Suns youngster and first overall selection Matt Rowell has ignited discussion around the league as having the potential to be one of the best first-year players we've had across the last decade.
A number of players - young and old - have given football fans sheer unmatched delight in their debut seasons. And while John Coleman's stunning 100-goal debut season will forever go unparalleled, we've decided to rank the top 10 from the last decade alone.
There's no age bias with this list - our criteria included players of any age who were playing in their debut season.
Honourable mentions go out to Tom Stewart, David Swallow, Adam Saad, Isaac Smith, Daniel Talia, Brett Goodes, Luke Shuey & Sam Menegola.
Here are the 10 best AFL rookie seasons of the last decade:
1. Tim Kelly (2018)
The mature-aged recruit was taken by the Cats at pick 24 in the 2017 draft and is arguably the pick of the litter from Cats list guru Stephen Wells' selections.
Kelly amassed a staggering 22.9 disposals, 3.5 tackles, 4.3 clearances and 10.5 contested possessions and a goal per game in his first year in the hoops. If that isn't enough, he finished equal second in Geelong's best and fairest count, level with star midfielder Patrick Dangerfield.
His 27 touches on debut against the Demons was just the tip of the iceberg. He collected a career-high 36 disposals against reigning premiers Richmond and finished the year with 13 Brownlow votes as a key to the Cats' run to the finals.
