Got your draft coming up soon? Then now, you can use my 2021 rankings to help you on draft day.
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First Round Preference
| 1 | Max Gawn |
| 2 | Brodie Grundy |
| 3 | Reilly O’Brien |
| 4 | Patrick Dangerfield |
| 5 | Jake Lloyd |
| 6 | Rory Laird |
| 7 | Sam Docherty |
| 8 | Zac Merrett |
| 9 | Lachie Neale |
| 10 | Jack Steele |
| 11 | Tom Mitchell |
| 12 | Jack Macrae |
General strategy notes:
- Regardless of what I take in round one, it’s best available mid in round two
- The top handful of forwards, backs and rucks are daylight ahead of the next crop
- Don’t reach for mediocrity on one line to ignore a genuine gun on another
- Players like Atkins, Murphy, Heppell, Sinclair should gain DPP at some stage | draft accordingly especially if lacking depth back/fwd
- There is absolutely nothing wrong with drafting for trade value
Defenders
| Jake Lloyd SY – B |
| Rory Laird AD – B,C |
| Sam Docherty CA – B |
| Zac Williams CA – B |
| Jack Crisp CW – B |
| Tom Stewart GE – B |
| Caleb Daniel WB – B |
| Luke McDonald NM – B |
| Callum Mills SY – B |
| Christian Salem ME – B |
| Harry Perryman GWS – B,C |
| Dan Houston PA – B |
| Jeremy Howe CW – B |
| Alex Witherden WC – B |
| Jackson Hately AD – B,C |
| Hunter Clark SK – B |
| Daniel Rich BL – B |
| Luke Ryan FR – B |
| Jordan Ridley ES – B |
| Jayden Short RI – B |
| Nick Haynes GWS – B |
| James Harmes ME – B |
| Jordan Dawson SY – B |
| Liam Duggan WC – B |
| Darcy Byrne-Jones PA – B |
| Jack Lukosius GC – B |
| Nick Vlastuin RI – B |
| Steven May ME – B |
| Bailey Williams WB – B |
| Brodie Smith AD – B,C |
| Jack Bowes GC – B |
| James Aish FR – B,C |
| Nicholas Coffield SK – B |
| Sam Petrevski-Seton CA – B |
| Harry Cunningham SY – B |
| Wil Powell GC – B |
| Damon Greaves HW – B |
| Will Day HW – B |
| Jack Scrimshaw HW – B |
| Hamish Hartlett PA – B |
| Brad Sheppard WC – B |
| Isaac Quaynor CW – B |
| John Noble CW – B |
| Ben McEvoy HW – B,R |
| Ryan Burton PA – B |
| Callum Ah Chee BL – B |
| Jimmy Webster SK – B |
| Michael Hibberd ME – B |
| Blake Hardwick HW – B |
| Trent Rivers ME – B |
| Ethan Hughes FR – B |
| Oleg Markov GC – B |
| Lachlan Ash GWS – B |
| Lachlan Sholl AD – B,C |
| Isaac Cumming GWS – B |
| Jordan Clark GE – B,C |
| Connor Menadue NM – B |
| Trent McKenzie PA – B |
| Riley Bonner PA – B |
| Brandon Starcevich BL – B |
| Trent Bianco CW – B,C |
| Liam Stocker CA – B |
| Will Gould SY – B |
Midfield
| Zach Merrett ES – C |
| Lachie Neale BL – C |
| Jack Steele SK – C |
| Tom Mitchell HW – C |
| Jack Macrae WB – C |
| Clayton Oliver ME – C |
| Taylor Adams CW – C |
| Nat Fyfe FR – C |
| Tim Taranto GWS – C |
| Sam Walsh CA – C |
| Josh Kelly GWS – C |
| Matt Crouch AD – C |
| Andrew Gaff WC – C |
| Christian Petracca ME – C |
| Jarryd Lyons BL – C |
| Marcus Bontempelli WB – C |
| Stephen Coniglio GWS – C |
| Patrick Cripps CA – C |
| Adam Treloar WB – C |
| Lachie Hunter WB – C |
| Matthew Rowell GC – C |
| Andrew McGrath ES – C |
| James Worpel HW – C |
| Luke Parker SY – C |
| Brad Crouch SK – C |
| Bailey Smith WB – C |
| Scott Pendlebury CW – C |
| Hugh McCluggage BL – C |
| Hugh Greenwood GC – C |
| Andrew Brayshaw FR – C |
| Adam Cerra FR – C |
| Jy Simpkin NM – C |
