This is a list of players in the Australian Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2021 AFL season.
| AFL debuts | Change of club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | ||
| Total | 94 | 40 |
| Name | Club | Age at debut | data-sort-type="number" width="7%" | Debut round | width=4% | Games (in 2021) | width=4% | Goals (in 2021) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 7 | Pick 17, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 1 | 13 | 7 | Pick 11, 2021 rookie draft | ||||||
| 1 | 21 | 10 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||
| 1 | 25 | 6 | Pick 33, 2018 national draft | ||||||
| 22 years, 332 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pick 69, 2017 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 17 | 5 | Pick 28, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 21 years, 184 days | 1 | 19 | 15 | Pick 38, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 16 | 20 | Pick 30, 2019 national draft | ||||||
| 1 | 22 | 9 | Pick 8, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 20 years, 252 days | 1 | 20 | 27 | Pick 52, 2018 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 11 | 10 | Pick 46, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 293 days | 1 (unused substitute) | 2 | 0 | Pick 35, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Pick 43, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 350 days | 1 | 7 | 9 | Pick 4, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 8 | 1 | Pick 5, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 245 days | 1 | 18 | 14 | Pick 32, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 13 | 4 | Pick 13, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 361 days | 1 | 12 | 3 | Pick 36, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 154 days | 1 | 23 | 7 | Pick 14, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 23 years, 189 days | 1 | 12 | 5 | Pick 41, 2015 national draft | |||||
| 18 years, 298 days | 1 | 13 | 4 | Pick 12, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||
| 1 | 13 | 0 | Pick 45, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 19 years, 215 days | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pick 41, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 295 days | 2 | 18 | 6 | Pick 59, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 2 | 13 | 1 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Pick 14, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 3 (unused substitute) | 13 | 11 | Pick 44, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 3 | 16 | 3 | Pick 3, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 3 | 14 | 17 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||
| 3 | 21 | 9 | Pick 9, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 0 | Pick 8, 2021 rookie draft | ||||||
| 3 | 12 | 1 | Pick 20, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Pick 16, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 20 years, 309 days | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Pick 44, 2019 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 329 days | 4 | 1 | 1 | Pick 57, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 18 years, 353 days | 4 | 5 | 3 | Pick 15, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 18 years, 250 days | 4 | 15 | 13 | Pick 7, 2021 rookie draft | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1 | Pick 19, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Pick 23, 2018 national draft | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Pick 10, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Pick 19, 2019 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 292 days | 6 | 14 | 18 | Pick 2, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 319 days | 6 | 5 | 0 | Pick 40, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 20 years, 343 days | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2018 Category B rookie selection, Next Generation Academy selection (South Sudanese) | |||||
| 7 | 9 | 3 | Pick 20, 2018 national draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 201 days | 7 | 11 | 2 | Pick 30, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 225 days | 7 | 4 | 2 | Pick 9, 2020 rookie draft | |||||
| 21 years, 167 days | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland) | |||||
| 19 years, 192 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | Pick 38, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 2018 Category B rookie selection, Next Generation Academy selection (South Sudanese) | ||||||
| 23 years, 335 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2019 Category B rookie selection (basketball) | |||||
| 19 years, 322 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | Pick 37, 2019 rookie draft | |||||
| 19 years, 187 days | 9 | 6 | 3 | Pick 46, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 21 years, 221 days | 9 | 5 | 2 | Pick 34, 2018 national draft | |||||
| 20 years, 104 days | 9 | 3 | 0 | Pick 42, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 22 years, 203 days | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2018 Pre-season supplemental selection | |||||
| 20 years, 118 days | 11 | 9 | 4 | Pick 62, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 20 years, 129 days | 11 | 12 | 7 | Pick 45, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 20 years, 287 days | 11 (unused substitute) | 2 | 2 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland) | |||||
