Sydney has just two players eligble for free agency in 2016 with Kieren Jack and Ted Richards meeting the set criteria as unrestricted free agents.
An unrestricted free agent may move to the club of his choice. If an unrestricted free agent does not wish to remain with his original club he must enter the draft or seek a trade.
An offer to a restricted free agent may be matched by his club, which has the right of first refusal of his services.
Below is a list of players from across the competition release by the AFL that are yet to re-sign with their club making them eligible for free agency in 2016.
Restricted Free Agents
Daniel Rich (Brisbane Lions); Nathan Brown, Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood); Jack Grimes, Jack Watts (Melbourne); Ty Vickery (Richmond); Sean Dempster, (St Kilda).
Unrestricted Free Agents
Ricky Henderson, Scott Thompson, Nathan Van Berlo (Adelaide Crows); Daniel Merrett (Brisbane Lions); Dennis Armfield, Kade Simpson (Carlton); Jarryd Blair, Brent Macaffer, Dane Swan, Alan Toovey (Collingwood); Courtenay Dempsey, Heath Hocking, Cale Hooker, David Myers, Tayte Pears, Brent Stanton (Essendon); Zac Clarke, Matt de Boer, Chris Mayne, Matthew Pavlich, Clancee Pearce, Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle); Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright, Tom Lonergan (Geelong Cats); Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell, Brendan Whitecross (Hawthorn); Neville Jetta, Jake Spencer (Melbourne); Michael Firrito, Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Lindsay Thomas, Daniel Wells (North Melbourne); Paul Stewart (Port Adelaide); Sam Fisher, Leigh Montagna, Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda); Kieren Jack, Ted Richards (Sydney Swans); Mitchell Brown, Sam Butler, Patrick McGinnity, Will Schofield (West Coast); Matthew Boyd, Will Minson, Dale Morris, Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs).
