Following Champion Data's well, interesting player ratings yesterday, we decided to have a crack ourselves.
CHECK OUT CHAMPION DATA's ELITE PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB ENTERING THE 2021 SEASON HERE!
We followed the same criteria as Champion Data - with only players who have played five games being eligible and ratings being relative to positions.
Not quite sure what the @championdata algorithm is but I can only assume it factors in height as a priority. https://t.co/2srKmOmT9t
— Mason Cox (@masonsixtencox) February 3, 2021
Four clubs - Collingwood, Geelong, Port Adelaide and West Coast boast seven players, while Sydney and the Western Bulldogs have six players.
Champion Data included 53 players in their list compared to our 75.
Two clubs - Adelaide and North Melbourne had just one player on our list, with the Crows being the only club in Champion Data's rankings to not have a representative.
Check out the full list below! Did we get it right? Who are we missing and who have we overrated?
ZERO HANGER'S ELITE-RANKED PLAYERS AT EVERY AFL CLUB ENTERING THE 2021 SEASON
Adelaide - Reilly O'Brien*
Brisbane - Lachie Neale, Charlie Cameron*, Hugh McCluggage, Jarryd Lyons, Harris Andrews
Carlton - Patrick Cripps*, Adam Saad, Jacob Weitering
Collingwood - Scott Pendlebury*, Taylor Adams*, Brayden Maynard, Brodie Grundy*, Darcy Moore*, Steele Sidebottom, Jeremy Howe*
Essendon - Jordan Ridley, Zach Merrett*
Fremantle - Luke Ryan*, Nat Fyfe, Michael Walters*
Geelong Cats - Jeremy Cameron*, Patrick Dangerfield, Tom Hawkins, Cam Guthrie*, Tom Stewart*, Sam Menegola, Mitch Duncan*
Gold Coast Suns - Sam Collins, Matt Rowell
GWS - Toby Greene*, Nick Haynes*, Josh Kelly*, Lachie Whitfield*
Hawthorn - Tom Mitchell*, Jack Gunston, James Sicily
Melbourne - Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver, Max Gawn, Steven May*
North Melbourne - Todd Goldstein
Port Adelaide - Robbie Gray, Travis Boak*, Zak Butters, Charlie Dixon, Darcy Byrne Jones*, Tom Jonas*, Ollie Wines*
Richmond - Nick Vlastuin, Shane Edwards, Dustin Martin, Tom Lynch*, Jack Grimes*
St Kilda - Dan Butler, Jack Steele
Sydney - Jake Lloyd, Isaac Heeney, Dane Rampe, Luke Parker*, Josh Kennedy*, Tom Papley*
West Coast - Liam Ryan, Jeremy McGovern, Jack Darling, Nic Naitanui, Brad Sheppard*, Josh Kennedy*, Andrew Gaff*
Western Bulldogs - Caleb Daniel, Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Dunkley, Lachie Hunter, Adam Treloar*, Jack Macrae*
* = players NOT considered elite by Champion Data
CHAMPION DATA'S ELITE-RANKED PLAYERS FOR 2021 WHO WE DIDN'T INCLUDE
Daniel Rich (Brisbane)
Zac Fisher (Carlton)
Sam Walsh (Carlton)
Jack Crisp (Collingwood)
Jordan De Goey (Collingwood)
Mason Cox (Collingwood)
Mark Blicavs (Geelong)
Harry Perryman (GWS)
Luke Breust (Hawthorn)
Chad Wingard (Hawthorn)
Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn)
Steven Motlop (Port Adelaide)
Oscar Allen (West Coast)
Bailey Williams (Western Bulldogs)
