2024 AFL Draft Order: Every club’s picks, top prospects, latest intel and draft date

Clubs are bracing for as many as 27 players to be taken in the first round of the national draft. Get the latest intel on who your club could pick plus full draft order as it stands.

Clubs are bracing for as many as 27 players to be taken in the first round of the national draft as teams jockey for top-end selections in a strong pool.

A combination of free agency compensation, father-son selections and academy picks will cause the first night of the draft to balloon out for consecutive seasons.

No. 1 AFL Draft pick contender Jagga Smith in action for Vic Metro. Picture: Paul Kane/AFL Photos

Sam Lalor at the Telstra AFL National Draft Combine. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

The 2023 AFL draft was the longest first round since GWS entered the league in 2011 (26 first round picks plus priority and compensation selections), with Carlton taking Ashton Moir with the 29th overall selection and the final pick of the first round.

In total there were five academy selections (Jed Walter, Ethan Read, Jake Rogers, Will Graham to Gold Coast, Caiden Cleary to Sydney), two father-son picks (Jordan Croft to Western Bulldogs, Will McCabe to Hawthorn), and three free agency compensation picks, as well as one priority selection to North Melbourne.

While it is unlikely this year’s draft drags on as long, it could run close, with already five extra first-round selections due to free agency compensation and North Melbourne priority picks.

Brisbane does not have a first-round pick but will leave the first night with two of the top-20 players in the draft, with Levi Ashcroft and Sam Marshall both tied to the Lions.

Gold Coast will land Leo Lombard inside the first round, which is why the Suns are actively shopping pick 13, in an attempt to avoid it being swallowed up by an earlier bid.

Meanwhile Essendon looked at moving up the draft board to avoid an early bid on NGA talent Isaac Kako, with the Bombers hopeful to snag a top 10 pick before matching a bid on the talented forward.

Carlton father-son prospect Ben Camporeale was touted as a potential first-round pick at stages this season, however will likely hear his name called out in the second round now.

WHEN IS THE 2024 AFL DRAFT?

The 2024 AFL national draft will be held over two nights, with the first round to take place on Wednesday, November 20. The following rounds will be conducted on Thursday, November 21. The rookie and pre-season drafts will follow on Friday, November 22.

WHO ARE THE TOP PROSPECTS?

It’s not quite being hailed a ‘Super Draft’, but the talent pool for this year’s AFL national draft certainly runs deep. At the start of the season it was all about the midfielders – and the prized No.1 pick is still expected to come from a group of about six onballers at the pointy end of the order. That group includes Victorians Jagga Smith, Finn O’Sullivan, Levi Ashcroft, Josh Smillie and Sam Lalor, and South Australian gun Sid Draper.

Early expectations are that more players will be drafted this year than last, with 64 prospects having been picked up in the 2023 national draft.

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Originally published as 2024 AFL Draft Order: Every club’s picks, top prospects, latest intel and draft date