Here are the best players in the league, power ranked by position.
This isn’t a Brownlow Medal betting guide. Form and stats matter but so do intangibles, like importance to their team, impact on the game and acts of outstanding leadership.
It is based on current form too, so players will slide in and out as the season goes on.

Will Schofield spent 14 years as an Australian rules footballer who played as a key defender for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL - battled his way to 200 games, a premiership in 2018 and Life Member of the Eagles. Can be heard on Fox Footy, Perth radio 6PR and his podcast Backchat. A fantasy footy aficionado, he's turning his skills to SuperCoach for the first time this season.
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