MORE than 50 players will enter the 2016 season as potential free agents after the AFL released its official list on Thursday.

Banned Bomber Cale Hooker has been confirmed as an unrestricted free agent, as reported by AFL.com.au on Wednesday.

Hooker is one of 49 unrestricted free agents, meaning he can move freely at the end of the season without the Bombers having the opportunity to match a rival club's offer. 

A further seven players – including Richmond's Ty Vickery and Melbourne's Jack Watts – have been named as restricted free agents.

Their clubs have the option to match any contract offer made to them.

Essendon has six unrestricted free agents on its list – Courtenay Dempsey, Heath Hocking, David Myers, Tayte Pears, Brent Stanton and Hooker.

Dempsey is the only one of those six not currently suspended after the 2012 supplements scandal.

Adelaide

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Ricky Henderson
Scott Thompson
Nathan van Berlo

Brisbane

Restricted free agents

Daniel Rich

Unrestricted free agents

Daniel Merrett

Carlton

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Dennis Armfield
Kade Simpson

Collingwood

Restricted free agents

Nathan Brown
Steele Sidebottom

Unrestricted free agents

Jarryd Blair
Brent Macaffer
Dane Swan
Alan Toovey

Essendon

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Courtenay Dempsey
Heath Hocking
Cale Hooker
David Myers
Tayte Pears
Brent Stanton

Fremantle

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Zac Clarke
Matt de Boer
Chris Mayne
Matthew Pavlich
Clancee Pearce
Aaron Sandilands

Geelong

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Jimmy Bartel
Corey Enright
Tom Lonergan

Gold Coast

No free agents

GWS

No free agents

Hawthorn

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Luke Hodge
Sam Mitchell
Brendan Whitecross

Melbourne

Restricted free agents

Jack Grimes
Jack Watts

Unrestricted free agents

Neville Jetta
Jake Spencer

North Melbourne

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Michael Firrito
Brent Harvey
Drew Petrie
Lindsay Thomas

Port Adelaide

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Paul Stewart

Richmond

Restricted free agents

Ty Vickery

Unrestricted free agents

Nil

St Kilda

Restricted free agents

Sean Dempster

Unrestricted free agents

Sam Fisher
Leigh Montagna
Nick Riewoldt

Sydney Swans

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Kieren Jack
Ted Richards

West Coast

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Mitch Brown
Sam Butler
Patrick McGinnity
Will Schofield 

Western Bulldogs

Restricted free agents

Nil

Unrestricted free agents

Matthew Boyd
Will Minson
Dale Morris
Robert Murphy