Highest picks in a starting lineup

[Lingsface]

With Gold Coast having a potential starting midfield of Anderson Rowell and Petracca all either pick 1 or 2 is that the highest picks in a midfield for quite sometime?

I can think of Carlton maybe having a time where they had an all number 1 pick midfield Murphy Gibbs Kreuzer and Judd a number 3 pick.

Gold Coast will also have Jammara,Walter and Z Uwland 1,2 and 3 in their lineup potentially.
What other sides have matched or had more of these top 3 picks?

And have any been successful?

2025 Brisbane had 3- W Ashcroft pick 2 F/S Rayner pick 1 and Mcluggage Pick 3
2024

2023 Collingwood had 0- Daicos the highest at 4 F/S

2022 Geelong 0 Gary Rohan

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Gary Rohan

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no 6

2021 Melbourne 3 - Petracca 2 Jackson 3 Brayshaw 3

2020 Richmond 1- Cotchin 2
2019

2018- WCE 1- Masten 3

2016- Bulldogs 1- Boyd

2015-2 Hodge 1 Roughead 2
2014
2013

2012- Sydney 0- Bolton 8

2011- Geelong 1- Brad Ottens

Brad Ottens

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[Mr Meow]

With Gold Coast having a potential starting midfield of Anderson Rowell and Petracca all either pick 1 or 2 is that the highest picks in a midfield for quite sometime?

I can think of Carlton maybe having a time where they had an all number 1 pick midfield Murphy Gibbs Kreuzer and Judd a number 3 pick.

Gold Coast will also have Jammara,Walter and Z Uwland 1,2 and 3 in their lineup potentially.
What other sides have matched or had more of these top 3 picks?

And have any been successful?

2025 Brisbane had 3- W Ashcroft pick 2 F/S Rayner pick 1 and Mcluggage Pick 3
2024

2023 Collingwood had 0- Daicos the highest at 4 F/S

2022 Geelong 0 Gary Rohan no 6

2021 Melbourne 3 - Petracca 2 Jackson 3 Brayshaw 3

2020 Richmond 1- Cotchin 2
2019

2018- WCE 1- Masten 3

2016- Bulldogs 1- Boyd

2015-2 Hodge 1 Roughead 2
2014
2013

2012- Sydney 0- Bolton 8

2011- Geelong 1- Brad Ottens 2

Hawkins only avoids this list by a technicality if we are being fair.

It must be nice to have a bundle of top 5 picks running around as you go for a 3rd flag!

 

[Lingsface]

Hawkins only avoids this list by a technicality if we are being fair.

It must be nice to have a bundle of top 5 picks running around as you go for a 3rd flag!

Yes the old rules made it a bit hard to gauge, I think Levi and Will would be the only top 5 picks for Brisbane, they have also done some great recruiting.

St Kilda would of had 3-4 #1picks in their prime Kositschke, Goddard, Riewoldt and Gardiner the ones I can think of and Luke Ball number 2 pick.

 

[Mr Meow]

Yes the old rules made it a bit hard to gauge, I think Levi and Will would be the only top 5 picks for Brisbane, they have also done some great recruiting.

St Kilda would of had 3-4 #1picks in their prime Kositschke, Goddard, Riewoldt and Gardiner the ones I can think of and Luke Ball number 2 pick.

True, Annable was pick 6 but if you add that to the Ashcroft boys, McCluggage and Rayner it's a fair bit of quality. Like all premiership teams, great recruitment, trading, development and coaching on top of that.

What was GWS' most stacked (via top 5/6 picks) list?

 

[Lingsface]

Best and Fairest draft range 2025

Adelaide- Jordan Dawson

12

Jordan Dawson

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29

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190cm

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91kg

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#56
Brisbane- Josh Dunkley

5

Josh Dunkley

Age

29

Ht

191cm

Wt

87kg

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Mid

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21.8

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2.3

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1.4

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#25
Carlton- George Hewett

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George Hewett

Age

30

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

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Mid

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17.7

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#32
Collingwood- Darcy Cameron

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Darcy Cameron

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30

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204cm

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103kg

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#48
Essendon- Zac Merrett #26
Fremantle- Caleb Serong

3

Caleb Serong

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25

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180cm

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87kg

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#8
Geelong- Max Holmes #20
Gold Coast- Matt Rowell

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Matt Rowell

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24

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180cm

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82kg

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#1
GWS- Tom Green

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Tom Green

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25

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192cm

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92kg

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#10
Hawthorn- Jack Gunston

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Jack Gunston

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34

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193cm

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86kg

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Fwd

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#29
Melbourne- Max Gawn

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Max Gawn

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34

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209cm

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110kg

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#34
North Melbourne- Harry Sheezel#3 Tristan Xerri

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Tristan Xerri

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

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Ruck

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#72
Port- Zak Butters

9

Zak Butters

Age

25

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

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14.3

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3.6

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#12
Richmond-Tim Taranto

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Tim Taranto

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

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22.3

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12.8

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#2
Sydney-Issac Heeney #18
St Kilda- Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera #12
West Coast- Liam Baker

3

Liam Baker

Age

28

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

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M/F

Career

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15.7

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- Rookie Draft #18
Western Bulldogs- Ed Richards

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Ed Richards

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

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Mid

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12.4

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11.3

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6.0

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#16

1-10= 5
11-20=5
21-30=3
31 += 6

 

[Lingsface]

True, Annable was pick 6 but if you add that to the Ashcroft boys, McCluggage and Rayner it's a fair bit of quality. Like all premiership teams, great recruitment, trading, development and coaching on top of that.

What was GWS' most stacked (via top 5/6 picks) list?

GWS last year would of had top 3 picks Kelly/Hogan/Coniglio/Whitfield/Cadman/Callaghan off the top of my head. Some of their players early days where taken in a pool of players a year before so it is hard to say what number pick they were.