| 1988 Trade for Glenn Hawker | ||
| Carlton | Hawker (27 games) | 24 XG |
| Essendon | #12 (Fox - 21 games) + #26 (Regan - 0 games) | 130 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Robert Handley, Paul Harding and Peter Russo | ||
| Hawthorn | #1 (McDonald - 107 games) | 218 XG |
| St Kilda | Handley (4 games) + Harding (62 games) + Russo (33 games) | 64 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Alex Ishchenko | ||
| Brisbane | Ishchenko (42 games) | 21 XG |
| West Coast | #2 (Breman - 48 games) | 191 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Mark Zanotti | ||
| Brisbane | Zanotti (64 games) | 21 XG |
| West Coast | #44 (Williamson - 0 games) | 21 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Ken Hinkley | ||
| Fitzroy | #48 (Jordan - 0 games) | 16 XG |
| Geelong | Hinkley (121 games) | 18 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Rudi Mandemaker | ||
| Hawthorn | #78 (Bond - 1 games) | 4 XG |
| Sydney | Mandemaker (0 games) | 38 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Craig Somerville | ||
| Brisbane | Somerville (0 games) | 16 XG |
| Western Bulldogs | #86 (Sexton - 43 games) | 0 XG |
| 1988 Trade for Mark O'Donoghue | ||
| North Melbourne | #92 (Vizy - 0 games) | 0 XG |
| Sydney | O'Donoghue (0 games) | 17 XG |