2026 AFL Retirements and Delistings

Retirements

When	Club	Player	Age	Height	Original Club	Highest Grade	Games	Goals	Coaches Votes	Brownlow Votes	Honours
Aug 10	Adelaide	Taylor Walker	36	192	North Broken Hill/NSW-ACT U18	A	319	715	375	88	AA: 2023; AA40: 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022
Aug 13	Carlton	Matt Duffy	22	194	County Longford	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 13	Collingwood	Steele Sidebottom	35	180	Congupna/Murray U18	A	375	213	470	114	AA: 2018; B&F: 2017, 2018; Ayres: 2018; Prem: 2010, 2023
Aug 26	Fremantle	Sam Switkowski	29	178	Lower Plenty/Northern U18/Box Hill	B	131	79	41	2
Sep 29	Geelong	Jake Kolodjashnij	31	193	Prospect/Launceston/Tasmania U18	C+	209	5	10	0	Prem: 2022
Sep 21	Geelong	Rhys Stanley	35	200	Berri/West Adelaide	B	230	115	51	4	Prem: 2022
Aug 18	Gold Coast	Nick Holman	31	189	Kyabram/Murray U18/Collingwood (VFL)	C+	154	81	7	0
May 15	Melbourne	Tom Campbell	34	201	Wesley College/Sandringham U18/Old Scotch/Bendigo	C+	58	30	7	0
Mar 1	Melbourne	Steven May	34	193	Southern Districts/Melbourne Grammar	A	251	24	247	21	AA: 2021, 2022; Prem: 2021
May 25	Melbourne	Shane McAdam	30	185	Halls Creek/Claremont/Scotch OC/Sturt	C+	53	73	14	0
Aug 4	Melbourne	Tom McDonald	33	194	Edenhope Apsley/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18	B+	260	173	197	29	Prem: 2021
Aug 24	Melbourne	Jake Melksham	34	186	Oak Park/PEGS/Calder U18	B	255	229	100	12
Oct 16	Port Adelaide	Will Brodie	28	189	Shepparton FC/Scotch College/Murray U18	B+	56	10	45	11
Apr 27	Port Adelaide	Ivan Soldo	30	204	Northern U18/Basketball	C+	66	28	9	0	Prem: 2019
Aug 4	Richmond	Nathan Broad	33	192	Upper Swan/Swan Districts	C+	191	4	30	3	Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020
Aug 13	Richmond	Dion Prestia	33	175	West Lalor/Assumption College/Calder U18	A	254	78	340	69	B&F: 2019; AA40: 2019; Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020
Aug 19	St Kilda	Dougal Howard	30	199	East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga/Albury FC/NSW-ACT U18/Murray U18	C+	145	15	22	0
Jun 22	Sydney	Taylor Adams	32	179	St Joseph's/St Joseph's College/Geelong U18	A	229	86	293	56	AA: 2020; B&F: 2020
Jun 30	West Coast	Jamie Cripps	34	183	Northampton/East Fremantle	B	277	339	79	12	Prem: 2018
Feb 10	Western Bulldogs	James Harmes	30	185	Devon Meadows/Hallam Senior College/Dandenong U18	B	174	94	79	17	Prem: 2021
Sep 8	Western Bulldogs	Tom Liberatore	34	181	St Bernard's College/St Kevin's College/Calder U18	A	268	93	416	72	B&F: 2014; AA40: 2014, 2023, 2025; Prem: 2016
Sep 9	Western Bulldogs	Adam Treloar	33	180	Noble Park/Dandenong U18	A	263	158	456	117	AA: 2024; AA40: 2016, 2017, 2019

Delistings

When	Club	Player	Age	Height	Original Club	Highest Grade	Games	Goals	Coaches Votes	Brownlow Votes	Honours
Sep 17	Adelaide	Chayce Jones	26	180	Launceston/Tasmania U18	C+	100	23	16	0
Sep 17	Adelaide	Lachlan Sholl	26	186	St Bernards/St Bernard's College/Calder U18	B	79	26	34	5
Sep 17	Adelaide	Tyler Welsh	20	192	Henley/Henley HS/Woodville-West Torrens	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 22	Brisbane	Luke Beecken	25	184	Woodville-West Torrens	D	1	0	0	0
Oct 22	Brisbane	Koby Evans	19	187	Kenwick/Darling Range Sports College/Perth	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 22	Brisbane	Darragh Joyce	29	194	County Kilkenny	C	27	0	0	0
