| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes | 
  | Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide | 17 years, 326 days | 6[1] | 312 | 292 |  | 
  | Matthew Robran | Adelaide | 22 years, 37 days | 9[2] | 130 | 110 | Son of Barrie Robran and brother of Jonathan Robran. Previously played for Hawthorn. | 
  | Greg Anderson | Adelaide | 26 years, 318 days | 1[3] | 59 | 19 | Previously played for Essendon. | 
  | Mark Viska | Adelaide | 22 years, 31 days | 10[4] | 33 | 1 |  | 
  | Matthew Powell | Adelaide | 19 years, 273 days | 13[5] | 16 | 4 | Father of Tom Powell. | 
  | Chris Groom | Adelaide | 19 years, 212 days | 1[6] | 12 | 8 |  | 
  | Stuart Wigney | Adelaide | 24 years, 124 days | 21[7] | 10 | 20 | Brother of Brad Wigney. Previously played for Footscray and Sydney. | 
  | Justin Leppitsch | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 177 days | 1[8] | 227 | 194 |  | 
  | Adrian Fletcher | Brisbane Bears | 23 years, 168 days | 1[9] | 107 | 49 | Father of Jaspa Fletcher. Previously played for Geelong and St Kilda. | 
  | Matthew Clarke | Brisbane Bears | 19 years, 190 days | 1[10] | 130 | 19 |  | 
  | Dion Scott | Brisbane Bears | 23 years, 10 days | 3[11] | 73 | 61 | Previously played for Sydney. | 
  | Nathan Chapman | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 324 days | 1[12] | 60 | 13 |  | 
  | Paul Peos | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 64 days | 2[13] | 33 | 40 | Previously played for West Coast. | 
  | Danny Craven | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 364 days | 6[14] | 25 | 7 | Previously played for St Kilda. | 
  | Fabian Francis | Brisbane Bears | 19 years, 160 days | 2[15] | 22 | 17 | Step-father of Jason Horne-Francis. Previously played for Melbourne. | 
  | Damian Bourke | Brisbane Bears | 28 years, 158 days | 13[16] | 22 | 4 | Father of Jordon Bourke. Previously played for Geelong. | 
  | Brendan McCormack | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 301 days | 5[17] | 12 | 9 | Previously played for Fitzroy. | 
  | Michael Murphy | Brisbane Bears | 27 years, 206 days | 2[18] | 10 | 22 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Adelaide. | 
  | Paul Spargo | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 191 days | 4[19] | 9 | 9 | Grandson of Bob Spargo Sr., son of Bob Spargo jnr, nephew of Ricky Spargo and father of Charlie Spargo. Previously played for North Melbourne. | 
  | John Parker | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 54 days | 15[20] | 3 | 0 |  | 
  | Martin Heffernan | Brisbane Bears | 20 years, 296 days | 12[21] | 2 | 1 | Previously played for Geelong. | 
  | Brad Pearce | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 357 days | 19[22] | 2 | 1 |  | 
  | Andrew McKay | Carlton | 22 years, 256 days | 1[23] | 244 | 28 | Father of Abbie McKay. | 
  | Tim Powell | Carlton | 25 years, 25 days | 7[24] | 11 | 10 | Previously played for Richmond. | 
  | Scott Spalding | Carlton | 24 years, 206 days | 1[25] | 1 | 0 | Brother of Earl Spalding. | 
  | Jeremy Smith | Carlton | 19 years, 196 days | 8[26] | 1 | 1 |  | 
  | Kent Butcher | Collingwood | 19 years, 198 days | 9[27] | 22 | 3 |  | 
  | Barry Mitchell | Collingwood | 27 years, 109 days | 1[28] | 13 | 8 | Father of Tom Mitchell. Previously played for Sydney. | 
  | Andrew Tranquilli | Collingwood | 21 years, 108 days | 19[29] | 12 | 20 |  | 
