It's an honour that always drums up water cooler chat and incites comment section fracas'.
Each year's All-Australian team is designed to reward individual excellence and one's play, relative to those who are deployed in the same position.
While it's a lineup usually littered with the game's biggest names, lesser lights who chart a path to a blazer each year make for some of the best stories.
Who are a few doing just that, with this season now beyond its halfway junction? Take a look!
Max Hall
While St Kilda's recruiting and retention of some of the game's biggest fish hogged headlines in the off-season, it is a dependable mid-season draftee from 2024's intake who has seen his star rise in the estimations of many in the months since.
With a top five finish in the best and fairest already under his belt, Saint Max Hall is averaging 20 disposals and a goal a game, while pinch-hitting around the ball, where he's been good for four clearances per contest.
They're impressive numbers for the mature-aged recruit, who boasts an aerial presence and an aerobic capacity, and has introduced tackling to his game this year, too, to the tune of almost three each week.
If he can continue contributing in a meaningful manner, and the Saints can ride their rather recently-generated momentum to a Wildcard berth (or better), there's no reason the Montrose junior shouldn't see his name included in the initial squad of 44, at the very least.
