Top 20 Draft Picks - Still Active at AFL Clubs

[Bentick's My Man.]

Top #20 Draft Picks Still Active AFL Players

From this research I undertook (yes it did take a while), I have come to the conclusion;
- Hawthorn drafted excellently in the years it was down.
- St. Kilda have massively underachieved with its list.
- West Coast will return strong in a couple of years time

Any other thoughts? Any mistakes let me know aswell, thanks
BMM.

Adelaide 7-total (6)-drafted by the club
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1997 - Kris Massie - #7 - Carl
1998 - Brett Burton - #16 - Adel
2000 - Scott Thompson - #16 - Adel
2001 - Brent Reilly - #12 - Adel
2005 - Richard Douglas - #16 - Adel
2006 - James Sellar - #14 - Adel
2007 - Patrick Dangerfield - #10 - Adel

Brisbane Lions 9 (8)
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1993 - Nigel Lappin - #2 - B.L
1997 - Travis Johnstone - #1 - Melb
1997 - Luke Power - #5 - B.L
2000 - Ashley McGrath - #13 - B.L
2002 - Jared Brennan - #3 - B.L
2002 - Troy Selwood - #19 - B.L
2005 - Mitchell Clark - #9 - B.L
2006 - Matthew Leuenberger - #4 - B.L
2007 - Lachlan Henderson - #8 - B.L

Carlton 12 (9)
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1997 - Jason Saddington - #11 - Syd
2000 - Simon Wiggins - #15 - Carl
2001 - Chris Judd - #3(prior) - WCE
2003 - Andrew Walker - #2(prior) - Carl
2004 - Jordan Russel -#9 - Carl
2005 - Marc Murphy #1(prior) - Carl
2005 - Darren Pfeiffer - #17 - Adel
2005 - Paul Bower - #20 - Carl
2006 - Bryce Gibbs - #1 - Carl
2006 - Shaun Hampson - #17(prior) - Carl
2006 - Shaun Grigg - #19 - Carl
2007 - Matthew Kruezer - #1 - Carl

Collingwood 12 (9)
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1994 - Anthony Rocca - #2 - Syd
1995 - Simon Prestigiacomo - #10 - Coll
1997 - Shane O'Bree - #10 - B.L
1999 - Josh Fraser - #1(prior) - Coll
1999 - Rhys Shaw - #18(f/s) - Coll
2000 - Alan Didak - #3(prior) - Coll
2004 - Chris Egan - #10 - Coll
2004 - Cameron Wood - #18 - B.L
2005 - Dale Thomas - #2(prior) - Coll
2005 - Scott Pendlebury - #5 - Coll
2006 - Ben Reid - #8 - Coll
2006 - Nathan Brown - #10 - Coll

Essendon 13 (13)
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1994 - Scott Lucas - #4 - Ess
1998 - Mark McVeigh - #9 - Ess
1998 - Adam Ramanaskus - #12 - Ess
2002 - Jason Laycock - #10 - Ess
2002 - Jason Winderlich - #11 - Ess
2003 - Brent Stanton - #13 - Ess
2004 - Angus Monfries - #14 - Ess
2005 - Patrick Ryder - #7 - Ess
2005 - Courtenay Dempsey - #19 - Ess
2006 - Scott Gumbleton - #2 - Ess
2006 - Leroy Jetta - #18 - Ess
2006 - Tom Hislop - #20 - Ess
2007 - David Myers - #6 - Ess

Fremantle 15 (9)
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1996 - Heath Black - #12 - Frem
1997 - Chris Tarrant - #8 - Coll
1997 - Dean Solomon - #20 - Ess
1998 - Des Headland - #1(prior) - B.L
1998 - Josh Carr - #7 - Pt.A
1999 - Paul Hasleby - #2(prior) - Frem
1999 - Matthew Pavlich - #4 - Frem
1999 - Luke McPharlin - #10 - Haw
2002 - Byron Schammer - #13 - Frem
2003 - Kepler Bradley - #6 - Ess
2003 - Ryley Dunn - #10 - Frem
2003 - Ryan Murphy - #12 - Frem
2003 - David Mundy - #19 - Frem
2005 - Marcus Drum - #10 - Frem
2007 - Rhys Palmer - #7 - Frem

Geelong 9 (8)
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1997 - Brad Ottens - #2 - Rich
1999 - Joel Corey - #8 - Geel
2001 - James Bartel - #8 - Geel
2001 - James Kelly - #17 - Geel
2002 - Andrew Mackie - #7 - Geel
2003 - Kane Tenace - #7 - Geel
2005 - Travis Varcoe - #15 - Geel
2006 - Joel Selwood - #7 - Geel
2007 - Harry Taylor - #17 - Geel

