Name your top 5 players of all time?

[benbanjo]

Players I've seen:

1. Carey
2. Gary 2: Electric Boogaloo
3. Brent Harvey
4. Majak
5. Daw

Fixed it for ya!

 

[jonesy233]

Best 5 players
(1) Ablett Junior
(2) Buddy Franklin
(3) Wayne Carey
(4) Scott Lucas every time he played WCE
(5) Cyril Rioli

 

[benbanjo]

Best 5 players
(1) Ablett Junior
(2) Buddy Franklin
(3) Wayne Carey
(4) Scott Lucas every time he played WCE
(5) Cyril Rioli

No Clive Waterhouse? GTFO

 

[shaqsuns]

• Gary ablett snr
  Wayne carey
  Leigh mathews
  Ted whitton
  Gary ablett jr

 

[Kavliaris69]

Peter Daicos
Wayne Carey
Leigh Matthews
Ablett Snr
Darren Jarman

Great list. I think Jars and Daics had the best foot skills in the game both before and since. True genius by these 2 guys.

 

[HawkieTalkie]

My footy watching began in 1990 so I will go:

Gary Ablett snr
Wayne Carey
James Hird
Jason Dunstall
Gary Ablett jnr

 

[SizeMatters]

Ablett Snr
Ablett Jnr
Akermanis
Voss
Carey

no particular order.

 

[Power Raid]

best I have seen

Vic
Ablett snr
Ablett jnr
carey
matthews

SA
blight
ebert
robran

 

[Kram]

Gary Ablett Jr
Michael Voss
James Hird
Wayne Carey
Clive Waterhouse

 

[Wallaby]

1. Ablett snr
2. Lockett
3. Matthews
4. Bartlett
5. Greg Williams

Last 3 are interchangeable depending on mood.

 

[pacman]

No order for the 1st four
Matthews
Voss
Carey
Ablett Jnr
5th a tie between Ab Snr & Dunstall

 

[MF]

Lockett
Ablett snr
Carey
Williams
Albett jnr

 

[bradrowe#32]

Gary Ablett jnr
Nathan Buckley
Wayne Carey
Tony Lockett
James Hird

 

[kaiserchief13]

1. Clive Waterhouse
2. Adam Selwood
3. Josh Fraser
4. Shannon Byrnes
5. Brad Green

 

[Wild Bill]

Time to update - Hird out Ablett Jnr in.

Carey
Ablett Snr
Ablett Jnr
Lockett
Voss

 

[cayze]

Ablett Snr
Carey
Matthews
Ablett Jnr
Dawes

 

[Schmidty Chut]

Matthews
Ablett Jnr
Ablett Snr
Carey
Bartlett

 

[Vdubs]

Ablett snr
Ablett jnr
Carey
Matthews
Lockett

Ablett snr's highlight package is longer than the most players careers. We all forget just how brilliant and how often he was.

 

[Team DJ]

Ablett snr
Ablett jnr
Carey
Matthews
Lockett

Ablett snr's highlight package is longer than the most players careers. We all forget just how brilliant and how often he was.

So is Tony Modras

 

[topgossip]

Haydyn Bunton
Dick Reynolds
Ian Stewart
Garry Ablett Jnr
Leigh Matthews

 

[Power Raid]

Haydyn Bunton
Dick Reynolds
Ian Stewart
Garry Ablett Jnr
Leigh Matthews

Not having a go at you but did you get to see all of those guys play or just assessing by what you have read, their awards and highlights?

 

[The GOAT]

Ablett Snr
Matthews
Carey
Ablett Jnr
Dunstall

 

[topgossip]

Not having a go at you but did you get to see all of those guys play or just assessing by what you have read, their awards and highlights?

Sadly not the first two. But based on their record and also what contemporaries had to say about them. Although we must remember that Dick Reynolds said Bill Hutchinson was the best player he ever played with. Lists like this are so subjective. We all have different opinions. I'm sure if I researched more I'd probably change my mind on a few of the names on my list.

 

[Power Raid]

Sadly not the first two. But based on their record and also what contemporaries had to say about them. Although we must remember that Dick Reynolds said Bill Hutchinson was the best player he ever played with. Lists like this are so subjective. We all have different opinions. I'm sure if I researched more I'd probably change my mind on a few of the names on my list.

I was just curious on the basis

I wish I had the opportunity to see guys like polly farmer apply their trade. barrie robran would be another and I never got to see

plus there is a whole pile of vic greats like matthews and cable that I got to see on tv but never live

 

[stew2323]

1. Lockett - Most goals of all-time
2. Harvey - Most disposals/Brownlow votes
3. Riewoldt - Most marks of all-time
4. Hayes - Most career tackles & Norm Smith medalist
5. Milne - Best small forward of all-time

Anyone listing Dunstall, Hird, Buckley, Voss, Goodes or Judd over these guys obviously haven't seen them play. Dunstall did nothing but mark and goal compared to Plugger, Hird isn't even coaching this year, Buckley never won a premiership, and Goodes was lucky to win two brownlows, and is elevated due to his racial vilification. Not even in the top 3 Swans forwards), Voss couldn't coach and was in a good team for his premierships, and Judd has done nothing since his WC days. Not saying they're not all decent players, just not top 5 material.

Never saw Leigh Matthews play, but can't imagine he would have been all that good. Definitely not top 5 material anyway. Shoulda named the AFL MVP over someone like Lockett, who has way more goals than Matthews.

Carey and the Abletts I can understand. Daryl Baldock, Ted Whitten, Ian Stewart, Kevin Sheedy, Trevor Barker, Billy Brownless, Stewie Loewe (2nd most marks of all-time), Nicky Winmar (Michael Tuck medalist), Nathan Burke (best Saints captain of all-time), John Longmire, Crawf, Lloydy, Scott West, Nigel Lappin, Richo, G-Train (100 goals in a season), Brendan Goddard (best player of past 2 years), Nick Dal Santo, Leigh Montana and Buddy are close, and all top 20 for mine.