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.
- All statistics and awards must have been accrued while playing for the club in question.
- 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 down the highway to run a rule over the cream of the Cats' crop.
PREVIOUS TOP TENS:ย CROWS,ย LIONS,ย BLUES,ย PIES,ย BOMBERS, DOCKERS
5. Patrick Dangerfield (2016-present)ย
1 x Brownlow Medal (2016)
1 x Leigh Matthews Trophy (2016)
3 x best and fairest (2016, 2017 and 2019)
5 x All-Australian (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020)
1 x premiership player (2022)
167 games, 25.9 disposals per game, 164 goals, 0.98 goals per game, 151 Brownlow votes, 0.9 votes per game
After making the move home from West Lakes at the end of the 2015 season, Dangerfield instantly hit white-hot form in hoops, racking up disposals, slotting majors and bagging a Brownlow in the process.
In the years to come, Dangerfield would keep his foot to the floor, playing a leading hand in snapping the Cats' September drought in 2022 and nigh-on completing his resume in the process.
