| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1998 | Goals 1998 | Votes 1998 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin Wanganeen | 18 Jun 73 | 24yr | 181cm | 83kg | 147 | 78 | 64 | 15 | 8 | 3 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #12 National 1989 | AA: 1992, 1993, 1995; Brownlow: 1993; Prem: 1993 | |
| 2 | Matthew Primus | 12 Jan 75 | 23yr | 198cm | 109kg | 42 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 4 | Grovedale/Geelong U18/Norwood | #2 National 1995 | ||
| 3 | Shayne Breuer | 10 Sep 72 | 25yr | 184cm | 88kg | 92 | 94 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | Kalkee/Woodville-West Torrens | #70 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 4 | Chris Naish | 27 Sep 71 | 26yr | 172cm | 71kg | 143 | 212 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 0 | Wangaratta Tigers JFC/Wangaratta FC | #5 National 1988 | ||
| 5 | Shane Bond | 9 Jul 75 | 22yr | 181cm | 79kg | 56 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #21 National 1992 | Prem: 1994 | |
| 6 | Scott Cummings | 18 Jan 74 | 24yr | 194cm | 105kg | 61 | 153 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 3 | Mazenod College (WA)/Swan Districts | #20 National 1992 | ||
| 7 | Brett Chalmers | 23 Apr 73 | 24yr | 195cm | 94kg | 50 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #103 National 1989 | ||
| 8 | Fabian Francis | 24 Oct 73 | 24yr | 177cm | 87kg | 38 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Southern Districts | #63 National 1990 | ||
| 9 | Brayden Lyle | 6 Mar 73 | 25yr | 178cm | 81kg | 46 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #124 National 1992 | ||
| 10 | Josh Francou | 7 Aug 74 | 23yr | 185cm | 83kg | 22 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | Pulteney Grammar/North Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | Magarey: 1996 | |
| 11 | Nathan Eagleton | 10 Nov 78 | 19yr | 180cm | 84kg | 18 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 5 | Happy Valley/West Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 12 | Brent Heaver | 15 Jun 71 | 26yr | 173cm | 73kg | 84 | 127 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Epping | |||
| 13 | Danny Morton | 1 Jul 73 | 24yr | 175cm | 64kg | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 2 | North Adelaide | #70 National 1992 | ||
| 14 | Stephen Paxman | 4 Dec 70 | 27yr | 188cm | 94kg | 124 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | East Doncaster | |||
| 15 | Michael Wilson | 21 Nov 76 | 21yr | 182cm | 88kg | 22 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 4 | St Michael's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | Rising Star: 1997 | |
| 16 | Warren Tredrea | 24 Dec 78 | 19yr | 194cm | 96kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 4 | St Michael's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 17 | Nigel Fiegert | 28 Jan 76 | 22yr | 191cm | 95kg | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 18 | Mark Harwood | 8 Apr 78 | 20yr | 188cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Triabunna/Tasmania U18 | #9 National 1996 | ||
| 19 | Donald Dickie | 8 May 72 | 25yr | 186cm | 89kg | 22 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 3 | Border Districts/Sturt/Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 20 | Brendon Lade | 10 Jul 76 | 21yr | 199cm | 102kg | 22 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 5 | South Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 21 | David Brown | 29 Sep 69 | 28yr | 172cm | 75kg | 87 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #79 National 1989 | ||
| 22 | Bowen Lockwood | 1 Jul 78 | 19yr | 195cm | 90kg | 13 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | Geelong College/Geelong U18 | #7 National 1996 | ||
| 25 | Matthew Bode | 29 Jun 79 | 18yr | 178cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Brighton Districts & Old Scholars/Glenelg | #3 Pre-Season 1997 | ||
| 26 | Peter Burgoyne | 29 Jan 78 | 20yr | 183cm | 84kg | 15 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | St Marys/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 27 | Tom Harley | 18 Jul 78 | 19yr | 192cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Walkerville/St Peter's College (SA)/Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 28 | Stephen Daniels | 3 Sep 76 | 21yr | 193cm | 90kg | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 29 | Adam Kingsley | 20 Aug 75 | 22yr | 183cm | 83kg | 12 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | Beverley Hills/Doncaster Heights/Eastern U18/Essendon Reserves | #37 National 1996 | ||
| 30 | Darryl Poole | 1 Apr 72 | 26yr | 195cm | 107kg | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 31 | Paul Geister | 29 Jan 72 | 26yr | 191cm | 93kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Central District | #24 Pre-Season 1992 | ||
| 32 | Tom Carr | 16 Jun 78 | 19yr | 182cm | 83kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 33 | Darren Mead | 29 Mar 71 | 27yr | 193cm | 98kg | 22 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #107 National 1988 | B&F: 1997 | |
| 34 | Nathan Steinberner | 11 Mar 77 | 21yr | 176cm | 86kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 35 | Chad Cornes | 12 Nov 79 | 18yr | 191cm | 93kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sacred Heart College/Glenelg | #9 National 1997 | ||
| 36 | Nick Stevens | 3 Jan 80 | 18yr | 182cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | St Mary's (NFL)/Northern U18 | #25 National 1997 | ||
| 37 | Stuart Dew | 18 Aug 79 | 18yr | 183cm | 99kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 38 | Roger James | 21 Oct 75 | 22yr | 177cm | 89kg | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 39 | Adam Heuskes | 20 Mar 76 | 22yr | 190cm | 93kg | 71 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | Norwood | #5 National 1993 | AA: 1997 | |
| 40 | Paul Evans | 29 Dec 78 | 19yr | 187cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 42 | Scott Bassett | 9 Oct 78 | 19yr | 191cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1996 | ||
| 44 | Jarrod Cotton | 3 Apr 76 | 22yr | 185cm | 80kg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Central District | Foundation 1996 | ||
| Darren Fraser | 25 Feb 73 | 25yr | 180cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Montmorency/Essendon Reserves | #42 Mid-Season 1991 | |||
| r | Barnaby French | 25 Nov 75 | 22yr | 200cm | 102kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pembroke School/Ironbank-Cherry Gardens | #8 Rookie 1997 | ||
| r | Antony Sheehan | 13 Oct 79 | 18yr | 181cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #24 Rookie 1997 | |||
| Scott Mathews | 4 Nov 78 | 19yr | 188cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | Foundation 1996 |