| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Peckett | 5 Oct 72 | 24yr | 182cm | 86kg | 71 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 4 | Karingal | #49 Pre-Season 1991 | ||
| 2 | Tony Brown | 28 May 77 | 19yr | 175cm | 79kg | 33 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 2 | Leopold/Geelong U18 | #7 National 1994 | ||
| 3 | Nathan Burke | 6 Feb 70 | 27yr | 180cm | 85kg | 202 | 74 | 53 | 25 | 9 | 18 | Pines | AA: 1993, 1996; B&F: 1993, 1996 | ||
| 4 | Joel Smith | 3 May 77 | 19yr | 185cm | 88kg | 42 | 28 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 3 | Yarrawonga/Murray U18 | #5 National 1994 | ||
| 5 | Austinn Jones | 28 Sep 76 | 20yr | 176cm | 82kg | 41 | 35 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 5 | Beaconsfield/Dandenong U18 | #48 National 1994 | ||
| 6 | Daniel Healy | 3 May 74 | 22yr | 189cm | 87kg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | Central District | #6 National 1995 | ||
| 7 | Nicky Winmar | 25 Sep 65 | 31yr | 183cm | 81kg | 186 | 240 | 75 | 21 | 27 | 3 | Pingelly/South Fremantle | AA: 1991, 1995; B&F: 1989, 1995 | ||
| 8 | Max Hudghton | 2 Sep 76 | 20yr | 191cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Diamond Creek/Northern U18/West Brisbane | #15 National 1996 | ||
| 9 | Lazar Vidovic | 1 Apr 65 | 32yr | 200cm | 102kg | 73 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Coolaroo/North Melbourne Reserves/Castlemaine | #43 Pre-Season 1988 | ||
| 10 | Peter Everitt | 3 May 74 | 22yr | 201cm | 102kg | 68 | 102 | 4 | 23 | 44 | 5 | Hastings | |||
| 11 | Dean Anderson | 1 Aug 67 | 29yr | 190cm | 88kg | 150 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Caulfield Grammar | Prem: 1989, 1991 | ||
| 12 | Shane Wakelin | 12 Aug 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 92kg | 45 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #31 National 1992 | ||
| 13 | David Sierakowski | 29 Dec 74 | 22yr | 193cm | 106kg | 37 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Subiaco | Father-Son 1992 | ||
| 14 | Kristian Bardsley | 13 Sep 72 | 24yr | 172cm | 77kg | 54 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Scoresby/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully) | |||
| 15 | Darryl Wakelin | 11 Aug 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 94kg | 36 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #11 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 16 | Robert Neill | 5 Jan 74 | 23yr | 184cm | 90kg | 41 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Southern District (ACT) | Zone 1990 | Larke: 1991 | |
| 17 | Rod Keogh | 25 Mar 71 | 26yr | 180cm | 83kg | 70 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Castlemaine | #27 National 1988 | Gardiner: 1990, 1993 | |
| 18 | Jason Cripps | 14 Oct 76 | 20yr | 183cm | 86kg | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | Ashwood/De La Salle College/Sandringham U18 | #38 National 1995 | ||
| 19 | Steven Sziller | 15 Dec 72 | 24yr | 176cm | 81kg | 33 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #25 National 1994 | ||
| 20 | Matthew Young | 17 Sep 72 | 24yr | 183cm | 84kg | 40 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | St Patrick's College (Launceston) | #30 National 1990 | ||
| 21 | Troy Gray | 26 Feb 73 | 24yr | 188cm | 96kg | 51 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | St Edmund's College/Queanbeyan | |||
| 22 | Matthew Lappin | 17 Feb 76 | 21yr | 184cm | 78kg | 19 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 2 | Chiltern | #40 National 1993 | ||
| 23 | Stewart Loewe | 23 May 68 | 28yr | 194cm | 108kg | 213 | 420 | 91 | 24 | 54 | 12 | Frankston P&C/Peninsula Grammar/Haileybury College/Mount Eliza | AA: 1991, 1992; B&F: 1990 | ||
| 24 | Jason Heatley | 21 Feb 72 | 25yr | 189cm | 92kg | 3 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 73 | 6 | Subiaco | #43 National 1993 | ||
| 25 | Barry Hall | 8 Feb 77 | 20yr | 194cm | 104kg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 0 | Broadford/Murray U18 | #19 National 1995 | ||
| 26 | Joe McLaren | 11 Dec 77 | 19yr | 187cm | 82kg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Koroit/Geelong U18 | #22 National 1995 | ||
| 27 | Luke Beveridge | 23 Aug 70 | 26yr | 173cm | 79kg | 89 | 86 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | St Peters/St Bede's College | |||
| 28 | Jamie Elliott | 6 Feb 73 | 24yr | 185cm | 85kg | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maryborough FC | #69 National 1989 | ||
| 29 | Andrew Thompson | 21 Oct 72 | 24yr | 180cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 0 | Melbourne Grammar/Old Melburnians | #62 National 1996 | ||
| 30 | Glen Coghlan | 29 Jul 74 | 22yr | 190cm | 94kg | 20 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Kyabram | #5 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| 31 | Jamie Shanahan | 6 Dec 67 | 29yr | 194cm | 99kg | 100 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Hobart FC | #92 National 1990 | ||
| 32 | Jason Traianidis | 7 Nov 74 | 22yr | 188cm | 95kg | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | Shepparton United/North Melbourne Reserves | #17 Pre-Season 1995 | ||
| 33 | Chris Hemley | 8 Sep 77 | 19yr | 192cm | 93kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bell Post Hill/Geelong U18 | #13 National 1994 | ||
| 34 | Jayson Daniels | 19 Feb 71 | 26yr | 183cm | 86kg | 153 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Parkmore | |||
| 35 | Robert Harvey | 21 Aug 71 | 25yr | 181cm | 86kg | 154 | 90 | 76 | 25 | 18 | 26 | Seaford | AA: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996; B&F: 1992, 1994 | ||
| 36 | Brett Knowles | 13 May 78 | 18yr | 187cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yinnar/Gippsland U18 | #71 National 1996 | ||
| 38 | Tim Elliott | 12 Sep 76 | 20yr | 198cm | 93kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lucknow/Gippsland U18 | #26 National 1994 | ||
| 41 | Brad Campbell | 21 Dec 75 | 21yr | 181cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18/Port Melbourne | #15 Pre-Season 1996 | ||
| 42 | Brett Cook | 19 Apr 73 | 24yr | 194cm | 97kg | 25 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | West Broken Hill/Norwood | #20 National 1991 | ||
| Andrew Lamb | 23 Dec 78 | 18yr | 190cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga Raiders/Murray U18 | #36 National 1995 | |||
| Ryan Grinter | 2 Jan 78 | 19yr | 198cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ocean Grove/Geelong U18 | #41 National 1995 | |||
| Lucas Fleming | 25 Feb 79 | 18yr | 181cm | 67kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greensborough/Northern U18 | #78 National 1996 |