| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | James Sicily | 28 | Hawthorn | #56 National 2013 | 19 | 115 | 1 | |
| FB | Callum Wilkie | 26 | St Kilda | #3 Rookie 2018 | 24 | 85 | 1 | |
| BP | Tom Stewart | 29 | Geelong | #40 National 2016 | 22 | 126 | 5 | |
| HBF | Jack Sinclair | 27 | St Kilda | #1 Rookie 2014 | 24 | 141 | 2 | |
| CHB | Darcy Moore | 26 | Collingwood | #9 National 2014 | 24 | 126 | 2 | |
| HBF | Dan Houston | 25 | Port Adelaide | #45 Rookie 2015 | 25 | 121 | 1 | |
| W | Errol Gulden | 20 | Sydney | #32 National 2020 | 24 | 43 | 1 | |
| C | VC | Marcus Bontempelli | 27 | Western Bulldogs | #4 National 2013 | 23 | 193 | 5 |
| W | Josh Daicos | 24 | Collingwood | #57 National 2016 | 26 | 77 | 1 | |
| HFF | Connor Rozee | 22 | Port Adelaide | #5 National 2018 | 25 | 81 | 2 | |
| CHF | Taylor Walker | 32 | Adelaide | #75 National 2007 | 22 | 238 | 1 | |
| HFF | Christian Petracca | 27 | Melbourne | #2 National 2014 | 25 | 151 | 4 | |
| FP | Charlie Cameron | 28 | Brisbane | #7 Rookie 2013 | 26 | 176 | 2 | |
| FF | Charlie Curnow | 25 | Carlton | #12 National 2015 | 26 | 84 | 2 | |
| FP | C | Toby Greene | 29 | GWS | #11 National 2011 | 24 | 191 | 3 |
| Ru | Tim English | 25 | Western Bulldogs | #19 National 2016 | 23 | 85 | 1 | |
| RR | Zak Butters | 22 | Port Adelaide | #12 National 2018 | 25 | 68 | 1 | |
| Ro | Nick Daicos | 20 | Collingwood | #4 National 2021 | 22 | 25 | 1 | |
| IC | Jordan Dawson | 25 | Adelaide | #56 National 2015 | 23 | 86 | 1 | |
| IC | Nick Larkey | 24 | North Melbourne | #73 National 2016 | 23 | 71 | 1 | |
| IC | Zach Merrett | 27 | Essendon | #26 National 2013 | 22 | 184 | 3 | |
| IC | Caleb Serong | 21 | Fremantle | #8 National 2019 | 22 | 58 | 1 |