The 2004 AFL Draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.

In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Richmond Tigers received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season.

Trades

In alphabetical order of new clubs

Player	Original Club	Australian Football League clubs	Traded For
Scott Thompson	Melbourne	Adelaide Crows	Draft Pick #12
Callum Chambers	West Coast Eagles	Carlton	Draft Pick #57
Troy Longmuir	Fremantle	Carlton	Draft Pick #67
Chad Morrison	West Coast Eagles	Collingwood	Draft Pick #37
Heath Black	St. Kilda	Fremantle	Troy Simmonds
Josh Carr	Port Adelaide	Fremantle	Draft Picks #11, #27 and #45
Brad Ottens	Richmond	Geelong	Draft Picks #12 and #16
Bo Nixon and pick #7	Collingwood	Hawthorn	Draft Picks #10 and #37
Nathan Thompson	Hawthorn	Kangaroos	Draft Picks #10 and #26
Brent Moloney	Geelong	Melbourne	Draft Pick #12
Aaron Shattock	Brisbane Lions	Port Adelaide	Draft Pick #43
Troy Simmonds	Fremantle	Richmond	Aaron Fiora
Aaron Fiora	Richmond	St. Kilda	Heath Black
Darren Jolly	Melbourne	Sydney Swans	Draft Pick #15
Tyson Stenglein	Adelaide Crows	West Coast Eagles	Draft Picks #12 and #28

National Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	Australian Football League clubs
Priority	1	Brett Deledio	Murray Bushrangers	Richmond
Priority	2	Jarryd Roughead	Gippsland Power	Hawthorn
Priority	3	Ryan Griffen	South Adelaide Football Club	Western Bulldogs
1	4	Richard Tambling	Southern Districts Football Club	Richmond
1	5	Lance Franklin	Perth Football Club	Hawthorn
1	6	Tom Williams	Morningside Football Club	Western Bulldogs
1	7	Jordan Lewis	Geelong Falcons	Hawthorn
1	8	John Meesen	Geelong Falcons	Adelaide
1	9	Jordan Russell	West Adelaide Football Club	Carlton
1	10	Chris Egan	Murray Bushrangers	Collingwood
1	11	Adam Thomson	Sturt Football Club	Port Adelaide
1	12	Danny Meyer	Glenelg Football Club	Richmond
1	13	Matthew Bate	Eastern Ranges	Melbourne
1	14	Angus Monfries	Sturt Football Club	Essendon
1	15	Lynden Dunn	Calder Cannons	Melbourne
1	16	Adam Pattison	Northern Knights	Richmond
1	17	Andrew McQualter	Gippsland Power	St. Kilda
1	18	Cameron Wood	West Adelaide Football Club	Brisbane Lions
1	19	Ryan Willits	Northern Knights	Port Adelaide
2	20	Dean Polo	Gippsland Power	Richmond
2	21	Thomas Murphy	Sandringham Dragons	Hawthorn
2	22	Jesse Wells	Tasmanian Devils Football Club	Western Bulldogs
2	23	Sean Rusling	West Adelaide Football Club	Collingwood
2	24	Nathan Van Berlo	West Perth Football Club	Adelaide
2	25	Adam Hartlett	West Adelaide Football Club	Carlton
2	26	Matthew Little	Calder Cannons	Hawthorn
2	27	Pat Garner	Western Magpies	Brisbane Lions
2	28	Chad Gibson	Norwood Football Club	Adelaide
2	29	Matt Rosa	North Ballarat Football Club	West Coast Eagles
2	30	Andrew Lee	Tasmanian Devils Football Club	Essendon
2	31	Jarred Moore	Dandenong Stingrays	Sydney Swans
2	32	Brent Prismall	Western Jets	Geelong
2	33	Cain Ackland	Port Adelaide Football Club	St. Kilda
2	34	James Ezard	Calder Cannons	Port Adelaide
2	35	Fabian Deluca	Eastern Ranges	Port Adelaide
3	36	Luke McGuane	Broadbeach Football Club	Richmond
3	37	Mark LeCras	West Perth Football Club	West Coast Eagles
3	38	Damien McCormack	Dandenong Stingrays	Western Bulldogs
3	39	Travis Cloke	Eastern Ranges	Collingwood
3	40	Ivan Maric	Calder Cannons	Adelaide
3	41	Luke Blackwell	Swan Districts Football Club	Carlton
3	42	Jesse W. Smith (father-son)	Calder Cannons	Kangaroos
3	43	Michael Newton	Murray Bushrangers	Melbourne
3	44	Mitch Morton	Claremont Football Club	West Coast Eagles
3	45	Justin Sherman	Clarence Football Club	Brisbane Lions
3	46	Henry Slattery	West Adelaide Football Club	Essendon
3	47	David Spriggs	Geelong	Sydney Swans
3	48	Nathan Ablett	Modewarre	Geelong
3	49	Mark McGough	Collingwood	St Kilda
3	50	Jayden Attard	Dandenong Stingrays	Brisbane Lions
3	51	Ben Eckermann	Sturt Football Club	Port Adelaide
4	52	Dean Limbach	Calder Cannons	Richmond
4	53	Simon Taylor	Box Hill Hawks	Hawthorn
4	54	Stephen Tiller	West Adelaide Football Club	Western Bulldogs
4	55	Adam Iacobucci	Calder Cannons	Collingwood
4	56	Chris Knights	Eastern Ranges	Adelaide
4	57	Bradley P. Smith	Subiaco Football Club	West Coast Eagles
4	58	Brad Moran	Southport Sharks	Kangaroos
4	59	Benet Copping	Sturt Football Club	Fremantle
4	60	Paul Thomas	Central District Bulldogs	Essendon
4	61	Heath James	Sydney Swans	Sydney Swans
4	62	Matthew Egan	Geelong VFL	Geelong
4	63	James Gwilt	Noble Park Football Club	St. Kilda
4	64	Luke Forsyth	Dandenong Stingrays	Brisbane Lions
5	65	Mark Graham	Hawthorn	Richmond
5	66	Pass		Collingwood
5	67	Toby Stribling	North Adelaide Football Club	Fremantle
5	68	Ben Schwarze	Port Melbourne Football Club	Kangaroos
5	69	Daniel Haines	Fremantle	Fremantle
5	70	Pass		Essendon
5	71	Pass		St. Kilda
6	72	Pass		Richmond
6	73	Chris Bryan	Frankston Dolphins	Carlton
6	74	Daniel Pratt	Brisbane Lions (rookie list)	Kangaroos
6	75	Pass		Fremantle
6	76	Pass		St. Kilda
6	77	Anthony Raso	Dandenong Stingrays	Carlton

