| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | David Wirrpanda | 25 | West Coast | Uncontr Comp 1995 | 20 | 127 | 1 | |
| FB | Ben Rutten | 21 | Adelaide | #40 Rookie 2001 | 25 | 11 | 1 | |
| BP | James Clement | 28 | Collingwood | Zone 1995 | 22 | 172 | 2 | |
| HBF | Joel Bowden | 26 | Richmond | Father-Son 1995 | 22 | 170 | 1 | |
| CHB | Trent Croad | 24 | Hawthorn | #3 National 1997 | 21 | 143 | 1 | |
| HBF | Luke Hodge | 20 | Hawthorn | #1 National 2001 | 21 | 45 | 1 | |
| W | Nick Dal Santo | 20 | St Kilda | #13 National 2001 | 24 | 51 | 1 | |
| C | Scott West | 30 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 254 | 4 | ||
| W | Lenny Hayes | 24 | St Kilda | #11 National 1998 | 24 | 116 | 2 | |
| HFF | C | Mark Ricciuto | 29 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 24 | 262 | 8 |
| CHF | Matthew Pavlich | 23 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 22 | 106 | 3 | |
| HFF | Shannon Grant | 27 | North Melbourne | #3 National 1994 | 23 | 214 | 1 | |
| FP | Brad Johnson | 28 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 22 | 232 | 4 | |
| FF | Barry Hall | 27 | Sydney | #19 National 1995 | 26 | 153 | 2 | |
| FP | Peter Everitt | 30 | Hawthorn | 22 | 216 | 3 | ||
| Ru | Dean Cox | 23 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 25 | 78 | 1 | |
| RR | Luke Ball | 20 | St Kilda | #2 National 2001 | 24 | 41 | 1 | |
| Ro | VC | Ben Cousins | 26 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 24 | 185 | 5 |
| IC | Leo Barry | 27 | Sydney | Zone 1994 | 26 | 145 | 2 | |
| IC | Kane Cornes | 22 | Port Adelaide | #20 National 2000 | 24 | 69 | 1 | |
| IC | Simon Goodwin | 28 | Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | 24 | 146 | 3 | |
| IC | Brent Harvey | 26 | North Melbourne | #47 National 1995 | 23 | 171 | 2 |