| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1996 | Goals 1996 | Votes 1996 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gale | 21 Dec 66 | 29yr | 188cm | 93kg | 140 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 0 | Penguin | |||
| 2 | Darren Gaspar | 20 May 76 | 19yr | 192cm | 88kg | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | South Fremantle | #1 National 1993 | ||
| 3 | Duncan Kellaway | 17 Feb 73 | 23yr | 186cm | 85kg | 57 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | Caulfield Grammar/Glen Waverley Rovers | |||
| 4 | Matthew Rogers | 25 Nov 73 | 22yr | 185cm | 90kg | 42 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 | Happy Valley/South Adelaide | #37 National 1992 | ||
| 5 | Jamie Tape | 5 Apr 74 | 22yr | 188cm | 89kg | 46 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | Woodville-West Torrens | #28 National 1992 | ||
| 6 | Chris Naish | 27 Sep 71 | 24yr | 172cm | 71kg | 109 | 166 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 1 | Wangaratta Tigers JFC/Wangaratta FC | #5 National 1988 | ||
| 7 | Ashley Prescott | 11 Sep 72 | 23yr | 186cm | 88kg | 33 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | Mount Waverley/Oakleigh | |||
| 8 | Mark Merenda | 29 Oct 75 | 20yr | 181cm | 81kg | 22 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 15 | West Perth | #50 National 1993 | ||
| 9 | Wayne Campbell | 23 Sep 72 | 23yr | 189cm | 88kg | 98 | 61 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 4 | Golden Square | #29 National 1989 | AA: 1995; B&F: 1995 | |
| 10 | Nick Daffy | 11 May 73 | 22yr | 183cm | 85kg | 49 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 6 | North Gambier | #49 National 1990 | ||
| 11 | Joel Bowden | 21 Jun 78 | 17yr | 188cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | West Alice Springs | Father-Son 1995 | ||
| 12 | Matthew Richardson | 19 Mar 75 | 21yr | 195cm | 104kg | 42 | 114 | 13 | 22 | 91 | 13 | Devonport | Father-Son 1992 | ||
| 13 | Robert Powell | 19 Mar 76 | 20yr | 180cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | North Heidelberg/Northern U18 | #64 National 1994 | ||
| 14 | Greg Dear | 17 Apr 63 | 33yr | 198cm | 99kg | 182 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Churchill/Traralgon | Gardiner: 1985; Prem: 1986, 1988, 1989 | ||
| 15 | Justin Charles | 28 Sep 70 | 25yr | 196cm | 100kg | 53 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 17 | North Footscray JFC/Footscray U19s | |||
| 16 | Ben Holland | 10 May 77 | 18yr | 197cm | 97kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Blackfriars/North Adelaide | #19 National 1994 | ||
| 17 | Paul Broderick | 3 Jan 70 | 26yr | 178cm | 85kg | 140 | 111 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 11 | Camperdown | |||
| 18 | Stuart Edwards | 21 Jul 72 | 23yr | 196cm | 96kg | 43 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Haileybury College | |||
| 19 | Mark Neeld | 13 Jul 71 | 24yr | 188cm | 88kg | 72 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | St Joseph's | |||
| 20 | Ben Harrison | 17 Jan 75 | 21yr | 181cm | 96kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Devonport | #103 National 1992 | ||
| 21 | Paul Bulluss | 23 Jan 70 | 26yr | 194cm | 95kg | 51 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #52 National 1992 | ||
| 22 | Nathan Bower | 8 Jun 72 | 23yr | 185cm | 80kg | 51 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Mildura FC | #15 National 1989 | ||
| 23 | Stephen Jurica | 26 Jun 76 | 19yr | 194cm | 104kg | 13 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | South Fremantle | #26 National 1993 | ||
| 25 | Brendon Gale | 18 Jul 68 | 27yr | 198cm | 104kg | 122 | 127 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 2 | Burnie | #27 National 1987 | ||
| 26 | Chris Sullivan | 8 Aug 72 | 23yr | 180cm | 75kg | 29 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Mazenod Old Collegians | |||
| 27 | Ross Funcke | 16 Nov 77 | 18yr | 183cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Minyip/North Ballarat U18 | #63 National 1994 | ||
| 28 | Ben Moore | 4 Jul 77 | 18yr | 180cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Reynella/Glenelg | #46 National 1995 | ||
| 29 | Jason Torney | 16 Jun 77 | 18yr | 187cm | 84kg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Morphett Vale/South Adelaide | #29 National 1994 | ||
| 30 | Tony Free | 27 Jun 69 | 26yr | 178cm | 79kg | 132 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lalbert | B&F: 1989, 1993 | ||
| 31 | John Howat | 15 Jul 70 | 25yr | 187cm | 89kg | 60 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Bayside JFC/Mentone Grammar | |||
| 32 | David Bourke | 9 Jan 76 | 20yr | 194cm | 86kg | 15 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | Assumption College/Xavier College/Sandringham U18 | Father-Son 1994 | ||
| 33 | Matthew Knights | 5 Oct 70 | 25yr | 178cm | 79kg | 153 | 100 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Merbein | B&F: 1990, 1992 | ||
| 34 | Ewan Thompson | 29 Mar 77 | 19yr | 179cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MHSOB/Northern U18 | #59 National 1995 | ||
| 35 | Chris Bond | 26 Jan 69 | 27yr | 178cm | 81kg | 79 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | North Hobart | #35 National 1989 | B&F: 1994 | |
| 36 | Stuart Wigney | 19 Apr 69 | 27yr | 191cm | 99kg | 70 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Leongatha | #20 National 1987 | ||
| 37 | Damien Ryan | 3 Aug 77 | 18yr | 188cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Heatherdale JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Eastern U18 | #11 National 1994 | ||
| 39 | Nick Jewell | 27 Aug 77 | 18yr | 194cm | 93kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | Father-Son 1995 | ||
| 41 | Scott Turner | 31 May 70 | 25yr | 198cm | 99kg | 99 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Ararat/Melbourne Reserves | #18 Mid-Season 1989 | ||
| Bradley Smith | 7 Jul 77 | 18yr | 198cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claremont | #35 National 1995 | |||
| Michael Raidis | 18 Feb 78 | 18yr | 183cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenelg | #67 National 1995 | |||
| Wayne Thornborrow | 27 Dec 72 | 23yr | 198cm | 90kg | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenelg | #63 National 1989 | |||
| Shaun Gordon | 12 Feb 77 | 19yr | 175cm | 67kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shepparton United/Murray U18 | #86 National 1994 |