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Heath Grundy, interestingly, his premiership aside, has next to no achievements to his name despite being universally recognised as one of the best in his position for a long time. In fact, he never even made an AA squad let alone the final 22. His B&F finishes aren't very flattering either - he came in 4th in 2015 and 3rd the year after - the only times he finished top 5, with only another couple of other finishes in the bottom ranks of the top 10.
I always thought he was better than that, and expected his B&F finishes would have been a lot better particularly in their finals years. I originally voted Grundy but if neither the AA selectors nor his own coaches ever saw him as a standout, then I've probably evaluated him wrong.
Hurley and Hooker on the other hand both have AA jumpers, Hurley with two of them. Hooker also won a club best and fairest. Hurley finished 3rd and 2nd in a couple of counts, and he's had another 5 top 10 finishes to date. Hooker in addition to his 2015 victory, came 2nd in 2014 and has another 4 top 10 finishes. Through individual career achievements, both have Grundy covered.
Of course, Grundy played in better teams so arguably, he had more competition for recognition when it came to best and fairests, since most of Sydney's stars played midfield.
Peak Hurley was good one-on-one but 2019/20 Hurley has struggled.I would have said Hurley but an Essendon mate of mine rates hooker a lot higher due to one-on-one. He says Hurley always gets exposed that way