Hawthorn 14 (13)
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1991 - Shane Crawford - #13 - Haw
1997 - Trent Croad - #3 - Haw
2001 - Luke Hodge - #1(prior) Haw
2001 - Rick Ladson - #16 - Haw
2002 - Stephen Gilham - #16 - Pt.A
2004 - Jarryd Roughead - #2(prior) - Haw
2004 - Lance Franklin - #5 - Haw
2004 - Jordan Lewis - #7 - Haw
2005 - Xavier Ellis - #3(prior) - Haw
2005 - Beau Dowler - #6 - Haw
2005 - Grant Birchall - #14 - Haw
2005 - Max Bailey - #18 - Haw
2006 - Mitch Thorp - #6 - Haw
2007 - Cyril Rioli - #12 - Haw

Melbourne 15 (12)
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1994 - Jeff White - #1 - Frem
1994 - Adam Yze - #16 - Melb
1994 - Ben Holland - #19 - Fitz
1999 - Brad Green - #19 - Melb
1999 - Paul Wheatley -#20 - Melb
2002 - Daniel Bell - #14 - Melb
2003 - Colin Sylvia - #3(prior) - Melb
2003 - Brock McLean - #5 - Melb
2004 - John Meeson - #8 - Adel
2004 - Matthew Bate - #13 - Melb
2004 - Lynden Dunn - #15 - Melb
2005 - Nathan Jones - #12 - Melb
2006 - James Frawley - #12 - Melb
2007 - Cale Morton - #4 - Melb
2007 - Jack Grimes - #14 - Melb

North Melbourne 12 (9)
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1993 - Adam Simpson - #14 - N.M
1994 - Shannon Grant - #3 - Syd
1997 - Shannon Watt - #14 - N.N
1998 - Brady Rawlings - #15 - N.M
1999 - Leigh Brown - #5 - Frem
2000 - Daniel Harris - #14 - N.M
2001 - David Hale - #7 - N.M
2001 - Sam Power - #10 - W.B
2002 - Daniel Wells - #2 - N.M
2002 - Hamish McIntosh - #9 - N.M
2006 - Lachlan Hanson - #3 - N.N
2007 - Robert Tarrant - #15 - N.M

Port Adelaide 10 (9)
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1997 - Chad Cornes - #9 - Pt.A
2000 - Daniel Motlop - #8 - N.M
2000 - Shaun Burgoyne - #12 - Pt.A
2000 - Kane Cornes - #20 - Pt.A
2002 - Steven Salopek - #6 - Pt.A
2003 - Troy Chaplin - #15 - Pt.A
2004 - Adam Thompson - #11 - Pt.A
2004 - Ryan Willits - #19 - Pt. A
2006 - Travis Boak - #5 - Pt.A
2007 - Matthew Lobbe - #16 - Pt.A

Richmond 13 (11)
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2000 - Kayne Pettifer - #9 - Rich
2000 - Jordan McMahon - #10 - W.B
2001 - Graham Polak - #4 - Frem
2002 - Jay Shultz - #12 - Rich
2004 - Brett Deledio - #1(prior) - Rich
2004 - Richard Tambling - #4 - Rich
2004 - Danny Meyer - #12 - Rich
2004 - Adam Pattison - #16 - Rich
2004 - Dean Polo - #20 - Rich
2005 - Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls - #8 - Rich
2006 - Jack Riewoldt - #13 - Rich
2007 - Trent Cotchin - #2 - Rich
2007 - Alex Rance - #18(prior) - Rich

St. Kilda 16 (12)
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1993 - Fraser Gherig - #16 - WCE
1996 - Michael Gardiner - #1 - WCE
1996 - Max Hudgton - #15 - St.K
1998 - Lenny Hayes - #11 - St.K
1999 - Aaron Fiora - #3 - Rich
2000 - Nick Riewoldt - #1(prior) - St.K
2000 - Justin Koschitzke - #2(prior) St.K
2001 - Luke Ball - #2(prior) - St.K
2001 - Xavier Clarke - #5 - St.K
2001 - Nick Dal Santo - #13
2001 - Jason Gram - #19 - B.L
2002 - Brendan Goddard - #1 - St.K
2003 - Raphael Clarke - #8 - St.K
2004 - Andrew McQualter - #17 - St.K
2006 - David Armitage - #9 - St.K
2007 - Ben McEvoy - #9 - St.K

Sydney 9 (6)
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1995 - Jared Crouch - #8 - Syd
1995 - Barry Hall - #19 - St.K
1998 - Nic Fosdike - #3 - Syd
1998 - Jude Bolton - #8 - Syd
1998 - Nick Davis - #19(f/s) - Coll
2002 - Jarrad McVeigh - #5 - Syd
2002 - Luke Brennan - #8 - Haw
2006 - Daniel O'Keefe - #15 - Syd
2007 - Patrick Veszpremi - #11 - Syd

