| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Guy McKenna | 21 | West Coast | 26 | 64 | 1 | ||
| FB | Anthony Daniher | 27 | Essendon | 16 | 185 | 1 | ||
| BP | Nigel Smart | 21 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 20 | 1 | ||
| HBF | David Grant | 24 | St Kilda | #14 National 1982 | 20 | 116 | 1 | |
| CHB | C | Paul Roos | 27 | Fitzroy | 22 | 187 | 4 | |
| HBF | Ken Hinkley | 24 | Geelong | 24 | 27 | 1 | ||
| W | Chris Mainwaring | 25 | West Coast | 21 | 80 | 1 | ||
| C | Paul Couch | 26 | Geelong | 24 | 117 | 1 | ||
| W | Peter Matera | 21 | West Coast | #4 National 1989 | 26 | 5 | 1 | |
| HFF | Gavin Brown | 23 | Collingwood | 18 | 79 | 1 | ||
| CHF | Stewart Loewe | 22 | St Kilda | 23 | 95 | 1 | ||
| HFF | Nicky Winmar | 25 | St Kilda | 17 | 80 | 1 | ||
| FP | Tony Francis | 21 | Collingwood | #95 National 1988 | 21 | 16 | 1 | |
| FF | Tony Lockett | 24 | St Kilda | 17 | 124 | 1 | ||
| FP | Garry Hocking | 22 | Geelong | 25 | 56 | 1 | ||
| Ru | Jim Stynes | 24 | Melbourne | 24 | 87 | 1 | ||
| RR | Mark Bairstow | 27 | Geelong | 25 | 64 | 2 | ||
| Ro | Barry Mitchell | 25 | Sydney | 22 | 126 | 1 | ||
| IC | Bill Brownless | 23 | Geelong | 20 | 83 | 1 | ||
| IC | Craig Turley | 25 | West Coast | Zone 1988 | 26 | 32 | 1 |