2001 AFL draft

The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).

In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Fremantle Dockers originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the 2001 AFL season but they traded it to Hawthorn for Trent Croad. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side.

The draft was known widely as the "superdraft" due to the recruitment of modern star players such as Luke Hodge, Luke Ball, Chris Judd, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo, Steve Johnson, Sam Mitchell, Leigh Montagna, Gary Ablett, Brian Lake, Matthew Boyd, James Kelly, Dane Swan, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Campbell Brown, and David Hale. All of the aforementioned players played in at least one Grand Final; all but Dal Santo and Montagna played in a premiership team; and Judd, Mitchell, and Hodge (three times) captained their respective teams to victories in the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 grand finals. Furthermore, Judd (2004, 2010), Bartel (2007), Ablett (2009, 2013), Swan (2011) and Mitchell (2012) also won the Brownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (2005), Johnson (2007), Hodge (2008 and 2014), Bartel (2011) and Lake (2013) all won a Norm Smith Medal, which is awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final.

2001 national draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	Club
Priority	1	Luke Hodge	Geelong Falcons	Hawthorn
Priority	2	Luke Ball	Sandringham Dragons	St Kilda
Priority	3	Chris Judd	Sandringham Dragons	West Coast Eagles
1	4	Graham Polak	East Fremantle	Fremantle
1	5	Xavier Clarke	St Mary's	St Kilda
1	6	Ashley Sampi	South Fremantle	West Coast Eagles
1	7	David Hale	Broadbeach	Kangaroos
1	8	Jimmy Bartel	Geelong Falcons	Geelong
1	9	Luke Molan	Geelong Falcons	Melbourne
1	10	Sam Power	Oakleigh Chargers	Western Bulldogs
1	11	Richard Cole	Eastern Ranges	Collingwood
1	12	Brent Reilly	Calder Cannons	Adelaide
1	13	Nick Dal Santo	Bendigo Pioneers	St Kilda
1	14	Ashley Watson	Bendigo Pioneers	Kangaroos
1	15	Barry Brooks	Tassie Mariners	Port Adelaide
1	16	Rick Ladson	Bendigo Pioneers	Hawthorn
1	17	James Kelly	Calder Cannons	Geelong
1	18	Shane Harvey	Northern Knights	Essendon
1	19	Jason Gram	Gippsland Power	Brisbane Lions
2	20	Daniel Elstone	Bendigo Pioneers	Hawthorn
2	21	Matt Maguire	Geelong Falcons	St Kilda
2	22	Mark Seaby	West Perth	West Coast
2	23	Charlie Gardiner	Sandringham Dragons	Geelong
2	24	Steve Johnson	Murray Bushrangers	Geelong
2	25	Steven Armstrong	Perth	Melbourne
2	26	Aaron Rogers	NSW/ACT Rams	Melbourne
2	27	Tom Davidson	Geelong Falcons	Collingwood
2	28	Mark Powell	Murray Bushrangers	Sydney
2	29	Lewis Roberts-Thomson	NSW/ACT Rams	Sydney
2	30	Rod Crowe	Sandringham Dragons	Kangaroos
2	31	Joel Reynolds	Geelong Falcons	Essendon
2	32	Campbell Brown	Oakleigh Chargers	Hawthorn
2	33	David Rodan	Calder Cannons	Richmond
2	34	Simon O'Keefe	Murray Bushrangers	Essendon
2	35	Jarrad Wright	Woodville-West Torrens	Brisbane Lions
3	36	Sam Mitchell	Box Hill Hawks	Hawthorn
3	37	Leigh Montagna	Northern Knights	St Kilda
3	38	Ashley Hansen	Oakleigh Chargers	West Coast Eagles
3	39	Justin Davies	Murray Bushrangers	Carlton
3	40 (F/S)	Gary Ablett, Jr.	Geelong Falcons	Geelong
3	41	Henry Playfair	NSW/ACT Rams	Geelong
3	42	Kieran McGuinness	Eastern Ranges	Western Bulldogs
3	43	Mark McGough	Murray Bushrangers	Collingwood
3	44	Ben Finnin	Northern Knights	Adelaide
3	45	Nathan Clarke	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions
3	46 (F/S)	Jarrad Waite	Murray Bushrangers	Carlton
3	47	Andrew Welsh	Calder Cannons	Essendon
3	48	Simon Cox	Western Bulldogs	Hawthorn
3	49	Josh Houlihan	Murray Bushrangers	St Kilda
3	50	Paul Salmon	Hawthorn	Essendon
3	51	Pass	-	Brisbane Lions
4	52	Andrew Browne	Claremont	Fremantle
4	53	Daniel Hunt	South Fremantle	Sydney
4	54	Ben Robbins	Brisbane Lions	Kangaroos
4	55	Brad Miller	Mt Gravatt	Melbourne
4	56	Paul Medhurst	Claremont	Fremantle
4	57	Brent Colbert	Northern Knights	Western Bulldogs
4	58	Dane Swan	Calder Cannons	Collingwood
4	59	Jacob Schuback	Gippsland Power	Adelaide
4	60	Adam Schneider	NSW/ACT Rams	Sydney
4	61	Mick Martyn	Kangaroos	Kangaroos
4	62	Damon White	Perth	Port Adelaide
4	63	Adam Houlihan	Geelong	Richmond
4	64	Daniel McAlister	Essendon	Essendon
5	65	Pass	-	Brisbane Lions
5	66	Pass	-	Fremantle
5	67	Pass	-	St Kilda
6	68	Chris Hyde	Richmond	Richmond
6	69	Matthew McCarthy	Old Xaverians	Geelong
6	70	Pass	-	Melbourne
6	71	Brian LakeBrian Lake was known as Brian Harris when drafted	Woodville-West Torrens	Western Bulldogs
6	72	Tristen Walker	Claremont	Collingwood
6	73	Pass	-	Adelaide
6	74	Ricky Mott	South Fremantle	Sydney
6	75	Sam Cranage	Carlton	Carlton
6	76	Jared Poulton	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide
6	77	Marty McGrath	South Fremantle	Richmond
6	78	Pass	-	Essendon
7	79	Pass	-	St Kilda
7	80	Hugh Foott	Bendigo Pioneers	Kangaroos
7	81	David Johnson	Essendon Rookies
7	82	Pass	-	Melbourne
8	83	Aaron James	Richmond	Western Bulldogs
Source:[AFL.com.au](https://web.archive.org/web/20111216012555/http://www.afl.com.au/portals/0/afl_docs/development/draft/national_draft/national_draft_2001.pdf)

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