2004 AFL draft
The 2004 AFL draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
In 2004 there were 78 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. Richmond received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder during the 2004 AFL season. Three teams were allocated priority draft picks for winning 5 or less games in the previous season, Richmond, and. Carlton's two-year ban from the first and second rounds of the AFL draft expired in 2004 and they returned to the early part of the draft, with selections 9 and 25. As it had traded away its first and second round draft picks in 2001, effectively the Blues' first and second round draft picks were its first since 2000. They finished the 2004 season 11th with 10 wins and 12 losses, too high to be eligible for a priority draft pick.
Trades
In alphabetical order of new clubs| Trade | Player | Original club | New club | Traded for |
| 1 | Nathan Thompson | Hawthorn | Kangaroos | draft picks #10 and #26 |
| 2 | Bo Nixon and pick #7 | Collingwood | Hawthorn | draft picks #10 and #37 |
| 3 | Josh Carr and draft pick #43 | Port Adelaide | Fremantle | draft picks #11, #27 and #45 |
| 4 | Scott Thompson | Melbourne | Adelaide | draft pick #12 |
| 5 | Brent Moloney | Geelong | Melbourne | draft pick #12 |
| 6 | Brad Ottens | Richmond | Geelong | draft picks #12 and #16 |
| 7 | Tyson Stenglein | Adelaide | West Coast | draft picks #12 and #28 |
| 8 | Darren Jolly | Melbourne | Sydney Swans | draft pick #15 |
| 9 | Aaron Shattock and pick #34 | Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | draft pick #27 and #45 |
| 10 | Paul Johnson | West Coast | Melbourne | draft pick #29 |
| 11 | Chad Morrison | West Coast | Collingwood | draft pick #37 |
| 12 | Peter Walsh and pick #45 | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | draft pick #43 |
| 13 | Callum Chambers | West Coast | Carlton | draft pick #57 |
| 14 | Troy Longmuir | Fremantle | Carlton | draft pick #67 |
| 15 | Aaron Fiora | Richmond | St Kilda | Troy Simmonds |
| 15 | Troy Simmonds | Fremantle | Richmond | Heath Black |
| 15 | Heath Black | St Kilda | Fremantle | Aaron Fiora |
2004 national draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | Club |
| Priority | 1 | Brett Deledio | Murray Bushrangers | Richmond |
| Priority | 2 | Jarryd Roughead | Gippsland Power | Hawthorn |
| Priority | 3 | Ryan Griffen | South Adelaide Football Club | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 4 | Richard Tambling | Southern Districts Football Club | Richmond |
| 1 | 5 | Lance Franklin | Perth Football Club | Hawthorn |
| 1 | 6 | Tom Williams | Morningside Football Club | Western Bulldogs |
| 1 | 7 | Jordan Lewis | Geelong Falcons | Hawthorn |
| 1 | 8 | John Meesen | Geelong Falcons | Adelaide |
| 1 | 9 | Jordan Russell | West Adelaide Football Club | Carlton |
| 1 | 10 | Chris Egan | Murray Bushrangers | Collingwood |
| 1 | 11 | Adam Thomson | Sturt Football Club | Port Adelaide |
| 1 | 12 | Danny Meyer | Glenelg Football Club | Richmond |
| 1 | 13 | Matthew Bate | Eastern Ranges | Melbourne |
| 1 | 14 | Angus Monfries | Sturt Football Club | Essendon |
| 1 | 15 | Lynden Dunn | Calder Cannons | Melbourne |
| 1 | 16 | Adam Pattison | Northern Knights | Richmond |
| 1 | 17 | Andrew McQualter | Gippsland Power | St Kilda |
| 1 | 18 | Cameron Wood | West Adelaide Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 1 | 19 | Ryan Willits | Northern Knights | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 20 | Dean Polo | Gippsland Power | Richmond |
| 2 | 21 | Thomas Murphy | Sandringham Dragons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 22 | Jesse Wells | Tasmanian Devils Football Club | Western Bulldogs |
| 2 | 23 | Sean Rusling | West Adelaide Football Club | Collingwood |
| 2 | 24 | Nathan van Berlo | West Perth Football Club | Adelaide |
| 2 | 25 | Adam Hartlett | West Adelaide Football Club | Carlton |
| 2 | 26 | Matt Little | Calder Cannons | Hawthorn |
| 2 | 27 | Pat Garner | Western Magpies | Brisbane Lions |
