List of AFL debuts in 2009

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers to have made their debut with a club for the Australian Football League season 2009.

List of players, sorted by club

Adelaide

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Myke Cook (Round 1)^[1]
2. Jared Petrenko (Round 1)^[2]
3. Taylor Walker (Round 1)^[3]
4. Shaun McKernan (Round 14)^[4]
5. Brodie Martin (Round 16)^[5]
6. Rory Sloane (Round 20)^[6]

Brisbane Lions

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Daniel Rich (Round 1)^[7]
2. Sam Sheldon (Round 6)^[8]
3. Matt Austin (Round 8)^[9]
4. Aaron Cornelius (Round 9)^[10]
5. Jack Redden (Round 15)^[11]
6. Tom Rockliff (Round 18)^[12]

Carlton

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Jeff Garlett (Round 1)^[13]
2. Sam Jacobs (Round 1)^[14]
3. Aaron Joseph (Round 1)^[15]
4. Mitch Robinson (Round 1)^[16]
5. Chris Yarran (Round 7)^[17]

• Players from other clubs

1. Chris Johnson (Round 1) – previously played for Melbourne^[18]
2. Greg Bentley (Round 6) – previously played for Port Adelaide^[19]

Collingwood

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Dayne Beams (Round 2)^[20]
2. Brent Macaffer (Round 5)^[21]
3. Steele Sidebottom (Round 7)^[22]

• Players from other clubs

1. Leigh Brown (Round 2) – previously played for Fremantle and North Melbourne^[23]
2. Anthony Corrie (Round 6) – previously played for Brisbane^[24]

Essendon

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Michael Hurley (Round 1)^[25]
2. David Zaharakis (Round 2)^[26]
3. Michael Quinn (Round 2)^[27]

• Players from other clubs

1. Hayden Skipworth (Round 1) – previously played for Adelaide^[28]
2. Brent Prismall (Round 11) – previously played for Geelong^[29]

Fremantle

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Stephen Hill (Round 1)^[30]
2. Nick Suban (Round 1)^[31]
3. Greg Broughton (Round 3)^[32]
4. Matt de Boer (Round 6)^[33]
5. Luke Pratt (Round 7)^[34]
6. Clancee Pearce (Round 11)^[35]
7. Michael Walters (Round 11)^[36]
8. Hayden Ballantyne (Round 13)^[37]
9. Zac Clarke (Round 13)^[38]
10. Tim Ruffles (Round 14)^[39]
11. Jay van Berlo (Round 17)^[40]

Geelong

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Simon Hogan (Round 2)^[41]
2. Nathan Djerrkura (Round 10)^[42]
3. Tom Gillies (Round 15)^[43]
4. Jeremy Laidler (Round 15)^[44]

Hawthorn

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Ryan Schoenmakers (Round 1)^[45]
2. Brendan Whitecross (Round 1)^[46]
3. Matt Suckling (Round 1)^[47]
4. Beau Muston (Round 9)^[48]
5. Liam Shiels (Round 10)^[49]
6. Shane Savage (Round 20)^[50]
7. Riley Milne (Round 21)^[51]

Melbourne

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Kyle Cheney (Round 1)^[52]
2. Neville Jetta (Round 1)^[53]
3. Jamie Bennell (Round 1)^[54]
4. Jake Spencer (Round 1)^[55]
5. Jack Watts (Round 11)^[56]
6. Liam Jurrah (Round 12)^[57]
7. Jordie McKenzie (Round 17)^[58]
8. Rohan Bail (Round 19)^[59]
9. Tom McNamara (Round 19)^[60]

• Players from other clubs

1. John Meesen (Round 3) – previously played for Adelaide^[61]

North Melbourne

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Jack Ziebell (Round 1)^[62]
2. Ben Warren (Round 4)^[63]
3. Levi Greenwood (Round 5)^[64]
4. Sam Wright (Round 8)^[65]
5. Nathan Grima (Round 8)^[66]
6. Cruize Garlett (Round 12)^[67]
7. Liam Anthony (Round 13)^[68]

Port Adelaide

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Wade Thompson (Round 3)^[69]
2. Hamish Hartlett (Round 4)^[70]
3. Jason Davenport (Round 7)^[71]
4. Matthew Broadbent (Round 16)^[72]

• Players from other clubs

1. Danny Meyer (Round 12) – previously played for Richmond^[73]

Richmond

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Andrew Browne (Round 1)^[74]
2. Robin Nahas (Round 2)^[75]
3. Alex Rance (Round 2)^[76]
4. Andrew Collins (Round 4)^[77]
5. Ty Vickery (Round 12)^[78]
6. Jarrod Silvester (Round 13)^[79]
7. Jayden Post (Round 14)^[80]

• Players from other clubs

1. Ben Cousins (Round 1) – previously played for West Coast^[81]
2. Tom Hislop (Round 2) – previously played for Essendon^[82]

St Kilda

• Players from other clubs

1. Zac Dawson (Round 1) – previously played for Hawthorn^[83]
2. Farren Ray (Round 1) – previously played for Western Bulldogs^[84]

Sydney Swans

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Brett Meredith (Round 2)^[85]
2. Kristin Thornton (Round 4)^[86]
3. Mike Pyke (Round 6) – previously played for Canada national rugby union team^[87]
4. Dan Hannebery (Round 16)^[88]

• Players from other clubs

1. Rhyce Shaw (Round 1) – previously played for Collingwood^[89]

West Coast Eagles

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Adam Cockie (Round 6)^[90]
2. Tom Swift (Round 10)^[91]
3. Nic Naitanui (Round 12)^[92]
4. Patrick McGinnity (Round 15)^[93]

Western Bulldogs

• Players making their AFL debuts

1. Liam Picken (Round 2) ^[94]
2. Jarrad Grant (Round 5)^[95]
3. Brennan Stack (Round 11)^[96]
4. Easton Wood (Round 19)^[97]