Oct 22	Brisbane	Luke Lloyd	21	193	St Paul's McKinnon/De La Salle College/Sandringham U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 9	Carlton	Jordan Boyd	27	182	Spotswood/Footscray (VFL)	C	40	1	0	0
Sep 10	Carlton	Ben Camporeale	20	186	Brighton Districts & Old Scholars/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 10	Carlton	Lucas Camporeale	20	184	Brighton Districts & Old Scholars/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg	D	3	0	0	0
Sep 9	Carlton	Harry Charleson	20	182	East Point/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 9	Carlton	Lachlan Fogarty	27	179	Spotswood/St Kevin's College/Western U18	C+	92	36	5	0
Sep 7	Carlton	Elijah Hollands	24	189	Wodonga FC/Caulfield Grammar/Murray U18	B	47	31	14	3
Oct 22	Carlton	Adam Saad	32	178	West Coburg/Calder U18/Coburg Tigers/Coburg	A	219	12	107	15	AA: 2022
Sep 7	Carlton	Zac Williams	31	180	Narrandera/Albury FC/NSW-ACT U18/Murray U18/Greater Western Sydney (NEAFL)	B+	183	71	92	16
Sep 9	Carlton	Flynn Young	24	181	Werribee	C	11	7	0	0
Sep 9	Carlton	Lewis Young	27	198	Mitcham (SA)/Sturt	C+	94	11	15	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Joel Cochran	20	195	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs/Scots College	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	Collingwood	Harrison Coe	26	204	Mooroolbark/Devon Meadows/Narre South/Berwick/Narre Warren/Cora Lynn/Beaconsfield/Frankston	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	Collingwood	Harry Demattia	21	186	Edithvale-Aspendale/SEDA College/Dandenong U18	D	0	0	0	0
Jul 30	Collingwood	Bobby Hill	26	175	Northam Barons JFC/South Perth JFC/Wesley College (WA)/Perth	C+	102	117	9	1	Norm Smith: 2023; Prem: 2023
Oct 21	Collingwood	Noah Howes	20	196	South Adelaide	D	2	0	0	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Wil Parker	24	180	Eastern U18/Cricket	C	14	1	0	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Mitch Podhajski	27	191	Greenvale/St Bernard's College/Calder U18/Coburg	D	2	1	0	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Jakob Ryan	21	189	Brighton Districts & Old Scholars/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg	D	1	0	0	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Iliro Smit	21	200	Eastern U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 1	Collingwood	Lachie Sullivan	28	180	St Kevin's College/Footscray (VFL)	C	26	10	0	0
Oct 17	Essendon	Nik Cox	24	200	Montmorency/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18	C+	61	21	0	0
Oct 17	Essendon	Tom Edwards	26	191	Swan Districts	C	9	11	0	0
Sep 15	Essendon	Saad El-Hawli	25	184	Northern Bullants	C	17	3	0	0
Oct 17	Essendon	Kayle Gerreyn	20	200	Joondalup Kinross JFC/Wesley College (WA)/West Perth	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 15	Essendon	Jade Gresham	29	177	South Morang JFC/South Morang/Parade College/Northern U18	B+	184	171	124	17
Sep 15	Essendon	Matt Guelfi	29	183	Wembley Downs JFC/Marist JFC/Claremont	C+	124	69	8	0
Sep 15	Essendon	Liam McMahon	24	194	Eltham/Northern U18	C	7	12	0	0
Sep 15	Essendon	Elijah Tsatas	21	187	Surrey Park/Wesley College/Oakleigh U18	C	22	4	0	0
Sep 29	Fremantle	Bailey Banfield	28	188	Swanbourne JFC/Scotch College (WA)/Claremont	C+	119	66	4	1