| 2 | 28 | Chad Gibson | Norwood Football Club | Adelaide |
| 2 | 29 | Matt Rosa | North Ballarat Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 2 | 30 | Andrew Lee | Tasmanian Devils Football Club | Essendon |
| 2 | 31 | Jarred Moore | Dandenong Stingrays | Sydney Swans |
| 2 | 32 | Brent Prismall | Western Jets | Geelong |
| 2 | 33 | Cain Ackland | Port Adelaide Football Club | St Kilda |
| 2 | 34 | James Ezard | Calder Cannons | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | 35 | Fabian Deluca | Eastern Ranges | Port Adelaide |
| 3 | 36 | Luke McGuane | Broadbeach Football Club | Richmond |
| 3 | 37 | Mark LeCras | West Perth Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 38 | Damien McCormack | Dandenong Stingrays | Western Bulldogs |
| 3 | 39 | Travis Cloke | Eastern Ranges | Collingwood |
| 3 | 40 | Ivan Maric | Calder Cannons | Adelaide |
| 3 | 41 | Luke Blackwell | Swan Districts Football Club | Carlton |
| 3 | 42 | Jesse W. Smith | Calder Cannons | Kangaroos |
| 3 | 43 | Michael Newton | Murray Bushrangers | Melbourne |
| 3 | 44 | Mitch Morton | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 3 | 45 | Justin Sherman | Clarence Football Club | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 46 | Henry Slattery | West Adelaide Football Club | Essendon |
| 3 | 47 | David Spriggs | Geelong | Sydney Swans |
| 3 | 48 | Nathan Ablett | Modewarre | Geelong |
| 3 | 49 | Mark McGough | Collingwood | St Kilda |
| 3 | 50 | Jayden Attard | Dandenong Stingrays | Brisbane Lions |
| 3 | 51 | Ben Eckermann | Sturt Football Club | Port Adelaide |
| 4 | 52 | Dean Limbach | Calder Cannons | Richmond |
| 4 | 53 | Simon Taylor | Box Hill Hawks | Hawthorn |
| 4 | 54 | Stephen Tiller | West Adelaide Football Club | Western Bulldogs |
| 4 | 55 | Adam Iacobucci | Calder Cannons | Collingwood |
| 4 | 56 | Chris Knights | Eastern Ranges | Adelaide |
| 4 | 57 | Brad Smith | Subiaco Football Club | West Coast Eagles |
| 4 | 58 | Brad Moran | Southport Sharks | Kangaroos |
| 4 | 59 | Benet Copping | Sturt Football Club | Fremantle |
| 4 | 60 | Paul Thomas | Central District Bulldogs | Essendon |
| 4 | 61 | Heath James | Sydney Swans | Sydney Swans |
| 4 | 62 | Matthew Egan | Geelong VFL | Geelong |
| 4 | 63 | James Gwilt | Noble Park Football Club | St Kilda |
| 4 | 64 | Luke Forsyth | Dandenong Stingrays | Brisbane Lions |
| 5 | 65 | Mark Graham | Hawthorn | Richmond |
| 5 | 66 | Pass | Collingwood | |
| 5 | 67 | Toby Stribling | North Adelaide Football Club | Fremantle |
| 5 | 68 | Ben Schwarze | Port Melbourne Football Club | Kangaroos |
| 5 | 69 | Daniel Haines | Fremantle | Fremantle |
| 5 | 70 | Pass | Essendon | |
| 5 | 71 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 6 | 72 | Pass | Richmond | |
| 6 | 73 | Chris Bryan | Frankston Dolphins | Carlton |
| 6 | 74 | Daniel Pratt | Brisbane Lions | Kangaroos |
| 6 | 75 | Pass | Fremantle | |
| 6 | 76 | Pass | St Kilda | |
| 6 | 77 | Anthony Raso | Dandenong Stingrays | Carlton |
2005 pre-season draft
2005 rookie draft
Rookie elevation
In alphabetical order of professional clubs. This list contains 2004-listed rookies who were elevated in the off-season; it does not detail the rookie draft which took place in the 2004/05 off-season.| Player | Recruited from | Club |
| Matthew Smith | Oakleigh U18 | Adelaide |
| Leigh Ryswyk | Southport Sharks | Brisbane Lions |
| Adam Bentick | Calder Cannons | Carlton |
| Andrew Carrazzo | Geelong | Carlton |
| Nick Maxwell | North Ballarat Football Club | Collingwood |
| Steven Dodd | East Fremantle Football Club | Fremantle |
| Dylan Smith | Kangaroos | Fremantle |
| Shannon Byrnes | Murray Bushrangers | Geelong |
| Josh Thurgood | North Ballarat Roosters | Hawthorn |
| Aaron Davey | Port Melbourne Boroughs | Melbourne |
| Kelvin Moore | Yarra Valley Football Club | Richmond |
| Dylan Pfitzner | Central District Bulldogs | St Kilda |
| Nick Stone | Hawthorn | St Kilda |
| Paul Bevan | NSW-ACT U18 | Sydney Swans |
| Brett Jones | Claremont Football Club | West Coast Eagles |