| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1996 | Goals 1996 | Votes 1996 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Roos | 27 Jun 63 | 32yr | 188cm | 88kg | 290 | 277 | 100 | 24 | 4 | 14 | Beverley Hills | AA: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992; MVP: 1986; B&F: 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994 | ||
| 2 | Dean McRae | 12 Nov 68 | 27yr | 186cm | 90kg | 138 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Sandgate | |||
| 3 | Dale Lewis | 4 May 69 | 26yr | 188cm | 87kg | 100 | 110 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | North Ballarat | #2 Mid-Season 1989 | ||
| 4 | Tony Lockett | 9 Mar 66 | 30yr | 191cm | 108kg | 202 | 1008 | 92 | 22 | 121 | 14 | Ballarat Grammar/North Ballarat | AA: 1991, 1992, 1995; Coleman: 1987, 1991; Brownlow: 1987; MVP: 1987; B&F: 1987, 1991, 1995 | ||
| 5 | Craig O'Brien | 3 Mar 70 | 26yr | 174cm | 89kg | 73 | 132 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 4 | Rye | |||
| 6 | Andrew Dunkley | 29 Jun 68 | 27yr | 192cm | 100kg | 75 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 7 | Devon/St Kilda Reserves/North Launceston | #56 National 1991 | ||
| 7 | Brad Seymour | 3 May 76 | 19yr | 186cm | 88kg | 16 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Wagga | Zone 1993 | ||
| 8 | Daryn Cresswell | 22 May 71 | 24yr | 183cm | 84kg | 69 | 65 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 3 | North Hobart | #34 National 1988 | B&F: 1994 | |
| 9 | Shannon Grant | 19 Apr 77 | 19yr | 180cm | 85kg | 10 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 4 | Flemington/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Western U18 | #3 National 1994 | ||
| 10 | Peter Filandia | 14 May 70 | 25yr | 168cm | 75kg | 33 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Doutta Stars | |||
| 11 | Stuart Maxfield | 9 Apr 72 | 24yr | 178cm | 82kg | 89 | 65 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 6 | Glen Waverley Rovers/Caulfield Grammar | |||
| 12 | Kevin Dyson | 4 May 67 | 28yr | 180cm | 93kg | 70 | 25 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 3 | Blackburn South/Fitzroy Reserves/Carlton Reserves/Mornington/Oakleigh | #34 Pre-Season 1990 | ||
| 14 | Paul Kelly | 28 Jul 69 | 26yr | 179cm | 83kg | 112 | 65 | 47 | 25 | 18 | 14 | Wagga | AA: 1995; Brownlow: 1995; B&F: 1992, 1993 | ||
| 15 | Greg Stafford | 27 Aug 74 | 21yr | 204cm | 106kg | 17 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | Christian Brothers' High (NSW)/Western Suburbs | |||
| 16 | Anthony Rocca | 15 Aug 77 | 18yr | 195cm | 105kg | 12 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | Reservoir Lakeside/Northern U18 | #2 National 1994 | ||
| 17 | Jason Mooney | 5 Jun 73 | 22yr | 191cm | 95kg | 44 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | Turvey Park | |||
| 18 | Scott Direen | 20 Oct 72 | 23yr | 180cm | 83kg | 37 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | New Norfolk | #95 National 1992 | ||
| 19 | Michael O'Loughlin | 20 Feb 77 | 19yr | 189cm | 90kg | 11 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 1 | Central District | #40 National 1994 | ||
| 20 | Kent Butcher | 5 Nov 73 | 22yr | 180cm | 82kg | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale | #45 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 21 | Leo Barry | 19 May 77 | 18yr | 184cm | 89kg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Deniliquin FC/St Ignatius (NSW) | Zone 1994 | ||
| 22 | Gavin Rose | 29 Sep 69 | 26yr | 194cm | 95kg | 49 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | East Perth | #38 National 1989 | ||
| 23 | Justin Crawford | 20 Mar 77 | 19yr | 181cm | 82kg | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Tocumwal/Assumption College | Zone 1994 | ||
| 24 | Derek Kickett | 6 Oct 62 | 33yr | 180cm | 88kg | 127 | 161 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 1 | Central District | #60 National 1988 | ||
| 25 | Troy Gray | 26 Feb 73 | 23yr | 188cm | 96kg | 47 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | St Edmund's College/Queanbeyan | |||
| 26 | Dion Myles | 2 May 76 | 19yr | 188cm | 79kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Baulkham Hills | #22 National 1993 | ||
| 27 | Wade Chapman | 3 Jan 76 | 20yr | 178cm | 86kg | 20 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | North Shore (Vic)/Geelong U18 | #20 National 1993 | ||
| 28 | Jared Crouch | 5 Mar 78 | 18yr | 173cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Norwood | #8 National 1995 | ||
| 29 | Simon Garlick | 10 Apr 75 | 21yr | 177cm | 79kg | 23 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | Glen Waverley Rovers/St Kevin's College/Sandringham U18 | #49 National 1993 | ||
| 30 | Mark Bayes | 15 Mar 67 | 29yr | 190cm | 94kg | 213 | 143 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Noble Park | B&F: 1989 | ||
| 31 | Stefan Carey | 25 Jan 76 | 20yr | 197cm | 104kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Pennant Hills | Zone 1993 | ||
| 32 | Daniel McPherson | 5 Jul 75 | 20yr | 182cm | 85kg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | Ganmain | |||
| 33 | Ben Hollands | 12 Jan 78 | 18yr | 177cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Albury | Zone 1995 | ||
| 34 | Troy Luff | 22 Nov 69 | 26yr | 191cm | 93kg | 42 | 33 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 7 | Nelson Bay | |||
| 35 | Stuart Mangin | 8 Feb 77 | 19yr | 190cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Macleod/Northern U18 | #20 National 1994 | ||
| 36 | Matthew Nicks | 13 May 75 | 20yr | 187cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | West Adelaide | #21 National 1994 | ||
| 37 | Clinton King | 24 Mar 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 76kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Heatherdale JFC/Aquinas College (Vic)/Eastern U18 | #21 National 1995 | ||
| 38 | Paul Licuria | 4 Jan 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keon Park/Parade College/Northern U18 | #24 National 1995 | ||
| 39 | Adam Heuskes | 20 Mar 76 | 20yr | 190cm | 93kg | 27 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | Norwood | #5 National 1993 | ||
| 40 | Leigh Marshall | 9 May 78 | 17yr | 180cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Deniliquin FC/Murray U18 | Zone 1995 | ||
| 41 | Ben Mathews | 29 Nov 78 | 17yr | 182cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | Zone 1995 | ||
| 42 | Simon Arnott | 14 Feb 76 | 20yr | 186cm | 82kg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | Wesley College/Collegians | #87 National 1994 | ||
| 45 | Paul Rouvray | 18 Apr 72 | 24yr | 189cm | 93kg | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenelg | #25 National 1989 |