The West Coast Eagles have drafted players through the Australian Football League's draft system, beginning with the 1988 VFL draft. The West Coast Eagles have participated in every national draft since then, and also participated in the pre-season draft (first held in 1989), the mid-season draft (held from 1990–1993), and the rookie draft (first held in 1997). So far, the West Coast Eagles have drafted over 200 players through the draft system, with another 30 or so being recruited via the VFL's old zone recruitment system prior to 1993.
Recruitment
2: Kevin Caton
3: Joe Cormack
4: Shane Ellis
6: Peter Higgins
7: Brent Hutton
9: Troy Ugle
10: Clinton Browning
11: Guy McKenna[1] [2] [3]
Pre-draft selections
2: Todd Breman
10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)
24: David Hynes[2]
38: Jeremy Crough
44: Scott Williamson
52: Darren Bartsch
66: Matt Richardson
80: Damian Berto
94: Andrew Geddes
108: Peter Melesso
1989 pre-season draft
10: Shane Cable
24: Clinton Browning
38: Shane Ellis
52: Richard Geary
Pre-draft selections
2: Peter Mann
50: Tony Evans[2]
78: Stephen Schwerdt
92: Brett Heady[2] [3]
112: Ashley McIntosh[2] [3] (F/S)
Addit. selection: Dean Kemp[1] [2] [3]
Addit. selection: Tony Begovich
Addit. selection: Brad Gwilliam
1990 pre-season draft
10: Phil Narkle
24: Warren Dean
38: Bret Hutchinson
1990 mid-season draft
10: Craig McNaughton
Pre-draft selections
9: Matt Clape
12: Shane Porter
20: Robbie West
36: Matthew Burton
64: Derek Hall
69: Gavan Cooney
83: Mark Williams
1991 pre-season draft
18: Cory Young
35: Craig McNaughton (re-drafted)
49: Brad Edwards
57: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)
Pre-draft selections
24: Kane Morphett
25: Steven Davies
29: Matthew Connell
42: Peter Freeman
74: Brendan Krummel
1992 pre-season draft
13: Tim Watson
27: David Ogg
41: Jason Disney
1992 mid-season draft
13: Damian Hampson
8: Paul Symmons
19: Lee Walker
21: Shane Bond[2]
34: Travis Burton
49: Jarrad Schofield
64: Tony Godden
79: Brett Spinks
94: Rhys Croxford
109: David Muir
124: Brayden Lyle
1993 pre-season draft
19: Brendon Retzlaff
35: Travis Edmonds
49: Brendan Green
16: Fraser Gehrig
33: Ben Robbins
43: Jason Heatley
1994 pre-season draft
17: Scott Thomson
12: Shane Sikora
37: Ashley Blurton
44: Jeremy Dyer
54: Ian Downsborough
55: Chad Morrison (compensation pick)
71: Jason Spinks
1995 pre-season draft
17: Paul Peos
14: Luke Trew
30: Craig Smoker
44: Jonson Clifton
57: Paul Whitelaw
66: Neil Marshall
1996 pre-season draft
13: Andrew Donnelly
Pre-draft compensation selection
24: Josh Wooden
39: Nick Stone
53: Michael Braun[2] [3]
57: Trent Cummings
1997 rookie draft
12: Paul Blair
28: Todd Nener
44: Trent Simpson
60: Mark Webb
12: Jaxon Crabb
13: Callum Chambers
28: Rowan Jones[2] [3]
34: Andrew Williams
37: Todd Holmes
44: David Antonowicz
60: Phil Read
1998 rookie draft
11: Conrad Chambers
26: Chad Fletcher[2] [3]
43: Laurie Bellotti
59: Heath Younie
75: Todd Nener (re-drafted)
91: Trent Simpson (re-drafted)
10: Brandon Hill
26: Michael O'Brien
57: Andrew Embley[2] [3]
69: Scott Bennett
89: Joel Duckworth
1999 rookie draft
12: Simon Duckworth
28: Mark Pearson
44: Andrew Taylor
11: Darren Glass[1] [2] [3]
14: Travis Gaspar
16: David Haynes
29: Adam Hunter[2] [3]
41: Kane Munro
2000 rookie draft
12: Toby McGrath
44: Kasey Green
18: Daniel Kerr[2] [3]
36: Jeremy Humm
45: Trent Carroll
2001 pre-season draft
3: Troy Wilson
2001 rookie draft
4: Dean Buszan
20: Zach Beeck
35: Andrew McCarrey
