| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | David King | 25 | North Melbourne | #46 National 1993 | 22 | 89 | 2 | |
| FB | Ashley McIntosh | 25 | West Coast | #106 National 1989 | 23 | 130 | 1 | |
| BP | Glenn Archer | 24 | North Melbourne | 22 | 117 | 2 | ||
| HBF | Nathan Buckley | 25 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 18 | 107 | 3 | |
| CHB | Sean Wellman | 23 | Essendon | 23 | 65 | 1 | ||
| HBF | Nigel Smart | 28 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 24 | 142 | 3 | |
| W | Matthew Knights | 27 | Richmond | 20 | 174 | 1 | ||
| C | Scott West | 23 | Western Bulldogs | 24 | 102 | 1 | ||
| W | Shane Crawford | 23 | Hawthorn | #13 National 1991 | 21 | 93 | 2 | |
| HFF | Paul Hudson | 27 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 154 | 1 | ||
| CHF | C | Wayne Carey | 26 | North Melbourne | 25 | 162 | 5 | |
| HFF | Mark Ricciuto | 22 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 24 | 104 | 3 | |
| FP | Ben Cousins | 19 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 23 | 38 | 1 | |
| FF | Tony Lockett | 31 | Sydney | 23 | 236 | 5 | ||
| FP | Matthew Lloyd | 19 | Essendon | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 23 | 36 | 1 | |
| Ru | Peter Everitt | 23 | St Kilda | 24 | 91 | 2 | ||
| RR | Todd Viney | 31 | Melbourne | 22 | 194 | 1 | ||
| Ro | Robert Harvey | 26 | St Kilda | 24 | 179 | 6 | ||
| IC | Chris Grant | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #105 National 1988 | 22 | 167 | 2 | |
| IC | Andrew McLeod | 21 | Adelaide | Foundation 1994 | 19 | 60 | 1 | |
| IC | Shaun Rehn | 26 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 26 | 92 | 2 | |
| IC | Anthony Stevens | 26 | North Melbourne | #18 National 1988 | 25 | 156 | 1 |