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:
3. Adam Goodes
One of the greatest players to ever grace an AFL field, Goodes was a forward who could also play in the ruck or midfield and who revolutionised the way ruckman play the game today.
An outstanding athlete with devastating power, strength, speed and skill, he was a player who inspired those who played alongside him. A two-time premiership winner with the Swans who also won two Brownlow Medals, Goodes' CV is seriously distinguished.
He won All-Australian selection on four occasions as well as winning three best and fairests and three leading goalkicker awards for the Swans, not to mention the 1999 Rising Star.
The saddest part of Adam Goodes' career is that we didn't get to enjoy watching him play for longer, with crowd abuse influencing his decision to retire in 2015, truly a player for the ages and very unlucky not to be higher on this list, it was incredibly hard to split numbers two and three.
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