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.

3. Simon Goodwin (2000-2010)

3 x best and fairest (2000, 2005 and 2006)
5 x All-Australian (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2009)
225 games, 22.7 disposals per game, 74 Brownlow votes, 0.3 votes per game

Think Goodwin these days and you are sure to picture the former star in red and blue.

However, for the first decade of the 2000s, Goodwin was a key cog in the Crows' wheel, earning individual honours but never quite returning to the premiership dais.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 05: Simon Goodwin of the Crows kicks the ball during the round 11 AFL match between the Adelaide Crows and the Fremantle Dockers at AAMI Stadium on June 5, 2010 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)