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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
Jake Kelly
Tom Lynch
David Mackay
Daniel Talia
Restricted free agents
Matt Crouch
Out of contract
Lachlan Gollant
Ronin O’Connor
Paul Seedsman
Kieran Strachan
Brisbane Lions
Unrestricted free agents
Connor Ballenden
Grant Birchall
Rhys Mathieson
Mitch Robinson
Archie Smith
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Marcus Adams
Keidean Coleman
Tom Fullarton
Tom Joyce
James Madden
Connor McFadyen
Brock Smith
Carlton
Unrestricted free agents
Eddie Betts
Levi Casboult
Ed Curnow
Matthew Kennedy
Oscar McDonald
Marc Murphy
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Matt Cottrell
Michael Gibbons
Josh Honey
Brodie Kemp
Nic Newman
Jack Newnes
Lochie O’Brien
Matt Owies
Luke Parks
Sam Petrevski-Seton
Marc Pittonet
Sam Ramsay
Will Setterfield
Jack Silvagni
Collingwood
Unrestricted free agents
Chris Mayne
Scott Pendlebury
Josh Thomas
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Darcy Cameron
Isaac Chugg
Mason Cox
Jack Ginnivan
Levi Greenwood – Retired
Max Lynch
Jack Madgen
Josh Noble
Jay Rantall
Trey Ruscoe
Brayden Sier
Anton Tohill
Tom Wilson
Essendon
Unrestricted free agents
Patrick Ambrose
Dylan Clarke
Martin Gleeson
Cale Hooker
Will Snelling
David Zaharakis
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Kaine Baldwin
Ned Cahill
Tom Cutler
Matt Guelfi
Nick Hind
Tom Hird
Lachlan Johnson
Jayden Laverde
Cian McBride
Irving Mosquito
Andrew Phillips
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher
Fremantle
Unrestricted free agents
Bailey Banfield
Brett Bewley
Reece Conca
Stephen Hill
Lachie Schultz
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Adam Cerra
Travis Colyer
Mitchell Crowden
Taylin Duman
Stefan Giro
Lloyd Meek
Leno Thomas
Josh Treacy
Darcy Tucker
Tobe Watson
Nathan Wilson
Geelong Cats
Unrestricted free agents
Jed Bews
Oscar Brownless
Cam Guthrie
Lachie Henderson
Restricted free agents
Jake Kolodjashnij
Out of contract
Bradley Close
Charlie Constable
Francis Evans
Zach Guthrie
Shaun Higgins
Ben Jarvis
Josh Jenkins
Nathan Kreuger
Gryan Miers
Quinton Narkle
Stefan Okunbor
Gary Rohan
Sam Simpson
Rhys Stanley
Cooper Stephens
Cameron Taheny
Gold Coast Suns
Unrestricted free agents
Sam Day
Jarrod Harbrow
Jack Hombsch
Sean Lemmens
Jordan Murdoch
Zac Smith
Jacob Townsend
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Alex Davies
Jy Farrar
Aiden Fyfe
Joel Jeffrey
Patrick Murtagh
Rhys Nicholls
Malcolm Rosas
Jeremy Sharp
Luke Towey
Lachlan Weller
GWS Giants
Unrestricted free agents
Matt Buntine
Daniel Lloyd
Sam Reid
Zachary Sproule
Jack Stein
Restricted free agents
Josh Kelly
Out of contract
Kieren Briggs
Callum Brown
Matthew Flynn
Tom Green
Jacob Hopper
Thomas Hutchesson
Lachlan Keeffe
Jake Riccardi
Nicholas Shipley
Hawthorn
Unrestricted free agents
Keegan Brooksby
Shaun Burgoyne
Michael Hartley
Dylan Moore
Tim O’Brien
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Lachlan Bramble
James Cousins
Will Day
Damon Greaves
Oliver Hanrahan
Blake Hardwick
Daniel Howe
Emerson Jeka
Changkuoth Jiath
Jacob Koschitzke
Finn Maginness
Josh Morris
Harry Morrison
Conor Nash
Harry Pepper
Jack Saunders
James Worpel
Melbourne
Unrestricted free agents
Mitch Brown
Majak Daw
Neville Jetta
Nathan Jones
Aaron Nietschke
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Oskar Baker
Toby Bedford
Austin Bradtke
Kade Chandler
Michael Hibberd
Marty Hore
Jay Lockhart
Deakyn Smith
Joel Smith
Aaron Vandenberg
Sam Weideman
North Melbourne
Unrestricted free agents
Shaun Atley
Tom Campbell
Trent Dumont
Taylor Garner
Kyron Hayden
Connor Menadue
Robbie Tarrant
Josh Walker
Will Walker
Jack Ziebell
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Aaron Hall
Matthew McGuinness
Dom Tyson
Patrick Walker
Port Adelaide
Unrestricted free agents
Tyson Goldsack
Robbie Gray
Hamish Hartlett
Steven Motlop
Tom Rockliff
Boyd Woodcock
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Riley Bonner
Trent Burgoyne
Kane Farrell
Martin Frederick
Joel Garner
Jarrod Lienert
Sam Mayes
Jackson Mead
Taj Schofield
Richmond
Unrestricted free agents
David Astbury
Mabior Chol
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith
Bachar Houli
Kamdyn McIntosh
Ben Miller
Matthew Parker
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Liam Baker
Shai Bolton
Jason Castagna
Callum Coleman-Jones
Noah Cumberland
Thomson Dow
Ryan Garthwaite
Rhyan Mansell
Will Martyn
Patrick Naish
Bigoa Nyuon
Hugo Ralphsmith
Daniel Rioli
Ivan Soldo
Sydney Stack
St Kilda
Unrestricted free agents
Oscar Clavarino
Luke Dunstan
James Frawley
Jarryn Geary
Paul Hunter
Darragh Joyce
Shaun McKernan
Seb Ross
Mason Wood
Restricted free agents
Jack Billings
Out of contract
Sam Alabakis
Jake Carlisle
Leo Connolly
Zak Jones
Dean Kent
Jack Lonie
Dylan Roberton
Patrick Ryder
Jack Sinclair
Sydney Swans
Unrestricted free agents
Kaiden Brand
Robbie Fox
Sam Gray
Luke Parker
Sam Reid
Restricted free agents
George Hewett
Out of contract
Joel Amartey
James Bell
Malachy Carruthers
Ryan Clarke
Jordan Dawson
Will Gould
Matthew Ling
Hayden McLean
Barry O’Connor
Colin O’Riordan
Ben Ronke
Callum Sinclair
Dylan Stephens
Sam Wicks
West Coast Eagles
Unrestricted free agents
Brendon Ah Chee
Shannon Hurn
Mark Hutchings
Jamaine Jones
Josh Kennedy
Daniel Venables
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Brayden Ainsworth
Jarrod Brander
Liam Duggan
Luke Foley
Ben Johnson
Xavier O’Neill
Jack Redden
Josh Rotham
Nathan Vardy
Western Bulldogs
Unrestricted free agents
Ben Cavarra
Taylor Duryea
Ryan Gardner
Will Hayes
Lin Jong
Stefan Martin
Roarke Smith
Mitch Wallis
Restricted free agents
None
Out of contract
Louis Butler
Zaine Cordy
Riley Garcia
Buku Khamis
Patrick Lipinski
Lachlan McNeil
Ed Richards
Jordon Sweet
Cody Weightman
Lewis Young
