| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Wayne Schwass | 27 Nov 68 | 28yr | 180cm | 80kg | 164 | 90 | 80 | 20 | 7 | 8 | South Warrnambool/Trinity Grammar/North Melbourne U19s | B&F: 1994, 1995; Morrish: 1987; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 3 | Anthony Rock | 29 Sep 70 | 26yr | 175cm | 76kg | 137 | 116 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 0 | Hadfield | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 4 | Mick Martyn | 31 Aug 68 | 28yr | 190cm | 101kg | 176 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Emmanuel College/Newport | B&F: 1989, 1991; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 5 | Stuart Anderson | 27 Jun 74 | 22yr | 181cm | 83kg | 41 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 0 | Sale/Wesley College | #35 National 1990 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 7 | Dean Laidley | 27 Mar 67 | 30yr | 184cm | 77kg | 140 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | West Perth | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 8 | Robert Scott | 1 Mar 69 | 28yr | 173cm | 78kg | 181 | 194 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 3 | Torquay | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 9 | Brett Chandler | 11 Jul 75 | 21yr | 173cm | 73kg | 28 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | Doncaster Heights/Eastern U18 | Supp List 1994 | ||
| 10 | Anthony Stevens | 2 Jul 71 | 25yr | 178cm | 81kg | 131 | 67 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 7 | Waaia/Shepparton FC | #18 National 1988 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 11 | Glenn Archer | 24 Mar 73 | 24yr | 182cm | 92kg | 96 | 67 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 4 | Noble Park | AA: 1996; Norm Smith: 1996; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 12 | John Blakey | 24 Jul 66 | 30yr | 187cm | 83kg | 225 | 69 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 0 | Whitefriars College/East Doncaster | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 13 | Martin Pike | 14 Nov 72 | 24yr | 189cm | 92kg | 60 | 40 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 7 | Norwood | #9 National 1992 | B&F: 1996 | |
| 14 | Matt Armstrong | 1 Mar 67 | 30yr | 177cm | 76kg | 175 | 89 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hobart FC | #24 National 1986 | ||
| 16 | Matthew Capuano | 2 Sep 75 | 21yr | 198cm | 99kg | 36 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Creswick/North Ballarat U18/Geelong U18 | #55 National 1992 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 17 | Glenn Freeborn | 6 Feb 73 | 24yr | 183cm | 81kg | 28 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #9 Pre-Season 1992 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 18 | Wayne Carey | 27 May 71 | 25yr | 192cm | 97kg | 148 | 386 | 78 | 14 | 25 | 3 | Wagga/North Adelaide | AA: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996; MVP: 1995; B&F: 1992, 1993, 1996; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 19 | Sam McFarlane | 5 Dec 75 | 21yr | 178cm | 80kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Subiaco | #73 National 1994 | ||
| 20 | Anthony Mellington | 27 Jul 74 | 22yr | 187cm | 84kg | 24 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 0 | Shepparton FC | #18 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| 21 | Evan Hewitt | 7 Jul 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trinity College (WA)/Subiaco | #23 National 1996 | ||
| 22 | Mark Roberts | 28 Jun 65 | 31yr | 190cm | 92kg | 164 | 138 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 3 | St George | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 23 | Chris Groom | 28 Aug 73 | 23yr | 194cm | 95kg | 19 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Christies Beach/South Adelaide | Zone 1992 | ||
| 24 | Craig Sholl | 30 Dec 67 | 29yr | 189cm | 91kg | 151 | 56 | 27 | 25 | 40 | 1 | Horsham FC | B&F: 1991; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 25 | Jason Daniltchenko | 2 Sep 75 | 21yr | 191cm | 98kg | 26 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Bayswater | |||
| 26 | Peter Bell | 1 Mar 76 | 21yr | 175cm | 81kg | 25 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 2 | Kojonup/Aquinas College (WA)/South Fremantle | Foundation 1994 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 27 | Darren Crocker | 26 Mar 67 | 30yr | 189cm | 88kg | 149 | 106 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 0 | Scoresby/Belgrave/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully) | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 28 | Byron Pickett | 11 Aug 77 | 19yr | 179cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #67 National 1996 | ||
| 29 | Brent Harvey | 14 May 78 | 18yr | 167cm | 75kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | Preston RSL/Northern U18 | #47 National 1995 | ||
| 30 | Scott Welsh | 7 Dec 78 | 18yr | 188cm | 89kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Marion/West Adelaide | #17 National 1995 | ||
| 31 | Corey McKernan | 19 Dec 73 | 23yr | 197cm | 105kg | 71 | 74 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 10 | Gladstone Park SC/Westmeadows | AA: 1996; MVP: 1996; Prem: 1996 | ||
| 32 | Paul Wynd | 2 May 76 | 20yr | 190cm | 76kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Assumption College/St Patrick's College/Jacana | |||
| 33 | Brett Allison | 26 May 68 | 28yr | 182cm | 78kg | 175 | 212 | 32 | 24 | 43 | 0 | Belconnen | Prem: 1996 | ||
| 34 | David King | 7 Mar 72 | 25yr | 183cm | 94kg | 66 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 12 | Assumption College/Port Melbourne | #46 National 1993 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 35 | John Longmire | 31 Dec 70 | 26yr | 194cm | 102kg | 155 | 494 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 3 | Corowa-Rutherglen | Coleman: 1990; B&F: 1990 | ||
| 36 | Mark Stevens | 25 Oct 75 | 21yr | 194cm | 95kg | 16 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Heyfield/Gippsland U18 | #31 National 1993 | ||
| 37 | Adam Simpson | 16 Feb 76 | 21yr | 185cm | 86kg | 27 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | Eltham/Northern U18 | #14 National 1993 | Prem: 1996 | |
| 38 | Danny Stevens | 10 Nov 76 | 20yr | 180cm | 82kg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Greensborough/Northern U18 | #52 National 1994 | ||
| 42 | Kent Kingsley | 26 Sep 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 45 | Stuart Cochrane | 20 Jul 78 | 18yr | 189cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pedare Christian College/Central District | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 48 | r | Julian Kirzner | 24 Oct 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 90kg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Ajax/Sandringham U18 | #36 National 1993 | |
| Luke McCormick | 5 Aug 78 | 18yr | 173cm | 70kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ainslie/NSW-ACT U18 | #50 National 1996 | |||
| Adam Hay | 27 Jul 78 | 18yr | 198cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #70 National 1996 | |||
| r | Bryan Beinke | 5 Aug 75 | 21yr | 185cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Peter's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #108 National 1992 | ||
| Wade Kingsley | 26 Sep 78 | 18yr | 195cm | 87kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | |||
| Cameron Mooney | 26 Sep 79 | 17yr | 195cm | 99kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Turvey Park/NSW-ACT U18 | #56 National 1996 |