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AFL free agents come in two varieties: restricted and unrestricted.
Restricted free agents are out of contract, in the top 25 per cent highest paid at their club, and have either been at their club for eight or more but less than ten years, or have been in the AFL for ten or more years but have not previously had restricted free agent status.
They can accept an offer from a rival club, but their current club has the choice to match the offer made to them and they must then seek a trade if they still wish to move clubs.
Unrestricted free agents are out of contract, and either have been at their current club for ten years or more and previously been a restricted free agent, or been at their current club for eight years or more and are not inside the top 25 per cent highest paid at their club.
They can accept an offer from a rival club and if they do then this is processed immediately. Their current club has no right to match the offer or block the move.
All players who have been free agents previously – including those who were delisted free agents – are now considered ‘free agents for life’, and will qualify for unrestricted free agency in any year in which they come out of contract.
Players on this list who have announced their retirement or have been delisted will be removed.
2021 AFL free agents and out of contract players
Adelaide Crows
Unrestricted free agents
Ben Davis
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Ronin O’Connor
Brisbane Lions
Unrestricted free agents
Connor Ballenden
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Tom Joyce
Brock Smith
Carlton
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
None
Collingwood
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Mason Cox
John Noble
Essendon
Unrestricted free agents
Dylan Clarke
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
None
Fremantle
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
None
Geelong Cats
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
None
Gold Coast Suns
Unrestricted free agents
Jacob Townsend
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Matt Conroy
Patrick Murtagh
Hewago Paul Oea
Malcolm Rosas
Luke Towey
GWS Giants
Unrestricted free agents
Shane Mumford
Zachary Sproule
Jake Stein
Restricted free agents
Phil Davis
Out of contract
None
Hawthorn
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Jack Saunders
Melbourne
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Michael Hibberd
Marty Hore
North Melbourne
Unrestricted free agents
Shaun Atley
Tom Campbell
Trent Dumont
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
None
Port Adelaide
Unrestricted free agents
Steven Motlop
Boyd Woodcock
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Trent Burgoyne
Jarrod Lienert
Sam Mayes
Richmond
Unrestricted free agents
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith
Ben Miller
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Noah Cumberland
Ryan Garthwaite
Bigoa Nyuon
Sydney Stack
St Kilda
Unrestricted free agents
Paul Hunter
Darragh Joyce
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Dean Kent
Sydney Swans
Unrestricted free agents
Sam Reid
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Barry O’Connor
Ben Ronke
Sam Wicks
West Coast Eagles
Unrestricted free agents
Shannon Hurn
Josh Kennedy
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Jarrod Brander
Western Bulldogs
Unrestricted free agents
None
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Stefan Martin
