Just over a month out from the 2024 season, we are listing off some stars of the competition to watch out for this year.

We've compiled a ranking of the projected top 50 players in the competition for 2024, looking through spots 40-31 in this edition.

Rather than naming the best performers of 2023 or the top players entering Opening Round, this list will look at the best players currently with some projections as to how they may rank at the end of the year.

Part one addressed many up & coming young names who have done just enough to scrape into the exclusive top 50, this list of 10 gets to the players who are entrenched in that club but need to bolster their production further or impact the outcome of games to climb higher.

SEE: 50-41 PREDICTED PLAYERS FOR 2024

6. 35 - Luke Davies-Uniacke

We briefly saw the best of LDU last year when he kicked off the season leading North Melbourne's 2-0 start with six Brownlow votes and back-to-back displays of dynamic midfield dominance.

We've waited six seasons but he finally looks ready to explode with an All-Australian level campaign, should he not be hampered by injury.

With newfound assistance in Sheezel and Wardlaw, Davies-Uniacke will be called on to be the leader of this midfield on the rise for the next five years, like Patrick Cripps to young stars Sam Walsh and Adam Cerra.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Luke Davies-Uniacke of the Kangaroos runs with the ball during the 2023 AFL Round 02 match between the Fremantle Dockers and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Optus Stadium on March 25, 2023 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Still just 24 years old to Sheezel and Wardlaw's 19, time is on the side of these Shinboners to grow into one of the league's most damaging midfield groups, but 2024 should be a major step in that direction.