| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Jake Lever | 24 | Melbourne | #14 National 2014 | 25 | 92 | 1 | |
| FB | Steven May | 28 | Melbourne | NT Zone 2010 | 23 | 148 | 1 | |
| BP | Tom Stewart | 27 | Geelong | #40 National 2016 | 20 | 86 | 3 | |
| HBF | Bailey Dale | 24 | Western Bulldogs | #45 National 2014 | 26 | 59 | 1 | |
| CHB | Aliir Aliir | 26 | Port Adelaide | #44 National 2013 | 24 | 64 | 1 | |
| HBF | Daniel Rich | 30 | Brisbane | #7 National 2008 | 24 | 222 | 1 | |
| W | Zach Merrett | 25 | Essendon | #26 National 2013 | 23 | 142 | 2 | |
| C | Ollie Wines | 26 | Port Adelaide | #7 National 2012 | 24 | 158 | 1 | |
| W | Sam Walsh | 20 | Carlton | #1 National 2018 | 22 | 39 | 1 | |
| HFF | VC | Marcus Bontempelli | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #4 National 2013 | 26 | 145 | 4 |
| CHF | Tom Hawkins | 32 | Geelong | #41 National 2006 | 25 | 277 | 4 | |
| HFF | Christian Petracca | 25 | Melbourne | #2 National 2014 | 25 | 102 | 2 | |
| FP | Toby Greene | 27 | GWS | #11 National 2011 | 18 | 158 | 2 | |
| FF | Harry McKay | 23 | Carlton | #10 National 2015 | 19 | 48 | 1 | |
| FP | Tom Papley | 24 | Sydney | #14 Rookie 2015 | 23 | 99 | 1 | |
| Ru | C | Max Gawn | 29 | Melbourne | #34 National 2009 | 25 | 134 | 6 |
| RR | Jack Macrae | 26 | Western Bulldogs | #6 National 2012 | 26 | 159 | 4 | |
| Ro | Clayton Oliver | 23 | Melbourne | #4 National 2015 | 25 | 99 | 2 | |
| IC | Darcy Parish | 23 | Essendon | #5 National 2015 | 23 | 93 | 1 | |
| IC | Nic Naitanui | 30 | West Coast | #2 National 2008 | 22 | 183 | 3 | |
| IC | Touk Miller | 24 | Gold Coast | #29 National 2014 | 21 | 117 | 1 | |
| IC | Jack Steele | 25 | St Kilda | #24 National 2014 | 22 | 97 | 2 |