The National Draft will become a two-day event under major changes to the player movement period.

And, in a huge change to the draft format, live trading of picks will be available to clubs for the very first time.

The draft returns to Victoria for the first time since 2009, with the televised event being held on 22 and 23 November.

The League has written to clubs confirming the live trading "will be introduced to provide clubs with more flexibility when making player selections and managing their lists."

Live trading will also mean there will be an additional window after the conclusion of the AFL Trade Period for trading of selections only in the lead up to draft night.

*All times are AEDT.

What are the key remainijg 2018 Free Agency dates?
Friday 16 November (2pm): The Trade Period closes (for exchange of selections only).

When are the 2018 AFL Draft and Rookie Drafts?
Thursday 22 November (7pm – 9.30pm): National Draft (Round One).
Friday 23 November (10am – 1.30pm): National Draft (Round Two onwards to conclusion).
Friday 23 November (5pm): Pre-Season Draft and Rookie Draft.

How else can players switch clubs?
Delisted players become free agents and can join new clubs during any of the three delisted player free agency windows. Once clubs have delisted a player, they will receive no compensation should that player be signed by a new club.

The key dates for delisted free agents are as follows:
Wednesday 31 October (2pm): List Lodgement (1)
Thursday 1 November: AFL delisted player free agency period (1) starts
Thursday 8 November: AFL delisted player free agency period (1) closes
Saturday 10 November: AFL delisted player free agency period (2) starts
Friday 16 November (5pm): AFL delisted player free agency period (2) closes 
Friday 23 November (1.30pm – 2.30pm): AFL delisted player free agency period (3)
Tuesday 27 November (2pm): Final AFL club list lodgement



Nathan Murphy and Jaidyn Stephenson joined Collingwood in the 2017 National Draft last November.

Indicative Draft Order
As of Wednesday 24 October 2018

Richmond originally received a compensation pick at the end of the second round for losing unrestricted free agent Reece Conca to Fremantle, but that pick was forfeited when the Tigers completed the signing of restricted free agent Tom Lynch.

ROUND ONE
CARL1. Carlton
GCFC2. Gold Coast
GCFC3. Gold Coast (received as compensation for losing restricted free agent Tom Lynch to Richmond)
STK4. St Kilda
PORT5. Port Adelaide (received from Brisbane as part of Sam Mayes trade)
GCFC6. Gold Coast (received from Melbourne for Steven May and Kade Kolodjashnijreceived from Fremantle as part of Jesse Hogan tradereceived from Brisbane as part of Lachie Neale tradereceived from Port Adelaide as part of Sam Mayes trade; originally received from Fremantle in a pick swap)
WB7. Western Bulldogs
ADEL8. Adelaide
GWS9. Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon as part of Dylan Shiel trade)
PORT10. Port Adelaide
GWS11. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle as part of Rory Lobb tradereceived from Port Adelaide in a pick swapreceived from North Melbourne as part of trade for Jared Polec and Jasper Pittard)
GEEL12. Geelong
ADEL13. Adelaide (received from Sydney via Carlton as part of trade for Mitch McGovern)
FRE14. Fremantle (received from Greater Western Sydney as part of Rory Lobb trade)
PORT15. Port Adelaide (received from Hawthorn as part of Chad Wingard-Ryan Burton trade)
ADEL16. Adelaide (received from Melbourne in 2017)
RICH17. Richmond
BL18. Brisbane (received from Collingwood as part of Dayne Beams trade)
GWS19. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle as part of Rory Lobb tradereceived from Brisbane as part of Lachie Neale tradereceived from Gold Coast in a pick swap; received from West Coast in 2017)

END OF ROUND ONE
WCE20. West Coast (received as compensation for losing restricted free agent Scott Lycett)

