The 2026 Telstra AFL Draft will take place across two nights on Thursday, November 19, and Friday, November 20.

This page will be updated as the draft order changes via free agency compensations and trades. After day one of free agency, the indicative draft order is:

INDICATIVE DRAFT ORDER (as of October 2, 2026)

ROUND ONE

1 Essendon
2 Richmond
3 West Coast
4 Port Adelaide
5 North Melbourne
6 Melbourne (tied to Gold Coast)
7 Greater Western Sydney
8 St Kilda
9 Collingwood
10 Melbourne
11 Carlton
12 Western Bulldogs
13 Adelaide
14 Geelong
15 Hawthorn
16 Carlton (tied to Sydney)
17 Fremantle
18 Brisbane

ROUND TWO

19 Essendon
20 Richmond
21 West Coast
22 Port Adelaide
23 Carlton (tied to North Melbourne)
24 Carlton (tied to Gold Coast)
25 Hawthorn (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
26 Greater Western Sydney (Toby Greene compensation)
27 Hawthorn (tied to St Kilda)
28 Collingwood
29 Greater Western Sydney (tied to Melbourne)
30 Port Adelaide (tied to Carlton)
31 Western Bulldogs
32 Adelaide
33 Geelong
34 Hawthorn
35 Sydney
36 Sydney (Joel Amartey compensation)
37 Fremantle
38 Brisbane
39 Brisbane (Lachie Neale compensation)

ROUND THREE

40 Adelaide (tied to Essendon)
41 Richmond
42 West Coast
43 Port Adelaide
44 North Melbourne
45 Port Adelaide (tied to Gold Coast)
46 Melbourne (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
47 Greater Western Sydney (Kieren Briggs compensation)
48 St Kilda
49 Sydney (tied to Collingwood)
50 Brisbane (tied to Melbourne)
51 Sydney (tied to Carlton)
52 Western Bulldogs
53 Adelaide
54 Geelong
55 West Coast (tied to Hawthorn)
56 Brisbane (tied to Sydney)
57 Fremantle
58 Carlton (tied to Brisbane)

ROUND FOUR

59 Essendon
60 Richmond
61 West Coast
62 Port Adelaide
63 North Melbourne
64 Gold Coast
65 Collingwood (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
66 St Kilda
67 Collingwood
68 Hawthorn (tied to Melbourne)
69 Carlton
70 West Coast (tied to Western Bulldogs)
71 North Melbourne (tied to Adelaide)
72 Geelong
73 Sydney (tied to Hawthorn)
74 Collingwood (tied to Sydney)
75 Fremantle
76 Brisbane

ROUND FIVE

77 Essendon
78 Gold Coast (tied to Richmond)
79 West Coast
80 Port Adelaide
81 North Melbourne
82 Gold Coast
83 Greater Western Sydney
84 St Kilda
85 Collingwood
86 Melbourne
87 Carlton
88 Western Bulldogs
89 Adelaide
90 Geelong
91 Hawthorn
92 Sydney
93 Fremantle
94 Brisbane


Richmond's future draft picks, as of October 2, 2026, are: 

2026 2027 2028
2 R1 pick R1 pick
20 R2 pick R2 pick
41 R3 pick R3 pick
60 R4 pick R4 pick