| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Corey Enright | 27 | Geelong | #47 National 1999 | 25 | 150 | 2 | |
| FB | Matthew Scarlett | 29 | Geelong | #45 National 1997 | 22 | 206 | 5 | |
| BP | Brian Lake | 26 | Western Bulldogs | #71 National 2001 | 25 | 122 | 1 | |
| HBF | Simon Goodwin | 32 | Adelaide | #18 Pre-Season 1995 | 21 | 238 | 5 | |
| CHB | Craig Bolton | 28 | Sydney | #33 National 1998 | 20 | 174 | 2 | |
| HBF | Nick Maxwell | 25 | Collingwood | #15 Rookie 2002 | 23 | 95 | 1 | |
| W | Leigh Montagna | 25 | St Kilda | #37 National 2001 | 24 | 98 | 1 | |
| C | Lenny Hayes | 28 | St Kilda | #11 National 1998 | 22 | 192 | 3 | |
| W | Joel Selwood | 20 | Geelong | #7 National 2006 | 25 | 45 | 1 | |
| HFF | Paul Chapman | 27 | Geelong | #31 National 1999 | 20 | 155 | 1 | |
| CHF | C | Nick Riewoldt | 26 | St Kilda | #1 National 2000 | 24 | 158 | 4 |
| HFF | Dane Swan | 24 | Collingwood | #58 National 2001 | 25 | 100 | 1 | |
| FP | Leon Davis | 27 | Collingwood | #34 National 1999 | 23 | 161 | 1 | |
| FF | Brendan Fevola | 27 | Carlton | #38 National 1998 | 23 | 164 | 3 | |
| FP | Jonathan Brown | 27 | Brisbane | #30 National 1999 | 24 | 160 | 2 | |
| Ru | Aaron Sandilands | 26 | Fremantle | #33 Rookie 2001 | 20 | 115 | 2 | |
| RR | VC | Chris Judd | 25 | Carlton | #3 National 2001 | 23 | 155 | 4 |
| Ro | Gary Ablett | 24 | Geelong | #40 National 2001 | 22 | 146 | 3 | |
| IC | Matthew Boyd | 26 | Western Bulldogs | #23 Rookie 2001 | 25 | 115 | 1 | |
| IC | Nick Dal Santo | 24 | St Kilda | #13 National 2001 | 24 | 144 | 2 | |
| IC | Brendon Goddard | 23 | St Kilda | #1 National 2002 | 24 | 113 | 1 | |
| IC | Adam Goodes | 29 | Sydney | #43 National 1997 | 22 | 230 | 3 |