Throughout the final years of the 1990s,ย AFL clubs across the land looked backward 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 2000ย AFLย season will be acknowledged.
  • Any player selected must have played at least 100 senior games for their respective club since the start of the 2000ย AFLย season.

Next up, we head to Princes Park to catalogue the crรจme de la crรจme of the Carlton Football Club.

SEE ALSO: BEST CROWS SINCE 2000, BEST LIONS SINCE 2000ย 

2. Chris Judd (2008-2015)

1 x Brownlow Medal (2010)
1 x Leigh Matthews Trophy (2011)
3 x best and fairest (2008, 2009 and 2010)
4 x All-Australian (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
145 games, 24.6 disposals per game, 116 Brownlow votes, 0.8 votes per game

Split Chris Judd's career into two, dividing it into his days as an Eagle and as a Blue, and you have two separate Hall of Fame careers.

One of the giants of his generation, season after season, Judd put the Blues on his strapped shoulders, earning individual honours and dragging the Baggers close, once or twice.

Many may have the dual Brownlow medallist atop this list, however, his former apprentice is the master now.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Chris Judd of the Blues poses with the 2010 AFL Brownlow Medal at the 2010 AFL Brownlow Medal at Crown Entertainment Complex on September 20, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)