The AFL officially announced the full list of 2022 free agents and each player's request band on Wednesday, with a fleet of key defenders graded as restricted prospects ahead of this year's trade period.
While still serving their respective deals at clubs across the nation, defensive trio Alex Pearce (Fremantle), Darcy Gardiner (Brisbane) and James Sicily (Hawthorn) have been categorised by the governing body as restricted free agents.
They are joined by the likes of Kane Lambert, Lance Franklin, Angus Brayshaw and controversial Magpieย Jordan De Goey.
The marker laid down to meet the league's metric remains that a restricted free agent (RFA) must be in either their eighth or ninth season at their respective club, and must also be in their club's top 25% of earners.
Should a player have served a decade or more at a singular club, or is in their eighth or ninth season but falls outside the club's the top 25% of earners, they are eligible to be deemed as an unrestricted free agent (UFA).
According to league law which was drawn upon commencing the list management strategy at the end of the 2012 AFL season, rival clubs are able to make bids for RFAs - however, their current club is able to match these attempts to pry their stars loose.
FULL LIST OF 2022 FREE AGENTSย
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Brisbane:ย Darcy Gardiner
Collingwood:ย Jordan De Goey
Essendon:ย Kyle Langford
Fremantle:ย Alex Pearce
Hawthorn:ย James Sicily
Melbourne:ย Angus Brayshaw
Richmond:ย Kane Lambert
Sydney:ย Lance Franklin
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Adelaide
Ben Davis
Mitch Hinge
Taylor Walker
Brisbane
Ryan Lester
Daniel McStay
Mitch Robinson
Dayne Zorko
Carlton
Matt Cottrell
Ed Curnow
Oscar McDonald
Jack Newnes
Lochie O'Brien
Collingwood
Isaac Chugg
Mason Cox
Jamie Elliott
Jordan Roughead
Essendon
Dyson Heppell
Michael Hurley
Alec Waterman
Fremantle
Bailey Banfield
Connor Blakely
Mitch Crowden
David Mundy
Geelongย
Luke Dahlhaus
Tom Hawkins
Shaun Higgins
Joel Selwood
Isaac Smith
Gold Coast
Levi Casboult
Charlie Constable
Jez McLennan
GWS Giants
Jarrod Brander
Matt De Boer
Lachlan Keeffe
Adam Kennedy
Daniel Lloyd
Zach Sproule
Jake Stein
Jacob Wehr
Hawthorn
Jack Gunston
Kyle Hartigan
Daniel Howe
Ben McEvoy
Liam Shiels
Melbourne
Mitch Brown
Majak Daw
Jayden Hunt
North Melbourne
Ben Cunnington
Todd Goldstein
Kyron Hayden
Tom Lynch
Kayne Turner
Josh Walker
Port Adelaide
Karl Amon
Travis Boak
Trent Dumont
Robbie Gray
Sam Mayes
Trent McKenzie
Steven Motlop
Sam Skinner
Richmond
Trent Cotchin
Shane Edwards
Ben Miller
Bigoa Nyuon
Matthew Parker
Jack Riewoldt
St Kilda
Tom Campbell
Jarryn Geary
Darragh Joyce
Jarrod Lienert
Mason Wood
Sydney
Harry Cunningham
Robbie Fox
Josh Kennedy
Jake Lloyd
Paddy McCartin
Sam Naismith
Sam Reid
Lewis Taylor
West Coast
Hugh Dixon
Shannon Hurn
Jamaine Jones
Tom Joyce
Josh Kennedy
Patrick Naish
Nic Naitanui
Jackson Nelson
Luke Shuey
Luke Strnadica
Western Bulldogs
Zaine Cordy
Bailey Dale
Caleb Daniel
Taylor Duryea
Jason Johannisen
Stefan Martin
Toby McLean
Mitch Wallis
