Mike Sheahan releases his post-season top 25 AFL players

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Mike Sheahan releases his post-season top 25 AFL players image

Mike Sheahan's annual player rankings at the start of each season is one of the most hotly debated lists of the year, but surely we all know where players stand at season's end.

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Or do we? Have a look at the top 25 as seen by Sheahan when the final siren sounded on the grand final and let us know if you agree.



There's a lot of guys he didn't have in his pre-season top 50, while notable absentees include Nat Fyfe (five pre-season), Joel Selwood (six), Gold Coast's Tom Lynch (eight) and Gary Ablett (12).

Rank       Player                                                                  Pre-season rank

1Dustin Martin15
2Patrick Dangerfield2
3Alex Rance4
4Josh Kelly29
5Matt CrouchNA
6Tom MitchellNA
7Rory Sloane16
8Joe DaniherNA
9Steele Sidebottom41
10Josh Kennedy (WC)23
11Lance Franklin1
12Callan Ward26
13Trent CotchinNA
14Marcus Bontempelli3
15Josh Kennedy (Syd)7
16Dayne ZorkoNA
17Clayton OliverNA
18Sam JacobsNA
19Ben BrownNA
20Patrick RyderNA
21Sebastian RossNA
22Jeremy HoweNA
23Luke Parker18
24Mitch DuncanNA
25Adam Treloar36

 

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