There are plenty of players who know how to get their hands on the footy, and winning contested ball is vital.
But players have to know how to distribute the ball well as well and these days with fast, attacking game plans, turn overs can prove deadly.
So, we have looked at who is using the ball the best so far this season and which players and clubs have the best disposal efficiency so far in 2017.
Best disposal efficiency after round eight (minimum four games):
- Nick Vlastuin (Richmond) - 95% disposal efficiency - Matches - 6
- Blake Hardwick (Hawthorn) - 91.7% - Matches - 5
- Fletcher Roberts (Western Bulldogs) - 91.4% - Matches - 8
- Lachie Plowman (Carlton) - 90.4% - Matches - 8
- Joel Hamling (Fremantle) - 90% - Matches - 8
- Aaron Mullett (North Melbourne) - 89% - Matches - 5
- Phil Davis (GWS) - 88.7% - Matches - 7
- Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs) - 87.9% Matches - 8
- Dylan Grimes (Richmond) - 87.7% - Matches - 8
- Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn) - 86.7% - Matches - 8
Worst disposal efficiency after round eight (minimum four games):
- Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton) - 46.9% - Matches - 7
- Jarrod Pickett (Carlton) - 51.2% - Matches - 5
- Jason Castagna (Richmond) - 53.9% - Matches - 8
- Tommy Sheridan (Fremantle) - 55.6% - Matches - 4
- Taylor Garner (North Melbourne) - 58.1% - Matches - 5
- Mitch Hannan (Melbourne) - 58.2% - Matches - 7
- Kieren Jack (Sydney) - 58.2% - Matches - 5
- Jack Darling (WCE) - 58.4% - Matches - 7
- Tom Papley (Sydney) -58.5% - Matches - 5
- Lindsay Thomas (North Melbourne) - 58.9% - Matches - 5
Disposal efficiency by club after round eight:
- Fremantle - 75.6% disposal efficiency
- Greater Western Sydney - 75.3%
- Hawthorn - 75.2%
- Western Bulldogs - 75%
- Gold Coast - 74.7%
- Geelong - 74.5%
- West Coast - 74.4%
- Melbourne - 74.2%
- St Kilda - 74
- Adelaide - 73.7%
- North Melbourne - 73.5%
- Port Adelaide - 72.9%
- Carlton - 72.8%
- Essendon - 72.7%
- Collingwood - 72.7%
- Brisbane - 71.1%
- Richmond - 71.1%
- Sydney - 70.9%