West Coast 10 (9)
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1999 - Darren Glass - #11 - WCE
2000 - Daniel Kerr - #18 - WCE
2003 - Beau Waters - #11 - WCE
2003 - Sam Butler - #20 - WCE
2005 - Josh Kennedy - #4 - Carl
2005 - Shannon Hurn - #13 - WCE
2006 - Mitch Brown - #16 - WCE
2007 - Chris Masten - #3 - WCE
2007 - Brad Ebert - #13 - WCE
2007 - Tony Notte - #20 - WCE

Western Bulldogs 14 (11)
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1993 - Brad Johnson - #11 - W.B
1995 - Scott Welsh - #17 - N.M
1998 - Peter Street - #17 - Geel
1999 - Robert Murphy - #13 - W.B
2000 - Andrew McDougall - #5 - WCE
2002 - Will Minson - #20 - W.B
2003 - Adam Cooney - #1(prior) - W.B
2003 - Farren Ray - #4 - W.B
2004 - Ryan Griffen - #3(prior) - W.B
2004 - Tom Williams - #6 - W.B
2005 - Shaun Higgins - #11 - W.B
2006 - Andrejs Everitt - #11 - W.B
2007 - Jarrad Grant - #5 - W.B
2007 - Callan Ward - #19 - W.B

 

[Bomba Sheldon]

Shouldnt Matty Lloyd be included in Essendons list as I thought the Dockers traded the first pick of the 1994 National Draft to Essendon for the "quality trio" of Tony Delaney and 2 others either Dale Kickett, Michael Symons or Williams?

 

[jimmymetch]

i reckon the dogs have done well and will continue to do with their drafts picks in cooney, griffen, minson, higgins, murphy and ray..

cooneys a chance at the b'low this year
griffen just looks like one day he could be of the elite status
higgins looks good for a midfield/foward
murphy has set his place at chf
minson has the heart and ability should follow
and ray has shown some class

good signs for them

 

[Bentick's My Man.]

Shouldnt Matty Lloyd be included in Essendons list as I thought the Dockers traded the first pick of the 1994 National Draft to Essendon for the "quality trio" of Tony Delaney and 2 others either Dale Kickett, Michael Symons or Williams?

Matthew Lloyd is listed as a "Compensation Pre-Draft Selection" pick in 1994 at No. 49.

 

[[ToTTi]]

- Very big laughs at Freo's list post-2000. No wonder they are such rubbish.

- Agree that the dogs and the hawks at drafted well.

- Will Sydney bottom-out in the next few years?

Hate to be picky but Pfeiffs was pick 7 not pick 17.



Good list. Our talent of kids is on par with the best now.

 

[PeeKay]

Well done! What is interesting is that Sydneys & Nth Melb haven't had many great picks if any at all and yet they are two of the most compeditive teams in the AFL and for the last few years have been right up in the top 6 of the comp.

 

[Salaryman]

- Very big laughs at Freo's list post-2000. No wonder they are such rubbish.

- Agree that the dogs and the hawks at drafted well.

- Will Sydney bottom-out in the next few years?

Hate to be picky but Pfeiffs was pick 7 not pick 17.



Good list. Our talent of kids is on par with the best now.

Pfeiffer was pick #17 to Adelaide...they took Douglas at 16 and Pfeiffer at 17

 

[Chodders]

Great list. It looks very thorough.

Just a couple of things, I am pretty sure that Scott Thompson from Adelaide was orginally drafted by Melbourne and I think Essendon's pick #18 in the 2006 draft was a priority pick like Carlton's #17 pick. Also, you don't have Kruezer listed as a priority pick.

 

[[ToTTi]]

Pfeiffer was pick #17 to Adelaide...they took Douglas at 16 and Pfeiffer at 17

my bad, must have been thinking of Angwin.

 

[thylacine60]

i reckon the dogs have done well and will continue to do with their drafts picks in cooney, griffen, minson, higgins, murphy and ray..

cooneys a chance at the b'low this year
griffen just looks like one day he could be of the elite status
higgins looks good for a midfield/foward
murphy has set his place at chf
minson has the heart and ability should follow
and ray has shown some class

good signs for them

Higgins and Ray my favourites there. Stylish.

 

[Beloved]

No offence but, it took you a long time to come to the conclussion that the Hawks drafter well, the Saints have underachieved and that the Eagles will be back?

 

[CrippsonBlue]

No offence but, it took you a long time to come to the conclussion that the Hawks drafter well, the Saints have underachieved and that the Eagles will be back?

Probably true, but add up the time you've spent posting pointless replies such as this and then compare what's more useful. Not having a go at you per se, but if someones done that much work and decides to share, no reason to have a go at him if you find it pointless.