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 process

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

, 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.

Initial squad

The preliminary 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 28 August. Minor premiers Adelaide had the most selections with eight, while and were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad.