| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Tom Stewart | 24 | Geelong | #40 National 2016 | 22 | 21 | 1 | |
| FB | Alex Rance | 28 | Richmond | #18 National 2007 | 24 | 175 | 5 | |
| BP | Rory Laird | 24 | Adelaide | #5 Rookie 2011 | 20 | 101 | 2 | |
| HBF | Shannon Hurn | 30 | West Coast | #13 National 2005 | 25 | 223 | 1 | |
| CHB | Jeremy McGovern | 25 | West Coast | #44 Rookie 2010 | 24 | 79 | 3 | |
| HBF | Lachie Whitfield | 23 | GWS | #1 National 2012 | 24 | 90 | 1 | |
| W | Andrew Gaff | 25 | West Coast | #4 National 2010 | 19 | 156 | 2 | |
| C | Dustin Martin | 26 | Richmond | #3 National 2009 | 23 | 178 | 3 | |
| W | Steele Sidebottom | 27 | Collingwood | #11 National 2008 | 26 | 185 | 1 | |
| HFF | VC | Patrick Dangerfield | 27 | Geelong | #10 National 2007 | 22 | 202 | 6 |
| CHF | C | Lance Franklin | 30 | Sydney | #5 National 2004 | 19 | 271 | 8 |
| HFF | Robbie Gray | 29 | Port Adelaide | #55 National 2006 | 21 | 178 | 4 | |
| FP | Luke Breust | 27 | Hawthorn | #47 Rookie 2008 | 24 | 161 | 2 | |
| FF | Jack Riewoldt | 29 | Richmond | #13 National 2006 | 24 | 225 | 3 | |
| FP | Jack Gunston | 26 | Hawthorn | #29 National 2009 | 23 | 149 | 1 | |
| Ru | Max Gawn | 26 | Melbourne | #34 National 2009 | 25 | 74 | 2 | |
| RR | Patrick Cripps | 22 | Carlton | #13 National 2013 | 22 | 59 | 1 | |
| Ro | Tom Mitchell | 24 | Hawthorn | #21 National 2011 | 24 | 87 | 2 | |
| IC | Brodie Grundy | 23 | Collingwood | #18 National 2012 | 26 | 82 | 1 | |
| IC | Clayton Oliver | 20 | Melbourne | #4 National 2015 | 25 | 35 | 1 | |
| IC | Shaun Higgins | 29 | North Melbourne | #11 National 2005 | 20 | 183 | 1 | |
| IC | Shane Edwards | 29 | Richmond | #26 National 2006 | 24 | 207 | 1 |