| 2004 AFL draft | |
| Date: | 20 November 2004 |
| Location: | Melbourne Park Function Centre |
| Sponsor: | National Australia Bank |
| Network: | Fox Sports |
| League: | AFL |
| First: | Brett Deledio |
| Prev: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The 2004 AFL draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, 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 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. Richmond received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season. Three teams were allocated priority draft picks for winning 5 or fewer games in the previous season, Richmond, and .[1] Carlton's two-year ban from the first and second rounds of the AFL draft expired in 2004 and they returned to the early part of the draft, with selections 9 and 25.[2] As it had traded away its first and second round draft picks in 2001, effectively the Blues' first and second round draft picks were its first since 2000. They finished the 2004 season 11th with 10 wins and 12 losses, too high to be eligible for a priority draft pick.
| Event | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Trade period | 4–8 October | |
| National draft | 20 November | |
| Pre-season draft | 14 December | |
| Rookie draft | 14 December |
In alphabetical order of new clubs [3]
| Trade | Player | Original club | New club | Traded for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Thompson | Hawthorn | Kangaroos | draft picks #10 and #26 |
| 2 | Bo Nixon and pick #7 | Collingwood | Hawthorn | draft picks #10 and #37 |
| 3 | Josh Carr and draft pick #43 | Port Adelaide | Fremantle | draft picks #11, #27 and #45 |
| 4 | Scott Thompson | Melbourne | Adelaide | draft pick #12 |
| 5 | Brent Moloney | Geelong | Melbourne | draft pick #12 |
| 6 | Brad Ottens | Richmond | Geelong | draft picks #12 and #16 |
| 7 | Tyson Stenglein | Adelaide | West Coast | draft picks #12 and #28 |
| 8 | Darren Jolly | Melbourne | Sydney Swans | draft pick #15 |
| 9 | Aaron Shattock and pick #34 | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | draft pick #27 and #45 |
| 10 | Paul Johnson | West Coast | Melbourne | draft pick #29 |
| 11 | Chad Morrison | West Coast | Collingwood | draft pick #37 |
| 12 | Peter Walsh and pick #45 | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | draft pick #43 |
| 13 | Callum Chambers | West Coast | Carlton | draft pick #57 |
| 14 | Troy Longmuir | Fremantle | Carlton | draft pick #67 |
| 15 | Aaron Fiora | Richmond | St Kilda | Troy Simmonds |
| Troy Simmonds | Fremantle | Richmond | Heath Black | |
| Heath Black | St Kilda | Fremantle | Aaron Fiora | |
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Knobel | St Kilda | Richmond | |
| 2 | Blake Caracella | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | |
| 3 | Eddie Betts | Calder Cannons | Carlton | |
| 4 | Lance Picioane | Hawthorn | Kangaroos | |
| 5 | Jarrad Schofield | Port Adelaide | Fremantle | |
| 6 | Ty Zantuck | Richmond | Essendon | |
| 7 | Elijah Ware | Central District Bulldogs | Port Adelaide | |
| 8 | Pass | Richmond |
| Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Thursfield | Sandringham U18 | ||
| 2 | Ruory Kirkby | Bendigo U18 | ||
| 3 | Rowan Nayna | Dandenong U18 | ||
| 4 | Ben Davies | Western U18 | ||
| 5 | Ryan Nye | |||
| 6 | Daniel Batson | North Ballarat U18 | ||
| 7 | Josh Gibson | Port Melbourne | ||
| 8 | Joseph Krieger | Sandringham U18 | ||
| 9 | Ben Sharp | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 10 | Brendan Van Schaik | Murray U18 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Bain | Oakleigh U18 | ||
| 12 | Guy Campbell | Bendigo Bombers | ||
| 13 | Jarrod Garth | Tasmania U18 | ||
| 14 | Luke Mullins | |||
| 15 | Travis Baird | Bendigo U18 | ||
| 16 | Danyle Pearce | |||
| 17 | Pass | |||
| 18 | Clinton Young | North Ballarat U18 | ||
| 19 | Dale Morris | Werribee | ||
| 20 | Heritier Lumumba[4] | |||
| 21 | Jonathon Griffin | |||
| 22 | Jesse D. Smith | Calder U18 | ||
| 23 | Josh Thewlis | |||
| 24 | Jack Juniper | |||
| 25 | Beau Maister | |||
| 26 | Matthew Warnock | Sandringham | ||
| 27 | Ben Jolley | Calder U18 | ||
| 28 | Luke Vogels | Terang Mortlake | ||
| 29 | Nick Batchelor | |||
| 30 | Ed McDonnell | Western Magpies | ||
| 31 | Pass | |||
| 32 | Robert Forster-Knight | |||
| 33 | Pass | |||
| 34 | Thomas Willday | |||
| 35 | Pass | |||
| 36 | John Hinge | |||
| 37 | Nick Becker | Calder U18 | ||
| 38 | Scott McMahon | |||
| 39 | Ryan Crowley | |||
| 40 | Ashley Thornton | |||
| 41 | Pass | |||
| 42 | Heath Grundy | |||
| 43 | Tim Sheringham | Geelong Falcons | ||
| 44 | Pass | |||
| 45 | Pass | |||
| 46 | Pass | |||
| 47 | Pass | |||
| 48 | Kristan Height | Box Hill Hawks | ||
| 49 | Pass | |||
| 50 | Aisake O'hAilpin | Cork (Ireland) | ||
| 51 | Justin Perkins | |||
| 52 | Aaron Edwards | |||
| 53 | Pass | |||
| 54 | Stefan Garrubba | Dandenong U18 | ||
| 55 | Pass | |||
| 56 | Pass | |||
| 57 | Pass | |||
| 58 | Pass | |||
| 59 | Earl Shaw | Campbelltown | ||
| 60 | Josh Drummond | Northern Eagles | ||
| 61 | Ed Clarke | North Shore | ||
| 62 | Marcus Allan | Northern Eagles | ||
| 63 | Andrew Hayes | Balmain | ||
| 64 | Will Hamill | Mt Gravatt | ||
| 65 | Marty Pask | Western Magpies | ||
| 66 | Scott Harding | Morningside |
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.
| Player | Recruited from | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Smith | Oakleigh U18 | Adelaide | |
| Leigh Ryswyk | Southport Sharks | Brisbane Lions | |
| Adam Bentick | Calder Cannons | Carlton | |
| Andrew Carrazzo | Geelong | Carlton | |
| Nick Maxwell | North Ballarat Football Club | Collingwood | |
| Steven Dodd | East Fremantle Football Club | Fremantle | |
| Dylan Smith | Kangaroos | Fremantle | |
| Shannon Byrnes | Murray Bushrangers | Geelong | |
| Josh Thurgood | North Ballarat Roosters | Hawthorn | |
| Aaron Davey | Port Melbourne Boroughs | Melbourne | |
| Kelvin Moore | Yarra Valley Football Club | Richmond | |
| Dylan Pfitzner | Central District Bulldogs | St Kilda | |
| Nick Stone | Hawthorn | St Kilda | |
| Paul Bevan | NSW-ACT U18 | Sydney Swans | |
| Brett Jones | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |