AFLW Rookies

2016 Rookies

Pick No.	Player	Original Club	Other Points
26	Nat Exon	Darebin Falcons	Victorian Premier League Soccer player (Box Hill)
27	Kate Shierlaw	Wimbledon Hawks (UK)	State League Basketballer (Adelaide)

2017 Rookies

Pick No.	Player	Original Club	Other Points
TBA	Kerryn Peterson	Bendigo Thunder	State League Basketballer
TBA	Maddison Gay	Melbourne University	State League Netball
5	Tiahna Cochrane	Bendigo Thunder (VWFL)	N/A
12	Katie-Jayne Grieve	South Bunbury FC (SWFL)	N/A
17	Courtney Webb	Launceston (TFL)	State Cricketer (TAS.)

2018 Rookies

Pick No.	Player	Original Club	Other Points
TBA	Chloe Dalton	Carlton VFLW	Rugby Sevens
TBA	Brooke Walker	Carlton VFLW	Rugby Sevens

2019 Rookies

Pick No.	Player	Original Club	Other Points
TBA	Joanne Doonan	NA	Gaelic Football
TBA	Katie Harrison	NA	Rugby Sevens

2020 Rookies
There was no Rookie draft for the 2020 season, instead in the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players who had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program. Carlton did not participate in this, only four clubs did (Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda).

2021 Rookies

There was no Rookie draft for the 2021 season, instead, in the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players who had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program. Carlton did not participate in this; only four clubs did (Brisbane, Collingwood, GWS Giants, and Melbourne).

2022a Rookies

Pick No.	Player	Original Club	Other Points
TBA	Taylor Ortlepp	Rockingham Flames	Basketball

2025 Rookies

There was no Rookie draft for the 2025 season; instead, in the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players who had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program. Carlton did not participate in this, only two clubs did (Fremantle and GWS Giants).

2026 Rookies

Carlton did not participate in the 2026 rookie draft.

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