All the latest player movement news<\/a><\/p>\nThey are among the more than 90 players who qualify as free agents heading into next year before this year’s trade period begins, with Melbourne currently having a competition-high nine players set to be free agents next season.<\/p>\n
The list includes the likes of Steven May, Liam Ryan and Buku Khamis, who are all exploring new homes whilst under contract at their current clubs for next year, but does not include players who are unsigned for next year who would qualify as if they penned one-year extensions.<\/p>\n
Players such as Adelaide’s Mitch Hinge, Collingwood’s Tim Membrey, Fremantle’s Patrick Voss and Geelong’s Jack Martin will qualify as free agents after being previously delisted throughout their career, which activates lifetime free agency status whenever out of contract, while Carlton’s Zac Williams and Essendon’s Jade Gresham retain free agency status having crossed to their clubs as free agents. Gresham is in the final season of his three-year deal in 2026 but has a trigger for a fourth year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among other notables in the group, Brisbane’s Lachie Neale becomes a free agent for the first time after crossing from Fremantle in a trade, Sydney runner Justin McInerney will attract interest as will Hawk Mitch Lewis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2026 FREE AGENCY LIST
^Qualifies as previously delisted
*Qualifies as previously moved clubs as a free agent<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE\u00a0
Mitch Hinge*
James Borlase*
Chayce Jones
Rory Laird
Lachie Sholl
Jordon Butts<\/p>\n
BRISBANE\u00a0
Zac Bailey
Darcy Gardiner
Ryan Lester
Oscar McInerney
Lachie Neale
Dayne Zorko
Noah Answerth<\/p>\n
CARLTON\u00a0
Nick Haynes^
Nic Newman
Sam Walsh
Zac Williams^<\/p>\n
Sam Walsh after Carlton’s loss to Adelaide in round eight, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
COLLINGWOOD\u00a0
Jack Crisp
Jeremy Howe
Tim Membrey*
Scott Pendlebury
Steele Sidebottom<\/p>\n
ESSENDON\u00a0
Jade Gresham^
Matt Guelfi
Liam McMahon*
Jaxon Prior*<\/p>\n
FREMANTLE\u00a0
Bailey Banfield*
Oscar McDonald*
Sam Sturt
Sam Switkowski
Patrick Voss*
Corey Wagner*<\/p>\n
Patrick Voss during the Round 24 match between Western Bulldogs and Fremantle at Marvel Stadium, August 24, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
GEELONG\u00a0
Mark Blicavs
Patrick Dangerfield
Jake Kolodjashnij
Jack Martin*
Mark O’Connor
Rhys Stanley<\/p>\n
GOLD COAST\u00a0
Oscar Adams*
Caleb Graham
Ben King
Max Knobel*
Lachie Weller
Jarrod Witts<\/p>\n
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY\u00a0
Kieren Briggs
Stephen Coniglio
Toby Greene<\/p>\n
Toby Greene celebrates a win during round 20, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
HAWTHORN\u00a0
Jack Gunston
Jarman Impey
Mitch Lewis
Harry Morrison
Ned Reeves<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE\u00a0
Tom Campbell*
Kade Chandler
Jai Culley*
Bayley Fritsch
Steven May
Tom McDonald
Jake Melksham
Christian Salem
Tom Sparrow<\/p>\n
NORTH MELBOURNE\u00a0
Aidan Corr^
Luke McDonald
Toby Pink*
Bailey Scott<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE\u00a0
Zak Butters
Darcy Byrne-Jones
Ollie Wines<\/p>\n
Zak Butters in action during Port Adelaide’s clash against Sydney in round 15, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
RICHMOND\u00a0
Nathan Broad
Tom Lynch
Toby Nankervis
Dion Prestia
Nick Vlastuin
Jack Ross\u00a0
Ben Miller<\/p>\n
ST KILDA\u00a0
Jack Carroll*
Liam Stocker*<\/p>\n
SYDNEY\u00a0
Joel Amartey
Harry Cunningham
Joel Hamling*
Justin McInerney<\/p>\n
Joel Amartey celebrates a goal during Sydney’s clash against Fremantle in round two, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
WEST COAST\u00a0
Tom Cole
Matt Flynn^
Liam Ryan
Bailey Williams<\/p>\n
WESTERN BULLDOGS\u00a0
Lachie Bramble*
Ryan Gardner*
Tom Liberatore
Lachie McNeil*
Rhylee West
Buku Khamis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zac Bailey, Zak Butters and Sam Walsh. Pictures: AFL Photos ZAC Bailey has joined Zak Butters, Sam Walsh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-178338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}