| Name | Club | Age at debut | Debut
round | Notes |
|---|
| Daniel Rioli | Richmond | 18 years, 343 days | 1[1] | Pick 15 (2015 national draft), round 22 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Jacob Weitering | Carlton | 18 years, 122 days | 1[2] | Pick 1 (2015 national draft), round 3 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Clayton Oliver | Melbourne | 18 years, 248 days | 1[3] | Pick 4 (2015 national draft), round 1 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Callum Ah Chee | Gold Coast | 18 years, 169 days | 1[4] | Pick 8 (2015 national draft) |
| Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti | Essendon | 22 years, 339 days | 1[5] | Pick 22 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Darcy Parish | Essendon | 18 years, 245 days | 1[6] | Pick 5 (2015 national draft), round 2 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Mitch McGovern | Adelaide | 21 years, 167 days | 1[7] | Pick 43 (2014 national draft) |
| Wayne Milera | Adelaide | 18 years, 194 days | 1[8] | Pick 11 (2015 national draft) |
| George Hewett | Sydney | 20 years, 88 days | 1[9] | Pick 32 (2013 national draft) |
| Callum Mills | Sydney | 18 years, 359 days | 1[10] | Pick 3 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 16 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Tom Papley | Sydney | 19 years, 257 days | 1[11] | Pick 14 (2016 rookie draft), round 5 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Marcus Adams | Western Bulldogs | 22 years, 271 days | 1[12] | Pick 35 (2015 national draft) |
| Josh Dunkley | Western Bulldogs | 19 years, 79 days | 1[13] | Pick 25 (2015 national draft), round 20 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Jade Gresham | St Kilda | 18 years, 216 days | 1[14] | Pick 18 (2015 national draft) |
| Josh Schache | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 219 days | 1[15] | Pick 2 (2015 national draft) |
| Marc Pittonet | Hawthorn | 19 years, 299 days | 1[16] | Pick 50 (2014 national draft) |
| Jayden Short | Richmond | 20 years, 69 days | 2[17] | Pick 11 (2015 rookie draft) |
| Dougal Howard | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 9 days | 2[18] | Pick 56 (2014 national draft) |
| Michael Hartley | Essendon | 20 years, 300 days | 2[19] | Pick 68 (2015 national draft), previously rookie listed by Collingwood |
| Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 19 years, 61 days | 2[20] | Pick 12 (2014 national draft) |
| Darcy Byrne-Jones | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 201 days | 3[21] | Pick 52 (2013 national draft) |
| Matthew Goodyear | Collingwood | 19 years, 264 days | 3[22] | Pick 48 (2014 national draft) |
| Josh Wagner | Melbourne | 21 years, 291 days | 3[23] | Pick 6 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Tom Ruggles | Geelong | 23 years, 351 days | 3[24] | Pick 44 (2016 rookie draft)) |
| Jayden Hunt | Melbourne | 21 years, 14 days | 4[25] | Pick 57 (2013 national draft) |
| Darcy Tucker | Fremantle | 19 years, 93 days | 5[26] | Pick 27 (2015 national draft) |
| Mason Cox | Collingwood | 25 years, 44 days | 5[27] | Pick 60 (2015 rookie draft), international selection |
| Josh Smith | Collingwood | 22 years, 115 days | 5[28] | Pick 25 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Christian Petracca | Melbourne | 20 years, 118 days | 6[29] | Pick 2 (2014 national draft), round 9 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Kieran Lovell | Hawthorn | 18 years, 352 days | 6[30] | Pick 22 (2015 national draft) |
| Jason Castagna | Richmond | 19 years, 293 days | 6[31] | Pick 29 (2014 rookie draft) |
| Mackenzie Willis | Gold Coast | 20 years, 267 days | 6[32] | Pick 52 (2015 national draft) |
| Aliir Aliir | Sydney | 21 years, 239 days | 6[33] | Pick 44 (2013 national draft) |
| Ben Keays | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 69 days | 6[34] | Pick 24 (2015 national draft), academy selection |
| Kaiden Brand | Hawthorn | 22 years, 030 days | 7[35] | Pick 66 (2012 national draft) |
| Ben Crocker | Collingwood | 19 years, 79 days | 7[36] | Pick 65 (2015 national draft) |
| Mason Redman | Essendon | 18 years, 255 days | 7[37] | Pick 30 (2015 national draft) |
| Darcy Macpherson | Gold Coast | 18 years, 191 days | 7[38] | Pick 21 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Jacob Hopper | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 99 days | 8[39] | Pick 7 (2015 national draft), academy selection, round 8 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Jack Hiscox | Sydney | 21 years, 54 days | 8[40] | Pick 38 (2014 national draft), academy selection |
