The AFL's Rising Star winner doesn't always result in being the best player from their draft class or even among the fellow young guns who are eligible for the award the same year.
Taking a broader look at the best Rising Star vote-getters this century, we've broken down the top five finishers from each year to see how well clubs have fared in developing fast-starting stars.
Brisbane have had the most top five Rising Star finishers since 2000 with 12, with two Lions going on to win the award, while Melbourne are the next best with 11.
The Demons have the equal most players to win the Rising Star this century with three, tied with Fremantle, who have had a total of eight players finish in the top five.
At the other end of the leaderboard, GWS have managed just three top-five Rising Star finishers in their short history with no overall winners.
The Giants join West Coast and the Western Bulldogs in being without a Rising Star winner since the turn of the century, with those clubs having six and seven players manage top-five finishes, respectively however.
Here's every Rising Star top five since 2000, with a club-by-club breakdown below.
2000
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Paul Hasleby | Fremantle | 33 |
| Adam Ramanauskas | Essendon | 30 |
| Beau McDonald | Brisbane Lions | 13 |
| Brad Green | Melbourne | 12 |
| Josh Fraser | Collingwood | 7 |
2001
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Justin Koschitzke | St Kilda | 31 |
| Daniel Kerr | West Coast | 27 |
| Mark McVeigh | Essendon | 23 |
| Danny Jacobs | Essendon | 11 |
| Ryan Lonie | Collingwood | 11 |
2002
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Nick Riewoldt | St Kilda | 34 |
| Chris Judd | West Coast | 29 |
| Luke Hodge | Hawthorn | 12 |
| Shaun Burgoyne | Port Adelaide | 10 |
| Mark Coughlan | Richmond | 5 |
2003
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Sam Mitchell | Hawthorn | 33 |
| Graham Polak | Fremantle | 26 |
| Luke Ball | St Kilda | 17 |
| Daniel Wells | North Melbourne | 12 |
| Adam Schneider | Sydney | 8 |
2004
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Jared Rivers | Melbourne | 45 |
| Aaron Davey | Melbourne | 26 |
| Richard Hadley | Brisbane Lions | 20 |
| Paul Bevan | Sydney | 17 |
| Adam Cooney | Western Bulldogs | 17 |
2005
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Brett Deledio | Richmond | 43 |
| Ryan Griffen | Western Bulldogs | 34 |
| David Mundy | Fremantle | 19 |
| Brock McLean | Melbourne | 15 |
| Jed Adcock | Brisbane Lions | 14 |
2006
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Danyle Pearce | Port Adelaide | 43 |
| Andrew Raines | Richmond | 33 |
| Heath Shaw | Collingwood | 32 |
| Marc Murphy | Carlton | 13 |
| Clint Bartram | Melbourne | 7 |
2007
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Joel Selwood | Geelong | 44 |
| Scott Pendlebury | Collingwood | 37 |
| Nathan Jones | Melbourne | 17 |
| Justin Westhoff | Port Adelaide | 10 |
| Shannon Hurn | West Coast | 9 |
2008
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Rhys Palmer | Fremantle | 44 |
| Cyril Rioli | Hawthorn | 37 |
| Trent Cotchin | Richmond | 21 |
| Matthew Kreuzer | Carlton | 11 |
| Garrick Ibbotson | Fremantle | 7 |
2009
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Daniel Rich | Brisbane Lions | 45 |
| Andy Otten | Adelaide | 30 |
| Tayte Pears | Essendon | 28 |
| Dayne Beams | Collingwood | 10 |
| Stephen Hill | Fremantle | 9 |
| Callan Ward | Western Bulldogs | 9 |
2010
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Dan Hannebery | Sydney | 45 |
| Tom Scully | Melbourne | 35 |
| Tom Rockliff | Brisbane Lions | 24 |
| Jack Trengove | Melbourne | 11 |
| Ryan Bastinac | North Melbourne | 6 |
2011
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Dyson Heppell | Essendon | 44 |
