AFL Trade Period: Champion Data rate the potential trade targets ahead of the exchange period
Who will get the biggest steals of the trade period, who might pay overs and which players need to improve? Champion Data rates 42 trade targets with exclusive stats.
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With the AFL’s trade period set to begin on Monday, Champion Data statistics have provided an insight into what wantaway players or those who have been linked with moves can provide for either their new club or the one they are already at.
ELITE
Jordan De Goey (Collingwood)
Age: 26
Signed to 2027, midfield/forward
CHANGES FROM 2021 TO 2022:
Disposals: 21 to 20.8 (-1 per cent)
Contested possessions: 7 to 9.8 (29 per cent)
Metres gained: 318 to 388 (18 per cent)
Clearances: 3 to 4.8 (38 per cent)
Score involvements: 6.3 to 6.4 (2 per cent)
Has signed a long-term deal with Collingwood after a sensational finals series. St Kilda and even Essendon had their hopes of snaring De Goey briefly when he pushed back against behaviour clauses Collingwood had put in its contract offer to him but he is staying.
Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs)
Age: 25
Out of contract, midfield/forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 25.5 (2nd)
Contested possessions: 11.3 (1st)
Clearances: 4.4 (2nd)
Score involvements: 7 (2nd)
Tackles: 6.1 (1st)
Won the Bulldogs’ best and fairest after a fine 2022 campaign but wants to go to Brisbane in arguably the biggest move of the trade period. Has played more forward for the Dogs this year but should have a spot in the Lions’ midfield when he heads to Queensland.
Izak Rankine (Gold Coast)
Age: 22
Out of contract, small forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 13.4 (21st)
Forward 50 groundball gets: 2.9 (1st)
Goals: 1.6 (14th)
Score assists: 1.4 (6th)
Score involvements: 6.2 (6th)
Adelaide is set to lure back the young gun small forward from the Suns. The Crows’ first round pick, No. 5, will be front and centre to secure the South Australian.
ABOVE AVERAGE
Blake Acres (Fremantle)
Age: 26
Out of contract, wing
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 21.7 (elite)
Uncontested possessions: 15.5 (elite)
Metres gained: 443 (elite)
Inside 50s: 4.2
Score involvements: 4.6 (above average)
Set to arrive at Carlton in one of the first deals that will get done in the trade period. Has impressed on a wing for the Dockers this year and addresses a position of need for the Blues as they seek to make finals following a heartbreaking end to the season.
Karl Amon (Hawthorn)
Age: 27
Signed to 2026, wing
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 23.6 (2nd)
Uncontested possessions: 18 (1st)
Metres gained: 488 (1st)
Inside 50s: 4.1 (2nd)
Score involvements: 5.3 (1st)
Joined Hawthorn as a free agent from Port Adelaide. This year, Amon was ranked extremely high for his position, leading the competition for uncontested possessions, metres gained and score involvements per game and also received the most Brownlow votes for the Power.
Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)
Age: 30
Out of contract, key forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 10.8 (average)
Forward 50 marks: 2.4 (above average)
Forward 50 groundball gets: 1.8 (elite)
Goals: 2 (above average)
Score involvements: 5.7 (above average)
The three-time premiership winning Hawk wants to join Brisbane as a free agent. He will add experience and firepower to a Lions outfit that will lose Dan McStay to Collingwood.
Brad Hill (St Kilda)
Age: 29
Signed to 2025, defender
CHANGES FROM 2021 TO 2022:
Disposals: 19.7 to 21 (6 per cent)
Uncontested possessions: 15.6 to 15.3 (-2 per cent)
Metres gained: 386 to 356 (-8 per cent)
Marks: 3.9 to 4.8 (19 per cent)
Score involvements: 4 to 3.9 (-3 per cent)
Was linked with a move to join former coach Alastair Clarkson at North Melbourne but looks like he will stay at St Kilda. Had struggled to find a consistent role at the Saints following his big money move from Fremantle but impressed as a defender in 2022 with his speed.
