| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Nathan Bassett | 29 | Adelaide | #3 Rookie 1996 | 22 | 152 | 1 | |
| FB | Darren Glass | 24 | West Coast | #11 National 1999 | 25 | 96 | 1 | |
| BP | Lindsay Gilbee | 24 | Western Bulldogs | #43 National 1999 | 24 | 73 | 1 | |
| HBF | Craig Bolton | 25 | Sydney | #33 National 1998 | 24 | 103 | 1 | |
| CHB | Joel Bowden | 27 | Richmond | Father-Son 1995 | 21 | 192 | 2 | |
| HBF | Andrew McLeod | 29 | Adelaide | Foundation 1994 | 20 | 240 | 4 | |
| W | Simon Goodwin | 29 | Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | 24 | 170 | 4 | |
| C | Scott West | 31 | Western Bulldogs | 24 | 276 | 5 | ||
| W | Adam Goodes | 26 | Sydney | #43 National 1997 | 25 | 161 | 2 | |
| HFF | Alan Didak | 22 | Collingwood | #3 National 2000 | 23 | 79 | 1 | |
| CHF | VC | Barry Hall | 28 | Sydney | #19 National 1995 | 25 | 179 | 3 |
| HFF | Ryan O'Keefe | 24 | Sydney | #56 National 1999 | 25 | 93 | 1 | |
| FP | C | Brad Johnson | 29 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 24 | 254 | 5 |
| FF | Brendan Fevola | 24 | Carlton | #38 National 1998 | 21 | 102 | 1 | |
| FP | Nick Riewoldt | 23 | St Kilda | #1 National 2000 | 23 | 91 | 2 | |
| Ru | Brendon Lade | 29 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 22 | 148 | 1 | |
| RR | Chris Judd | 22 | West Coast | #3 National 2001 | 23 | 92 | 2 | |
| Ro | Ben Cousins | 27 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 22 | 209 | 6 | |
| IC | Shaun Burgoyne | 23 | Port Adelaide | #12 National 2000 | 22 | 82 | 1 | |
| IC | Dean Cox | 24 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 21 | 103 | 2 | |
| IC | James McDonald | 29 | Melbourne | #78 Rookie 1996 | 24 | 153 | 1 | |
| IC | Matthew Pavlich | 24 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 25 | 128 | 4 |