| Player | Era | Recruited From |
| Henry Crane | 1897 | Malvern Juniors / Ballarat |
| Sam Chapman | 1897 - 1898 | Fitzroy VFA / Sth Melb. VFA / St Kilda VFA / Scotch College (Hawthorn) |
| Harry Gyles | 1897 | Carlton VFA / Richmond Juniors |
| Sam Reid | 1897 | Hawthorn (VJFA) |
| Billy Arnott | 1897 | Collingwood VFA / Richmond City |
| George Warde | 1898 | Melbourne Juniors |
| Des Meadowcroft | 1898 | Richmond Star |
| Jim Cowcher | 1898 | Hawthorn (VJFA) / Collingwood VFA / Kew Juniors |
| Dan Lanigan | 1899 | Melbourne / Collingwood / Collingwood VFA / Collingwood Juniors |
| Bill Lewis | 1900 | Richmond City |
| Joe Marr | 1901 | Carlton Imperials / Melbourne Juniors |
| Bill Pettit | 1901 | West Richmond |
| Billy Spears | 1901 | Camberwell Rovers |
| Jack Todd | 1901 - 1902 | Leopold / Carlton Juniors / Prahran |
| Tom Watson | 1902 | West Richmond VFA |
| Rob Dashwood | 1902 | South Yarra |
| Chris Ryan | 1902 - 1903 | Xavier College (Kew) |
| Fred Scott | 1902 - 1904 | Essendon / Essendon VFA / Essendon District / Parkville / Scotch College (Hawthorn) |
| Jim Flynn | 1903 - 1910 | Geelong / Benalla District / Collingwood VFA / Canterbury |
| Norm Hogg | 1903 - 1904 | Boroondara |
| Bert Lithgow | 1903 - 1904 | Yarra Glen |
| Sam Marron | 1904 | Kew / Xavier College (Kew) |
| George Johnson | 1905 - 1909 | Richmond VFA |
| Bill Carmody | 1908 | Prahran VFA |
| Claude Cornish | 1910 | Prahran VFA |
| Les Rowe | 1911 | Carlton District / Melbourne High School |
| Charlie Taylor | 1911 | Melbourne / Hawthorn Juniors / Caulfield |
| Charles Rauber | 1912 | Healesville |
| Vic Gordon | 1915 | Melbourne / St Kilda / Hawthorn VFA |
| Ern Carter | 1916 - 1920 | Richmond / Balmain |
| Phil McCumisky | 1917 - 1919 | Xavier College (Kew) / St Pat's Ballarat |
| Jack Woolley | 1918 - 1919 | Hawthorn VFA / Melbourne / Essendon / South Yarra / Northcote VFA / Preston VFA |
| Ray Stewart | 1918 - 1919 | Richmond / Williamstown VFA |
| Clarrie Calwell | 1920 | Army * / Williamstown Juniors / Clifton's Rope Works * / Camberwell |
| Ernie Dingwall | 1922 | Prahran VFA |
| Ray Brew | 1923 - 1931 | St Kevin's (Toorak) / West Melbourne CYMS / Newman College (Carlton) |
| Les Husband | 1923 - 1924 | Collingwood District / Box Hill / Trinity Grammarians (Kew) |
| Billy Stone | 1925 | Coburg / Camberwell |
| Ted Brewis | 1925 - 1928 | Maffra / Maryborough / Camberwell / Preston VFA |
| Bill Koop | 1925 - 1928 | Dimboola / Prahran VFA |
| Harry McPherson | 1925 - 1926 | Fire Brigade / Essendon Reserves / Essendon Districts / Prahran VFA |
| Joe Kelly | 1926 - 1934 | Thornbury CYMS / Old Xaverians (Kew) |
| Albert 'Jack' Williamson | 1926 | Woori Yallock (near Yarra Glen) |
| Jim Shanahan | 1927 | Collingwood / Horsham / Camberwell |
| Vin Arthur | 1927 - 1933 | South Bendigo / Carlton / St Kilda / Richmond District / Drouin |
| Bert Everett | 1928 - 1929 | Brunswick / Richmond Reserves |
| Noel Peverill | 1929 | University Blacks / Scotch College (Hawthorn) |
| Tom Byrne | 1929 | Ararat / Williamstown / Fitzroy Reserves / Prahran VFA |
