| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Jason Akermanis | 21 | Brisbane | Zone 1994 | 24 | 72 | 1 | |
| FB | Justin Leppitsch | 23 | Brisbane | #4 National 1992 | 25 | 82 | 1 | |
| BP | Ben Hart | 24 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 21 | 159 | 3 | |
| HBF | Byron Pickett | 21 | North Melbourne | #67 National 1996 | 25 | 26 | 1 | |
| CHB | Stephen Silvagni | 31 | Carlton | 24 | 248 | 5 | ||
| HBF | Andrew McKay | 28 | Carlton | #13 National 1992 | 26 | 128 | 2 | |
| W | Brad Johnson | 22 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 24 | 100 | 1 | |
| C | Nathan Buckley | 26 | Collingwood | Zone 1992 | 17 | 125 | 4 | |
| W | Wayne Schwass | 30 | Sydney | 23 | 206 | 1 | ||
| HFF | Mark Mercuri | 24 | Essendon | 21 | 110 | 1 | ||
| CHF | C | Wayne Carey | 27 | North Melbourne | 20 | 187 | 6 | |
| HFF | Michael Voss | 23 | Brisbane | 21 | 107 | 2 | ||
| FP | Ben Cousins | 20 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 22 | 61 | 2 | |
| FF | Matthew Lloyd | 20 | Essendon | Uncontr Comp 1994 | 22 | 59 | 2 | |
| FP | Matthew Richardson | 23 | Richmond | Father-Son 1992 | 20 | 99 | 2 | |
| Ru | Matthew Allan | 23 | Carlton | 26 | 77 | 1 | ||
| RR | Robert Harvey | 27 | St Kilda | 17 | 203 | 7 | ||
| Ro | Shane Crawford | 24 | Hawthorn | #13 National 1991 | 22 | 114 | 3 | |
| IC | Peter Bell | 22 | North Melbourne | Foundation 1994 | 25 | 75 | 1 | |
| IC | Nathan Burke | 28 | St Kilda | 21 | 249 | 4 | ||
| IC | Wayne Campbell | 26 | Richmond | #29 National 1989 | 22 | 161 | 2 | |
| IC | Chris Grant | 26 | Western Bulldogs | #105 National 1988 | 24 | 189 | 3 |