Oct 28	Fremantle	Jaren Carr	22	191	Fremantle City JFC/Corpus Christi College/South Fremantle	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	Fremantle	Ryda Luke	19	186	Mundijong Centrals JFC/South Fremantle	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	Fremantle	Ollie Murphy	21	200	East Brighton/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	Fremantle	Sam Sturt	26	189	Peninsula Grammar/Dandenong U18	C	31	43	0	0
Sep 23	Geelong	Jed Bews	32	186	Leopold/Geelong U18/Geelong (VFL)	C+	175	16	27	1	Prem: 2022
Oct 19	Geelong	Mitch Knevitt	23	193	Grovedale/Grovedale College/Geelong U18	C	23	7	0	0
Sep 23	Geelong	Keighton Matofai-Forbes	20	189	Keilor/Lakeview SC/Western U18	D	0	0	0	0
Jul 31	Geelong	Tyson Stengle	27	171	Portland Thunder/Woodville-West Torrens	A	109	175	55	12	AA: 2022; AA40: 2024; Prem: 2022
Sep 23	Geelong	George Stevens	21	189	South Warrnambool/Emmanuel College (Warrnambool)/North Ballarat U18	D	4	2	0	1	Liston: 2026
Aug 26	Gold Coast	Cooper Bell	19	199	Belconnen/Hawker College	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 26	Gold Coast	Asher Eastham	20	188	Heyfield/Catholic College Sale/Gippsland U18	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 26	Gold Coast	Caleb Graham	25	194	Palm Beach Currumbin/Gold Coast (NEAFL)	C	37	1	0	0
Oct 21	GWS	Conor Stone	24	188	St Kevin's College/Oakleigh U18	C	30	8	0	0
Aug 24	GWS	Jake Stringer	32	191	Eaglehawk/Sandhurst/Bendigo U18/Bendigo Gold	A	250	440	254	35	AA: 2015; AA40: 2021; Prem: 2016
Sep 24	Hawthorn	Cody Anderson	20	183	Healesville/Mount Lilydale Mercy College/Eastern U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 24	Hawthorn	James Blanck	25	196	Park Orchards/Whitefriars College/Eastern U18/Box Hill	C	24	0	0	0
Sep 24	Hawthorn	Henry Hustwaite	22	195	Rosebud/Dandenong U18	D	11	2	0	0
Oct 16	Hawthorn	Flynn Perez	25	187	Sandhurst/Catherine McAuley College/Bendigo U18	C	31	1	0	0
Oct 16	Hawthorn	Max Ramsden	23	203	South Melbourne Districts/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18	D	11	6	0	0
Sep 24	Hawthorn	Jaime Uhr-Henry	23	209	Basketball	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 2	Melbourne	Jack Henderson	26	176	Geelong College/Werribee	C	5	2	0	0
Sep 2	Melbourne	Aidan Johnson	26	193	Lavington/Murray HS/Werribee	C	6	3	0	0
Sep 2	Melbourne	Andy Moniz-Wakefield	22	180	Nightcliff/NT U18	C	8	1	0	0
Sep 2	Melbourne	Riley Onley	19	195	Shepparton United/Scotch College/Murray U18	D	0	0	0	0
Sep 2	Melbourne	Kalani White	19	201	Surfers Paradise/All Saints Anglican/Broadbeach	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 28	North Melbourne	Callum Coleman-Jones	27	201	Unley/Scotch College (SA)/Sturt	C+	37	20	2	1
Oct 20	North Melbourne	Zac Fisher	28	175	Guildford Grammar/Perth	C+	133	55	29	1
Aug 28	North Melbourne	Brayden George	22	187	Girgarre/The Academy (Wangaratta)/Murray U18	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 28	North Melbourne	Robert Hansen	22	180	Trinity College (WA)/Subiaco	C	20	7	0	0
Oct 20	North Melbourne	Cooper Harvey	22	180	Yarrambat/Assumption College/Northern U18	C	17	11	0	0
Aug 28	North Melbourne	Bailey Scott	26	186	Broadbeach/Gold Coast (NEAFL)	B	116	35	18	5
