| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Chris Johnson | 25 | Brisbane | #7 National 1993 | 22 | 154 | 1 | |
| FB | Matthew Pavlich | 20 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 22 | 39 | 1 | |
| BP | Glenn Archer | 28 | North Melbourne | 22 | 199 | 3 | ||
| HBF | Brett Montgomery | 28 | Port Adelaide | #47 National 1996 | 24 | 106 | 1 | |
| CHB | Justin Leppitsch | 26 | Brisbane | #4 National 1992 | 23 | 140 | 2 | |
| HBF | Ben Hart | 27 | Adelaide | Foundation 1990 | 25 | 224 | 4 | |
| W | Jason Akermanis | 24 | Brisbane | Zone 1994 | 22 | 141 | 3 | |
| C | Simon Black | 22 | Brisbane | #31 National 1997 | 25 | 75 | 2 | |
| W | Adem Yze | 24 | Melbourne | #16 National 1994 | 24 | 141 | 1 | |
| HFF | C | Michael Voss | 26 | Brisbane | 22 | 176 | 4 | |
| CHF | Warren Tredrea | 23 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 25 | 82 | 2 | |
| HFF | Brad Johnson | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #11 National 1993 | 22 | 167 | 3 | |
| FP | Nathan Brown | 23 | Western Bulldogs | #10 National 1996 | 22 | 93 | 2 | |
| FF | David Neitz | 26 | Melbourne | 24 | 180 | 2 | ||
| FP | Luke Darcy | 26 | Western Bulldogs | Father-Son 1992 | 22 | 133 | 1 | |
| Ru | Matthew Primus | 26 | Port Adelaide | #2 National 1995 | 24 | 105 | 2 | |
| RR | Josh Francou | 27 | Port Adelaide | Foundation 1996 | 25 | 106 | 1 | |
| Ro | Ben Cousins | 23 | West Coast | Father-Son 1995 | 23 | 122 | 4 | |
| IC | Shane Crawford | 27 | Hawthorn | #13 National 1991 | 22 | 178 | 4 | |
| IC | Nigel Lappin | 25 | Brisbane | #2 National 1993 | 18 | 176 | 2 | |
| IC | Mark Ricciuto | 26 | Adelaide | Zone 1992 | 22 | 194 | 5 | |
| IC | Adam Simpson | 25 | North Melbourne | #14 National 1993 | 23 | 136 | 1 |