Tonight’s number one draft pick could make more than $170,000 in his debut season next year.

According to the players' collective bargaining agreement, which is entering its final year, first-round draftees receive a base of $74,740 in their first season and $3660 a match.

This year's No.1 pick will also receive a one-off payment of $10,000 from the AFL.

Jacob Weitering, who is expected to be taken with the first pick tonight and be a regular in Carlton's backline in 2016, would stand to earn up to $175,490, including bonuses, if he played every game in 2016.

All draftees receive a bonus based on matches played, with $3410 awarded for those who play one to five games, $6820 for six to 10 games, and $10,230 for 11 or more games.  

Players taken in the second round of the draft are employed on a base of $67,935, and all other players from the third round down to pre-season selections are on a $64,395 base.

Match payments and bonuses are the same for all draftees.