Oct 20	North Melbourne	Luke Urquhart	20	185	Melville/Aquinas College (WA)/East Fremantle	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 16	Port Adelaide	Tom Anastasopoulos	21	176	Newtown & Chilwell/Geelong College/Geelong U18	C	5	2	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Benny Barrett	20	176	Happy Valley/South Adelaide	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Mani Liddy	24	181	Central District	C	9	1	0	0
Oct 16	Port Adelaide	Ollie Lord	24	195	Geelong Grammar/Sandringham U18	C	35	33	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Will Lorenz	21	186	Boroondara Hawks JFC/Kew Rovers/Marcellin College/Oakleigh U18	C	11	2	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Jackson Mead	24	184	SMOSH West Lakes/Woodville-West Torrens	C+	74	13	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Jacob Moss	21	198	Basketball	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 25	Port Adelaide	Xavier Walsh	20	195	Mt Lawley Inglewood JFC/Trinity College (WA)/East Perth	D	0	0	0	0
Aug 26	Richmond	Liam Fawcett	21	197	Pooraka/Trinity College (SA)/Central District	D	8	12	0	0
Oct 16	Richmond	Steely Green	22	179	Brookton-Pingelly/South Fremantle	C+	45	32	0	0
Oct 16	Richmond	Oliver Hayes-Brown	26	208	Peninsula Grammar/Basketball	C	7	1	0	0
Oct 9	Richmond	Samson Ryan	25	206	Sherwood	C	31	17	0	0
Aug 26	Richmond	Kaleb Smith	21	180	Melville JFC/Wesley College (WA)/East Fremantle	C	12	1	0	0
Oct 9	Richmond	Tyler Sonsie	23	181	Lysterfield JFC/Rowville/Rowville SC/Eastern U18	C+	55	15	4	0
Oct 9	Richmond	James Trezise	24	188	Tooradin-Dalmore/St Francis Xavier College (Beaconsfield)/Richmond (VFL)	C	38	4	0	0
Oct 22	St Kilda	Jack Carroll	23	188	Chapman Valley/East Fremantle	C	36	5	0	0
Aug 27	St Kilda	Paddy Dow	26	185	Swan Hill/Bendigo U18	C+	83	24	2	1
Aug 27	St Kilda	Isaac Keeler	22	198	South Augusta/North Adelaide	C	13	11	0	0
Aug 27	St Kilda	Patrick Said	20	180	Sunbury FC/Salesian College/Calder U18	D	0	0	0	0
Oct 9	Sydney	Harry Cunningham	32	180	Turvey Park/NSW-ACT U18/Wagga/Greater Western Sydney (NEAFL)	C+	233	54	22	0
Aug 25	West Coast	Harry Barnett	22	202	Goodwood/Mercedes College/West Adelaide	D	2	0	0	0
Aug 27	West Coast	Tyler Brockman	23	180	Wembley Downs JFC	C+	56	38	2	0
Oct 16	West Coast	Clay Hall	21	190	Harvey Brunswick Leschenault/Australind SHS/Peel	C	16	2	0	0
Aug 25	West Coast	Harvey Johnston	21	185	Mordialloc-Braeside/Parkdale SC/Sandringham U18	C	14	4	0	0
Oct 21	West Coast	Matt Owies	29	185	Camberwell/St Kevin's College/Basketball	C+	91	98	0	0
Oct 16	West Coast	Harry Schoenberg	25	180	Mintaro Manoora/Woodville-West Torrens	C+	67	23	10	0
Oct 16	West Coast	Jack Williams	22	195	Rossmoyne JFC/Willetton SHS/East Fremantle	C	54	46	0	0
Sep 8	Western Bulldogs	Oskar Baker	28	182	Wilston Grange/Aspley	C	57	23	0	0
Oct 16	Western Bulldogs	Nick Coffield	26	191	Eltham/Whitefriars College/Northern U18	B	77	2	13	0
Sep 8	Western Bulldogs	Harvey Gallagher	22	179	Sandhurst/Bendigo U18	C+	28	10	0	0
Oct 27	Western Bulldogs	Riley Garcia	25	175	Caversham JFC/Swan Districts	C	39	15	0	0
Oct 16	Western Bulldogs	Ryan Gardner	29	197	Burnie/Tasmania U18	B	58	4	10	0
Oct 16	Western Bulldogs	Lachlan McNeil	25	182	South Clare/Woodville-West Torrens	C+	86	47	0	0
Sep 8	Western Bulldogs	Lachlan Smith	20	203	Bunyip/Warragul/Marist-Sion College/Gippsland U18	D	2	0	0	0
Sep 8	Western Bulldogs	Zac Walker	20	191	Gippsland U18	D	0	0	0	0