Carey dragged an ok north Melbourne side to 2 flags.
Ah, the old "Carey and a bunch of battlers" myth.
North Melbourne, 1993-2002 (under Denis Pagan)
Wayne Carey
4x Best & Fairest
2x AFLPA MVP
7x All-Australian
1x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Corey McKernan
1x AFLPA MVP
1x All-Australian
1x State of Origin
Anthony Stevens
2x Best & Fairest
1x All-Australian
4x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Glenn Archer
3x All-Australian
3x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
David King
2x All-Australian
3x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Wayne Schwass
2x Best & Fairest
2x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Peter Bell
1x Best & Fairest
1x All Australian
2x State of Origin
Brent Harvey
1x All Australian
1x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Byron Pickett
1x Rising Star Award
1x All-Australian
2x State of Origin
Adam Simpson
1x Best & Fairest
1x All-Australian
Shannon Grant
1x Best & Fairest
John Blakey
1x State of Origin
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Mick Martyn
North Melbourne Team of the Century
Dean Laidley
3x State of Origin
Brett Allison
3x State of Origin
Craig Scholl
2x State of Origin
Mark Roberts
2x State of Origin
John Longmire
1x State of Origin
Ross Smith
1x State of Origin
Anthony Rock
1x State of Origin
Martin Pyke
1x State of Origin
Winston Abraham
1x State of Origin
Alex Ishchenko
1x State of Origin
All but Smith and Ishchenko were at least 1x Premiership players as well, and a number of those players won B&Fs and All-Australians at North outside of the Pagan era too.