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.
5Essendon
Essendon's excitement machine is yet to re-sign at Tullamarine this late into the season, with a decision likely to come at the end of his 2024 campaign.
It's unknown if there's much external interest in Stringer, but a club that could stump up a long-term deal, should they see him worth one, might edge out the Bombers.
Essendon have a handful of other key pieces to re-sign, with the likes of Harry Jones and Nik Cox currently without deals also.
Midfielder Jye Caldwell is another obvious one but is nearing an agreed deal.
