| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Tom Stewart | 25 | Geelong | #40 National 2016 | 25 | 43 | 2 | |
| FB | Harris Andrews | 22 | Brisbane | #61 National 2014 | 21 | 76 | 1 | |
| BP | Dylan Grimes | 27 | Richmond | #2 Pre-Season 2009 | 24 | 127 | 1 | |
| HBF | Bachar Houli | 30 | Richmond | #42 National 2006 | 22 | 185 | 1 | |
| CHB | Jeremy McGovern | 26 | West Coast | #44 Rookie 2010 | 23 | 103 | 4 | |
| HBF | VC | Shannon Hurn | 31 | West Coast | #13 National 2005 | 21 | 248 | 2 |
| W | Marcus Bontempelli | 23 | Western Bulldogs | #4 National 2013 | 23 | 104 | 2 | |
| C | Patrick Cripps | 23 | Carlton | #13 National 2013 | 20 | 81 | 2 | |
| W | Tim Kelly | 24 | Geelong | #24 National 2017 | 25 | 23 | 1 | |
| HFF | Patrick Dangerfield | 28 | Geelong | #10 National 2007 | 24 | 224 | 7 | |
| CHF | Jeremy Cameron | 25 | GWS | GWS Underage 2010 | 24 | 130 | 2 | |
| HFF | Michael Walters | 28 | Fremantle | #53 National 2008 | 22 | 129 | 1 | |
| FP | Jack Darling | 26 | West Coast | #26 National 2010 | 24 | 172 | 1 | |
| FF | Tom Hawkins | 30 | Geelong | #41 National 2006 | 24 | 232 | 2 | |
| FP | Charlie Cameron | 24 | Brisbane | #7 Rookie 2013 | 24 | 84 | 1 | |
| Ru | Brodie Grundy | 24 | Collingwood | #18 National 2012 | 24 | 108 | 2 | |
| RR | C | Nathan Fyfe | 27 | Fremantle | #20 National 2009 | 20 | 153 | 3 |
| Ro | Lachie Neale | 25 | Brisbane | #58 National 2011 | 24 | 135 | 1 | |
| IC | Scott Pendlebury | 31 | Collingwood | #5 National 2005 | 24 | 277 | 6 | |
| IC | Elliot Yeo | 25 | West Coast | #30 National 2011 | 23 | 132 | 2 | |
| IC | Max Gawn | 27 | Melbourne | #34 National 2009 | 21 | 99 | 3 | |
| IC | Jack Macrae | 24 | Western Bulldogs | #6 National 2012 | 23 | 118 | 1 |