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.

Second up, we head to Lions' Den to break down the best names to have played for Brisbane.

SEE ALSO:ย BEST CROWS SINCE 2000

2. Simon Black (2000-2013)

1 x Brownlow Medal (2002)
1 x Norm Smith (2003)
3 x best and fairest (2001, 2002 and 2006)
3 x All-Australian (2001, 2002 and 2004)
3 x premiership player (2001, 2002 and 2003)
291 games, 24.2 disposals per game, 175 Brownlow votes, 0.6 votes per game

For those that saw him in his pomp, Black was as smooth as Barry White.

But while arguably the most skilled Brisbane Lion of all time, the ball magnet sits just off the pace from our leader - not through a lack of trying, though.

Few can claim to have given more to the club over the course of a career, just as none can claim to have eked more out of themselves, either.

BRISBANE - SEPTEMBER 23: Simon Black of the Brisbane Lions celebrates winning the Brownlow Medal at the AFL Brownlow Medal presention at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia on September 23, 2002. (Photo by Darren England/Getty Images)