| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Dale Morris | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #19 Rookie 2004 | 25 | 62 | 1 | |
| FB | Matthew Scarlett | 28 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 22 | 184 | 4 | |
| BP | VC | Tom Harley | 29 | Geelong | Foundation 1996 | 25 | 159 | 1 |
| HBF | Luke Hodge | 23 | Hawthorn | #1 National 2001 | 20 | 112 | 2 | |
| CHB | Nathan Bock | 24 | Adelaide | #25 Rookie 2001 | 23 | 63 | 1 | |
| HBF | Sam Fisher | 25 | St Kilda | #55 National 2003 | 25 | 71 | 1 | |
| W | Jimmy Bartel | 24 | Geelong | #8 National 2001 | 25 | 108 | 2 | |
| C | Joel Corey | 25 | Geelong | #8 National 1999 | 25 | 151 | 2 | |
| W | Adam Cooney | 22 | Western Bulldogs | #1 National 2003 | 25 | 87 | 1 | |
| HFF | Steve Johnson | 24 | Geelong | #24 National 2001 | 25 | 87 | 2 | |
| CHF | Nick Riewoldt | 25 | St Kilda | #1 National 2000 | 24 | 134 | 3 | |
| HFF | Brent Harvey | 29 | North Melbourne | #47 National 1995 | 23 | 241 | 4 | |
| FP | Brendan Fevola | 26 | Carlton | #38 National 1998 | 22 | 142 | 2 | |
| FF | Lance Franklin | 20 | Hawthorn | #5 National 2004 | 25 | 56 | 1 | |
| FP | Paul Medhurst | 26 | Collingwood | #56 National 2001 | 24 | 116 | 1 | |
| Ru | Dean Cox | 26 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 22 | 145 | 4 | |
| RR | C | Chris Judd | 24 | Carlton | #3 National 2001 | 21 | 134 | 3 |
| Ro | Gary Ablett | 23 | Geelong | #40 National 2001 | 21 | 125 | 2 | |
| IC | Corey Enright | 26 | Geelong | #47 National 1999 | 25 | 125 | 1 | |
| IC | Matthew Pavlich | 26 | Fremantle | #4 National 1999 | 19 | 175 | 6 | |
| IC | Matthew Richardson | 32 | Richmond | Father-Son 1992 | 20 | 256 | 3 | |
| IC | Aaron Sandilands | 25 | Fremantle | #33 Rookie 2001 | 22 | 93 | 1 |