| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Leo Barry | 26 | Sydney | Zone 1994 | 23 | 122 | 1 | |
| FB | Matthew Scarlett | 24 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 25 | 91 | 2 | |
| BP | Chris Johnson | 27 | Brisbane | #7 National 1993 | 25 | 197 | 2 | |
| HBF | Austinn Jones | 27 | St Kilda | #48 National 1994 | 25 | 179 | 2 | |
| CHB | Chad Cornes | 24 | Port Adelaide | #9 National 1997 | 24 | 98 | 1 | |
| HBF | Adam McPhee | 21 | Essendon | #39 National 2000 | 21 | 49 | 1 | |
| W | Chris Judd | 20 | West Coast | #3 National 2001 | 23 | 45 | 1 | |
| C | Simon Black | 24 | Brisbane | #31 National 1997 | 25 | 126 | 3 | |
| W | Nigel Lappin | 27 | Brisbane | #2 National 1993 | 25 | 216 | 4 | |
| HFF | Jason Akermanis | 26 | Brisbane | Zone 1994 | 25 | 188 | 4 | |
| CHF | Warren Tredrea | 25 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 25 | 130 | 4 | |
| HFF | Nick Riewoldt | 21 | St Kilda | #1 National 2000 | 25 | 50 | 1 | |
| FP | Barry Hall | 26 | Sydney | #19 National 1995 | 24 | 129 | 1 | |
| FF | Fraser Gehrig | 27 | St Kilda | #16 National 1993 | 23 | 168 | 2 | |
| FP | Luke Power | 23 | Brisbane | #5 National 1997 | 24 | 110 | 1 | |
| Ru | Jeff White | 26 | Melbourne | #1 National 1994 | 23 | 161 | 1 | |
| RR | C | Mark Ricciuto | 28 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 22 | 240 | 7 |
| Ro | Scott West | 29 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 232 | 3 | ||
| IC | James Clement | 27 | Collingwood | Zone 1995 | 22 | 150 | 1 | |
| IC | Chad Fletcher | 24 | West Coast | #27 Rookie 1997 | 22 | 76 | 1 | |
| IC | Brett Kirk | 27 | Sydney | #40 Rookie 1998 | 24 | 73 | 1 | |
| IC | Matthew Lappin | 27 | Carlton | #40 National 1993 | 22 | 170 | 1 |