Name your top 5 players of all time?

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OnTheBall

Draftee
Nov 19, 2004
19
3
AFL Club
Collingwood
Other Teams
Collingwood
Since the early 70's...

Gary Ablett Snr (comfortably)
Leigh Matthews
Alex Jesaulenko
Peter Daicos
Wayne Carey

Notables....Flower, Blight, Hart, Hird, Judd, Quinlan, Lockett, Dunstall, Ablett Jnr, G. Williams, Bartlett, Carmen, Hudson, Hawkins, P.Matera. D.Jarmen. R.Harvey, N.Riewoldt,

Greening I am convinced would have been certainly the best we've seen from Collingwood and pushing this list.

My criteria is pure ability and pure football skill and athleticism. Not to undersell strength and power and team value and the mental ability to kick important goals and lots of them, but I push those like Lockett or Dunstall down as they are not as purely skilled with a football as an Ablett or a Jezza etc. A different criteria, i.e most valuable, and the top 5 would be different.
 

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yyou

Norm Smith Medallist
Sep 18, 2014
5,756
7,169
AFL Club
Fremantle
Other Teams
NY Mets, NO Pelicans, Toronto Leafs
Stephen Michael
Wayne Carey
Gary Ablett Snr
Gary Ablett Jnr
Chris Judd

unlucky: James Hird, Maurice Rioli, Simon Madden, Tony Lockett, Greg Williams
 

CarBigDog

Debutant
May 27, 2015
99
106
U. S. A.
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
Miami Dolphins, Hurricanes, Heat
Ablett Sr.
Lockett
Ablett Jr.
Dunstall
Carey

I started watching at the end of Jesaulenko's career, so I didn't include him in the list but IMHO, he would be top 3, but I am not exactly impartial. :)
 

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Watson_my_mind

Club Legend
Jun 6, 2011
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Hobart
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Essendon
Just of players that I've seen

Gary Ablett Jnr
Chris Judd
James Hird
Nathan Buckley
Lance Franklin

All time from what I hear:

Gary Ablett Snr
Jason Dunstall
Wayne Carey
Tony Lockett
Leigh Matthews
 
I'm gonna do since 2000 since I haven't seen anyone from before that.
1. Gary Ablett jr
2. Chris Judd
3. Lance Franklin
4. Adam Goodes
5. James Hird

an impressive list
 

PaddyO

Cancelled
Sep 8, 2014
1,106
897
Get off my lawn.
AFL Club
Richmond
Players I've seen. No real order.

Gary Ablett Sr.
Wayne Carey
Tony Lockett
Gary Ablett Jr.
Greg Williams

Simon Madden
Jason Dunstall
Peter Matera
Steven Silvagni
Andrew McLeod
 
Apr 18, 2005
30,837
26,552
AFL Club
Melbourne
Who are your top 5 players, from anyside, you've witnessed and seen in your time? I'm not asking about players before you were born. Who are the players that have made you take notice the most.

I was born in 72 so I've been watching footy since prob. 75 onwards -

Heres mine-

1. Tony Locket
2. Phil and Jimmy Krakour (Cant seperate 'em)
3. Gary Ablett
4. Leign Matthews
5. Keith Grieg

1. Lockett
2. Carey
3. Ablett Snr
4. Franklin
5. Matthews
 

cyril4brownlow

Team Captain
Mar 13, 2015
401
522
AFL Club
Hawthorn
Players I've seen play for the majority of their careers.
1. Gary Ablett (Jnr)
2. Nick Riewoldt
3. Chris Judd
4. Sam Mitchell
5. Adam Goodes
 

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