The event, which will be held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre this Thursday 22 November, will be largely dominated by GWS - who have five of the first 14 selections (including Picks 1, 2, and 3).
The Lions have three valuable selections themselves - with picks 8, 24, and 33 - giving National Talent Manager Rob Kerr and his recruiting team a great chance of unearthing some more future AFL stars.
Stay tuned to lions.com.au in the lead-up to the 2012 AFL National Draft for some more Lions-related draft stories.
Fans are also encouraged to log onto lions.com.au on the night of Thursday 22 November for a comprehensive update of how the Draft unfolds - complete with in-depth profiles and video footage of the Club’s latest recruits.
In the meantime, please find below a history of who the Lions have drafted in each year since officially forming as a merged entity in 1996.
LIONS DRAFT HISTORY*
2011
National Draft Pick No.8 - Billy Longer (Northern Knights U18, VIC)
5 Games, 1 goal
National Draft Pick No.12 - Sam Docherty (Gippsland U18, VIC)
0 games, 0 goals
National Draft Pick No.30 - Elliot Yeo (East Fremantle, WA)
8 games, 0 goals
National Draft Pick No.47 - Patrick Wearden (Murray U18, VIC)
0 games, 0 goals
National Draft Pick No.69 - Mitch Golby (Brisbane Lions)
Rookie Elevation
21 games, 0 goals
2010
National Draft Pick No.5 - Jared Polec (Woodville-West Torrens, SA)
15 Games, 9 goals
National Draft Pick No.25 - Patrick Karnezis (Oakleigh U18, VIC)
18 games, 24 goals
National Draft Pick No.28 - Ryan Lester (Oakleigh U18, VIC)
22 games, 5 goals
National Draft Pick No.32 - Josh Green (Tasmania U18, TAS)
17 games, 15 goals
National Draft Pick No.65 - Claye Beams (Brisbane Lions)
Rookie Elevation
13 Games, 11 Goals
2009
National Draft Pick No.27 - Callum Bartlett (Geelong U18, VIC)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.47 - Ryan Harwood (Tasmania U18, TAS)
29 Games, 4 Goals
National Draft Pick No.73 - Jesse O’Brien (North Adelaide, SA)
15 Games, 3 Goals
National Draft Pick No.81 - Bryce Retzlaff (Labrador, QLD)
11 games, 6 goals
National Draft Pick No.91 - Matt Maguire (St Kilda)
45 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.93 - Pearce Hanley (Brisbane Lions)
Rookie Elevation
56 Games, 13 Goals
2008
National Draft Pick No.7 - Daniel Rich (Subiaco, WA)
82 Games, 54 Goals
National Draft Pick No.25 - Jack Redden (Glenelg, SA)
76 Games, 35 Goals
National Draft Pick No.41 - Todd Banfield (Swan Districts, WA)
53 Games, 57 Goals
National Draft Pick No.57 - Aaron Cornelius (Tasmania U18, TAS)
22 Games, 32 Goals
National Draft Pick No.69 - Bart McCulloch (Tasmania U18, TAS)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.81 - Kieran King (East Fremantle, WA)
0 Games, 0 Goals
Pre-Season Draft Pick No.5 - Tom Rockliff (Murray U18, VIC)
62 Games, 34 Goals
2007
National Draft Pick No.8 - Lachlan Henderson (Geelong U18, VIC)
15 Games, 3 Goals
National Draft Pick No.25 - Tom Collier (Tasmania U18, TAS)
27 Games, 4 Goals
National Draft Pick No.41 - James Polkinghorne (Calder U18, VIC)
81 Games, 48 Goals
National Draft Pick No.52 - Bradd Dalziell (East Fremantle, WA)
15 Games, 4 Goals
National Draft Pick No.56 - Matt Austin (North Ballarat U18, VIC)
15 Games, 2 Goals
2006
National Draft Pick No.4 - Matthew Leuenberger (East Perth, WA)
69 Games, 11 Goals
National Draft Pick No.22 - Albert Proud (Mt Gravatt, QLD)
29 Games, 10 Goals
National Draft Pick No.34 - Chris Schmidt (West Adelaide, SA)
2 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.38 - James Hawksley (Peel Thunder, WA)
32 Games, 6 Goals
National Draft Pick No.54 - Matthew Tyler (North Ballarat U18, VIC)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.70 - Sam Sheldon (Oakleigh U18, VIC)
43 Games, 11 Goals
2005
National Draft Pick No.9 - Mitch Clark (East Fremantle, WA)
