| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| Leon Baker | 28 | Essendon | 23 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Malcolm Blight | 34 | 0 | 178 | 1 | ||||
| Craig Bradley | 21 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Dermott Brereton | 20 | Hawthorn | 25 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Gary Buckenara | 26 | Hawthorn | 19 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Terry Daniher | 27 | Essendon | 17 | 166 | 2 | |||
| Garry Foulds | 28 | Essendon | 24 | 200 | 1 | |||
| Russell Greene | 27 | Hawthorn | 23 | 238 | 1 | |||
| Mark Harvey | 19 | Essendon | 24 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Stephen Kernahan | 21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Mark Lee | 25 | Richmond | 10 | 136 | 3 | |||
| Rod Lester-Smith | 25 | Hawthorn | #10 National 1982 | 26 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Roger Merrett | 24 | Essendon | 23 | 86 | 1 | |||
| Michael Mitchell | 23 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Peter Motley | 20 | #6 National 1982 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gary Pert | 19 | Fitzroy | 20 | 55 | 1 | |||
| John Platten | 21 | #19 National 1981 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Geoff Raines | 28 | Collingwood | 18 | 161 | 2 | |||
| Paul Roos | 21 | Fitzroy | 22 | 58 | 1 | |||
| Dale Weightman | 25 | Richmond | 20 | 132 | 1 |