With the 2024 season almost upon us, let's look through some stars of the competition to watch out for this year.
We've compiled a list of the projected top 50 players in the competition for 2024, starting with the names at spots 50 overall through to 41.
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.
10. 41 - Luke Jackson
The Luke Jackson signing was in the spotlight all season long last year, and after a rough start, the experiment looks promising.
Who knows how Fremantle will handle Sean Darcy's new long-term contract if the two cannot work together; they will clearly have to keep Jackson, being the versatile big who can run all over the ground, take pack marks and snag a goal or two.
He was already one of the league's most valuable commodities after just one full season in Melbourne.
In a poor year for the Dockers, he has shown the potential to grow into one of the league's most valuable players entirely, playing almost as a 200cm, 100kg midfielder.