Griffin Logue (Fremantle)
Age: 24
Out of contract, defender
2022 MATCH-UP MINUTES, OPPONENT GOALS
Round 1: Darcy Fogarty, 66, 1
Round 2: Tim Membrey, 82, 0
Round 4: Jesse Hogan, 63, 0
Round 6: Charlie Curnow, 73, 1
Round 7: Jeremy Cameron, 106, 0
Round 9: Mabior Chol, 53, 1
Round 10: Jamie Elliott, 55, 0
Round 15: Charlie Curnow, 105, 4
Round 17: Rowan Marshall, 49, 0
Round 18: Lance Franklin, 109, 1
Has nominated North Melbourne as the club he wants to go to. Can play at both ends of the ground but has impressed as a defender for the Dockers this year, not giving up many goals to his opponent outside of when Charlie Curnow kicked four on him in Round 15.
Rory Lobb (Fremantle)
Age: 29
Signed to 2023, key forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 11.1 (average)
Contested marks: 1.5 (above average)
Forward 50 marks: 2.3 (above average)
Goals: 1.7 (average)
Score involvements: 5.6 (above average)
Wants to go to the Western Bulldogs, where he would provide support for Tim English in the ruck and be a solid option as a tall forward. But the Dockers have said they won’t entertain a trade request from Lobb this off-season, after he tried to return to GWS last year.
Ben Long (St Kilda)
Age: 25
Out of contract, defender
2022 AVERAGES:
Disposals: 11.84
Uncontested possessions: 7.5
Marks: 3.9
Long wants to be traded to Gold Coast. The hard-nut has had trouble with discipline but in round 23 against Sydney he showed what he can do as a defender, registering 27 disposals, 15 uncontested possessions, 17 marks, seven intercept marks and 13 intercept possessions.
Tim Taranto (GWS)
Age: 24
Out of contract, midfield/forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 25.4 (elite)
Uncontested possessions: 14.8 (above average)
Clearances: 3.8 (above average)
Score involvements: 4.9 (average)
Tackles: 4.8 (elite)
Taranto wants to join Richmond in a big boost for the Tigers’ midfield stocks. Has played as a midfielder/forward for the Giants, posting elite numbers for disposals and tackles. Expect him to play more of a midfield role at Richmond.
AVERAGE
Luke Jackson (Melbourne)
Age: 20
Out of contract, ruck
CHANGES FROM 2021 TO 2022:
Disposals: 12.8 to 14.8 (10 per cent)
Contested possessions: 6.5 to 8.2 (21 per cent)
Hitout to advantage rate: 12.2 to 9.8 (-24 per cent)
Clearances: 1.5 to 2.4 (38 per cent)
Score involvements: 4.6 to 5.2 (12 per cent)
Wants to return home to Western Australia, with Fremantle the likely destination. The 2021 Rising Star winner is considered to be one of the most exciting young players in the AFL and Melbourne is going to demand a high price for the 20-year-old, who didn’t have the year many expected of him in 2022 but still showed some improvement.
Brayden Fiorini (Gold Coast)
Age: 25
Signed to 2023, midfielder
2022 AVERAGES:
Disposals: 16
Contested possessions: 5.9
Clearances: 1.9
Tackles: 2.9
Has been linked with a move to Collingwood. In the VFL he has averaged 36.1 disposals, 16 contested possessions, nine clearances, 9.4 score involvements and 7.7 tackles. Could he be another Pat Lipinski for the Magpies?
Darcy Gardiner (Brisbane)
Age: 27
Signed to 2025, key defender
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 12.4 (average)
Contested possessions: 4.7 (average)
Intercept marks: 1.6 (below average)
Intercept possessions: 5.5 (average)
Spoils: 4 (below average)
Was linked with a move way from Brisbane but signed a new three-year deal at the Lions. Will provide reliability down back as Brisbane seeks to take the next step after its preliminary final thrashing.
Daniel McStay (Brisbane)
Age: 27
Out of contract, key forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 12 (above average)
Marks: 5.3 (above average)
Contested marks: 1.3 (average)
Goals: 1.1 (below average)
Score assists: 1.2 (elite)
Will leave Brisbane and join Collingwood as a free agent. Has been a good option for the Lions as a third key forward. The Magpies have been crying out for a key forward for a while now. Can McStay be the main man up top that Collingwood needs?
Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Age: 29
Signed to 2023, midfielder
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 28 (above average)
Uncontested possessions: 15.5 (above average)
Metres gained: 327 (average)
Clearances: 5 (average)
Score involvements: 6 (above average)
The Brownlow Medallist is set to come on the trade table as the Hawks look to continue their rebuild. Mitchell has been a prolific ball-winning midfielder, which won him the Brownlow, but the Hawks are moving in a different direction. Collingwood might be interested.
