The 2020 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2020 season. It was announced on 24 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 2020 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Steve Hocking, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.[1] [2]
The initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 22 September. and each had the most players selected in the initial squad, with five, while and each had four., and were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad. Ten players from the 2019 team were among those selected.[1] [3]
| Club | Total | class=unsortable | Player(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 3 | Harris Andrews, Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale | ||
| align=center | 1 | Jacob Weitering | ||
| align=center | 4 | Taylor Adams, Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore, Scott Pendlebury | ||
| align=center | 1 | Jordan Ridley | ||
| align=center | 3 | Nat Fyfe, Luke Ryan | ||
| align=center | 5 | Mark Blicavs, Patrick Dangerfield, Cameron Guthrie, Tom Hawkins | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 1 | Nick Haynes | ||
| align=center | 1 | Jack Gunston | ||
| align=center | 3 | Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca | ||
| align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | 5 | Travis Boak, Zak Butters, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Charlie Dixon, Tom Jonas | ||
| align=center | 3 | Dylan Grimes, Dustin Martin, Nick Vlastuin | ||
| align=center | 2 | Dan Butler, Jack Steele | ||
| align=center | 1 | Tom Papley | ||
| align=center | 4 | Andrew Gaff, Nic Naitanui, Liam Ryan, Brad Sheppard | ||
| align=center | 3 | Marcus Bontempelli, Caleb Daniel, Jack Macrae |
Geelong, Port Adelaide, West Coast and the each had the most selections with three, with eleven clubs represented overall. Geelong midfielder Patrick Dangerfield, who achieved his record-equalling eighth All-Australian selection, was announced as the All-Australian captain, with former Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak announced as vice-captain. The team saw twelve players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers, while seven players from the 2019 team were among those selected.[4]
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.