After months of speculation and secret meetings, the AFL trade period is finally here.

Free agency opened on Friday October 2, running until Friday October 9, while the trade period opened on Monday October 5 and finishes on the night of Wednesday October 14. Scroll down to see a list of every confirmed and completed signing and trade in 2026.

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EVERY COMPLETED DEAL

Friday October 2

1. Geelong signs Toby Greene as an unrestricted free agent. GWS receives second-round compensation (currently Pick 26).

2. Carlton signs Joel Amartey as an unrestricted free agent. Sydney receives second-round compensation (currently Pick 36).

3. Richmond signs Kieren Briggs as an unrestricted free agent. GWS receives third-round compensation (currently Pick 46).

4. Collingwood signs Lachie Neale as an unrestricted free agent. Brisbane receives second-round compensation (currently Pick 39).

Saturday October 3

5. Western Bulldogs sign Jordon Butts as an unrestricted free agent. Adelaide receives second-round compensation (currently Pick 33).

Sunday October 4

Nil

Monday October 5

6. Collingwood gets Jesse Hogan. GWS gets Pick 75.

7. Gold Coast gets Scott Pendlebury. Collingwood gets Pick 65.

8. Hawthorn gets Zach Merrett. Essendon gets Picks 15 and 25 plus Hawthorn’s 2028 second-round pick.

Tuesday October 6

9. Hawthorn lodges paperwork for Ben King. Gold Coast has 72 hours to decide whether to match the offer, period ending 4:15pm Friday.

10. Richmond gets Nathan O’Driscoll. Fremantle gets Pick 61.

Wednesday October 7

11. Geelong gets Jordan Ridley, Pick 60 and Essendon’s 2028 fourth-round pick. Essendon gets Jack Bowes, Geelong’s 2027 first-round pick and Geelong’s 2028 second-round pick.

Thursday October 8

12. Geelong gets Rowan Marshall and St Kilda’s 2028 third-round pick. St Kilda gets Pick 14.

Friday October 9

13. Five-club mega deal. Port Adelaide gets Pick 6, 10, Melbourne’s 2027 first-round pick and Western Bulldogs’ 2028 first-round pick. Western Bulldogs get Finn Maginness, Hudson O’Keefe, Picks 81 and 76, Port Adelaide’s 2027 second-round pick and fourth-round pick, Port Adelaide’s 2028 second-round pick and third-round pick, Melbourne’s 2027 third-round pick and Melbourne’s 2028 fourth-round pick. Melbourne gets Picks 4, 12, 31 and 46. Hawthorn gets Port Adelaide’s 2027 third-round pick. Carlton gets Port Adelaide’s 2028 fourth-round pick.

14. Hawthorn signs Ben King as a restricted free agent. Gold Coast gets first-round compensation (currently Pick 7).

15. Western Bulldogs sign Zak Butters as a restricted free agent. Port Adelaide gets first-round compensation (currently Pick 5).

16. St Kilda gets Sam Marshall and Brisbane’s Pick 41. Brisbane gets St Kilda’s 2027 first-round pick.

17. Hawthorn gets Gold Coast’s 2027 third-round pick. Western Bulldogs get Hawthorn’s 2028 third-round pick.

Saturday October 10

Nil

Sunday October 11

Nil.

Monday October 12

18. Gold Coast gets Aidan Schubert, Sam Butler, Hawthorn’s 2027 third-round pick (tied to Gold Coast) and Hawthorn’s 2028 first-round pick. Hawthorn gets Gold Coast’s 2027 second-round pick, Gold Coast’s 2028 first-round pick and Gold Coast’s 2028 second-round pick.

Tuesday October 13

TBA

Wednesday October 14

TBA



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