48: Kris Miller
3: Chris Judd[2] (Priority selection)[1]
6: Ashley Sampi
22: Mark Seaby[2]
38: Ashley Hansen[2]
2002 rookie draft
3: Brent Tuckey
19: Quinten Lynch[2] [3]
34: Clancy Rudeforth
24: Paul Johnson
37: Brent Staker
53: Adam Selwood[2]
2003 rookie draft
25: Mark Nicoski
41: Zach Beeck (re-drafted)
11: Beau Waters[2]
20: Sam Butler[2]
26: Daniel McConnell
2004 rookie draft
25: Michael Embley
40: Jaymie Graham
54: Clancy Rudeforth (re-drafted)
29: Matthew Rosa
37: Mark LeCras
44: Mitch Morton (F/S)
57: Brad Smith
2005 rookie draft
9: Benjamin Sharp
25: Beau Wilkes
40: Ashley Thornton
52: Aaron Edwards (re-drafted)
13: Shannon Hurn
29: Ben McKinley
34: Matt Spangher
2006 rookie draft
15: Steven Armstrong
31: Matthew Priddis
44: Michael Embley (re-drafted)
16: Mitch Brown
29: Eric Mackenzie
43: Tim Houlihan
50: Will Schofield
80: James Thomson
2007 rookie draft
16: Jamie McNamara
45: Chad Jones
56: Ben Sharp (re-drafted)
60: Ashley Thornton (re-drafted)
65: Beau Wilkes (re-drafted)
3: Chris Masten
13: Brad Ebert
20: Tony Notte
22: Scott Selwood
2008 pre-season draft
2008 rookie draft
12: Lewis Stevenson
28: Ashley Arrowsmith
43: Will Sullivan
55: Callum Wilson
59: Beau Wilkes (re-drafted)
28: Ryan Davis (NSW Scholarship)
2: Nic Naitanui
18: Luke Shuey (Priority selection)
20: Tom Swift
36: Ashley Smith
52: Jordan Jones
2009 rookie draft
2: Liam Bedford
18: Adam Cockie
22: Gerrick Weedon
23: Koby Stevens
2010 pre-season draft
5: Ryan Neates
2010 rookie draft
11: Lewis Broome
27: Andrew Strijk
40: Ashton Hams
4: Andrew Gaff
26: Jack Darling
28: Scott Lycett
62: Jacob Brennan (F/S)
2011 pre-season draft
2: Blayne Wilson
2011 rookie draft
10: Tim Houlihan (re-drafted)
27: Anton Hamp
44: Jeremy McGovern
2011 national draft
23: Murray Newman
28: Fraser McInnes
63: Ashton Hams (rookie elevation)
1989
1: Peter Wilson[2] traded by Richmond for draft selections 18 and 32
1990
1: Ian Dargie traded by for draft selection 92
2: Dale Kickett traded by for draft selection 78
3: Mark Hepburn traded by for draft selection 50
1991
1: Paul Gow traded by for draft selection 38
2: Paul Harding traded by for draft selection 12
3: Trent Nichols traded for draft selection 51
4: David Regan traded by for draft selection 63
1994
1: Michael Dunstan traded by for draft selection 19
1995
1: Phillip Matera[3] traded by for David Hynes
2: Andy Lovell traded by for Craig Turley
1996
1: Ilija Grgic traded by for Luke Trew and draft selection 20
1997
1: Scott Cummings traded by for Jarrad Schofield
2: Chad Rintoul traded by for draft selection 80
2000
1: Michael Collica and Richard Taylor traded by for draft selection 21
2: Greg Harding traded by for Daniel Metropolis and draft selection 51
3: Mark Merenda traded by for draft selection 57
4: Michael Prior traded by for draft selection 27
5: David Sierakowski traded by for Fraser Gehrig
2002
1: Damien Adkins traded by for Andrew Williams
2: Daniel Chick[2] traded by for draft selection 8
2004
1: Tyson Stenglein[2] traded by for draft selections 12 and 28
2007
1: Josh Kennedy and draft selections 3 and 20 traded by for Chris Judd and draft selection 46
2009
1: Bradd Dalziell traded by the for Brent Staker
2011
1: Josh Hill traded by the for draft selection 49
2012
1: Sharrod Wellingham traded by for draft selection 18
2 Jamie Cripps and draft selection 45 traded by for draft selections 40 and 43
2013
1: Elliot Yeo traded by for draft selection 28Jayden Hunt traded as a free agent to West Coast from Melbourne