| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Silvagni | 31 May 67 | 29yr | 194cm | 95kg | 212 | 127 | 58 | 18 | 25 | 5 | Marcellin College | AA: 1994, 1995, 1996; B&F: 1990, 1996; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 2 | Greg Williams | 30 Sep 63 | 33yr | 176cm | 86kg | 237 | 206 | 151 | 13 | 11 | 3 | Golden Square | AA: 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994; Brownlow: 1986, 1994; MVP: 1985, 1994; B&F: 1985, 1994; Norm Smith: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 3 | Rohan Welsh | 7 Oct 70 | 26yr | 189cm | 94kg | 39 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | St Bernard's College | #54 Pre-Season 1989 | ||
| 4 | Stephen Kernahan | 1 Sep 63 | 33yr | 196cm | 102kg | 235 | 715 | 67 | 16 | 23 | 0 | Glenelg | AA: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994; B&F: 1987, 1989, 1992; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 5 | Andrew McKay | 14 Jul 70 | 26yr | 185cm | 90kg | 86 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 2 | Lucindale/Glenelg | #13 National 1992 | AA: 1993; Prem: 1995 | |
| 6 | Matt Clape | 28 May 69 | 27yr | 187cm | 86kg | 69 | 55 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | Guildford Grammar/East Perth | #9 National 1990 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 7 | Brett Ratten | 11 Jul 71 | 25yr | 184cm | 88kg | 121 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 12 | Yarra Glen | B&F: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 8 | Lance Whitnall | 23 Aug 79 | 17yr | 192cm | 100kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 0 | Lalor/Northern U18 | Father-Son 1996 | ||
| 9 | Adrian Hickmott | 30 Mar 72 | 25yr | 182cm | 88kg | 72 | 37 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | Horsham FC | |||
| 11 | Earl Spalding | 11 Mar 65 | 32yr | 198cm | 110kg | 207 | 169 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Wesley College (WA)/Perth | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 13 | Mil Hanna | 5 Apr 66 | 31yr | 184cm | 91kg | 182 | 81 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | East Brunswick | AA: 1992; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 14 | Michael Sexton | 5 Mar 71 | 26yr | 192cm | 92kg | 130 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 2 | Sandhurst | #54 National 1988 | AA: 1996; Prem: 1995 | |
| 15 | Ben Nelson | 23 Jan 77 | 20yr | 184cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Scotch College (SA)/Sturt | |||
| 16 | Scott Camporeale | 11 Aug 75 | 21yr | 180cm | 80kg | 47 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens | #15 National 1994 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 17 | Damien Lock | 1 Oct 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eaglehawk/Bendigo U18 | #52 National 1996 | ||
| 18 | Justin Murphy | 24 Apr 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 85kg | 28 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 1 | De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 | #3 National 1993 | ||
| 19 | Brad Pearce | 16 Aug 71 | 25yr | 185cm | 85kg | 42 | 88 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | South Launceston/St Kilda U19s | #16 Mid-Season 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 20 | Fraser Brown | 18 Aug 70 | 26yr | 181cm | 90kg | 122 | 78 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Lilydale | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 21 | Craig Bradley | 23 Oct 63 | 33yr | 180cm | 81kg | 245 | 183 | 75 | 22 | 12 | 15 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | AA: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995; B&F: 1986, 1988, 1993; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Glenn Manton | 1 Jun 73 | 23yr | 185cm | 88kg | 57 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 2 | Strathmore/East Keilor | #47 National 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 23 | Dean Rice | 17 Mar 68 | 29yr | 180cm | 92kg | 143 | 68 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | Longwood/Salesian College/Geelong Reserves | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 24 | Matthew Allan | 26 Feb 75 | 22yr | 198cm | 104kg | 34 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | Olinda-Ferny Creek/Chirnside Park/North Ringwood | |||
| 25 | Sam Smart | 2 May 75 | 21yr | 200cm | 101kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | #86 National 1992 | ||
| 27 | Luke O'Sullivan | 28 Mar 68 | 29yr | 177cm | 92kg | 47 | 46 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | Xavier College | |||
| 28 | Andrew Balkwill | 24 Mar 72 | 25yr | 192cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | |||
| 29 | Simon Beaumont | 13 Dec 75 | 21yr | 189cm | 88kg | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | East Camberwell/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 | #18 National 1993 | ||
| 30 | Adam White | 9 Jan 76 | 21yr | 188cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | East Burwood/Eastern U18 | #41 National 1994 | ||
| 31 | Mick McGuane | 29 Dec 67 | 29yr | 186cm | 94kg | 152 | 128 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Sebastopol/St Patrick's College | AA: 1992; B&F: 1992, 1993; Prem: 1990 | ||
| 32 | Adrian Whitehead | 25 Aug 75 | 21yr | 178cm | 81kg | 49 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | Wodonga FC | #43 National 1992 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 33 | Matthew Hogg | 21 Dec 68 | 28yr | 175cm | 79kg | 134 | 32 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | East Keilor | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 34 | Ron De Iulio | 15 Apr 72 | 25yr | 180cm | 82kg | 61 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Brunswick FC/Box Hill | |||
| 35 | Peter Dean | 9 Mar 65 | 32yr | 188cm | 85kg | 215 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 0 | South Bendigo | Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 36 | Aaron Hamill | 20 Aug 77 | 19yr | 184cm | 95kg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 1 | Tuggeranong | #79 National 1994 | ||
| 39 | Ang Christou | 16 Jan 72 | 25yr | 190cm | 90kg | 97 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | East Brunswick | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 40 | Tony Bourke | 13 Jun 76 | 20yr | 201cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18/East Ballarat | #67 National 1994 | ||
| 41 | Jacob Anstey | 27 Jan 78 | 19yr | 176cm | 71kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Tuggeranong | #63 National 1995 | ||
| 43 | Anthony Koutoufides | 18 Jan 73 | 24yr | 191cm | 99kg | 85 | 55 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 6 | Lalor | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 44 | Justin Madden | 31 May 61 | 35yr | 206cm | 107kg | 332 | 190 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Airport West/St Bernard's College | AA: 1995; B&F: 1985, 1991; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 45 | Anthony Franchina | 11 Oct 77 | 19yr | 176cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Newlands-Coburg/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Calder U18/Northern U18 | #81 National 1996 | ||
| 46 | r | Mark Porter | 11 Oct 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 103kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | King Valley/Coburg Tigers | #10 Rookie 1996 | |
| 47 | Darren Hulme | 19 Jul 77 | 19yr | 175cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18 | #8 Pre-Season 1996 | ||
| Chris Jackson | 7 Oct 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hay/NSW-ACT U18 | #74 National 1996 | |||
| David Walls | 21 Nov 78 | 18yr | 192cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Southport | Father-Son 1995 |