| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| Terry Daniher | 30 | Essendon | 19 | 226 | 3 | |||
| Danny Frawley | 24 | St Kilda | 21 | 85 | 1 | |||
| Tony Hall | 23 | Hawthorn | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Gerard Healy | 26 | Sydney | 20 | 172 | 3 | |||
| Danny Hughes | 24 | Melbourne | #13 National 1981 | 18 | 70 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Kernahan | 24 | Carlton | 23 | 49 | 3 | |||
| Martin Leslie | 25 | #1 National 1986 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bruce Lindner | 26 | Geelong | 9 | 33 | 2 | |||
| Michael Long | 18 | #23 National 1988 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Simon Madden | 30 | Essendon | 22 | 278 | 3 | |||
| Steve Malaxos | 26 | West Coast | 11 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Tony McGuinness | 23 | Western Bulldogs | #10 National 1981 | 21 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Michael McLean | 22 | Western Bulldogs | 13 | 70 | 1 | |||
| Mark Mickan | 26 | Brisbane | Foundation 1986 | 8 | 22 | 1 | ||
| David Murphy | 25 | Sydney | 21 | 55 | 1 | |||
| John Platten | 24 | Hawthorn | #19 National 1981 | 22 | 51 | 4 | ||
| Maurice Rioli | 30 | 0 | 118 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Roos | 24 | Fitzroy | 20 | 125 | 3 | |||
| Paul Salmon | 22 | Essendon | 19 | 69 | 2 | |||
| Terry Wallace | 29 | Western Bulldogs | 21 | 185 | 1 | |||
| Dale Weightman | 28 | Richmond | 18 | 188 | 3 | |||
| Gregory Whittlesea | 24 | #56 National 1986 | 0 | 1 |