ROUND TWO
ADEL21. Adelaide (received from Carlton in 2017)
WCE22. West Coast (received from Gold Coast in 2017)
MELB23. Melbourne (received from Fremantle as part of Jesse Hogan trade; received from Port Adelaide in a pick swap; originally received from St Kilda in 2017)
GCFC24. Gold Coast (received from Brisbane in a pick swap)
GWS25. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle in 2017)
SYD26. Sydney (received from Carlton as part of trade for Mitch McGovern; originally received from Western Bulldogs in 2017)
WB27. Western Bulldogs (received as compensation for losing unrestricted free agent Luke Dahlhaus to Geelong)
MELB28. Melbourne (received from St Kilda in a pick swap, received from Sydney as part of Dan Hannebery tradereceived from Carlton as part of trade for Mitch McGovern; originally received from Adelaide in 2017)
GCFC29. Gold Coast (received from Essendon in 2017)
BL30. Brisbane (received from Fremantle as part of Lachie Neale tradereceived from Port Adelaide in a pick swap)
FRE31. Fremantle (received from North Melbourne in a pick swap)
WB32. Western Bulldogs (received from Brisbane as part of Marcus Adams tradereceived from Gold Coast in a pick swap; originally received from Geelong in 2017)
SYD33. Sydney
ESS34. Essendon (received from Greater Western Sydney in 2017)
BL35. Brisbane (received from Port Adelaide as part of Sam Mayes trade; originally received from Hawthorn as part of Chad Wingard-Ryan Burton trade)
STK36. St Kilda (received from Melbourne in a pick swap)
RICH37. Richmond
SYD38. Sydney (received from Collingwood in 2017)
SYD39. Sydney (received from St Kilda as part of Dan Hannebery tradereceived from West Coast as part of trade for Tom Hickey)

ROUND THREE
SYD40. Sydney (received from Adelaide as part of trade for Mitch McGovern; originally received from Carlton in 2017)
COLL41. Collingwood (received from Brisbane as part of Dayne Beams trade; originally received from Gold Coast in a pick swap)
NMFC42. North Melbourne (received from St Kilda via on-trades in 2017)
FRE43. Fremantle (received from Greater Western Sydney as part of Rory Lobb tradereceived from Carlton as part of trade for Will Setterfieldreceived from Geelong for state league player Nathan Kreuger; originally received from Brisbane as part of trade for Lincoln McCarthy)
COLL44. Collingwood (received from Brisbane as part of Dayne Beams tradereceived from Gold Coast in a pick swap; originally received from Fremantle in 2017)
WB45. Western Bulldogs
STK46. St Kilda (received from Melbourne in a pick swap; originally received from Adelaide in 2017)
NM47. North Melbourne (received from Fremantle in a pick swap; received from Greater Western Sydney as part of Rory Lobb trade; received from Essendon in 2017)
NMFC48. North Melbourne (received from Port Adelaide as part of trade for Jared Polec and Jasper Pittard)
NMFC49. North Melbourne (received from Fremantle in a pick swap; received from Port Adelaide in a pick swap; originally received from North Melbourne in 2017)
GEEL50. Geelong
COLL51. Collingwood (received from Sydney in 2017)
GWS52. Greater Western Sydney 
HAW53. Hawthorn
MELB54. Melbourne
NMFC55. North Melbourne (received from Fremantle in a pick swap; received from Brisbane as part of Lachie Neale tradereceived from Geelong as part of trade for Lincoln McCarthy; originally received from Richmond in 2017)
BL56. Brisbane (received from Collingwood as part of Dayne Beams trade)
COLL57. Collingwood (received as compensation for losing unrestricted free agent Alex Fasolo to Carlton)
NMFC58. North Melbourne (received from West Coast via on-trades in 2017)

ROUND FOUR
GEEL59. Geelong (received from Gold Coast for George Horlin-Smithreceived from Brisbane in a pick swapreceived from Geelong as part of trade for Lincoln McCarthy; originally received from Carlton in 2017)
GEEL60. Geelong (received from Gold Coast in 2017)
WCE61. West Coast (received from St Kilda as part of trade for Tom Hickey)
MELB62. Melbourne (received from North Melbourne as part of trade for Braydon Preuss; received from Sydney for Ryan Clarke; received from Geelong for Gary Rohan; originally received from Brisbane as part of trade for Lincoln McCarthy)
WB63. Western Bulldogs (received from Fremantle in 2017)
RICH64. Richmond (received from the Western Bulldogs for Sam Lloyd)
FRE65. Fremantle (received from Melbourne as part of Jesse Hogan trade; received from St Kilda for Dean Kent; received from Adelaide via on-trades in 2017)
ESS66. Essendon
STK67. St Kilda (received from Port Adelaide in 2017)
RICH68. Richmond (received from Adelaide for Tyson Stengle; received from Gold Coast in a pick swap; originally received from North Melbourne for Aaron Hall)
CARL69. Carlton (received from Geelong in 2017)
GEEL70. Geelong (received from Sydney for Jackson Thurlow)
CARL71. Carlton (received from Greater Western Sydney as part of trade for Will Setterfield)
WCE72. West Coast (received from Hawthorn via on-trades in 2017)
ADEL73. Adelaide (received from Melbourne in 2017)
RICH74. Richmond
WB75. Western Bulldogs (received from Collingwood for Jordan Roughead)
WCE76. West Coast

