2012 All-Australian team
The 2012 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League players during the 2012 season. It was announced on 17 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2012 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich and Mark Ricciuto.Team
Initial squad
At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen and later announced on 5 September.| Club | Total | Player |
| 5 | Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Jacobs, Brent Reilly, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker | |
| 0 | ||
| 1 | Eddie Betts | |
| 3 | Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan | |
| 1 | Jobe Watson | |
| 2 | Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich | |
| 5 | Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor | |
| 1 | Gary Ablett Jr. | |
| 0 | ||
| 4 | Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli | |
| 0 | ||
| 2 | Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow | |
| 0 | ||
| 4 | Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric, Jack Riewoldt | |
| 4 | Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt | |
| 4 | Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Ted Richards | |
| 4 | Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters | |
| 0 |
Final team
of was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of named as vice-captain.Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.