Throughout the final years of the 1990s, AFL clubs across the land looked backwards rather than forward, with selectors, historians and superstars converging to name their Teams of the 20th Century.
So, as we near the quarter-time mark of the 21st century, what better time to run the rule on which players are likely to feature when the selectors of tomorrow get together in several decades' time?
While every club has an array of deadset legends that can be called on, we here at Zero Hanger have employed the following rules of selection:
- Only statistics recorded and achievements accrued since the start of the 2000 AFL season will be acknowledged.
- Any player selected must have played at least 100 senior games for their respective club since the start of the 2000 AFL season.
First up, we head to West Lakes to catalogue the crรจme de la crรจme of the Adelaide Football Club.
6. Rory Laird (2013-present)
3 x best and fairest (2018, 2021 and 2022)
2 x All-Australian (2017 and 2018)
224 games, 27.1 disposals per game, 93 Brownlow votes, 0.4 votes per game
Although a contemporary great of the club, Laird has already left a sizable mark during his decade and change as a Crow.
Still contracted until the end of the 2026 season, the ball-magnet could still rise up this list.
