The trade
Hawthorn received
- Gold Coast Suns' 2027 second, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish
- Gold Coast Suns' 2028 first, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2028 finish
- Gold Coast Suns' 2028 second, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2028 finish
Gold Coast Suns received
- Sam Butler
- Aidan Schubert
- Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish
- Hawthorn's 2028 first, where it falls depends on Hawthorn's 2028 finish
Sources: AFL.com.au 2
On points
What each club received, on the AFL's points table as at . A player has no points on it.
Hawthorn received What Points Gold Coast Suns' 2027 second, valued as Gold Coast Suns' 2026 second, pick 26 now 561, Projected Gold Coast Suns' 2028 first, valued as Gold Coast Suns' 2026 first, pick 7 now 1,543, Projected Gold Coast Suns' 2028 second, valued as Gold Coast Suns' 2026 second, pick 26 now 561, Projected Total 2,665, Incl. projected Net on picks +1,684, Incl. projected Gold Coast Suns received What Points Sam Butler, A player no points Aidan Schubert, A player no points Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third, valued as Gold Coast Suns' 2026 third, pick 48 now 102, Projected Hawthorn's 2028 first, valued as Hawthorn's 2026 first, pick 17 now 879, Projected Total 981, Incl. projected Net on picks -1,684, Incl. projected
This trade values Sam Butler and Aidan Schubert together at 1,684 points, about what Pick 6 is worth.
One trade can't say how to split that between them.
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 .
Gold Coast Suns' 2027 second, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish
- Gold Coast Suns its own pick
- Hawthorn · in a trade for Sam Butler, Aidan Schubert, Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third and Hawthorn's 2028 first · AFL.com.au
Gold Coast Suns' 2028 first, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2028 finish
- Gold Coast Suns its own pick
- Hawthorn · in a trade for Sam Butler, Aidan Schubert, Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third and Hawthorn's 2028 first · AFL.com.au
Gold Coast Suns' 2028 second, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2028 finish
- Gold Coast Suns its own pick
- Hawthorn · in a trade for Sam Butler, Aidan Schubert, Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third and Hawthorn's 2028 first · AFL.com.au
Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish
- Gold Coast Suns its own pick
- Melbourne · in a trade for Christian Petracca, West Coast Eagles' 2025 second (pick 24), Melbourne's 2025 second (pick 28) and Melbourne's 2026 second
- Western Bulldogs · in a five-club trade · AFL.com.au
- Hawthorn · in a trade for Hawthorn's 2028 third · AFL.com.au
- Gold Coast Suns · in a trade for Gold Coast Suns' 2027 second, Gold Coast Suns' 2028 first and Gold Coast Suns' 2028 second · AFL.com.au
Hawthorn's 2028 first, where it falls depends on Hawthorn's 2028 finish
- Hawthorn its own pick
- Gold Coast Suns · in a trade for Gold Coast Suns' 2027 second, Gold Coast Suns' 2028 first and Gold Coast Suns' 2028 second · AFL.com.au