The 2011 AFL draft saw GWS receive 11 of the top 14 picks in preparation for their first season in the AFL in 2012.

While there has proven to be some top-end talent to come out of that draft, most of the great players came outside of the top 10 and have since gone on to establish careers as some of the best players in the game.

Original top 10 of the 2011 AFL Draft:

  1. Jonathon Patton (GWS)
  2. Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
  3. Dom Tyson (GWS)
  4. Will Hoskin-Elliot (GWS)
  5. Matt Buntine (GWS)
  6. Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
  7. Nick Haynes (GWS)
  8. Billy Longer (Brisbane)
  9. Adam Tomlinson (GWS)
  10. Liam Sumner (GWS)

Check out what the top 10 would possibly look like ten years on if teams were to re-draft from 2011.

4. Taylor Adams

(Originally: Pick 13, GWS)

Adams was taken with pick 13 by GWS as part of the inaugural Giants squad and has developed into a hard-nosed and consistent midfielder since moving to Collingwood.

Consistently averaging near the 27 disposal mark year in year out, the Victorian's form in 2018 almost took his Magpies side to the promised land, where he was awarded best finals player throughout that September.

2020 was Adams' personal best season where he averaged 22.7 disposals and 5.4 tackles in condensed game time. These figures were enough to see him awarded an All-Australian blazer and a club best-and-fairest.

If this draft was done again, Adams would be hard to look past for many clubs as you know what you're getting from him every week.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 6: Taylor Adams of the Magpies thanks fans after his 100th game during the 2018 AFL round 03 match between the Carlton Blues and the Collingwood Magpies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 6, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)