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're crossing over to Olympic Park to catalogue the cream of Collingwood's crop of champions.
PREVIOUS TOP TENS: CROWS, LIONS, BLUES
9. Brody Mihocek (2018-present)
5 x leading goalkicker (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)
1 x premiership player (2023)
126 games, 212 goals, 1.7 goals per game
Originally drafted as a mature-aged, intercept defender out of Port Melbourne, Mihocek wasted no time in proving he could play at the other end of the ground, snapping up the first of five-straight leading goalkicker gongs in just his second season as a Pie.
Despite producing time and again without a twin pillar beside him, the Tasmanian remains criminally underrated outside of Collingwood's inner circle.
