With a seemingly innate ability to measure flair, skill and intuition, players of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage have had turnstiles ticking for decades.
High marks, flying runs and mercurial goals are what makes our game special and none are better performers and proponents than the descendants of the first Australians.
The role that Indigenous Australians have played in not only shaping Australian Rules Football, but also consistently looking to extend its boundaries cannot be stated emphatically enough.
This weekend, the AFL community will come together for Sir Doug Nicholls round. A chance for Australians of every creed, colour or denomination to pay respect to the games indigenous culture and champions.
Zero Hanger thought this would be the perfect opportunity to decide who every club's best Indigenous player is since the turn of the century.
North Melbourne
Daniel Wells
With the second pick of the 2002 AFL Draft, the Kangaroos selected the prodigiously talented Daniel Wells.
Across his 243-game career at Arden Street, Wells was twice a Syd Barker medallist and won the 2004 goal of the year for his ‘Jackie Chan in midair' effort.
Injuries may have curbed his playing time, but Wells' name sits comfortably alongside North Melbourne's other Indigenous stars Barry Cable and the Krakouer brothers.
