| Pick | # ↧ | Club | Detail | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Original Club | Grade | Games | Goals | Coaches | Brownlow | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | Paul Roos | 31yr | 188cm | 88kg | Beverley Hills | A+ | 87 | 19 | 0 | 23 | AA: 1996, 1997 | ||
| 2 | Fremantle | Greg Madigan | 24yr | 193cm | 92kg | Bulleen-Templestowe/Marcellin College | C | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Fitzroy | Jason Ramsey | 19yr | 189cm | 87kg | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | St Kilda | Glen Coghlan | 20yr | 190cm | 94kg | Kyabram | C | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Brisbane | Ross Lyon | 28yr | 183cm | 78kg | Reservoir | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Adelaide | Peter Vardy | 18yr | 181cm | 83kg | Elizabeth/Central District | B | 137 (96) | 206 | 0 | 8 | Prem: 1998 | ||
| 8 | Essendon | Mark Fraser | 23yr | 183cm | 78kg | Montmorency | C | 65 | 26 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Richmond | Stuart Wigney | 25yr | 191cm | 99kg | Leongatha | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Collingwood | Dermott Brereton | 30yr | 186cm | 89kg | Frankston Rovers | B | 15 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Hawthorn | Richard Taylor | 21yr | 173cm | 76kg | Camberwell Grammar | C+ | 136 (108) | 53 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Western Bulldogs | Jose Romero | 23yr | 173cm | 74kg | Jacana | C+ | 122 | 71 | 0 | 14 | B&F: 1996 | ||
| 13 | Carlton | Matt Clape | 25yr | 187cm | 86kg | Guildford Grammar/East Perth | C+ | 58 | 48 | 0 | 10 | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 14 | Melbourne | Shaun Smith | 25yr | 184cm | 90kg | Ainslie | B | 62 | 96 | 0 | 12 | |||
| 15 | North Melbourne | Keenan Reynolds | 26yr | 188cm | 90kg | Werribee/Essendon Reserves | C | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Geelong | Derek Hall | 24yr | 189cm | 92kg | West Perth | C+ | 74 | 74 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 17 | West Coast | Paul Peos | 26yr | 183cm | 85kg | East Perth | C+ | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Fitzroy | Anthony Mellington | 20yr | 187cm | 84kg | Shepparton FC | C | 44 (24) | 43 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 19 | St Kilda | Mark Kennedy | 22yr | 185cm | 87kg | Woodville-West Torrens | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Brisbane | Shannon Corcoran | 23yr | 182cm | 80kg | Sacred Heart College/Glenelg | C | 7 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Adelaide | Tyson Edwards | 18yr | 178cm | 81kg | West Adelaide | B+ | 321 | 192 | 161 | 75 | B&F: 2003; Prem: 1997, 1998 | ||
| 22 | Essendon | Tim Darcy | 30yr | 186cm | 86kg | St Joseph's | C+ | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Collingwood | Nick Hider | 23yr | 174cm | 72kg | Camperdown/St Patrick's College | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Hawthorn | Tony Woods | 25yr | 185cm | 90kg | Old Paradians | C+ | 142 | 26 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 26 | Western Bulldogs | Paul Dimattina | 20yr | 180cm | 84kg | Marcellin College | C+ | 131 | 56 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 27 | Carlton | Glenn Manton | 21yr | 185cm | 88kg | Strathmore/East Keilor | C+ | 157 | 30 | 0 | 7 | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 28 | Melbourne | Martin Heppell | 20yr | 178cm | 75kg | Carey Grammar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | North Melbourne | Glenn Gorman | 18yr | 187cm | 82kg | Maryborough FC/Assumption College/Geelong U18 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Geelong | Dean Talbot | 19yr | 194cm | 87kg | Doncaster Heights | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | West Coast | Jason Spinks | 23yr | 191cm | 85kg | South Fremantle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Fitzroy | Simon Atkins | 26yr | 180cm | 88kg | Wynyard | C+ | 41 | 13 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 33 | Essendon | Matthew Banks | 18yr | 199cm | 103kg | Ringwood/Eastern U18 | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Collingwood | Ryan Aitken | 18yr | 181cm | 80kg | Dandenong U18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Western Bulldogs | Michael Johnston | 23yr | 182cm | 85kg | Leongatha | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | Carlton | Alan Thorpe | 26yr | 185cm | 83kg | Preston RSL | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 37 | Western Bulldogs | Andrew Nichol | 20yr | 196cm | 95kg | Northern U18/Box Hill | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |