| 1998 Trade for Matthew Lappin | |||
| Carlton | Lappin (196 games) + #58 (Prendergast - 65 games) | expected 76 |
actual 261 |
| St Kilda | #22 (Begley - 61 games) + #53 (Schwarze - 71 games) | expected 81 |
actual 132 |
| 1998 Trade for Che Cockatoo-Collins | |||
| Essendon | #23 (Ladhams - 54 games) | expected 61 |
actual 54 |
| Port Adelaide | Cockatoo-Collins (75 games) | expected 29 |
actual 75 |
| 1998 Trade for Ricky Olarenshaw | |||
| Collingwood | Olarenshaw (5 games) + #41 (Jacotine - 16 games) | expected 49 |
actual 21 |
| Essendon | #12 (Ramanauskas - 134 games) | expected 84 |
actual 134 |
| 1998 Trade for Rory Hilton | |||
| Brisbane | #24 (Wojcinski - 203 games) | expected 59 |
actual 203 |
| Richmond | Hilton (82 games) | expected 157 |
actual 82 |
| 1998 Trade for Scott Chisholm | |||
| Fremantle | #29 (Stenglein - 208 games) | expected 46 |
actual 208 |
| Melbourne | Chisholm (18 games) | expected 70 |
actual 18 |
| 1998 Trade for Tony Modra | |||
| Adelaide | #29 (Stenglein - 208 games) + #34 (Beinke - 38 games) | expected 85 |
actual 246 |
| Fremantle | Modra (47 games) | expected 22 |
actual 47 |
| 1998 Trade for Andrew Bomford | |||
| Essendon | #36 (Jacobs - 126 games) | expected 35 |
actual 126 |
| Sydney | Bomford (15 games) | expected 47 |
actual 15 |
| 1998 Trade for Tom Harley | |||
| Geelong | Harley (197 games) | expected 77 |
actual 197 |
| Port Adelaide | #37 (Morgan - 17 games) | expected 39 |
actual 17 |
| 1998 Trade for Simon Arnott | |||
| Geelong | Arnott (26 games) | expected 28 |
actual 26 |
| Sydney | #52 (O'Connor - 24 games) | expected 15 |
actual 24 |
| 1998 Trade for Adam Heuskes | |||
| Brisbane | Heuskes (39 games) | expected 125 |
actual 39 |
| Port Adelaide | #5 (Stevens - 61 games) | expected 125 |
actual 61 |
| 1998 Trade for Paul Licuria and Mark Orchard | |||
| Collingwood | Licuria (182 games) + Orchard (33 games) + #12 (Ramanauskas - 134 games) + #44 (Scotland - 268 games) | expected 212 |
actual 617 |
| Sydney | #3 (Fosdike - 164 games) | expected 171 |
actual 164 |
| 1998 Trade for Nick Carter | |||
| Brisbane | #45 (Shattock - 68 games) | expected 22 |
actual 68 |
| Melbourne | Carter (3 games) | expected 77 |
actual 3 |
| 1998 Trade for Brett O'Farrell | |||
| Hawthorn | O'Farrell (13 games) | expected 77 |
actual 13 |
| Sydney | #4 (Fitzgerald - 18 games) + #36 (Jacobs - 126 games) | expected 177 |
actual 144 |
| 1998 Trade for Chad Rintoul | |||
| Adelaide | #80 (Atkinson - 5 games) | expected 2 |
actual 5 |
| West Coast | Rintoul (39 games) | expected 52 |
actual 39 |
| 1998 Trade for Jason Mooney | |||
| Geelong | Mooney (32 games) | expected 23 |
actual 32 |
| Sydney | #8 (Bolton - 325 games) | expected 120 |
actual 325 |
| 1998 Trade for Craig Biddiscombe | |||
| Geelong | #8 (Bolton - 325 games) | expected 120 |
actual 325 |
| Richmond | Biddiscombe (44 games) | expected 28 |
actual 44 |
| 1998 Trade for Kingsley Hunter and Brad Wira | |||
| Fremantle | Wira (34 games) | expected 65 |
actual 34 |
| Western Bulldogs | Hunter (57 games) | expected 20 |
actual 57 |
| 1998 Trade for Scott Cummings and Jarrad Schofield | |||
| Port Adelaide | Schofield (131 games) | expected 29 |
actual 131 |
| West Coast | Cummings (46 games) | expected 38 |
actual 46 |
| 1998 Trade for Tyson Lane and Josh Mahoney | |||
| Collingwood | Lane (42 games) | expected 18 |
actual 42 |
| Western Bulldogs | Mahoney (11 games) | expected 16 |
actual 11 |
| 1998 Trade for Scott Bamford, Tristan Lynch and Martin McKinnon | |||
| Brisbane | McKinnon (7 games) + #5 (Stevens - 61 games) | expected 154 |
actual 68 |
| Geelong | Bamford (13 games) + Lynch (17 games) + #17 (Street - 78 games) + #24 (Wojcinski - 203 games) | expected 271 |
actual 311 |