| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Nathan Burke | 25 | St Kilda | 22 | 180 | 2 | ||
| FB | Stephen Silvagni | 28 | Carlton | 24 | 188 | 3 | ||
| BP | Michael Sexton | 24 | Carlton | #54 National 1988 | 23 | 107 | 1 | |
| HBF | Nathan Buckley | 23 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 21 | 64 | 1 | |
| CHB | Paul Roos | 32 | Sydney | 24 | 290 | 6 | ||
| HBF | Peter Matera | 26 | West Coast | #4 National 1989 | 24 | 118 | 4 | |
| W | Chris Mainwaring | 30 | West Coast | 22 | 170 | 2 | ||
| C | C | Paul Kelly | 26 | Sydney | 25 | 112 | 2 | |
| W | Shane Crawford | 21 | Hawthorn | #13 National 1991 | 22 | 58 | 1 | |
| HFF | James Hird | 22 | Essendon | #79 National 1990 | 24 | 64 | 2 | |
| CHF | Wayne Carey | 24 | North Melbourne | 25 | 123 | 4 | ||
| HFF | Mitchell White | 22 | West Coast | Zone 1990 | 23 | 73 | 1 | |
| FP | Michael Voss | 20 | Brisbane | 24 | 55 | 1 | ||
| FF | Tony Lockett | 29 | Sydney | 22 | 202 | 4 | ||
| FP | Darren Jarman | 28 | Adelaide | #55 National 1986 | 19 | 109 | 3 | |
| Ru | Corey McKernan | 22 | North Melbourne | 24 | 47 | 1 | ||
| RR | Robert Harvey | 24 | St Kilda | 21 | 133 | 4 | ||
| Ro | Craig Lambert | 27 | Brisbane | 20 | 152 | 1 | ||
| IC | Garry Hocking | 27 | Geelong | 23 | 164 | 4 | ||
| IC | Glenn Archer | 22 | North Melbourne | 24 | 72 | 1 | ||
| IC | Matthew Richardson | 20 | Richmond | Father-Son 1992 | 22 | 42 | 1 |