Junior Rioli (West Coast)
Age: 27
Out of contract, midfield/forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 12 (below average)
Contested possessions: 6.2 (average)
Clearances: 2.8 (above average)
Goals: 1.1 (elite)
Tackles: 3.2 (above average)
Rioli wants to join Port Adelaide, where he would address the Power’s small forward issues. He returned to footy this year after his two-year ban and the 2018 premiership Eagle showed that he still has his goal sense with just over a goal a game.
James Rowe (Adelaide)
Age: 23
Out of contract, small forward
2022 RATING FROM FULL MATCHES:
Disposals: 14.6 (above average)
Forward 50 groundball gets: 1.8 (above average)
Goals: 0.9 (average)
Score involvements: 5.1 (above average)
Forward half pressure points: 16.5 (below average)
Still without a contract at the Crows, Rowe will have to wait and see if he can get a new one at West Lakes. Has been linked with the Western Bulldogs, who would be getting a serviceable small forward at AFL level.
BELOW AVERAGE
Toby Bedford (Melbourne)
Age: 22
Out of contract, small forward
2022 RATING FROM FULL MATCHES:
Disposals: 8.1 (below average)
Forward 50 groundball gets: 1 (below average)
Goals: 1.1 (above average)
Score involvements: 3.5 (below average)
Tackles: 2.6 (above average)
The Demons’ medical substitute on eight occasions this year, Bedford has been linked to Essendon and GWS. If he goes, he will be hoping for more opportunities to show his talent.
Tanner Bruhn (GWS)
Age: 20
Out of contract, midfielder/forward
2022 RATING FROM FULL MATCHES:
Disposals: 12.6 (below average)
Contested possessions: 6 (average)
Metres gained: 140 (below average)
Score involvements: 2.8 (below average)
Pressure points: 40.5 (above average)
Two years after joining the Giants via pick 12 in the national draft, Bruhn wants to head to reigning premier for Geelong. His kicking and pressure have been among his best traits and he will be able to help the Cats regenerate while competing for a flag again next year.
Matt Crouch (Adelaide)
Age: 27
Signed to 2023, midfielder
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 27.4 (above average)
Uncontested possessions: 18.3 (elite)
Metres gained: 247 (below average)
Clearances: 4.4 (average)
Score involvements: 5.3 (average)
Adelaide list manager Justin Reid says he expects Crouch to remain at West Lakes next season but if a club is interested, surely the Crows trade him for a later draft pick. Dominated at SANFL level but featured just 11 times in the AFL team.
Bobby Hill (GWS)
Age: 22
Out of contract, small forward
2022 RATING FOR FULL MATCHES:
Disposals: 9.3 (below average)
Forward 50 groundball gets: 0.8 (below average)
Goals: 0.9 (average)
Score involvements: 3.3 (below average)
Forward half pressure points: 20.8 (average)
Will join Collingwood without too much trouble after his 2022 was rocked by him being diagnosed with testicular cancer. The Giants held him to his contract last year, but are happy to let him go now. Collingwood will be hoping he improves.
Jayden Hunt (Melbourne)
Age: 27
Out of contract, general defender
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 10 (poor)
Uncontested possessions: 6.6 (below average)
Metres gained: 216 (below average)
Intercept marks: 0.9 (average)
Intercept possessions: 4 (below average)
Set to join West Coast as an unrestricted free agent. Aside from a short period in the middle of the year was in the Demons side for the majority of the 2022 season. But Melbourne probably won’t miss him all that much.
Darcy Tucker (Fremantle)
Age: 25
Signed to 2023, midfielder/forward
PER 100 MINUTES CHANGES FROM 2021 TO 2022:
Disposals: 16.6 to 15.4 (-8 per cent)
Uncontested possessions: 13.2 to 10.5 (-26 per cent)
Kicking efficiency: 66 per cent to 61 per cent (-9 per cent)
Metres gained: 241 to 229 (-5 per cent)
Score involvements: 2.9 to 4.3 (33 per cent)
Tucker wants to be traded to North Melbourne for more opportunities after finding himself on the fringes at Fremantle. Can play a variety of roles, which has resulted in some of the decreases in his numbers this year. Did have a nice increase in his score involvements.
