| Position | Captain | Player | Age | Club | Drafted | Games | Games Pre | Times AA |
| BP | Nick Blakey | 23 | Sydney | #10 National 2018 | 26 | 102 | 1 | |
| FB | Jacob Weitering | 26 | Carlton | #1 National 2015 | 22 | 159 | 1 | |
| BP | Luke Ryan | 27 | Fremantle | #66 National 2016 | 23 | 132 | 2 | |
| HBF | Dayne Zorko | 34 | Brisbane | Prelist 2011 | 27 | 250 | 2 | |
| CHB | Jeremy McGovern | 31 | West Coast | #44 Rookie 2010 | 19 | 172 | 5 | |
| HBF | Dan Houston | 26 | Port Adelaide | #45 Rookie 2015 | 22 | 146 | 2 | |
| W | Errol Gulden | 21 | Sydney | #32 National 2020 | 26 | 67 | 2 | |
| C | C | Marcus Bontempelli | 28 | Western Bulldogs | #4 National 2013 | 24 | 216 | 6 |
| W | Nick Daicos | 21 | Collingwood | #4 National 2021 | 23 | 47 | 2 | |
| HFF | Chad Warner | 22 | Sydney | #39 National 2019 | 25 | 60 | 1 | |
| CHF | Jeremy Cameron | 30 | Geelong | GWS Underage 2010 | 24 | 230 | 4 | |
| HFF | Isaac Heeney | 27 | Sydney | #18 National 2014 | 24 | 177 | 2 | |
| FP | Jake Waterman | 25 | West Coast | #77 National 2016 | 20 | 84 | 1 | |
| FF | Jesse Hogan | 28 | GWS | #2 Mini-Draft 2012 | 25 | 140 | 1 | |
| FP | Dylan Moore | 24 | Hawthorn | #67 National 2017 | 25 | 75 | 1 | |
| Ru | Max Gawn | 32 | Melbourne | #34 National 2009 | 21 | 203 | 7 | |
| RR | VC | Patrick Cripps | 28 | Carlton | #13 National 2013 | 24 | 183 | 4 |
| Ro | Caleb Serong | 22 | Fremantle | #8 National 2019 | 23 | 80 | 2 | |
| IC | Lachie Whitfield | 29 | GWS | #1 National 2012 | 25 | 209 | 2 | |
| IC | Lachie Neale | 30 | Brisbane | #58 National 2011 | 26 | 246 | 4 | |
| IC | Adam Treloar | 30 | Western Bulldogs | GWS Underage 2010 | 23 | 231 | 1 | |
| IC | Zak Butters | 23 | Port Adelaide | #12 National 2018 | 26 | 93 | 2 |