2000 AFL draft
The 2000 AFL draft was the annual draft of talented Australian rules football players by teams that participate in the Australian Football League. It consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation.
In 2000 there were 87 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The St Kilda Football Club received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2000 AFL season.
Trades
In alphabetical order of new clubs| Player | Original Club | New club | Traded for |
| Matthew Bode | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Crows | draft pick #12 |
| Evan Hewitt | Kangaroos | Adelaide Crows | draft pick #23 |
| Mal Michael | Collingwood | Brisbane Lions | Jarrod Molloy and draft pick #44 |
| Sam Cranage | St Kilda | Carlton | Aaron Hamill |
| James Clement | Fremantle | Collingwood | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Brodie Holland | Fremantle | Collingwood | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Jarrod Molloy | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | Mal Michael and draft pick #22 |
| Carl Steinfort | Geelong | Collingwood | draft pick #44 |
| Peter Bell | Kangaroos | Fremantle | Jess Sinclair, draft picks #6, #37 |
| Matthew Carr | St Kilda | Fremantle | Craig Callaghan |
| Daniel Metropolis | West Coast Eagles | Fremantle | Greg Harding |
| Dwayne Simpson | Sydney Swans | Fremantle | draft pick #52 |
| Kent Kingsley | Kangaroos | Geelong | draft pick #42 |
| Justin Murphy | Carlton | Geelong | draft pick #11 |
| Mitchell White | West Coast Eagles | Geelong | draft picks #27, #45, #57 |
| Shaun Rehn | Adelaide Crows | Hawthorn | draft pick #12 |
| Joe McLaren | St Kilda | Kangaroos | Matthew Capuano |
| Ricky Olarenshaw | Collingwood | Kangaroos | draft pick #37 |
| Jess Sinclair | Fremantle | Kangaroos | Peter Bell |
| Darryl Wakelin | St Kilda | Port Adelaide | draft pick #4 |
| Craig Callaghan | Fremantle | St Kilda | Matthew Carr |
| Matthew Capuano | Kangaroos | St Kilda | Joe McLaren |
| Fraser Gehrig | West Coast Eagles | St Kilda | David Sierakowski. draft pick #18 |
| Aaron Hamill | Carlton | St Kilda | Sam Cranage, draft pick #4 |
| Steven Lawrence | Brisbane Lions | St Kilda | draft pick #33 |
| Paul Williams | Collingwood | Sydney Swans | draft pick #8, #39 |
| Michael Collica | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #21 |
| Greg Harding | Fremantle | West Coast Eagles | Daniel Metropolis, draft pick #51 |
| Mark Merenda | Richmond | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #57 |
| Michael Prior | Essendon | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #27 |
| David Sierakowski | St Kilda | West Coast Eagles | Fraser Gehrig |
| Richard Taylor | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | draft pick #21 |
| Ben Harrison | Richmond | Western Bulldogs | draft pick #41 |
2000 national draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
| Priority | 1 | Nick Riewoldt | Southport Sharks | St Kilda |
| 1 | 2 | Justin Koschitzke | Murray Bushrangers | St Kilda |
| 1 | 3 | Alan Didak | Port Adelaide Magpies | Collingwood |
| 1 | 4 | Luke Livingston | Bendigo Pioneers | Carlton |
| 1 | 5 | Andrew McDougall | Perth Football Club | West Coast |
| 1 | 6 | Dylan Smith | Sandringham Dragons | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 7 | Laurence Angwin | Dandenong Stingrays | Adelaide |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Motlop | North Adelaide Roosters | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 9 | Kayne Pettifer | Murray Bushrangers | Richmond |
| 1 | 10 | Jordan McMahon | Glenelg | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 11 | Trent Sporn | North Adelaide Roosters | Carlton |
| 1 | 12 | Shaun Burgoyne | Port Adelaide Magpies | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 13 | Ashley McGrath | South Fremantle Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 14 | Daniel Harris | Bendigo Bombers | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 15 | Simon Wiggins | Tasmanian Devils Football Club/Glenorchy Football Club | Carlton |
| 1 | 16 | Scott Thompson | Port Adelaide Magpies | Melbourne |
| 1 | 17 | James Davies | Xavier College | Essendon |
| 2 | 18 | Daniel Kerr | East Fremantle Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 2 | 19 | Jason Cloke | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 2 | 20 | Kane Cornes | Glenelg Football Club | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 21 | Nick Ries | Sandringham Dragons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 22 | Richard Hadley | East Fremantle Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 23 | Drew Petrie | North Ballarat Rebels | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 24 | Luke Ablett | Gippsland Power | Sydney Swans |
| 2 | 25 | Mark Coughlan | Perth Football Club | Richmond |