| Bruce Scharp | 1930 - 1931 | Kew / University Blues / Scotch College (Hawthorn) |
| George Morrissey | 1931 | Kew / Port Melbourne / Nth Melbourne / Brunswick Juniors |
| Leo Opray | 1932 - 1933 | Oakleigh VFA / Richmond |
| Charlie Street | 1932 - 1933 | Richmond / St James (Yarrawonga) / North Richmond |
| Jim Park | 1932 - 1940 | Bass / Scotch College (Hawthorn) |
| Horrie Bullen | 1932 - 1937 | Doncaster / Hawthorn |
| Les Hughson | 1933 - 1934 | Preston / Fairfield / Hawthorn / Collingwood / Telegraphists (Wed. League) |
| Alby De Luca | 1934 - 1935 | Prahran VFA / Sandringham VFA |
| Terry Ogden | 1934 | Hawthorn Reserves / Melbourne / Essendon Reserves / Northcote CYMS |
| Jim Francis | 1934 - 1943 | Hawthorn / Manningtree P.S. (Hawthorn) |
| Clen Denning | 1935 - 1937 | Oakleigh VFA |
| Frank P Williams | 1936 - 1937 | University Blacks / St Kevins College (Toorak) |
| Ron Savage | 1938 - 1945 | Mitcham |
| Cyril Mann | 1939 - 1945 | Silvan |
| Jack Bennett | 1940 - 1947 | Camberwell |
| Clinton 'Dick' Chandler | 1934 - 1943 | Hawthorn / State Savings Bank |
| Lance Regnier | 1941 | St Kilda / Sandringham / Prahran VFA Reserves / Warrnambool |
| Bob Atkinson | 1942 - 1944 | Coburg VFA / Camberwell South |
| Les Gregory | 1944 - 1945 | North Adelaide / Richmond Reserves / Albury |
| Alan Sorrell | 1947 - 1949 | Melbourne High School Old Boys (MHSOB) - South Yarra |
| Laurie Kerr | 1950 - 1959 | Auburn |
| Harvey Dunn jnr | 1951 - 1954 | Box Hill / Essendon Stars / Essendon Technical School |
| George Ferry | 1952 - 1961 | St Pat's East Melbourne |
| Alex Boyle | 1953 - 1954 | Oakleigh VFA / Frankston / Pearcedale |
| Max Wenn | 1953 - 1954 | Oakleigh VFA / Berwick |
| John Cheffers | 1955 | Kew Amateurs |
| Peter Barry | 1958 - 1963 | Bayswater |
| Gordon Collis | 1961 - 1967 | Healesville |
| John Goold | 1963 - 1970 | Healesville / Melbourne Grammar |
| Peter Kerr | 1967 - 1970 | St Kevin's (Toorak) |
| Bill Barrot | 1971 | St Kilda / Richmond / Ashburton / Jordanville / Glen Iris |
| David Dickson | 1972 - 1976 | Preston / Newlands High School / Powelltown |
| Wayne Johnston | 1979 - 1990 | Prahran VFA / Wandin North |
| Geoff Hocking | 1981 | Mooroolbark |
| David Honybun | 1984 | Coleambally, NSW / Uni. Blues / Mackay, QLD / Uni. Blacks / Scotch College |
| Ian Muller | 1984 - 1985 | Scotch College (Hawthorn) / Maffra |
| Warren McKenzie | 1985 - 1990 | Mooroolbark |
| Stephen Silvagni | 1985 - 2001 | Marcellin College (Bulleen) |
| Luke O'Sullivan | 1988 - 1997 | Xavier College (Kew) |
| Fraser Brown | 1989 - 2000 | Lilydale |
| Andrew McKinnon | 1989 - 1990 | Olinda |
| Andrew Phillips | 1989 - 1991 | Melbourne High School Old Boys (South Yarra)/Waverley Juniors |
| Ashley Matthews | 1989 - 1991 | Lilydale |
| Brett Ratten | 1990 - 2003 | Yarra Glen / Healesville |
| Ron De Iulio | 1992 - 1999 | Box Hill VFA / Brunswick VFA |
| Paul McCormack | 1992 - 1994 | Dandenong VFA / Nth Melbourne U/19's / Scoresby |
| Barry Mitchell | 1994 - 1996 | Collingwood / Sydney Swans / Mulgrave |
