Over 200 AFL players are still without deals for 2025, with all 18 clubs having at least one big name still unsigned beyond the current season and facing some level of uncertainty around their future.
From captains to premiership stalwarts, emerging young guns to stars in demand, there is a plethora of big names who have decisions to make over the coming months.
Some clubs have a heap of work to do in the list management space to retain key figures for the coming years, while others have been busy throughout the year so far to decrease their list of off-contract names.
Here we've named each club's biggest looming contract call ahead of the off-season.
4Collingwood
All eyes will be on the former Collingwood captain to see how far beyond a likely 400-game milestone he extends to.
Set to become the sixth player to reach the feat in a matter of weeks, Pendlebury could come close to Brent Harvey's all-time games record but would need to extend into the 2026 season to become No.1 overall.
But Pendlebury will hold a more short-term lens on his future, likely to pen a one-year extension and weigh up his future again in 12 months.
The Norm Smith Medal winner is showing no sign of slowing down and could be joined by Jeremy Howe and Steele Sidebottom in going around again next year.
