Essendon coach Mark McVeigh poses for a photo on August 25, 2026. Picture: Getty Images

ESSENDON and Carlton will take a league-high seven picks into next week's Telstra AFL Draft, with the final draft order locked in on Wednesday.

With final list changes completed, the draft order has been revealed, with clubs able to take as many picks as they have vacant list spots.

The Bombers and Blues lead the way with seven possible selections, with the Blues having seen 13 players depart in the off-season so far.

Geelong, North Melbourne, St Kilda and West Coast have just three picks each.

While there is a maximum of 80 picks available, AFL.com.au's Cal Twomey is expecting only around 65 selections to be used.

Clubs with list vacancies after the national draft will be able to sign players in the pre-season and rookie drafts, or invite players to train with them over the summer.

The national draft will be held across two nights, on Thursday November 19 and Friday November 20, before the pre-season and rookie drafts on Monday November 23.

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EVERY CLUB'S PICKS

Adelaide: 15, 32, 35, 43, 54
Brisbane: 21, 27, 28, 45
Carlton: 13, 18, 31, 50, 59, 67, 73
Collingwood: 11, 30, 63, 64, 65
Essendon: 1, 17, 25, 69, 75, 78, 80
Fremantle: 19, 40, 58, 61, 68
Geelong: 36, 55, 60
Gold Coast: 8, 70, 72, 77
Greater Western Sydney: 9, 20, 26, 57
Hawthorn: 29, 37, 66, 74
Melbourne: 4, 14, 48, 51, 79
North Melbourne: 33, 49, 62
Port Adelaide: 7, 12, 22, 24, 34, 46
Richmond: 2, 5, 44, 76
St Kilda: 10, 16, 41
Sydney: 6, 38, 39, 47
West Coast: 3, 23, 56
Western Bulldogs: 42, 52, 53, 71

ROUND ONE

1 Essendon
2 Richmond
3 West Coast
4 Melbourne (received from Port Adelaide in five-club mega deal)
5 Richmond (received from Port Adelaide in pick swap, PA received as Zak Butters compensation)
6 Sydney (received from North Melbourne in Nick Blakey trade)
7 Port Adelaide (received from Melbourne in five-club mega deal, tied to Gold Coast)
8 Gold Coast (Ben King compensation)
9 Greater Western Sydney
10 St Kilda
11 Collingwood
12 Port Adelaide (received from Melbourne in five-club mega deal)
13 Carlton
14 Melbourne (received from Western Bulldogs in five-club mega deal)
15 Adelaide
16 St Kilda (received from Geelong in Rowan Marshall trade)
17 Essendon (received from Hawthorn in Zach Merrett trade)
18 Carlton (tied to Sydney)
19 Fremantle
20 Greater Western Sydney (received from Brisbane in pick swap)

ROUND TWO

21 Brisbane (received from Essendon in Keidean Coleman trade)
22 Port Adelaide (received from Richmond in pick swap)
23 West Coast
24 Port Adelaide
25 Essendon (received from Brisbane in Keidean Coleman trade, BL received from Greater Western Sydney in pick swap, GWS received from Carlton in Lachie Whitfield trade, tied to North Melbourne)
26 Greater Western Sydney (received from Carlton in Lachie Whitfield trade, tied to Gold Coast)
27 Brisbane (received from Essendon in Keidean Coleman trade, Ess received from Hawthorn in Zach Merrett trade, tied to Greater Western Sydney)
28 Brisbane (received from Greater Western Sydney in pick swap, GWS received as Toby Greene compensation)
29 Hawthorn (tied to St Kilda)
30 Collingwood
31 Carlton (received from Greater Western Sydney in Lachie Whitfield trade, tied to Melbourne)
32 Adelaide (received from Port Adelaide in Luke Pedlar trade, tied to Carlton)
33 North Melbourne (received from Melbourne in Zane Duursma trade, Melb received from Western Bulldogs in five-club mega deal)
34 Port Adelaide (received from Adelaide in Luke Pedlar trade)
35 Adelaide (Jordon Butts compensation)
36 Geelong
37 Hawthorn
38 Sydney
39 Sydney (Joel Amartey compensation)
40 Fremantle
41 St Kilda (received from Brisbane in Sam Marshall trade)
42 Western Bulldogs (received from Brisbane in pick swap, BL received as Lachie Neale compensation)

ROUND THREE

43 Adelaide (tied to Essendon)
44 Richmond
45 Brisbane (received from Melbourne in Will McLachlan trade, Melb received from West Coast in Trent Rivers/Jack Viney trade)
46 Port Adelaide
47 Sydney (received from North Melbourne in Nick Blakey trade)
48 Melbourne (received from Port Adelaide in five-club mega deal, tied to Gold Coast)
49 North Melbourne (received from Melbourne in Zane Duursma trade, tied to Greater Western Sydney)
50 Carlton (received from Greater Western Sydney in Lachie Whitfield trade, GWS received as Kieren Briggs compensation)
51 Melbourne (received from North Melbourne in Zane Duursma trade, NM received from Sydney in Nick Blakey trade, tied to Collingwood)
52 Western Bulldogs (received from Brisbane in pick swap, tied to Melbourne)
53 Western Bulldogs
54 Adelaide
55 Geelong
56 West Coast (tied to Hawthorn)
57 Greater Western Sydney (received from Brisbane in pick swap, tied to Sydney)
58 Fremantle
59 Carlton (tied to Brisbane)

ROUND FOUR

60 Geelong (received from Essendon in Jordan Ridley/Jack Bowes trade)
61 Fremantle (received from Richmond in Nathan O'Driscoll trade)
62 North Melbourne
63 Collingwood (received from Gold Coast in Scott Pendlebury trade)
64 Collingwood (tied to Greater Western Sydney)
65 Collingwood
66 Hawthorn (tied to Melbourne)
67 Carlton
68 Fremantle

ROUND FIVE

69 Essendon
70 Gold Coast (tied to Richmond)
71 Western Bulldogs (received from Port Adelaide in five-club mega deal)
72 Gold Coast
73 Carlton
74 Hawthorn

ROUND SIX

75 Essendon
76 Richmond
77 Gold Coast

ROUND SEVEN

78 Essendon
79 Melbourne

ROUND EIGHT

80 Essendon

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