| CLUB | 1998 POS | CAPTAIN | COACH | B&F 1998 | LEADING GOALKICKER IN 1998 |
| ADELAIDE | 1st | Mark Bickley | Malcom Blight | Mark Ricciuto | Darren Jarman No.45 |
| BRISBANE | 16th | Voss/Lynch | Leigh Mathews | Chris Scott | Justin Leppich No.26 |
| CARLTON | 11th | Craig Bradley | David Parkin | Fraser Brown | Lance Whitnall No.46 |
| COLLINGWOOD | 14th | Nathan Buckley | Tony Shaw | Nathan Buckley | Saverio Rocca No.68 |
| ESSENDON | 8th | James Hird | Kevin Sheedy | Damien Hardwick | Mathew Lloyd No.70 |
| FREMANTLE | 15th | Chris Bond | Damien Drumm | Jason Norrish | Clive Waterhouse No.30 |
| GEELONG | 12th | Leigh Colbert | Gary Ayres | Peter Riccardi | Burns/Spinks No.35 |
| HAWTHORN | 13th | Shane Crawford | Ken Judge | Shane Crawford | Jason Dunstall No.54 |
| MELBOURNE | 4th | Todd Viney | Neale Daniher | Todd Viney | Jeff Farmer No.47 |
| NORTH MELBOURNE | 2nd | Wayne Carey | Dennis Pagan | Wayne Carey | Wayne Carey No.80 |
| PORT POWER | 10th | Gavin Wanganeen | Mark Williams | Adam Kingsley | Warren Tredrea No.33 |
| RICHMOND | 9th | Mathew Knights | Jeff Gieshcen | Nick Daffey | Mathew Richardson No.55 |
| ST.KILDA | 6th | Loewe/Bourke | Tim Watson | Robert Harvey | Jason Heatley No.48 |
| SYDNEY | 5th | Paul Kelly | Rodney Eade | Michael O'Loughlin | Tony Lockett No.109 |
| W.C.E | 7th | Guy McKenna | Michael Malthouse | Ashley McIntosh | Fraser Gehrig No.42 |
| WESTERN BULLDOGS | 3rd | Chris Grant | Terry Wallace | Scott West | Paul Hudson No.61 |