AFL free agency: Every player who could hit the market in 2020

The season isn’t over, but some AFL players have already left their clubs to try to secure a new beginning. Could more impending free agents go down this route? See every club’s current free agent list.

There are some genuine jets yet to be locked down by their clubs.

More than 90 players could hit the free agency market at season’s end, with a number already departing their clubs in search of greener pastures.

Adelaide’s Rory Atkins walked out on the Crows with four games left in the season and Fremantle has let four players — Cam McCarthy, Jason Carter, Dillon O’Reilly and Isaiah Butters — go early from their contracts and training requirements.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE CURRENT LIST OF RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, former leading player agent Ricky Nixon predicts.

“I’ve got no doubt that players are looking to get out of clubs more than ever before because I’ve had a number contact me for advice,” Nixon said.

“The future is very uncertain and the advice I have for every player is make it as certain as you can and if clubs are going to make it uncertain then get out.”

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Cam McCarthy was given an early release by Fremantle. Picture: Getty Images

Port Adelaide general manager of football Chris Davies said the lure of finals meant Power players would stay until the end of the season.

“The fantastic benefit for us at the moment is that we have a group where all players want an opportunity to play in an AFL finals series, we aren’t talking about anyone who is walking away from the club anytime soon,” he said.

“I can see obviously Fremantle have done something like that and a similar thing has happened across the road (at the Crows) so these things will play out.

“I can see, in fairness, why there would be concern around players who don’t believe they are going to be at the club next year adhering to the training regime or protocols that are in place at the moment.

“Especially if there is nothing at the end of what they are training for.”

Rory Atkins has departed the Crows. Picture: Sarah Reed

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Crows board member Rod Jameson said money and security had become more important for players than success.

“I rarely hear a player say I want to stay at a club to win a premiership,” Jameson said on ABC Grandstand.

“Rory Atkins is an interesting one, there’s probably (not been a lot of examples) in recent time of a player coming to a club and saying I want to explore free agency but I also want to step away from the club because I don’t want to get injured because that might jeopardise what a potential purchaser may want.

“He’s after a long term deal, that’s what the players voted for. it’s disappointing but if that’s what he is after."

ELIGIBLE FREE AGENTS

RESTRICTED

Brad Crouch (Adelaide)

Joe Daniher (Essendon)

Jeremy Cameron (GWS)

Zac Williams (GWS)

Aidan Corr (GWS)

Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide)

Joe Daniher is one of the big names on the restricted free agency list. Pic: Michael Klein

UNRESTRICTED

Adelaide

Ben Crocker (rookie)

Rory Atkins

Kyle Hartigan

David MacKay

Ben Keays (rookie)

Brisbane

Sam Skinner (rookie)

Matt Eagles (rookie)

Jacob Allison (rookie)

Corey Lyons (rookie)

Stefan Martin

Ryan Lester

Grant Birchall

Carlton

Marc Murphy

Matthew Kreuzer

Levi Casboult

Eddie Betts

Kade Simpson

Callum Moore (rookie)

Hugh Goddard (rookie)

Will Eddie Betts go around for the Blues again? Picture: Getty Images

Collingwood

Ben Reid

Tim Broomhead (rookie)

Lynden Dunn (rookie)

Essendon

Tom Bellchambers

Martin Gleeson

Will Snelling (rookie)

Shaun McKernan

Mitchell Hibberd (rookie)

Jacob Townsend (rookie)

Fremantle

David Mundy

Thomas North (rookie)

Hugh Dixon (rookie)

Geelong

Tom Hawkins

Gary Ablett

Harry Taylor

Lachlan Henderson (rookie)

Despite putting together one of his best seasons, Tom Hawkins is still without a new deal at the Cats. Picture: Getty Images

Gold Coast

Jarrod Harbrow

Anthony Miles

George Horlin-Smith

Josh Schoenfeld (rookie)

GWS

Sam Reid (rookie)

Tom Sheridan (rookie)

Zachary Sproule (rookie)

Hawthorn

Isaac Smith

Ben Stratton

James Frawley

Ricky Henderson

Paul Puopolo

Shaun Burgoyne

Darren Minchington (rookie)

Keegan Brooksby (rookie)

Melbourne

Nathan Jones

Harley Bennell (rookie)

Mitch Brown (rookie)

Corey Wagner (rookie)

North Melbourne

Taylor Garner

Mason Wood

Jamie Macmillan

Ben Jacobs

Majak Daw

Josh Walker

Kyron Hayden (rookie)

Port Adelaide

Justin Westhoff

Riley Grundy (rookie)

Boyd Woodcock (rookie)

Cam Sutcliffe (rookie)

Wylie Buzza

Trent McKenzie

Richmond

Bachar Houli

St Kilda

Jarryn Geary

Nathan Brown

Ryan Abbott

Sydney

Jack Maibaum

Could Andrew Gaff depart West Coast? Picture: Getty Images

West Coast

Andrew Gaff

Josh Kennedy

Shannon Hurn

Will Schofield

Hamish Brayshaw (rookie)

Brendon Ah Chee (rookie)

Mark Hutchings

Jamaine Jones (rookie)

Western Bulldogs

Billy Gowers

Jackson Trengove

Matthew Suckling

Roarke Smith (rookie)

Ryan Gardner (rookie)

Taylor Duryea

Tory Dickson

Lin Jong

Easton Wood

Originally published as AFL free agency: Every player who could hit the market in 2020