| Bailey Williams | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 218 days | 8[41] | Pick 48 (2015 national draft) |
| Rhys Mathieson | Brisbane Lions | 19 years, 134 days | 9[42] | Pick 39 (2015 national draft) |
| Kieran Collins | Western Bulldogs | 18 years, 160 days | 9[43] | Pick 26 (2015 national draft) |
| Harrison Marsh | Sydney | 22 years, 136 days | 10[44] | Pick 44 (2012 national draft) |
| Sam Collins | Fremantle | 21 years, 348 days | 10[45] | Pick 55 (2015 national draft) |
| Tom Cole | West Coast | 19 years, 1 day | 10[46] | Pick 36 (2015 national draft) |
| Kade Stewart | Hawthorn | 19 years, 141 days | 11[47] | Pick 36 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Jarrad Jansen | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 35 days | 11[48] | Traded in (2016 trade period), previously listed by Geelong |
| Jesse Joyce | Gold Coast | 18 years, 292 days | 11[49] | Pick 67 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Logan Austin | Port Adelaide | 20 years, 333 days | 11[50] | Pick 69 (2014 national draft) |
| Lewis Pierce | St Kilda | 21 years, 209 days | 12[51] | Pick 75 (2012 national draft) |
| Tom Phillips | Collingwood | 20 years, 38 days | 12[52] | Pick 58 (2015 national draft) |
| Corey Wagner | North Melbourne | 19 years, 88 days | 13[53] | Pick 43 (2015 national draft) |
| Eric Hipwood | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 279 days | 13[54] | Pick 14 (2015 national draft), academy selection |
| Matthew Kennedy | Greater Western Sydney | 19 years, 76 days | 13[55] | Pick 13 (2015 national draft), academy selection |
| Nathan Broad | Richmond | 23 years, 73 days | 14[56] | Pick 67 (2015 national draft) |
| Matthew Hammelmann | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 110 days | 14[57] | Pick 75 (2015 rookie draft), academy selection |
| Jack Silvagni | Carlton | 18 years, 198 days | 15[58] | Pick 53 (2015 national draft), son of Stephen Silvagni |
| Reuben William | Brisbane Lions | 18 years, 191 days | 16[59] | Pick 20 (2015 national draft) |
| Oleg Markov | Richmond | 20 years, 63 days | 16[60] | Pick 50 (2015 national draft) |
| Ryan Clarke | North Melbourne | 19 years, 25 days | 16[61] | Pick 31 (2015 national draft), round 18 2016 Rising Star nomination |
| Harrison Himmelberg | Greater Western Sydney | 20 years, 71 days | 17[62] | Pick 16 (2015 national draft) |
| Jordan Foote | Sydney | 20 years, 204 days | 18[63] | Pick 76 (2014 national draft) |
| Josh Schoenfeld | Gold Coast | 19 years, 20 days | 18[64] | Pick 34 (2015 national draft) |
| Shane Yarran | Fremantle | 27 years, 53 days | 18[65] | Pick 61 (2015 national draft) |
| Sam Menegola | Geelong | 24 years, 139 days | 18[66] | Pick 66 (2015 national draft) |
| Aaron Francis | Essendon | 18 years, 349 days | 18[67] | Pick 6 (2015 national draft) |
| Adam Marcon | Richmond | 24 years, 2 days | 19[68] | Pick 47 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Blake Hardwick | Hawthorn | 19 years, 177 days | 19[69] | Pick 44 (2015 national draft) |
| Rupert Wills | Collingwood | 23 years, 73 days | 19[70] | Pick 63 (2015 national draft) |
| Malcolm Karpany | West Coast | 21 years, 61 days | 19[71] | Pick 31 (2013 national draft) |
| Archie Smith | Brisbane Lions | 21 years, 11 days | 19[72] | Pick 69 (2014 rookie draft) |
| Kurt Heatherley | Hawthorn | 21 years, 219 days | 20[73] | Pick 61 (2014 rookie draft) |
| Sam Weideman | Melbourne | 19 years, 43 days | 20[74] | Pick 9 (2015 national draft), son of Mark Weideman, grandson of Murray Weideman |
| Reilly O'Brien | Adelaide | 20 years, 352 days | 20[75] | Pick 9 (2015 rookie draft) |
| David Cuningham | Carlton | 19 years, 138 days | 21[76] | Pick 23 (2015 national draft) |
| Ryan Burton | Hawthorn | 19 years, 196 days | 21[77] | Pick 19 (2015 national draft) |
| Jesse Palmer | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 301 days | 21[78] | Pick 78 (2014 national draft) |
| Jake Long | Essendon | 20 years, 194 days | 21[79] | Pick 47 (2015 rookie draft), son of Michael Long |
| Callum Moore | Richmond | 19 years, 352 days | 22[80] | Pick 12 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Brayden Fiorini | Gold Coast | 18 years, 364 days | 22[81] | Pick 20 (2015 national draft) |
| Josh Clayton | Brisbane Lions | 20 years, 218 days | 22[82] | Pick 86 (2014 national draft), son of Scott Clayton |
| Riley Bonner | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 175 days | 23[83] | Pick 37 (2015 national draft) |
| Will Snelling | Port Adelaide | 19 years, 21 days | 23[84] | Pick 10 (2016 rookie draft) |
| Brandon White | St Kilda | 19 years, 229 days | 23[85] | Pick 40 (2015 national draft) |