Swans in a pick exchange)
40.
429
FREM
Fremantle (received from Western Bulldogs as part of the Joel Hamling trade)
ROUND THREE
No.
Points
Club
41.
412
ESS
Essendon
42.
395
GEEL
Geelong (received from Brisbane Lions via a 2015 trade for Josh Walker and Jarrad Jansen)
43.
378
ADEL
Adelaide (received from Gold Coast as part of Jarryd Lyons trade; received by Gold Coast from Western Bulldogs in pick exchange; received by Western Bulldogs from Fremantle as part of the Joel Hamling trade)
44.
362
COLL
Collingwood (received from Gold Coast as part of Jarrod Witts trade)
45.
347
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Carlton as part of Caleb Marchbank/Jarrod Pickett trade)
46.
331
SYD
Sydney (received from Richmond as part of Toby Nankervis trade)
47.
316
MELB
Melbourne (received from Collingwood as part of Lynden Dunn trade)
48.
302
CARL
Carlton (received from Hawthorn in a pick exchange; received by Hawthorn from Melbourne as part of the Jordan Lewis trade)
49.
287
SYD
Sydney Swans (received from Port Adelaide in a pick exchange)
50.
273
WB
Western Bulldogs (received from St Kilda as part of Koby Stevens trade)
51.
259
COLL
Collingwood (received from Melbourne as part of Lynden Dunn trade; received by Melbourne from Greater Western Sydney as part of Pat McKenna trade; received from Brisbane Lions via a 2016 pick exchange; originally received from North Melbourne as part of 2015 James Aish-Ryan Bastinac trade)
52.
246
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Sydney Swans in a pick exchange; received by Sydney Swans from Hawthorn as part of Tom Mitchell trade; originally received by Hawthorn from West Coast as part of Sam Mitchell trade)
53.
233
ADEL
Adelaide
54.
220
WC
West Coast (received from Hawthorn as part of Sam Mitchell trade)
55.
207
GWS
Greater Western Sydney
56.
194
RICH
Richmond (received from Geelong as part of Josh Caddy trade)
57.
182
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Melbourne as part of Pat McKenna trade; received by Melbourne from Hawthorn as part of the Jordan Lewis trade)
58.
170
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Carlton as part of Caleb Marchbank/Jarrod Pickett trade; received by Carlton from Western Bulldogs via a 2015 pick exchange)
ROUND FOUR
No.
Points
Club
59.
158
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Melbourne as part of Pat McKenna trade; received by Melbourne from Essendon as part of the Michael Hibberd trade)
60.
146
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Brisbane Lions via a 2016 pick exchange)
61.
135
STK
St Kilda (received from Western Bulldogs as part of Koby Stevens trade; received by Western Bulldogs from Fremantle as part of the Joel Hamling trade)
62.
123
COLL
Collingwood (received from Gold Coast as part of Jarrod Witts trade)
63.
112
CARL
Carlton (received from Geelong as part of Zach Tuohy trade; received by Geelong from Fremantle for Shane Kersten; received by Fremantle from Western Bulldogs as part of the Joel Hamling trade)
64.
101
GEEL
Geelong (received from Richmond as part of Josh Caddy trade)
65.
90
COLL
Collingwood
66.
80
CARL
Carlton (received from Hawthorn in a pick exchange; received by Hawthorn from Melbourne as part of the Jordan Lewis trade)
67.
69
ADEL
Adelaide (received from Gold Coast as part of Jarryd Lyons trade; received from Port Adelaide as part of Pearce Hanley trade)
68.
59
ESS
Essendon (received from Melbourne as part of the Michael Hibberd trade, originally received from Hawthorn as part of the Jordan Lewis trade)
69.
49
MELB
Melbourne (received from Greater Western Sydney as part of Pat McKenna trade; received by GWS from North Melbourne for Paul Ahern)
70.
39
CARL
Carlton (received from Hawthorn in a pick exchange; received by Hawthorn from West Coast as part of Sam Mitchell trade)
71.
29
FREM
Fremantle (received from Gold Coast in a pick exchange; received by Gold Coast from Adelaide as part of Jarryd Lyons trade)
72.
19
GEEL
Geelong (received from West Coast for Nathan Vardy; received by Geelong from Hawthorn as part of Sam Mitchell trade)
73.
9
GCFC
Gold Coast (received from Fremantle in a pick exchange; received from Greater Western Sydney via a trade for Cam McCarthy)
74.
–
GEEL
Geelong
75.
–
WB
Western Bulldogs (received from the Sydney Swans as part of the 2015 Michael Talia trade)
76.
–
BL
Brisbane Lions (received from Collingwood as part of Jack Frost trade; received by Collingwood from the Western Bulldogs for Travis Cloke)
ROUND FIVE
No.
Points
Club
77.
–
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon for James Stewart)
78.
–
BL
Brisbane Lions
79.
–
FREM
Fremantle
80.
–
WB
Western Bulldogs (received from Gold Coast in pick exchange)
81.
–
CARL
Carlton
82.
–
RICH
Richmond
83.
–
COLL
Collingwood
84.
–
MELB
Melbourne
85.
–
PORT
Port Adelaide
86.
–
STK
St Kilda
87.
–
NMFC
North Melbourne
88.
–
HAW
Hawthorn (received from West Coast as part of Sam Mitchell trade)
89.
–
ADEL
Adelaide
90.
–
HAW
Hawthorn
91.
–
GEEL
Geelong (received from GWS via a 2015 trade for Steve Johnson)
92.
–
NMFC
North Melbourne (received from Geelong for Aaron Black)
93.
–
SYD
Sydney Swans
94.
–
WB
Western Bulldogs
ROUND SIX
No.
Points
Club
95.
–
ESS
Essendon
96.
–
BL
Brisbane Lions
97.
–
FREM
Fremantle
98.
–
GCFC
Gold Coast
99.
–
CARL
Carlton
100.
–
RICH
Richmond
101.
–
COLL
Collingwood
102.
–
MELB
Melbourne
103.
–
PORT
Port Adelaide
104.
–
STK
St Kilda
105.
–
COLL
Collingwood (received from North Melbourne for Marley Williams)
106.
–
WC
West Coast
107.
–
ADEL
Adelaide
108.
–
HAW
Hawthorn
109.
–
GWS
Greater Western Sydney
110.
–
GEEL
Geelong
111.
–
SYD
Sydney Swans
112.
–
WB
Western Bulldogs
ROUND SEVEN
No.
Points
Club
113.
–
ESS
Essendon
114.
–
BL
Brisbane Lions
115.
–
FREM
Fremantle
116.
–
GCFC
Gold Coast
117.
–
CARL
Carlton
118.
–
RICH
Richmond
119.
–
COLL
Collingwood
120.
–
MELB
Melbourne
121.
–
PORT
Port Adelaide
122.
–
STK
St Kilda
123.
–
NMFC
North Melbourne
124.
–
WC
West Coast
125.
–
ADEL
Adelaide
126.
–
HAW
Hawthorn
127.
–
GWS
Greater Western Sydney
128.
–
GEEL
Geelong
129.
–
SYD
Sydney Swans
130.
–
WB
Western Bulldogs
ROUND EIGHT
No.
Points
Club
131.
–
ESS
Essendon
132.
–
BL
Brisbane Lions
133.
–
FREM
Fremantle
134.
–
GCFC
Gold Coast
135.
–
GWS
Greater Western Sydney (received from Carlton for Rhys Palmer)
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