The trade
GWS Giants received
- Carlton's 2028 third, where it falls depends on Carlton's 2028 finish
- North Melbourne's second, pick 25 now
- Gold Coast Suns' second, pick 26 now
Carlton received
- Lachie Whitfield
- Melbourne's second, pick 31 now
- GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs, pick 50 now
Source: AFL.com.au, 13 Oct
On points
What each club received, on the AFL's points table as at . A player has no points on it.
GWS Giants received What Points Carlton's 2028 third, valued as Carlton's 2026 third, pick 54 now 14, Projected North Melbourne's second, pick 25 now 590 Gold Coast Suns' second, pick 26 now 561 Total 1,165, Incl. projected Net on picks +665, Incl. projected Carlton received What Points Lachie Whitfield, A player no points Melbourne's second, pick 31 now 429 GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs, pick 50 now 71 Total 500 Net on picks -665, Incl. projected
This trade values Lachie Whitfield at 665 points, about what Pick 23 is worth.
The future picks in it count at their projected points.
Implied by the trade, not an official value: the AFL puts points on picks, never on players.
Projected points value a future pick as its club's pick of the same round in the 2026 order, as if the club finished the same way again. They are not the pick's points: those wait on how the club finishes, and the 2027 draft adds Tasmania and a new points table.
Points guide a trade; they do not decide it.
Where the picks have been
A pick is tied to a club for life: that club's finish decides where it falls, whoever holds it. Every club each has been with, as at .
Carlton's 2028 third, where it falls depends on Carlton's 2028 finish
- Carlton its own pick
- GWS Giants by · in a trade for Lachie Whitfield, Melbourne's second and GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs · AFL.com.au
North Melbourne's second, pick 25 now
- North Melbourne its own pick
- Carlton · in a trade for Sydney Swans' 2025 first (pick 11) and Fremantle's 2025 third (pick 54)
- GWS Giants by · in a trade for Lachie Whitfield, Melbourne's second and GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs · AFL.com.au
Gold Coast Suns' second, pick 26 now
- Gold Coast Suns its own pick
- Carlton · in a trade for pick 28
- GWS Giants by · in a trade for Lachie Whitfield, Melbourne's second and GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs · AFL.com.au
Melbourne's second, pick 31 now
- Melbourne its own pick
- Gold Coast Suns · in a trade for Port Adelaide's 2025 first (pick 7), St Kilda's 2025 first (pick 8), Adelaide Crows' 2025 second (pick 37), Gold Coast Suns' 2026 first and Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third
- GWS Giants · in a trade for GWS Giants' 2025 second (pick 35)
- Carlton by · in a trade for Carlton's 2028 third, North Melbourne's second and Gold Coast Suns' second · AFL.com.au
GWS Giants' free agency compensation pick for Kieren Briggs, pick 50 now
- GWS Giants its own pick
- Carlton by · in a trade for Carlton's 2028 third, North Melbourne's second and Gold Coast Suns' second · AFL.com.au