| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | James Frawley | 21 | Melbourne | #12 National 2006 | 21 | 40 | 1 | |
| FB | Brian Lake | 27 | Western Bulldogs | #71 National 2001 | 25 | 147 | 2 | |
| BP | Corey Enright | 28 | Geelong | #47 National 1999 | 24 | 175 | 3 | |
| HBF | Brendon Goddard | 24 | St Kilda | #1 National 2002 | 25 | 137 | 2 | |
| CHB | Harry Taylor | 23 | Geelong | #17 National 2007 | 23 | 43 | 1 | |
| HBF | Heritier Lumumba | 23 | Collingwood | #20 Rookie 2004 | 26 | 85 | 1 | |
| W | Leigh Montagna | 26 | St Kilda | #37 National 2001 | 26 | 122 | 2 | |
| C | C | Luke Hodge | 25 | Hawthorn | #1 National 2001 | 22 | 151 | 3 |
| W | Joel Selwood | 21 | Geelong | #7 National 2006 | 24 | 70 | 2 | |
| HFF | Alan Didak | 26 | Collingwood | #3 National 2000 | 24 | 158 | 2 | |
| CHF | Lance Franklin | 22 | Hawthorn | #5 National 2004 | 18 | 102 | 2 | |
| HFF | Paul Chapman | 28 | Geelong | #31 National 1999 | 24 | 175 | 2 | |
| FP | Barry Hall | 32 | Western Bulldogs | #19 National 1995 | 24 | 250 | 4 | |
| FF | Jack Riewoldt | 21 | Richmond | #13 National 2006 | 22 | 46 | 1 | |
| FP | Mark LeCras | 23 | West Coast | #37 National 2004 | 21 | 57 | 1 | |
| Ru | Aaron Sandilands | 27 | Fremantle | #33 Rookie 2001 | 21 | 135 | 3 | |
| RR | Dane Swan | 25 | Collingwood | #58 National 2001 | 26 | 125 | 2 | |
| Ro | VC | Gary Ablett | 25 | Geelong | #40 National 2001 | 24 | 168 | 4 |
| IC | Mark Jamar | 26 | Melbourne | #6 Rookie 2001 | 22 | 73 | 1 | |
| IC | Steve Johnson | 26 | Geelong | #24 National 2001 | 22 | 130 | 3 | |
| IC | Chris Judd | 26 | Carlton | #3 National 2001 | 20 | 178 | 5 | |
| IC | Scott Pendlebury | 22 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 26 | 76 | 1 |