POOR
Oliver Henry (Collingwood)
Age: 20
Out of contract, general forward
2022 RATING:
Disposals: 9.3 (average)
Uncontested possessions: 5.6 (average)
Fwd 50 groundball gets: 1.8 (elite)
Goals: 1.6 (average)
Score Involvements: 4.5 (average)
Henry has requested a trade to Geelong, where his brother, Jack, plays. Statistically, his best asset, according to Champion Data, is his forward-50 ground ball gets, ranking elite.
Jeremy Sharp (Gold Coast)
Age: 21
Signed to 2023, midfielder
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 27 (elite)
Uncontested possessions: 20.1 (elite)
Inside 50s: 5.5 (elite)
Marks: 7.9 (elite)
Score involvements: 6.6 (elite)
The West Australian has been linked with Fremantle and West Coast. Has played 23 games for the Suns over the past three seasons, including 12 this year, but has not been able to stamp himself as a regular.
NOT CLASSIFIED
(Did not play enough AFL games)
Jack Bowes (Gold Coast)
Age: 24
Signed to 2024, defender
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 25.8 (elite)
Contested possessions: 12.6 (elite)
Intercept possessions: 2.8 (below average)
Score involvements: 6.4 (elite)
Tackles: 5.1 (elite)
Essendon, St Kilda and Geelong have been linked to Bowes, who the Suns are looking to trade in a salary dump. Played 19 AFL games last year but only five this season, despite impressing in the VFL.
Jack Bytel (St Kilda)
Age: 22
Out of contract, midfielder
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 24.8 (above average)
Contested possessions: 12.7 (elite)
Clearances: 7 (elite)
Score involvements: 5.2 (above average)
Tackles: 5.9 (elite)
Said to be on Essendon’s radar, Bytel did not feature at AFL level this year but he performed well in the VFL. Played 13 AFL games in 2021
Hunter Clark (St Kilda)
Age: 23
Signed to 2023, defender
PER 100 MINUTES CHANGES FROM 2021 TO 2022:
Disposals: 21.5 to 18.4 (-17 per cent)
Uncontested possessions: 14.1 to 12.3 (-15 per cent)
Metres gained: 298 to 279 (-7 per cent)
Marks: 4.6 to 3.4 (-35 per cent)
Intercept possessions: 4.8 to 5.5 (13 per cent)
Sounded like he was headed for North Melbourne but might not be anymore. Clark is coming off an eight-game season and St Kilda wants to keep the 2017 draft’s No. 7 pick.
Josh Corbett (Gold Coast)
Age: 26
Out of contract, key forward
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 11.5 (above average)
Marks: 7.2 (elite)
Contested marks: 2.3 (elite)
Forward 50 marks: 3.7 (elite)
Goals: 2.1 (above average)
The Bombers and Melbourne have reportedly shown interest in Corbett. He lined up in just four AFL matches this year but had a strong VFL campaign.
Francis Evans (Geelong)
Age: 21
Delisted, small forward
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 17.9 (above average)
Uncontested possessions: 9.4 (above average)
Goals: 1.7 (elite)
Score assists: 1.3 (elite)
Score involvements: 6.3 (elite)
After seven games at the Cats, including five this season (one as an unused medical substitute), Evans will head to Port Adelaide as a delisted free agent next month. Has not had many opportunities at AFL level but boost an area of need for the Power.
Billy Frampton (Adelaide)
Age: 25
Out of contract, key defender
2022 SANFL RATING:
Disposals: 21 (elite)
Uncontested possessions: 10.9 (elite)
Marks: 7.8 (elite)
Intercept marks: 4.1 (elite)
Intercept possessions: 8.5 (elite)
The big man is expected to land at Collingwood. He has been a standout for the Crows at SANFL level, but can he become more consistent in the top tier if he gets an opportunity with the Magpies?
Marty Frederick (Port Adelaide)
Age: 22
Out of contract, defender
2022 SANFL RATING:
Disposals: 17.2 (above average)
Uncontested possessions: 12 (above average)
Kicking efficiency: 71 per cent (below average)
Intercept possessions: 3.6 (below average)
Tackles: 2.7 (above average)
The running defender wants to leave the Power for more opportunities after 14 AFL appearances these past two seasons. He has been a fringe player at Port Adelaide and there has been some interest from Gold Coast and West Coast.
