When are the free agency and trade windows open?
The free agency period runs from 9:00am on Friday 2nd October to 5:00pm Friday 9th October.
AFL Trade Week runs from 9:00am on Monday 5th October to 7:30pm on Wednesday 14th October.
There will then be an additional free agency period for delisted players only from 9:00am on Monday 2nd November to 5:00pm on Friday 6th November, allowing clubs another opportunity to top up their list with uncontracted players.
Wednesday 14th October
Keidean Coleman: Brisbane Lions to Essendon
Brisbane receive Picks 21 and 27
Essendon receive Pick 25
Josh Goater: North Melbourne to Hawthorn
North Melbourne receive a 2027 third-round pick
Will McLachlan: Brisbane Lions to Melbourne
Brisbane Lions receive Pick 45 and a 2027 second-round pick
Melbourne receive a 2027 second-round pick
Luke Pedlar: Adelaide to Port Adelaide (trade)
Adelaide to receive Pick 32 and a 2027 fourth-round pick
Port Adelaide to receive Pick 34
Trent Rivers and Jack Viney: Melbourne to West Coast
Melbourne receive Pick 45, a 2027 second-round pick, a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick
West Coast receive a 2028 second-round pick
Bodie Ryan: Hawthorn to Melbourne
Hawthorn receive Pick 107
Tuesday 13th October
Nick Blakey: Sydney to North Melbourne
Sydney receives Pick 6 and 47, a 2027 second-round pick and a first and second round pick in 2028
North Melbourne also receives Pick 52 and a second-round pick in 2028
Zane Duursma: North Melbourne to Melbourne (trade)
Melbourne also receives Pick 52
North Melbourne receive Picks 33 and 49
Flynn Riley: Carlton to Collingwood (trade)
Carlton to receive a 2028 third-round pick
Lachie Whitfield: GWS to Carlton (trade)
GWS receives Picks 25 and 26 and a 2028 third-round pick
Carlton also receives Picks 31 and 50
Monday 12th October
Sam Butler and Aidan Schubert: Hawthorn to Gold Coast (trade)
Hawthorn receive a 2027 third-round pick and a first and second round pick in 2028
Gold Coast also receive a 2027 third-round pick and a 2028 first-round pick
Friday 9th October
Zak Butters: Port Adelaide to Western Bulldogs (free agency)
Port Adelaide to receive pick 5 as compensation
Sam Marshall: Brisbane Lions to St Kilda (trade)
Brisbane Lions to receive a 2027 first-round pick
St Kilda to also receive pick 39
Ben King: Gold Coast to Hawthorn (free agency)
Gold Coast to receive pick 7 as compensation
Finn Maginness: Hawthorn to Western Bulldogs (trade)
Hudson O'Keeffe: Carlton to Western Bulldogs (trade)
Carlton to receive a round 4 pick in 2028
Hawthorn to receive a round 3 pick in 2027
Melbourne to receive picks 4, 12, 31 and 36 for this year
Port Adelaide to receive picks 6 and 10 this year as well as round 1 picks for both 2027 and 2028
Western Bulldogs to also receive picks 81, 87 and a second-round pick for this year, as well as two picks in 2027 and three picks in 2028
Thursday 8th October
Rowan Marshall: St Kilda to Geelong (trade)
St Kilda to receive Pick 14 from Geelong
Geelong to receive a third round pick in 2028
Wednesday 7th October
Jack Bowes: Geelong to Essendon (trade)
Geelong to receive Jordan Ridley, Pick 60 and a fourth-round 2028 pick
Jordan Ridley: Essendon to Geelong (trade)
Essendon to receive Jack Bowes, a first-round 2027 pick and a second-round 2028 pick
Tuesday 6th October
Nathan O'Driscoll: Fremantle to Richmond (trade)
Fremantle to receive Pick 61 from Richmond
Monday 5th October
Jesse Hogan: GWS Giants to Collingwood (trade)
GWS Giants to receive pick 75 from Collingwood
Scott Pendlebury: Collingwood to Gold Coast (trade)
Collingwood to receive Pick 65 from Gold Coast
Zach Merrett: Essendon to Hawthorn (trade)
Essendon to receive Picks 15 and 25 and a 2028 second round draft pick from Hawthorn
Saturday 3rd October
Jordon Butts: Adelaide to Western Bulldogs (free agency)
Adelaide receives Pick 33 as compensation
Friday 2nd October
Joel Amartey: Sydney to Carlton (free agency)
Sydney receives Pick 36 as compensation
Toby Greene: GWS to Geelong (free agency)
GWS receives Pick 26 as compensation
Lachie Neale: Brisbane to Collingwood (free agency)
Brisbane receives Pick 39 as compensation
Kieren Briggs: GWS to Richmond (free agency)
GWS receives Pick 46 as compensation
Aaron Murphy has been with ScoresStat since 2018 and, as the founding editor of the Australian newsdesk, has reported on-site at several major events in Melbourne including the Australian Open, State of Origin, A-League, NBL and international cricket. You can read his pieces here and contact him on X or LinkedIn.