ROUND FIVE
CARL77. Carlton
BL78. Brisbane (received from Gold Coast in a pick swap)
STK79. St Kilda
GCFC80. Gold Coast (received from Brisbane in a pick swap)
FRE81. Fremantle
WB82. Western Bulldogs
ADEL83. Adelaide
ESS84. Essendon
PORT85. Port Adelaide
NMFC86. North Melbourne
GEEL87. Geelong
SYD88. Sydney
GWS89. Greater Western Sydney 
HAW90. Hawthorn
MELB91. Melbourne
RICH92. Richmond
COLL93. Collingwood
WCE94. West Coast

Future picks

Clubs may trade future draft selections. Clubs must only trade selections from the following year's draft.

2019 DRAFT SELECTIONS (A-Z)
ADELAdelaide - 2019 round five draft selection from Carlton via Mitch McGovern trade
BLBrisbane Lions - 2019 round one draft selection from Collingwood via Dayne Beams trade2019 round two draft selection from Gold Coast via pick swap, 2019 round three draft selection (tied to Fremantle via pick swap) from Port Adelaide via Sam Mayes trade
CARLCarlton - 2019 round three draft selection from Adelaide via Mitch McGovern trade
COLLCollingwood 
ESSEssendon - 2019 round two draft selection from Greater Western Sydney via Dylan Shiel trade, 2019 round four draft selection from Fremantle via Travis Colyer trade
FREFremantle 
GEELGeelong 
GCFCGold Coast - 2019 round one draft selection from Brisbane via pick swap2019 round three draft selection from Richmond via Miles-Ellis trade
GWSGreater Western Sydney - 2019 round one draft selection from Essendon via Dylan Shiel trade2019 round two draft selection from Carlton via Will Setterfield trade, 2019 round four draft selection (tied to Gold Coast via Jack Scrimshaw trade) from Hawthorn via Tom Scully trade
HAWHawthorn - 2019 round three draft selection from Port Adelaide via Chad Wingard-Ryan Burton trade
MELBMelbourne
NMFCNorth Melbourne 
PORTPort Adelaide - 2019 round four draft selection from Hawthorn (tied to Western Bulldogs) via Chad Wingard-Ryan Burton trade2019 round four draft selection from North Melbourne via Polec-Pittard trade, 2019 round four draft selection from Gold Coast (tied to Adelaide) via Jack Hombsch trade
RICHRichmond - 2019 round three draft selection from Gold Coast via Miles-Ellis trade
STKSt Kilda - 2019 round four draft selection from West Coast via Tom Hickey trade
SYDSydney - 2019 round two draft selection from St Kilda via Dan Hannebery trade, 2019 round four draft selection from Carlton via Nic Newman trade
WCEWest Coast - 2019 round four draft selection from St Kilda via Tom Hickey trade
WBWestern Bulldogs - 2019 round three draft selection (tied to Hawthorn via Jack Scrimshaw trade) via Marcus Adams trade

AFL DRAFT VALUE INDEX

ROUND ONE  ROUND TWOROUND THREEROUND FOURROUND FIVE
Pick/PtsPick/PtsPick/PtsPick/PtsPick/Pts
1. 300019. 94837. 48355. 20773. 9
2. 251720. 91238. 46556. 19474. -
3. 223421. 87839. 44657. 182 
4. 203422. 84540. 42958. 170 
5. 187823. 81541. 41259. 158 
6. 175124. 78542. 39560. 146 
7. 164425. 75643. 37861. 135 
8. 155126. 72944. 36262. 123 
9. 146927. 70345. 34763. 112 
10. 139528. 67746. 33164. 101 
11. 132929. 65347. 31665. 90 
12. 126830. 62948. 30266. 80 
13. 121231. 60649. 28767. 69 
14. 116132. 58450. 27368. 59 
15. 111233. 56351. 25969. 49 
16. 106734. 54252. 24670. 39 
17. 102535. 52253. 23371. 29 
18. 98536. 50254. 22072. 19