Throughout the final years of the 1990s, 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 2000 AFL 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 2000 AFL season.
Next up, we run the rule over Melbourne, to see which Demons proved deadliest.
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8. Bayley Fritsch (2018-present)
4 x leading goalkicker (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)
1 x premiership player (2021)
126 games, 211 goals, 1.7 goals per game
While only just scrapping on past our games-played marker, Fritsch's selection is a testament to just how potent he has been since trading Coldstream for the MCG.
In just six seasons, Fritsch has bagged 211 goals, and across the past four, he has had no peer in red and blue when it comes to splitting the sticks.
Having only just turned 27 and contracted until the end of 2026, the Jimmy Neutron look-a-like still has plenty of time to catapult himself up this list in the winters to come.
