Best player per team in AFL era (1990-2019)

[Air Conveyance]

Be interested to see what people think on this one. All subjective of course. My list:

Adelaide - Andrew McLeod
Brisbane/Fitzroy - Michael Voss
Carlton - Greg Williams
Collingwood - Nathan Buckley
Essendon - James Hird
Fremantle - Matthew Pavlich
Geelong - Gary Ablett Snr
Gold Coast - Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS - Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn - Sam Mitchell
Melbourne - Jim Stynes
North Melbourne - Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide - Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond - Matthew Richardson
St Kilda - Robert Harvey
Sydney - Lance Franklin
Western Bulldogs - Chris Grant
West Coast - Ben Cousins

 

[Freshwater]

I agree Chris Grant for us. With Marcus Bontempelli to pass him sooner than people realise. Has already won two b&f and one in a premiership year. Has been great for 6 years now. Even last year he was slightly off but still better than most.

 

[fidstar]

Only going to comment on Eagles, but the best player is Chris Judd. After Swift of course.

 

[Air Conveyance]

I agree Chris Grant for us. With Marcus Bontempelli to pass him sooner than people realise. Has already won two b&f and one in a premiership year. Has been great for 6 years now. Even last year he was slightly off but still better than most.

I agree Bont isnt far away now.

 

[markm106]

For Melbourne I’d personally go Jim Stynes. 4 x best and fairest and a Brownlow in the AFL era. Neitz is up there though.

 

[PhatBoy]

For Melbourne I’d personally go Jim Stynes. 4 x best and fairest and a Brownlow in the AFL era. Neitz is up there though.

Tingay hard done by

 

[Air Conveyance]

Tingay hard done by

Bugger Id forgotten Stynes. Edited.

 

[Forward Press]

Chris Judd and Gary Ablett could make an argument for two different clubs.

Wonder how many others could say that.

 

[Luv_our_club]

Be interested to see what people think on this one. All subjective of course. My list:

Adelaide - Andrew McLeod
Brisbane/Fitzroy - Michael Voss
Carlton - Greg Williams
Collingwood - Nathan Buckley
Essendon - James Hird
Fremantle - Matthew Pavlich
Geelong - Gary Ablett Snr
Hawthorn - Sam Mitchell
Melbourne - Jim Stynes
North Melbourne - Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide - Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond - Matthew Richardson
St Kilda - Robert Harvey
Sydney - Lance Franklin
Western Bulldogs - Chris Grant
West Coast - Ben Cousins

Very hard to argue with those nominations. Some debates could be:

Pendlebury vs Buckley
Hodge vs Mitchell vs Buddy
Ablett vs Scarlet
Stynes vs Nietz
Wanganeen vs Tredrea
Richardson vs Martin
Harvey vs Riewoltd
Grant vs Johnson
Cousins vs many from the 1992 1994 flags

If you include the players like Lockett, Dunstall, Daicos, it becomes a lot more difficult.

 

[Burton89onegoal]

Tredrea for Port.

 

[StillAtLarge]

I'd have Paul Kelly, Dunstall, Lockett, Tredrea and McPharlin but it's a good list

 

[Air Conveyance]

Chris Judd and Gary Ablett could make an argument for two different clubs.

Wonder how many others could say that.

Yep and i forgot GC and GWS. Fixed.

 

[Burton89onegoal]

Chris Judd and Gary Ablett could make an argument for two different clubs.

Wonder how many others could say that.

Greg Williams too perhaps, depending on the year cut-off.

 

[TheShardMan]

Be interested to see what people think on this one. All subjective of course. My list:

Adelaide - Andrew McLeod
Brisbane/Fitzroy - Michael Voss
Carlton - Greg Williams
Collingwood - Nathan Buckley
Essendon - James Hird
Fremantle - Matthew Pavlich
Geelong - Gary Ablett Snr
Gold Coast - Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS - Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn - Sam Mitchell
Melbourne - Jim Stynes
North Melbourne - Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide - Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond - Matthew Richardson
St Kilda - Robert Harvey
Sydney - Lance Franklin
Western Bulldogs - Chris Grant
West Coast - Ben Cousins

Blues - Bradley
Pies - Pendelbury
Hawks - Crawford
Dees - Neitz
Saints - Revolt
Eagles - Matera

 

[demondavey]

Adelaide - McLeod
Brisbane - Voss
Carlton - Williams (Cripps at career end will be close, maybe better)
Collingwood - Pendlebury
Essendon - Lloyd
Fremantle - Pavlich
Geelong - Ablett Snr
GC - Ablett
GWS - Ward
Hawthorn - Mitchell
Melbourne - Stynes & Neitz tie
North - WAAAAAYNE
Port - Wanganeen
Richmond - Richardson
St Kilda - Lockett
Sydney - Goodes
West Coast - Cox & Matera tie
WB - Grant

 

[demondavey]

Chris Judd and Gary Ablett could make an argument for two different clubs.

Wonder how many others could say that.

Gary’s old man has him beat

 

[demondavey]

I'd have Paul Kelly, Dunstall, Lockett, Tredrea and McPharlin but it's a good list

Was Dunstall better in the eighties or nineties?

 

[StillAtLarge]

Was Dunstall better in the eighties or nineties?

Good question, imo he was probably at his best in the early 90s. 92/93 was his zenith

 

[markm106]

Tingay hard done by

Stinga was a gun but wasn’t the best of the era.

 

[Paganism mark II]

Chris Judd and Gary Ablett could make an argument for two different clubs.

Wonder how many others could say that.

Buddy

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Was Dunstall better in the eighties or nineties?

Obviously a great player across both decades but I would have his 90's ahead. Higher goal average in an inferior team, was a leader in the 90's, his highest goal tally (145 goals) came in 1992, as did his runner up in the Brownlow.

 

[demondavey]

Obviously a great player across both decades but I would have his 90's ahead. Higher goal average in an inferior team, was a leader in the 90's, his highest goal tally (145 goals) came in 1992, as did his runner up in the Brownlow.

Would you argue for him as a better player than Mitchell?

 

[demondavey]

Buddy

James Frawley would be up there. Elite KPD at Melbourne in some really tough years and then better yet FB at Hawthorn, won a flag.

 

[Ceehook]

Very hard to argue with those nominations. Some debates could be:

Pendlebury vs Buckley
Hodge vs Mitchell vs Buddy
Ablett vs Scarlet
Stynes vs Nietz
Wanganeen vs Tredrea
Richardson vs Martin
Harvey vs Riewoltd
Grant vs Johnson
Cousins vs many from the 1992 1994 flags

If you include the players like Lockett, Dunstall, Daicos, it becomes a lot more difficult.

Only commenting on Richmond ,
Martin might over take Richo , but I'd say not there yet
Richo often in a weaker side 800 goals , often topped the league for contested marks , and many of those were real contested pack marks

 

[Paganism mark II]

Only commenting on Richmond ,
Martin might over take Richo , but I'd say not there yet
Richo often in a weaker side 800 goals , often topped the league for contested marks , and many of those were real contested pack marks

Richo is easily Richmond’s greatest player of the last 25 years, miles above anyone else