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Zero Hanger’s list of elite-ranked players at every AFL club in 2021

Here is every club’s ELITE players entering the 2021 season 💪👇

Published by
Ben Cotton

Following Champion Data's well, interesting player ratings yesterday, we decided to have a crack ourselves.

CHECK OUT CHAMPION DATA's ELITE PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB ENTERING THE 2021 SEASON HERE!

We followed the same criteria as Champion Data - with only players who have played five games being eligible and ratings being relative to positions.

Four clubs - Collingwood, Geelong, Port Adelaide and West Coast boast seven players, while Sydney and the Western Bulldogs have six players.

Champion Data included 53 players in their list compared to our 75.

Two clubs - Adelaide and North Melbourne had just one player on our list, with the Crows being the only club in Champion Data's rankings to not have a representative.

Check out the full list below! Did we get it right? Who are we missing and who have we overrated?

ZERO HANGER'S ELITE-RANKED PLAYERS AT EVERY AFL CLUB ENTERING THE 2021 SEASON

Adelaide - Reilly O'Brien*

Brisbane - Lachie Neale, Charlie Cameron*, Hugh McCluggage, Jarryd Lyons, Harris Andrews

Carlton - Patrick Cripps*, Adam Saad, Jacob Weitering

Collingwood - Scott Pendlebury*, Taylor Adams*, Brayden Maynard, Brodie Grundy*, Darcy Moore*, Steele Sidebottom, Jeremy Howe*

Essendon - Jordan Ridley, Zach Merrett*

Fremantle - Luke Ryan*, Nat Fyfe, Michael Walters*

Geelong Cats - Jeremy Cameron*, Patrick Dangerfield, Tom Hawkins, Cam Guthrie*, Tom Stewart*, Sam Menegola, Mitch Duncan*

Gold Coast SunsSam Collins, Matt Rowell

GWS - Toby Greene*, Nick Haynes*, Josh Kelly*, Lachie Whitfield*

Hawthorn - Tom Mitchell*, Jack Gunston, James Sicily

MelbourneChristian PetraccaClayton Oliver, Max Gawn, Steven May*

North Melbourne - Todd Goldstein

Port AdelaideRobbie Gray, Travis Boak*, Zak ButtersCharlie Dixon, Darcy Byrne Jones*, Tom Jonas*, Ollie Wines*

RichmondNick VlastuinShane EdwardsDustin Martin, Tom Lynch*, Jack Grimes*

St Kilda - Dan Butler, Jack Steele

SydneyJake LloydIsaac HeeneyDane Rampe, Luke Parker*, Josh Kennedy*, Tom Papley*

West Coast - Liam Ryan, Jeremy McGovernJack DarlingNic Naitanui, Brad Sheppard*, Josh Kennedy*, Andrew Gaff*

Western BulldogsCaleb DanielMarcus BontempelliJosh Dunkley, Lachie Hunter, Adam Treloar*, Jack Macrae*

* = players NOT considered elite by Champion Data

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies chats to Taylor Adams of the Magpies during the 2017 AFL round 05 ANZAC Day match between the Essendon Bombers and the Collingwood Magpies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

CHAMPION DATA'S ELITE-RANKED PLAYERS FOR 2021 WHO WE DIDN'T INCLUDE

Daniel Rich (Brisbane)
Zac Fisher (Carlton)
Sam Walsh (Carlton)
Jack Crisp (Collingwood)
Jordan De Goey (Collingwood)
Mason Cox (Collingwood)
Mark Blicavs (Geelong)
Harry Perryman (GWS)
Luke Breust (Hawthorn)
Chad Wingard (Hawthorn)
Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn)
Steven Motlop (Port Adelaide)
Oscar Allen (West Coast)
Bailey Williams (Western Bulldogs)

Published by
Ben Cotton