| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Heath Shaw | 29 | GWS | #48 National 2003 | 22 | 191 | 1 | |
| FB | Alex Rance | 25 | Richmond | #18 National 2007 | 23 | 107 | 2 | |
| BP | Josh Gibson | 30 | Hawthorn | #7 Rookie 2004 | 25 | 165 | 1 | |
| HBF | Easton Wood | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #43 National 2007 | 22 | 65 | 1 | |
| CHB | Michael Hurley | 24 | Essendon | #5 National 2008 | 19 | 100 | 1 | |
| HBF | C | Robert Murphy | 32 | Western Bulldogs | #13 National 1999 | 21 | 271 | 2 |
| W | Dan Hannebery | 23 | Sydney | #30 National 2008 | 24 | 120 | 2 | |
| C | Matt Priddis | 29 | West Coast | #31 Rookie 2005 | 24 | 173 | 1 | |
| W | Andrew Gaff | 22 | West Coast | #4 National 2010 | 25 | 85 | 1 | |
| HFF | Chad Wingard | 21 | Port Adelaide | #6 National 2011 | 22 | 67 | 2 | |
| CHF | Jack Riewoldt | 26 | Richmond | #13 National 2006 | 23 | 157 | 2 | |
| HFF | Cyril Rioli | 25 | Hawthorn | #12 National 2007 | 24 | 133 | 2 | |
| FP | Eddie Betts | 28 | Adelaide | #3 Pre-Season 2004 | 23 | 206 | 1 | |
| FF | VC | Josh Kennedy | 27 | West Coast | #4 National 2005 | 25 | 140 | 1 |
| FP | Jake Stringer | 20 | Western Bulldogs | #5 National 2012 | 22 | 28 | 1 | |
| Ru | Todd Goldstein | 26 | North Melbourne | #37 National 2006 | 24 | 125 | 1 | |
| RR | Nathan Fyfe | 23 | Fremantle | #20 National 2009 | 20 | 92 | 2 | |
| Ro | Patrick Dangerfield | 24 | Adelaide | #10 National 2007 | 23 | 131 | 3 | |
| IC | Sam Mitchell | 32 | Hawthorn | #36 National 2001 | 24 | 261 | 3 | |
| IC | Brett Deledio | 27 | Richmond | #1 National 2004 | 18 | 214 | 2 | |
| IC | David Mundy | 29 | Fremantle | #19 National 2003 | 23 | 210 | 1 | |
| IC | Robbie Gray | 26 | Port Adelaide | #55 National 2006 | 21 | 115 | 2 |