Throughout the final years of the 1990s,ย AFLย 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 west to decide which Dockers can be counted as the ten best of this century.

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4. David Mundy (2004-2022)

1 x best and fairest (2010)ย 
1 x All-Australian (2015)
376 games, 21.4 disposals per game, 120 Brownlow votes, 0.3 votes per game

Look up dependable or loyal in the dictionary, and you are sure to be met with a picture of the Surfy from Seymour.

While individual awards failed to flow across the course of his 19-season career, Mundy proved to be the ultimate teammate, putting the team first at every turn while he plied his trade on every line.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 10: David Mundy of the Dockers is chaired from the field after his final match by teammates Griffin Logue (left) and Alex Pearce during the 2022 AFL First Semi Final match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Fremantle Dockers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 10, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)