The Greatest Aussie Rules Football Player?
Who is the greatest Australian Football player ever? We have a discussion on Topend Sports about this, aiming to find out once-and-for-all who is the greatest. Meanwhile, here is the results of something similar that was done in 2022.
An AFL GOAT tournament was recently conducted on the Facebook page AFL Banter, though only quite recent players were considered. A knockout competition was held with page visitors casting their votes on individual match-ups. While the result was very interesting, it should be clear that the tournament only included relatively recent players, and was voted by AFL fans who have mostly watched players of the current generation. See how it panned out below. It was won by Gary Abblett, but which one?
Tournament
Here are the initial 16 players included in the voting process (there was no indication of how these were selected). The winning percentage is the number of votes for the winner divided by the total votes for each match-up.
| Round 1 | Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Pendlebury | Leigh Matthews (80%) |
Leigh Matthews (74%) |
Gary Ablett Jnr (71%) |
| Leigh Matthews | |||
| Wayne Carey | Wayne Carey (76%) |
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| Nick Riewoldt | |||
| Gary Ablett Jnr | Gary Ablett Jnr (93%) |
Gary Ablett Jnr (89%) |
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| Nathan Buckley | |||
| Nat Fyfe | Robert Harvey (70%) |
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| Robert Harvey | |||
| Tony "Plugger" Lockett | Tony Locket (69%) |
Tony Locket (55%) |
Gary Ablett, Sr (59%) |
| Jason Dunstall | |||
| Chris Judd | Chris Judd (66%) |
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| Dustin Martin | |||
| Gary Ablett, Sr | Gary Ablett Snr (88%) |
Gary Ablett Snr (70%) |
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| Adam Goodes | |||
| Lance Franklin | Lance Franklin (77%) |
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| James Hird |
The Final
Gary Ablett versus Gary Ablett - who would have seen this coming? Father versus son. The winner was Gary Ablett junior, 1.4K votes to 349 votes, a winning percentage of 80%.
Related Pages
- Discussion: The Greatest Aussie Rules Football Player?
- More about the sport of Aussie rules
- All time greatest index of sports
- Other sport specific lists
- More about the World of Sport
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