Pre-Season Draft

Pick	Player	Recruited from	Australian Football League clubs
1	Trent Knobel	St. Kilda	Richmond
2	Blake Caracella	Brisbane Lions	Collingwood
3	Eddie Betts	Calder Cannons	Carlton
4	Lance Picioane	Hawthorn	Kangaroos
5	Jarrad Schofield	Port Adelaide	Fremantle
6	Ty Zantuck	Richmond	Essendon
7	Elijah Ware	Central District Bulldogs	Port Adelaide
8	Pass		Richmond

Rookie Elevation

In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.

Player	Recruited from	Australian Football League clubs
Matthew Smith	Oakleigh U18	Adelaide Crows
Leigh Ryswyk	Southport Sharks	Brisbane Lions
Adam Bentick	Calder Cannons	Carlton
Andrew Carrazzo	Geelong	Carlton
Nick Maxwell	North Ballarat Football Club	Collingwood
Steven Dodd	East Fremantle Football Club	Fremantle
Dylan Smith	Kangaroos	Fremantle
Shannon Byrnes	Murray Bushrangers	Geelong
Josh Thurgood	North Ballarat Roosters	Hawthorn
Aaron Davey	Port Melbourne Boroughs	Melbourne
Kelvin W. Moore	Yarra Valley Football Club	Richmond
Dylan Pfitzner	Central District Bulldogs	St. Kilda
Nick Stone	Hawthorn	St. Kilda
Paul Bevan	NSW-ACT U18	Sydney Swans
Brett Jones	Claremont Football Club	West Coast Eagles

See also

• AFL for more AFL information
• Official AFL Draft page