The 2022 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's seventh season.
They can also pre-list under-18 players from their Next Generation Academy (NGA) region or players as open-age signings if they previously nominated for the AFLW draft and aren't on a current list.
[113] In the absence of a rookie draft, each club was permitted to sign players that had not played Australian rules football within the previous three years or been involved in an AFLW high-performance program.
The 2022 AFL Women's draft took place on Wednesday, 29 June.
The indicative draft order was updated following the sign and trade period:[161] Where players were moved to the inactive list after the draft had taken place, clubs were entitled to replace them.