^a For various reasons, a number of players drafted in the late 1980s and early 1990s refused to live in Western Australia, instead choosing to remain and play football in their home states.
^b Burton later played 70 games with Fremantle and 77 games with the Kangaroos.
^c Edmonds later played one game with Fremantle.
^d Edwards had previously played six games with Fitzroy and 10 with the Brisbane Bears.
^e Freeman had previously played five games with St Kilda.
^f Gow had previously played seven games with Footscray.
^g Hutchinson had previously played one game with Melbourne.
^h Inaugural squad member.
ⁱ Mann later played 39 games with North Melbourne and 77 games with Fremantle.

^j Muir later played 20 games with Fremantle.
^k Oakley-Nicholls had previously played 13 games with Richmond.
^l Ogg had previously played nine games with the Brisbane Bears.
^m Robbins later played five games with the Brisbane Bears, 47 games with the Brisbane Lions, and 40 games with the Kangaroos.
ⁿ Schwerdt later played 25 games with Adelaide.
^o Smoker later played 17 games with Melbourne.
^p Spaanderman had previously played three games with the Brisbane Lions.
^q Walker later played 16 games with Collingwood.
^r Watson played 307 games with Essendon before and after his drafting by West Coast.