List management: Keep, trade or delist?

[one-eyed]

AFL Draft: 24 players (10th most in the AFL)

Trade: 5 (equal 13th most)

Free agency: 2 (equal sixth most)

Rookie Draft/Cat B rookies: 6 (eighth most)

Pre-Season Draft/SSP: 2 (equal sixth most)

Mid-Season Draft: 4 (equal most)

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Top five clubs - Players who joined via trade
Carlton   12
Collingwood   11
Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide   10

Top 10 clubs - Players who joined via AFL Draft
Greater Western Sydney   32
Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs   27
North Melbourne, Port Adelaide   26
Brisbane, Fremantle, Gold Coast   25
Richmond   24

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1072658/list-analysis-how-your-club-has-built-its-list

[one-eyed]

All-Australians: 4 (Dustin Martin - 4 times, Shai Bolton, Dylan Grimes, Tom Lynch)

Rising Star winners: 0

Top-10 draft picks: 6 (Josh Gibcus, Jacob Hopper, Dustin Martin, Dion Prestia, Tim Taranto, Nick Vlastuin)


   No. of All-Australians on list in 2024   No. of All-Australians on list in 2023
Port Adelaide      8   6
Sydney              8   6
Collingwood       7   6
Geelong             7   7
Adelaide            6   4
Carlton              6   6
Essendon           6   5
West Coast        6   8
Brisbane            5   7
Fremantle          5   4
GWS Giants       5   5
Melbourne         5   7
W.Bulldogs        5   4
Hawthorn          4   2
Richmond          4   6
St Kilda             3   2
Gold Coast         1   1
North Melbourne 1   1

    No. of top-10 draft picks on list in 2024   No. of top-10 draft picks on list in 2023
Essendon           12   11
Gold Coast         11   10
North Melbourne 11   10
Melbourne           9   7
Fremantle           8   9
GWS Giants        8   9
W.Bulldogs          8   6
Carlton               6   8
Hawthorn           6   5
Richmond           6   7
Adelaide             5    5
Brisbane             5   7
Collingwood        5   5
St Kilda              5   5
Sydney              5   8
Geelong             4   4
Port Adelaide      4   4
West Coast         3   4

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1068783/list-analysis-which-club-has-the-most-all-australians-top-10-picks

[Knighter]

Irrelevant. It’s who the AFL wants to win the flag that makes all the difference