Aaron Francis (Essendon)
Age: 25
Out of contract, defender
2022 AVERAGES:
Disposals: 7
Marks: 4
Uncontested possessions: 5.5
The South Australian wants out of Essendon amid interest from Sydney and Port Adelaide after lining up in just four AFL matches this past season. In his last five VFL games, he averaged 15.4, four intercept marks and 8.6 intercept possessions.
Jacob Hopper (GWS)
Age: 25
Signed to 2023, midfielder
LAST SIX WEEKS’ AVERAGES:
Disposals: 19.7 (below average)
Contested possessions: 9.2 (below average)
Clearances: 4.7 (average)
Tackles: 3.2 (below average)
Score involvements: 4.2 (below average)
Hopper wants to play for Richmond next year as the Tigers look to revamp their midfield by adding him and Giants teammate Tim Taranto. Injury restricted Hopper, an All-Australian squad member last year, to just seven games this season.
Brodie Grundy (Collingwood)
Age: 28
Signed to 2027, ruckman
2022 RATING (ROUNDS 1-6):
Disposals: 16.8 (above average)
Contested possessions: 10.8 (elite)
Hit-outs to advantage: 9.2 (above average)
Clearances: 5.5 (elite)
Centre clearances: 2.8 (elite)
Looks headed for Melbourne to pair with Max Gawn in what shapes as a very intriguing trade and ruck combination. He seemed to be getting back towards his best before his injuries but Collingwood now hoped to move him on.
Sam Hayes (Port Adelaide)
Age: 23
Signed to 2023, ruckman
2022 SANFL RATING:
Disposals: 12.1 (average)
Marks: 4.5 (above average)
Intercept marks: 1.7 (above average)
Hit-outs to advantage: 7.1 (average)
Score involvements: 3.8 (average)
Hayes looks more likely to stay at the Power despite being linked to Collingwood. He played seven AFL games this year, including debuting, but then fell down the ruck pecking order after Brynn Teakle’s arrival, despite Scott Lycett being injured.
Liam Henry (Fremantle)
Age: 21
Signed to 2023, midfielder/forward
2022 WAFL RATING:
Disposals: 17.5 (above average)
Uncontested possessions: 13.5 (above average)
Inside 50s: 3.4 (above average)
Marks: 5.3 (above average)
Score involvements: 5 (above average)
Speculation suggested Henry might be on the move but he was now expected to remain at the Dockers. Has played 27 games in the past three years, including seven in 2022.
Fischer McAsey (Adelaide)
Age: 21
Signed to 2023, key forward
2022 SANFL RATING:
Disposals: 8.1 (below average)
Contested marks: 1.6 (above average)
Forward 50 marks: 2 (above average)
Goals: 1.2 (average)
Score involvements: 4.4 (average)
The sixth pick in the 2019 national draft has not featured at AFL level since 2020 and spent this year playing mainly as a forward. Could a Victorian club secure a trade for him? Or does he see his contract out at the Crows?
Lloyd Meek (Fremantle)
Age: 24
Signed to 2023, ruckman
2022 WAFL RATING:
Disposals: 17.8 (above average)
Contested possessions: 12.1 (elite)
Hit-outs to advantage: 8.4 (above average)
Clearances: 4.9 (above average)
Score involvements: 5.2 (above average)
Hawthorn is reportedly interested in Meek, who will move down the Dockers’ ruck pecking order if they secure Luke Jackson. Meek has had limited AFL exposure but has been one of the best big men at WAFL level.
Liam Stocker (Carlton)
Age: 22
Delisted, defender
2022 VFL RATING:
Disposals: 23.8 (elite)
Uncontested possessions: 13.8 (elite)
Marks: 4.8 (above average)
Intercept marks: 1.7 (above average)
Intercept possessions: 6.3 (elite)
The No. 19 pick from the 2018 draft was axed after 28 games with the Blues but he might have showed enough to earn another chance. Former North Melbourne coach David Noble said he would be staggered if he did not land on another AFL list.
Liam Jones
Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL)
Age: 31
Unsigned, key defender
2021 RATING:
Disposals: 11.5 (average)
Marks: 5.5 (above average)
Intercept marks: 4.2 (elite)
Intercept possessions: 8.4 (elite)
Spoils: 7.4 (elite)
After sitting out 2021 due to the AFL’s vaccination requirement, Jones is heading to the Western Bulldogs. The former Carlton backman spent this year playing in Queensland’s state league and should provide a much-needed boost to the Dogs’ defence.
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