2001 AFL draft


The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Fremantle Dockers originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the 2001 AFL season but they traded it to Hawthorn for Trent Croad. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side.
The draft is known widely as the "superdraft" due to both the recruitment of modern star players such as Luke Hodge, Luke Ball, Chris Judd, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo, Steve Johnson, Sam Mitchell, Leigh Montagna, Gary Ablett, Brian Lake, Matthew Boyd, James Kelly, Dane Swan and David Hale. All of the aforementioned players have played in at least one Grand Final, all but Dal Santo and Montagna have played in a premiership team and Judd, Mitchell and Hodge have captained their respective teams to victories in the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 grand finals. Judd, Bartel, Ablett, Swan and Mitchell have also won the Brownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd, Johnson, Hodge, Bartel and Lake have all won a Norm Smith Medal.

Trades

In alphabetical order of new clubs
PlayerOriginal clubNew clubTraded for
Ryan FitzgeraldSydney SwansAdelaide Crowsdraft pick #28
Kris MassieCarltonAdelaide CrowsAndrew Eccles
Ben NelsonCarltonAdelaide CrowsDavid Gallagher
Daniel SchellFremantleAdelaide Crowsdraft pick #56
Andrew EcclesAdelaide CrowsCarltonKris Massie
David GallagherAdelaide CrowsCarltonBen Nelson
Corey McKernanKangaroosCarltonMark Porter and draft picks #14 & #30
Justin MurphyGeelongCarltondraft pick #23
Lindsay SmithKangaroosCarltondraft pick #61
Trent CroadHawthornFremantledraft picks #1, #20 & #36
Jeff FarmerMelbourneFremantledraft pick #17
Luke McPharlinHawthornFremantledraft picks #1, #20 & #36
Troy SimmondsMelbourneFremantleDaniel Bandy
Brent GrgicMelbourneGeelongdraft pick #55
David BourkeRichmondKangaroosdraft pick #68
Mark PorterCarltonKangaroosCorey McKernan and draft picks #23 & #39
Clint BizzellGeelongMelbournedraft picks #17 & #41
Craig EllisWestern BulldogsMelbourneTroy Simmonds
Peter VardyAdelaide CrowsMelbournedraft pick #56
Damien HardwickEssendonPort Adelaidedraft picks #31 & 47
Paul HudsonWestern BulldogsRichmonddraft pick #49
Greg StaffordSydney SwansRichmondNick Daffy and draft pick #17
Heath BlackFremantleSt Kildadraft pick #17
Trent KnobelBrisbane LionsSt Kildadraft pick #45
Nick DaffyRichmondSydney SwansGreg Stafford
Barry HallSt KildaSydney Swansdraft pick #13, #17 & #45
Daniel BandyFremantleWestern BulldogsCraig Ellis & draft pick #26
Marcus PickenBrisbane LionsWestern Bulldogsdraft pick #49
Shannon RuscaBrisbane LionsWestern Bulldogsdraft pick #49

2001 national draft

2002 rookie draft

2002 pre-season draft

Honours

Brownlow Medallists:
Norm Smith Medallists:
Premierships: