| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Gavin Wanganeen | 29 | Port Adelaide | #12 National 1989 | 25 | 232 | 5 | |
| FB | Matthew Scarlett | 23 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 22 | 69 | 1 | |
| BP | Joel Smith | 25 | Hawthorn | #5 National 1994 | 22 | 121 | 2 | |
| HBF | Rohan Smith | 29 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 213 | 2 | ||
| CHB | Justin Leppitsch | 27 | Brisbane | #4 National 1992 | 22 | 163 | 3 | |
| HBF | Nigel Lappin | 26 | Brisbane | #2 National 1993 | 22 | 194 | 3 | |
| W | Lenny Hayes | 22 | St Kilda | #11 National 1998 | 22 | 71 | 1 | |
| C | C | Michael Voss | 27 | Brisbane | 25 | 198 | 5 | |
| W | Paul Williams | 29 | Sydney | #70 National 1989 | 23 | 231 | 1 | |
| HFF | Matthew Pavlich | 21 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 23 | 61 | 2 | |
| CHF | Warren Tredrea | 24 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 23 | 107 | 3 | |
| HFF | Mark Ricciuto | 27 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 24 | 216 | 6 | |
| FP | Phillip Matera | 27 | West Coast | Zone 1995 | 19 | 118 | 1 | |
| FF | Matthew Lloyd | 24 | Essendon | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 22 | 143 | 5 | |
| FP | Chris Tarrant | 22 | Collingwood | #8 National 1997 | 25 | 85 | 1 | |
| Ru | Adam Goodes | 22 | Sydney | #43 National 1997 | 24 | 87 | 1 | |
| RR | Nathan Buckley | 30 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 24 | 204 | 7 | |
| Ro | Peter Bell | 26 | Fremantle | Foundation 1994 | 23 | 166 | 2 | |
| IC | James Hird | 29 | Essendon | #79 National 1990 | 18 | 168 | 5 | |
| IC | Michael Gardiner | 23 | West Coast | #1 National 1996 | 18 | 93 | 1 | |
| IC | Paul Hasleby | 21 | Fremantle | #2 National 1999 | 23 | 63 | 1 | |
| IC | Robert Harvey | 31 | St Kilda | 22 | 255 | 8 |