| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin Wanganeen | 18 Jun 73 | 23yr | 181cm | 83kg | 127 | 64 | 53 | 20 | 14 | 11 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #12 National 1989 | AA: 1992, 1993, 1995; Brownlow: 1993; Prem: 1993 | |
| 2 | Matthew Primus | 12 Jan 75 | 22yr | 198cm | 109kg | 20 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 9 | Grovedale/Geelong U18/Norwood | #2 National 1995 | ||
| 3 | Shayne Breuer | 10 Sep 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 88kg | 71 | 77 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 5 | Kalkee/Woodville-West Torrens | #70 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 4 | Ian Downsborough | 19 Jan 72 | 25yr | 192cm | 94kg | 20 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | West Perth | #54 National 1994 | ||
| 5 | Shane Bond | 9 Jul 75 | 21yr | 181cm | 79kg | 34 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #21 National 1992 | Prem: 1994 | |
| 6 | Scott Cummings | 18 Jan 74 | 23yr | 194cm | 105kg | 40 | 83 | 5 | 21 | 70 | 2 | Mazenod College (WA)/Swan Districts | #20 National 1992 | ||
| 7 | John Rombotis | 13 Oct 76 | 20yr | 181cm | 85kg | 26 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | #23 National 1994 | ||
| 8 | Fabian Francis | 24 Oct 73 | 23yr | 177cm | 87kg | 23 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | Southern Districts | #63 National 1990 | ||
| 9 | Brayden Lyle | 6 Mar 73 | 24yr | 178cm | 81kg | 26 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 6 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #124 National 1992 | ||
| 10 | Josh Francou | 7 Aug 74 | 22yr | 185cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 1 | Pulteney Grammar/North Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | Magarey: 1996 | |
| 12 | Brent Heaver | 15 Jun 71 | 25yr | 173cm | 73kg | 76 | 118 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Epping | |||
| 14 | Stephen Paxman | 4 Dec 70 | 26yr | 188cm | 94kg | 102 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 5 | East Doncaster | |||
| 15 | Michael Wilson | 21 Nov 76 | 20yr | 182cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 6 | St Michael's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 16 | Warren Tredrea | 24 Dec 78 | 18yr | 194cm | 96kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | St Michael's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 17 | Nigel Fiegert | 28 Jan 76 | 21yr | 191cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 18 | Mark Harwood | 8 Apr 78 | 19yr | 188cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Triabunna/Tasmania U18 | #9 National 1996 | ||
| 19 | Donald Dickie | 8 May 72 | 24yr | 186cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | Border Districts/Sturt/Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 20 | Brendon Lade | 10 Jul 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | South Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 21 | David Brown | 29 Sep 69 | 27yr | 172cm | 75kg | 69 | 55 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #79 National 1989 | ||
| 22 | Bowen Lockwood | 1 Jul 78 | 18yr | 195cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | Geelong College/Geelong U18 | #7 National 1996 | ||
| 24 | Damian Squire | 15 Nov 73 | 23yr | 180cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | North Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 25 | Nathan Eagleton | 10 Nov 78 | 18yr | 180cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | Happy Valley/West Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 26 | Peter Burgoyne | 29 Jan 78 | 19yr | 183cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | St Marys/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 27 | Tom Harley | 18 Jul 78 | 18yr | 192cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walkerville/St Peter's College (SA)/Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 28 | Stephen Daniels | 3 Sep 76 | 20yr | 193cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 29 | Adam Kingsley | 20 Aug 75 | 21yr | 183cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | Beverley Hills/Doncaster Heights/Eastern U18/Essendon Reserves | #37 National 1996 | ||
| 30 | Darryl Poole | 1 Apr 72 | 25yr | 195cm | 107kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 31 | Paul Geister | 29 Jan 72 | 25yr | 191cm | 93kg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | #24 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 33 | Darren Mead | 29 Mar 71 | 26yr | 193cm | 98kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #107 National 1988 | ||
| 34 | Nathan Steinberner | 11 Mar 77 | 20yr | 176cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 35 | Mark Conway | 20 May 73 | 23yr | 197cm | 96kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 36 | Stephen Carter | 5 Feb 74 | 23yr | 186cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #39 National 1994 | ||
| 37 | Stuart Dew | 18 Aug 79 | 17yr | 183cm | 99kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 38 | Roger James | 21 Oct 75 | 21yr | 177cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 39 | Adam Heuskes | 20 Mar 76 | 21yr | 190cm | 93kg | 49 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | Norwood | #5 National 1993 | ||
| 40 | Paul Evans | 29 Dec 78 | 18yr | 187cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 42 | Tom Carr | 16 Jun 78 | 18yr | 182cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 44 | Jarrod Cotton | 3 Apr 76 | 21yr | 185cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| Scott Freeborn | 20 May 78 | 18yr | 183cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | |||
| Jake Lynch | 6 Jun 78 | 18yr | 184cm | 70kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | |||
| Scott Mathews | 4 Nov 78 | 18yr | 188cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | |||
| Andrew Osborn | 10 Oct 72 | 24yr | 175cm | 75kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reynella/Cardjin College/South Adelaide | #48 National 1992 | |||
| Jonathan Yerbury | 6 Jan 77 | 20yr | 192cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | |||
| Scott Bassett | 9 Oct 78 | 18yr | 191cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | |||
| r | Jason Dylan | 1 Aug 76 | 20yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #1 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Luke Ottens | 22 May 76 | 20yr | 194cm | 96kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenelg | #16 Rookie 1996 | ||
| Scott Hodges | 26 Apr 68 | 28yr | 188cm | 92kg | 38 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1990 | Magarey: 1990 | ||
| Rhett Biglands | 4 Sep 77 | 19yr | 200cm | 104kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 |