| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | David Hart | 29 | West Coast | 25 | 112 | 1 | ||
| FB | Stephen Silvagni | 26 | Carlton | 24 | 140 | 1 | ||
| BP | Chris Langford | 31 | Hawthorn | 18 | 238 | 2 | ||
| HBF | Guy McKenna | 24 | West Coast | 25 | 123 | 3 | ||
| CHB | Glen Jakovich | 20 | West Coast | Zone 1990 | 25 | 62 | 1 | |
| HBF | Michael Mansfield | 22 | Geelong | 25 | 49 | 1 | ||
| W | Stephen Tingay | 23 | Melbourne | #50 National 1987 | 24 | 77 | 1 | |
| C | C | Greg Williams | 30 | Carlton | 22 | 180 | 4 | |
| W | Peter Matera | 24 | West Coast | #4 National 1989 | 24 | 74 | 3 | |
| HFF | Gavin Brown | 26 | Collingwood | 21 | 125 | 2 | ||
| CHF | Wayne Carey | 22 | North Melbourne | 19 | 79 | 2 | ||
| HFF | Garry Lyon | 26 | Melbourne | 24 | 148 | 2 | ||
| FP | Jason Dunstall | 29 | Hawthorn | 19 | 189 | 2 | ||
| FF | Gary Ablett | 32 | Geelong | 25 | 184 | 3 | ||
| FP | Ben Allan | 25 | Hawthorn | #14 National 1989 | 23 | 75 | 2 | |
| Ru | Shaun Rehn | 22 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 21 | 43 | 1 | |
| RR | Robert Harvey | 22 | St Kilda | 18 | 98 | 2 | ||
| Ro | Garry Hocking | 25 | Geelong | 24 | 119 | 3 | ||
| IC | Mark Ricciuto | 18 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 21 | 19 | 1 | |
| IC | Craig Bradley | 30 | Carlton | 21 | 180 | 5 | ||
| IC | Stephen Kernahan | 30 | Carlton | 23 | 176 | 5 |