  | Glenn Sandford | Collingwood | 21 years, 195 days | 2[30] | 5 | 1 |  | 
  | Dustin Fletcher | Essendon | 17 years, 331 days | 2[31] | 400 | 71 | Essendon games record holder. Son of Ken Fletcher. | 
  | Rick Olarenshaw | Essendon | 20 years, 70 days | 3[32] | 77 | 14 |  | 
  | Tony Delaney | Essendon | 17 years, 91 days | 1[33] | 15 | 9 |  | 
  | John McCarthy | Fitzroy | 26 years, 11 days | 3[34] | 71 | 77 | Previously played for North Melbourne. | 
  | Simon Hawking | Fitzroy | 20 years, 120 days | 14[35] | 60 | 30 |  | 
  | Mark Zanotti | Fitzroy | 28 years, 139 days | 1[36] | 57 | 8 | Previously played for West Coast and Brisbane. | 
  | James Manson | Fitzroy | 26 years, 159 days | 3[37] | 47 | 20 | Son of Jim Manson. Previously played for Collingwood. | 
  | Anthony McGregor | Fitzroy | 20 years, 363 days | 14[38] | 41 | 11 |  | 
  | Michael Dunstan | Fitzroy | 22 years, 15 days | 1[39] | 38 | 30 |  | 
  | Danny Morton | Fitzroy | 19 years, 331 days | 10[40] | 30 | 17 |  | 
  | Tom Kavanagh | Fitzroy | 23 years, 108 days | 19[41] | 8 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. | 
  | Darren Payne | Fitzroy | 19 years, 30 days | 18[42] | 6 | 1 |  | 
  | Scott West | Footscray | 18 years, 132 days | 1[43] | 324 | 104 | Father of Rhylee West. | 
  | Peter Quill | Footscray | 23 years, 244 days | 5[44] | 67 | 20 |  | 
  | Ilija Grgic | Footscray | 21 years, 29 days | 2[45] | 62 | 92 |  | 
  | Brad Nicholson | Footscray | 19 years, 50 days | 17[46] | 34 | 1 |  | 
  | Luke Beveridge | Footscray | 22 years, 300 days | 12[47] | 31 | 29 | Coached the Western Bulldogs to the 2016 AFL Premiership. Grandson of Jack Beveridge. Previously played for Melbourne. | 
  | Anthony Darcy | Footscray | 22 years, 300 days | 6[48] | 14 | 2 | Previously played for Geelong. | 
  | Alan Thorpe | Footscray | 24 years, 286 days | 18[49] | 12 | 23 | Previously played for Sydney. | 
  | Shane Ellen | Footscray | 20 years, 99 days | 3[50] | 11 | 1 |  | 
  | Ben Graham | Geelong | 19 years, 292 days | 21[51] | 219 | 145 | Only person to captain an AFL and National Football League side. | 
  | Leigh Colbert | Geelong | 17 years, 336 days | 7[52] | 105 | 50 |  | 
  | Liam Pickering | Geelong | 24 years, 215 days | 3[53] | 102 | 46 | Son of Michaerl Pickering. Previously played for North Melbourne. | 
  | Paul Lynch | Geelong | 19 years, 181 days | 4[54] | 62 | 55 | Son of Fred Lynch. | 
  | Leigh Tudor | Geelong | 23 years, 204 days | 4[55] | 60 | 53 | Previously played for North Melbourne. | 
  | Stephen O'Reilly | Geelong | 20 years, 154 days | 3[56] | 36 | 5 |  | 
  | Leigh Willison | Geelong | 23 years, 164 days | 1[57] | 3 | 4 |  | 
  | Shane Crawford | Hawthorn | 18 years, 199 days | 1[58] | 305 | 224 | 1999 Brownlow Medallist. Brother of Justin Crawford. | 
  | Mark Graham | Hawthorn | 20 years, 48 days | 6[59] | 243 | 63 |  | 
  | Darren Baxter | Hawthorn | 28 years, 8 days | 1[60] | 27 | 2 | Son of Ray Baxter. Previously played for Footscray. | 
  | Mark Bunn | Hawthorn | 22 years, 217 days | 10[61] | 23 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy. | 
  | Scott Crow | Hawthorn | 19 years, 183 days | 12[62] | 13 | 2 |  | 
  | Tim Allen | Hawthorn | 22 years, 229 days | 10[63] | 11 | 4 | Previously played for St Kilda. | 
  | David Neitz | Melbourne | 18 years, 64 days | 1[64] | 306 | 631 |  | 
  | Paul Hopgood | Melbourne | 19 years, 270 days | 4[65] | 113 | 10 |  | 
