The All Australian selectors were not asked to nominate the leading players in each section of the field -- forwards, defenders and midfielders / ruckmen – but simply to name the best players of the season. However, the final team of 22, to be named on Thursday September 1 in Melbourne, is selected to best fit team balance as if to play a match.

A total of 16 clubs had at least one player selected in the squad with the Adelaide Crows (six), GWS Giants and the Sydney Swans (both five players) supplying the most representatives.

A total of 24 players were nominated for a potential first-ever All Australian selection while nine players from last year's best team were again nominated as potential selections this year – Eddie Betts, Patrick Dangerfield, Andrew Gaff, Dan Hannebery, West Coast’s Josh Kennedy, Sam Mitchell, Alex Rance, Cyril Rioli and Heath Shaw.

In contrast to the 24 potential debutants, Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury, the Geelong Cats’ Corey Enright and the Sydney Swans’ Lance Franklin are each in line for their potential sixth separate selection as an All Australian player.

The squad members named are in order of club representation is as follows:

Eddie Betts, Adelaide Crows. 

Josh Jenkins, Adelaide Crows.

Rory Laird, Adelaide Crows. 

Tom Lynch, Adelaide Crows. 

Rory Sloane, Adelaide Crows. 

Daniel Talia, Adelaide Crows.

Sam Docherty, Carlton. 

Kade Simpson, Carlton.

Scott Pendlebury, Collingwood.

Adam Treloar, Collingwood.

Lachie Neale, Fremantle. 

Patrick Dangerfield, Geelong Cats. 

Corey Enright, Geelong Cats.

Joel Selwood, Geelong Cats. 

Tom Lynch, Gold Coast Suns. 

Stephen Coniglio, GWS Giants. 

Toby Greene, GWS Giants.

Tom Scully, GWS Giants. 

Heath Shaw, GWS Giants.

Callan Ward, GWS Giants. 

Jack Gunston, Hawthorn.

Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn.

Cyril Rioli, Hawthorn.

Max Gawn, Melbourne. 

Robbie Tarrant, North Melbourne. 

Jasper Pittard, Port Adelaide. 

Dustin Martin, Richmond. 

Alex Rance, Richmond.

Jack Steven, St Kilda.

Lance Franklin, Sydney Swans. 

Dan Hannebery, Sydney Swans. 

Josh Kennedy, Sydney Swans. 

Luke Parker, Sydney Swans. 

Dane Rampe, Sydney Swans. 

Andrew Gaff, West Coast.

Josh Kennedy, West Coast.

Jeremy McGovern, West Coast. 

Luke Shuey, West Coast.

Marcus Bontempelli, Western Bulldogs.

Matthew Boyd, Western Bulldogs.