The following is the list of players in the AFL Women's (AFLW) who have either made their AFLW debut or played for a new club during the 2021 AFL Women's season.
| Club | Debut | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFLW | New club | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 61 | 24 | 85 | |
| Name | width=7% | Club | Age at debut | data-sort-type="number" width=5% | Debut round | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Pick 12, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 19, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Pick 25, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 24, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Pick 34, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 6, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 40, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 2, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 11, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 7, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 60, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 58, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 50, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 57, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 5, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 35, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 15, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 18, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 53, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 3, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Pick 4, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 10, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 13, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 22, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 52, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 1, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Rookie signing, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Replacement player, 2021 | |||||
| 1 | Pick 14, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Pick 9, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 2 | Pick 26, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 2 | Pick 21, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 2 | Pick 27, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 2 | Replacement player, 2021 | |||||
| 3 | Pick 50, 2019 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 3 | Pick 47, 2019 AFL Women's draft (Father–daughter selection – Chris Grant) | |||||
| 3 | Pick 90, 2019 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 3 | Pick 54, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 3 | Replacement player, 2020 | |||||
| 3 | Pick 28, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 3 | Pick 43, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 4 | Replacement player, 2021 | |||||
| 4 | Pick 20, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 4 | Pick 49, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 4 | Pick 37, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 4 | 2020 Rookie signing (Gaelic football) | |||||
| 4 | Free agency signing, 2020 | |||||
| 5 | Pick 44, 2019 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 5 | Pick 61, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 6 | Pick 44, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 6 | Pick 42, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 6 | Pick 31, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 6 | Pick 16, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 8 | Pick 39, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| Name | width=7% | Club | Age at debut | width=5% | Debut round | Former club(s) | Recruiting method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | , | Traded in 2020 | |||||
| 1 | , | Pick 23, 2020 AFL Women's draft | |||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Expansion signing, 2019 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Pick 47, 2020 AFL Women's draft | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 2 | , | Traded in 2020 | |||||
| 2 | Replacement player signing in 2020 | ||||||
| 3 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 4 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 4 | Expansion signing, 2019 | ||||||
| 5 | Traded in 2020 | ||||||
| 8 | Traded in 2019 | ||||||