North Melbourne has finalised its list for 2017 and also the numbers its newest recruits will wear next season.

Defender Marley Williams will wear number 2, Nathan Hrovat will front up in the number 8 and former Giant Paul Ahern takes over the number 15, most recently worn by Nick Dal Santo.

The club’s draftees have also received their numbers for 2017, with first round pick Jy Simpkin to wear 21, Declan Watson 35 and Josh Williams 36.

Nick Larkey will take over Kayne Turner’s number 40 locker, with Turner moving to 28.

The trio drafted in Monday’s Rookie Draft, Cameron Zurhaar, Oscar Junker and Matthew Taylor, have secured numbers 44, 45 and 46 respectively.

As previously reported, Luke McDonald takes over the number 11 after wearing 21 in the early stages of his career.

Meanwhile, the number 20, made famous by Drew Petrie and Wayne Schimmelbusch, will remain vacant in 2017.

North Melbourne’s 2017 playing squad

2. Marley Williams
3. Jed Anderson
4. Shaun Higgins
5. Ben Jacobs
6. Lachlan Hansen
7. Jack Ziebell
8. Nathan Hrovat
9. Andrew Swallow
10. Ben Cunnington
11. Luke McDonald
12. Lindsay Thomas
13. Ryan Clarke
14. Trent Dumont
15. Paul Ahern
16. Scott Thompson
17. Aaron Mullett
18. Shaun Atley
19. Sam Wright
21. Jy Simpkin
22. Told Goldstein
23. Ben McKay
24. Sam Durdin
25. Robbie Tarrant
26. Daniel Nielson
27. Taylor Garner
28. Kayne Turner
30. Jarrad Waite
31. Braydon Preuss
32. Mason Wood
33. Ed Vickers-Willis
34. Jamie Macmillan
35. Declan Watson
36. Josh Williams
37. Will Fordham*
38. Majak Daw
39. Mitch Hibberd
40. Nick Larkey
41. Corey Wagner
42. Declan Mountford
43. Sam Gibson
44. Cameron Zurhaar*
45. Oscar Junker*
46. Matthew Taylor*
50. Ben Brown

*Rookie listed players