| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tim Cook | 20 Feb 74 | 23yr | 176cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Central District | |||
| 3 | Darren Jarman | 28 Jan 67 | 30yr | 186cm | 92kg | 128 | 168 | 67 | 24 | 39 | 13 | North Adelaide | #55 National 1986 | AA: 1992, 1995, 1996; B&F: 1995; Prem: 1991 | |
| 4 | Sean Tasker | 18 Jun 68 | 28yr | 188cm | 90kg | 48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 5 | Kym Koster | 1 Feb 73 | 24yr | 182cm | 79kg | 47 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 8 | South Adelaide | #17 National 1992 | ||
| 6 | Tony Modra | 1 Mar 69 | 28yr | 188cm | 95kg | 85 | 337 | 17 | 25 | 84 | 1 | Christies Beach/West Adelaide | AA: 1993 | ||
| 7 | Nigel Smart | 21 May 69 | 27yr | 188cm | 91kg | 120 | 59 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 6 | Christies Beach/South Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | AA: 1991, 1993 | |
| 8 | Jason McCartney | 14 Mar 74 | 23yr | 191cm | 95kg | 69 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Nhill | #4 National 1990 | ||
| 9 | Tyson Edwards | 6 Aug 76 | 20yr | 178cm | 81kg | 29 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | West Adelaide | #21 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| 10 | Matthew Robran | 19 Mar 71 | 26yr | 194cm | 98kg | 48 | 37 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 5 | Norwood | #42 National 1989 | ||
| 11 | Brett James | 15 Dec 72 | 24yr | 176cm | 77kg | 42 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | Norwood | #31 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 12 | Simon Tregenza | 9 Mar 71 | 26yr | 182cm | 86kg | 87 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Sacred Heart College/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #59 National 1987 | ||
| 13 | Shane Ellen | 1 Jan 73 | 24yr | 188cm | 82kg | 28 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Melton/Coburg | #67 National 1991 | ||
| 14 | Matthew Connell | 3 Aug 72 | 24yr | 181cm | 76kg | 38 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | Subiaco | #29 National 1991 | B&F: 1995 | |
| 15 | David Pittman | 23 Feb 69 | 28yr | 201cm | 103kg | 75 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 1 | Prince Alfred College/Norwood | #100 National 1989 | ||
| 16 | Barry Standfield | 13 Feb 70 | 27yr | 193cm | 90kg | 98 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 0 | Fish Creek | |||
| 17 | Matthew Collins | 2 Feb 77 | 20yr | 186cm | 85kg | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Macleod/Northern U18 | #38 National 1994 | ||
| 18 | Troy Bond | 14 Jul 73 | 23yr | 179cm | 76kg | 56 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #88 National 1992 | ||
| 19 | Brett Chalmers | 23 Apr 73 | 23yr | 195cm | 94kg | 42 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #103 National 1989 | ||
| 20 | Aaron Keating | 24 May 74 | 22yr | 200cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | |||
| 21 | Trent Ormond-Allen | 11 Jun 76 | 20yr | 180cm | 82kg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #10 National 1993 | ||
| 23 | Andrew McLeod | 4 Aug 76 | 20yr | 181cm | 82kg | 34 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 1 | Darwin FC/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1994 | ||
| 24 | Clay Sampson | 24 Feb 76 | 21yr | 178cm | 78kg | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Morphett Vale/South Adelaide | #51 National 1994 | ||
| 26 | Mark Bickley | 4 Aug 69 | 27yr | 178cm | 82kg | 118 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 3 | South Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 27 | Matthew Liptak | 30 Apr 70 | 26yr | 178cm | 79kg | 103 | 115 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Sacred Heart College/Glenelg | Foundation 1990 | B&F: 1996 | |
| 28 | Kane Johnson | 15 Mar 78 | 19yr | 186cm | 85kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | Ringwood/Eastern U18 | #27 National 1995 | ||
| 29 | Brent Williams | 13 Feb 78 | 19yr | 190cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Parkmore/Sandringham U18 | #18 National 1995 | ||
| 30 | Peter Vardy | 26 Jan 76 | 21yr | 181cm | 83kg | 7 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 2 | Central District | #7 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| 31 | Tom Gilligan | 3 Nov 78 | 18yr | 198cm | 96kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18 | #13 National 1996 | ||
| 32 | Mark Ricciuto | 8 Jun 75 | 21yr | 184cm | 92kg | 83 | 55 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 18 | Waikerie/West Adelaide | Zone 1992 | AA: 1994 | |
| 33 | Andrew Eccles | 1 Jun 79 | 17yr | 187cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Mary's (NFL)/Parade College/Northern U18 | #60 National 1996 | ||
| 34 | Ben Hart | 9 Jul 74 | 22yr | 190cm | 83kg | 107 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | Rostrevor College/North Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | AA: 1992, 1993 | |
| 35 | Rod Jameson | 30 Jun 70 | 26yr | 185cm | 87kg | 110 | 86 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 5 | Morphett Vale/Glenelg | #52 National 1989 | ||
| 36 | Simon Goodwin | 26 Dec 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | Unley HS/South Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | ||
| 42 | Chad Rintoul | 31 Jul 74 | 22yr | 180cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | East Fremantle | #69 National 1996 | ||
| 44 | Peter Caven | 16 May 70 | 26yr | 190cm | 85kg | 77 | 38 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | Montmorency | |||
| 49 | Mark Viska | 29 Apr 71 | 25yr | 178cm | 85kg | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | O'Sullivan Beach/Glenelg | |||
| 52 | Shaun Rehn | 17 Aug 71 | 25yr | 203cm | 106kg | 70 | 25 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 2 | Immanuel College/West Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | AA: 1994; B&F: 1994 | |
| 54 | Ashley Fernee | 24 Jun 77 | 19yr | 196cm | 84kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Keilor/Calder U18 | #70 National 1995 | ||
| Greg Dempsey | 19 Feb 79 | 18yr | 176cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Adelaide | #76 National 1996 | |||
| Ben Parker | 5 Jun 78 | 18yr | 180cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Murray U18 | #86 National 1996 | |||
| r | Ben Marsh | 9 Jul 76 | 20yr | 201cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Flagstaff Hill/West Adelaide | #5 Rookie 1996 | ||
| r | Steven Coghill | 1 Feb 75 | 22yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Adelaide | #20 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| Nick Laidlaw | 27 Feb 78 | 19yr | 186cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sturt | ||||
| Adam Ugrinic | 18 Jun 73 | 23yr | 180cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #53 National 1995 |