  | Greg Doyle | Melbourne | 22 years, 205 days | 4[66] | 29 | 14 | Previously played for St Kilda. | 
  | Phil Gilbert | Melbourne | 23 years, 132 days | 1[67] | 25 | 6 |  | 
  | Martin Pike | Melbourne | 20 years, 133 days | 1[68] | 24 | 25 |  | 
  | Glenn Molloy | Melbourne | 21 years, 258 days | 10[69] | 20 | 4 | Son of Graham Molloy. | 
  | Jason Norrish | Melbourne | 21 years,158 days | 14[70] | 20 | 2 |  | 
  | Scott Simister | Melbourne | 20 years, 110 days | 11[71] | 3 | 2 |  | 
  | Adrian Campbell | Melbourne | 20 years, 337 days | 21[72] | 2 | 5 | Previously played for Footscray. | 
  | John Blakey | North Melbourne | 26 years, 246 days | 1[73] | 224 | 72 | Father of Nick Blakey. Previously played for Fitzroy. | 
  | Corey McKernan | North Melbourne | 19 years, 216 days | 17[74] | 196 | 250 | Brother of Shaun McKernan. | 
  | Danielle Laidley | North Melbourne | 26 years, 0 days | 1[75] | 99 | 4 | Known as Dean Laidley throughout her playing career. Previously played for West Coast. | 
  | Adrian McAdam | North Melbourne | 22 years, 42 days | 5[76] | 36 | 92 | Brother of Gilbert and Greg McAdam. | 
  | Jason Daniltchenko | North Melbourne | 17 years, 222 days | 3[77] | 29 | 18 |  | 
  | Robert Pyman | North Melbourne | 21 years, 188 days | 3[78] | 16 | 8 |  | 
  | Brendan Bower | North Melbourne | 26 years, 235 days | 1[79] | 2 | 3 | Brother of Darren and Nathan Bower. Previously played for Richmond and Essendon. | 
  | Brad Sholl | North Melbourne | 20 years, 255 days | 17[80] | 2 | 0 | Brother of Craig Sholl and cousin of Brett Sholl. | 
  | Greg Eppelstun | North Melbourne | 26 years, 131 days | 1[81] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. | 
  | Matthew Richardson | Richmond | 18 years, 50 days | 7[82] | 282 | 800 | Son of Alan Richardson. | 
  | Duncan Kellaway | Richmond | 20 years, 80 days | 7[83] | 180 | 12 | Brother of Andrew Kellaway. | 
  | Chris Bond | Richmond | 24 years, 87 days | 5[84] | 100 | 32 | Previously played for Carlton. | 
  | Paul Bulluss | Richmond | 23 years, 64 days | 1[85] | 97 | 20 |  | 
  | Ashley Prescott | Richmond | 20 years, 345 days | 21[86] | 90 | 15 | Son of David Prescott. | 
  | John Howat | Richmond | 22 years, 256 days | 1[87] | 45 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne. | 
  | Wayne Hernaman | Richmond | 20 years, 317 days | 1[88] | 20 | 9 |  | 
  | Robert Schaefer | Richmond | 21 years, 42 days | 1[89] | 11 | 3 |  | 
  | James Thiessen | Richmond | 19 years, 156 days | 16[90] | 7 | 3 | Son of Tony Thiessen. | 
  | Simon Eishold | Richmond | 26 years, 2 days | 1[91] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. | 
  | Brad Fox | Richmond | 23 years, 295 days | 18[92] | 4 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. | 
  | Adam Slater | Richmond | 19 years, 150 days | 1[93] | 3 | 1 |  | 
  | Mark Pitura | Richmond | 18 years, 275 days | 1[94] | 2 | 0 | Son of John Pitura. | 
  | Stuart Steele | Richmond | 21 years, 55 days | 10[95] | 2 | 0 | Grandson of Raymond Steele. | 
  | Simon Dennis | Richmond | 20 years, 167 days | 19[96] | 2 | 0 |  | 
  | Peter Everitt | St Kilda | 18 years, 328 days | 1[97] | 180 | 300 | Brother of Andrejs Everitt. | 
  | Dean Anderson | St Kilda | 25 years, 238 days | 1[98] | 67 | 26 | Father of Noah Anderson. Previously played for Hawthorn. | 
  | Craig O'Brien | St Kilda | 23 years, 31 days | 2[99] | 52 | 116 | Previously played for Essendon. | 
