2017 All-Australian team


The 2017 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League players during the 2017 season. It was announced on 30 August 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 2017 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Andrew Dillon, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.

Team

Initial squad

The initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 28 August. Minor premiers had the most selections with eight, while and were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad.
ClubTotalPlayer
8Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Sam Jacobs, Rory Laird, Jake Lever, Tom Lynch, Rory Sloane, Taylor Walker
1Dayne Zorko
2Sam Docherty, Matthew Kreuzer
2Jeremy Howe, Adam Treloar
3Joe Daniher, Michael Hurley, Zach Merrett
0
2Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood
0
4Toby Greene, Josh Kelly, Tom Scully, Dylan Shiel
1Tom Mitchell
3Jeff Garlett, Michael Hibberd, Neville Jetta
1Ben Brown
2Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas, Paddy Ryder
2Dustin Martin, Alex Rance
2Dylan Roberton, Sebastian Ross
2Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy
3Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo
1Marcus Bontempelli

Final team

Adelaide, and each had the most selections with three. defender Alex Rance was announced as the All-Australian captain, with West Coast forward Josh Kennedy announced as vice-captain. The team saw twelve players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers, with twelve clubs represented.
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.