| Luke Shuey | West Coast | 37 |
| Zac Smith | Gold Coast | 21 |
| David Swallow | Gold Coast | 18 |
| Jack Darling | West Coast | 6 |
2012
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Daniel Talia | Adelaide | 43 |
| Jeremy Cameron | Greater Western Sydney | 35 |
| Mitch Wallis | Western Bulldogs | 19 |
| Adam Treloar | Greater Western Sydney | 15 |
| Steven Motlop | Geelong | 11 |
2013
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Jaeger O'Meara | Gold Coast | 44 |
| Brad Crouch | Adelaide | 31 |
| Ollie Wines | Port Adelaide | 26 |
| Tom Mitchell | Sydney | 11 |
| Aaron Mullett | North Melbourne | 11 |
2014
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Lewis Taylor | Brisbane Lions | 39 |
| Marcus Bontempelli | Western Bulldogs | 38 |
| Luke McDonald | North Melbourne | 32 |
| James Aish | Brisbane Lions | 19 |
| Kade Kolodjashnij | Gold Coast | 7 |
2015
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Jesse Hogan | Melbourne | 49 |
| Patrick Cripps | Carlton | 41 |
| Dom Sheed | West Coast | 27 |
| Isaac Heeney | Sydney | 12 |
| Angus Brayshaw | Melbourne | 8 |
2016
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Callum Mills | Sydney | 49 |
| Caleb Daniel | Western Bulldogs | 41 |
| Carlton | 26 | |
| Darcy Parish | Essendon | 19 |
| Darcy Moore | Collingwood | 9 |
2017
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Andrew McGrath | Essendon | 51 |
| Ryan Burton | Hawthorn | 41 |
| Sam Powell-Pepper | Port Adelaide | 35 |
| Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 27 |
| Eric Hipwood | Brisbane Lions | 6 |
2018
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Jaidyn Stephenson | Collingwood | 52 |
| Tom Doedee | Adelaide | 42 |
| Alex Witherden | Brisbane Lions | 35 |
| Jack Higgins | Richmond | 11 |
| Oliver Florent | Sydney | 10 |
| Jack Henry | Geelong | 10 |
2019
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Sam Walsh | Carlton | 54 |
| Connor Rozee | Port Adelaide | 42 |
| Sydney Stack | Richmond | 28 |
| Bailey Smith | Western Bulldogs | 20 |
| Jordan Clark | Geelong | 5 |
| Gryan Miers | Geelong | 5 |
2020
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Caleb Serong | Fremantle | 48 |
| Noah Anderson | Gold Coast | 39 |
| Max King | St Kilda | 28 |
| Izak Rankine | Gold Coast | 16 |
| Will Day | Hawthorn | 12 |
2021
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Luke Jackson | Melbourne | 51 |
| Tom Green | Greater Western Sydney | 38 |
| Mitch Georgiades | Port Adelaide | 28 |
| Justin McInerney | Sydney | 16 |
| Errol Gulden | Sydney | 11 |
2022
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Nick Daicos | Collingwood | 60 |
| Sam De Koning | Geelong | 48 |
| Jai Newcombe | Hawthorn | 35 |
| Jack Ginnivan | Collingwood | 21 |
| Nic Martin | Essendon | 12 |
2023
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Harry Sheezel | North Melbourne | 54 |
| Will Ashcroft | Brisbane Lions | 39 |
| Mitch Owens | St Kilda | 33 |
| Jye Amiss | Fremantle | 28 |
| Darcy Wilmot | Brisbane Lions | 4 |
2024
| Player | Club | Votes |
| Oliver Dempsey | Geelong | 52 |
| George Wardlaw | North Melbourne | 43 |
| Kai Lohmann | Brisbane Lions | 21 |
| Darcy Wilson | St Kilda | 15 |
| Colby McKercher | North Melbourne | 12 |
| Club | Rising Star Winners | Top 5 Finishers |
| Adelaide | 1 | 4 |
| Brisbane | 2 | 12 |
| Carlton | 1 | 6 |
| Collingwood | 2 | 9 |
| Essendon | 2 | 8 |
| Fremantle | 3 | 8 |
| Geelong | 2 | 7 |
| Gold Coast | 1 | 6 |
| GWS | 0 | 3 |
| Hawthorn | 1 | 6 |
| Melbourne | 3 | 11 |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 7 |
| Port Adelaide | 1 | 7 |
| Richmond | 1 | 6 |
| St Kilda | 2 | 6 |
| Sydney | 2 | 9 |
| West Coast | 0 | 6 |
| Western Bulldogs | 0 | 7 |
*From 2000