| Dylan Shiel ES – C |
| Ollie Wines PA – C |
| Blake Acres FR – C |
| Brandon Ellis GC – C |
| Josh Daicos CW – C |
| Jarrod Berry BL – C |
| Jacob Hopper GWS – C |
| Caleb Serong FR – C |
| Touk Miller GC – C |
| Timothy Kelly WC – C |
| Jack Billings SK – C |
| Sam Menegola GE – C |
| Cameron Guthrie GE – C |
| Jaeger O’Meara HW – C |
| Shaun Higgins GE – C |
| Dom Sheed WC – C |
| Tom Liberatore WB – C |
| Jed Anderson NM – C |
| Rory Sloane AD – C |
| Ed Langdon ME – C |
| Lachie Weller GC – C |
| Darcy Parish ES – C |
| Ben Keays AD – C |
| Noah Anderson GC – C |
| Marc Murphy CA – C |
| Will Setterfield CA – C |
| Brayden Sier CW – C |
| Xavier Duursma PA – C |
| Jack Sinclair SK – C |
| Devon Smith ES – C |
| Rory Atkins GC – C |
| Tom Green GWS – C |
| David Swallow GC – C |
| Dyson Heppell ES – C |
| James Cousins HW – C |
| Luke Davies-Uniacke NM – C |
| Darcy Tucker FR – C |
| Dylan Stephens SY – C |
| Zane Trew WC – C |
| Jack Graham RI – C |
| James Rowbottom SY – C |
| Brayden Fiorini GC – C |
| Dom Tyson NM – C |
| George Hewett SY – C |
| Patrick Lipinski WB – C |
| Justin McInerney SY – C |
| Riley Collier-Dawkins RI – C |
| Charlie Constable GE – C |
| Will Martyn RI – C |
| Jeremy Sharp GC – C |
| Luke Valente FR – C |
| James Jordon ME – C |
| Jay Rantall CW – C |
| Jack Ross RI – C |
| Sam Berry AD – C |
| Luke Pedlar AD – C |
| Tom Sparrow ME – C |
Ruck
| Max Gawn ME – R |
| Brodie Grundy CW – R |
| Reilly O’Brien AD – R |
| Rowan Marshall SK – R,F |
| Tim English WB – R |
| Oscar McInerney BL – R |
| Peter Ladhams PA – R,F |
| Todd Goldstein NM – R |
| Jarrod Witts GC – R |
| Ben McEvoy HW – B,R |
| Toby Nankervis RI – R |
| Sam Draper ES – R |
| Marc Pittonet CA – R |
Forwards
| Patrick Dangerfield GE – C,F |
| Toby Greene GWS – F |
| Dustin Martin RI – C,F |
| Josh Dunkley WB – C,F |
| Steele Sidebottom CW – C,F |
| Rowan Marshall SK – R,F |
| Dayne Zorko BL – C,F |
| Tom Phillips HW – C,F |
| Isaac Heeney SY – F |
| Jye Caldwell ES – C,F |
| Shai Bolton RI – C,F |
| Jordan de Goey CW – F |
| Jack Martin CA – F |
| Kyle Langford ES – C,F |
| Will Brodie GC – C,F |
| Peter Ladhams PA – R,F |
| Zak Butters PA – F |
| Jamie Elliott CW – C,F |
| Robbie Gray PA – F |
| Kane Lambert RI – F |
| Chad Wingard HW – F |
| Zachary Bailey BL – C,F |
| Ben Ainsworth GC – F |
| Gryan Miers GE – F |
| Cameron Rayner BL – F |
| Ely Smith BL – C,F |
| Sam Powell-Pepper PA – C,F |
| Paddy Dow CA – C,F |
| Jaidyn Stephenson NM – F |
| Joe Daniher BL – F |
| Patrick Ryder SK – R,F |
| Jeremy Cameron GE – F |
| Tom Lynch AD – F |
| Nick Blakey SY – C,F |
| Lachlan Fogarty CA – F |
| Jack Higgins SK – F |
| Aaron Hall NM – F |
| Jack Ziebell NM – F |
| Charlie Dixon PA – F |
| Tarryn Thomas NM – F |
| Izak Rankine GC – F |
| Matthew Kennedy CA – C,F |
| Aaron Naughton WB – F |
| Harry McKay CA – F |
| Jake Riccardi GWS – F |
| Peter Wright ES – F |
| Ned Cahill ES – F |
| Matt Taberner FR – F |
| David Cuningham CA – F |
| Hugo Ralphsmith RI – C,F |
| Nakia Cockatoo BL – C,F |
| Rhys Mathieson BL – C,F |
| Jayden Laverde ES – F |
| Sam Flanders GC – F |
| Bailey Scott NM – C,F |
| Laitham Vandermeer WB – C,F |
| Samuel Wicks SY – F |
| Rhylee West WB – F |
| Tristan Xerri NM – F |
