| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| Michael Aish | 21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Craig Bradley | 19 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Gary Buckenara | 24 | Hawthorn | 21 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Stephen Curtis | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Terry Daniher | 25 | Essendon | 26 | 118 | 1 | |||
| Robert Flower | 27 | Melbourne | 20 | 192 | 2 | |||
| Tony Giles | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ross Glendinning | 26 | North Melbourne | 24 | 111 | 1 | |||
| Keith Greig | 31 | North Melbourne | 23 | 234 | 1 | |||
| Mark Lee | 23 | Richmond | 22 | 92 | 2 | |||
| Simon Madden | 25 | Essendon | 26 | 171 | 1 | |||
| Stephen McCann | 24 | North Melbourne | 24 | 115 | 1 | |||
| Stephen Michael | 26 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Peter Motley | 18 | #6 National 1982 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Matt Rendell | 23 | Fitzroy | 23 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Michael Richardson | 23 | Collingwood | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Maurice Rioli | 25 | Richmond | 22 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Taylor | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Michael Tuck | 29 | Hawthorn | 20 | 225 | 2 | |||
| Craig Williams | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 |