  | Damen Shaw | St Kilda | 19 years, 51 days | 11[100] | 40 | 15 |  | 
  | Darren Bourke | St Kilda | 23 years, 2 days | 1[101] | 32 | 9 |  | 
  | Chris Hollow | St Kilda | 21 years, 126 days | 1[102] | 24 | 5 |  | 
  | Chris Wittman | St Kilda | 27 years, 209 days | 1[103] | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn. | 
  | Mark Arceri | St Kilda | 28 years, 153 days | 1[104] | 5 | 5 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Carlton. | 
  | Ian Aitken | St Kilda | 25 years, 364 days | 8[105] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. | 
  | Martin Heppell | St Kilda | 18 years, 239 days | 15[106] | 5 | 0 |  | 
  | Brodie Atkinson | St Kilda | 20 years, 316 days | 1[107] | 2 | 0 |  | 
  | Nick Hanson | St Kilda | 19 years, 236 days | 8[108] | 1 | 0 |  | 
  | Leigh Capsalis | St Kilda | 21 years, 221 days | 18[109] | 1 | 0 |  | 
  | Greg Stafford | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 234 days | 4[110] | 130 | 58 |  | 
  | Dean McRae | Sydney Swans | 24 years, 143 days | 2[111] | 60 | 30 | Previously played for North Melbourne. | 
  | Jayson Daniels | Sydney Swans | 22 years, 44 days | 2[112] | 58 | 4 | Previously played for St Kilda. | 
  | Scott Direen | Sydney Swans | 20 years, 215 days | 9[113] | 52 | 10 |  | 
  | Scott Watters | Sydney Swans | 24 years, 69 days | 2[114] | 37 | 11 | Previously played for West Coast. | 
  | Ed Considine | Sydney Swans | 24 years, 197 days | 2[115] | 28 | 6 | Previously played for Essendon. | 
  | Michael Werner | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 250 days | 2[116] | 20 | 20 | Previously played for Essendon. | 
  | Paul Bryce | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 134 days | 1[117] | 17 | 14 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Melbourne. | 
  | Richard Osborne | Sydney Swans | 28 years, 292 days | 2[118] | 16 | 39 | Previously played for Fitzroy. | 
  | John Hutton | Sydney Swans | 26 years, 313 days | 2[119] | 5 | 9 | Previously played for Brisbane. | 
  | Tony Malakellis | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 11 days | 2[120] | 5 | 3 | Brother of Spiro Malakellis. Previously played for Geelong. | 
  | Tony Begovich | Sydney Swans | 25 years, 267 days | 6[121] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for West Coast. | 
  | Gavin McMahon | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 212 days | 21[122] | 5 | 0 |  | 
  | Richard Ambrose | Sydney Swans | 21 years, 3 days | 11[123] | 3 | 1 |  | 
  | Andrew Thomson | Sydney Swans | 20 years, 137 days | 8[124] | 2 | 1 |  | 
  | Aldo Dipetta | Sydney Swans | 21 years, 188 days | 15[125] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for St Kilda. | 
  | Nathan Irvin | Sydney Swans | 20 years, 163 days | 2[126] | 1 | 0 |  | 
  | Drew Banfield | West Coast | 19 years, 141 days | 16[127] | 265 | 76 |  | 
  | Jarrad Schofield | West Coast | 18 years, 134 days | 11[128] | 63 | 34 |  | 
  | Tony Godden | West Coast | 21 years, 118 days | 20[129] | 13 | 8 |  | 
  | Damian Hampson | West Coast | 23 years, 78 days | 11[130] | 6 | 1 |  | 
  | Matthew Connell | West Coast | 20 years, 237 days | 1[131] | 3 | 0 |  | 
  | Brendon Retzlaff | West Coast | 24 years, 65 days | 13[132] | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Brisbane. | 
  | Derek Hall | West Coast | 22 years, 244 days | 18[133] | 2 | 3 |  |