The Greatest Of All Time debate is one of the most fierce and touchy discussions one could possibly have when it comes to football.
Throughout the history of Aussie Rules football, there have been some absolutely fantastic players.
However, when it comes to comparing them, it can be extremely difficult to go across eras and decide on the greatest player of all time.
Hence, for the sake of this piece, we will only be looking at players drafted this century.
Since football is such a subjective sport, people's hearts can get in the way of their heads when it comes to ranking different players.
In order to use the most objective measure possible and remove such bias, we have created a ranking system to determine the top 10 players drafted this century.
To be clear, the only bit of opinion in this piece is the point allocation itself, which isn't perfect rather than the actual rankings themselves.
With all that being said, let's take a look at the top 10 players drafted since 2000 according to the ranking system which is outlined below.
Ranking System:ย
Games (50=5 points, 100=10, 150=15, 200=20, 250=25, 300=30, 350=35)
Best and Fairest (20)
Coleman Medal (40)
All-Australian (30)
Brownlow Medal (100 for 1st, 50 for 2nd and 25 for 3rd)
Norm Smith (100)
1. Gary Ablett - 695 points
It will be no surprise for footy fans to see Gary Ablett on the top of a 'greatest players of the century' piece.
The superstar dominated for so many years and continued to pile up stats and accolades in the process, taking home an absurd eight All Australian blazers to go with his six Best and Fairest awards, a Brownlow Medal and multiple Brownlow Medal placings.
Ablett is one of the most skilful players to play the game, possessing the ability to hit a target or kick a goal with both feet, and be clean with his hands all whilst being a fantastic leader.
The fact that Ablett was picked up at Pick 40 makes him one of the biggest draft steals ever, despite his father-son tag.
It will take an extremely special career by someone over the next century to eventually topple the great man off the top of this list.
