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 (AFL).
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"[1] due to 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, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Campbell Brown, and David Hale.[2] 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 (three times) have captained their respective teams to victories in the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 grand finals. Furthermore, Judd (2004, 2010), Bartel (2007), Ablett (2009, 2013), Swan (2011) and Mitchell (2012) have also won the Brownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (2005), Johnson (2007), Hodge (2008 and 2014), Bartel (2011) and Lake (2013) have all won a Norm Smith Medal (awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final).
In alphabetical order of new clubs
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Luke Webster | |||
| 1 | 2 | Josh Dicketts | Murray U18 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Brent Tuckey | |||
| 1 | 4 | John Baird | Box Hill Hawks | ||
| 1 | 5 | Andrew Carrazzo | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Mark Jamar | North Adelaide | ||
| 1 | 7 | Nick Greenwood | Gippsland U18 | ||
| 1 | 8 | James Podsiadly | Essendon (VFL) | ||
| 1 | 9 | Paul Thomas | Central District | ||
| 1 | 10 | Scott McGlone | Bendigo U18 | ||
| 1 | 11 | Bret Thornton | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 1 | 12 | Jordan Barham | Calder U18 | ||
| 1 | 13 | Ben Kane | Eastern U18 | ||
| 1 | 14 | Kristian De Pasquale | Coburg Tigers | ||
| 1 | 15 | Scott Howard | Calder U18 | ||
| 1 | 16 | Darren Bradshaw | Mount Gravatt | ||
| 2 | 17 | Josh Head | |||
| 2 | 18 | Ben Schwarze | Sandringham U18 | ||
| 2 | 19 | Quinten Lynch | |||
| 2 | 20 | Stuart Cooper | Murray Kangaroos | ||
| 2 | 21 | Will Slade | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 2 | 22 | David Robbins | Springvale | ||
| 2 | 23 | Matthew Boyd | Frankston | ||
| 2 | 24 | Justin Crow | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 2 | 25 | Nathan Bock | Woodville-West Torrens | ||
| 2 | 26 | Chris Obst | |||
| 2 | 27 | Ezra Bray | |||
| 2 | 28 | Jaxon Crabb | |||
| 2 | 29 | Djaran Whyman | Bendigo U18 | ||
| 2 | 30 | Brad Miller | Western U18 | ||
| 2 | 31 | Adam Winter | Calder U18 | ||
| 2 | 32 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 3 | 33 | Aaron Sandilands | |||
| 3 | 34 | Chris Jones | Echuca | ||
| 3 | 35 | Clancy Rudeforth | |||
| 3 | 36 | Adam Chatfield | |||
| 3 | 37 | Ryan Ayres | Darwin | ||
| 3 | 38 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 3 | 39 | Andrew Hill | Wangaratta Rovers | ||
| 3 | 40 | Ben Rutten | West Adelaide | ||
| 3 | 41 | Ricky O'Loughlin | |||
| 3 | 42 | Jordan Doering | |||
| 3 | 43 | Mark McKenzie | Northern U18 | ||
| 3 | 44 | Nick Stone | |||
| 3 | 45 | Matt King | Dandenong U18 | ||
| 3 | 46 | Ken Hall | Essendon (VFL) | ||
| 3 | 47 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 4 | 48 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 4 | 49 | Nicholas Walsh | Cavan GAA (Gaelic football) | ||
| 4 | 50 | Mark Dubyna | Sandringham U18 | ||
| 4 | 51 | Martin Mattner | Sturt | ||
| 4 | 52 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 4 | 53 | Michael Davis | |||
| 4 | 54 | Nick Jackman | South Adelaide | ||
| 4 | 55 | Michael Georgiadis | Box Hill Hawks | ||
| 4 | 56 | Simon Hart | Coburg Tigers | ||
| 4 | 57 | Pass | N/A | ||
| 5 | 58 | Leith Teakle | |||
| 5 | 59 | Gerrard Bennett | |||
| 5 | 60 | Adam Matthews | |||
| Post-draft | 61 | Pass | N/A | ||
| Post-draft | 62 | Tom Hill | Sydney Redbacks | ||
| Post-draft | 63 | Pass | N/A | ||
| Post-draft | 64 | Luke Jarjoura | NSW-ACT U18 | ||
| Post-draft | 65 | David Mapleston | Morningside | ||
| Post-draft | 66 | Nick Raines | Southport | ||
| Post-draft | 67 | Luke Weller | Northern Eagles |
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pass | St Kilda | ||
| 2 | Aaron Lord | Hawthorn | Geelong | |
| 3 | Nathan Saunders | Werribee Football Club | Western Bulldogs | |
| 4 | Scott Cummings | West Coast Eagles | Collingwood | |
| 5 | Trent Hentschel | Woodville-West Torrens Football Club | Adelaide Crows | |
| 6 | Tony Lockett | Sydney Swans | Sydney Swans | |
| 7 | Pass | St Kilda | ||
| 8 | Pass | St Kilda |
Brownlow Medallists:
Norm Smith Medallists:
Premierships: