Champion Data have released their elite player rankings as we head towards the pointy end of the AFL season,
As always, the rankings raise eyebrows at those, and those not, awarded the โeliteโ ranking, with some big names like Brownlow fancy Andrew Brayshaw missing out.
Champion Data base the ratings on AFL Player Ratings, which measure how and where the ball is won, and the subsequent disposal.
Richmond are leading the pack for elite talent, with four Tigers awarded the title, while four teams were deemed to have no players in the elite category.
Reigning premiers Melbourne have just one name on the list, Clayton Oliver, after three made the list in 2021.
ADELAIDE
Jordan Dawson (general defender, at Sydney), Taylor Walker (key forward)
BRISBANE LIONS
Charlie Cameron (general forward), Lachie Neale (midfielder)
CARLTON
Patrick Cripps (midfielder), George Hewett (midfielder), Adam Saad (general defender)
COLLINGWOOD
Jack Crisp (midfielder)
FREMANTLE
Sam Switkowski (general forward)
GEELONG
Jeremy Cameron (key forward), Tom Hawkins (key forward), Tom Stewart (general defender)
GOLD COAST
Touk Miller (midfielder), Jarrod Witts (ruck)
GWS GIANTS
Isaac Cumming (general defender), Harry Perryman (wing)
HAWTHORN
Mitch Lewis (key forward), Dylan Moore (general forward), James Sicily (key defender)
MELBOURNE
Clayton Oliver (midfielder)
RICHMOND
Tom Lynch (key forward), Marlion Pickett (wing), Jayden Short (general defender), Nick Vlastuin (general defender)
ST KILDA
Jack Sinclair (general defender)
WEST COAST
Jeremy McGovern (key defender)
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Marcus Bontempelli (mid-forward), Bailey Dale (general defender), Tim English (ruck)
List viaย The Herald Sunย
