Welcome to Zero Hanger's top 50 player rankings for 2025 - a list based primarily on a player's 2025 production in addition to their career pedigree and future projections.
The bar is as high as ever to impact as an AFL footballer consistently, let alone to a star level. All-Australian discussions are in constant debate as several guns often find themselves snubbed from proper recognition.
Here is the third edition (30-21) of our top 50 AFL players of 2025...
READ: PART 1 (50-41)
READ: PART 2 (40-31)
21st - Finn Callaghan
2024 rank: N/A
One of the biggest breakout stars of 2025 was GWS's young midfield talent Finn Callaghan, who quietened doubters about his reported mega-offer from St Kilda with a stellar Opening Round performance against Collingwood.
He continued to impress throughout the year, recognised with best-on-ground performances in the Round 20 Sydney Derby and a 37-disposal and six-clearance domination of the Eagles in Round 17, which polled him a perfect 20 votes in Zero Hanger's MVP award count.
Callaghan never recorded fewer than 21 disposals in 2025, further illustrating his extraordinary growth this year as he entrenched himself as a key component of the Giants' midfield next to Tom Green.
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