2002 AFL draft
The 2002 AFL draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and the elevation of rookies. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
In 2002 there were 88 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft.
Carlton forfeited its priority and first round draft picks due to gross salary cap breaches. Carlton's punishment came on the back of a dismal 2002 season in which it won its first ever wooden spoon after 105 years of competition. The first pick therefore went to St Kilda, who finished second last during the 2002 AFL season.
This was the first draft since their introduction in 1993 that no team received a priority pick, as St Kilda had a record of 5–16–1.
Trades
2002 national draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | :Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club |
| 1 | 1 | Brendon Goddard | Gippsland Power | St Kilda |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel Wells | Peel Thunder | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 3 | Jared Brennan | Southern Districts | Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 4 | Tim Walsh | Northern Knights | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 5 | Jarrad McVeigh | NSW/ACT Rams | Sydney Swans |
| 1 | 6 | Steven Salopek | Dandenong Stingrays | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 7 | Andrew Mackie | Glenelg | Geelong |
| 1 | 8 | Luke Brennan | North Ballarat Rebels | Hawthorn |
| 1 | 9 | Hamish McIntosh | Murray Bushrangers | Kangaroos |
| 1 | 10 | Jason Laycock | Tassie Mariners | Essendon |
| 1 | 11 | Jason Winderlich | Gippsland Power | Essendon |
| 1 | 12 | Jay Schulz | Woodville-West Torrens | Richmond |
| 1 | 13 | Byron Schammer | West Adelaide | Fremantle |
| 1 | 14 | Daniel Bell | Glenelg | Melbourne |
| 1 | 15 | Nicholas Smith | Norwood | Melbourne |
| 2 | 16 | Stephen Gilham | Oakleigh Chargers | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 17 | Cameron Faulkner | Central District | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 18 | Kris Shore | Eastern Ranges | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 19 | Troy Selwood | Bendigo Pioneers | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 20 | Will Minson | Norwood | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 21 | Bo Nixon | Calder Cannons | Collingwood |
| 2 | 22 | Matthew Ferguson | Gippsland Power | St Kilda |
| 2 | 23 | Tom Lonergan | Calder Cannons | Geelong |
| 2 | 24 | Paul Johnson | Dandenong Stingrays | West Coast Eagles |
| 2 | 25 | Callum Urch | Western Jets | Kangaroos |
| 2 | 26 | Jared Rivers | North Adelaide | Melbourne |
| 2 | 27 | Darren Walsh | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 2 | 28 | Tristan Cartledge | North Ballarat Rebels | Essendon |
| 2 | 29 | Luke Shackleton | Tassie Mariners | Collingwood |
| 2 | 30 | Daniel Merrett | Southport | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 31 | Joel Perry | Eastern Ranges | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 32 | Luke Jericho | West Adelaide | Adelaide Crows |
| 3 | 33 | Brad Murphy | Calder Cannons | Western Bulldogs |
| 3 F/S | 34 | Sean Dempster | Gippsland Power | Sydney Swans |
| 3 | 35 | Scott Bassett | Port Adelaide | Western Bulldogs |
| 3 F/S | 36 | Tim Callan | Geelong Falcons | Geelong |
| 3 | 37 | Brent Staker | NSW/ACT Rams | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 38 | Blake Grima | Eastern Ranges | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 39 | Gary Moorcroft | Essendon | Melbourne |
| 3 F/S | 40 | Jobe Watson | Sandringham Dragons | Essendon |
| 3 | 41 | Tim Fleming | Carlton | Richmond |
| 3 F/S | 42 | Brett Ebert | Port Adelaide Magpies | Port Adelaide |
| 3 F/S | 43 | Cameron Cloke | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 3 | 44 | Anthony Corrie | Nightcliff | Brisbane Lions |
| 4 | 45 | Kade Simpson | Eastern Ranges | Carlton |
| 4 | 46 | Leigh Fisher | Sandringham Dragons | St Kilda |
| 4 | 47 | Bill Nicholls | Hawthorn | Richmond |
| 4 | 48 | Greg Edgcumbe | Eastern Ranges | Fremantle |
| 4 | 49 | Cameron Wight | Calder Cannons | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 50 | Josh Thewlis | Bendigo Pioneers | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 51 | Tim Boyle | Geelong Falcons | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 52 | Pass | Geelong | |
| 4 | 53 | Adam Selwood | Bendigo Pioneers | West Coast Eagles |
| 4 | 54 | Cameron Hunter | Calder Cannons | Melbourne |
| 4 | 55 | Ryan Crowley | Calder Cannons | Fremantle |
| 4 | 56 | Robert Shirley | Adelaide | Adelaide |
| 4 | 57 | Wade Champion | West Adelaide | Port Adelaide |
| 4 | 58 | David King | Glenelg | Collingwood |
| 4 | 59 | Pass | Brisbane Lions | |
| 5 | 60 | Cameron Croad | Oakleigh Chargers | Carlton |
| 5 | 61 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 5 | 62 | Daniel Sipthorp | Calder Cannons | Richmond |
| 5 | 63 | Brett Doswell | NSW/ACT Rams | Fremantle |
| 5 | 64 | Nick Malceski | Eastern Ranges | Sydney Swans |
| 5 | 65 | Lochlan Veale | Geelong Falcons | Hawthorn |
| 5 | 66 | Ryan Ferguson | Frankston | Melbourne |
| 5 | 67 | Steven Alessio | Essendon | Essendon |
| 5 | 68 | James Begley | St Kilda | Adelaide Crows |
| 5 | 69 | Pass | Port Adelaide | |
| 5 | 70 | Matthew Lokan | Port Adelaide Magpies | Collingwood |
| 5 | 71 | Pass | Brisbane Lions | |
| 6 | 72 | Brad Fisher | Eastern Ranges | Carlton |
| 6 | 73 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 6 | 74 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 6 | 75 | Pass | Fremantle | |
| 6 | 76 | Pass | Sydney Swans | |
| 6 | 77 | Pass | Adelaide Crows | |
| 6 | 78 | Pass | Brisbane Lions | |
| 7 | 79 | Karl Norman | Wangaratta Rovers | Carlton |
| 7 | 80 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 7 | 81 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 7 | 82 | Pass | Fremantle | |
| 7 | 83 | Pass | Sydney Swans | |
| 8 | 84 | Mick Martyn | Kangaroos | Carlton |
| 8 | 85 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 8 | 86 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 8 | 87 | Pass | Fremantle | |
| 9 | 88 | Pass | St Kilda |
2003 pre-season draft
2003 rookie draft
Rookie elevation
This list details 2002-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 2002/03 off-season.| Player | Recruited from | :Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club |
| John Baird | Box Hill | Kangaroos |
| Nathan Bock | Woodville-West Torrens | Adelaide Crows |
| Paul Chambers | Western Jets | Geelong |
| Roger Hayden | South Fremantle | Fremantle |
| Mark Jamar | North Adelaide | Melbourne |
| Quinten Lynch | West Perth | West Coast Eagles |
| Adam Matthews | Murray Bushrangers | Carlton |
| Martin Mattner | Sturt | Adelaide Crows |
| Digby Morrell | West Perth | Kangaroos |
| Jarad Rooke | Casterton | Geelong |
| Ben Rutten | West Adelaide | Adelaide Crows |
| Aaron Sandilands | East Fremantle | Fremantle |
| Andrew Siegert | Geelong Falcons | Fremantle |
| Bret Thornton | Oakleigh Chargers | Carlton |