| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Sean Dempster | 27 | St Kilda | #34 National 2002 | 22 | 119 | 1 | |
| FB | Luke McPharlin | 30 | Fremantle | #10 National 1999 | 21 | 188 | 1 | |
| BP | C | Darren Glass | 30 | West Coast | #11 National 1999 | 22 | 220 | 4 |
| HBF | Beau Waters | 25 | West Coast | #11 National 2003 | 20 | 93 | 1 | |
| CHB | Ted Richards | 28 | Sydney | #27 National 2000 | 25 | 156 | 1 | |
| HBF | Grant Birchall | 23 | Hawthorn | #14 National 2005 | 23 | 129 | 1 | |
| W | Trent Cotchin | 21 | Richmond | #2 National 2007 | 22 | 64 | 1 | |
| C | Jobe Watson | 26 | Essendon | #40 National 2002 | 22 | 132 | 1 | |
| W | Dayne Beams | 21 | Collingwood | #29 National 2008 | 24 | 59 | 1 | |
| HFF | Patrick Dangerfield | 21 | Adelaide | #10 National 2007 | 25 | 64 | 1 | |
| CHF | Lance Franklin | 24 | Hawthorn | #5 National 2004 | 19 | 142 | 4 | |
| HFF | Cyril Rioli | 22 | Hawthorn | #12 National 2007 | 23 | 83 | 1 | |
| FP | Stephen Milne | 31 | St Kilda | #23 Rookie 1999 | 22 | 236 | 2 | |
| FF | Tom Hawkins | 23 | Geelong | #41 National 2006 | 22 | 79 | 1 | |
| FP | Dean Cox | 30 | West Coast | #28 Rookie 1999 | 24 | 227 | 6 | |
| Ru | Nic Naitanui | 21 | West Coast | #2 National 2008 | 22 | 55 | 1 | |
| RR | Scott Thompson | 28 | Adelaide | #16 National 2000 | 25 | 198 | 1 | |
| Ro | VC | Gary Ablett | 27 | Gold Coast | #40 National 2001 | 20 | 212 | 6 |
| IC | Brett Deledio | 24 | Richmond | #1 National 2004 | 22 | 150 | 1 | |
| IC | Josh Kennedy | 23 | Sydney | #40 National 2006 | 25 | 61 | 1 | |
| IC | Scott Pendlebury | 24 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 21 | 127 | 3 | |
| IC | Dane Swan | 27 | Collingwood | #58 National 2001 | 21 | 175 | 4 |