| Drafted | Player | DOB | Height | Weight | Also From | Games | Goals | Votes | Clubs | Awards |
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| Mick Malthouse | 1953-08-17 | 180cm | 76kg | Damascus College | 177 | 15 | 1 | St Kilda (53) Richmond (124) |
Prem: 1980 | |
| Val Perovic | 1953-09-25 | 192cm | 88kg | Damascus College | 174 | 13 | 77 | St Kilda (77) Carlton (97) |
Prem: 1981, 1982 | |
| Tony Lockett | 1966-03-09 | 191cm | 108kg | Ballarat Grammar | 281 | 1360 | 128 | St Kilda (183) Sydney (98) |
AA: 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998 Coleman: 1987, 1991, 1996, 1998 Brownlow: 1987 MVP: 1987 B&F: 1987, 1991, 1995 |
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| #2 Mid-Season 1989 | Dale Lewis | 1969-05-04 | 188cm | 87kg | 182 | 186 | 37 | Sydney (182) | ||
| #38 National 1987 | John Polkinghorne | 1970-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hawthorn (0) | ||||
| #55 National 1988 | Andrew Ford | 1970-09-16 | 178cm | 75kg | 8 | 1 | 0 | Melbourne (8) | ||
| #93 National 1988 | Paul Hills | 1972-09-20 | 185cm | 78kg | 63 | 11 | 7 | Essendon (63) | Prem: 1993 | |
| David Calthorpe | 1973-08-17 | 179cm | 92kg | East Keilor | 114 | 70 | 15 | Essendon (92) Brisbane (9) North Melbourne (13) |
Prem: 1993 | |
| #81 National 1990 | Luan Morley | 1974-10-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hawthorn (0) | ||||
| #39 Rookie 1998 | Garth Pickford | 1977-08-03 | 200cm | Hallam/Dandenong U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Kilda (0) | ||
| #31 Rookie 2000 | Darren Jolly | 1981-11-06 | 200cm | 108kg | Damascus College | 237 | 122 | 17 | Melbourne (48) Sydney (118) Collingwood (71) |
AA40: 2010 Prem: 2005, 2010 |
| #78 National 2011 | Orren Stephenson | 1982-07-15 | 200cm | 104kg | Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes/Redan | 15 | 1 | 0 | Geelong (8) Richmond (7) |
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| #15 Rookie 2002 | Nick Maxwell | 1983-06-03 | 193cm | 93kg | St Joseph's College/Geelong U18 | 208 | 29 | 3 | Collingwood (208) | AA: 2009 Prem: 2010 |
| #29 Rookie 2001 | Djaran Whyman | 1983-08-21 | 179cm | 77kg | 3 | 4 | 0 | Hawthorn (0) North Melbourne (3) |
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| #4 Rookie 2012 | Brett Goodes | 1984-02-17 | 183cm | 88kg | Dimboola/North Ballarat U18/NT Thunder/Williamstown | 22 | 4 | 2 | Western Bulldogs (22) | |
| #17 Rookie 2006 | Michael Jamison | 1986-06-11 | 193cm | 98kg | Monivae College/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 | 150 | 2 | 0 | Carlton (150) | |
| #1 Rookie 2010 | Steve Clifton | 1987-05-27 | 182cm | 84kg | St Patrick's College | 5 | 1 | 0 | Greater Western Sydney (5) | Liston: 2010, 2013 |
| Prelist 2010 | Cameron Richardson | 1987-12-02 | 189cm | 87kg | Damascus College/North Ballarat City | 8 | 1 | 0 | North Melbourne (8) | |
| #10 Rookie 2008 | Ricky Henderson | 1988-09-11 | 188cm | 91kg | Trentham | 159 | 79 | 19 | Adelaide (90) Hawthorn (69) |
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| #19 National 2010 | Isaac Smith | 1988-12-30 | 188cm | 82kg | Temora/East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga/NSW-ACT U18/Redan | 280 | 205 | 34 | Hawthorn (210) Geelong (70) |
Norm Smith: 2022 Prem: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022 |
| The Recruit 2016 | Matt Eagles | 1990-02-09 | 200cm | 99kg | Yeronga/Brisbane (NEAFL) | 6 | 1 | 0 | Brisbane (6) | |
| #22 National 2012 | Dean Towers | 1990-05-04 | 189cm | 83kg | Colac | 57 | 31 | 0 | Sydney (57) | |
| #25 National 2011 | Sebastian Ross | 1993-05-07 | 187cm | 86kg | Horsham FC/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 | 204 | 34 | 44 | St Kilda (204) | B&F: 2017, 2019 AA40: 2017 |
| #36 National 2011 | Rory Taggert | 1993-06-22 | 188cm | 88kg | Horsham Saints/North Ballarat U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Melbourne (0) | |
| #59 National 2011 | Nick O'Brien | 1993-06-26 | 188cm | 92kg | Carngham Linton/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | Essendon (14) | |
| #16 Rookie 2012 | Jake Lloyd | 1993-09-20 | 180cm | 75kg | Horsham FC/North Ballarat U18 | 229 | 36 | 17 | Sydney (229) | B&F: 2018, 2020 AA40: 2018 |
| #36 National 2012 | Tanner Smith | 1994-03-08 | 196cm | 90kg | Kalkee/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Fremantle (4) | |
| #4 Rookie 2013 | Louis Herbert | 1994-06-27 | 188cm | 77kg | Emmanuel Hawks JFC/Emmanuel College (Warrnambool)/South Warrnambool/North Ballarat U18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Gold Coast (3) | |
| #23 National 2013 | Matt Crouch | 1995-04-21 | 181cm | 79kg | Beaufort/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 148 | 30 | 37 | Adelaide (148) | AA: 2017 B&F: 2017 |
| #10 Rookie 2016 | Rowan Marshall | 1995-11-24 | 200cm | 85kg | Heathmere/Portland/North Ballarat U18 | 116 | 54 | 25 | St Kilda (116) | AA40: 2023 |
| #53 National 2014 | Oscar McDonald | 1996-03-18 | 196cm | 82kg | North Ballarat JFC/North Ballarat City/Edenhope Apsley/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 87 | 3 | 1 | Melbourne (81) Carlton (5) Fremantle (1) |
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| #67 National 2014 | Dan Butler | 1996-06-03 | 182cm | 78kg | Lake Wendouree/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 133 | 153 | 9 | Richmond (45) St Kilda (88) |
AA40: 2020 Prem: 2017 |
| #27 National 2015 | Darcy Tucker | 1997-01-23 | 184cm | 78kg | Horsham Saints/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 | 132 | 42 | 2 | Fremantle (108) North Melbourne (24) |
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| #64 National 2015 | Yestin Eades | 1997-02-10 | 183cm | 81kg | Midvale/Swan Districts/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Essendon (0) | |
| #24 National 2016 | Cedric Cox | 1997-08-19 | 181cm | 79kg | Halls Creek/Camperdown/North Ballarat U18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | Brisbane (13) | |
| #69 National 2017 | Lloyd Meek | 1998-04-22 | 201cm | 102kg | SMW Rovers/North Ballarat JFC/North Ballarat U18 | 35 | 8 | 0 | Fremantle (15) Hawthorn (20) |
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| #6 Rookie 2017 | Flynn Appleby | 1999-01-21 | 187cm | 81kg | Cohuna/North Ballarat U18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Collingwood (11) | |
| #31 National 2022 | James Van Es | 2004-08-07 | 197cm | 98kg | North Ballarat U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Kilda (0) | |
| #50 National 2022 | Hugh Bond | 2004-09-25 | 185cm | 81kg | North Ballarat U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adelaide (0) |