AFL.com.au has compiled this year's draft order based on the ladder after 11 rounds, including future selections that were traded last year. 

St Kilda is set to benefit from Hawthorn's fall this year, having swapped their pick at last year's draft for the Hawks' first-round selection in 2017 as part of a complex deal. Under present ladder positions, the Saints hold pick No.4 (Hawthorn's on-traded pick) and pick No.8 (their own selection). 

Free agency compensation picks could be added later in the year, but at this stage the first round of the draft will have 17 selections after Greater Western Sydney's 1000-point penalty for the Lachie Whitfield affair last year. 

The Giants hold pick 18 (worth 985 points), but the points penalty will see their pick become worthless and shifted to the end of the draft. It could still be used if the club needs it to fill an empty list spot. At this point the flag favourites will enter the draft at pick No.25 (the second-round pick they received from the Saints for midfielder Jack Steele last year). 

GWS could, however, find its way back in the top 10 if St Kilda makes a bid for out-of-contract star Josh Kelly. 

The Saints are chasing Kelly, who has had a brilliant season, but the midfielder will decide later in the year whether he sticks with the Giants or heads back to Victoria (St Kilda and North Melbourne are front-runners for his services).

The Brisbane Lions hold pick No.1 and also Port Adelaide's first pick, which is currently placed at No.14. Richmond is another club with two first-round picks after trades last year, with picks 15 and 16 presently with the Tigers.

Hawthorn's first pick is No.35 (Greater Western Sydney's on-traded second pick), while Gold Coast has five picks in the first 35 selections (No.5, 21, 22, 28, 32).

Indicative draft order after 11 rounds

ROUND ONE
BL1. Brisbane Lions
Carlton2. Carlton
SYD3. Sydney
STK4. St Kilda (received from Hawthorn)
GCFC5. Gold Coast
NMFC6. North Melbourne
ESS7. Essendon
STK8. St Kilda
Coll9. Collingwood
MELB10. Melbourne
FRE11. Fremantle
WCE12. West Coast
WB13. Western Bulldogs
BL14. Brisbane Lions (received from Port Adelaide)
RICH15. Richmond
RICH16. Richmond (received from Geelong, via Carlton and GWS on-trades)
ADEL17. Adelaide

 

ROUND TWO
BL18. Brisbane Lions
GEEL19. Geelong (received from Carlton)
SYD20. Sydney
GCFC21. Gold Coast (received from Hawthorn)
GCFC22. Gold Coast
NMFC23. North Melbourne
ESS24. Essendon
GWS25. Greater Western Sydney (received from St Kilda)
GWS26. Greater Western Sydney (received from Collingwood)
MELB27. Melbourne
GCFC28. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle)
WCE29. West Coast
WB30. Western Bulldogs
PORT31. Port Adelaide
GCFC32. Gold Coast (received from Richmond)
GEEL33. Geelong
ADEL34. Adelaide
HAW35. Hawthorn (received from GWS, via Carlton on-trade)

 

ROUND THREE
COLL36. Collingwood (received from the Brisbane Lions)
Carlton37. Carlton
SYD38. Sydney
HAW39. Hawthorn
GCFC40. Gold Coast
WB41. Western Bulldogs (received from North Melbourne)
ESS42. Essendon
STK43. St Kilda
BL44. Brisbane Lions (received from Collingwood
MELB45. Melbourne
FRE46. Fremantle
WCE47. West Coast
NMFC48. North Melbourne (received from the Western Bulldogs)
PORT49. Port Adelaide
RICH50. Richmond
GEEL51. Geelong
ADEL52. Adelaide
RICH53. Richmond (received from Greater Western Sydney)

 

ROUND FOUR
COLL54. Collingwood (received from the Brisbane Lions)
Carlton55. Carlton
SYD56. Sydney
HAW57. Hawthorn
FRE58. Fremantle (received from Gold Coast)
STK59. St Kilda (received from North Melbourne, via Western Bulldogs on-trade)
ESS60. Essendon
STK61. St Kilda
Coll62. Collingwood
MELB63. Melbourne
FRE64. Fremantle
WCE65. West Coast
NMFC66. North Melbourne (received from the Western Bulldogs)
PORT67. Port Adelaide
RICH68. Richmond
GEEL69. Geelong
ADEL70. Adelaide
GWS71. Greater Western Sydney

 

ROUND FIVE
BL72. Brisbane Lions
Carlton73. Carlton
GWS*
SYD74. Sydney
HAW75. Hawthorn
GCFC76. Gold Coast
NMFC77. North Melbourne
ESS78. Essendon
WB79. Western Bulldogs (received from St Kilda)
Coll80. Collingwood
MELB81. Melbourne
FRE82. Fremantle
WCE83. West Coast
WB84. Western Bulldogs
PORT85. Port Adelaide
RICH86. Richmond
GEEL87. Geelong
ADEL88. Adelaide
GWS89. Greater Western Sydney

* The Giants' first pick (no.18, worth 985 points) will shift to the end of the draft as a result of the 1000 point penalty placed on them due to the Lachie Whitfield affair. The remaining 15 points will be taken off the value of their next pick.