| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1998 | Goals 1998 | Votes 1998 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Silvagni | 31 May 67 | 30yr | 194cm | 95kg | 230 | 152 | 63 | 18 | 15 | 2 | Marcellin College | AA: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997; B&F: 1990, 1996; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 3 | Kris Massie | 30 May 80 | 17yr | 188cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Edithvale-Aspendale/Dandenong U18 | #7 National 1997 | ||
| 5 | Andrew McKay | 14 Jul 70 | 27yr | 185cm | 90kg | 108 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | Lucindale/Glenelg | #13 National 1992 | AA: 1993; Prem: 1995 | |
| 6 | Matt Clape | 28 May 69 | 28yr | 187cm | 86kg | 80 | 60 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Guildford Grammar/East Perth | #9 National 1990 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 7 | Brett Ratten | 11 Jul 71 | 26yr | 184cm | 88kg | 142 | 36 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 3 | Yarra Glen | B&F: 1995, 1997; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 8 | Lance Whitnall | 23 Aug 79 | 18yr | 192cm | 100kg | 18 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 46 | 8 | Lalor/Northern U18 | Father-Son 1996 | ||
| 9 | Adrian Hickmott | 30 Mar 72 | 26yr | 182cm | 88kg | 89 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Horsham FC | |||
| 10 | Sean Charles | 18 May 75 | 22yr | 175cm | 76kg | 47 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Powelltown | |||
| 11 | Mark Porter | 11 Oct 76 | 21yr | 199cm | 103kg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | King Valley/Coburg Tigers | #10 Rookie 1996 | ||
| 12 | Jacob Anstey | 27 Jan 78 | 20yr | 176cm | 71kg | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Tuggeranong | #63 National 1995 | ||
| 13 | Adam Chatfield | 22 Jun 79 | 18yr | 189cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT U18 | #23 National 1997 | ||
| 14 | Michael Sexton | 5 Mar 71 | 27yr | 192cm | 92kg | 148 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | Sandhurst | #54 National 1988 | AA: 1996, 1997; Prem: 1995 | |
| 15 | Ben Nelson | 23 Jan 77 | 21yr | 184cm | 92kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Scotch College (SA)/Sturt | |||
| 16 | Scott Camporeale | 11 Aug 75 | 22yr | 180cm | 80kg | 59 | 38 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 7 | St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens | #15 National 1994 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 17 | Damien Lock | 1 Oct 78 | 19yr | 179cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Eaglehawk/Bendigo U18 | #52 National 1996 | ||
| 18 | Justin Murphy | 24 Apr 76 | 21yr | 185cm | 85kg | 49 | 54 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 | #3 National 1993 | ||
| 19 | Brad Pearce | 16 Aug 71 | 26yr | 185cm | 85kg | 53 | 104 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 2 | South Launceston/St Kilda U19s | #16 Mid-Season 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 20 | Fraser Brown | 18 Aug 70 | 27yr | 181cm | 90kg | 129 | 83 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 18 | Lilydale | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 21 | Craig Bradley | 23 Oct 63 | 34yr | 180cm | 81kg | 267 | 195 | 90 | 19 | 7 | 10 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | AA: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997; B&F: 1986, 1988, 1993; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Glenn Manton | 1 Jun 73 | 24yr | 185cm | 88kg | 77 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 1 | Strathmore/East Keilor | #47 National 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 23 | Dean Rice | 17 Mar 68 | 30yr | 180cm | 92kg | 153 | 70 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 1 | Longwood/Salesian College/Geelong Reserves | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 24 | Matthew Allan | 26 Feb 75 | 23yr | 198cm | 104kg | 55 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 4 | Olinda-Ferny Creek/Chirnside Park/North Ringwood | |||
| 25 | Sam Smart | 2 May 75 | 22yr | 200cm | 101kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | #86 National 1992 | ||
| 26 | John Hynes | 23 Feb 79 | 19yr | 184cm | 87kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Sandringham U18 | #80 National 1997 | ||
| 27 | Darren Hulme | 19 Jul 77 | 20yr | 175cm | 79kg | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18 | #8 Pre-Season 1996 | ||
| 28 | Andrew Balkwill | 24 Mar 72 | 26yr | 192cm | 89kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Central District | |||
| 29 | Simon Beaumont | 13 Dec 75 | 22yr | 189cm | 88kg | 16 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | East Camberwell/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 | #18 National 1993 | ||
| 30 | Adam White | 9 Jan 76 | 22yr | 188cm | 83kg | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | East Burwood/Eastern U18 | #41 National 1994 | ||
| 31 | r | Simon Fletcher | 17 Aug 78 | 19yr | 188cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale/Geelong U18 | Father-Son 1995 | |
| 32 | Adrian Whitehead | 25 Aug 75 | 22yr | 178cm | 81kg | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga FC | #43 National 1992 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 33 | Matthew Hogg | 21 Dec 68 | 29yr | 175cm | 79kg | 152 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | East Keilor | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 34 | Ron De Iulio | 15 Apr 72 | 26yr | 180cm | 82kg | 69 | 53 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 0 | Brunswick FC/Box Hill | |||
| 35 | Peter Dean | 9 Mar 65 | 33yr | 188cm | 85kg | 235 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 0 | South Bendigo | Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 36 | Aaron Hamill | 20 Aug 77 | 20yr | 184cm | 95kg | 23 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 1 | Tuggeranong | #79 National 1994 | ||
| 39 | Ang Christou | 16 Jan 72 | 26yr | 190cm | 90kg | 105 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Brunswick | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 40 | Tony Bourke | 13 Jun 76 | 21yr | 201cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18/East Ballarat | #67 National 1994 | ||
| 41 | Ben Thompson | 4 Oct 78 | 19yr | 186cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zillmere | #83 National 1997 | ||
| 42 | Trent Hoppner | 19 Feb 79 | 19yr | 175cm | 71kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Heidelberg/Northern U18 | #70 National 1997 | ||
| 43 | Anthony Koutoufides | 18 Jan 73 | 25yr | 191cm | 99kg | 107 | 83 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 0 | Lalor | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 44 | r | Damian Lang | 3 Mar 76 | 22yr | 191cm | 78kg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Leeton | Zone 1993 | |
| 45 | Anthony Franchina | 11 Oct 77 | 20yr | 176cm | 80kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | Newlands-Coburg/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Calder U18/Northern U18 | #81 National 1996 | ||
| r | Scott Freeborn | 20 May 78 | 19yr | 183cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 | ||
| Craig Black | 9 Feb 79 | 19yr | 180cm | 70kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dandenong U18 | #55 National 1997 | |||
| r | Shane Flynn | 28 May 77 | 20yr | 179cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boronia/Eastern U18 | #54 Rookie 1997 | |||
| r | Cameron Blight | 8 Sep 79 | 18yr | 188cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tasmania U18 | #70 Rookie 1997 | |||
| r | Clint Evans | 24 Jul 79 | 18yr | 177cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dandenong U18 | #86 Rookie 1997 | |||
| Chris Jackson | 7 Oct 78 | 19yr | 193cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hay/NSW-ACT U18 | #74 National 1996 |