Western Australia has continued to develop and produce some of the best players to grace an AFL field for decades.

With Brownlow medallists, Coleman Medal winners, soon-to-be hall of famers and a seemingly endless list of premiership stalwarts, many out of the WAFL's pathways have gone on to be AFL icons this century alone.

Taking a look back on the best players to come from the WAFL, we've named the greatest player each club has produced for the AFL since the century began.

Here's who we've selected, along with a few honourable mentions for each WAFL club...

3. East Perth

Mitch Duncan

Had the criteria for this exercise been open to even the 1999 intake, Duncan wouldn't be at No.1 from the Royals.

The dual premiership Cat has had a stellar career at Kardinia Parl since switching from Western Australia, playing 296 games and having 11 consecutive seasons of at least 20 disposals per game- including a career-best 29.08 in 2017.

Duncan has played in a staggering 28 finals and could add to that tally in 2025, which may be his last year in the AFL.

It's worth noting his ex-teammate and fellow East Perth product Joel Corey was drafted to the Cats in 1999, but it's West Coast champion Dean Cox - who was recruited to the Eagles the same year - that would be regarded as arguably the best from the Royals.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Mitch Duncan and Corey Enright of the Cats celebrate with the Premiership Cup after winning the 2011 AFL Grand Final match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Geelong Cats at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 1, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Triple-premiership Hawk Ben Stratton and current Lions defender Brandon Starcevich are also among the best from East Perth, with Fremantle forward Jye Amiss and West Coast youngster Reuben Ginbey ones to watch over the next decade.