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Pick 35, 2017 national draft | ||||||
| 19 years, 114 days | 12 | 8 | 0 | Pick 52, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 313 days | 13 | 7 | 1 | Pick 2, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | |||||
| 18 years, 238 days | 13 | 10 | 0 | Pick 50, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 18 years, 243 days | 13 | 4 | 0 | Pick 54, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Pick 28, 2019 national draft | ||||||
| 14 | 10 | 1 | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||
| sort | 20 years, 198 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | Pick 40, 2020 national draft | ||||
| 19 years, 322 days | 15 | 7 | 1 | Pick 64, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 360 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | Pick 23, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Pick 6, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | Pick 11, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 16 (unused substitute) | 5 | 3 | Pick 56, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Pick 1, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 20 years, 152 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | Pick 13, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Pick 9, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Pick 21, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 216 days | 19 | 5 | 6 | Pick 13, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 21 years, 221 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2018 Category B rookie selection (Ireland) | |||||
| 20 years, 346 days | 19 (unused substitute) | 5 | 10 | Pick 21, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | |||||
| 20 | 2 | 0 | Trade, 2018 AFL draft | ||||||
| 18 years, 323 days | 20 | 7 | 0 | Pick 21, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 142 days | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2020 Pre-draft selection | |||||
| 20 years, 345 days | 20 | 4 | 0 | Pick 8, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | |||||
| 18 years, 340 days | 21 | 2 | 2 | Pick 51, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 21 | 3 | 0 | Pick 25, 2020 national draft | ||||||
| 19 years, 122 days | 22 | 2 | 1 | Pick 37, 2020 national draft | |||||
| 20 years, 105 days | 22 | 2 | 0 | Pick 17, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Pick 31, 2019 national draft | ||||||
| 21 years, 355 days | 23 | 1 | 0 | Pick 63, 2017 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 156 days | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2020 Pre-draft selection | |||||
| 19 years, 344 days | 23 | 1 | 1 | Pick 48, 2019 national draft | |||||
| 19 years, 204 days | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut round< | -- | width=6% | Games (in 2021) | width=6% | Goals (in 2021)--> | Former clubs | Recruiting method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 years, 351 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 28 years, 238 days | 1 | --> | , | 2020 trade | ||||||
| 1 | --> | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | ||||||||
| 1 | --> | , | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 34 years, 122 days | 1 | --> | , | 2020 trade | ||||||
| 22 years, 267 days | 1 | --> | 2020 free agent | |||||||
| 1 | --> | , | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 1 | --> | 2020 free agent | ||||||||
| 26 years, 213 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 24 years, 193 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 20 years, 173 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 24 years, 317 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 29 years, 133 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 1 | --> | 2020 free agent | ||||||||
| 1 | --> | ,, | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 24 years, 183 days | 1 | --> | Pick 18, 2021 rookie draft | |||||||
| 21 years, 349 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 26 years, 308 days | 1 | --> | 2020 free agent | |||||||
| 1 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 26 years, 197 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 25 years, 188 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 30 years, 201 days | 1 | --> | , | 2020 free agent | ||||||
| 27 years, 189 days | 1 | --> | 2020 Pre-season supplemental selection | |||||||
| 1 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 25 years, 128 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 24 years, 317 days | 1 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 26 years, 186 days | 2 | --> | 2020 free agent | |||||||
| 3 | --> | 2020 free agent | ||||||||
| 5 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 5 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 6 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 6 | --> | Pick 1, 2021 pre-season draft | ||||||||
| 7 | --> | 2020 trade | ||||||||
| 7 | --> | & | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 28 years, 163 days | 7 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 32 years, 236 days | 9 | --> | & | 2020 free agent | ||||||
| 26 years, 307 days | 9 | --> | 2020 free agent | |||||||
| 25 years, 172 days | 18 | --> | Pick 10, 2021 mid-season rookie draft | |||||||
| 24 years, 274 days | 19 | --> | 2020 trade | |||||||
| 21 | --> | , & | Pick 5, 2021 rookie draft | |||||||