| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| Peter Carey | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Graham Cornes | 31 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Rick Davies | 27 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bruce Duperouzel | 29 | St Kilda | 19 | 88 | 1 | |||
| Robert Flower | 24 | Melbourne | 22 | 133 | 1 | |||
| Ken Hunter | 22 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Jim Jess | 24 | Richmond | 25 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Robbert Klomp | 24 | Carlton | 23 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Keith Kuhlmann | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Mark Lee | 20 | Richmond | 24 | 33 | 1 | |||
| Ian Nankervis | 32 | Geelong | 20 | 246 | 1 | |||
| Brian Peake | 26 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Greg Phillips | 20 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Geoff Raines | 23 | Richmond | 25 | 68 | 1 | |||
| John Roberts | 23 | South Melbourne | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Geoff Southby | 29 | Carlton | 17 | 190 | 1 | |||
| Ron Stubbs | 31 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Darryl Sutton | 27 | North Melbourne | 20 | 71 | 2 | |||
| Mark Williams | 21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Garry Wilson | 26 | Fitzroy | 22 | 167 | 2 |