| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Damien Hardwick | 27 | Essendon | #87 National 1992 | 24 | 108 | 1 | |
| FB | Dustin Fletcher | 24 | Essendon | Father-Son 1992 | 23 | 128 | 1 | |
| BP | Andrew Kellaway | 24 | Richmond | #71 National 1997 | 22 | 34 | 1 | |
| HBF | Andrew McKay | 29 | Carlton | #13 National 1992 | 25 | 154 | 3 | |
| CHB | Darren Gaspar | 23 | Richmond | #1 National 1993 | 17 | 104 | 1 | |
| HBF | Simon Goodwin | 23 | Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | 22 | 50 | 1 | |
| W | Scott West | 25 | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 147 | 2 | ||
| C | Brett Ratten | 28 | Carlton | 25 | 189 | 1 | ||
| W | Scott Camporeale | 24 | Carlton | #15 National 1994 | 25 | 104 | 1 | |
| HFF | Andrew McLeod | 23 | Adelaide | Foundation 1994 | 22 | 101 | 2 | |
| CHF | C | Wayne Carey | 28 | North Melbourne | 23 | 207 | 7 | |
| HFF | James Hird | 26 | Essendon | #79 National 1990 | 20 | 110 | 3 | |
| FP | Jeff Farmer | 22 | Melbourne | Foundation 1994 | 23 | 81 | 1 | |
| FF | Matthew Lloyd | 21 | Essendon | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 25 | 81 | 3 | |
| FP | Michael O'Loughlin | 22 | Sydney | #40 National 1994 | 22 | 101 | 2 | |
| Ru | Steven King | 21 | Geelong | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 23 | 63 | 1 | |
| RR | Anthony Koutoufides | 26 | Carlton | 20 | 148 | 2 | ||
| Ro | Nathan Buckley | 27 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 21 | 142 | 5 | |
| IC | Lance Whitnall | 20 | Carlton | Father-Son 1996 | 25 | 66 | 1 | |
| IC | Brent Harvey | 21 | North Melbourne | #47 National 1995 | 25 | 64 | 1 | |
| IC | Mark Ricciuto | 24 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 22 | 149 | 4 | |
| IC | Brad Johnson | 23 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 21 | 124 | 2 |