The 2013 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2013 season. It was announced on 16 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players.[1] The team is honorary and does not play any games.
The selection panel for the 2013 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Mark Evans, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Mark Ricciuto and Cameron Ling.
At the conclusion of the 2013 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen. The most controversial omissions were Tom Liberatore, who led the league for clearances, Steve Johnson and Pearce Hanley, as well as no selections from finalists or .[2] 25 players in the squad had not previously been selected in an All-Australian team.[3]
Club | Total | class=unsortable | Player(s) | |
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align=center | 2 | Patrick Dangerfield, Richard Douglas | ||
align=center | 0 | |||
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align=center | 3 | Travis Cloke, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan | ||
align=center | 1 | Jobe Watson | ||
align=center | 5 | Nathan Fyfe, Michael Johnson, Chris Mayne, David Mundy, Michael Walters | ||
align=center | 5 | Corey Enright, Andrew Mackie, Steven Motlop, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor | ||
align=center | 1 | Gary Ablett Jr. | ||
align=center | 1 | Jeremy Cameron | ||
align=center | 5 | Lance Franklin, Josh Gibson, Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead | ||
align=center | 0 | |||
align=center | 4 | Todd Goldstein, Lindsay Thomas, Scott Thompson, Daniel Wells | ||
align=center | 2 | Travis Boak, Chad Wingard | ||
align=center | 0 | |||
align=center | 2 | Nick Riewoldt, Jack Steven | ||
align=center | 5 | Dan Hannebery, Kieren Jack, Josh Kennedy, Jarrad McVeigh, Nick Malceski | ||
align=center | 2 | Josh Kennedy, Eric Mackenzie | ||
align=center | 2 | Ryan Griffen, Will Minson |
had the most selections, with four players. Geelong captain Joel Selwood was announced as the All-Australian captain and star Gary Ablett Jr. was announced as vice-captain.
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.