Former Sydney premiership player Jude Bolton has revealed his top five most improved players in the AFL this season, in a column for ESPN.com.au.
With the season now over a third of the way through, teams have established themselves and contenders while others have shown themselves to be pretenders, and the same goes for some of the stars of the game.
Fremantle's Nat Fyfe, Melbourne's Max Gawn and Western Bulldogs' Jackson Macrae have all starred throughout the season, as those three players are looking at certain All-Australian berths after eight rounds.
Some stars like Patrick Dangerfield, Tom Mitchell, Dustin Martin and Zach Merrett have all failed to fire at stages throughout the season, but many are expecting them to all find their best soon enough.
However, Bolton has come up with a list of his top five most improved players, and the full article can be seen here.
1. Ben Brown (North Melbourne)
"Such is the leap that Brown has taken again this season, the entire competition has taken notice," Bolton wrote.
"Brown has booted 26 goals for the season and a North Melbourne side that is exceeding expectations from wins against Sydney and Hawthorn in recent weeks -- not to mention pushing Richmond all the way in Round 8 -- means he should continue to get the supply needed to kick upwards of 70+ this year."
