Opinion AFL Top 100 Players

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eggzy

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So after a long season of footy I decided to pose the question to the viewing public: Who are the top 100 players in the AFL? This was an order I've compiled over the course of the season taking into account past performances as well as performance this season.

1 Nathan Fyfe
2 Patrick Dangerfield
3 Gary Ablett
4 Scott Pendlebury
5 Joel Selwood
6 Lance Franklin
7 Todd Goldstein
8 Luke Hodge
9 Sam Mitchell
10 Matt Priddis
11 Robbie Gray
12 Dan Hannebery
13 Travis Boak
14 Josh J. Kennedy
15 Tom Hawkins
16 Jarryd Roughead
17 Alex Rance
18 Josh P. Kennedy
19 Harry Taylor
20 David Mundy
21 Dayne Beams
22 Dyson Heppell
23 Cyril Rioli
24 Trent Cotchin
25 Dane Swan
26 Brett Deledio
27 Taylor Walker
28 Sam Jacobs
29 Jeremy Cameron
30 Callan Ward
31 Jordan Lewis
32 Rory Sloane
33 Dustin Martin
34 Jack Gunston
35 Jack Riewoldt
36 Eddie Betts
37 Aaron Sandilands
38 Daniel Talia
39 Shane Mumford
40 Kieren Jack
41 Jack Steven
42 Marc Murphy
43 Andrew Gaff
44 David Armitage
45 Chad Wingard
46 Nic Naitanui
47 Jake Stringer
48 Easton Wood
49 Tom Rockliff
50 Adam Treloar
51 Luke Breust
52 Jobe Watson
53 Josh Gibson
54 Tom Lynch (GC)
55 Dylan Shiel
56 Jeremy McGovern
57 Luke Parker
58 Jack Ziebell
59 Nathan Jones
60 Michael Johnson
61 Eric Mackenzie
62 Stephen Hill
63 Brent Stanton
64 Stefan Martin
65 Nick Smith
66 Mark LeCras
67 Michael Walters
68 Michael Hurley
69 Lachie Neale
70 Nick Riewoldt
71 Brandon Ellis
72 Travis Cloke
73 Bryce Gibbs
74 Isaac Smith
75 Luke Shuey
76 Jack Macrae
77 Heath Shaw
78 Andrew Swallow
79 Marcus Bontempelli
80 Kurt Tippett
81 Shaun Higgins
82 Jarrad McVeigh
83 Luke Shuey
84 David Swallow
85 Ben Cunnington
86 Josh Bruce
87 Michael Barlow
88 Garrick Ibbotson
89 Tom Liberatore
90 Hamish Hartlett
91 Leigh Montagna
92 Liam Picken
93 Ivan Maric
94 Cale Hooker
95 Jimmy Bartel
96 Liam Shiels
97 Taylor Adams
98 Jack Redden
99 Tom McDonald
100 Jesse Hogan

A few I had unlucky to miss out were Harley Bennell, Shane Edwards, Patty Ryder, Brad Sheppard, Patrick Cripps, Mark Blicavs, Jarrad Waite and Brodie Smith

Let me know what you think.
 
I'll only comment on Essendon players, but you have Brent Stanton above both Michael Hurley and Cale Hooker and that simply ain't the case. Stants is probably not in the top 100 at all and Hurley is higher than 63 quite comfortably, and Hooker is way, way higher than 94.
 

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yeah, probably should be higher
Probably? What else does he have to do? Some people severely underrate him. His last three years have been irrestibly elite. I would love to know how many players over a three year period have done the following.

Three premierships, two best and fairests, two All Australians.
 

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Hawks 3rd in 2011…… Birch 3rd in B&F
Hawks 2nd in 2012…… Birch 3rd in B&F
Hawks 1st in 2013…… Birch 7th in B&F (missed 8 games)
Hawks 1st in 2014…… Birch 2nd in B&F
Hawks 1st in 2015…… Birch 7th in B&F (missed 4 games)


 

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Probably? What else does he have to do? Some people severely underrate him. His last three years have been irrestibly elite. I would love to know how many players over a three year period have done the following.

Three premierships, two best and fairests, two All Australians.
agree totally. I thought you meant he should be lower.
 
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Since 2011

2012 Hawkins 62 goals AA v Roughead 40 goals as a Ruckman. I'll give Hawkins the tick there.
2013 Hawkins 46 goals v Roughead 68 goals. AA+Coleman medalist. Roughead a tick
2014 Hawkins 62 goals v Roughead 62 goals. AA. Roughead tick.
2015 Hawkins 46 goals v Roughead 43 goals as a Forward/ruck rover. Roughead tick.

Roughy kicked 4 goals less than Hawkins in 2011 despite missing most of the year with an achilles.
This isn't even taking into consideration any years prior where Roughy > Hawkins by a country mile.

Hawkins had one good year in 2012 but overall has never been close to Roughead in any capacity.
 

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2012 Hawkins 62 goals AA v Roughead 40 goals as a Ruckman. I'll give Hawkins the tick there.
2013 Hawkins 46 goals v Roughead 68 goals. AA+Coleman medalist. Roughead a tick
2014 Hawkins 62 goals v Roughead 62 goals. AA. Roughead tick.
2015 Hawkins 46 goals v Roughead 43 goals as a Forward/ruck rover. Roughead tick.

Roughy kicked 4 goals less than Hawkins in 2011 despite missing most of the year with an achilles.
This isn't even taking into consideration any years prior where Roughy > Hawkins by a country mile.

Hawkins had one good year in 2012 but overall has never been close to Roughead in any capacity.
Regardless rance should have been ahead of both
 
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Regardless rance should have been ahead of both

Depends how far we are looking back. The OP has mentioned past performances but that is pretty vague.

Roughy > Rance is justifiable if we are looking at the past 5 or 6 years but if it's 2 or 3 you can argue the other way.
 
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How is Jacobs ahead of Sandilands and Naitanui?

Lots of love, and lack of love.

For what its worth, it what universe can players like Gunston & Jacobs be rated above Sandi ?. They are good players, but what does Sandi have get reasonable respect. To get the B & F at Freo this year, is no mean feat.
 

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