AFL.com.au has compiled this year's draft order based on the ladder after 11 rounds, including future selections that were traded last year.

St Kilda is set to benefit from Hawthorn's fall this year, having swapped their pick at last year's draft for the Hawks' first-round selection in 2017 as part of a complex deal. Under present ladder positions, the Saints hold pick No.4 (Hawthorn's on-traded pick) and pick No.8 (their own selection).

Free agency compensation picks could be added later in the year, but at this stage the first round of the draft will have 17 selections after Greater Western Sydney's 1000-point penalty for the Lachie Whitfield affair last year.

The Giants hold pick 18 (worth 985 points), but the points penalty will see their pick become worthless and shifted to the end of the draft. It could still be used if the club needs it to fill an empty list spot. At this point the flag favourites will enter the draft at pick No.25 (the second-round pick they received from the Saints for midfielder Jack Steele last year).



GWS could, however, find its way back in the top 10 if St Kilda makes a bid for out-of-contract star Josh Kelly.

The Saints are chasing Kelly, who has had a brilliant season, but the midfielder will decide later in the year whether he sticks with the Giants or heads back to Victoria (St Kilda and North Melbourne are front-runners for his services).



The Brisbane Lions hold pick No.1 and also Port Adelaide's first pick, which is currently placed at No.14. Richmond is another club with two first-round picks after trades last year, with picks 15 and 16 presently with the Tigers.

Hawthorn's first pick is No.35 (Greater Western Sydney's on-traded second pick), while Gold Coast has five picks in the first 35 selections (No.5, 21, 22, 28, 32).

Indicative draft order after 11 rounds

ROUND ONE BL 1. Brisbane Lions Carlton 2. Carlton SYD 3. Sydney STK 4. St Kilda (received from Hawthorn) GCFC 5. Gold Coast NMFC 6. North Melbourne ESS 7. Essendon STK 8. St Kilda Coll 9. Collingwood MELB 10. Melbourne FRE 11. Fremantle WCE 12. West Coast WB 13. Western Bulldogs BL 14. Brisbane Lions (received from Port Adelaide) RICH 15. Richmond RICH 16. Richmond (received from Geelong, via Carlton and GWS on-trades) ADEL 17. Adelaide

ROUND TWO BL 18. Brisbane Lions GEEL 19. Geelong (received from Carlton) SYD 20. Sydney GCFC 21. Gold Coast (received from Hawthorn) GCFC 22. Gold Coast NMFC 23. North Melbourne ESS 24. Essendon GWS 25. Greater Western Sydney (received from St Kilda) GWS 26. Greater Western Sydney (received from Collingwood) MELB 27. Melbourne GCFC 28. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle) WCE 29. West Coast WB 30. Western Bulldogs PORT 31. Port Adelaide GCFC 32. Gold Coast (received from Richmond) GEEL 33. Geelong ADEL 34. Adelaide HAW 35. Hawthorn (received from GWS, via Carlton on-trade)

ROUND THREE COLL 36. Collingwood (received from the Brisbane Lions) Carlton 37. Carlton SYD 38. Sydney HAW 39. Hawthorn GCFC 40. Gold Coast WB 41. Western Bulldogs (received from North Melbourne) ESS 42. Essendon STK 43. St Kilda BL 44. Brisbane Lions (received from Collingwood MELB 45. Melbourne FRE 46. Fremantle WCE 47. West Coast NMFC 48. North Melbourne (received from the Western Bulldogs) PORT 49. Port Adelaide RICH 50. Richmond GEEL 51. Geelong ADEL 52. Adelaide RICH 53. Richmond (received from Greater Western Sydney)

ROUND FOUR COLL 54. Collingwood (received from the Brisbane Lions) Carlton 55. Carlton SYD 56. Sydney HAW 57. Hawthorn FRE 58. Fremantle (received from Gold Coast) STK 59. St Kilda (received from North Melbourne, via Western Bulldogs on-trade) ESS 60. Essendon STK 61. St Kilda Coll 62. Collingwood MELB 63. Melbourne FRE 64. Fremantle WCE 65. West Coast NMFC 66. North Melbourne (received from the Western Bulldogs) PORT 67. Port Adelaide RICH 68. Richmond GEEL 69. Geelong ADEL 70. Adelaide GWS 71. Greater Western Sydney

ROUND FIVE BL 72. Brisbane Lions Carlton 73. Carlton GWS * SYD 74. Sydney HAW 75. Hawthorn GCFC 76. Gold Coast NMFC 77. North Melbourne ESS 78. Essendon WB 79. Western Bulldogs (received from St Kilda) Coll 80. Collingwood MELB 81. Melbourne FRE 82. Fremantle WCE 83. West Coast WB 84. Western Bulldogs PORT 85. Port Adelaide RICH 86. Richmond GEEL 87. Geelong ADEL 88. Adelaide GWS 89. Greater Western Sydney

* The Giants' first pick (no.18, worth 985 points) will shift to the end of the draft as a result of the 1000 point penalty placed on them due to the Lachie Whitfield affair. The remaining 15 points will be taken off the value of their next pick.