The AFL free agency period officially opened on Friday morning.

Daniel Wells, Ty Vickery and Chris Mayne are the biggest names that could find new homes in this year's free agency period.

The period opened at 9am AEDT on Friday morning, at which time teams could begin lodging official offers with the AFL.

Just 22 players remain from the original list of 52 free agents released in March, with Steele Sidebottom, Cale Hooker, Kieren Jack and Jack Watts among the stars who re-signed with their clubs. Other eligible free agents have retired from the AFL.

Key offseason dates

Fremantle currently has the most unsigned free agents on its list with four, followed by North Melbourne with veteran trio Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie and Daniel Wells.

 

UNSIGNED 2016 FREE AGENTS

Adelaide
Ricky Henderson - Unrestricted

Carlton
Dennis Armfield – Unrestricted

Collingwood
Jarryd Blair – Unrestricted
Nathan Brown - Restricted

Essendon
Courtenay Dempsey – Unrestricted

Fremantle
Zac Clarke – Unrestricted
Matt de Boer – Unrestricted
Chris Mayne – Unrestricted
Clancee Pearce – Unrestricted

Geelong
Jimmy Bartel – Unrestricted
Tom Lonergan – Unrestricted

Melbourne
Jack Grimes - Restricted

North Melbourne
Brent Harvey – Unrestricted
Drew Petrie – Unrestricted
Daniel Wells – Unrestricted

Port Adelaide
Paul Stewart – Unrestricted

Richmond
Ty Vickery – Restricted

St Kilda
Sam Fisher – Unrestricted

West Coast
Mitch Brown – Unrestricted
Sam Butler – Unrestricted

Western Bulldogs
Matthew Boyd – Unrestricted
Will Minson – Unrestricted