Updated: Nick Bowen's 2015 free agency list

Which of your club's potential free agents remains on the market?

By Nick Bowen

AFL.COM.AU has compiled a preliminary list of next year's free agents, with 68 players currently eligible.

Some stars who could have explored free agency at the end of 2015 have already re-signed with their clubs: Taylor Walker (Adelaide), Robbie Gray, Matthew Lobbe (Port Adelaide), Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Matt Priddis (West Coast), Nathan Jones (Melbourne) and Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne).

The AFL could reveal more names – and will highlight the breakdown of restricted and unrestricted free agents – when it releases its official list ahead of the 2015 season.

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ADELAIDE

Patrick Dangerfield

Richard Douglas

Andy Otten

Brent Reilly

Scott Thompson

Brodie Martin

BRISBANE LIONS

Jed Adcock

Matthew Leuenberger

CARLTON

Dennis Armfield

Andrew Carrazzo

David Ellard

Matthew Kreuzer

Chris Judd

COLLINGWOOD

Brent Macaffer

ESSENDON

Courtenay Dempsey

Brent Stanton

Tom Bellchambers

Dustin Fletcher

Tayte Pears

Jason Winderlich

FREMANTLE

Ryan Crowley

Paul Duffield

Michael Johnson

Luke McPharlin

Matthew Pavlich

Aaron Sandilands

GEELONG

Jimmy Bartel

Corey Enright

Tom Hawkins

James Kelly

Steve Johnson

Andrew Mackie

Dawson Simpson

Mathew Stokes

Dual-premiership midfielder Mathew Stokes becomes a free agent at the end of 2015. Picture: AFL Media

HAWTHORN

Luke Hodge

Sam Mitchell

Matthew Suckling

Brendan Whitecross

MELBOURNE

Colin Garland

Mark Jamar

NORTH MELBOURNE

Michael Firrito

Nathan Grima

Brent Harvey

Scott McMahon

Drew Petrie

Robbie Tarrant

PORT ADELAIDE

Kane Cornes

Tom Logan (rookie)

RICHMOND

Nathan Foley

Chris Newman

Alex Rance

Could this be Alex Rance's final season at Punt Road Oval? Picture: AFL Media

ST KILDA

Sean Dempster

Sam Fisher

Sam Gilbert

Jack Steven

Adam Schneider (rookie)

SYDNEY SWANS

Adam Goodes

Heath Grundy

Ted Richards

The Swans' redoubtable defender Heath Grundy becomes a free agent at season's end. Picture: AFL Media

WEST COAST

Sam Butler

Patrick McGinnity

Scott Selwood

Beau Waters

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Matthew Boyd

Jarrad Grant

Dale Morris

Robert Murphy

Easton Wood

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