2026 NATIONAL DRAFT ORDER AND SELECTIONS

The starting order for next year’s National Draft based on 2025 finishing positions with the current points system.

This is subject to possible further amendment as it was compiled on information accumulated from various sources that still need to be cross-checked. As time progresses, we can expect plenty of changes all the way through to next year’s draft.

ROUND ONE

1 West Coast Eagles (3,000)

2 Richmond (2,481)

3 North Melbourne (2,178)

4 Essendon (1,962)

5 Melbourne (1,795)

6 Port Adelaide (1,659)

7 St Kilda (1,543)

8 Carlton (1,443)

9 Carlton (1,355) received from Sydney Swans in 2025

10 Western Bulldogs (1,276)

11 Fremantle (1,205)

12 GWS Giants (1,140)

13 Melbourne (1,080) received from Gold Coast Suns in 2025

14 Adelaide (1,024)

15 Hawthorn (973)

16 Collingwood (924)

17 Geelong (879)

18 Brisbane Lions (836)

ROUND TWO

19 West Coast Eagles (796)

20 Richmond (757)

21 Carlton (721) received from North Melbourne in 2025

22 Essendon (686)

23 GWS Giants (653) received from Gold Coast in 2025, received from Melbourne in 2025

24 Port Adelaide (621)

25 Hawthorn (590) received from West Coast in 2025, received from St Kilda in 2025

26 Port Adelaide (561) received from Carlton in 2025

27 Sydney Swans (533)

28 Western Bulldogs (505)

29 Fremantle (479)

30 Hawthorn (454) received from GWS Giants in 2025

31 Carlton (429) received from Gold Coast Suns in 2025

32 Adelaide (405)

33 St Kilda (382) received from Hawthorn in 2025

34 Collingwood (360)

35 Geelong (338)

36 Brisbane Lions (317)

ROUND THREE

37 West Coast Eagles (297)

38 Richmond (277)

39 North Melbourne (257)

40 Adelaide (238) received from Gold Coast in 2025, received from Essendon in 2025

41 Brisbane Lions (220) received from Collingwood in 2025, received from Melbourne in 2025

42 Port Adelaide (202)

43 St Kilda (184)

44 Sydney Swans (167) received from Carlton in 2025

46 West Coast Eagles (150) received from Hawthorn in 2025, received from Sydney in 2025

46 Western Bulldogs (134)

47 Fremantle (118)

48 Melbourne (102) received from GWS Giants in 2025

49 Port Adelaide (86) received from Gold Coast Suns in 2025

50 Adelaide (71)

51 Brisbane Lions (57) received from Hawthorn in 2025

52 Sydney Swans (42) received from Collingwood in 2025

53 Geelong (28)

54 Carlton (14) received from Brisbane Lions in 2025

ROUND FOUR

55 West Coast Eagles (0)

56 Richmond (0)

57 North Melbourne (0)

58 Essendon (0)

59 Hawthorn (220) received from Melbourne in 2025

60 Port Adelaide (0)

61 St Kilda (0)

62 Carlton (0)

63 Collingwood(0) received from Sydney Swans in 2025

64 West Coast Eagles (0) received from Western Bulldogs in 2025

65 Fremantle (0)

66 Collingwood (0) received from GWS Giants in 2025

67 Gold Coast Suns (0)

68 North Melbourne (0) received from Adelaide in 2025

69 Sydney Swans (0) received from Hawthorn in 2025

70 Collingwood (0)

71 Geelong (0)

72 Brisbane Lions (0)