| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Brad Sheppard | 28 | West Coast | #7 National 2009 | 18 | 178 | 1 | |
| FB | Harris Andrews | 23 | Brisbane | #61 National 2014 | 16 | 97 | 2 | |
| BP | Luke Ryan | 23 | Fremantle | #66 National 2016 | 17 | 49 | 1 | |
| HBF | Nick Haynes | 27 | GWS | #7 National 2011 | 17 | 128 | 1 | |
| CHB | Darcy Moore | 23 | Collingwood | #9 National 2014 | 18 | 71 | 1 | |
| HBF | Darcy Byrne-Jones | 24 | Port Adelaide | #52 National 2013 | 19 | 86 | 1 | |
| W | Jack Macrae | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #6 National 2012 | 18 | 141 | 2 | |
| C | VC | Travis Boak | 31 | Port Adelaide | #5 National 2006 | 19 | 264 | 3 |
| W | Cameron Guthrie | 27 | Geelong | #23 National 2010 | 21 | 161 | 1 | |
| HFF | C | Patrick Dangerfield | 29 | Geelong | #10 National 2007 | 21 | 248 | 8 |
| CHF | Charlie Dixon | 29 | Port Adelaide | Qld Zone 2009 | 18 | 135 | 1 | |
| HFF | Marcus Bontempelli | 24 | Western Bulldogs | #4 National 2013 | 18 | 127 | 3 | |
| FP | Liam Ryan | 23 | West Coast | #26 National 2017 | 18 | 37 | 1 | |
| FF | Tom Hawkins | 31 | Geelong | #41 National 2006 | 21 | 256 | 3 | |
| FP | Dustin Martin | 28 | Richmond | #3 National 2009 | 20 | 224 | 4 | |
| Ru | Nic Naitanui | 29 | West Coast | #2 National 2008 | 17 | 166 | 2 | |
| RR | Christian Petracca | 24 | Melbourne | #2 National 2014 | 17 | 85 | 1 | |
| Ro | Lachie Neale | 26 | Brisbane | #58 National 2011 | 19 | 159 | 2 | |
| IC | Jack Steele | 24 | St Kilda | #24 National 2014 | 19 | 78 | 1 | |
| IC | Taylor Adams | 26 | Collingwood | #13 National 2011 | 19 | 132 | 1 | |
| IC | Caleb Daniel | 23 | Western Bulldogs | #46 National 2014 | 18 | 91 | 1 | |
| IC | Max Gawn | 28 | Melbourne | #34 National 2009 | 14 | 120 | 4 |