| 2 | 26 | Shane Birss | Gippsland Power | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 27 | Ted Richards | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 2 | 28 | Steven Greene | Sandringham Dragons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 29 | Jamie Charman | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 30 | Saverio Rocca | Collingwood | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 31 | Blake Campbell | Murray Bushrangers | Carlton |
| 2 | 32 | Sam Hunt | Geelong Falcons | Essendon |
| 3 | 33 | Martin Pike | Kangaroos | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 34 | Ryan Lonie | Dandenong Stingrays | Collingwood |
| 3 | 35 | Allan Murray | Murray Bushrangers | Port Adelaide |
| 3 | 36 | Jeremy Humm | North Ballarat Rebels | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 37 | Guy Richards | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 3 | 38 | Michael Handby | Dandenong Stingrays | Adelaide Crows |
| 3 | 39 | Adam McPhee | Dandenong Stingrays | Fremantle |
| 3 | 40 | Chris Hyde | Murray Bushrangers | Richmond |
| 3 | 41 | Andrew Krakouer | South Fremantle Football Club | Richmond |
| 3 | 42 | Daniel Pratt | Northern Eagles | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 43 | Mark Williams | South Fremantle Football Club | Hawthorn |
| 3 | 44 | Josh Hunt | Bendigo Pioneers | Geelong |
| 3 | 45 | Trent Carroll | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 46 | Sean O'Keeffe | Murray Bushrangers | Carlton |
| 3 | 47 | Jordan Bannister | Calder Cannons | Essendon |
| 3 | 48 | Matthew Smith | Oakleigh Chargers | Adelaide Crows |
| 4 | 49 | Shane Wakelin | St Kilda | Collingwood |
| 4 | 50 | Domenic Cassisi | East Fremantle | Port Adelaide |
| 4 | 51 | Dion Woods | Perth | Fremantle |
| 4 | 52 | Amon Buchanan | Geelong Falcons | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 53 | Hayden Skipworth | Woodville-West Torrens | Adelaide Crows |
| 4 | 54 | Jarrad Sundqvist | Glenelg | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 55 | Chris Newman | Dandenong Stingrays | Richmond |
| 4 | 56 | Daniel Cross | Murray Bushrangers | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 57 | Steven Sziller | St Kilda | Richmond |
| 4 | 58 | Nathan Lonie | Dandenong Stingrays | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 59 | Luke Hammond | Sandringham Dragons | Brisbane Lions |
| 4 | 60 | Corey Jones | Sturt Football Club | Kangaroos |
| 4 | 61 | Callan Beasy | Bendigo Pioneers | Carlton |
| 4 | 62 | Daniel Breese | Eastern Ranges | Melbourne |
| 4 | 63 | Marc Bullen | Murray Bushrangers | Essendon |
| 5 | 64 | Mark Gale | Fremantle | St Kilda |
| 5 | 65 | Pass | Collingwood | |
| 5 | 66 | Scott Thornton | Sandringham Dragons | Fremantle |
| 5 | 67 | Graham Johncock | Port Adelaide Magpies | Adelaide Crows |
| 5 | 68 | Pass | Sydney Swans | |
| 5 | 69 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 5 | 70 | Wayde Skipper | West Perth | Western Bulldogs |
| 5 | 71 | Daniel Lowther | Geelong Football Club | Geelong |
| 5 | 72 | Pass | Hawthorn | |
| 5 | 73 | Ross Funcke | North Ballarat | Melbourne |
| 5 | 74 | Michael Davis | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 6 | 75 | Robert Powell | Richmond | St Kilda |
| 6 | 76 | Pass | Fremantle | |
| 6 | 77 | Pass | Adelaide Crows | |
| 6 | 78 | Pass | Western Bulldogs | |
| 6 | 79 | Hamish Simpson | Geelong Football Club | Geelong |
| 6 | 80 | Mitchell Craig | Eastern Ranges | Melbourne |
| 6 | 81 | Pass | Essendon | |
| 7 | 82 | Daniel Wulf | St Kilda | St Kilda |
| 7 | 83 | Pass | Western Bulldogs | |
| 7 | 84 | Pass | Melbourne | |
| 8 | 85 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 9 | 86 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 10 | 87 | Pass | St Kilda |
2001 pre-season draft
2001 rookie draft
Rookie elevation
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list details 2000-listed rookies who were elevated to the senior list; it does not list players taken as rookies in the rookie draft which occurred during the 2000/01 off-season.| Player | Recruited from | Recruited to |
| Stuart Bown | Norwood Football Club | Adelaide Crows |
| Michael Doughty | South Adelaide Football Club | Adelaide Crows |
| Nathan Clarke | Maroochydore Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| Shannon Rusca | Southern Districts Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| Jordan Doering | Essendon Reserves | Carlton |
| Cory McGrath | South Fremantle | Essendon |
| Adam Switala | Central District | Essendon |
| Marcus Baldwin | Hawthorn Reserves | Geelong |
| Danny O'Brien | Gippsland Power | Geelong |
| Ryan Pagan | Kangaroos Reserves | Kangaroos Football Club |
| Troy Broadbridge | Port Adelaide Magpies | Melbourne |
| Ben Haynes | Western Jets | Richmond |
| Royce Vardy | Devon-Welshpool Football Club | Richmond |
| Brett Moyle | St Kilda Reserves | St Kilda |
| Dean Cox | East Perth | West Coast Eagles |
| Kasey Green | East Fremantle | West Coast Eagles |