Before attention turns solely to 2026, Zero Hanger has named the top 50 AFL players of 2025.
While taking career pedigree and future projections into account to help split decisions, our yearly rankings are primarily based on output from the 2025 season that was.
A quick breakdown of our top 50 sees reigning premiers Brisbane the most featured, having seven players selected, while the Western Bulldogs were the next best with six.
West Coast, Richmond and Carlton were the three clubs that failed to feature in the entire top 50.
For an in-depth assessment of each selection in the top 50, you can view our five-part series of the top 50 below:
PART 1 (50-41)
PART 2 (40-31)
PART 3 (30-21)
PART 4 (20-11)
PART 5 (10-1)
Zero Hanger's Top 50 of 2025
1. Marcus Bontempelli
2. Nick Daicos
3. Jeremy Cameron
4. Matt Rowell
5. Noah Anderson
6. Bailey Smith
7. Caleb Serong
8. Jordan Dawson
9. Max Gawn
10. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
11. Zak Butters
12. Andrew Brayshaw
13. Hugh McCluggage
14. Harris Andrews
15. Tom Green
16. Max Holmes
17. Ed Richards
18. Zach Merrett
19. Isaac Heeney
20. Kysaiah Pickett
21. Finn Callaghan
22. Sam Darcy
23. Josh Dunkley
24. Will Ashcroft
25. Riley Thilthorpe
26. Sam Taylor
27. Jack Gunston
28. Ben King
29. Christian Petracca
30. Chad Warner
31. Jai Newcombe
32. Tristan Xerri
33. Bailey Dale
34. Dayne Zorko
35. Jamie Elliott
36. Connor Rozee
37. Brodie Grundy
38. Aaron Naughton
39. Lachie Neale
40. Luke Jackson
41. Callum Wilkie
42. Jordan Clark
43. Izak Rankine
44. Toby Greene
45. Jason Horne-Francis
46. Mitch Georgiades
47. Tom Stewart
48. Zac Bailey
49. Errol Gulden
50. Tom Liberatore
