One of the great exercises when talking footy is to debate your club's best draft steals. Sure, high draft picks are great, but everyone knows it's much easier to hit a winner with a top 10 selection than it is with a pick in the 50's. Or in the Rookie Draft for that matter.

So we've decided to put together something for you to refer to next time the debate springs up over a couple of beers.

For the purposes of this exercise, anyone drafted before pick 40 is ineligible and we've decided to keep it in the AFL era. This is by no means a complete list, every year tosses up several gems and sadly, we can't include them all.

So without further distraction, here are our biggest draft steals for every club in the competition.

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Gold Coast

Alex Sexton (Pick 88)

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: Alex Sexton of the Suns celebrates kicking a goal during the round eight AFL match between the Gold Coast Suns and the Collingwood Magpies at Metricon Stadium on May 23, 2015 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

It was always going to be tough to pick someone for the Gold Coast, given their short lifespan in the competition so far.

However it's hard to go past Sexton. At times he's single-handedly kept The Suns in games with his goalkicking abilities and appetite for competition.

The fact he was taken with pick 88 amongst a raft of first round picks, yet has won their leading goalkicker award twice, speaks volumes about his character and work ethic.

Honourable mentions: Sam Collins (Mature age pre-selection), Adam Saad (Rookie selection), Aaron Hall (Preseason selection)

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