The 2012 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2012 season. It was announced on 17 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
The selection panel for the 2012 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich and Mark Ricciuto.[1]
At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen and later announced on 5 September.
| Club | Total | class=unsortable | Player(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 5 | Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Jacobs, Brent Reilly, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 1 | Eddie Betts | ||
| align=center | 3 | Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan | ||
| align=center | 1 | Jobe Watson | ||
| align=center | 2 | Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich | ||
| align=center | 5 | Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor | ||
| align=center | 1 | Gary Ablett Jr. | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 4 | Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 2 | Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 4 | Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric, Jack Riewoldt | ||
| align=center | 4 | Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt | ||
| align=center | 4 | Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Ted Richards | ||
| align=center | 4 | Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters | ||
| align=center | 0 |
Darren Glass of was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of named as vice-captain.[2] [3]
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.