Brisbane Lions drafting and trading history

The Brisbane Lions' drafting and trading history has lasted almost as long as the club's existence, with the club first drafting in 1996 and first trading in 1997. The club was founded in 1996 following a merger between the Fitzroy Football Club and the Brisbane Bears. This page does not include any drafts or trades performed by those two clubs. It includes drafts and trades from both the Australian Football League and the AFL Women's.

Players from the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Football Club
After the merger between the Bears and Fitzroy, the Brisbane Lions received a number of players from each club. These players formed most of the Lions' inaugural squad.

Players from the Brisbane Bears

 * 1) Jason Akermanis
 * 2) Marcus Ashcroft
 * 3) Trent Bartlett
 * 4) Andrew Bews
 * 5) Daniel Bradshaw
 * 6) Richard Champion
 * 7) Nathan Chapman
 * 8) Matthew Clarke
 * 9) Danny Dickfos
 * 10) Adrian Fletcher
 * 11) Andrew Gowers
 * 12) Andrew Gowling
 * 13) Brent Green
 * 14) Shaun Hart
 * 15) Clark Keating
 * 16) Matthew Kennedy
 * 17) Craig Lambert
 * 18) Nigel Lappin
 * 19) Steven Lawrence
 * 20) Justin Leppitsch
 * 21) Alastair Lynch
 * 22) Tristan Lynch
 * 23) Scott McIvor
 * 24) Michael McLean
 * 25) Craig McRae
 * 26) Ben Robbins
 * 27) Chris Scott
 * 28) Dion Scott
 * 29) Nick Trask
 * 30) Brett Voss
 * 31) Michael Voss
 * 32) Darryl White
 * 33) Derek Wirth

Players from Fitzroy Football Club

 * 1) Scott Bamford
 * 2) John Barker
 * 3) Brad Boyd
 * 4) Nick Carter
 * 5) Shane Clayton
 * 6) Simon Hawking
 * 7) Chris Johnson
 * 8) Jarrod Molloy

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Tate Day

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Trent Knobel

Rookie elevations

 * 1) Nathan Clarke
 * 2) Shannon Rusca

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Robert Copeland

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Joel Macdonald

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Leigh Ryswyk

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Josh Drummond

Rookie elevations

 * 1) Marcus Allan
 * 2) Scott Harding
 * 3) Jason Roe
 * 4) Cheynee Stiller

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Anthony Corrie

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Scott Clouston

Gold Coast uncontracted player signings
Upon the Gold Coast Football Club's entry into the AFL, the new club was allowed to sign one uncontracted player from each club in the league, and more with permission from a player's club.

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Archie Smith

Marquee player signings

 * 1) Sabrina Frederick-Traub
 * 2) Tayla Harris

Priority player signings

 * 1) Kaitlyn Ashmore
 * 2) Emma Zielke

Free agent signings

 * 1) Shannon Campbell
 * 2) Caitlin Collins
 * 3) Jordan Membrey

Rookie elevation

 * 1) Gabby Collingwood

Expansion club signings
Before the Geelong and North Melbourne Football Clubs' entries into the AFL Women's, the new clubs were allowed to sign a maximum of four players collectively from each club in the league, and more with permission from a player's club.

Registered inactive player
Prior to the season, clubs were permitted to list any inactive players, retaining them while also replacing them with active players for 2019.

Expansion club signings
Before the entries of Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast into the AFL Women's, the new clubs were allowed to sign a maximum of eight players collectively from the Lions (and varying numbers of other players from other clubs).

Expansion club signings
Before the entries of, , and  into the AFL Women's, the new clubs were allowed to sign a maximum of four players collectively from the Lions (and varying numbers of other players from other clubs).

Priority signings
Because of the short preparation time available before their first season in S7,, , and  were allowed to sign a maximum of five players collectively from the Lions (and varying numbers of other players from other clubs) for their second seasons. Signings were limited to players who had spent at least three seasons on AFLW lists.