| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Ben Hart | 17 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 22 | 1 | ||
| FB | C | Paul Roos | 28 | Fitzroy | 22 | 209 | 5 | |
| BP | Gavin Wanganeen | 18 | Essendon | #12 National 1989 | 21 | 18 | 1 | |
| HBF | Ken Hinkley | 25 | Geelong | 26 | 51 | 2 | ||
| CHB | Barry Stoneham | 23 | Geelong | 22 | 110 | 1 | ||
| HBF | Mil Hanna | 25 | Carlton | 22 | 86 | 1 | ||
| W | Dean Kemp | 22 | West Coast | #119 National 1989 | 25 | 46 | 1 | |
| C | Darren Jarman | 24 | Hawthorn | #55 National 1986 | 23 | 24 | 1 | |
| W | Mick McGuane | 24 | Collingwood | 22 | 71 | 1 | ||
| HFF | Robert Harvey | 20 | St Kilda | 24 | 57 | 1 | ||
| CHF | Stewart Loewe | 23 | St Kilda | 22 | 118 | 2 | ||
| HFF | Gary Ablett | 30 | Geelong | 21 | 146 | 1 | ||
| FP | Tony McGuinness | 27 | Adelaide | #10 National 1981 | 19 | 130 | 2 | |
| FF | Jason Dunstall | 27 | Hawthorn | 23 | 145 | 1 | ||
| FP | Tony Lockett | 25 | St Kilda | 22 | 141 | 2 | ||
| Ru | Scott Wynd | 21 | Western Bulldogs | 24 | 55 | 1 | ||
| RR | Chris McDermott | 28 | Adelaide | #21 National 1981 | 22 | 21 | 3 | |
| Ro | John Platten | 28 | Hawthorn | #19 National 1981 | 22 | 137 | 5 | |
| IC | Stephen Kernahan | 28 | Carlton | 22 | 136 | 4 | ||
| IC | Mark Bairstow | 28 | Geelong | 24 | 89 | 3 |