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.

Selection panel

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.

Team

Initial squad

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.

ClubTotalPlayer(s)
Adelaide5Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Jacobs, Brent Reilly, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker
Brisbane Lions0
Carlton1Eddie Betts
Collingwood3Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan
Essendon1Jobe Watson
Fremantle2Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich
Geelong5Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor
Gold Coast1Gary Ablett Jr.
Greater Western Sydney0
Hawthorn4Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli
Melbourne0
North Melbourne2Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow
Port Adelaide0
Richmond4Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric, Jack Riewoldt
St Kilda4Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt
Sydney4Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Ted Richards
West Coast4Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters
Western Bulldogs0

Final team

Darren Glass of West Coast was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of Gold Coast named as vice-captain.

2012 All-Australian team
B:Sean Dempster (St Kilda)Luke McPharlin (Fremantle)Darren Glass (West Coast) (captain)
HB:Beau Waters (West Coast)Ted Richards (Sydney)Grant Birchall (Hawthorn)
C:Trent Cotchin (Richmond)Jobe Watson (Essendon)Dayne Beams (Collingwood)
HF:Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
F:Stephen Milne (St Kilda)Tom Hawkins (Geelong)Dean Cox (West Coast)
Foll:Nic Naitanui (West Coast)Scott Thompson (Adelaide)Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (vice-captain)
Int:Brett Deledio (Richmond)Josh Kennedy (Sydney)Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Dane Swan (Collingwood)
Coach:John Longmire (Sydney)

Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.