82 Games, 61 Goals
National Draft Pick No.25 - Wayde Mills (Southport, QLD)
16 Games, 3 Goals
National Draft Pick No.41 - Rhan Hooper (Mt Gravatt, QLD)
48 Games, 49 Goals
National Draft Pick No.56 - Joel Patfull (Port Adelaide Rookie)
139 Games, 21 Goals
Pre-Season Draft Pick No.6 - Ben Fixter (Sydney)
27 Games, 3 Goals
2004
National Draft Pick No.18 - Cameron Wood (West Adelaide, SA)
16 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.27 - Pat Garner (Western Magpies, QLD)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.45 - Justin Sherman (Clarence, TAS)
114 Games, 85 Goals
National Draft Pick No.50 - Jayden Attard (Dandenong U18, VIC)
5 Games, 1 Goal
National Draft Pick No.64 - Luke Forsyth (Dandenong U18, VIC)
0 Games, 0 Goals
2003
National Draft Pick No.18 - Llane Spanderman (East Perth, WA)
3 Games, 1 Goal
National Draft Pick No.23 - Matthew Moody (South Fremantle, WA)
34 Games, 14 Goals
National Draft Pick No.33 - Jed Adcock (North Ballarat U18, VIC)
141 Games, 37 Goals
National Draft Pick No.49 - Tom Logan (Waratahs, NT)
3 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.61 - Michael Rischitelli (Western U18, VIC)
111 Games, 47 Goals
2002
National Draft Pick No.3 - Jared Brennan (Southern Districts, NT)
119 Games, 75 Goals
National Draft Pick No.19 - Troy Selwood (Bendigo U18, VIC)
75 Games, 11 Goals
National Draft Pick No.30 - Daniel Merrett (Southport, QLD)
135 Games, 43 Goals
National Draft Pick No.44 - Anthony Corrie (Nightcliff, NT)
53 Games, 48 Goals
2001
National Draft Pick No.19 - Jason Gram (Gippsland U18, VIC)
2 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.35 - Jarrad Wright (Woodville-West Torrens, SA)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.45 - Nathan Clarke (Brisbane Lions)
6 Games, 4 Goals
Pre-Season Draft Pick No.9 - Dylan McLaren (Gippsland U18, VIC)
46 Games, 6 Goals
2000
National Draft Pick No.13 - Ashley McGrath (South Fremantle, WA)
188 Games, 146 Goals
National Draft Pick No.22 - Richard Hadley (East Fremantle, WA)
41 Games, 10 Goals
National Draft Pick No.29 - Jamie Charman (Northern Eagles, QLD)
129 Games, 55 Goals
National Draft Pick No.33 - Martin Pike (North Melbourne)
106 Games, 67 Goals
National Draft Pick No.59 - Luke Hammond (Sandringham U18, VIC)
0 Games, 0 Goals
1999
National Draft Pick No.6 - Damian Cupdio (Eastern U18, VIC)
13 Games, 16 Goals
National Draft Pick No.30 - Jonathan Brown (Geelong U18, VIC)
Father/Son
230 Games, 545 Goals
National Draft Pick No.44 - Shane Morrison (Northern Eagles, QLD) - Father/Son
5 Games, 0 Goals
Pre-Season Draft Pick No.1 - David Calthorpe (Essendon)
9 Games, 2 Goals
1998
National Draft Pick No.1 - Des Headland (Subiaco, WA)
52 Games, 52 Goals
National Draft Pick No.33 - Craig Bolton (NSW-ACT U18, ACT)
29 Games, 10 Goals
National Draft Pick No.45 - Aaron Shattock (Woodville West-Torrens, SA)
57 Games, 15 Goals
1997
National Draft Pick No.5 - Luke Power (Oakleigh U18, VIC)
282 Games, 226 Goals
National Draft Pick No.10 - Shane O’Bree (North Ballarat U18, VIC)
19 Games, 3 Goals
National Draft Pick No.31 - Simon Black (East Fremantle, WA)
314 Games, 168 Goals
National Draft Pick No.51 - Scott Ralph (Morningside, QLD)
0 Games, 0 Goals
National Draft Pick No.58 - Marcus Picken (North Ballarat U18, VIC)
25 Games, 9 Goals
National Draft Pick No.73 - Beau McDonald (Swan Districts, WA)
91 Games, 19 Goals
1996
National Draft Pick No.3 - Rory Hilton (Murray U18, VIC)
9 Games, 3 Goals
National Draft Pick No.26 - Tim Notting (Ballarat U18, VIC)
208 Games, 138 Goals
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*Draft history taken from 2011 AFL Record Season Guide. Includes National and Pre-Season Draft selections only (not Rookie Draft selections)
Where each player was recruited from is denoted in the brackets.
Maroon represents players who are still currently at the Club.
