The 2022

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represents the best performed

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(AFL) players during the 2022 season. It was announced on 24 August as a complete

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team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.

Selection panel

The selection panel for the 2022 All-Australian team consisted of chairman

Gillon McLachlan Gillon McLachlan (born 1973) is a former Australian sports administrator and now CEO of a major gambling company. He is the former chief executive officer of the Australian Football League (AFL). He was appointed to the role in 2014, succeeding ...

Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes (born 5 January 1983) is a sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). Known primarily as a tagger, Cornes is a four-time John C ...

Glen Jakovich Glen Darren Jakovich (born 24 March 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jakovich was recruited from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football Leagu ...

, Chris Johnson,

Cameron Ling Cameron Ling (born 27 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer and three-time premiership player who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A tagger at and , Ling was also a premiership-win ...

, Brad Scott, Gerard Healy,

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, Jude Bolton, and Andrew Dillon.

Team

Initial squad

The initial 44-man All-Australian squad was announced on 21 August, an increase on the 40-man squad of previous years. had the most players selected in the initial squad with six, while the and had five. and were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad. 11 players from the 2021 team were among those selected.

Final team

The final team was announced on Wednesday, 24 August. Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.

References

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