With just 40 days until the start of the 2025 AFL season, SuperCoach players are putting together their sides in the hope of getting off to a strong start to the year.

With upcoming pre-season matches and recent track notes helping all coaches so far this summer, just about everyone's current team will be vastly different to how it lines up come the first game of the home and away campaign.

As the countdown to Opening Round continues, we've taken a look at 50 of the most popular SuperCoach selections so far, focusing on the top 10 picked pure defenders, midfielders, rucks and forwards, as well as the top 20 most popular dual-position selections.

Former Bulldogs and DDP options Caleb Daniel (70%) and Bailey Smith (68%) are the two most popular options, with draftees Bo Allan (66%) and Jagga Smith (64%) the next two.

Smith is the leading pure midfield player, with Harry Sheezel (55%) the No.1 defender, teammate Tristan Xerri (54%) the leading ruck and Jack Macrae (62%) the most-selected pure forward.

Here are 60 of the most popular SuperCoach selections this pre-season...

Defenders

  1. Harry Sheezel - $635,600 - 55%
  2. Callum Mills - $357,200 - 52%
  3. Keidean Coleman - $269,100 - 45%
  4. Zach Reid - $119,900 - 32%
  5. Josh Gibcus - $153,600 - 21%
  6. Riley Bice - $113,500 - 20%
  7. Luke Trainor - $113,500 - 13%
  8. Dan Houston - $575,600 - 11%
  9. Jedd Busslinger - $119,900 - 10%
  10. Colby McKercher - $476,900 - 9%

Midfielders

  1. Jagga Smith - $194,500 - 64%
  2. Levi Ashcroft - $185,500 - 55%
  3. Marcus Bontempelli - $681,000 - 51%
  4. Clayton Oliver - $451,600 - 47%
  5. Sid Draper - $190,00 - 44%
  6. Josh Smillie - $176,500 - 43%
  7. Nick Daicos - $631,400 - 33%
  8. Sam Lalor - $203,500 - 30%
  9. Zak Butters - $648,900 - 29%
  10. Will Ashcroft - $441,200 - 28%

Rucks

  1. Tristan Xerri - $645,900 - 54%
  2. Tom De Koning - $547,100 - 35%
  3. Harry Boyd - $99,100 - 31%
  4. Matt Flynn - $261,900 - 23%
  5. Tim English - $581,900 - 15%
  6. Max Gawn - $668,900 - 13%
  7. Rowan Marshall - $603,500 - 9%
  8. Sean Darcy - $529,400 - 8%
  9. Darcy Cameron - $566,500 - 4%
  10. Lloyd Meek - $557,600 - 4%

Forwards

  1. Jack Macrae - $392,200 - 62%
  2. Tom Lynch - $183,200 - 34%
  3. Dan Curtin - $158,600 - 21%
  4. Sam Powell-Pepper - $180,500 - 19%
  5. Izak Rankine - $521,600 - 18%
  6. Jack Martin - $150,900 - 12%
  7. Connor Stone - $119,900 - 10%
  8. Joe Berry - $140,500 - 9%
  9. Sam Davidson - $113,500 - 9%
  10. Dylan Moore - $526,700 - 6%

Dual Position Playersย 

  1. Caleb Daniel (FWD/MID) - $269,100 - 70%
  2. Bailey Smith (FWD/MID) - $389,200 - 68%
  3. Bo Allan (DEF/MID) - $136,000 - 66%
  4. Saad El-Hawli (DEF/MID) - $119,900 - 63%
  5. Elijah Hewett (FWD/MID) - $122,800 - 60%
  6. Tobie Travaglia (DEF/MID) - $172,000 - 55%
  7. Jason Horne-Francis (FWD/MID) - $537,000 - 49%
  8. Isaac Kako (FWD/MID) - $149,500 - 48%
  9. Neil Erasmus (FWD/MID) - $119,900 - 47%
  10. Mattaes Phillipou (FWD/MID) - $313,800 - 41%
  11. Jack Sinclair (DEF/MID) - $592,200 - 29%
  12. Sam Flanders (DEF/MID) - $641,500 - 25%
  13. Thomas Sims (RUC/FWD) - $113,500 - 25%
  14. Max Holmes (DEF/MID) - $533,900 - 18%
  15. Luke Parker (FWD/MID) - $343,600 - 15%
  16. Shai Bolton (FWD/MID) - $416,100 - 13%
  17. Matt Whitlock (DEF/FWD)- $113,500 - 12%
  18. Max Hall (FWD/MID) - $119,900 - 11%
  19. Luke Jackson (RUC/FWD) - $509,300 - 11%
  20. Archer Day-Wicks (FWD/MID) - $99,100 - 10%