Former AFL greats Garry Lyon, Tim Watson and Bob Murphy have ranked the young stars of the game on, as reported onย SEN.

The list of players they ranked included emerging talents Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Kelly, Clayton Oliver, Jordan De Goey, Patrick Cripps and Isaac Heeney.

It comes in the wake of the 22under22 40-man squad being announced by the AFL Players' Association on Tuesday night, where Bontemeplli looks set to make the 22 for a fifth-straight year.

Here are Lyon, Watson and Murphy's rankings, courtesy ofย SEN,ย plus our take on the pecking order:

Tim Watson

  1. Marcus Bontempelli
  2. Patrick Cripps
  3. Jordan De Goey
  4. Clayton Oliver
  5. Josh Kelly
  6. Isaac Heeney

Bob Murphy

  1. Marcus Bontempelli
  2. Patrick Cripps
  3. Josh Kelly
  4. Clayton Oliver
  5. Jordan De Goey
  6. Isaac Heeney

Garry Lyon

  1. Josh Kelly
  2. Marcus Bontempelli
  3. Patrick Cripps
  4. Clayton Oliver
  5. Jordan De Goey
  6. Isaac Heeney

Zero Hanger

  1. Josh Kelly
  2. Patrick Cripps
  3. Marcus Bontempelli
  4. Jordan De Goey
  5. Clayton Oliver
  6. Isaac Heeney