More than 80 recently listed AFL players have already found new homes since either retiring or being delisted at the end of the 2024 season.
Eight of those players have secured career lifelines at other clubs, while a further five stand a chance to find a new AFL club via the summer's Supplemental Selection Period as train-on prospects.
The VFL has already recruited more than 20 players straight out of the AFL this year, while the WAFL and SANFL have over 10 each so far.
The local football scene has rivalled the state leagues, already hitting double digits ahead of the new year.
Here, we've tracked the movements of recently retired or delisted players for 2025 so far.
Jack Martin - Geelong
Tim Membrey - Collingwood
Quinton Narkle - Fremantle
Sam Day - Brisbane
Jack Carroll - St Kilda
Jaxon Prior - Essendon
Ben Paton - Sydney
Max Knobel - Gold Coast
Sandy Brock - West Coast (SSP)
Denver Grainger-Barras - Carlton (SSP)
Sam Durdin - Carlton (SSP)
Matt Carroll - Carlton (SSP)
Hewago Paul Oea - Gold Coast (SSP)
Jarryd Lyons - Glenelg
Patrick Parnell - Glenelg
Jaiden Magor - South Adelaide
James Willis - North Adelaide
Thomas Scully - West Adelaide
Will Rowlands - Norwood
Jack Hayes - Woodville-West Torrens
Blake Drury - Adelaide
Kelsey Rypstra - North Adelaide
Tom Emmett - Sturt
Kyle Marshall - Port Adelaide/South Adelaide
Tom McCallum - Norwood
Lachlan McAndrew - Adelaide
Oskar Faulkhead - North Adelaide
Dyson Heppell - Port Melbourne
Tex Wanganeen - Port Melbourne
James Tsitas - Gold Coast
Carter Michael - Williamstown
Domanic Akuei - Essendon
Jack Bytel - Coburg
James Van Es - Port Melbourne
Matthew Allison - Coburg
Ethan Stanley - Box Hill
Darcy MacPherson - North Melbourne
Olli Hotton - North Melbourne
Charlie Lazzaro - Port Melbourne
Curtis Taylor - Collingwood
Ethan Phillips - Carlton
Tyler Sellers - Essendon
Will Hamill - Frankston
Lachlan Gollant - Williamstown
Joshua Bennetts - Collingwood
Jai Culley - Casey
Mitch Hardie - Casey
Dominic Bedendo - Port Melbourne
Nathan Kreuger - Geelong
Cooper Vickery - Carlton
Harry Arnold - Brisbane
Jaiden Hunter - Claremont
Sebit Kuek - East Perth
Cooper Stephens - East Perth
Hamish Free - South Fremantle
Jamaine Jones - South Fremantle
Jordyn Baker - East Perth
Zane Trew - Swan Districts
Conrad Williams - Perth
Ethan Hughes - South Fremantle
Josh Rotham - West Perth
Brandan Parfitt - Perth
Kalin Lane - Claremont
Josh Schache - Doncaster East
Seb Ross - Colac
Liam Shiels - South Croydon
Aiden Begg - North Ringwood
Nick Hind - Darley
Oscar Murdoch - Newtown and Chilwell
Sam Weideman - Vermont
Ned McHenry - Prince Alfred Old Collegians
Jaidyn Stephenson - Ferntree Gully
Emerson Jeka - Altona
Marlion Pickett - Melton South
Bigoa Nyuon - Ballarat
Gary Rohan - Port Fairy
Joshua Eyre - Castlemaine
Alex Keath - East Brighton
Cooper Hamilton - Rochester
Braydon Preuss - Yarragon
Noah Cumberland - Maroochydore
Levi Casboult - Palm Beach Currumbin
Tom Clurey - Southern Districts
Trent McKenzie - Prokick Australia