| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Cale Hooker | 25 | Essendon | #54 National 2007 | 23 | 88 | 1 | |
| FB | Daniel Talia | 22 | Adelaide | #13 National 2009 | 22 | 54 | 1 | |
| BP | Nick Smith | 25 | Sydney | #15 Rookie 2006 | 23 | 98 | 1 | |
| HBF | Nick Malceski | 29 | Sydney | #64 National 2002 | 25 | 151 | 1 | |
| CHB | Alex Rance | 24 | Richmond | #18 National 2007 | 18 | 89 | 1 | |
| HBF | Brodie Smith | 21 | Adelaide | #14 National 2010 | 22 | 54 | 1 | |
| W | Nathan Fyfe | 22 | Fremantle | #20 National 2009 | 20 | 72 | 1 | |
| C | Josh Kennedy | 25 | Sydney | #40 National 2006 | 23 | 111 | 2 | |
| W | Dyson Heppell | 21 | Essendon | #8 National 2010 | 22 | 62 | 1 | |
| HFF | Robbie Gray | 25 | Port Adelaide | #55 National 2006 | 25 | 90 | 1 | |
| CHF | VC | Nick Riewoldt | 31 | St Kilda | #1 National 2000 | 22 | 259 | 5 |
| HFF | Luke Breust | 23 | Hawthorn | #47 Rookie 2008 | 25 | 66 | 1 | |
| FP | Hayden Ballantyne | 26 | Fremantle | #21 National 2008 | 20 | 86 | 1 | |
| FF | Lance Franklin | 26 | Sydney | #5 National 2004 | 22 | 182 | 5 | |
| FP | Jarryd Roughead | 26 | Hawthorn | #2 National 2004 | 23 | 184 | 2 | |
| Ru | Aaron Sandilands | 31 | Fremantle | #33 Rookie 2001 | 23 | 193 | 4 | |
| RR | C | Joel Selwood | 25 | Geelong | #7 National 2006 | 24 | 160 | 4 |
| Ro | Gary Ablett | 29 | Gold Coast | #40 National 2001 | 15 | 253 | 8 | |
| IC | Jordan Lewis | 27 | Hawthorn | #7 National 2004 | 24 | 193 | 1 | |
| IC | Scott Pendlebury | 26 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 21 | 171 | 5 | |
| IC | Travis Boak | 25 | Port Adelaide | #5 National 2006 | 24 | 131 | 2 | |
| IC | Tom Rockliff | 23 | Brisbane | #5 Pre-Season 2008 | 18 | 83 | 1 |