Throughout the history of our great game, there have been so many incredible first nations players that it's almost impossible to rank them, so to make things easier, we're looking only at players from the AFL era.
Unfortunately, this rules out some heavy hitters, Sir Doug Nicholls being one, an incredible athlete who symbolised reconciliation and was knighted for his many exploits. The same goes for the great Syd Jackson, who won two flags with the Blues in the 70's.
Sadly, this also rules out Geelong legend Polly Farmer, who revolutionised the way Ruckman play today and also goes for the Krakouer brothers, Phil and Jim, who some say had a telepathic link that they used to dominate opposition teams and win games single-handedly.
Finally, Maurice Rioli also misses out, despite being one of the best players of his era and inspiring a generation of Indigenous players to make it to the AFL.
So with all this in mind, here's our top 10 players from the AFL era:
5. Shaun Burgoyne
You don't get a nickname like 'Silk' without being pretty handy with ball-in-hand. One of the smoothest players the game has seen, Burgoyne's ability to consistently hit targets by hand and foot from anywhere is legendary.
A four time premiership player with Port Adelaide and Hawthorn, he also earned All-Australian selection in 2006.
Silky with the ball-in-hand and with one of the modern game's great football brains, Burgoyne is still playing today and looks certain to become just the fifth player in history to play more than 400 games of AFL/VFL football.