| Dean Rice | 1992 | St Kilda / Geelong Reserves / Longwood / Essex Heights |
| Matthew Allan | 1994 - 2003 | North Ringwood / Mooroolbark / Olinda / Eastern Ranges U/18's |
| Simon Beaumont | 1995 - 2003 | Central Dragons U/18's / Melbourne Grammar / East Camberwell / Camberwell Sharks |
| Justin Murphy | 1996 - 2000 & 2002 - 2003 | Richmond / Central Dragon U/18's / De La Salle (Malvern) / Kew Juniors |
| Craig Devonport | 1996 | St Kilda / Croydon / Seville |
| Adam White | 1997 - 2000 | Eastern Ranges U/18's /East Burwood |
| Sean Charles | 1998 | Melbourne / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Powelltown / Tatura / Carnegie |
| Trent Hotton | 2000 - 2002 | East Burwood / Sth Adelaide / Collingwood / Preston Knights U/18's / Warragul |
| David Gallagher | 2002 | Adelaide Crows / Prahran Dragons U/18's / Clayton |
| Bret Thornton | 2002 - 2012 | Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Mount Waverley Blues |
| Brad Fisher | 2003 - 2010 | Eastern Ranges U/18s' / East Burwood |
| Kade Simpson | 2003 - 2020 | Eastern Ranges U/18's / Emerald |
| Cameron Cloke | 2007 - 2009 | Collingwood / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Park Orchards |
| Adrian DeLuca | 2004 - 2006 | Port Melbourne / Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Panthers |
| Andrew Carrazzo | 2004 - 2015 | Geelong Reserves / Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / East Burwood / Knox Eagles |
| Eddie Betts | 2005 - 2013 | Mines Rovers FC WA / Mallee Park, SA / Templestowe (EFL) VIC / Calder Cannons |
| Marc Murphy | 2006 - 2021 | Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Doncaster / Beverley Hills |
| Jason Saddington | 2006 - 2008 | Sydney Swans / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Mitcham |
| Kristian Jaksch | 2015 - 2017 | Greater Western Sydney / Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Kew Rovers / Carey Baptist Grammar School |
| Jack Silvagni | 2016 - ? | Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Xavier College / Greythorn |
| David Cuningham | 2016 - 2024 | Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Mentone Grammar / Canterbury |
| Aaron Mullett | 2018 | Nth Melbourne / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Vermont / Mooroolbark Mustangs (EFL) |
| Cam O'Shea | 2018 | Northern Blues / Port Adelaide / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Emerald FC |
| Patrick Kerr | 2018 - 2019 | Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / St Kevins College / Glen Iris |
| Matthew Lobbe | 2018 - 2019 | Port Adelaide Power / Eastern Ranges U/18's / Monbulk |
| Marc Pittonet | 2020 - ? | Hawthorn / Oakleigh Chargers U/18's / Marcellin |
| Matt Owies | 2019 - 2024 | Sandringham Dragons U/18's / St Kevin's / Camberwell Sharks |
| Will Hayes | 2022 | Carlton (VFL) / Western Bulldogs / Sandringham Dragons U/18's / Melbourne Grammar / Euroa |
| Cooper Lord | 2024 | Nth Melbourne (VFL) / Sandringham Dragons / Scotch College / Kew Rovers / Glen Iris |
| Matt Carroll | 2025 | Sandringham Dragons / East Malvern FC / St Kevin's |
(Cached)