| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven King | 22 Nov 78 | 18yr | 201cm | 104kg | 13 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | Shepparton FC/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 2 | Leigh Colbert | 7 Jun 75 | 21yr | 192cm | 91kg | 65 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | South Bendigo | #18 National 1992 | ||
| 3 | Adam Houlihan | 6 Apr 78 | 19yr | 185cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 4 | Matthew Robbins | 8 May 77 | 19yr | 179cm | 87kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Ormond/Salesian College/Sandringham U18 | #36 National 1994 | ||
| 5 | Gary Ablett | 1 Oct 61 | 35yr | 185cm | 97kg | 248 | 1030 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Drouin | AA: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Coleman: 1993, 1994, 1995; MVP: 1993; B&F: 1984; Norm Smith: 1989 | ||
| 6 | John Barnes | 1 Jun 69 | 27yr | 193cm | 95kg | 111 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 6 | Cobram | |||
| 7 | Paul Couch | 19 Jul 64 | 32yr | 180cm | 82kg | 254 | 200 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Warrnambool FC | AA: 1991, 1995; Brownlow: 1989; B&F: 1986, 1989, 1995 | ||
| 8 | Ronnie Burns | 13 Mar 73 | 24yr | 183cm | 86kg | 21 | 31 | 1 | 24 | 50 | 3 | St Marys/West Perth | #49 National 1995 | ||
| 10 | Grant Tanner | 24 Jul 70 | 26yr | 184cm | 80kg | 55 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 11 | Cameron Roberts | 7 Sep 78 | 18yr | 194cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | North Adelaide | |||
| 12 | Brad Sholl | 10 Nov 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 84kg | 49 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 16 | Horsham FC | #32 National 1988 | ||
| 13 | Glenn Kilpatrick | 29 Aug 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 85kg | 37 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 10 | Studfield | #37 Pre-Season 1991 | Magarey: 1995 | |
| 14 | Steven Handley | 23 Jul 70 | 26yr | 194cm | 93kg | 73 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Noranda/Swan Districts | #24 Mid-Season 1990 | ||
| 15 | Peter Riccardi | 17 Dec 72 | 24yr | 183cm | 92kg | 104 | 105 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 7 | Bannockburn/Geelong West St Peter's | |||
| 16 | Bill Brownless | 28 Jan 67 | 30yr | 192cm | 95kg | 190 | 436 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Jerilderie/Assumption College | AA: 1991 | ||
| 17 | Tim McGrath | 7 Oct 70 | 26yr | 190cm | 94kg | 122 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 3 | North Dandenong/North Melbourne U19s | Morrish: 1988 | ||
| 18 | Paul Lynch | 18 Oct 73 | 23yr | 185cm | 87kg | 30 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 8 | Alvie/Colac | |||
| 19 | Derek Hall | 29 Nov 70 | 26yr | 189cm | 92kg | 36 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 5 | West Perth | #64 National 1990 | ||
| 20 | Carl Steinfort | 1 Apr 77 | 20yr | 191cm | 87kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | Mazenod College/Sandringham U18/Mazenod Old Collegians | #17 National 1994 | ||
| 21 | Michael Mansfield | 8 Aug 71 | 25yr | 183cm | 85kg | 118 | 67 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 5 | St Joseph's | AA: 1994, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Tim Hargreaves | 30 May 75 | 21yr | 184cm | 86kg | 42 | 57 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | Berrigan | #74 National 1992 | ||
| 23 | Liam Pickering | 9 Sep 68 | 28yr | 184cm | 85kg | 87 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 7 | Stawell | #48 National 1987 | ||
| 24 | Hamish Simpson | 17 Jan 76 | 21yr | 191cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange/Woodville-West Torrens | |||
| 25 | Jason Snell | 27 Jul 77 | 19yr | 181cm | 81kg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | Upwey-Tecoma/Carey Grammar/Eastern U18 | #34 National 1995 | ||
| 26 | Barry Stoneham | 9 Feb 68 | 29yr | 194cm | 98kg | 173 | 160 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 0 | St Joseph's College/St Joseph's | AA: 1992; B&F: 1990 | ||
| 27 | Brenton Sanderson | 27 Feb 74 | 23yr | 185cm | 90kg | 44 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | Sturt | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 28 | Martin McKinnon | 5 Jul 75 | 21yr | 189cm | 94kg | 44 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | Central District | #26 National 1992 | ||
| 29 | Daniel Lowther | 19 Apr 77 | 20yr | 181cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Diamond Creek/Northern U18 | #61 National 1995 | ||
| 30 | Craig Biddiscombe | 21 Sep 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 84kg | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Traralgon/Gippsland U18 | #59 National 1993 | ||
| 31 | David Mensch | 14 Aug 72 | 24yr | 191cm | 93kg | 68 | 78 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Grovedale | |||
| 32 | Garry Hocking | 8 Oct 68 | 28yr | 182cm | 84kg | 187 | 170 | 104 | 20 | 27 | 2 | Cobram | AA: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996; B&F: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 | ||
| 33 | Paul Corrigan | 30 Jul 77 | 19yr | 185cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18/Melbourne Reserves | #43 National 1996 | ||
| 35 | David Ugrinic | 11 Feb 75 | 22yr | 183cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #13 National 1993 | ||
| 36 | Ben Graham | 2 Nov 73 | 23yr | 196cm | 98kg | 49 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 6 | Leopold | #40 Pre-Season 1991 | ||
| 37 | Sean Simpson | 16 Apr 70 | 27yr | 188cm | 85kg | 98 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Damascus College/East Ballarat | |||
| 39 | Darren Milburn | 15 Apr 77 | 20yr | 189cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Kilmore/Calder U18 | #48 National 1995 | ||
| 40 | Paul Brown | 6 May 69 | 27yr | 187cm | 87kg | 83 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Echuca | |||
| r | Michael Brown | 13 Jul 77 | 19yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fitzroy Reserves | #9 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| Clint Bizzell | 28 Jun 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 85kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange | #75 National 1995 | |||
| Leigh Brockman | 23 Jul 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #8 National 1996 | |||
| r | Shawn Lewfatt | 11 Mar 77 | 20yr | 174cm | 75kg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darwin FC/Western U18 | #28 National 1994 | ||
| Simon Fletcher | 17 Aug 78 | 18yr | 188cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale/Geelong U18 | Father-Son 1995 | |||
| Stuart Lamond | 2 Jul 78 | 18yr | 191cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #73 National 1995 | |||
| Gerrard Bennett | 9 Apr 79 | 18yr | 187cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #18 National 1996 |